#my granny of all people got it for me I was shocked but didn't stop her bc it's just too perfect a dress

[scum-belina]

I just got a dress at this tiny western boutique located in my town's farmers market for this spring and summer that would and will make any man's dick pop off and fly into space when they see me in it. It's a true Lana del Rey incident clean up on aisle 69 garment. If I don't meet my man this year and get to wear this out on a date it will be a dire crime.

[thewispsings]

queen shit | max verstappen

pairing: max verstappen x pageant queen! reader

summary: max verstappen mets you, his long term celebrity crush at a charity event.

notes; someone request this but i accidentally posted it before i finished and had to delete it…i hope this finds you anon

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yoursername: very successful event tonight, many thank you's to all those who attended and donated, much love 💜

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user1: by very successful she means that she just raised over 20 million dollars for family's in need. 20 million dollars. TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS.

user2: QUEEN. SHIT.

user3: i love rich people actually putting their money and status to work

user4: my goat 💪💪

user5: there were SO MANY different celebrities there

user6: and she definitely did NOT know all of them!

user7: probably just invited them so more money could be donated 😭

user8: was the most random people too, like kim kardiashian?? mitski??? f1 drivers??? hockey players??

user9: no seriously. because why was i watching the livestream only to see george russell dancing in the background. very horribly may i add

georegrussel|63: thank you for the invite! i had the time of my life!

yoursername: of course george! thank you for the donating :) <3

user10: they’re friends???

user11: some of yall are FAKE FANS. yn and george have been friends for YEARS. he even posted her when she won miss universe and many times after

user12: i wasn't even alive when she won miss universe...

user13: PAUSE.

user14: WHAT ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU

user15: YOURE SIX?? AND CAN SPELL??

user16: are we all going to pretend like max didn't just meet his celebrity crush?

user17: most people here don't know who he is 😭

user18: "meet" is a STRETCH, he stood behind her all night just staring...

user19: yeah it was actually kinda sad

user20: f1twt is CLOWNING HIM SO HARD RN

user23: 3x world champion and he's too scared to go up to his celebrity crush

user24: OKAY GUYYYSSS BUTTT this is his first time seeing her in person! ofc he was shocked, maybe next time he'll actually go up to her?

landonorris: thanks for the invite!

georgerussell63: you were my plus one?

landonorris: SHHHH

georgerussell63: in fact, everyone on the grid got personally invited, except you?

landonorris: STOP AIRING OUT MY BUSINESS

user27: yn definitely didn't invite him directly just so lando could be embarrassed like this

alex_albon: best thai food ever (other then my moms) thank you for the invite!

user25: yeah we saw they way your scarfed that shit down

user26: acting like it was the last fucking supper

yourusername: thank you for coming alex! (and for taking home the leftovers)

user28: HE TOOK HOME THE LEFT OVERS?

maxverstappen1: hi

georgerussell63: oh no

landonorris: no way he does it

charles_leclerc: i believe in you max

carlossainz55: don't hype him up! max don't do it. don't embarrass yourself like this

oscarpiastri: i say go for it max

yourusername: hi max :)

georgerussell63: omg omg OMG

maxverstappen1: would you like to go on a date with me?

landonorris: oh he did it...

carlossainz55: NOOO

charles_leclerc: yay max!

user29: it's been 10 hours and still no response...

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yourusername: pretty sunset 🌅

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user30: is that…a man?

user31: this makes max being rejected so much more humiliating

user32: SHE HAS A WHOLE BOYFRIEND?? 😓

user33: max found sobbing into his pillow

user34: *not clickbait*

georgerussell63: i laughed

user35: GEORGE???

user36: he’s funny for this

user37: max most definitely doesn’t think it’s funny

user38: yns first time soft launching and it’s right after max publicly asks her out…hm!

user39: she was waiting for the funniest moment to do this

user40: QUEEN SHIT

user41: ok but who is this man 🤨

user42: don’t call me delusional…but that hand kinda looks like max

user43: okay granny let’s get you back to the nursing home…

user44: thankful i’m not this delusional

user45: free yn from the max fans…

user46: @/user42 DONT LET THEM SILENCE YOU

landonorris: he cried

yourusername: i cried

landonorris; we crode

user47: okay it’s definitely max

user48: lando knows something

user49: MAX ISNT IN THE LIKES??

user50: it really isn’t him…hes been flirting with her through the likes for years

user51: rip max being the first to like yns post..gone but never forgotten 🕊️

charles_leclerc: hehehe…hehehe…hehe

user52: WHAT DO TOU KNOW CHARLES

user53: don’t fuck with me charles. i am not in the mood.

user54: you can’t convince me that man is not max when all his friends are in the comments section like this

user55: charles istg

alex_albon: i know something 😏

user56: ok. it’s definitely max.

user57: i still don’t think it is…we can’t see his face

user58: but what are the chances she soft launches after max asks her out

user59: she probably did it to be funny?

user60: and it worked! she’s too funny

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maxverstappen1: matching sunglasses 🕶️

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user61: QUICK, WHOS FEET DO THOSE LOOK LIKE

user62: oh max…

user63: okay so! it’s either max and yn DID go on that date, or yn has a bf and max posted this to save himself

user64: i realllyyy hope max and yn did go on that date because if max posted this just to save himself the embarrassment….

user65: what if this isn’t even a girl, and it’s one of max’s friend pretending to be a girl 😭

user66: i can see charles pretending to be the girl

user67: HE SO WOULD

charles_leclerc: those are NOT my toes 🤕

user68: okay but no one on the grid has skinny little girl hands like this

user68: logan does

logansargent: ?

user68: well this is awkward

georgerussell63: well well well

user69: THIS CAN MEAN MANY THINGS GEORGE!! IS THIS YN OR NOT

user70: i don’t think it’s yn. she’s too pretty for max.

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user70: GEORGE LIKED??

user71: so it’s NOT yn?

user72: but he could mean it in a “they are dating but she’s too pretty for him” way

user73: GRRRR

carlossainz55: i can’t believe it

user74: WHAT. WHAT CANT YOU BELIVE CARLOS

user75: you can’t believe that yn and max actually went out?? or you can’t believe max got a another girl after being publicly rejected??

user76: they’re like giving us hints but at the same time they’re not??

user77: THEYRE PLAYING WITH US

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maxverstappen1: i’m dating a pageant queen and you’re not! 

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user78: FINALLY!

user79: could’ve just said this earlier..

user80: could’ve saved us the trouble 😒

carlossainz55: i still can’t believe it

user81: SO HE DID MEAN IT IN A “can’t believe you actually got her” WAY

maxverstappen1: you have no faith in me :(

carlossainz55: correct!

charles_leclerc: i believed in you max!

maxverstappen1: thank you charles 😄

carlossainz55: he’s lying, he bet €50 you wouldn’t get a text back

maxverstappen1: THAT BASTARD

charles_leclerc: IT DIDNT SEEM LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO GET A REPLY! I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO WIN €50 AND I WOULD’VE GIVEN YOU HALF?

user83: i could be dating a pageant queen, you don’t know me

user84: are you?

user83: am i what?

user84: dating a pageant queen?

user83: no

user84: what is wrong with you

user85: i love how nobody was hating, we all just wanted to know if max x yn was happening

user86: max has gotten his dream girl…WE CHEERED

user87: years later and lot of instagram likes, we DID IT 👏

user88: we?

user89: i was there almost 8 years ago when max put his first like on yns post, so yes! WE

user90: thank god for that charity event

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yourusername: former pageant queen

maxverstappen1: you’ll always be a pageant queen in my eyes 🥰

landonorris; simp

maxverstappen1: mad you don’t have a girlfriend?

user91: WOAH GIRLFRIEND?

user92: girl what did you think was going on here

user91: I DIDDNT KNOW THEY MADE IT OFFICIAL

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yourusername: i’m dating a 3x wdc and you’re not!

