#not talked about ever and it makes me go Hough >:)

[thesecondcitrus]

more of . them

[slashandsliceandeverythingnice]

⚔︎ Welcome, one and all!

Hey, I'm Sword, or whatever sort of creative name you can think of that relates to that! I saw that a few friends (Hey,Meds!) of mine were on this here website plus Rocket wouldn't stop pestering me about it and so I figured I'd make an account, so.. say hi to my awesome blog! I think that's what they're called here..

In all honesty, I don't know what to do here. I am here though, so talk to me when you can!

☆ Rules—please read!

I don't want you guys doing anything TOO crazy here :(

First and foremost, no swearing. Ever. Thanks! (using words that are alternatives [i.e frick] are allowed)

If you want to talk dirty, I don't mind. Just..don't go overboard. (Funny how you can't swear but can talk like that, right?)

For your sake and mine, just be nice. Please.

I don't actually know what to put here,I'm not that strict, so..uh..I'll add more later, probably.

That'll be it for now! Thanks for reading!

hough..here goes.. 3rd phighting parody blog.....hope I don't get addicted (foreshadowing)

here are the actual (ooc) rules

you CAN swear, Sword'll just be upset. Don't blame me if he puts soap in your mouth.

'm fine with suggestive things and all that,but the farthest I'll get with you is making out /w you sorry

Don't. Don't be weird............. Like actually....... I'm not afraid to block you dawg

☆ extra info:

i love sword /j

there are gonna be some headcanons incorporated into this, as is every other parody

PLEASE interact I NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE

>This is what an incharacter answer looks like

<This is what a thought looks like

I ship just about anything lol go crazy

*ooc answers will be like this or just not formatted at all because im a fat lazy slob /j

[ Narration is formatted like this

Yes, I accept OC interactions

Enjoy :D

pleASE reblog this when you find this so other people can find this account......... /nf

[cielomist]

This is very much not april fools related i genuinely want to hear your thoughts /srs but i am begging you can i Pls have a full ass rant abt all your vexen thoughts im backreading through propaganda and youre making me go OUGH - @fuckable-kh-men-battle

HOUGH

i want to preface this by saying i am not super articulate, i am very much a person that just rotates characters in my head at high speeds and doesn't form super coherent thoughts, but by god i know i have a lot of vexen thoughts its just gonna take some time to put them into like, understandable words

under a cut bc im sure its gonna get long. also im sorry that this is so incredibly disorganized.

OK SO

i have loved vexen. ever since i was a kid. i never even played com i just saw him in the kh2 journal and was like "THAT ONE"

(i was also deep in the like… 2009-era deviantart kh fandom, but… 😬)

but getting into the deeper stuff, vexen has this fun little dichotomy of somehow being incredibly cringefail but also EXTREMELY accomplished. he brags about how smart he is, he giggles to himself about it in the castle in days, and it comes across as this pathetic little man just being full of himself, but he also can like, legitimately back it up? he just MADE another riku. he MADE xion, and xion is absolutely extraordinary because she was not supposed to develop as her own person, but he was just so damn good at making just real ass PEOPLE that xion became her own person with her own thoughts and feelings and dreams

one of my favourite scenes is this one. first of all i live for all interactions between vexen/even and zexion/ienzo because GOD. i'm fucking obsessed with dad!even as a concept and i love thinking of the dynamics between ienzo and all his dads and i need to stop myself here or i'm gonna go off on a whole other tangent about ienzo specifically and how fucked his entire life was--

anyway that scene is one of my favs because i just love vexen running through the castle, yelling for his son, because his boss is actively avoiding him. i just assume this is how it always is with him.

also it's been pointed out that vexen, when talking with zexion, will often bend so he's eye level with him and i love that. i adore that.

also speaking of vexen/even and zexion/ienzo, THIS

god sorry i just read ienzo's character file and he mentioned even would scold atw for buying ienzo so much ice cream and i love that mental image. atw is literally king of radiant garden and even's bitching him out for spoiling his 8-year-old

and god VEXEN'S CHARACTER FILE... "I had lost sight of why I wanted to be clever in the first place. I wanted to be clever because I wanted to be helpful to someone." HHHHHHHH even became a scientist in the first place because he waanted to HELP PEOPLE and he got in this spiral of "i need to be smart to help people" and he worked HARD to become smarter and eventually dropped the "to help people" presumably because of xehanort and then when he was recompleted the first time he REMEMBERED WHY he wanted to do all the things he wanted to do in the first place, and in order to help people he gave up his heart, his humanity, what the original organization had been WORKING TOWARDS THE WHOLE TIME and i just. ough.

also in birth by sleep even talks to ven for like, two minutes maximum and from that is able to just deduce that ven's heart is not only completely devoid of darkness, but also that any darkness he DID have was forcibly removed. i don't know where to fit this tidbit in but i think about it a lot.

i mentioned in one of my propaganda asks a post that theorized about vexen's shield, and while i still can't find that post i did remember a fic i read based of of it

i somehow don't have coherent thoughts on his redemption arc in kh3. i get distracted by how pretty he looks when he says he wants to atone i think. but his little monologue when he's trying to convince demyx to help him out... ough. i am personally of the opinion that even was the apprentice with an actual like, medical phd. i think all of the apprentices specialized in different things, and i don't really have a solidified idea for anyone else (though dilan is shown to like flowers in his character file, though i think that gardening is a hobby for him rather than his professional field) but that's my Even's Professional Career headcanon. he absolutely has the entire ICD manual memorized. and rememorizes it every time it updates.

i also think post-kh3 when he was re-humaned he just straight up euthanized himself to be recompleted. he didn't want to wait to regrow a heart and it beat the hell out of immolation, axel

anyway i really wish people wouldn't reduce vexen/even to just being a creepy weirdo; he has SO MUCH to him, but ultimately i think people overlook him because he's not an anime prettyboy and i and the other vexenfuckers are stronger and smarter and sexier than everyone else

for now that's all i've got. if i think of more things i will rb with more vexen thoughts. thank u for your patience as i go insane writing this. <3

(fun fact! when i was in middle school (maybe high school?) i set his japanese laugh as my alarm and to this day i remember it bleeding into one of my dreams via a man in a parking lot laughing at me until i woke up and realized it was my alarm going off for school)

[fangirls-just-want-to-have-fun]

My Thoughts That No One Asked For on Dancing With The Stars season 31 ep. 9: 90s Week!

