#not my favourite art but i love her and wanna hug

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she's so 🥺💚

[becomingmina]

hey would you be able to write a felix x fem reader angst? when felix falls out of love with her.

“ARE YOU SURE IT'S NOT HATE?" anon request w/ LEE FELIX.

pairing: felix x female reader genre + warnings: angst, reader cries wc: 1.9k mina's note: tmi - my ex fell out of love with me so this hits home a little. we meet when we were 12 and we broke up when we were 21. anyways, i hope you guys like this :)) and to the cuties anon who requested this, thank you very much!! sorry for making you wait, im just like felix i have no reason!

other works here ; any comments and thoughts you can drop them here ; ty for reading.

“I asked you a question baby,” you say from across the kitchen island. Felix was occupied on his phone, sitting on the stool on the other side of the counter.

“I gave you an answer Y/N,” he huffs after a few seconds, not lifting his head from the device.

“Yeah, but not verbally though,” you make your way over to him.

“Yeah, but I’m sure you’re grown enough to figure it out, Y/N,” he replies back, rolling his eyes up from his screen for a second before continuing with scrolling.

“You’re really fine with them being blue?” You questioned again, hugging him from behind, your chin resting on his shoulder.

“They’re just cupcakes, they’ll get eaten anyways. I don’t understand what’s the big problem with the colour of the icing,” he says irritated.

It was Chan’s turn to host dinner for your friend group. You and Felix usually bring over homemade cupcakes for dessert. It was a ritual to spend every last Saturday of the month together in the kitchen baking and decorating two dozen cupcakes. And usually, it was Felix who would have a hard time choosing the colour for the icing but today it seems he just wanted to get the cupcakes over and done with.

“Okay,” you replied defeated, feeling a little hurt at his tone. “Did you wanna help me?” You softly asked, sniffing his shoulder to take in his sweet scent.

“I’m busy,” Felix sighed.

“Okay, I’ll iced them then,” you moved yourself away Felix, walking back to your original position in the kitchen.

Lately you feel like Felix hasn’t been his clingy needy self. He would stick onto you like glue every second of the day but recently he’s been distant. You can’t pinpoint when exactly it became like this, but you were sure it’s been a couple of weeks by now. He’s been telling you that work has been busy for him, and you understand how it can affect him, but you still feel a little bit downhearted when he visually shows his annoyance with you.

After finished up with the icing and getting yourself ready, you sat in living room with the box of cupcakes on your lap patiently waiting for Felix. He had locked himself in the office, saying he needed to go over his feedback for some report for work.

“Hey, how’d it go?” You ask when you hear the office door open, but he ignores your question as he searches for his car keys. You expected it didn't go well.

The car ride to Chan’s was silent as you figured you should probably give him some space. He looks over to your side a couple of times noticing your quietness, but he doesn’t strike conversation with you, only making a few little comments about how bad traffic was. You brushed off his lack of initiative making excuses for him that he was just tired from work.

“He surprised me the other day! He’s going to rent out my favourite art gallery for our wedding reception,” Hana and Hyunjin was giving the group details their upcoming wedding at dinner. They were so cheerful talking about it and although you loved it for them, you couldn’t help envy it and wished for you and Felix to reach that stage in life shortly.

“Who’s next? Felix? Y/N?” Chan teased with a raised brow, and you goofily smile at the older man. You turned your head to Felix to see his reaction, but his head is tilted down and his face was straight. Chan notices the tension and quickly changes subject hoping no one else catch on. It caught you by surprise that he wasn’t as responsive as you were to Chan’s joke. It got you second guessing if it was even work that’s been making him like this.

You spend the rest of the night with the other girlfriends. As they spoke about their recent dates with their partner, all you could do was be happy for them concealing the fact that you and Felix hadn’t been on one in ages. You keep glancing over at Felix throughout the night but he showed you no attention. Usually you would catch him staring at you and blowing kisses and winks at you, but tonight there was nothing.

The car ride home was the same as the car ride there - quiet.

Felix walked in your apartment first, you followed behind him closely. As you put your bag on the entry way table you tripped over a pair of shoes accidentally falling forward on Felix in the process.

“Y/N watch yourself!” Felix yells, clearly annoyed.

“Sorry,” you softly say as you got up. “I just tripped,” you defend yourself, feeling tears start to form in your eyes at his tone.

“God can you look where you’re going?!” he groans turning around to face you. He was red mad. He had never got this angry at you before for tripping over.

“Did I do something wrong to you Felix?” You asked softly, feeling something heavy in your chest. You needed an answer to why he’s been treating you differently, it’s obvious now that it wasn’t because of work. “Last couple of weeks you have just been distant towards me and I’m a little hurt by it,” you say cracking your voice in the process, pulling a string on Felix’s heart. He frowns at your reaction.

You watch him sigh, hesitating little bit before he answers “You know work is hectic-”

“-Is it?” You questioned in an offended tone, dumbfounded that he used the same excuse again - work. “Work is hectic that you have to yell at me because I accidentally tripped on your shoes? Work’s been hectic that you can’t even smile at me in front of our friends? Work’s been hectic that you can’t even answer a simple question about the colour of the icing on the cupcakes that use to mean so much to you?!”

You didn’t expect to have an outburst like this. Felix doesn’t reply, he just takes a deep breath watching you as you continue to lash out at him.

“You don’t ask if I’m okay anymore. You don’t hug me anymore. Because of work?” You chuckle, sarcastically.

“Y/N-” he takes a step closer to you.

“-You’ve leave for work early in the morning and come back home late on the days I’m at home-”

“I-” he tried to speak again.

“And when it’s the weekend you lock yourself in the office all day. You avoid spending time with me, you avoid talking to me.” Your face was red, brows furrowed as you keep your tears from falling.

“Y/N, let me talk-”

“What did I do to-” You cut him off again.

“I’m not inlove you anymore!” Your heart drops at his words. The tears you tried to conceal instantly rolls down your cheeks and you take in a sharp breath. “This relationship is draining me.” He adds, breaking you even more.

You didn’t expect this. He’s been so mean to you lately all because he wasn’t in love you anymore? It doesn’t make sense to you that all of this was done because he fell out of love. You refuse to believe it.

“Are you sure it’s not hate?” You sniffled, pulling another string from Felix’s heart. "Are you sure it's not because you hate me?" you repeat yourself when he doesn't answer, feeling a bit anxious that it might be true, that he actually hates you.

“Never.” Felix replied rapidly this time, his tone a lot more softer now. “I could never hate you Y/N." Felix continues to conceals his emotions, not letting anything pass you.

“But you’ve been acting like you do.” You wiped your tears with the back of your hand, your eyes wavering to seek any reaction from him.

“I just needed space Y/N.”

“I gave you space. So much space,” you retorted.

“I think we should..” he stops before he says the last words, letting you piece the puzzle by yourself.

“You want to leave me?” You question and he flicks his eyes away from yours. You got your answer.

He lets out a heavy breath, running his fingers through his blonde hair, his eyes falling back on yours. “It’s for the best Y/N.”

“No, I don’t understand. Where I go wrong, Lix?.” you reached out to grip his forearm as the tears continued down your face, dripping to the floor.

“I don’t want to be here with you anymore,” he says softly, trying to loosen himself from your hold but you latch onto him tighter as you shake your head no.

“That’s not a reason Lix. Tell me where I went wrong,” You needed answers. He owe it to you. “You were the one who chased me, remember? You made me fall in love with you. It’s been 4 years and you want to leave me? Why?” You asked, in a complete mess.

“I don’t know,” he replies. “I’m sorry Y/N,” Felix apologies.

“Tell me why?”

“I can’t-”

“Then stay.” If he didn’t have an answer then he shouldn’t leave you, it’s unfair.

Y/N,” he says firmly.

“Just for one night,” you say, taking in a deep breath. “You can leave when I fall asleep,” you surrendered, eyes wavering waiting for his answer. “Please,” you beg.

“Y/N.. Baby I can’t,” it was the first time he called you that in a while and your heart breaks once more. He stopped calling you that and started calling you by name for months now. How is it that you never noticed until now.

“I’ll let you go when I fall asleep.. Please..Just love me one last time, Felix.”

Felix contemplated. He stared at you. Your glossy eyes. Your runny nose. Your red cheeks. He watches your chest rises up and down as you tried to control yourself. He hates seeing you cry, he hates seeing you hurt. It breaks him. He gives in. “Okay.”

He has you on pulled up flushed on him on your shared bed, your legs tangled with his. Your face pressed again his chest as one of his hand is wrapped around your waist and the other traces nothings up and down your back. Your tears haven’t stop, they fall effortlessly out of your eyes on his shirt. You stay quiet. You want to talk. You have so many questions to ask. So many things you want to know. But you stay quiet because you know Felix won’t answer you. So instead you stare into nothing as you replay back your happiest memories with Felix. You can’t help the small smile that is pulled on your face as you remember everything, every detail of everyday with him.

You tried you best to stay awake but you feel your eye lids closing. You don’t want to give in to sleep because you know by the time you wake up, he’ll be gone. But you’re exhausted, both your body and mind.

Felix stares up at the ceiling. He’s guilty. He owes you a reason, he owes you answers but he keeps quiet. He replays back memories but he doesn’t have the same reaction as you. He doesn’t smile. He cries instead. Tears run down his face as you recalls the soft and sweet memories with you. How could he do this to you? How could he make you fall in love with him then walk out like this? How could he say he was no longer in love with you?

Felix doesn’t hear your sniffles anymore. He feels your breathing evens out with his body. You had fallen asleep in his arms.

Felix presses a kiss to your temple, his arm still holding your waist tightly.

“I’m sorry.”

[luveline]

oh god Eddie and roan requests are my kryptonite (i must re read the stories once a month or I'll perish so i guess opposite of kryptonite) and i think it would be so incredibly stinkin cute if Ro made some like mothers day art/gifts whatever at school and she gives them to the reader without saying they're for mother's day and reader is so thrilled they put it up on the fridge or whatever

thank you for your request, my love! eddie and roan ♡ (step)mom!reader, 2k

Eddie would one day like to pick Roan up from school without smelling like the shop, but today is not that day. She vaults into his waiting arms like a firecracker despite it, her arms around his neck, the sleeves of her red vinyl coat cold on his skin.

"I've wanted to hug you all day," she declares, her eyes bright with love. 

Eddie gives her a squeeze. "All day? You poor thing!" He eases her back to check her over, her cheeks already rosy in the cold, her hair a mess despite his best efforts that morning to avoid it. "Did you miss me?" 