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user92: please don’t rub it in

user93: i’m soooo happy for you guys (sarcasm)

user93: yes i’m jealous

danielricciardo: actually i am dating a 3x wdc and his name is max verstappen

yourusername; really? because max verstappen is is laying on me right now

danielricciardo: that’s a clone. the REAL max verstappen is laying to my right.

yourusername: this is what we call schizophrenia 🥰

user94: you guys are so cute! (i’m jealous, i’m so fucking jealous)

user95: max started dating his celebrity crush of 8 years in 8 days! we did it joe! we did it

user96: they won’t last. they’re moving to fast.

user97: they’re both grown adults who know what they want 🤷‍♀️

maxverstappen1: that’s me!

yourusername; that’s you!

georgerussell63: yeah max we have EYES.

maxverstappen1: don’t be pissy because yn likes me more now

georgerussell63: she does NOT

maxverstappen1: you keep thinking that 😇

charles_leclerc: i always knew he could do it!

maxverstappen1: no you didn’t. stop lying to me.

charles_leclerc: IM SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SHARE THE €50 WITH YOUUU.

maxverstappen1: I DONT CARE @/oscarpiastri is the ONLY know who truly believed in me

oscarpiastri: i bet €100 against you

maxverstappen1: I CANT TRUST ANYONE

alex_albon: does this mean we’ll be invited to more charity events?

user98: you’re just thinking of the food 😐

alex_albon: …yeah

maxverstappen1: 😁🥰👊😏🔥💕🤗

user99: bro starts dating his celebrity crush and forgets how to act

user100: me if i was dating oscar

. . .

notes: thank you for the request! (even though i accidentally deleted it)

[lifewiththelulus]

Young Cirrus Meeting Kindlin during a class kickball game. Cirrus keeps missing the ball and gets depressed about it. then sees Kin failing just as hard but still having fun.

So they met when Cirrus wasn't out yet right

correct. before Cirrus even knew being trans could be a thing. Ox didn't have a lot of friends and used to be ashamed for liking things that were traditionally feminine. Mostly due to the parents. Bog was cool with Ox doing whatever he wanted, but never really joined in on the fun. Kindlin was the first best friend they had.

I think Cirrus would be Kindlin's closest friend as a child She was never really open about her home life, but Cirrus kept Kindlin from completely giving up on connecting with other people

It made it all the more devastating when Cirrus eventually left

Even sadder, Cirrus never got to say good bye, Her granny at the time lived a little further from her old school, and fell into a deep depression, even after she came out and got some mental help, she didn't think Kin would want to see her again, after she avoided talking to her for years.

Poor Kindlin thought for a long time she did something wrong and that's why Cirrus just ghosted her. She didn't know about what happened probably since she never said goodbye. Kindlin was really depressed for a while cus it felt like everyone eventually leaves

When they bumped into each other again Kindlin was overjoyed but still had that feeling like she still might not be good enough for cirrus to stay her friend this time

When they meet again, Crissus apologizes constantly and promises to be a better friend. Hoping now that she's changed things can be better.

Kindlin is just glad to know it wasn't anything she did She still feels bad about her parents though and tells her she knows what it's like to lose a parent so she can come to her whenever she needs. They definitely have a little cry and a big hug when they meet again

Their shocked faces when they realized there feelings for each other had not faded but instead grew stronger.

Kindlin going home with a huge smile for once 😭 When Cirrus first says her name tho. "who is this really cute girl and how does she know my name??"

Kindlin: "Oh geez, why is this cute girl hugging me to death now? //0 0//"

From the moment Cirrus walked back into her life she was already crushing XD Just didn't know it yet lmaoo

Cirrus definitely helped her stop repressing her emotions She hadn't done it for long but was starting to slip into it so Cirrus popping up again was sort of needed in her life

Cirrus making up for all the times Kin kept her from repressing when she was younger by doing the same.

When Kindlin was gonna leave the city she wasn't gonna say anything to anyone So no one knows she was even gonna leave except for Birch

Imagine Birch not knowing Kindlin never told Cirrus And she brings it up one day "I'm so glad Kindlin decided not to leave the city. She's so much happier than the night I found her."

"Leave???? Found her?? What are you talking about? Didn't she apply for this job?"

"…. oh."

It's the only time Kindlin straight up lied to Cirrus face

Kindlin just told Cirrus was going through a few family issues and that is was nothing to worry about, she didn't even know her dad had died. She was heartbroken that Kin never told her.

Kindlin probably didn't even say what the truth was until she was pushed She kept saying it was nothing until she broke down and poured it all out Her dad dying when she was little, her mom emotionally abandoning her, Cirrus leaving, Ruby leaving, Lily stabbing her in the back… It was all too much so she was gonna run away to elementopolis to try a new life but Birch brought her in from the storm and offered her a job after a couple days. She was definitely apologizing a lot for lying and making such immature choices

Once Cirrus hears her crying she feels guilty knowing her leaving was part of her trauma. So she promises her she will never abandon her again, even if everyone and everything goes against them, because knowing was the best thing to ever happen to her, and she'll never take that for granted again.

Kindlin just hugged her and didn't let go Kindlin usually doesn't cry but Cirrus' words made her a sobbing mess

She holds her until she stops

[crimsononiarataki-archive]

"Ah, it's not a big deal anymore. It hasn't happened in months."

Despite how boisterous he could be, the Oni was being surprisingly quiet all things considered. It was likely out of respect for Kyokai, since the other male was blind and the Oni was aware of the other senses being increased due to the loss of one sense. Or, so he read, anyway.

"It's alright, Kyo. I'm not worried about it, I've not done anything to warrant being attacked by beans."

He'd not really been in Hanamizuka for some time now, which wasn't too shocking since he'd been out and about with his gang. They'd been helping some of the areas that had been hit hard by Kairagi and Treasure Hoarders. While his boys couldn't really do much in the way of fighting, they were good at distracting the groups so the Oni and Shinobu could dispatch the enemies. Sure, it didn't pay much but they were typically given small baskets of produce, even if more than half of it was typically bruised. They didn't really care it was food and it could be cooked.

"Yeah, I know there's a few there but they're not too common, unless a storm is coming or recently hit. Or so I hear..."

He went a bit quieter mostly because he'd spotted one of the people who liked harassing him, which likely meant his friends were around. He'd inadvertently grip Kyokai's hand tighter but it would only be for a moment before the Oni's hold would return to how it'd been while he was relaxed and leading Kyokai to the kimono shop. He'd given the smaller male his word, he was an Oni of his word, therefore the other male was going to get to the kimono shop safely, then find something to eat while waiting for it to be repaired.

"Most of the time we don't even do anything bad, Kyo. It's just harmless fun and we don't steal anythin'. Not anymore, we didn't have much of a choice in the past though... not my proudest moments for sure."

Of course, the Oni and his gang never took ALL the food when they stole stuff, they'd take enough to eat a meal, then they'd scrounge through the various boxes and stuff scattered around the area they were staying in. Sometimes they got a good haul, other times, not so much. They all also learned how to fish which made eating that much easier. He'd once again lift his free hand and then slide it through as much of his hair as he could. He wasn't going to pick up the pace so they could evade the bean throwers, since he'd not done anything he hoped they'd just leave him alone.