Taken down in VERY real time

I am once again reiterating that I would die for Daniel Durant

Not Vinny saying “salt and pepper” 😭 

The pros are once again SLAYING

DANIEL AND BRITT LOOK SO GOOD OMG 🤩 

Oh I can just feel in my bones that Trevor and Emma are gonna slay this

THEY SLAYED I KNEW IT

8s???? Really?? I think that deserved at LEAST all 9s 🤨

Oh Shangela is KILLING it but I mean water is also wet

THE WAY THE AUDIENCE CLAPPED FOR LIKE A WHOLE MINUTE

More tens for shangela methinks?

ANOTHER 10 FOR SHANGELA THANK YOU CARRIE ANN

Wayne really said I stay booked and blessed 💅😌 

Carrie Ann is in SUCH a better mood tonight I’m living for it

Wayne ATE that ngl

WAYNE IS BACK ON TOP BABY!!! 🙌🏻 

The way Daniel talks about his moms makes me just  🥺   

Daniel’s literally out here about to make me cry

“I’m so happy I can share my heart and soul with Britt.” No one touch me I am SCREAMING

THEM DANCING IN SILENCE IM YELLING

Daniel and Britt’s matching necklaces I’m on the floor they are fucking soulmates idc 😭 

Derek tearing up and his voice breaking talking about Daniel’s dance 🥺 

TENS FOR DANIEL HOLY SHIT IM GOING INSANE

Daniel and Britt each doing half of the “vote” sign so that they’re both doing one sign together god help me

“I don’t want this to end for me and Charli.” Heidi I hate to tell you this but NOTHING’S ending any time soon for Charli 😅 

Heidi I want to feel bad for you but I also kind of want you to go home

Idk I’m still not feeling anything new babes

God this is the first time I’ve ever agreed with Len 100%

Bruno just GRABBING Derek all the time is so funny

YUH GET IT SASHA AND DANIELLA

I think it should have been two 8s instead of one I think she’s still being over scored

Can Gabby and Val stop being good please

I did NOT know Bruno could say “sex bomb” on Disney plus

NOT BRUNO AND DEREK TAKING OFF THEIR SHIRTS LMFAO

FUCK they got another perfect score 

“(Vinny) is living proof of the power of your votes.” IM SCREAMING THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO DO HIM LIKE THAT LMFAO

I swear to fucking god if Vinny survives the double elimination I’m gonna lose my shit

Koko is really doing her damn best my girl is fighting for her LIFE

“I am not supposed to be here right now.” Well at least he knows it

29???? Oh yeah my man is going DOWN

Listen not to be queer but like Charli and Mark both look SO GOOD BRO 😍 

CHARLI’S KICKS???

Ngl Charli and mark actually have such a good partnership 

ALFONSO THROWIN DOWN WITH THE PROS I LOVE IT

Jeez so much perfect scores tonight 😟 (I am getting very scared for Daniel and Britt)

Why did Shangela and Daniel have to go up against one another 😭 

I’m not joking I’ll cry if Daniel and Britt go home

OKAY WAIT DANIEL KINDA SLAYED THAT

Aw yay go Shangela!! But I’m sad for Daniel 😭 

Honestly they were probably the best to be paired up cause they’re both such good sports and I think they’re friends so that was fine

Okay I’m gonna guess right now that Vinny and Heidi are going home (update: yes the gift of prophecy is nice thanks for asking)

Yes of COURSE Trevor was the winner why did we ever act like that was actually a competition 

NOT WAYNE CALLING HEIDI OUT SAYING SHE’S A TRAINED DANCER LMFAO

Wayne and Whitney are slaying this don’t play with me Bruno 

WAYNE AND WITNEY FOR THE FUCKING WIN BITCHES!!!

Okay Charli and Gabby this is the one I have NO idea how this one’s gonna go (but I hope charli wins)

I’m sorry but Charli and Mark ATE that idk how Gabby and Val are gonna top that

YES CHARLI GET IT

I swear to god if Vinny and Heidi don’t go home I’m gonna lose it

God those five points really do make a huge different jeez 

YES DANIEL AND BRITT IN THE SEMI FINALS FUCK IT UP AAAAHHHHHHH

HEIDI AND ARTEM ARE OUT THANK GOD

Okay judges come on now you canNOT pick Vinny over Trevor

“By the beard of Zeus…” Derek Hough you are the love of my life

I love that NONE of the judges are even trying to act like this is a hard decision 

VINNY IS GONE FINALLY THANK GOD

This was a great episode!! It was so nice to see my favorite couple (Daniel and Britt, in case y’all couldn’t already tell) get the tens they deserve!! I’m so nervous but so excited for the semi-finals next week!

[holmes-cringe-compilation]

How about Sholmes with a female rival detective who's put together and elegant (kinda like the opposite of sholmes) and they slowly start to fall in love?

a/n: hi anon ! this was really really fun to write... hough i love writing for sherlock.... i hope you enjoy !

sherlock with a rival detective (she/her) and slowly falls in love with her

you almost remind him of a certain brother of his, so different to his own spunkiness and overbearing personality. it obviously draws him to you. he's intrigued at how you personally think, how your brain cogs tick.

you're the total opposite of him, you didn't wear the ridiculously standing out clothes that he wore, your thought process wasn't all over the place like his and you actually had friends working in scotland yard that helped you unlike sherlock and his 'bestie' gregson.

sherlock wasn't a new thing for you, he was well acquainted with you and the same went to you. you had learned how to deal with the manchild and the best way to deal with someone who annoys you is to just ignore them.

but if you ignore him then sherlock gets all pouty. for some reason he doesn't do this to anyone else but you. why was that ? you hadn't a clue and it was the least of your concerns at the moment.

sherlock was always trying to talk to you, for whatever reason you didn't know why. you looked up at the detective who was rambling about how he does investigations and whatnot. his words sounded sporadic and fast, like he was excited. was he ?

"detective, i'm afraid i have no time to talk so freely. i have an investigation to see to." you muttered as you stood up from your investigating spot.

"t-then.. let me help you !" he spluttered. that's weird, he's never stuttered like that before, and was his face turning red ? something about the sight of you slightly sticking out your tongue in concentration made sherlock's heart do flips.

"you want to help me ?" you rested a hand on your hip, "why, you're as eager as ever. just this once, i don't particularly need much help but.. i'll allow it." the look on sherlock's face suited him that's for sure and it did make you chuckle. he was like an excited puppy.

the whole investigation sherlock's heart thumped in his chest. you didn't understand why he was acting so weirdly in front of you, was he perhaps ill and needed to lay down ? you glanced over to him where he flushed red again and awkwardly waved. you were starting to worry at this point and had made your way over to the detective.