"Like my head," she says. She's an animated talker, nodding with each word. 

"A hole in the head, is the saying," he tells her, punctuating with a kiss to her cheek. 

"But I don't want a hole in my head, so that doesn't make sense," she says. 

He smiles and steals another quick kiss. "That's the point, mini me," he says fondly. 

"Silly points don't count." 

"Who said anything about silly?" he asks, checking her water bottle is in her bag as he talks. 

Roan tells him exactly who's been talking about silly as he walks her to the car. She's heavy enough to make his arms ache despite doing the same thing near enough every day for years. He's relieved to set her down when they get to the car in her seat, tossing her backpack and strapping her into her seat. 

Eddie gets behind the wheel. He has to pick you up from work while your car is in the shop, so you're finishing early today. 

"Daddy?" 

"Yeah?" he asks, checking his rearview. 

"Can I ask you something?" 

Eddie starts the car, pulling out of the lot carefully and turning onto the road leading away from the elementary school. "Yeah, babe. You can always ask me something." 

Roan leans back in her chair, toying with the string coming from her coat hood. "Well, it's about Y/N." 

"That's my favourite kind of question." 

"But I don't want you to tell her that I asked you," she says hesitantly. 

Eddie divides his attention between the road and his daughter carefully. "Ro," he says, reaching back with his hand to squeeze her knee. It's quite acrobatic. "Listen, baby, if you ever wanna tell me anything just for my ears, that's no problem. I'm good at keeping secrets." 

Roan grabs her bag. "Well. Well, I made her some things today for arts and crafts, but– but Pauline said maybe Y/N wouldn't want them 'cos she's not my real mommy, and I said that's not true, because I call her mommy, and Pauline said that's not how it works." 

Eddie winces. He knew eventually someone would have something to say about you, but he hadn't expected it to be tiny Pauline. It makes sense, though: Pauline's mom is a mean gossip. 

"How do you feel about it?" he asks.

"Well… well, I don't know." 

"Do you want me to tell you a secret?" 

Roan makes a confused noise. "Okay." 

"Okay. A week ago, when you went to Uncle Wayne's for a sleepover, you kissed Y/N on the cheek and you said, 'bye mommy.'" Eddie's tone goes soft as he remembers it. "Remember?" 

"Yeah," she says. 

"When you left, she turned to me and she was so, so happy. She gave me a hug and she said to me, Eddie, I'm the luckiest girl in the world," Eddie recounts, taking the turn that leads to your workplace, knowing he doesn't have a whole lot of time to explain. "Ro, she loves you, and she loves being your mom. She didn't have you in her tummy, so sometimes people will say she's not your real mommy, but it doesn't matter how they feel, it matters how you feel. Like, sometimes you want to call her mom, and sometimes you call her Y/N, and those are both okay. That's perfect, really, because you should call her whatever you want. Does that make sense?" 

He peeks at Roan in the mirror. She's smiling, relief clear as day on her face. "I want her to be my mom forever." 

Eddie can't see the future, but with a ring on your finger, and the amount of times he's seen you cry or be emotional over how lucky you feel, he doesn't think it's a lie when he says, "Then she will be." 

"Really?"

"Babe, you should ask her yourself. I know she'd tell you the same thing I'm telling you. You don't need to worry about what Pauline thinks, just what you think." 

Roan hums, noncommittal. 

You're waving as soon as you see the car outside of work despite the coworker you're standing next to. "Roan!" you yell, voice muffled by the closed door between you and them, fast walking to the car where it idles. "You're never gonna guess what! I got you something!" You pull open the passenger side door and climb in, nearly closing it on your foot. You don't have eyes for Eddie as you wield three paper stubs from your purse. "I didn't tell you because I had to wait, but last week I asked Madeline from work to do a favour for me if she could, and– and–" You put the paper straight and point to the words with a neat fingernail. "Can you read that, princess?" 

"Uhm," Roan says, clearly startled by your excitement, "it says, Princess Polly," —her voice takes a noticeable hike— "the muss–muss…" 

"Do you want me to tell you?" you ask. She nods. Your simmering happiness comes to a boil. "They're tickets to go see Princess Polly: The Musical!" 

Roan's brain takes a second to catch up. When it does, Eddie wishes he had the foresight to bring his ear defenders home with him. 

In all the excitement, Eddie and Roan's discussion gets put on pause, as does dinner. The car ride is a babbling, giggling mess, and all Roan wants to do when you get home is change into her Princess Polly dress and watch the movie. 

You're pleased with yourself and her reaction, Eddie can tell, shifting gently from foot to foot in your stockings in front of the countertop chopping broccoli while Eddie washes his hands to help. 

"That went well, yeah?" you ask. 

"I think it went more than well. How much did they set you back?" 

"Eddie," you chastise lightly. "I thought we were going to stop talking about money." 

"It's kind of impossible to not talk about money." 

"Right," you agree, shovelling broccoli into a colander. You start on the carrots next. "But we were gonna stop talking about individual costs now because we have the budget book. I don't like how stressed out you get, you'll get a migraine."  

Eddie makes himself sweat worrying about money and you hate seeing him like that. You're a bleeding heart. You care about him deeply. You love him, of course, but there's a second layer to that Eddie feels not everyone is lucky enough to have. Case in point —you towel your hands off and reach for him, scraping the hair away from his face with tender touches. 

"Please don't worry, Eds. They fit in our budget very nicely, I promise," you say, fingertip trailing a tickling path up his cheek.

He trusts you and he knows you're more than clever enough to be smart about how you're spending money so close to the wedding. 

"Not worrying," he says, forcing a smile that turns authentic the longer he looks at you. 

Your returning smile is saccharine. He thinks you're the most beautiful person he's ever seen, especially looking as happy as you do. "You're drying your hands in my blazer, aren't you?" 

He presses a cold hand under your blazer to your shirt. "No?" 

"It's okay… I'll be your dish rag," you wrinkle your nose, laughing at your own joke with self-disgust. "Yikes. I love you." 

"I love you too," he says, turning into a melty mess of a man, burying his face in the side of your neck. "How was your day? Was your lunch okay, with the new croutons?" Eddie's chief lunch maker.

"The croutons were just as good as the other ones, thank you thank you. You're tickling my neck like that," you whine playfully, leaning back in the circle of his arms. "Come on, I wanna hug you more than anything but I need to get the veggies in to roast and- Hey baby! Oh my gosh, look at you!" 

Eddie turns away to see what has you fawning. Roan's put her Princess Polly dress on, the newer one with mesh sleeves intact, matching tiara perched on hair she's brushed and frizzified. She looks gorgeous. 

"You have to watch the movie with me, you need to know the words to her song," Roan says, spinning in a delighted spin. 

"Yeah, I'm gonna!" you agree. You look around her, having caught sight of the paper in her hands she's now put behind her back again. "What's that? Is that for me?" 

"They're for you," Roan says. She hesitates, looking at Eddie. 

He nods encouragingly from your side. He doesn't care what Pauline's mom thinks, if Roan loves you as a mom, and you love her as your daughter, that's real. 

Roan smiles and comes forward. Eddie already got you a bunch of stuff for mother's day, but he thinks he probably should've gotten Roan involved for some homemade crafts when he sees the look on your face. You rub your thumb over a card made of purple craft paper. There's pink and white feathers arranged in a heart shape, the PVA glue still heavy and damp in splodges. Your eyes track to the centre, your smile wide enough to apple your cheeks. 

Happy Mother's Day has been written in the teacher's pencil and copied meticulously by Roan's red felt tip. 

"I wanted it to be perfect," Roan says. 

You laugh breathlessly. "It is," you say, lips parting as you open the card. "It's perfect, Ro. Oh, gosh." 

To my Mommy is in huge letters at the top. A poem about mothers and guardians has been stapled to the middle, and Roan's signed off with her name and three hearts. 

You close it and hold it to your chest. "Thank you so much, Roan. This is the best card I've ever been given." 

"And there's this too," she says. 

She feeds a paper crown into your hands. You put it on immediately, setting aside your card with utmost care and gathering her into your arms for a silk and tulle hug. 

"Do we look good, dad?" Roan asks, her shoulder pressed to yours as you crouch for a squeeze.

Eddie scrambles backward for the third drawer under the cutlery. "You look so good! Stay there, I think I have a camera down here." 

"We need to go watch the movie," Roan objects, though she's turned to a floppy weight in your arms, giggling as you run your fingers through her dark hair. 

"I need to take a picture! This one can go up on our welcome board at the reception," he says, digging through the drawer fruitlessly. 

He finds ìt. Bringing it to his eye before he misses the perfect shot, Eddie lines the finder with your hug, stepping back to fit your arms doubled around her waist, and the frills of her pink socks on the ceramic tile floor. The kitchen glows with early evening light, and Eddie can smell washing detergent, hand soap, and the freshness of chopped greens. He barely notices the smell of diesel lingering in his hair. 

You close your eyes, nose pressed to the top of Roan's head. Eddie gets a jolt of love and pride like an extra spoon of sugar in a warm cup of honey tea. This is as good as it gets, he bets. 

"Say cheese!" he commands. 

Roan bears her baby teeth. "Cheese!" 

You slide your cheek next to Roan's and smile. It's a million miles from that unsure, awkward grin you used to give him, but every iteration of your smile is perfect to Eddie. He takes three whole pictures in case the first two don't come out.

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[marn13s-vilewhispers]

I Wanna Be Yours- Tom x FemReader

A/N: Hey! I haven't watched this movie and therefore know nothing about Spike's character so this will not be accurate to the universe. It is a wee little love story and I hope you all enjoy it! I also want to thank @samk1tty for letting me write about this as she came up with the concept. Lots of love to her!

(Sorry no smut here- maybe soon!)

Contains: Fluff, kissing, nothing intense at all, love letters, short little story for experimenting. Let me know if you want more at all! I have been considering something smut so maybe in the future 👀

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You were out on the wooden porch of your small decorated home. A refreshing breeze sweeping through every few minutes making your wind chimes produce a rhythmic tune as you painted. Your gorgeous baby pink dress hugging your torso along with the white apron you added on top incase of paint splatter. The sun was preparing to set, casting a glow on your porcelain, clear skin. A young boy walked toward the lake located near your cozy cottage-like home when his eyes landed on you. He knew this house was here but he expected a small family to accommodate it. Instead he found a gorgeous young woman. You painted your surroundings, looking up to see the young man staring at you. He was handsome and youthful bringing a warm smile from your lips to which he returned.