"As for your eyes? They kind of remind me of what the ocean looks like at night during a storm, they're grey but there's also a slight bit of pink in there too."

The Oni's face would once more flush and if Kuki was watching him, she'd be seeing all his flustered reactions to Kyokai's words. He'd wind up rubbing the back of his neck and chuckling softly. He was more certainly NOT used to compliments, and if Kyokai could see him? He'd know that without question.

"You.. you uh, like my name huh? Thanks. Nobody other than Granny Oni has ever told me they liked my name, or described it like that really..."

He knew he was strong, he was an Oni, they were known for their strength, but he'd never been told his name sounded kindhearted before, it made his heart feel funny, though it only lasted a moment, not anything more than that. At least his hands weren't getting sweaty, because that would be HARD to explain. Mostly because the Oni wouldn't have any idea WHY it happened in the first place.

"Oh yeah, I know this is kinda out of the blue and all, but do you happen to have a place to crash at? Cause if not, my gang and I will happily let you stay with us!"

The Oni would swing their joined hands for a moment before he stopped, mostly because he wasn't sure why he'd done the action in the first place at all. It seemed almost childish, but not quite? He wasn't too sure how to describe it or think about it. Not at all. It was fine though, he could ask Kuki later. She'd know, she was one of the smartest people he knew after all. She knew a LOT and he had a feeling she'd know what caused him to do such a thing.

"Well, if there's somethin' you wanna try let me know and I can take you to the best place to get it!"

He'd be grinning again, though his cheeks would still be awash with quite a pretty shade of pink that had darkened to almost be akin to the markings on his cheeks. It was probably a good thing Kyokai couldn't see his face, but also maybe not?

"There's a place you can get a drink called 'Dango Milk' and I've heard it's good. Never tried it though, y'know, bean allergy and all that. It's made with soy milk I think. I'd rather not risk it."

He'd chuckle, still set on completely ignoring the people likely whispering behind the two, about how they were going to attack the Oni with a lot of beans to 'make up for lost time'. He'd never once retaliated, not as a kid, a teen, or young adult either. There was no reason for him to do so. He lived among the humans as a Crimson Oni after all.

"There's also a place you can sit down and enjoy some nice dishes, it's call Uyuu Restaurant. They serve various rice dishes, vegetable dishes, meat dishes. If you can think of it, they likely have it on the menu. They even have some Liyue dishes, only reason I know that is because I went there a few months ago. Shortly after the Sakoku Decree was lifted. It was great!"

@stella-ignis-rosea

His eyes widened, he knew Oni’s were allergic to beans but he didn’t know some people would throw some at the Oni, it was cruel…to see how far people’s prejudice goes it was sad to hear that it goes to a cruel level. People can be cruel to those they know nothing about or hardly understand…if only they’d open their minds just to see that what they misunderstood. His words still stand…it’s why kyo doesn’t really care about what people tell him…and those who give him their true kindness? They are more valuable and worth his more of his time than assholes really

“How cruel….to think they’d go that far as to take advantage of your allergy…that goes way too far…”

He says as he frowned softly, it was cruel, he does hope they were arrested for such crimes, it could kill him one day if no one stops this cruelty. The poor Oni was so nice going out of his way to help him to the city and even saved his life…! Why would people go this far is beyond him and saddening

He tilts his head once Itto starts talking about the Naku Weeds, now that he mentions it he does often times hear buzzing along with the concentration of electro in the air, that must be what’s making the vibrations so confusing for his senses

“Naku Weeds? So that’s the buzzing I keep hearing! Definitely does a good job messing with my sense of direction I’ll give it that, oh? My eyes? Out of curiosity what do blind eyes look like? No ones ever told me”

He asked curiously, Itto says he may not be smartest around but so far Kyo is thinking otherwise, to know how to tell when someone’s blind and to know what Naku Weed does to someone who’s senses are sensitive? He doubts the average person would know that, Kyo didn’t and it almost costed him.

The albino smiles softly, as he held his hand walking on their way as he gave a nod,

“Yes I have, and that’s what I thought honestly, just harmless people having some fun and trying to get others to have fun as well…I don’t see that as troublesome really….ive seen troublesome mischief and that dear Itto, isn’t it…”

He told him with a smile on his face, what he says is true, troublesome mischief is more so reckless pranks and sometimes making fun of someone. Sometimes people get hurt from that, for example if someone replaced someone’s shampoo with hair dye or an apple with a painted fake item for people to buy, that’s troublesome mischief in Kyo’s eyes. And from what he hears? Itto just wants people to have fun around him and have a good time…

His eyes widens as he hears Itto saying he likes his name, it made his heart buzzing with joy as it’s a name someone important to his life gave him, and he went by that name abandoning his birthgiven name and surname

“That makes me happy to hear, honestly I don’t mind if you call me Kyo, I’m just glad you like my name, you have a nice name too you know…strong sounding and yet so kindhearted”

He told him as he thinks about food like Itto mentioned, he was hungry but he still wants to treat Itto a thank you for what he’s done and what he’s doing, he doesn’t wanna let the Oni go without a thank you at all

“I heard the food is amazing there, honestly, I tried the food at Ritou and it was really good! So I’m excited to try some at inazuma city”

@crimsononiarataki

[alondradina]

Domaystic day 30!

Prompt: Treasure in a dumpster

Fandom: Dragon Age

Pairing: Solas/Ellana, Solas/Lavellan, Solavallen

Starring: Isabela and Sera

Rating: G

Modern day AU

-

Solas perched at the very edge of the futon, warily eyeing the heap of odds and ends that Izzy and Sera were showing off. Ellana smothered a giggle at his expression. He raised an eyebrow at her before focusing back on what the girls were saying.

"We found this," Izzy lifted a small speaker from the pile, "over behind the dorms on Mabari Row."

Sera laughed. "Didn't think we'd find anything worthwhile over in the Fereldan area of town, but I was wrong!"

"Is this a common occurrence?" Solas asked, subtly shifting a pair of underwear to the side with his foot. His face didn't have nearly the level of disgust on it that Ellana would expect from him. Though, he had seen Sera's collection a few times. She wouldn't tell him that this was a new, unwashed pair that Sera had just scavenged.

"I mean, at the end of every semester for sure. All the kids leaving just dump their stuff and go. It's the best!" Izzy exclaimed. She tossed another speaker behind her and picked up a laptop. "Only thing wrong with this is the missing space bar! Easy fix!"

"What do you do with it all?"

"Sell it," Ellana said with a shrug.

"Use it," Sera said at the same time.

Izzy chuckled. "We found the futon you're sitting on right after El moved in with me. She slept on it until we found a mattress."

Solas paused, a vague look of horror on his face, before turning to her.

She sighed. "Yes, Solas. I'm still using the dumpster mattress. It was still plastic wrapped and stuff. Not a big deal."

His face said that it was, actually, a big deal. Sera blew a raspberry and tossed a stuffed nug at him. Flinching when it hit his arm, he set it to the side and frowned at Sera. "That was uncalled for."

"Pff. You're uncalled for. Stop with the judging, Mr. Judgy."

"I'm not-"

"You def are," Izzy laughed. She pushed a random assortment of things from her lap and stood up, brushing off the front of her skirt. "It's ok, it's part of your charm."

"I do not mean-"

"Yeah, yeah. You don't mean it. We know," Sera said with a roll of her eyes. She picked up the pair of underwear Solas had shoved over and tossed them into her box. "That's the only reason you get to hang out with us. 'Cuz you don't mean it."