"detective.. i don't think you're not fit for this investigation." you muttered as you crossed your arms. you worried a bit too much for the health of your 'comrade' here, but you sincerely didn't want this man to get more ill on the job.

"pardon ? whatever do you mean ?" sherlock's voice was quick, heart shattering a little bit. what did you mean 'not fit for this investigation' ? it struck him as odd and rather shocking. he thought he was doing a lovely job !

you gently pressed the back of your hand to sherlock's reddened cheek and checked the temperature of the detective. he gasped at the contact, eyes shakily looking down at you. "you're burning up, you're clearly ill. i want to ensure that all inspectors and detectives who work with me are healthy and fit to work. you are ill, detective and i want you to go home and get better."

sherlock shook his head, his heart seemed to repair itself and throb with love upon the realisation that you simply cared for him and thought that he was ill. "n-no i'm quite fine, actually... i-"

"detective, i insist." you didn't want to take no as an answer. "you are burning up. thank you for helping with the case at hand but right now you need to rest and recover from this sudden illness." sherlock sighed and gave in to you, walking off with a big smile on his face, you seriously cared for him ? it warmed his heart. you on the other hand continued to investigate with a small grin on your face which confused some inspectors, you were usually more stoic than this, but that detective had made you smile and heart jump. he truly was something...

[spkyscry-a]

Okay, okay. Okay. Alright. Okay. Alright. Alright okay. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYY-- 

I’m like. Running on genuine zero sleep and barely any energy. I’m only up because of like. Shit I need to be awake for so excuse me if this doesn’t make sense

I’m just gonna lay some foundational work down here. Gonna slip that in nice and easy for future me.

We’re running with the “Gorgon Sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto (or whatever spelling you wish)” route as a base. Yes, originally, Gorgons were sea creatures. Deific creatures at that, who muddied the waters with mortal spawn with the rare few heroes that caught their eye and weren’t killed immediately; or monsters and that ilk, of course. You know how it gets. 

So dashed now that in modern time, the only “divine” thing about Gorgons would be their eyes, which still have that trace amount of magic that never really got snuffed out by so many generational gaps (divinity varies) but also means that Gorgons have a LOT OF latent magic in those eyes that make them very coveted (granted, not that every species that exists in modern times even has “eyes” but that’s getting ahead of myself that’s a later post for a more coherent me)

The three origin points of Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale all going to VASTLY different evolutionary paths down the line due to their varied tastes of.. breeding and environmental needs. Vera could be traced back, if ever, back to Medusa herself down that INTENSE tree you’d have to go up. Unfortunately, many of the “neat sea deity” perks were phased out of her specific evolutionary roulette wheel.

Ironically, Vera did end up the least outwardly presenting monster branch of the many species that fall under the blanket gorgon term. But again that’s talk for future Mirth because hough. Oh baby. 

[cocosstories]

Tom Holland One Shot

Tom Holland being jealous of you having to do intimate dances with your strictly come dancing/dancing with the stars partner

When you had been asked to be on Dancing With The Stars, you weren't all that sure about it. Your boyfriend Tom was though.

"Zendaya said she loved doing the show. Come on love, you would be amazing!"

You finally agreed and began the process of the show a few weeks later.

As Tom predicted, you were doing well, you and your partner Derek Hough making it to the finals easily.

As fun as the show was, you were exhausted from extensive rehearsals and the the actual show every week, your body felt as though you were 90 and not 24.

"So, whats the dance you are doing for the finals?"

Tom asks, sitting next to you on the bed,  giving you a much deserved backrub after a particularly long rehearsal.

"We are doing three actually. A Rumba, Paso Doble and what they are calling freestyle which basically means we can do whatever we want."

You answer with a groan as he works on an extreamly tight knot in your back.

"Oh well that sounds fun. Those are pretty sexy dances, huh?"

Just from his tone, you could tell Tom wasn't exactly happy about the answer you had just given.

"Yeah, I mean they are but it's nothing to be worried about."

You turn to face him.

"Worried? Whose worried? I was just commenting on the fact that my girlfriend is going to be doing extremely sexy dance routines live on TV with an attractive professional dancer."

Tom begins to ramble and you know it's really bothering him.

"Babe, you wanted me to do the show. You knew i was going to be paired up with a male dancer and you know the pro dancers that are on the show. This is how it goes and if Derek's girlfriend is ok with it, why can't you be?"

You take his hand and kiss it lightly.

"He has a girlfriend?"

He asks.

"Yes. A gorgeous professional dancer girlfriend who he has been with for years, who he loves almost as much as I love you. You have nothing to worry about. Its just a dance for the show."

You carefully pull yourself up and move over to him, turning to lay back against him.

"I'm sorry, I know you must think I'm completely crazy for being jealous. Its just all I've been hearing since the competition is how great you two are together. I guess I let it bother me."

You couldnt help but laugh at him.

"What's so funny? I'm being serious."

He pouts which makes you laugh even more.

"That's why its so funny. You think I haven't seen all the tabloids talking about you and any costar you have ever had? I never get jealous over that."

Tom had never even thought of that.

"Well, actually I did get jealous once."

You look up at him, trying to keep a serious face when you see his worried one looking back at you.

"Love, you know you have never had anything to worry about when it comes to me and my costars."

"What about Jake?"

You raise your eyebrow ask you pose the question.

"Oh, yeah well him you should absolutely be worried about. That's a true love story right there."

The two of you burst out laughing.

"Well, if Jake Gyllenhaal is the only person I have to share you with, then so be it. Who am I to stand in the way of true love?"

You laugh a little longer then stop, sit up and look at him straight faced.

"Seriously though, you have nothing to worry about. In a week, the show will be over and you will be back to being my only dance partner."

You lightly place your hand on his cheek.

"I love you, you know that?"

He says, pulling you back down to lay in his lap.

"Just not as much as Jake."

You joke.

"Well, I can't love my girlfriend more than my huband now can I?"

The two of you spend the night laying in bed, laughing while you rest up for the finale of the show, Tom finally feeling a lot better about your final dances with Derek.

[spade-riddles]

Submission:

Do antis and ex-Kaylors ever stop to think about how their perception of Karlie makes no sense?

We all know Jerklie is fake. But he’s toxic to her reputation now, and she could easily beard for someone else. So why wouldn’t she? 