"You're breathtaking." He called out, his voice was quiet but exclaimed enough to ensure you heard his words clearly. His accent a rather nice addition you knew you'd grow to love.

"What's your name?" You asked invitingly causing him to walk just a few steps over. He kept a respectable distance from your house though it made you curious.

"Tom. I was just doing chores for my father." Tom's voice was gentle and delicate. His nature was illuminating and you felt yourself drawn to him.

"Mind if I include you in this?" You offered, pointing your paintbrush to the canvas which your art was displayed on perfectly. Tom smiled and blushed ever so faintly.

"I'll leave that choice to the artist. What was your name?" His accent almost made his T's sound unpronounced bringing light laughter from you.

"Y/N. I've seen you at this lake a few times." You pointed your brush toward the lake and its sparkling water in the sunlight glow.

"It's my favourite place to relax." Tom replied with a charming smile. You both returned to what you had originally planned. You painted until the moon made itself known, walking inside your home after saying a kind goodbye to Tom.

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You walked over to your front door and found mail had slipped through the thin slot. Picking it up to read it, your eyes scanning the neat handwriting as it said;

"To, Y/N. From, Tom"

You found your cheeks casting a rosy tint with a sweet smile on your face. Opening the letter to read it a small delicate flower fell out, clearly picked from a garden nearby. After carefully accommodating the flower in a small pot made by your mother, you sat down to read the letter.

"Dear, Y/N, Your eyes glisten under the sunshine in a way I was yet to see on such a flawless human until yesterday. I feel attached to you and though my father is strict about distractions, I see value in you. You are far from any distraction, you are a light I must follow. I was never one to talk to people I hadn't met, but after talking with you yesterday I felt safe and at home. I hope to see you and your painting again today. -Tom."

Your heart fluttered out of your chest before you pinned the letter on your wall and brought the flower in its pot outside on the porch.

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At sunset, Tom finally gathered the courage to ask you to join him at the lake. It was clear it took a lot of nerve—he struggled to hold your gaze when he asked. You sat side by side, your head resting on his shoulder as you both watched a small family of ducks glide across the water. They moved in almost perfect harmony, each one following the other, a quiet fear of losing the group keeping them in sync. It was a peaceful sight, soothing in its simplicity. Then, you felt Tom’s lips gently press against the top of your head, and warmth spread across your cheeks, turning them a soft pink. You buried your face in his shoulder, hiding the blush. Tom chuckled softly and nuzzled your hair, the sound of his laugh a comforting echo in the quiet evening air.

"Sorry, was that too much?" He asked with a considerate tone. You lifted your head to meet his gaze,

"No. It was really cute." You smiled. Your eyes darting to his plush lips, you told yourself it was too early but your thoughts were caught short when Tom kissed you. A small peck on your lips before pulling away.

“I- I’m sorry…” He whispered. You shook your head and kissed him again, fearful he may pull away However, he didn't. Instead he leaned in as well, his tender lips meeting yours in a slow yet passionate dance. His hand cupping your cheek as the kiss deepened. His other hand resting atop your own. It was a warmth you hadn't experienced in a kiss yet. Bringing you to deepen it further until it grew eager. You knew you had to control yourself though the thought of this ending felt unbearable. After minimal minutes, Tom broke the kiss, his breathing slightly heavy from the passion involved,

"I wanna be yours..." He murmured against your saliva glazed lips. You couldn't help but grow flustered.

"Have patience and you will be..." You whispered in reply making Tom's face gleam with that signature charming smile.

After a few more minutes of admiring the lake and it's naturistic surroundings, Tom stood up with you. Handing you another letter with the same title:

"To, Y/N. From, Tom."

You chuckled and kissed him on his soft cheek before saying goodbye, excited to see him day after day and where these love letters may end up. Hopefully an affection filled relationship where you'd have cozy picnics and letter transfers by the lake. His dreamy gaze making your knees threaten to buckle every time eye contact was made. Perhaps you loved him. Far too early to know. Enjoy the little moments and wait to see where it takes you.

[sentinelprimeslowerhalf]

drop oc asks please

every time I check my ask box cause I see new ones I get excited like "OMG SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT GALE!!?" and it's like something saying "can you draw this?"

PLEASE DROP ASKS ABOUT GALE :( IVE POSTED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES BUT I RLLY WANNA TALK ABOUT HER!!

she's on the verge of retirement because nobody seems interested in actually knowing about her, only that art I do included their favourite characters. It's genuinely disappointing and unmotiviating at this point. Why make art for people to not even care about the birb. I just want to be happy even if it's a question like "what's her favourite food?" "Can I hug her?" Things like that.

I wish I was more famous with ocs like my other mutuals because I'm genuinely feeling really envious over the fact they always get people interested in their ocs. I haven't posted about gales lore yet BECAUSE nobody seems interested in her

Anyways here's her slightly outdated reference sheet from when she was first made. If you don't even know who she is please just ask :D I love her too much but I only draw art for audiences to enjoy, not as a hobby / fun

[irondad-creator-awards]

Artist Spotlight - Monireh89

This week we're speaking to @monireh89, friend of the awards and artist.

Monireh was part of the Awards from the very beginning, creating art prizes for our winners and offering her art for promotion pieces. She's part of why the Awards were successful enough the first year to make us come around to The 2024 Cycle

In 2023 @monireh89 won The Best Sketch Award with this piece.

When did you start drawing, and what inspired you to become an artist?

I enjoyed drawing since Elementary school I think and when it was time to decide on a highschool, I fell in love with one particular art school in Prague so I took drawing lessons and suprisingly for me, I got in. It was an incredible experience for me and I learnt a lot there.

What do you enjoy most about creating your art?

Well, I enjoy the process itself. I love the feeling that I am creating some idea of mine and watch it come to life under my hands. And drawing Irondad is a guilty pleasure for me. I wanted to see more scenes between Tony and Peter in the movies and...damn we only got ONE hug So I was like nope, wanna see more. That's also the reason I want my drawings to be as realistic as possible. To have the feeling THIS really happened in the movies you know.

 Which artwork is your favourite and why?

Hmmmm....well, it is hard for me to decide between two drawings. First one Is an illustration for @losingmymindtonight fic about Peter sleepwalking where Peter is curled on Tony's lap and Tony is like...beaming at the Avengers.

The second one is an illustration for Not broken, Just Bent where Tony is hugging a really scared Peter. I love both of them because I think I managed to get the eyes/expressions right. Cause that is the core of every drawing....to look at it And feel the emotions of those characters just from their expressions.

What’s your subject to create art for?

For me, it has always been portrait. I love drawing emotions on people’s faces.

What inspired the winning piece?

The winning piece was Tony and Peter watching TV on a couch and cuddling over a bowl of popcorn. It was inspired by one of my favourite story by @eccentric-artist-22B Petey and the Hermit. This story is exceptional and always had a place in my heart cause the author is my friend. She send me a copy of the story before she published it and it was such a honor for me to read it first.

 Can you tell us a little about the experience of creating it — did anything stand out or was there a particular person that helped more than others?

So you ask if anything stand out while creating this piece, it was the author. An amazing girl whose stories are an endless pit of inspiration for me.

How did you feel to be a winner of the Awards last year?

How did it feel? Simply amazing! I joined Tumblr years ago with no expectations. I didn’t expect my art to be noticed much and this…this just made me feel like I was really accepted into this beautiful fandom full of incredibly talented people and it really made my day/year.

Thank you so much @monireh89 for answering our questions and your continued support of The Awards.

[dr-spectre]

Guess what game I just finished!!!

I dont have a lot to say on this because I think over the past 20 years people have already said enough.

But... MY GOD! The level of variety, creativity, and fresh ideas each chapter brings holy SHITTTT!!! One moment you're going underground with a cute goomba girl, then you're fighting a dragon, then you're playing a World 1-1 recreation with BOWSER! Then you're playing as Peach who has this deeply emotional and sad relationship with an AI (Tec is the goat, I love that ai. Top 10 ai in fiction idc), then you're doing a tournament arc AND THEN YOU'RE DOING A TRAIN MYSTERY OH MY GOODNESS!!!!

The combat is really fun and charming, THE DIALOGUE IS SO WELL WRITTEN AND I LAUGHED MULTIPLEEEEE TIMES!!! I love the characters, I love the world, I love the art style, i love most of the boss fights, the music is banging (I played with the original ost), God there's so much to love.

I will say, the final chapter of this game did kinda drag on, and there's so many points where I was thinking "okay NOW I get to fight the final boss!" And it takes another hour to get to them.... there's so many obvious signs of padding (copy and pasted hallways, a trash "pick the right door" puzzle, etc.)

I also didn't like how when you swapped partners that counts as a turn, i feel like you should be able to swap without wasting a turn because it would help with the flow of combat and make using Goombella's tattle less of a fucking pain...

Also....

VIVIAN IS SO FUCKING CUTE!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!! SHE'S MY FAVOURITE PARTNER BY FARRRRR!!!!! Goombella is really cute too and she has amazing dialogue. I love the storyline of Admiral Bobbery too and that stuff made me cry... but...EEEEE I LOVE VIVIAN!!!!

GOD I JUST WANNA HUG HER!!! I WANNA PINCH HER CHUBBY CHEEKS!!! I WANNA RUB HER BELLY!!!! Nintendo I need a plushie of her yesterday. Come on. Please... I need one...

I shall leave my partner rankings as well, i wonder if I got any hot takes or not...

6. Flurrie.

No. Just... no I don't like her. Her design creeps me out, I don't give a shit about her moves. I never used her. Get her away from me.

5. Goombella.

Although very cute I found her more of a hindrance and i kept going, "ugh I gotta swap to her to get the tattle..." At least her design and personality are cute. Plus, she's more useful than that creepy ass Flurrie....

4. Koops.

I like him! He helped me out a LOTTT in the final battle, his later moves that you can unlock make him pretty damn good. Although I am jealous that this wimp has a girlfriend....

3. Admiral Bobbey.

Honestly I think the reason why he might be this high is because of his story. I really felt bad for him... his design is also killer, I LOVEEEE Bob-ombs so much!

2. Mini-Yoshi.

The fact that you can name him is really funny to me idk why. He's got some very helpful moves and his ability to help you move faster in the overworld is really nice. I like how he calls you Gonzalez too. What a fun character man.

1. Vivian.

I already said why I like her earlier but I'll go on further.

I LOVE HER STORYLINE TOO!!! I LOVE HER DESIGN!!! I LOVE HOW SHE'S TRANS AND THE REMAKE DIDN'T GET RID OF IT LIKE HOW THE ORIGINAL NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN RELEASES OF THE GAMECUBE VERSION GOT RID OF IT!!!