"If you did mean it, we would have gotten El clear of you a long time ago," Izzy continued. She started separating their haul into 'sell' or 'keep' piles.

Solas paused, obviously uncertain of what he should say, before Sera tossing yet another pair of underwear into her box caught his notice. "I may regret asking, but why do you collect underwear?"

"Took you long enough!" Sera guffawed, slingshotting a thong at him. She fell over laughing when he almost slipped off the futon in his attempt to avoid it. "Was starting to think you were too polite to ask."

Ellana rubbed the bridge of her nose and turned to her boyfriend. "We can leave now, if you're ready?"

"No, I would like to hear Sera's story."

"Ugh."

Izzy cackled and smacked his shoulder. "You look like you're preparing to be shot. This story is, surprisingly, short and not terribly exciting."

"Short story even shorter," Ellana interjected, "is that Sera is childish and loves nothing more than to shock people."

"It's true," Sera shrugged. She grabbed a double fistful of her collection and showed them a variety of sizes and styles. "I like underwear because it's so weird. You've got big ole bloomers, teeny tiny thongs, tighty whities, granny panties, you name it! There's so many colors and patterns, too. It's just a lot of fun."

"And people get weirded out." Ellana dead panned.

"And people get weirded out," Sera agreed. Smirking, she tossed the underwear in the box and flopped on her back. "Nothing better than nicking someone's things and leaving a pair of knickers behind."

"She took all my socks and underwear once, and replaced them with her stash. None of it in my size, of course."

Sera sat up and leaned towards Ellana. "I never asked, but did you borrow one of mine or did you go commando?"

Ellana rolled her eyes and refused to answer. She very carefully didn't look in Solas' direction.

"You didn't ask, because I doused your bed in charcoal sludge for going in my room," Izzy said with a chuckle. She threw a three ring binder at Sera, who dodged it.

"Yeah, yeah. You sure taught me."

"You ready to go yet, Solas?" Ellana interrupted, knowing that the girls were about to get rambunctious.

"I suppose I am," he nodded at Izzy and frowned at Sera, who was sticking her tongue out at him, "A pleasure, as always."

"He lies so sweetly," Izzy giggled, patting him on the shoulder hard enough to rock him forward.

Sera lazily waved from the floor, "Bye bye. Be good. Do the things I wouldn't do."

"Bye guys, love you," Ellana said with a wave. She ushered Solas to the door before turning around and blowing them a kiss.

Izzy reciprocated while Sera just rolled her eyes. "Leave already!"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38724966/chapters/98434452

[adventure-inmiitopia]

The Adventures Of Miitopia: Christmas⛄❄ Event Day

[Chapter 1: An unexpected Reunion]

Along with Happy Jolly day in the Land of Miitopia, many people are selling some Grateful Christmas day. A young Boy, Goob, shares some Special Gifts to all the people around at Greenhorne. 

"Here you go, ma'am. One special gift!", as he gives Cheery granny a gift Happily.

"Oh thank you, young one. Oh! And also, here is yours as well.", said Cheery Granny, giving him sweet food.

"Why, Thank you ma'am and Merry Christmas!!"

"You too, my dear."

As Goob rides on a bicycle goes back to the Inn. He brought so many gifts from people who gave him.

"Hey guys, I'm back!" As Goob opens the door wide.

"Heya, Kid! Finishing those schedules?"said Mad rabbid.

"Yup! All of these gifts from People have many of them, and even these foods from Ms. Clara."

"Well, We could put these into our Dinner tonight, Right Kid??"

As Goob giggled and asked,"Heh, yeah. Anyway, how's the others doing?"

Mad answered,"Well as you can see, Oozer and Zak sending some donation with old stuffs, The big Guys getting a tree I could I guess, and Zoe is-"

"Still in the kitchen.." As Zoe said from the Kitchen.

"Oh, ok that shou- wait, there is one missing…",said Goob as he thinks where's the last one.

But suddenly it came out of nowhere right behind him and said,

"SURPRISE ATTACK!!" It was Vanellope this all along.

"WAH!!-" as Goob Surprised and gets bumped together. Both laughed at each other and Mad rabbid happy about these kids. Then, one of the group of others came into the Inn this time. Hammer brought a gift, but it's a secret.

"Heya, we're back!" Said Hammer.

Goob asked,"Oh, hey Hammer. How's everyone doing?"

"Pretty fine to us." Said Oozer

"But where's Slinker by the way?"

Goob answered,"Oh, he must be in the room. But don't worry, I'll go check on him."

As he goes upstairs, Goob opens a bit as he hears Slinker say what he's up to as he looks at the necklace. Slinker seems a bit off as he sighs.

".. I know I may have gone too far. But I could still live from a light. Oh father, what should I do without you.."

Goob knocks the door and opens,"Umm, Slinker.. is everything ok with you?"

"O-oh! Goob, sorry I was having a bit of a break. Please, feel free to say anything about it.",as Slinker slightly smiles as joy.

"Well, I would think of it too much that I have a question to ask. Are your parents still.. alive??"

Slinker was surprised and said,"Well… yes but, only my mother lives. As my father is still inside me, I couldn't stop thinking about him. It's more like people thinking I look like him.."

"I see..", said Goob

"Speaking of Jolly, I think what Tanza said was that we had a visitor that came to us."

"A Visitor?"

"Yeah! So, how about we take some nice treats downstairs. Would that be okay for you?", as Goob asks him.

Slinker has well-happy for him, "heh, okay. I'll come down for you, Goob."

As they both go downstairs and see some tasty food. All of the group are having a chat and getting chillin' around. As Goob has announced he said,

"Alright, everyone! Today in this Winter, we had a visitor come into this Land of Miitopia."

Zak asked,"Wait, they will came here no-", as he got slam by a someone who's opens a door and said,

"Oh there she is!" said Goob.

As the looking old Lady with the staff has come to the inns happily. Then, Slinker was shocked that he recognized her.

"Well hello, young people! I am glad to be here as a new Visitor!! My name is Montana, call me Moona.", as she's excited to meet the group. Suddenly Tanzanite came in.

"Oh, hey Tanza! You brought her here, right?", Goob asked.

Tanza answered,"Well, of course. As a reminder, she's actually Me & Slinker's Mother."

Everyone was shocked except Slinker and said, "MOTHER!?!"

"Oh! You all didn't know about me, aren't you??", as Moona was confused about it.

Mad rabbid was going to say,"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, Hold on! So you're Moona and-", he's pointing at Slinker & Tanza.

"One of these are your- SONS?!??"

"I am literally freaked out for this.", said Zak.

"Well, of course. And I thought, what I see is a young boy over here…", as she looked at Goob.

"you're Goob, right??"

as Goob answered,"Yup! That's me."

"Oooh, You are such a handsome little boy. My son told everything about you.", said Moona.

"Oh really?? That's cool! Besides, I have several questions between you and your sons. It's getting me confused somehow."

"Same, kid. Same.", said Mad rabbid stares in confusion.

[To be continue]

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[lizacstuff]

Hello, Liza! I hope you are doing well. Passing by because I (and everyone else I think) would like to know your thoughts about episode 25. I watch this show trying my best to avoid spoilers but today somehow I ended up seeing everything. Twitter was and still is mad about the episode and I thought I was going to have the same reaction as them. Surprise, surprise, I didn't which left me speechless. I feel like you might have the same reaction as me so I would love to know your thoughts! xo

Hello! I have a lot of asks and rather than flooding my dash, I think I’ll put them all in one place, so this is going to get very long.  I have mixed feelings. I didn’t hate it, but it was a hard episode to watch.