“But she likes Jerk” - I mean, does she? Because she looks dead behind the eyes during their pap walks. She’s been caught on camera arguing with him multiple times (1975 concert, 4th July party, etc) and it’s clear he keeps springing stuff on her she didn’t agree too, and resents. The sheer weirdness of the “wedding” PR rollout attests to that. Just look at her miserable face eating cake on the floor. I’m not exactly feeling the love here. Yeah, she slings her arm around him in a picture, but Taylor used to be just as OTT with the PDA with Calvin, and we all know she hated him. Pictures prove nothing. 

“But Jerk is rich and well-connected and that’s why she sticks with him” - oh please. The Kushers are as sham rich as their in-laws. We joke all the time about how crappy Jerk is at business. Karlie is charming and well-connected in her own right. I struggle to believe she couldn’t find better business partners. Maybe she has poor management, but the number one reason for that is her connection to Jerk. Better management won’t touch her while she’s connected to him. They can’t sell this version of her. 

The smart move for her career would be to dump him. If she’s so fame hungry and self-centered, why hasn’t she? Are we really supposed to believe Karlie would be selfish and cruel enough to put her career over Taylor … but not over Jerk? How does that even make sense? It doesn’t! 

“Karlie toys with Kaylors because we’re the only fans she has left” - does not compute. First because Kaylor fandom is tiny now, and the subset of Kaylors who believe they’re still together (and pay attention to Karlie) is even tinier. It wouldn’t be worth her while to use us for financial gain. Half the Kaylors who even support her on Tumblr have made it clear they won’t be buying from her Adidas line or supporting her other endeavors until she leaves Jerk. There just isn’t any money to be made from us, pure and simple. 

“Okay, then Karlie TROLLS Kaylors because she hates us and wants to make us look stupid!” - I mean, looking at the venom we send her way I doubt she loves us anymore. But why would she bother trolling us? It’s so unbelievably petty, and she never seemed to be that. Maybe I have her character all wrong, but even if I do … wouldn’t she get tired of it eventually? All the “trolling” ever does is bring more hate down on her head and reduce the amount of people willing to pay attention to her in future. It’s shooting herself in the foot. 

Most of the people who get excited by her hints are the well-intentioned fans who want her to be free and happy. If her relationship with Jerk is fake (as it obviously is) then why would she be so full of hate for fans who only wish her well? You may as well say Taylor stunts with Toe because she “hates” Gaylors and wants to troll us. Why do we always give Taylor the benefit of the doubt and assume there were 1001 pivots on the road to her coming out, but with Karlie, we always assume the worst? 

“Kaylor broke up and Karlie is just trying to stay relevant by mining the Taylor connection!” - yeah, I don’t know how to tell you this, but if a tree falls in the forest and only a tiny subset of internet fans notice it, it’s not staying relevant. Karlie wearing a rainbow sweater the day Fearless comes out is only interesting to us. Literally no-one else cares! These kind of obscure hints aren’t going to get her headlines or jobs. 

Also, if Karlie really cared that much about using the Taylor thing for fame, there are a million better ways to do it. She could post throwback pics of their “friendship”. She could mention her all the time in interviews. Taylor is in a quiet phase with the media, and NDAs don’t cover EVERYTHING. As long as Karlie didn’t actually lie or expose their relationship as more than a friendship, there are a lot of ways she could have continued to tie herself to Taylor for publicity, and Taylor couldn’t do anything about it. But mostly Karlie hasn’t done that. Instead, she went dark. How does that fit?

Also, if they did break up, there is nothing to stop Karlie coming out. She’s good friends with Cara Delevingne. She could get loads of headlines about Cara “helping her find the courage to come out” or “helping her realize her sexuality”. She could be linked to other famous women. If Karlie was OUT, people would speculate like crazy about her being an ex of Taylor Swift’s, even if NDAs meant she couldn’t talk about it. If publicity was all Karlie wanted, she could have plenty of it. If she came out as bi, she could even go back to bearding later. It hasn’t stopped Julienne Hough, Harry Styles, or a bazillion other Hollywood celebs. 

But instead she puts all her energy into presenting this image of herself as super straight. WHY? 

You know who really needs Karlie to be straight right now? And to have always been straight, and in love with the same guy the whole time they knew each other?

TAYLOR. 

If Karlie is married to Jerk and had “his” baby, then the Jerklie relationship was real all along. That’s what people will think. Kaylors are just a bunch of deluded, intrusive shippers on the internet. TAYLOR needs people to believe this. There is no other woman she can be convincingly linked to right now, and it’s hard for her to stunt with Toe, for a lot of reasons. One is that she picked a British beard and then an international pandemic hit, whoops! Another is that she set up this whole “private love story” idea with him. And anyway, its been four years. If she starts stunting more hardcore with Toe there are only so many stunts left to pull. If Karlie wasn’t “married” to Jerk right now, I GUARANTEE we would be seeing a Toe engagement. 

Karlie is doing the heavy lifting for Taylor. It’s obvious to me. 

[tomfreakinghollandneedsaoscar]

Post It's

Pairing: JJ Maybank x You

Summary: JJ and you both work at the hotel. Never meeting each other, you leave notes on the others locker.

Word Count: 1,787

Warning: Fluff that's its tooth rooting.

Note: Knowing that JJ works as a bus boy in the show and seeing how well he looked in episode 5, I couldn't get this idea out of my head. Tumblr was keep messing up as I was writing this so I'm going to post this and throw my phone out of my bedroom window now :) I hope you love it! :)

━━━

"DON'T EAT SOMEONE ELSE'S LUNCH!"

"Or what? ;) - JJ"

"I'll end your whole career. Side note: I found out who ate my PB & Jelly sandwich and it wasn't you so don't get any idea's now. - Y/N"

━━━

JJ bullshit his way through the hiring process. It might not be his dream job, but it was easy. He had to do something when he realized he had to grow and man up. His father didn't teach him that. His the reason.

The small tips he gets from all the older women after he gives them more attention than their husband's - they're either on 'work' call or still playing a game of golf - doesn't hurt. It's adds up quick. He normally buys more groceries for him and John B as an unspoken thank you for letting him basically live with him. Then he treats himself with new weed. He needs it after surrounded by Kooks and playing the part of a little bitch for them.

As soon as he clocks out for the day, he undo the tie harshly. That's another thing he hates about this job - the uniform. White button up long sleeves, black dress pants with black dress shoes. If it's a morning and evening shift, the finish touch is a black vest. For nights, it's a black tie. Even if he is only walking around to give people refills, asking if they're doing fine, and cleaning up afterwards, his hair must look well put together.

He is unbutton his shirt when he stops in front of his locker. He's smiling at the post it on his locker before he even reads it. He knows who it's from.