God.... I love her. I wanna kiss her on the cheek. She's so cute. Her moveset too is fire!.... wait..

Also btw I didn't know that this RATTTT was an optional party member... oops...

[waywardsou2]

I just finished The Bad Batch. Season 3 Episode 15. The finale. Man that was a wild ride. And it was amazing, seeing Wreaker work though all of that pain he was in, seeing Hunter get yeeted by scrap metal, seeing Crosshair's FUCKING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. All of them working so hard, Echo working with all the clones to fight for his brothers and sister. Emery deciding that she was going to try and do better and work with her brothers and sister. AAA.

WE SAW A SNIP IT OF TECH. Im sad we didn't get to see him for real but it was good enough, I knew as soon as Hemlock takes about project necromancer I suddenly knew where Tech was!

Older Omega and Hunter at the very end

CROSSHAIR AND HUNTER EXHAUSTED AND SO FUCKING SHAKY GOING AFTER AND FINALLY FUCKING SHOOTING HEMLOCK. THAT BITCH.

Seeing Wrecker break out of the confinement was some of the coolest shit I've ever seen. I was hocked watching the progression oml.

OMEGA BREAKING THE ZILO BEAST OUT. O H M Y F U C K I N G G O D S some badassery right there. I love her so much.

I'm so glad the kids got out too, I was so attached to them. holy heck I'm so glad they are ok.

DUDE THIS WAS MAD AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT

I cannot believe when it first came out I watched about 4 episodes and got bored. I come back to it a year or so later and BINGE THE WHOLE THING AND IM SO GLAD I DID.

I love The Bad Batch so much. I'm so happy for them that they got to have a family in the end, even if Echo was still out there and Tech wasn't with them. They got to be a family. I would do anything to be a part of that squad.

I would sell my organs just to get a hug from each of them. You have no idea. How much they mean to me.

I've never been that big on Star Wars, the premise was amazing to me but I just could get into it. BUT DAVE FILONI HAS RESTORED MY FAITH. His work has got to be my favourite out of the entire franchise.

I need to draw so much art of these guys soon and probably some one shots or head canons. I'll definitely be hoping for requests on my writing blog so if you wanna request something go for it.

Oh my god, this was a huge ramble but it needed to happen. I am so happy right now. The amount of stimming and how much I bit myself while watching that was insane and the dopamine is rushing through my veins right now.

[analy-sing-stuff]

HEY,so...

Talking about Hachi's relationship towards my favourite character on the whole NANA anime series, Shin;

Hachi and Shin's relationship is so special in a way maybe only a woman could portray, a relationship between a mother and a son.

Its important to let it clear that not only Shin is in dependence and devotion of this relationship but hachi, specially and mostly because of her feelings towards men.

To get it better, we do have to quickly dive into her character,

But specifically into the intimacy her character shares with men.

The intimacy hachi shares with shoji (kinda disgusting saying his name, i know babes) is pretty much confused. She needs his affection, she needs someone to be strong for her and to take care of her. It's pretty much all that society says and specially the patriarchy stabilishes. This is shown since the beginning when they meet at the art school; Hachi needs a perfect life, a perfect job, a perfect house, perfect friends and most important of all, Hachi NEEDS a perfect boyfriend. An enchanted prince, her allmighty savior.

This is very much explicit when nana (her ideal pair) (that she's compulsivelly trying to ignore its her ideal pair) (she's the biggest comp het in the country) IS getting depicted as said "prince charming" on a oficial doodle

Its also very clear when she HERSELF depicts her as this traditional girlish house wife.

So we can conclude that

1. She doesnt wanna be alone in the future and its pretty explicit that her traditional beliefs coming from a small town taught her that the only way for her to have the perfect life and have someone by her side is being loved and cherished by a man

2. She HAS to offer something for a guy to like her, otherwise she sees no point on him loving her. This certainly means she has no confidence in herself as a woman, or at least, no good self steam.

3. She's comp het and wants a woman but doesnt know how to ask.

So, uh, that pretty much explains everything in the show, so its clear she NEEDS a man to fullfill her wishes,

This is very clearly presented in (ew) Shoji's relationship with her and subtle as an elephant in her relationship with (AAEHAGWW) Takumi

The intimacy they share is very desperate and the secomd she feels like maybe her friends left her behind, she goes to him, showing again how she needs this validation, how much she depends on this small amount of love that is offered to her when suddenly is convenient.

Talking about Nobu, the only man that let space for her to be herself, it's pretty explicit how much he loves her to the point she's able to take the lead of their relationship

Most hugs between both of them (if not for ALL the hugs they share) are from the side, with Hachi willingly hugging his arm, but having the total freedom of letting go if she wants. For the first time, she gets in a relationship with a man that does not have the urge to be dominant and treat her like an object, an accessory or an animal; putting aside all the pain she has to carry of the role model of a perfect idealized woman.

It's, however, never enough for her. In many words i could describe why all these relationships are not changing anything for Hachi as a person, even if they bring happiness with them. It's pretty much easier to say, Hachi is not being true to herself, but that's not tottaly it, because to herself, she is nothing but a prize for men, an object, and even so learning that she actually is her own person and that she is much more than someone who needs desperately to be loved, it's clear that when the love she needs doesnt meet her she freaks out, the girl breaks BREAKS down.

And that's how important shin is to her.

When they meet and Hachi suddenly discovers he's just a 15 year old trying to fit in something, it gets pretty obvious her urge to protect and take care of him much like the role she signs up for her whole life, a mother.

For as long as their relationship grows, Shin has shown Hachi kindness in a way she has never experienced from a man before, in a way that Shin never experienced from a woman. Fraternal love. A type of love so strong that bonds two people with no second intention.

Shin states he's been used and desired by women his whole life to survive, Hachi states that she cannot imagine a man loving her for who she is if not for one idea of her.

The night she comes back after sleepin with Takumi she states that she can't see herself as loved.

And in the same night Shin shows intimacy for her in a way no man in those pictures did before.

HE is desperate to see HER.

Their bond is so special that after having to look for someone to meet her needs, right after HE went to look for HER because HE needs HER.

Many other scenes could prove how much they both love eachother but i like to think it's such a strong bond that not even I could yap about them enough.

Thats it 😭😭😭😭 i hope i didnt sound crazy or sum

[emiliasilverova]

A reclist of Tenshi's work (and some memories)

It's late here and my whole being demands sleep, but I promised to myself I'd make a reclist of my favourite things @slimysuckers/@tentacletenshi ever made for Tenshi day, so here goes.

As far as photomanips go, there's really one that immediately comes to mind: the hug in camo. I just love it, I can't tell you much more than that.

For fics, however, there are three of them I'd like to mention:

Welcome Home, You're No Longer Alone—I have a funny story about that one. See, I first stumbled upon it way before I joined the Café, knew Tenshi personally, or even shipped any combination of 00Q00... but the art struck me (I mean, it's uh, very striking indeed 🥵). I had to frantically search the whole Bond category on AO3 to find it again (maybe some people from the slack remember it?)... and yeah, I did find it. And you can be sure I'll never forget about it ever again.

Kisses Across Universes—aaaah, good, old-fashioned bondalec (and yet another amazing piece of fanart). If I dedicated my earlier post from today (A Time for Sweetness) to Tenshi, it's because of this fic. Tenshi really loved bondalec, and actually had commissioned the piece of fanart at the end before creating the fic itself. From our talks together, I can show you something she probably never showed the world before—the sketch she provided the artist to explain what she wanted (see below). It's just so sweet... reminds me she had a very extensive collection of bondalec/00Q00 fanart, btw. A real treasure trove I should download from Discord before it disappears forever (you can never be too careful these days).

And last but not least, Good Names Are Forever. I personally think this is her best (of those I read, that is). The premise, the characterisation, the plot, I love everything about it. In fact, now I remember telling her I wish I had enough skill to make a fanart of it. Considering how my art skills have dramatically improved as of late, I might just do it. I wanna bring to life this image I have in my mind: Q stands next to a sitting Alec, his hand on Alec's shoulder, and Alec gives his most Janus stare/smile and says something like "don't f*ck with my son". You'll surely understand reading the fic.

You were so shy, Tenshi... and yet, look at everything you created. Everything you brought other people to create, even. Looking through Discord messages, I see you were saying you've been in the fandom since LiveJournal days, that you've seen GE in theaters, and that basically you've always been there, even when you weren't creating yet. Even though you didn't start writing until 2020, I have the conviction you've always been there indeed. Perhaps I was seeing your name in comments, although I'll probably never know for sure. I'm so sorry you were bullied, you absolutely didn't deserve it. I'm even sorry for scaring you at first, all because of those firm Opinions I used to have. So I'll conclude with this:

*hugs the tentacle creature*

And thank you, as always.

[sunjaesol]

Love is Blind x Juke

For the past two days @thedeathdeelers and I have spiralled into a Love Is Blind x Juke fanfic in the dm's and this is what came out of it. So, a co-written Imène and Ophelia special for Juke Jeudi. Ta-da!

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“Hi,” a voice called out from the other side of the Pod. This was it. The start of this mess. 

Luke perked up. "Uh, hey, I'm Luke."

"I'm Julie." A pause. Then a laugh. "This is really weird, huh?"

Luke laughed as well, the tension of the last twenty-four hours slipping away. One second he was drunk in his apartment with his buddies on the Netflix website, the second he was on a flight to San Diego for a freaking reality dating show. Or rather: a marriage show. Insane. But whatever. It wasn't like he was actually going to find someone. He was just gonna lay low, write some songs, and then dip after ten days.

"So, Julie, what made you sign up for this thing?" he asked, draping himself across the couch. A cup of rum and coke dangled in his hand.

"Um… I guess I wanted to do something I'd never do. I'm always waiting for love, you know, instead of… just going for it. So here I am. What about you?" Her voice was pretty, slightly raspy, yet melodic, and he felt himself listening to her intently.

"I'm here to write songs," he replied, blunt.

She laughed. "What?"

"Yep."

"You're here… for songs?"

"Don't take this the wrong way," he said, "but this is like a retreat for me."

"Well, that's excellent, actually," she replied, smooth. "Because I happen to be a songwriter."

***

Julie went into her second date after an hour long conversation about music and their favourite bands with Luke. She felt giddy, but knew a first impression didn’t mean anything in an experiment like this. Sitting down, she called out: "Hello?"

"Hi, I'm Nick," a male voice said.