I wish I had seen the reaction before I watched, then I would have adjusted my expectations. The whole time I was waiting for a twist at the end that didn’t come. Partly because of my own speculation, but partly because I’d watch the live with Hande and Kerem and from the translations, Kerem said there was a shock at the end and called the ending beautiful. Never trust Kerem! LMAO. Not because he would ever intentionally mislead, but boyfriend never remembers anything that happens in any episode. Though he was right about the shock, just not about it being beautiful. (Prince be crazy!) Anyway I kept hoping for the twist of them working together and fooling everyone and it didn’t come. 

So I was disappointed at the end, but with adjusted expectations the episode, taken for what it is, is actually decent and I can definitely get onboard with Eda sacrificing everything to save him. That’s very romantic and they did a great job of setting up how devastated she was and how serious the threat is from Babaanne. Eda did not crumble in the face of a couple of idle threats. No, every moment that Eda waited to break up with him, Babaanne introduced some very real and catastrophic consequence to Serkan or his family. Shit got real and Eda was pushed into a no-win corner and needed to act fast. I’ll talk about that more, but first, I’ll mention a couple of thoughts about the writing and the new writers:

(more under the cut)

Good

Structure - The structure of the episode was a lot better than last week.  Scenes actually made sense one after the other, the emotions of the characters were consistent and it all flowed. 

Plot - I’m not necessarily praising what happened in the episode, more that there was one. And it’s one that will not be forgotten in the next episode and it feels like this plot could sustain a number of episodes which his necessary if the show is to continue.

Characterizations  - The characters felt true to what we’ve watched the last 20+ episodes. As I said above, work went into showing us both Eda and Serkan’s mindset and how that led to the ultimate outcome. It’s impressive that they put together one of the most heartbreaking breakup scenes I’ve seen, and the characters weren’t actually even together. 

Not-so-good

Proposal dream - I’m not a big fan of fooling the audience like this, and I’m really not a big fan of putting it in a teaser or promo. That is a bait and switch, and I think it’s a cheap trick for the production company to have featured it in the fragman. Badly done.  In next week’s fragman we see Serkan “punching” the Prince, I fear that is not real, possibly Serkan’s fantasy, and I’m really hoping that “fake scenes” are not going to be the go-to for these new writers. We’ve already spent 50+ hours with Eda and Serkan, we don’t need to see imaginary things, we need real scenes. No fake outs at this juncture. 

Humor and ‘sparkle’ - I think this is what’s going to be missing from the new writer’s scripts. They tried really hard with the game night at the newlywed’s house and Chef Alexander love triangle, (Team Aydan all the way, Ayfer can fuck off. If she doesn’t care about her niece’s happiness, then she shouldn’t get any herself) but it just didn’t get there comedy wise. Ayse really had a way of pulling together very funny scenarios and making everything sparkle, and I’ll miss that. 

Lack of Edser - This is their show, they are the ONLY reason most people watch. You can’t build a plot that separates them. When Serkan broke up with Eda they were able to build a scenario where they were still thrown together all of the time, and kept finding excuses to be with the other. Their screen time didn’t suffer that much. I’m not sure this scenario will allow the same with him being at risk if Babaanne spots them together.  However, for this episode I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt as @jan31​ brought up to me, Kerem and Hande were very busy last week with rehearsals and then shooting The Voice, so that might have contributed to why there was so much focus on the other characters this ep, they needed to release the leads for other commitments. 

hawaiigirl84 said: So I'm on a SCK Facebook group looking at a lot of irate fans. If you haven't seen the episode yet, I think you're going to have to gird your loins for this one.

@hawaiigirl84 Haha. I wish I’d seen this ask so I could have adjusted expectations. I went on twitter last night and then backed away slowly. Lots of dramatic rending of garments and gnashing of teeth.  You know the fan reaction is bad when both the producer Asena and Nesliyan (Aydan) tweeted out reassurances about the journey to love and then this morning the production company twitter account released video of Eda kissing Serkan in the jail. Trying to feed the fans who were out for blood, I’d guess. 

Anonymous said: Okay so the latest episode of SCK had to be the show creating a very low point for Eda & Serkan in order to build them back up, right? My thought after the episode ended was that things honestly could not get worse. That episode was just disappointing. While I get why Eda did what she did I still absolutely hated it and was pissed the writers could not come up with something better. And how heartbreaking was it to realize the proposal scene was a dream 😭. And now they released a clip showing Eda did kiss Serkan in the jail cell but they decided to cut it out? I get that the show has to create drama but the promotion of the episode as being super romantic was certainly a gut punch. The fragman has me hopefully that Eda & Serkan might finally work together to bring down Grandma or at least Eda will let him in on her plan. I will say even though that episode hurt the actors were absolutely killing it.

Are we the same person?? I think I went through all of these thoughts/emotions since watching, lmao.  

And 100% they are taking Eda and Serkan to their low point before building them back up. Also, think about it, after this they will both have a much better understanding of one another. Eda will understand how he could have made the decision to breakup rather than confide in her, and Serkan will understand why doing what he did hurt her so much and why it wasn’t easy for her to get over it. They’ll both have experienced the situation from all sides.  Ultimately, this will make them stronger.

Honestly, Eda has a LOT better reason to do what she’s doing than Serkan did. As I said above, Evil!Granny is not playing. She is deadly serious and seems to be capable of anything. In the course of 48 hours she had manufactured charges against Serkan that were serious and landed him in jail, she caused him to lose the tender they’d won which would have huge ripple affects for the business, and she was able to set up Alptekin and get him thrown in jail. At this point I could see her ordering a hit! Eda needed to call her off and get her to stop or who the heck knows would have happened to Serkan, Aydan and the business in the next 24 hours. Eda needed to move fast and she needed to be convincing. 

Right now I think Eda is just buying time, so Serkan is safe while she tries to fight her grandmother.  No way she’s rolling over. Not Eda. I’m still very hopeful that Serkan will figure out what she’s up to sooner rather than later and they will start to work together. 

Also, YES, to the performances. The actors were stellar. Hande and Kerem both brought it. I physically felt their pain.

Anonymous said: I'm completely convinced that the writers' room for this last episode wrote it without any knowledge of ep 24 except for the fact that it ended with Serkan getting arrested on NYE. Like I still wouldn't like it, but if we had gone from ep 23 to ep 25, it would make more sense. But not after ep 24. Did Ayse just say "fuck it" while writing that episode and gave the fans everything she could knowing full well what the other writers' plans were? Talk about some severe whiplash.

I don’t know what the background is on the writer change, but I don’t think this is fair.  I got whiplash from the fragman (proposal) to the episode, but not from ep 24 to this one. When watching ep 24 didn’t you think it was just a matter of time before the other shoe dropped? I thought that it was obvious that a dark cloud was gathering, just as Eda was willing to start fresh with him. Babaanne directly threatened Serkan several times to Eda. She told Eda she would destroy Serkan if she found they were together.  Episode 24 was Eda being defiant and letting herself be with Serkan and this episode was the consequences of that.  

There are things to criticize, but I completely disagree with you that this is one.

Anonymous said: I think Eda didn't say ily at that time because she must have already thought about maybe accepting what her grandmother had asked for. It would have been weird if she told him I love you and then broke up with him right afterwards. It wasn't the right time, I think the writers are saving it for a big confession like in episode 11. At least for now we could hear her say it in her dream.

