#nice things from nice people

[dontcallpanic]

Gorgeous @gege-wondering-around tagged me to do the Several Sentence Sunday again becuase you are both incredibly kind and clearly a glutton for punishment (I hope it's okay for you, thank you SO MUCH for taking interest in this daft drabble!) And so, because it's wednesday and days have no meaning in tumblrverse, lets do this!

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Silence falls so suddenly Stiles can hear it ringing.

The reply is too low for him to make out but it sounds more animal than human.

Stiles can’t take it any more. Skin crawling with the flood of adrenalin, he leaps forwards, curls his fingers around the door, and yanks it open.

He stumbles into the lobby, newspaper raised threateningly, in time to see a tall shadow disappearing up the stairs. Above him, the central lobby light flickers fitfully. He spins to see Laura staring furiously after the figure, unshed tears glistening in her eyes.

Her… red… eyes?

Holy fucking shit.

Stiles blinks rapidly, physically stepping back. His heart kicks up a frenzied tap-dance in his chest but when he looks again, Laura’s eyes are a lovely, deep chestnut. A trick of the light…

Just a trick of the flickering light.

Fuck. Last night must have affected him more than he thought.

“Stiles?” Laura is staring at him. Her eyes are still shining, overbright and wide with surprise and suppressed tears, but completely, definitely brown.

“I er…” He’s lost for words. His brain struggling to process. He can almost feel it grinding in an effort to get back up and running again. “Sorry – I heard shouting,” he says lamely, waiving the newspaper for emphasis.

He watches closely, still shaken, as Laura visibly pulls herself together, striking a dismissive hand across her eyes and nodding towards his weapon of choice.

“So you thought you’d come to my rescue with… a newspaper?” There’s no heat in her words, if anything she sounds defeated.

Stiles clears his throat. “Well you know… paper beats rock… deeds and words and… yeah. Look, is everything alright?”

Laura shakes her head dismissively, managing a tight, forced smile. “You know, it’s sweet of you to ask. But yes, thank you. Everything is fine.”

Which, of course, means nothing is fine. But he can’t exactly ask her about it. He hardly knows her. He’s met her once, prevented a homicide and now he’s overheard her having a domestic about… burying people?

Stiles nods awkwardly. Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool…

The space stretches between them, taut with awkwardness. What the hell do you even say to that? Who was going to get themselves killed? Why? What for? When? Laura buried someone… implied multiple someones?

Oh god! She’s still looking at him.

This is unbearable.

Say something!

Say… Anything!

“- Did you know ketchup was originally medicine?

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So many people have been tagged already but if you've got something you want to share, please, please, please share it! If you've got it, I'd love to read it!

(And to anyone actually reading this - Thanks so much <3 I hope nice things come your way!)

[gege-wondering-around]

Sending you lots of love, cariad! How are you doing?

My sweet sweet @dontcallpanic, sending you just as much love and more in this cold and sunny winter time (here the weather cannot decide what to be).

I'm doing good and thanksssss for asking, i'm so happy to hear from you anytime you can, it really brightens my day and i cannot explain how much (i do have a hard time socializing with people, so wehn i find someone with whom i click i'm very happy anything i get to hear ffrom them)!

I hope you're doing well as well, i really really hope you are having a wonderful time in this silly and brutal world (i really believe it can be both), and lastly, thank you for being so patient with the replies, i've been working on them whenever i have some free time and school in running behind me! i'll send some in soon, i promise!

(and psss, if you want to read something tonight, i just posted this which i think you might enjoy)

sending you lots of love, hugs and tons of blessing! thank you for being the amazing person you are and for having me in your life, even if so little, it means so much for me to know someone as wonderful as you; it fills me with hope!

[mustardyellowsunshine]

Your edits make me so happy every time I scroll On tumblr I’m hoping I’ll see one and get all excited

omg you're so sweet, thank you!! 😭💖

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[barghest-land]

drawings from paleo expedition to dagestan, done right on the trip. sometimes messy when it was cold and rainy, but i won't correct it. i think it's cool to leave it just the way it was done, and not retouch it after. there will be more drawings later, but those will be done from home

[rocketbirdie]

face value

[an-internet-introvert]

Countdown to October 19th (19/19)

Happy 15 Years of Dan and Phil 🩵🩵🩵

[shinkotori]

This art of Serana from Skyrim (as always, drawn by my friend @yuramoonbow, also available on twitter here) was actually not a commission, but a surprise birthday gift after they had already drawn this other piece for me.