Julie smiled. "I'm Julie."

"Julie," he repeated, and she heard the scribbling of paper. "So, tell me about yourself, Julie."

"Um… what do you wanna know?"

"Where are you from?" he asked. 

Easy enough. "I’m from Los Feliz."

"No way!" He laughed. "Me too!"

Her brows raised. "Really? Where did you go to school?"

"LF Public High."

"Ah," she sighed, "I went to the arts school. It would be crazy if we've met each other before."

"Or maybe it's fate," he teased.

An amused smile twitched on her lips. Guys that flirted with the word ‘fate’ to wrap a girl around their finger; she’s met those before. "Yeah, who knows."

***

After three full days of jamming and creating music with Luke, somehow able to connect on such an intense level with a shimmery wall between them, they found themselves in amiable silence. It wasn’t awkward, somehow. The song they worked on had been rather emotional, about family and history and regret. It brought back memories she hadn’t dared to discuss in the Pods. But now… 

“Not to like, um,” she licked her lips, “dump all my trauma, but—”

“It’s okay,” he whispered.

“My mom, uh, died… two years ago.” Julie took a steadying breath, though let the tears roll as they came. He didn’t see her. She could cry. “She’d been sick for a while—terminal cancer—so we were prepared, but… nothing actually prepares you for it.” She heard him hum, encouraging her to continue. “And that’s why I applied for the show. The day she died, I felt like I died with her. I’ve just been on auto-pilot. So, ‘Love Is Blind’ was honestly this, like, desperate attempt to feel again, but I didn’t think I’d actually marry someone. I just wanted to break free of this dead feeling… if that makes sense.”

After a beat of silence, Luke said, “It does. Trust me, it does. I’m sorry, Jules, for your loss. That’s the worst thing that could ever happen, I–” A curt laugh left him. “I wish I could hug you right now, fuck.”

“It’s okay,” she sniffled.

“You’re probably the strongest person I know, not gonna lie,” he continued. “Trying to keep living after that… you should be so proud, Jules.”

Julie’s lip wobbled as she sank to the carpeted ground and shuffled to the shimmery wall, pressing one hand against it. She hadn’t had a sip of alcohol today—even though the producers wanted her to—so she knew all she felt was pure.

“I am proud,” she agreed. “Only a crazy alive person locks themselves in a Pod for seventeen hours a day.”

A laugh barked out of him. Jumping off the couch, he sat cross-legged in front of the shimmery wall. His heart hammered a nervous beat. “I, uh, relate, to be honest, to, like, mom stuff.”

“Oh?”

“My mom hasn’t died, fortunately, but… when I was seventeen, we got in a really big fight. Like, we said some nasty stuff to each other. I ran away. I didn’t speak to them for six years.” He shook his head. “And I know it’s not the same. Trust me, I know. I left by choice. But it felt like the death of my bond with them. I felt like I was dead to my parents. They never tried looking for me. Maybe because they knew where I was, but… they never tried reaching out. Until I did it at twenty-three.”

Julie sighed, “I’m so sorry, Luke.”

“It caused me to produce some fire songs, but… I don’t know if it was worth it.” He chuckled, tears rolling down his cheeks in surprise. “I don’t think I ever told someone that before.”

Julie smiled. “I’ll keep it a secret. Thank you for sharing that with me, Luke.”

“No problem,” he tried to sound nonchalant, but to him, it came off infinitely grateful.

“How’s your relationship with them now?” she asked.

“It’s… it’s alright. It’s not perfect in the slightest, but, you know, I come around for dinner or lunch at least once a month, I keep them in the loop, they keep me in the loop, they’ve attended one of my concerts…” He trailed off. “We’ve come a long way.”

“That’s great to hear,” she smiled. “Family is so important to me, so I would’ve felt so bad if I wouldn’t be able to—” She paused, warmth spreading in her body and face.

Luke frowned. “What?”

“If, um, if I wouldn’t be able to, um, meet them,” she uttered awkwardly. They had come to the silent agreement that they wouldn’t marry and simply be each other’s confidante for the ten days in the Pods. Julie has never felt like this before though. She felt… she was in love. Which was crazy, but how else could she explain the feeling in her gut?

A smile grew on Luke’s face. “You wanna meet them?”

“Don’t goad me like that!”

Luke laughed. “I’m not! I’m not! It’s… it’s cute, Julie, that you wanna meet them. Y’know, I wanna meet your dad, too. He sounds cool.”

Julie smiled. Her heart felt like bursting. “He is.”

***

The next day, Julie stood in the kitchen of the women’s quarters stirring a carrot and bell pepper soup on the stove. Luke’s favourite. If they ever were to meet in real life, she’d introduce him to other, way better, soups, but this would do for now.

Suddenly, Carrie—another contestant—appeared beside her. “You’re talking with Luke, right?” Carrie asked. 

Julie looked up. “Yeah, why?”

“Well,” she shrugged, haughty, “he's my number one, so.”

Julie frowned. Luke’s her number one? Since when? She had never heard Carrie speak about him. Did something happen in the Pods that she wasn’t aware of? “I thought Nick was your number one.”

The woman rolled her eyes. “Nick is so passive. I like Luke a lot more. I mean, musicians are hot, right?”

Carrie was baiting her, Julie realised, replying with a weak: “I… I guess…”

“Yeah,” Carrie affirmed, “so he’s my number one. I heard he’s yours, too.” The blonde tried to pull off an air of nonchalance as she inspected her perfectly manicured nails, but Julie didn’t bother with an answer and chose to add a pinch more paprika to the soup instead. She smiled; yeah, he’d like that.

Aggrieved Julie didn’t respond, Carrie continued: “So, why are you making soup?”

Julie threw a disbelieving look at Carrie. “It’s for Luke. For his birthday?”

Carrie, who had already lost interest in the conversation, suddenly whipped her head back towards Julie, hair flicking with the motion. “It’s his birthday? When? Since when?”

Julie rolled her eyes at the girl, and shook her head. Deciding to make a dig, she said: “I thought he was your number 1?”

Carrie frowned and pointed at the pot. “Can I give him some, too?”

"No,” Julie puffed, in disbelief that the woman even dared to ask her that. “That's honestly weird for you to ask, Carrie. It’s disingenuous."

"Okay, whatever," she grumbled and skulked away to talk to Kayla.

***

"So... I talked to Carrie..." Julie brought up after Luke had accepted and had taken a swig of her homemade soup. It had to be their sixth date at this point, but it has felt like forever. 

The man looked up from his guitar in confusion, wracking his brain for the last time he spoke to Carrie. "Okay?"

"She said you're her number one."

His frown deepened. "What? Really? We've spoken maybe twice."

"Oh." A relieved laugh left Julie. "Oh, wow. Then she's super jealous, or something." Her cheeks felt warm. "I was a little worried for a second, to be honest."

Luke grinned. "Yeah?"

"Mh-hm..."

"Y'know, I was worried about Nick," he confessed.

That surprised her. "Really? Why?"

"‘Cause I know you did have a connection with him."

"Yeah," she admitted, "but not in the way that we connect. Nick's like... a friend. That's all."

"Then you should tell him that," Luke said, amused. "'Cause he thinks you guys are fated."

Julie rolled her eyes. "Oh, jeez."

***

It was his favourite time of the day—sprawled across the sofa, snacks littering the floor—as he scratched out a chorus to Sunset Curve’s new song.

But that’s not why it was his favourite.

It was his favourite because he could just about hear Julie scribbling in her own journal right across that damn shimmery wall separating them, almost picturing frown lines between her brows. Which was weird, ‘cause he had never actually seen her.

It was weird, right?

But that didn’t stop him. Luke felt a silly grin taking over his features as he hummed along what he imagined would be the pre-chorus, leg swinging over the armrest—

And then he froze, stopping all movement.

Because he could be hallucinating, but he swore he just heard singing coming from the other room. The one that contained Julie. The human wrecking ball that had already captivated him before he had ever seen her.

Or heard her, apparently.

Holy shit. Holy shit. 

Luke nearly fell off the couch as he stumbled into a sitting position, jumping from his spot to the shimmery wall. He splayed his fingers as he pressed his palms against the damn thing keeping them apart, and then placed his ear against it.

He stopped moving; stopped breathing. She was singing. And it was fucking beautiful.

Shit. He was fucked.

He remembered Julie telling him about her complicated relationship with music; how she hadn’t sang in over a year. But now she was singing, here, with him, and he was finding it so hard to keep himself in check. He could clearly hear Alex’ voice in his head telling him to ‘cool it, Patterson. You’re going to scare her off.’

And that was the last thing he wanted to do.

Afterwards, Luke barged into the men's quarters and yelled: “I'm marrying Julie!”

Dean barely looked up from his paperback. “Yeah, we know.”

"You haven't talked about anyone else," Seth added.

"Oh," Luke said, scratching the back of his head. "Well, yeah. Now I'm gonna do it."

"Cool, man," Garrett grinned. "Get that woman!"

***

On the tenth day, Julie wore her prettiest dress. A purple number, nothing too special, as she hadn’t actually thought to get married on this show. The other women had ornate dresses, but she’d have to do with this one. 

Then again, she wasn’t actually sure Luke would propose. He told her he loved her, but that didn’t mean he wanted to marry her in a month; that didn’t mean he wanted to go through with the experiment; the reality show. 

Opening the door to the Pod, she heard Luke already pacing on his side. 

“Hi,” she said.

“Oh!” he exclaimed. “Hey!”

She paused at the wall. “You’re nervous?”

“It’s the tenth day, so, uh…” Luke shook his head and stared at the silly velvet box in his hands. This was ridiculous. Insane. Every other synonym for that word. He wasn’t marriage material. He was a guy from an underground rock band that came here to get inspired and write. But here he fucking was.  

“I don’t wanna say we’re fated, ‘cause I don’t believe in that shit,” he suddenly continued, the words flowing out of him. 

Julie smiled. “Me neither.”

“But I do—I do think you’re my person, Julie. That we should be together outside of the Pods. When we make music it’s like–like–”

“Magic,” she finished, her smile widening and her hands pressing against the wall. 

“Yeah,” he breathed. Sinking onto both knees, he kept his eyes on the box. “We’re magic together, I think. And I love you. I know that. I love you.”

Julie let her forehead drop against the wall as she giggled. Nothing about this made sense. No one would be able to understand what she felt right now. “I love you, too.”

“So… Julietta Rose Victoria Marie Molina…” He took a steadying breath. Now or never. “Will you do me the honour of marrying me?”