Agreed on the timing, and you’re right about the dream. While I am annoyed they put it in the trailer, in the narrative it did serve to tell us exactly where Eda’s head is at in regards to their relationship.  She loves Serkan, she wants to marry Serkan.  So we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that none of her actions are because of any lingering “confusion,” right now she is acting out of pure love for him. That’s beautiful. (maybe that’s what Kerem meant by the ending being beautiful, lmao) 

Anonymous said: Eda really breaking him by called what they had a mistake and threwing him the parents death in his face like it was his fault, he doesn’t deserve all this. At least im happy serkan walked away first! although he loves her with all his being, he's fed up with Eda behaviour... if she really wants him, she has to fight for him.

Oh boy. 

You understand that Eda didn’t mean anything she said, right?  That the only way for her to convince Serkan she was serious was to bring out the big guns, and that she only did it to save him?

Yes, that was hard to watch. My heart absolutely breaks for Serkan. Actually, it breaks for both of them.  But it’s supposed to, they are in love, and Babaanne is tearing them apart. Did you watch Eda all episode? She was devastated the entire time. That’s one of the reasons this ep was hard to watch. It’s hard to see a beloved character be at that low of a point for 2 straight hours.  

This storyline will be easier for you to watch if you reframe this from applauding Serkan for being “fed up” at Eda, to Eda loving him so much that she is going to do whatever is necessary to save him.  She sacrificed and now she’s going to risk it all fighting Babaanne, and all of it is for LOVE. 

Anonymous said: The ending is so ridiculous, and let's not even talk about the fragman of the next episode I really don't know if I want to continue watching

Okay, you’ve just hit my pet peeve. DO NOT come into my inbox with flounce threats. I don’t care if you watch or not. If you’re done, fine, move on, no need to announce it on anon or add it to any of my posts. Because why even talk about something you’re not going to watch? If you’re not serious, but just saying that cause you’re throwing a temper tantrum and think that you can bring about change that way or think you’re making a point by threatening to withhold your support, I’m not going to validate you. You’re being manipulative and all you’re doing is trying to make other people feel bad.  Anyone else who does this will be blocked.  

Anonymous said:  The new writers are really destroying the series. Eda blamed serkan for not telling her the truth and now she did exactly the same. They're ruining eda's character by doing that. Eda wouldn’t have ever, nor left herself be defeated like this by babaanne, nor used the words she did with Serkan, it was beyond mean, and unnecessary for this plot, im so upset

Dude, pull yourself together. It’s not that bad. The new writers are definitely evolving the series, if feels like it’s going to be more plot driven, than situational, but I think that had to happen if they were going to continue making episodes. Maybe you believe they should just end it, and that’s a fine opinion to have, but if it’s to continue, and I personally want it to, there needs to be a plot, there needs to be a big obstacle and this is what these writers’ have chosen.   

Out of all the thing they could have done, it’s actually a good direction to go. Once again, they’ve chosen to separate them, not because one betrayed the other. Not because of some third-party love interest. Not because one is uncertain about their feelings. Not because one of them made a bad choice that hurt the other. They’re separated because of something that happened when they were children, something completely out of their control.  And Eda made the decision she did, because she loves him more than anything. 

For drama in a romantic story its about as good as you can hope for. Because despite your knee-jerk, overly emotional take, the reality is there is nothing here that taints either character or their love for one another. 

They are NOT ruining Eda’s character.  Eda was pushed into a corner and she made a hasty decision to save the man she loves. Babaanne was watching her constantly, she was having her followed. Eda did what was necessary to get Serkan out of jail and then to stop Babaanne’s relentless, and successful, attacks against him.  She said what she said, because that’s the only thing that would have convinced him she was for real. Anything else he wouldn’t have believed, and if he didn’t believe it then Babaanne wouldn’t have stopped. Also, Eda hasn’t let herself be defeated. She did what she needed to do, so she can keep Serkan safe while she fights. This is just one battle, Babaanne won’t win the war. 

They’ll get to the point when they’re fighting her together, but we’re getting this part first. The part that will give both of them greater insight into the other, and the perspective they both need to truly understand how each felt during the first break up. And it will give us angst and longing and pining and jealousy and all sorts of things. 

Also, curious, why is it okay for Serkan to break her heart because he was afraid of her reaction to the truth of the past, but it’s not okay for Eda to break his heart to save him from huge and real threats to his safety, livelihood, freedom and family?

Anonymous said: I am so sad for serkan he doesn't deserve this. Eda ended up abandoning him like everyone else who comes into his life. The worst thing about it is that he knew it was going to happen and he was afraid it would happen and it did happen 😭

It’s definitely gut-wrenching. Serkan doesn’t deserve this, but neither did Eda. And Eda didn’t abandon him because she wanted to, she did it because very bad things were happening and she had to act quickly.

However, think about what you just said: he knew it was going to happen. It’s also not like the consequences of going against Babaanne are unknown to him.  He knows he was thrown in jail, he knows his dad is in jail, he knows there were serious threats to his business. So what that means is that it won’t take Serkan long to figure out that Babaanne is behind everything and Eda is 100% acting out of love for him.  

He will just need to shake off the sting of her words, and the haze of heartbreak and he’ll see that she did it for him. 

[nessamaurice]

Simple Ch. 1 (Loki x F!Reader)

Masterlist

Summary: Tony and the Avengers are in desperate need of something like a “babysitter” to have an eye on Loki and teach him “how to human”. He decided to stay on Midgard over the dungeons of Asgard as punishment for his deeds in New York. That’s where you swoop in. A simple receptionist at the Avengers compound. You have to share an apartment in the compound with Loki and damn, he’s a really tough nut. With your open and kind character it seems that you are slowly cracking his shell. But suddenly things are getting twists that will change your life and your relationships there irreversibly.

Story rating: M

Chapter trigger warnings: n/a

Words: 1984

1

"We need someone totally random." Tony broke the silence in the room. Every gaze was on him now. "Not someone with any special training, crazy gifts or hyper specialized knowledge."

"Why?" Steve simply asked.

"Your brother", Tony said turning to Thor and pointing at him, "has an enormous ego. If he has to stay here, we got to get him... let's say humbled. He will stay here in the compound. He is even willing to cooperate, so I guess we won't need shackles. At least not all the time. We just need someone reliable staying in the same room with him. Like, a babysitter. Someone simple, responsible from the neighbourhood who you would trust to look after your children because you know she'll just tuck them into bed asap and spend a nice evening watching Netflix or reading books while eating chips."

"You think it should be a woman?" Natasha mentioned.

"Did I say she? Ah yes, I did. Probably because when I think of next-door-babysitters I automatically think of girls. Women. Sorry." Tony immediately corrected himself as he noticed the raised eyebrow of Natasha.

"Couldn't it be that he would try to... I don't know... something like to trick a woman to do what he wants? Is he... um..." Bruce struggled to speak his mind.

"You mean like a seducer to women?" Thor assumed, followed by an amused little laugh. "No do not worry about that matter. I have known him my whole life and playing such games with women was never in his interest, even if it would have been useful to his plans. And I would say a woman would be best, he mostly behaves more controlled and civilized towards women in charge than to men."

"Alrighty then!" Tony clapped his hands to end this meeting that almost seemed like it would never end. With everybody feeling relieved to have come to a solution, the tension in the room ebbed away.

"Barton", Tony addressed to the agent in the corner of the room, "We need someone trustworthy. A woman. Someone staying away from drama. A at least somehow balanced one. And she will have to move to the compound for quite a while, so sort out every woman having responsibilities at home or such. The best would be someone who already works for me, check all our employees first, maybe we are lucky."