It started a month ago. Someone left a message taped on the fridge in the break room for everyone to read. He knows he didn't have to, but he wrote down a response on the piece of paper. He wasn't expecting one back. When the front and back got filled up, he started looking for the same name on a locker. He left a post it note.

He reads the newest one on his locker.

"Fun fact of the day: you're reading this. - Y/N"

He rolls his eyes. He pulls it off and opens his locker, grabbing his normal clothes to go change. He adds it to the pile with the others.

JJ decides to stop at use book store. When a co-worker asks him if he is back for extra hours, he says no. He's carrying a shopping bag.

━━━

Your morning doesn't start on a good note. Your mind wakes you up ten minutes after your alarm should've gone off. You didn't plug in the charger all the way last night, so you're phone is at 14%.

Somehow you get to work on time. You notice you forgot your nametag.

At least there's a new post it on your locker.

"Funny. Not. Look inside and thank me later ;) PS. Don't write your new comb on the back of your lock again. - JJ"

You curse at yourself underneath your breath. You start laughing when you read the title of the book he left for you.

"365 Jokes For Kids: A Joke A Day Book."

You put it in your bag and grab your clear water bottle before closing your locker to clock in.

━━━

The giant clock on the wall taunts you. Only ten more minutes until your break and you can finally eat something.

From the dinner-room area a cute blonde starts walking towards you. By his outfit, you can't help to silent pray that he isn't a boy on a vacation and just knows how to look hot as hell all dressed up. Underneath a black vest, the long white button up shows off his muscles and the sleeves are rolled up, which is just another level of attractiveness itself, and his legs look long and firm in the dress pants. It's his hair that got your attention in the first place and now you can't help to watch as he pulls it, running his fingers through it.

Checking out cute guys all day is definitely a perk for you. Sitting behind a desk all day and being first person people see as they walk in, helping them check in or out, and answering calls is not how you wanted to spend your summer.

Last month your dad pulled some strings over a game of golf to land you this job. He sounds like a robot every time he tells you that you need to work your ass off to get the money you deserve. How is this doing that?

You get out of you thoughts when the cute blonde doesn't go in front of the desk. Instead you have to spin your chair sideways. He learns over the pull-up door and does a hand gesture, telling you to come over. You do.

"Hey."

"Hi?" It comes out as a questin since you're confused as to why he is keep looking back at the dinner room. He seems like he is afraid of getting caught. "Can I help with you something?"

"Can you make an announcement? Over the speaker loud enough for all they to hear?" He looks over again and points.

"It all matters about what you want me to say."

"Say that it's hard as fuck for me to do my job when lil Satan's are running around and how great it would be if parents tell them to stop before I do. I can't get written up or life my job because of them."

You try to hide your excitement when you find out he works here. He's not wearing a nametag. You know that it's only bus boys who don't. Briefly, you wonder if he knows JJ.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could but I can't. Parents will come up and start yelling at me that I should keep my mouth shut and thoughts to myself."

He clenches his jaw and mumbles, "yeah. Right, of course."

"When I come back from my lunch, you can-uh everytime you want to lose your shit, look over here, and I'll give you a thumbs up for not killing someone. Especially the kids."

His laugh makes you wish he is JJ.

Someone comes from behind him to release you. He doesn't say anything before walking away.

But later, you lose track on how many times he looks over at you and mouths, "help me".

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The next day on his day off, he gushes over the front desk girl to his friends. "She made me not want to hurt a room of kooks. I think she has superpowers or some shit."

Kiara takes a hint of his blunt. "I'm kinda jealous, not going to lie. What's her name? I need her to tell how she did it after talking to you for only a couple of minutes when I've been your friend for years."

"I don't know. She wasn't wearing a nametag and I forgot to ask." Pope slaps him on the back of the head. "You forgot or worried she wasn't Y/N?"

"Oh my god!" Sarah squeals, "What if the front desk girl is also post it girl?"

JJ chokes on the hit he was taking. "Life doesn't work like that." For me. He thinks to himself. He makes eye contact with John B. Curse him for being able to read him.

"I think it's time to ask Y/N meet up, dude."

━━━

When he walks through the front doors, he catches himself getting upset seeing someone else at the front desk. He still waves and says good morning. On the door of the back room, there's a sign.

"MANDATORY STUFF MEETING WEDNESDAY, IN THE LOBBY AT 6PM"

On the very bottom, he notices Y/N handwriting.

"Looks like we'll finally meet. ♡ - You Know Who"

He kicks the door open.

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He is still thinking about the stupid little heart when a waiter calls him to come over towards the kitchen. "Can you bring this to the front desk?"

"This isn't a drive in restaurant- you know what? I shouldn't be surprised and know not to ask stupid questions." He salutes the waiter and grabs the bag.

He stops dead in his tracks.

The front desk girl is now there, talking on the phone and writing stuff down. When she feels someone looking instantly at her, she looks up. She smiles and gives a small wave.

JJ cringes at himself and tries to not trip over his own two feet. He puts down the bag, and looks at everything and anything but her as he waits for her to finish the call. When she does, he quickly states, "Someone ordered food to get pick-up."

"Ah yes, Mr. Hough. He called saying he was carving for some of the all you can eat bread rolls."

When she says the name, it's like a lightbuld goes over his head as he remembers. He doesn't listen to the rest of what she says.

Before he can ask, the phone is ringing. "I should answer." She smiles and it makes him feel a tug in the corner of his mouth. "See you at the meeting tonight?"

"Yeah. I should go back to working too."

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Your eyes go wide when the cute blondie sits next to you at the same time the manager says the meeting will begin shortly.

"Hey, how are you?" You ask after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"Fine." He splits out.

"Doesn't sound like it." You cross your arms against your chest. He doesn't say anything, only rolls his eyes and takes his red snapback hat off. In the corner of your eye, you watch him pull on the loose trends.

Grabbing your bag off the ground, you open it to see what you can do to pass the time like him.

"Holy shit."

You look up at him, confused. You notice he is staring at the joke book JJ gave to you. With the way he makes eye contact with you, you can tell that he is nervous.

But why would he-

"Oh my god."

"JJ, Y/N." Both of almost get whip flash to look and listen to your manager. "Pay attention please."

━━━

You're going through all the post it's in your locker, dropping some when an arm wraps around you and your boyfriend. He kisses your cheek. "Are you ready?"

"To meet your friends? I'm kinda nervous. But you've told me so much about them that I already feel like I know them."