An elated sob left the woman, nodding profusely despite him being unable to see her. “Yes!” she exclaimed. “Yes!”

***

The white doors slid open in a swoop and their identities were revealed. Luke took a step forward and found his jaw falling slack at the short woman several feet away from him. She… was perfect. Down to those cute, scribbled-on sneakers.

Julie laughed, showcasing a gap between her teeth, and waved at him. "Hi."

"Hey," he grinned, his walk turning into a jog—he had to get to her—and grabbed her into a hug. "Holy shit."

"I know," she laughed, latching onto him. "Neither of us had a proposal outfit packed."

"Julie–Jules, you–" Pulling away slightly, he felt moisture building in his eyes from the shock and tension. His hands cupped her cheeks. "You're–wow."

"Thanks," she giggled, her eyes also wet. "You're wow, too."

***

After the couples arrived in the resort in Mexico, Julie and Luke settled into their suite. They unpacked their suitcases as they chatted about their flight, rosy-cheeked and happy. The camera flipped to Julie in the confessional, seated on the terrace in a pretty blue dress.

"Luke and I have arrived in Mexico," Julie said. "And it's definitely weird, suddenly, like, being able to touch him and see him, but it also feels so natural. We're just really excited to continue growing what we have and make more music."

"Julie's gonna do the speaking for me this vacay," Luke added next in his confessional, a big smile stretched across his cheeks. "I'm twenty-nine, guys, I've forgotten 10th grade Spanish, y'know."

“Yes, we’ve kissed,” Julie continued, shy, “on the plane. We wanted to do it away from the cameras, and um… it was–it was good.” Her eyes averted as her smile grew. “It was really good.”

Luke plopped down on the bed. “What do you wanna do first? Check out the pool? The beach?”

“The buffet,” she emphasised. “I’m super hungry.”

He laughed. “Sounds good to me.”

Julie slid beside him. “I also wanted to talk to you about something, now that we’re here…”

Luke nodded. “Okay.”

“Um… so we’re now sharing a bed…”

“Yeah.”

“I’d like to wait until after the wedding before we have sex,” she admitted. His face gave nothing away, simply listening to her. “It’s not that I’m not attracted to you, I am, but it’s something I want to honour, you know?”

“Of course,” he whispered. “I can wait, Julie, don’t worry about it.”

“Yeah?”

“Sex isn’t that important to me,” he said with a shrug. “It’s great, but it’s not everything.”

“Duh,” she deadpanned. “Music is.”

He laughed. “Exactly, you get it.”

The woman let out a relieved breath. She didn’t think Luke would be appalled, but she hadn’t been totally sure. Now, she could sleep beside him without the stress. Kissing his cheek, she said, “Besides, we can do other stuff.”

He wiggled his brows, mischievous. “‘Other’ stuff?”

With a roll of the eye, she pushed him away and got up. “Let’s get food.”

“Yes, Boss!”

***

The next day in Mexico, all the couples met up at the pool. It was the first time they all could see each other and properly meet. Neither Julie or Luke were worried their affection would sway, but they were nervous to approach Carrie and Nick. Both had claimed a connection, but now they were a couple themselves.

It especially bothered Luke, if he was honest. Julie was… incredibly beautiful, especially in that purple dress she wore tonight, and he wasn’t blind to the eyes Nick had been giving her. 

Afterwards, Julie and Luke sat on the bed curled towards each other, discussing the events of the night.

"So... what did you think of Nick?" Luke asked, feigning nonchalance.

Julie smirked at his obvious attempt to seem cool. "He was… nice."

"Yeah? Got a crush on him?"

"Sure," Julie deadpanned, "and that was why the conversation ended after, like, two minutes, and I stayed by your side for the rest of the night."

Luke grinned and placed a hand on her knee. "Yeah?"

"Mh-hm." She caressed his tattooed arm. "Don’t worry. I... there's not a shadow of doubt it's you, Luke. Trust me."

Luke's smile melted into fondness. "I trust you."

***

After Mexico—where one of the couples devolved and split up, leaving four couples left—they all returned to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, they couldn’t move back into their regular apartments, but all had to share the same complex. Julie and Luke lived on the third floor in a shiny, white apartment. It was the furthest thing from Luke’s actual place.  

On a positive note, they could finally introduce their partner to their friends and family. Like now. 

"Today, I'm meeting Luke's friends and band members," Julie said to the camera, standing outside of Luke’s studio in the heart of Mar Vista. "I've talked with them on the phone a couple days ago, but this'll be the first time we'll be face to face."

Luke drifted on his heels as he barely looked at the camera, clearly addressing Julie. "I'm not worried. Julie's, like, the puzzle piece we've been missing. And I fucking love her. So. Yeah."

Julie and Luke walked in where Reggie and Alex were already seated in an old, leather couch. Reggie seemed nonchalant, but Alex often flitted his eyes to the camera.

"Hi," Julie greeted. "I'm Julie!"

"Ooh," Reggie cooed. "You're even prettier IRL!"

Alex eyed her in disbelief. "Yeah. Blink twice if you wanna escape our Luke."

"Awesome support, guys," Luke grumbled.

Julie worried that the boys perhaps thought that what she and Luke had was too good to be true—that it wouldn’t last—and all it would do was interrupt their music career. She didn’t stop worrying until Alex gently pulled her away from the guys mid-practice session, and took her on a short walk around the garden.

Somehow, he knew exactly what was on her mind—and exactly what to tell her.

“Luke’s a pretty open book with just about everyone, or that’s what people think. He likes to show everyone all the good sides to him; the music, the cheerful attitude, the constant pep-talks. But he’s never, and I mean never, talked to anyone about his mom as openly as he did with you.” Alex stopped to turn and face Julie. “He’s always worried about dumping all his problems on others and it’s been his thing ever since we’ve known him. He just hides it all to himself, until he explodes and writes a song about it.”

He shrugged, though Julie could see the worry in Alex’ eyes. “But the fact that he shared some of that stuff with you, let you hear ‘Unsaid Emily’… Julie, you’re it for him. And if you’re it for Luke, you’re it for us.” Alex grimaced at his choice of words, but didn’t correct himself, choosing instead to smile encouragingly at Julie.

A moved Julie nodded in relief and pulled the drummer into a tight hug. “Thank you,” she whispered. 

That evening, it was time for Luke to meet Julie’s family, namely: her father, brother and aunt Victoria. The rest of the family would attend the wedding. Which, according to Julie, was ‘a lot’. She’d prepped him for tonight, but she still seemed nervous as she rang the bell and waited for the door to open. 

“What’s the prob?” he asked. 

“Well—”

The door flung open and an older woman in athleisure squealed at the sight of Luke. “Lukas! Come in, come in! Oh, mija, you did such a good job picking him!”

“Tia—”

“My name is Luke, actually—”

Victoria continued unperturbed and ushered them inside. He barely had time to soak in the interior as she continued babbling on. "Thank you, Lukas—" Victoria gushed.

"It's Luke—"

"—for taking my Julie off the street. Twenty-seven! Who would've thought!"

"Ah, yes," Julie drawled beside him, slightly peeved. "The old crone's age of twenty-seven."

“I think she was the one who took me off the street,” he said, throwing a smirk Julie’s way to ease the nerves a bit.

Her father and brother popped in from the kitchen, the former with a wide smile and the latter rather sceptical. “Is that my daughter’s fiancé I hear?”

***

"Luke is meeting my best friend, Flynn, today," Julie said outside of a bar. "I'm a little nervous, because Flynn is super protective of me, but I think it'll be fine!"

Luke smirked. "People love me. Everything will be great!"

That was, until Flynn said a quick hello and then shoved a ten-page questionnaire in his face. She smirked. “Just to see you’re not a serial killer and won’t break my friend’s heart.”

“Because those two are mutually important,” Julie replied, sarcastic. 

Luke scratched the back of his head as he thumbed through the pages. “I–I have to do this now?”

“Why? Scared?” Flynn pressed. “Also—” She whipped a cotton swab from her pocket and grabbed Luke’s face, pushing his mouth open. "Just the usual," she muttered and swabbed the inside of his cheek. "Just normal DNA things…”

After the horrible bar situation, Julie paced along the kitchen island continuously apologising for her friend’s behaviour. “I swear she’s usually not like this, I’m so embarrassed, like she’s protective, but not—”

“Hey, hey, hey,” Luke grabbed her shoulders to stop her from pacing with a relaxed smile. “Yeah, it was weird, but it wasn’t the end of the word.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.” He smiled. “You have a Flynn, I have a Reggie and Alex," he soothed. "It's all cool."

***

As Carrie and Nick argued for the umpteenth time at the Cheese Tasting Date, Luke and Julie were bent over Luke's songbook, scribbling and discussing the bridge of a song.

"No, no, there should be an inverse and then, like, the reveal, that he was never there at all," Julie said.

"I don't wanna write a sad song, Jules. It's a love song," Luke bounced back.

"I mean—" She popped a piece of brie in her mouth. "---it is a love song, just not a happy one."

A grin ticked up his lips. "Is it about Nick and Carrie?"

Julie swatted his arm. "Luke!"

"What! C'mon, Jules, look at 'em." He nodded at the pair currently shouting at each other outside, two cameras on them. "They're not exactly soulmates."

Another pairing, Vivian and Dean, joined them at their table. "Oh my God," Vivian said, "can Carrie and Nick just end it already?"

"Carrie wants those followers, she can't leave just yet," Dean added with a roll of the eyes.

"Yeah," Julie trailed, "it's... a lot."

"What're you working on, dude?" Dean asked.

Luke grinned. "A song, obviously."

Viv sighed dreamily. "It's so romantic, honestly, that you guys have, like, a 'thing'."

Dean frowned. "We have a thing."

His fiancée's brows raised, challenged, and Luke and Julie recoiled into their songwriting shell again.

***

The wedding was a no-brainer. After a teary-eyed dress fitting and a fun bachelorette party with the girls—where Carrie tried to disrupt her happiness one final time—Julie found herself in the hotel room of a beautiful ranch where she and Luke would officiate their marriage. Somehow, the month felt like a year and her relationship with Luke felt like a decade. 

“Are you nervous?” Flynn asked, buttoning Julie into her dress. 

She shook her head. “No, just healthy jitters.”

“Good.” The two stared at each other in the mirror. “You deserve this, girl.”

Victoria came in with glasses of champagne. “Well, I’m nervous, so drink up, my loves.”

On the other side of the hotel, Luke, Alex and Reggie sat in the plush chairs, ready for the wedding. Luke’s foot bounced up and down in anticipation, ready to hold her and kiss her and be hers. He knew he was a romantic, but he never thought it could get this deep. 