Clint simply nodded and left the room, but not without grabbing a big mug of coffee on the leave. Everyone headed to the door, but Thor caught Tony by grabbing his arm and stopping him. He waited a second until all the other Avengers were gone.

"Thank you, Stark. It is very generous and honorable of you and of Midgard to offer my errant brother a second chance after all what he did to your realm. There is clearly good in him. Buried under mischief and lies but somewhere it is. Maybe a simple person is all he needs to learn that 'simple' is nothing bad. It is hard for him to deal with his banishment from his home but it was his own choice and he preferred this over the dungeons of our palace. It took him quite a while to make this decision."

"Yeah. It's okay. No one likes to have a pissed-off brother being kept in the basement." Tony said, patting Thor on the shoulder while leaving the room.

***

With one hand you fumbled for your alarm clock to put in on snooze while hiding under the blanket. Sleep drunk you tried to get your brain working as a little wave of panic shot through you. Turning over to your clock you silently cursed into your pillow and pushed yourself up. You already wanted to get up 10 minutes ago but pressed snooze once too often. Again. You speeded up your morning routine a little to catch the lost minutes you sacrificed to Morpheus.

"This day's gonna be crap." You mumbled to yourself while entering the compound and shuffling over to the reception.

"Sweets, turn your bitch face off, you're at work."

The voice of your coworker Jackie (but you'd rather address her as your best friend than coworker) ripped you out of your thoughts.

"Hey Babe. Sorry." You gave her your poorest apology smile.

"Pressed snooze too often again, huh?" She tried to hold back a broad smile while you walked around the giant reception desk, heavy eye-rolling.

"Shut up. Tea's ready?"

"Do we know us since yesterday?" She pouty answered, handing you your favorite mug. You snatched it almost too energetically from her hand, inhaling the steam rising from it and closing your eyes.

"Aw, yeah. Much better." You put it on the desk and went to the back to hang your coat. Walking by you caught your own glance in the mirror, stopped and returned to it to check your appearance. You fixed some loose strands of hair and spotted your septum piercing. Cursing at yourself that you forgot to take it out once again you turned it up into your nose to hide it. If you'd take it out right now you would just lose it, like the other 4 piercings before. Pulling on the collar of your shirt and fiddling on your chocker necklace you quickly checked yourself over again and stepped outside to the reception desk. You were so lucky that you and your colleagues came to the glorious arrangement that you were in charge of the visit-reservation-referring-emails and wouldn't have to answer phone calls. Every time you heard the melodic ringing it sent a little jolt through your guts but were relieved the same moment, knowing that it was not your task to answer it. You never knew why phone calls put you in such a state but you didn't really bother to find out. You went to sit down on your office chair, totally focused on your steaming mug that stood there longing for your cold hands to get warmed up by its heat but stopped mid-motion and turned your head to the left. Your eyes wandered the spacious entrance hall. Since there were still 10 minutes before the Avengers compound opened up to visitors, press and business the only light was the natural dim dawn falling in through the huge window front. You almost jumped a little as the lighting was turned on, as always on time.

"Everything alright, Sweet Pea?" Your friend appeared from behind you, making you jump a little again.

"What? Oh yeah. Sorry. I thought there was something. Getting a little paranoid after a week of holiday at home." You laughed at her. As you finally sat down you couldn't resist to look over your shoulder again and search the enormous hall. It wasn't helpful that you had that feeling of being watched since almost 3 weeks now. At first you didn't take it very serious. Your workplace was permanently full of people and CCTV. But the feeling deep down in your stomach grew bigger each day. In the end you were so happy to eventually have a week all on your own. You spent it most of the time at home, doing all the things you wanted to do for a long time. You took some art classes in portraying persons, read 2 books, listened to music constantly, ordered too much stuff from Amazon because you had so much time browsing stuff you didn't need, even could get yourself to take some walks in the nearby park and enjoy the autumn colours. But, much to your dismay, that feeling of being followed by something or someone didn't cease. You spoke to your therapist at your monthly meeting about this last week. She said not to take it too serious but that you'll come back to that point next month.

You softly shook your head to get rid of the thoughts and put your bag on the floor beneath your desk with a loud thud. Jackie turned her head and looked at you, then at your bag.

"What the hell is in there? Thor's hammer?"

You tried to bat her hand away as she grabbed your bag and opened it. Her gaze rose in played shock to meet your eyes. She pulled a giant book out of it without interrupting her steady look at you. You couldn't help but blush, roll your eyes and laugh.

"Oh. My. God. Didn't they have a bigger book than this? Why are you dragging this monster with you to work?" She looked at the title and stuttered a little while reading it out loud, a little too loud since your other colleagues turned their heads, poorly hiding their smiles.

"Antiquitates Iudaicae" She looked at you again, one brow raised. "Seriously?"

You couldn't hold back your snort at that look on her face. Hectically you nabbed your stuff from her hands. "Shut up bitch, that's for my lunch break."

Unfortunately that explanation didn't help much to stop her amusement because now she helplessly had to cover her mouth while she laughed into her hands.

"Damn girl, you crazy."

"I know. You love that."

"Of course I do. Borrow me that book when you're through. And if I lost my sight by that time, you can read it to me when your granny glasses will be strong enough."

Smiling you turned to your computer and turned it on. It was about time, your small interruption cost you precious minutes to start your working routine before the doors opened to all the amazed visitors, screaming school groups and snoopy press people.

While waiting for your computer to come to live (which took quite longer than you'd expect when working for a technology genius), Jackie slapped your shoulder.

"Oh I totally forgot to fill you in on the latest gossip. When you were on holiday, a cute guy from accounting sat down next to me during lunch and asked where you are."

"Whaaaat? You're kidding."

"Nah-ah! He said he wanted to say hi to you after he saw you several times in the cafeteria and thought you would show up just a little later. He feared you may have just chucked your job after two more days without seeing you. I tell you, he has the bluest eyes I've ever seen. If I were unwed, I'd totally be jealous. I promised not to tell you. Ha ha. As if I would not tell you."

"Aw come on. Now I will never be able to relax during lunch time again." You batted her arm with the back of your hand.

"Oh Sweets, you're much too old to be nervous around men."

"Uhm, you know who you talking to, right?"

Her only answer was just a vicious smile as she turned to the already ringing phone.

The morning went on as usual. Tons of emails, greeting visitors and groups, handing forms over the counter, smiling, tea drinking.

Your stomach began to rumble just as your break was due. You checked yourself in the mirror again, this time a bit more precisely. As usual, you weren't too pleased with what you saw. Catching that thought, you very silently said to yourself "But I love myself anyway" just as your therapist taught you. You hoped that one day you'd eventually believe your own words, but somehow they helped you relax a bit, though. You stretched your back, grabbed your stuff and headed to the cafeteria. As you saw its entrance, you felt blood rushing to your cheeks and cursed yourself for blushing so easily. But before you could step through the door, someone stopped you by softly grabbing your arm.

You turned around to say something but no sound left your open mouth as you looked up into the face of Clint Barton.

"Miss Y/N, I'm sorry to stop you from getting your lunch, but Mr. Stark would like to speak to you."

[story-time-with-rei]

Twenty years.

It had been twenty years since those dirty, cracked and frightening dolls stared at you when you were six years old, all curled up under the scratchy old blankets in grannies house. You had been petrified at the time granted, Chucky two had recently been released so of course your older cousins had made you watch the movie before going to grannies house. You couldn't sleep that night and ended up crawling in bed with granny somewhere around 2 in the morning, just so you didn't have to see them.