"Trust me, they'll say the same thing about you. Ignore the names they call you."

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"You're the peanut butter to my jelly. - JJ"

"That's the cheeses thing you have ever said. Say more. - Y/N."

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Taglist: @harrysbbby @sunflowerbecca @latenitewolves @outrbank @katerosexx

[itspufflehuff]

Partners - Tom Holland Imagine

Inspired by @waitimcomingtoo you should definitely check their page I love their writing so much it’s amazing!

Summary: You and Tom have been dancing with each other since you were five and he was six. Now eighteen years later is there any possibility for something more?

MATERLIST // TAGLIST

Part two

Word Count: 3,746

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It all started on the ice. You were out on the frozen lake behind your house, you'd seen the older kids skating out there before. It looked so lovely and fun you wanted to try it out yourself. None of your parents knew how to skate but they were supportive of your newfound interest. They bought you a pair of ice skates and took you out to the lake. They stood by watching and cheering you on to boost your confidence, but you kept falling. It frustrated you more and more that you couldn't get the hang of it.

You fell once more but instead of getting up you sat there and cried. You felt defeated until he showed up. With ease he skated over to you holding his hand out, "I remember when I first learned to skate. I fell a lot my legs hurt. Let me teach you." You looked up to see the little boy in front of you smiling warmly.

He held onto your hand making sure you wouldn't fall, every time it looked like you might he was quick to grab you. "Let's meet again tomorrow at two and I'll help you again." He said kindly when your parents called out for you to go home. You nodded eagerly with a huge smile plastered on your face. He helped you back to the edge of the pond making sure to not let go of your hand. "My name is Y/N," You said before leaving. "I'm Tom." He smiled back.

From that day on you met, three times a week until you got the hang of skating alone.

"I'm gonna let go." He said with worry. You were nervous but excited. You could feel your heart thumping throughout your body. With a shaky "Ok" he slowly let go of your hand. You began gliding through the lake all on your own. In the back, you could hear your and Toms parents cheering with excitement as you skated around the lake with no help and no falls. You raced back to Tom with the biggest smile on your face. Coming to a halt you embraced him in a hug, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" You shouted at him.

That was the happiest day of your life. You and Tom continued meeting both on and off the ice. You never realized he lived in the house right next to yours. Although you did go to different schools, as you attended an all-girls school.

Once the ice melted, Tom told you about the dance lessons he was taking. You rushed home and begged your parents to let you join Toms class. When they heard Tom's name they were quick to agree. Your parents loved Tom, even if he was a boy. He was such a great friend to you and they wanted to help keep him in your life.

You and Tom continued to take dance classes together, and when the lake froze over you would go out and skate together. Now as dancers and skaters you and Tom would often make up your own routines on the ice like the figure skaters you loved to watch. In class, dance instructors saw the chemistry you and your best friend had. They would partner you two up for everything, and neither of you complained. You loved dancing together and soon you moved onto competitions outside of your dance group.

One day Tom excitedly ran to your house after school, "Britain's Got Talent is hosting auditions in our town, we have to go!" With much begging from both of you to each other's parents, you were allowed to audition. You were 15 at the time, Tom was 16. You both did a contemporary dance to Ed Sheeran's I See Fire.

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"I'm Tom."

"And I'm Y/N" Finally you and Tom were out on stage in front of the judges. You had been so nervous you could feel your stomach turning as your palms sweat. You held onto Tom's hand all day as it helped calm your nerves. Of course, he was nervous too but he didn't want you to fee off his anxiety so he remained calm for the both of you. The both of you sat backstage doing interviews and occasionally stretching to keep yourselves loose. When you two were called up for your five-minute warning you stood at the wings of the stage holding onto each other. When you were each handed a microphone you wished each other luck and just like he does before every dance Tom placed a soft kiss on your forehead. When you were ushered out onto stage you let go of each other and held onto your microphones imagining it was the others hand.

"Hello, nice to meet you both. What will you be doing for us today?"

You looked to Tom as if you were asking him to answer, "We'll be doing a contemporary dance to I See Fire."

The audience cheered as the judges smiled, "Ok and how long have you two been dancing?"

Backstage you and Tom discussed this, you would each take turns speaking so if he went first then it was your turn, "For about eight years now, Tom was eight and I was seven."

"And how do you two know each other? Siblings?"

You and Tom laughed at the question, "No we're the best of friends. We've known each other for ten years."

"Ok, well show us what you got, good luck."

You and Tom took your positions facing away from each other waiting for the music to begin. As soon as it did it was like you two went into another world first you started off dancing separately then you jumped into the air. Tom caught you holding onto your waist as he spun you two around. Gently he put you down as you to began dancing together. It wasn't a love song but your bodies moved in synch. You weren't scared when he had to catch you or lift you up.

Once the song ended Tom grabbed both of your mics and ran back to you. The both of you were so nervous as everyone clapped and cheered. You held onto Tom's arm awaiting to hear what the judges had to say.

"WOW! You two were amazing!" The first judge spoke.

You and Tom looked at each other in excitement. He pulled his arm out of your grasp and wrapped it around your shoulders instead, you then put your arms around his torso hugging him.

The second judge spoke, "I think you two have some bright futures ahead of you." The crowd cheered, "I mean you dance so beautifully. It's obvious you love what you do and you trust each other so much."

"I agree, " the last judge spoke, "You two have so much chemistry on stage. I mean look at you!" Once again everyone cheered. "I want to see that chemistry more in your dances instead of your backs turned to each other, ok?"

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And so that's what you gave them. You and Tom started doing more romantic songs and everyone loved it. You made it to the top three, unfortunately, you both won second place. However, your careers didn't end there. With all of the attention you two got from being on the show you were featured on many more shows and were even invited back as a mid-show entertainment.

You and Tom entered multiple competitions typically winning one of the top three spots. Your families were so proud of you both. Now you two were the most popular dances, almost as famous as Julianne and Derek Hough.

You loved being able to work with your best friend every day.

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"Y/N where is my bowtie!" Tom called out. His head was basically lost inside his costume trunk. You were sitting in front of the mirror putting the finishing touches on your makeup.

You rolled your eyes in amusement as you looked down at the vanity, "Tom maybe if you pulled your head out of that trunk you'd remember you took it out ages ago so this wouldn't happen."

He walked over to you grabbing the tie, "Psh I knew it was here. I'm just trying to keep you sharp."