“Do you think she’ll say yes?” Alex asked. 

Luke nodded. “Yeah. There’s honestly not a doubt in my mind, dude.”

“But what if she does?”

“Then…” Luke took a swig of his beer as a salute. “Then we’ll have a killer album in no time.”

Soon after, the ceremony began. Luke first went down the aisle where he smiled and nodded at all his friends and family. His parents sat in the front and smiled proudly at him. 

And then came Julie. Julie, in a beautiful gown and a shimmering face, taking his breath away. It felt like he had tunnel vision. She, too, couldn’t look anywhere but him, and felt her racing heart calm down the second he helped her up the steps. Her father had tears in his eyes as he gave her away. 

“Hi,” she whispered. 

“Hey,” he whispered back, smiling, “you look gorgeous.”

“Thank you.”

The officiator began his speech, Luke and Julie exchanged quick vows—though most has been said in the countless lyrics they’ve written together—and they sealed it all with a kiss. They were married. Forever. 

For the final time, Julie spoke to the camera with shiny cheeks and sparkling eyes. “How do I feel? I mean, I think you can guess.”

Luke jumped into frame and picked her up, bridal-style. “You’re looking at Miss Julie Molina-Patterson, Netflix! Hell yeah!”

***

At the reunion, they were the only couple left standing. Obviously.

***

[idontplaytrack]

✧ Midsummer Night

AJ Campos x fem! reader

Warnings: fluff, bit of angst? coarse language, implied/mentions of a bad past relationship

Ice cream cravings at 2am…during a midsummer night leads to a heart-to-heart talk and a first kiss.

“AJ.” You say while flipping over onto your side.

“Yeah?” She mumbles into her pillow before turning around to face you.

“I’m craving for some ice cream.”

She chuckles, “Ice cream?”

“Mhm.” You muttered, “It’s so hot- can you actually fall asleep in this heat?”

“I can’t even keep my eyes shut without wanted to kick off the non-existent blanket.” AJ scoffs, sitting up.

"Can we go get ice cream?" "Babe, the only place open this late is what, McDonalds?" AJ sighs, "And there's no guarantee they even have ice cream?"

"Please?" You sulked, "We can just drive to a gas station or something and get ice cream."

AJ looks at you, debating her choices. "Okay, let's go baby. We're going for a drive."

"Yay." You squealed, tackling her in a hug before the two of you got out of bed and downstairs to her car. The clock in the car's little screen showed that it was nearly 2 in the morning, and AJ could not believe she was about to drive at this hour, solely for ice cream. But the air-conditioning was admittedly very nice in this heat. As long as you were happy, she thought.

AJ had a hand on your thigh as per usual. It was just a little gesture of hers that you found very comforting. "You wanna listen to your playlist?" She asks, keeping her eye on the road.

"If you don't mind." You nodded, chuckling over your words.

"I never do." She smiled widely. You took her phone and put your favourite playlist on without a word. You and AJ spent the rest of the drive singing along to every word. It was a mundane thing, but you and her both enjoyed them thoroughly, moments like this...not a care in the world and just vibing with the other person.

After getting to your destination, you and AJ got out to buy ice cream in the convenience store. Stepping inside the store, the chilliness of the AC blasted in your face. A pretty stark difference compared to the temperature in the car— and outside, of course. At the checkout, there was a glint of recognition in the cashier’s eyes. “AJ?”

“Yes…?” She squinted.

“Oh, I go to Miller High and saw your art presentation last week. Just wanted to say i love your work. I think it’s very cool.”

“Oh, thank you.” AJ smiled appreciatively, “You’re a year below us, right? I think I’ve seen you before.”

“Yeah.” The girl nodded.

After making the payment, AJ hooked arms with you, thanked the girl and left, “See you around, good night.” The two of you ran back to her car to escape the heat. AJ continues driving for a few minutes, stopping the car at a park. She blasted the air-conditioning but turned down the music so you two could chat.

“So…we haven’t done this in awhile. Late night snack run,” She looked at you as she speaks, the small wooden spoon held between her lips.

“I’m glad we do it sometimes.” You nod, taking a bite of the Magnum in your hand.

AJ hums in agreement, “Oh, you’ve got a little something.”

“Oh, where?” You chuckled. You thought AJ was just going to tell you where, but when you tried to lick it off you apparently didn’t get it all. Instead of using her thumb to swipe it off, she kisses you to get it off.

“AJ.” You giggled when she broke away, “Why’d you do that?”

“Why not?” She chuckles then grinned, watching you with her big brown eyes. The way she looked at you gave you insane butterflies and made you warm and fuzzy on the inside. Her gaze was always so gentle and filled with love. And that smile that accompanied it every single time. You adored this girl.

You looked back at her, admiring every single feature of the girl who say before you. Unknowingly, you felt tears brimming at your eyes so you quickly blinked them away. “Aw.” AJ still realised, “Hey, what’s the matter, honey?”

You shook your head, swallowing harshly and trying to focus on nothing but finishing up the ice cream. “Nothing. I’m fine.” You force a smile but that made the tears threaten to fall. She grabs your hand, brushing her thumb over your knuckles and completely ignoring her ice cream in the meantime. “Don’t cry, pretty girl.” She looked at you, squishing your cheeks in both hands after she put down her nearly-finished cup of ice cream into the cup holder, “Oh, I love you so much, y/n.”

Maybe it was the late hour and the lack of sleep but the simplest gestures from her made you emotional. Being so at peace and comfortable in her presence, just made you feel things…a lot of things. Maybe even too much. “Some days I just cannot believe that I finally have someone…that- treats me the way you do.” You revealed. You struggled to swallow the last bit of ice cream before you hastily chucked it aside along with its wrapper. AJ shifted in her seat to face you fully, brushing the hair away from your face and caressed your cheek. She presses a tender kiss to your cheek, her gentle gaze met your teary eyes after she pulled away. “I love you. You never have to guess, you never have to doubt…because my answer will always be the same. I fell in love with you since I first saw you and I fall in love with you more and more each day.”

AJ knew everything that happened in your last relationship. During a night, very much like this one, you just opened up to her- sharing that very personal, traumatic part of your life. Your ex, she made you feel unsafe, unloved— even hated, everything went wrong, because of your ex but she blamed you. You took the words of that manipulator to heart. But AJ, she came into your life and changed it all. She loved you as you were and was everything you’ve ever dreamed about.

“I know it’s still hard for you. So I want you to remember this…okay? Don’t force yourself to say anything. Don’t ever let me make you think that you have to do anything. Because I know that you like me, otherwise we wouldn’t be here today.” As you listened to her talk, tears just kept rolling down your cheeks. Her words just touched you. “Don’t rush it and be gentle with yourself.”

You sniffed, taking a few deep breaths to calm yourself down and prepare yourself, “AJ…I love you. I’m so in love with you.” Inching closer to her face, your hand cups her cheek and your lips met hers for the very first time.

[mossyscavern]

Chaiflower au, Prologue

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La lealtad vale más que el dinero (Oh-oh)

Y yo me vo' a morir leal y nunca como un traicionero (Oh-oh)

“Miles!”

“Yeah?! *cough* yeah?” Miles asks, headphones now off. “Your shift ended long ago.. it’s closing time.” Gwen told him, pointing to her watch.

“Oh. I should probably put these away then, huh?” He says, already putting away the ingredients. “Yeah, I’ll help, then we’ll get out of here.”

By the time they finished cleaning, everything is packed away and closed, ready for the next day. Leaving the two to walk their destinations together.

It was all quiet apart from the traffic. When the silence got too awkward Gwen spoke. “So, any plans for Valentine’s Day?” Miles chuckled and shook his head. “Not really, probably gonna buy something for my parents.” He shrugged.

“So nothing for your lover, huh?” She said, all tease and no snark. “I don’t have a lover, Gwen.” Miles reminded, making Gwen spat out her coffee.

“Seriously?! You’re still without a partner?!!??!” She asked, bewildered at the info. “Hey, someone other than our boss has to be in the singles club.”

“Miles…” Gwen sighs, stopping him by his shoulder and made him turn towards her. “You need to put yourself out there, you can’t be single forever.” She says, her hands on her hips. “Says the girl who’s also single.”

“Can’t call me single anymore, I got a date.” She says to him. “But that’s not the point.” She says, holding miles by both shoulders this time.

“I know you, you get touch starved and I know your parents aren’t always home.” This made miles look down sadly, then shake his head. “I’ll be fine.”

Gwen sighs and let go of the Afro-puerto Rican boy. “If you say so. See you tomorrow!” She shouted, waving goodbye while miles did the same.

Back at home where miles is left home alone the rest of the afternoon, this made him think about what Gwen had said about him being touch starved.

‘Maybe Gwen’s right, I need to put myself out there, can’t focus on my baking and art forever…’ Miles thought. But immediately pushed the thought down as he put on his headphones and played sunflower.

Swae Lae and post Melon never miss, especially with their song they did together.

While listening to his favourite song he thought about Gwen’s words of concern and sighed, hugging his second pillow he grabbed from under his bed.

“Wish I could be someone’s sunflower.” He whispered sadly, eyes getting heavier before giving up.

And during that night? He dreamt of sunflowers.

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The inspiration for this au is from @zxmickeyzx’s Mumbatten café and an ao3 chaiflower story called ‘pose for me’ … I really love the two stories

I just wanna write a ship chapter story. And this is the prologue so, I can’t exactly reveal what the au is… wait yes I can! It’s a bakery/coffee- *bonk* ow, fine! No spoilers… hope you like it!

The song featured in this at the beginning is called familia from the ITSV soundtrack.

(Mi amor la sol.) coming soon… maybe.

[littleoddwriter]

Some of my favourite things about the FNAF movie (spoilers below cut):

Everything. It was perfect.

the intro art style being the one of the FNAF minigames. It felt nostalgic and I loved it!

William clearly recognising Mike's name and connecting the dots and thus offering him the job as a night guard and being persistent about it.

"it's me" in the mirror (i think it was a mirror. or window?)

the ghost kids

Abby. just. Abby. she stole my heart, oml, I love herrr, what a cute sweetheart!!! protect her at all costs, please and thank you.

Mike and Abby together. perfect sibling representation.

Mike trying So hard to keep everything together and to keep Abby happy and safe, while struggling as much as he does, like... gosh, I wanna hug him, wrap him in a blanket and let him rest.

the whole dream thing. I dig it.

the scenes of Abby playing with the ghost kids and... just... the animatronics being so adorable with her. my poor heart!!! I nearly cried.