Twenty years had passed and so many things had changed. First of all, you had gotten married. A lovely gentleman named Thomas, granny had called him tommy boy for the entire time the two of you dated. He secretly hated it but he humored granny because he knew it was done out of love. When you married, granny was already really old and weak, relying on a wheelchair just to get from place to place. Thomas must have known her time was coming soon because he danced with her all night between dances with you.

The second change came in the form of granny's passing. She had been over one hundred when she passed, you had known your whole life that she was your great grandmother, but she's the one that stepped in when her own daughter died giving birth to your mother. By all rights she was your grandmother. But no one felt the need to talk about it, every one loved sweet dear old granny. By now she had been moved to an assisted living place, all of her personal items packed up and put in storage either in the attic or in a storage building in town. She knew her time was close and, for weeks on end, spoke to lawyers and the banks and so on. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by grieving family, you and Thomas included.

You didn't know what would happen to the house or all of grannies things, but I know you cried for a few weeks whenever you would visit the house to help clean up and sort grannies things out. You would spend an hour or so every day just setting at the top of the spiral stairs, looking down into what was grannies favorite room, the parlor where she greeted people for family dinners and get togethers.

One day you stopped coming. I grew sad thinking the house was empty again and I had no clue what was happening until you showed back up a few weeks later. Apparently, you had been willed grannies home and all her belongings. You mother had passed on and all the rest of the family had long since moved on, you were the only one who still cared about the house.

You finished getting rid of a lot of grannies things, sending them to family around the country who granny had willed them off to. When you got to the attic and began moving things, you talked excitedly about how you would make the house beautiful again and get rid of all the ugly broken stuff. I immediately took to the boxed up dolls in the dark dusty corner.

You had only stumbled on them by accident but when you found them, I panicked. I made a lightbulb blow up and cast you in darkness. I don't know if you saw me or if it was just the shock of the bulb going out because you stared right at me before pulling the phone out of your back pocket and turning it on. After a moment you grabbed the box and made your way back downstairs, mumbling about needing to get a new bulb.

I was so sad that you took my dolls, that I hid in the attic for a few weeks. When I finally wandered down to the main part of the house to investigate the sounds of the new puppy you had brought home, I was amazed to see the changes you had made. All of the wood work had been replaced or repaired, the peeling paint and wallpaper redone and the hardwood floors recoated in poly until they shined so clear I thought for a moment I could see myself.

My biggest surprise came when I made my way into the living room, to the area you gathered all the people who ever visited. I had heard you exclaiming about how it housed your favorite things so, understandably, I was shocked when I seen the beautiful dolls my mother had had painted for me over 150 years ago, standing lined up on your fireplace mantle. Their porcelain faces almost exactly as they had been the day mother brought them home from her factory.

Each doll had a name and a defect that caused them to be unsellable. Mother would often dig in the garbage on her way home and give them to me as gifts. Sweet Dora had a cracked ear that I had covered with hair when I was little. You repaired so lovingly what my little hands couldn't do. Helen had a crack all the way around her face. You hid this with a beautiful bonnet with silk ties. Martha had an eye missing, you replaced the missing eye and gave her her vision back.

Last but not least my dear Lotty. She was my favorite. She had a missing foot but that never bothered me, Lotty was beautiful and had the same golden ringlets as me. Mother had told me many times that my hair would be beautiful once I grew up. I never got that chance but I had always hoped to see what I would look like, and now I can assume what I would look like thanks to you.

Ever since seeing my beautiful dolls restored to their former beauty, I've been finding it hard to stay in one place. My surroundings are hazier and brighter and any time I look up, towards my old hiding place in the attic, its blindingly bright. I'm a little scared but, the lights so warm and comforting and I'm so tired. Promise me you will always take care of my dolls. They're all that left of me.

I think I'm ready for a nap now. Its funny. I think I hear my mother calling me.

Thank you.

As opposed to getting rid of the creepy dolls in the attic, you decide to clean them and fix them up. This made the little ghost girl very happy.

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Flaws Stitched Together With Good Intentions chapter 30: One adventure after another

Amelia pulled her coat tighter around her and snuggled closer to Neal as they walked to Granny's. The cold must have kept all the smart people home. As they approached Granny's, she noticed something off.

"Is she even open? The lights don't seem to be on."

"Hmm, that's odd." Neal didn't appear to be concerned. He just opened the door and let Amelia enter first.

"Surprise!" came the voices of just about everyone in town. Amelia had to take a step back. What was going on?

Granny's was packed, and there was a banner hanging up that read 'Welcome back!' and balloons. Was this party for her?

"It's rude to leave your guests waiting." Neal whispered in her ear.

She turned around, wide eyes staring at him. "You did this? For me?"

"Yes, anything for you." Neal told her.

Overcome with happiness, Amelia threw her arms around Neal's neck and deeply kissed him.

"Get a room!" Came someone's voice Amelia couldn't place.

"I think your friends want you. I can wait until later." Neal spun her around and gently pushed her towards Jordan, Ashley, Ruby, Belle, Mary Margret, Marian, and Emma.

Girl talk and happiness filled the next few hours. But Robin was able to pull Amelia away for a second for a heartfelt thanks. And she got a tight hug from Roland.

Then Henry caught up with her. "Thanks Mom, that was amazing."

"Anything for you, kid." Amelia smiled and hugged him tight.

It was hours before Amelia finally sat down at the counter; her glass of whiskey was half drunk. Her face actually hurt from all the smiling and laughing.

Then she noticed Killian next to her and she became slightly uncomfortable.

"How does it feel to be back in the world of the living?" He asked.

"Wonderful." But she knew she had a tough question for him. "Killian, when I was having memory issues…" That got his attention; he turned to face her and was shocked to see Amelia flustered. "Did I … umm…" Yes, she was stuttering around him. "say anything… stupid?"

He held back a laugh and forced himself to keep a straight face. He could still get her tongue tied.

"Did I… do anything… stupid?" She finally got out her whole question and dreaded the answer.

Now how could Killian play this? Be honest or have some fun? "Well…" He started wiggling his eye brows at her.

Her eyes widened in horror. "I didn't…" She couldn't get the words out.

That might have been too much. So being the gentleman that he was, he added to his statement. "You did nothing like last time." His eyes focused on her lips for a brief moment.

Amelia heaved a sigh of relief and clicked her glass with his mug.

"You did think I was devilishly handsome though." He couldn't resist adding that.

Amelia smiled at him and leaned close. "I never stopped thinking that." Killian felt the lightest touch on his cheek then she was gone.

Closer to the end of the night, Neal pulled Amelia to his side. "Can I have everyone's attention please?" A million pairs of eyes were on them. "I want to do this properly. Amelia, I want to ask you a question." He got down on one knee. "From the moment I met you, I knew my life was going to be one adventure after another. You fixed my broken family and brought me into yours without hesitation. There is no one else I would rather go through hell with than you. So would you do me the honor of spending the rest of your life with me?" He held the emerald engagement ring.

Neal had so much love and trust in his eyes that Amelia could feel her heart beating in her chest. She loved this man so much. They had gone through so much and they were still standing.

"Yes, the same answer as last night, yes." She nodded her head excitedly. He slid the ring onto her finger and got to his feet to pull her close.

And the radio started to play. Amelia didn't know the words but Neal sang them quietly in her ear.

Say you will be mine Until the end of time Until the Stars align My Pretty Valentine

Pretty soon, they weren't the only ones on the makeshift dance floor. It was the perfect ending to the perfect night.