"Sure you are." You laughed as you got up. He held the tie out for you to take. This was how it went before every performance. You and Tom shared a dressing room, you've known each other for almost twenty years and you were adults now, you weren't afraid to change in front of each other. He never got the hang of tying his bow tie, or that's what he let you believe, so whenever he needed to wear one for his costume you helped him put it on.

"There," you said putting your hands down, "You really should learn how to put this on by yourself Tom."

"Yeah but you do it so perfectly," he kissed the top of your head and turned to grab his shoes. Again you rolled your eyes at him but smiled, "Ready?" He looked up at you and smiled, "Ready."

"And now, Y/N and Tom Holland dancing to Teeth!" The interviewer called out. You and Tom stood center stage as the camera panned over to you.  

You started facing each other, your faces were supposed to be serious but Tom being his usual self tried to make you break as he wiggled his eyebrows and blew you a kiss. You squinted at him as you very slowly shook your head at him. As the music started you two circled each other as you'd done in rehearsal every day the past week.

When the singer began Tom reached out for your hand leading you two into a foxtrot.

'Can't look away, can't look away'

Tom turned his head to both sides of him and you brought him back to look into your eyes.

'Push me away, push me away'

You pushed Tom and he jumped back as you walked away.

'Begged me to stay, begged me to stay'

He jumped up in front of you getting down on one knee as if begging you not to go.

You picked him back up and began dancing together again.

'Don't know if I'm gonna make it out alive'

You two quickly pulled back from each other never looking away.

'Fight so dirty but your love so sweet'

You pretended to punch him from where you were as Tom was "blocking" it. He ran over to you twirling you so that your back was turned to him.

'Talk so pretty but your heart got teeth'

You swayed together as he pretended to whisper into your ear. You turned swiftly pretending to sink your teeth into his neck.

'Late night devil put your hands on me and never, never, never, ever let go'

He pulled away from you as you circled him, your hands trailing over his chest, back, and around to his abdomen. You jumped away from each other as the song went back to 'fight so dirty'

Instead of doing the same thing as before you did a flip back as Tom made his way back to you, he put his hand on your shoulder. You ducked under it as you turned to him. He grabbed onto your waist as you two did another foxtrot quickly to the music.

Once the song ended you and Tom ran to each other. He grabbed you by the waist and lifted you up to him holding you tight as he twirled you. That's how it was after every performance. You two loved dancing together and had so much energy after you had to take it out somehow. You waved to the audience as you walked to the couch hand in hand.  

You let go of each other's hands to shake the interviewer's hand.

"Wow! You two are incredible! How do you do that? It must get tiring?" Graham Norton asked.

Tom looked to you smiling, "It's a lot of hard work and super tiring but it's worth it to be able to dance with this one every day."

"I bet. The chemistry radiating between you is amazing! So you two have been doing this for what eighteen years?" Norton asked.

"Well yes and no. We started out ice skating but once the ice melted we had nothing else to do, then Tom started dancing and of course, as my skating partner I had to be his dance partner. So we've been dancing for sixteen years now." You explained with a big smile on your face.

"Have you two ever thought about doing anything outside of dancing? Or outside of the two of you?"

You and Tom looked at him like he suggested committing a heinous crime.

"No."

"God no."

You spoke at the same time causing the audience to laugh.

"We come as a package deal, I never dance without Tom or with anyone else. There's no one I could trust more than him to toss me in the air and catch me." You giggled.

"And what about with relationships? Do you come as a packaged deal then?"

"Of course! Tom is my best friend. He's sticking with me no matter what a guy says."

Tom let out an 'aww' as he put his arm around you and pulled you close to him so he could place a kiss on your head.

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The interview flew by. On the car ride home, Tom couldn't help but let out a small laugh. "What's so funny?" You asked.

"Nothing, it's just, remember when we were younger you were always so terrified to answer questions? Now you're a pro and take over."

You gasped, "I do not!"

"Oh yes, you do!" He fought back with a laugh.

A blush crept up onto his face as you realized he was right. Noticing this he reached for your hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, "It's ok, no need to be embarrassed it's a good thing."

When he parked in front of your house you sat in the car for a second longer, "Wanna come in and have a movie night?"

He sighed as he looked over at you, "I would love to but I've actually got a date tonight."

You looked at him confused, "When were you planning on telling me?" You were never the jealous type but you always told each other things it was weird for you to find out he had a date right before he had the date. You usually knew moment plans for a date were made.

"Umm, never?" He slowly admitted.

"What?!" You looked at him in shock.

"I just wasn't expecting much to come from this so I only asked her out because she kept hinting at it when we met." He defended himself.

"I want you to call me with details." You squinted at him then left.

You watched as his car drove off. Letting out a puff of air you turned ready to enter your home.

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While Tom was out on his date you decided to watch some movies alone waiting for his call. Every time your phone rang you anxiously looked hoping it was Tom. None of them were. He finally called you the next afternoon three hours before you two were meant to attend an album release party together.

"Y/N?"

"Tom! So nice of you to finally call." You huffed.

"Sorry, I uh- I got caught up. Listen I won't be able to make it to the party tonight do you mind covering for me?" you heard giggling in the back.

"Tom- what? Why not?"

"I've got to go, thanks Y/N!" He shouted then hung up quickly.

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That night at the party you told anyone who would ask that time sprained his ankle last night and was at home resting. You didn't stay for long. Tom was usually there to keep you company but without him, you couldn't seem to have fun you left the party just before ten in the night saying you had rehearsal early in the morning.

You checked your phone when you got home to see if Tom might have texted or called, he didn't. For the next few months, he became very distant. You found out the girl he didn't expect much from was more than either of you expected. They went out all the time and when you met her she was very cold towards you.

Even your manager noticed Tom's change in behavior. She started booking you two for fewer events seeing as how it was starting to affect your dancing. His mind seemed to be somewhere else all the time. Then one day he came to your house looking sad and guilty, "Tom." He stood there shocked. He hardly ever came to your house anymore.

"Hey, Y/N." You were still standing in front of the door when he cleared his throat, "Um can I come in?"

Quickly you moved to the side opening the door, "Of course, come on in." He made his way to your couch taking a seat. He noticed your laptop was on the coffee table, taking a closer look he saw what you were watching. It was a video compilation of your days on Britains Got Talent. A small smile crept on his face as he felt his stomach do tiny flips. Then he remembered why he came and his heart dropped. You took a seat next to him quickly closing your laptop hoping he hadn't seen what was there. The truth was you missed him so much your heart hurt.

He turned to you grabbing your hands, "Y/N, I came over here to tell you that I'm done."

You sat there confused, "What? I don't understand?"