Freddy going CHOMP on Max and effectively cutting her in half. (poor Max, actually, she was cool. but it was a really neat kill; especially with the way they filmed it to not be too explicit!)

me being right about Vanessa. I just knew she was gonna be William's daughter, since they changed it with Mike not being his son to make the movie work the way they wanted it to. and it worked well, honestly!

MATPAT BEING A SERVER AT THE DINER!!!

generally just the way they worked so many lovely things into the movie that involved the fandom and some of its most important figures/things. it was magnificent!

William's influence over the ghost kids being somewhat plausible and used against him in a way that ties back to the beginning of the movie with Abby.

SPRINGLOCK INCIDENT!!!

"I always come back" HE SAID IT. HE SAID THE THING!!!

the vengeful spirit. THE MF VENGEFUL SPIRIT!!!

oh, also! the possible storyline for a sequel. with Mike and Abby helping Vanessa and saving her, like in Security Breach with Princess Quest, now that Vanessa is in a coma and it was heavily implied that William has a very certain kind of influence over her that she has a difficult time fighting on her own.

that's all I can think of right now. my mind is still reeling. like. this was real. this is a real movie. that exists now. after nearly a decade of FNAF. we did it! it just makes me so happy and my fan heart was utterly satisfied in the best possible way. i went in with excitement and came out with satisfaction and more excitement! <3

[melloneah]

10, 12 and 25 for the fandom end of the year ask game, please and thank you!

AAAARGHHH i completely missed this, thank u sm for the ask<33 ive only been back in the dn fandom & on tumblr a little over a month but im still super excited about this!!!

10. favourite blog of the year

this one is super hard bc all my mutuals deserve a warm embrace and have all my love BUT i have to say @blondiest / @neallo bc if it werent for their fanfics i would probably never go back to tumblr in the first place (i built up the courage to leave a few comments on their works on AO3 and they were so sweet about it i decided that i wanna be part of the death note community again (after 7 years) if everyone's so kind!!!) and then very special mention to @empressofthewind bc her gorgeous christmas fic inspired me to actually create fanart

theyre both amazing at keeping this fandom alive and actively posting new takes (and works of literary art obvi) so im sending a gentle forehead smooch (of gratitude) to each of you <33

12. longest fic you read this year

i want to hold you (hostage) by @neallo

this fic had me in a chokehold for WEEKS, now im actively trying to forget it so i can reexperience it fully during a reread

25. best movie you watched this year

not death note related, but def "marcel the shell with shoes on" (made by A24 studios) it made me genuinely sob and bawl for days every time i remembered it (but in a good way!!!! it was SO CUTE!!!!! it gave my heart a tight little hug) (it was also hilarious and so well made)

<33

fandom end of the year asks

ask me!!!

[wisedawn13]

#xiantober Day 10: Fanartistxian

Wei Ying is very active in fandom online. He has amassed quite a large following over the years due to his fanart of his favourite characters. He does it for fun and is just glad that there are people who enjoy his art.

His roommate, Wen Qing, returns home from her shift at the hospital with a heavy sigh. He looks up from where he's shrimped over his drawing tablet.

"How was work?"

She glares at him and he straightens up, his back cracks seven times. "Fine. Exhausting. The usual."

He nods. "I hear that."

"Though, I was given a pair of tickets to the Gusu Orchestra by my department head. Wanna go with me?"

"What about your girlfriend?" he asks, returning his attention to his sketch.

Wen Qing drops her purse and plops onto the couch. "She's busy then."

"Ah, how sweet. I'm second choice," he teases. "When is it?"

She huffs. "Don't get cocky, I asked A-Ning before you. You're my third choice."

Wei Ying gasps dramatically, slapping a hand over his heart. "You wound me!"

"Shut up. It's this Saturday at 7."

"I'm free, so I'll definitely be there. Thanks! I've always wanted to see the Gusu Orchestra," he says as he stands up and walks to the couch. He sits beside her and hugs her tight as she tries to shove him off. "You're the best! Such a wonderful friend to me! So sweet and kind!"

"Ugh! Shut up and get off me!" He obliges, but not before kissing her cheek. "You're disgusting, you know that?" she questions as she wipes her cheek and walks into the kitchen.

"Sure, but you love me anyway!" he calls after her.

She mutters something that he can't quite hear.

But it sounded something like "Against my will."

He leans back against the couch and closes his eyes.

"Here," Wen Qing says.

He cracks open an eye to see her holding out a wine glass for him. He takes it happily and drinks as she sits on the opposite end of the couch.

Wen Qing settles her feet in his lap as they both drink. He finishes his glass quickly and sets it on the table beside him before he starts to rub her feet. He watches as she practically melts into the couch, stress and tension leaving her body.

~

It's Saturday, shortly before the doors open to be seated for the concert, and Wei Ying feels the jittery nerves of excitement. He's dressed up, feeling a little out of his comfort zone, but is really looking forward to the music. He's long been a fan of orchestral music.

Never had the chance to see any live, let alone the Gusu Orchestra (one of the most prestigious orchestral groups in the world), so he isn't too sure what to expect.

Wen Qing is, thankfully, a calming presence beside him as they wait to get to their seats.

Finally, the doors open and they situate themselves in their seats. Wei Ying stares in wide-eyed wonder at the inside of the music hall. It is breathtakingly beautiful.

His leg bounces as he waits. Then the musicians all walk out onto stage and take their seats.

Wei Ying freezes, eyes trained on the first chair as the most beautiful man in the world stands up, holds a hand to the audience, and causes the whole hall to fall into silence. Wei Ying is stunned. Then, the oboe rings out an A and the rest of the orchestra join in.

Just that. Just the orchestra tuning (and the beautiful first chair commanding the audience) brings chills to Wei Ying.

The conductor walks out and the room feels like it lifts in suspense then the first notes of the first piece ring out into the hall.

Wei Ying is stunned by the power a live orchestra holds. He's on the edge of his seat, drawn in as the music wraps around him and tugs him along until, just as suddenly as it started, the song ends and the audience claps.

He sucks in a breath, coming back to himself. Wen Qing shoots him a curious look but he just smiles shakily and returns his attention to the stage.

There, he sees the first chair rise and walk forward. Wei Ying is practically vibrating as he watches the man move with grace.

Then, as the audience's applause dies down, Wei Ying catches as the first chair (solo violinist) nods to the conductor and the song starts. Wei Ying gasps quietly. He knows this song.

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major Opus 35.

His absolute favourite violin concerto.

The orchestra plays the opening and then there's a pause before the soloist begins to play. Wei Ying feels overwhelmed. It is the most beautiful thing he has ever witnessed in his life. The violinist plays with so much expression and precision that he wants to cry.

And he does by the time the song comes to a close. He claps harder than he ever has in his life as tears stream down his face. Wen Qing looks at him with open concern but Wei Ying only sees her peripherally, too focused on the beautiful man on stage.

He is feeling inspired.

As they clear from the concert hall when it's over he finds a booklet with information on the orchestra and the pieces played that evening. He flips it open and finds a two-page spread with a stoic photo of the first chair with a blurb about him and his achievements.

There is also a name: Lan Wangji.

Wei Ying closes the booklet and holds it tightly to his chest as he follows Wen Qing out and back home.

As soon as they're in the door he hugs her, thanking her profusely, and then runs to his tablet to immediately begin sketching.

He spends hours sketching out different posing compositions of the first chair—Lan Wangji—before he settles on one to focus on.

He draws in a fugue state, working hard to capture the luminescent beauty and fluid grace of Lan Wangji on the stage.

It turns out to be the best piece he has ever drawn. He signs it and posts it online, tagging Lan Wangji and the Gusu Orchestra before he falls into bed without bothering to change.

~

Lan Zhan is having morning tea with his brother.

They often enjoy spending this time together mornings after a performance. Lan Zhan finds it calming.

Lan Huan, on the other hand, is scrolling on his phone instead of chatting with him. He's not super displeased about not having to talk, but still.

Lan Huan suddenly gasps. "Oh! A-Zhan! It seems you have a fan!" he exclaims with laughter, turning the phone so he can see.

On his phone is a beautiful artwork of him as the solo violinist. It is a stunning composition. He's never been fond of photos of himself but this...

This is different. It makes him look alive. He's quietly impressed with the sheer skill it takes to execute an artwork of this level. He stares at the post for quite some time before noticing the text content of the post.

It is a tweet from a 'Yiling Laozu' tagging the Gusu Orchestra and his stage name and talking about how they got to see the concert last night. They claim it was the best thing they've ever witnessed, especially because of 'this beautiful, talented man right here.'

Lan Zhan is shocked. The post was uploaded not long ago, they must have worked on the artwork all night.

After Lan Zhan not saying anything for a while, Lan Huan pulls his phone back. "I shall message them and ask if they would wish to see another show and meet the orchestra."

Lan Zhan looms at his brother, unimpressed. Lan Huan shrugs with a smile. "I'm sure they would love the chance to get to meet you."

"Brother," he replies. "You know I do not like meeting fans."

"Yes, yes," Lan Huan dismisses. "But just this once?"

He doesn't bother replying.

He knows his brother; once his mind is made up about something it is nearly impossible to change it. Lan Zhan therefore resigns himself to meeting some random fan—talented though they may be—and dreads it.

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The following Saturday, Lan Huan tells him the fan will be coming to the show that evening. Lan Zhan thanks him for letting him know, then promptly shoves that knowledge out of his head. The evening comes quickly and he performs with practiced ease.

He knows these songs so well he could play them in his sleep.

Idly, he allows his gaze to wander out over the audience. He can't really see anyone in particular, but he distantly wonders where this fan is seated. He knows nothing of them save for their talent and love of music.

The concert comes to a close and he bows before walking off stage. He wipes down his violin before placing it in its case. Shortly after, his brother finds him.

"The fan is with the rest of the orchestra, come meet him."

Resigned, Lan Zhan follows.

They reach the group and Lan Zhan's step falters. The man who stands in the group of musicians is incredibly beautiful. He is tall, dressed nicely, and has a bright smile. Lan Zhan stares.

"A-Zhan, meet Wei Ying," his brother says. "Wei Ying, this is my brother Lan Zhan."

Wei Ying turns and their eyes meet. Lan Zhan doesn't know how long they stay like that, whether it be a fraction of a second or hours just silently staring into each other's gaze. It doesn't matter.

"Hi," Wei Ying says eventually, smiling warmly.

"Hi," he replies.

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