[ Image Description: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim fan art headshot of Serana Volkihar. She has a neutral expression on her face and the background is solid black. It is signed 'yura moonbow'. End ID.

[kagoutiss]

pelican town, ‘72

[jomeimei421]

Felt a bit nostalgic watching RT shut down…Here are the og faves again for old times sake 💙

[dontcallpanic]

WIP Whenever!

I feel like I was tagged by a few people about a billion years ago so I'm really, really sorry if I missed that. @patolemus tagged me the other day though so you're getting the tag and the credit!

It's been slow going but have a bit from Manifesting Murder!

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“What are you doing?”

“What – what am I – ? What does it look like I’m doing? I’m helping you Derek. This – ” he lets go of one leg which thunks pitifully on the ground, so he can gesture to his other hand supporting the corpse. “ – this is what helping looks like. I thought you cops were supposed to be team players. There’s no I in team Derek. Teamwork makes the dreamwork. And what is this if not the aforementioned dreamwork?”

Derek pauses for a beat, scowling at Stiles, trying to ascertain whether he’s becoming hysterical. He doesn’t smell scared though… he smells like he’s trying to fight off a panic attack.

“I don’t need your help,” Derek grunts back, hefting the corpses shoulders so he can lift the body more comfortably onto the plastic sheet.

He immediately knows this is the wrong thing to say, he sees the dip in Stiles’ shoulders well before the scent of disappointment and desperation forces its way up his nose.

Derek’s jaw clenches against the frustration at not being able to convey what he means. Stiles called him for help. He wants to help Stiles. He has super fucking strength. He can lift a whole ass moose let alone a limp, slightly weedy looking, corpse. Helping stiles is no trouble at all. And if he was actually doing a decent fucking job, he thinks as he resists the urge to close his eyes in horror at the spreading bloodstain they’re leaving behind, Stiles wouldn’t have to help him.

“Well that’s not true,” Stiles is saying, gesturing animatedly with his fingers still curled around the corpses ankles. Derek can tell Stiles is fighting hard to rally – and, considering all the blood, he probably has a point.

“Besides,” Stiles continues, “clearly your teamwork skills need practice and trust me when I say that this might actually be a more pleasant way to improve them, compared to, say, a bonding retreat with your co-workers.”

And Derek has to admit that Stiles just might be right. As usual.

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Tagging the usual suspects: @patolemus @gege-wondering-around @seaweed-water

Oh and @oldefashioned - no pressure to return but in case you were interested!

Happy Sunday everyone!

[gege-wondering-around]

!!when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to the last 10 people in your notifs (positivity is cool!!)

thanks for the ask darling! this is very mixed, yet hope someone will enojoy!

[paunchsalazar]

they were sleeping together at this point

[bixels]

Always an experience watching the leftism leave FNAF fans when someone mentions that Scott Cawthon financially backed fascist politicians.

The switch from posting hardline leftist tweets about boycotts and signal boosts and critical takedowns of politicians and celebrities to ‘ohhh, well. everyone makes mistakes. who can blame him, listen he. he donated money to gay charities too. that makes it ok! a millionaire in his forties is allowed to have political beliefs. does it even matter? just let it go!’ is whiplash inducing. The antivaxxer celebrities have got to go, but this one horror dev who quietly handed wads of cash to antivax lawmakers? He’s chill, he can stay.

The charity thing is so funny too because suddenly utilitarian positive-negative point counting is the way to go. Maybe an abacus would help calculate the net good of donating to the Trevor Project minus donating thousands of dollars to Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump. -10 points if I push a kid in a lake but +11 points if I help an old lady across the street, so I’m chill. You can’t judge me. Hey, maybe. Just don’t push a kid in the lake period. How fucking low is the bar when we’re excusing maxing out the possible dollar amount of donations to Mitch fucking McConnell. That should be like. Default you’re a bad person.

[andy-clutterbuck]

The Ones Who Live - 1x01 - Years

[bunnieswithknives]

I feel bad for neglecting Hazel so much, I do have many thoughts about her.. and also a mermaid au that im probably not going to do anything with