He looked down trying to hold back the tears, "What I'm saying is, I'm done dancing. I can't do this anymore. At least not with you. We cant be friends anymore." He finally blurted out.

You pulled your hands away from him, "What?" How could he say something like this? Then it hit you, "This is because of her isn't it?" You'd never even bothered to learn her name. You just hoped he would finally see she wasn't right for him.

"No, she has nothing to do with it." He stumbled over his words.

"Then why?"

His mouth hung open then shut. He didn't know what to say. Of course it was because of her.

"You're really going to choose this girl who you only met over me your best friend since we were kids?" Once again he stood silent. "Dammit, Tom do you know how many guys I had to break up with because they weren't comfortable with our relationship?"

"I know but-"

"But what? What happened to us being a packaged deal?" You began to raise your voice.

"I never said that, that was all you." He instantly regretted saying that.

You got up and made your way to the door, "Leave. You can figure this out with our manager. Just- just get out of my house." Your voice was low almost like a whisper.

He didn't get up from his spot on the couch. He felt frozen but you spoke once more and the sound of your voice broke his heart, "Please, just go." So he did.

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A few weeks and many canceled events later you and Tom appeared on a dance show as their special guests, "It is with a heavy heart I announce, for their last performance together, Y/N L/N and Tom Holland"                      

Normally your dances together would include some sort of physical touch, whether it be you grabbing onto him, him throwing you in the air, or some sort of step dance but this time there wasn't any of that. You remained separate throughout the whole song performing the same movements in sync except towards the end your movements began to differ from one other.

By the end of the dance, you heard cheers and hollers from the audience. You never looked at Tom once, not backstage when you were getting ready, not when you made your way to the dance floor, and certainly not now when the dance was over. You kept your head looking straight at the crowd in front of you as tears filled your eyes with a bittersweet smile. With one hand over your heart, you waved to the audience then walked off stage with your head hanging down.

The whole time Tom was looking at you. He felt his chest tighten when you began to walk off without even glancing his way. He had to keep reminding himself this was his doing. He was the one who pushed you away, yet it still hurt to know you wouldn't give him one last hug like you usually did after every performance.

He tried to rush after you but when he got backstage there were too many people walking around for him to find you. Luckily you both were sharing a dressing room so he ran there hoping he'd be able to find you there but to his disappointment, he was met with an empty room. It looked as if you grabbed all your belongings and ran out of there.

The truth was you didn't want to see him because you knew that if you did it would make him leaving so much harder. The last time you spoke to him was that night in your home. Lucky for you Tom had canceled any event you two were supposed to be at together. This made not seeing him so much easier. Of course, you had to face him at rehearsal but it was your idea to do the dance separately. Not only would it be easier on your heart but it was a perfect representation of how you two were drifting apart. The last obstacle was the actual performance, which proved to be easier than you expected. In the dressing room, Tom didn't try to make much conversation so you kept your head down. When the dance was over you had a strong urge to turn and hug him but you stood your ground and ran out of the room as quick as you could. The second you entered the dressing room you began to break down. Not wanting Tom to see you like that you took your bag and ran to your car as quick as you could.

[cali-holland]

The Talk- Harry Holland One Shot

Pairing: Harry Holland X Osterfield!Reader

Requested by Anon: Hey!! Could I please request one where Harry is dating Harrison’s sister and living in the house with them all and the whole dynamic between her and the boys? You’re my fave Holland/Osterfield writer 🤩

Prompt: Your older brother, Harrison, tries to give you the sex talk.

Word Count: 1600

Featured song: I Just Had Sex by Lonely Island (linked Julianne Hough’s Lip Sync Battle because that was the true inspo)

Masterlist   Harry Holland Masterlist

*Not my gif*

Warnings: swearing, conversations about sex/condoms/pregnancy...

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“Asshole, stop cheating!” You groaned, kicking your brother’s calf as you sat on the floor and he stood in front of you.

“I’m not cheating. You’re screen peeking!” Harrison argued. He lifted his foot and stretched it backwards towards your face.

“Oh my god.” You gagged as you moved away from the terrorizing foot.

“Ah, sounds like Mario Kart.” Harry laughed, coming into the room.

“Yeah and Y/N won’t stop screen peeking.” Your brother sidestepped to stand in your way again. You groaned, getting up while you kept your eyes intently focused on the screen.

“Hi, Harry.” You acknowledged your boyfriend’s presence. He pressed a quick kiss to your cheek, leaving you to fight out the last lap of Mario Kart with your older brother. “How was the shoot?”

“It was good. I take it you had fun this afternoon?” He laughed, laying down on his side on the couch as he watched you and Harrison elbow each other while trying to play.

Harrison was your older brother and best friend; when you had no one else, you always had him. And then he introduced you to Tom, who then introduced you to Harry. Sparks flew instantly between the two of you, but it wasn’t until six months ago that you started dating Harry and wasn’t until recently that you started staying at his place, which was technically also Harrison’s place and Tom’s and Tuwaine’s- and sometimes Sam’s. Like any protective older brother though, Harrison wasn’t a fan of you staying the night, but like any good younger sister, you still spent most of your nights with Harry. In your defense, their house was a lot closer to campus than your apartment.

“Well, I finished my research project early and then this div challenged me to Rainbow Road.” You explained. Knowing you were too far in the lead, Harrison licked his finger and stuck it in your ear, making you shriek in surprise. He and Harry both burst out in laughter. As you crossed the finish line in first, you hit your brother with the controller. “Fuck you, I won!”

“You get so heated over Mario Kart.” Harry chuckled.

“Loser cleans up!” You declared and Harrison shook his head.

“Ah, no. I set it up. You clean it up.” He argued. Your boyfriend sighed from the couch, clicking the remote to turn off the TV.

“There.” He said, and you smiled, laying down with him on the couch. He draped an arm over your waist while you brought him in for a kiss.

“Ok, ok, I get it. I’m not wanted anymore.” Harrison scoffed playfully, rolling his eyes at the two of you borderline making out in front of him. He quickly left the room, and you pulled back from Harry with a giggle.

“I thought he’d never leave.” You joked, feeling his fingers play with the hem of your shirt.

“I missed you today.” Harry mumbled, his lips gliding over yours as he spoke. He’d only been gone a couple hours, doing a photoshoot for the Brothers Trust, but his words still brought a warm smile to your face. 

“I missed you, too.” You replied before capturing his lips with yours for a little lazy makeout session. You both knew only Harrison was home so neither of you were exactly worried about someone walking in, since your brother liked to stay clear of when you and your boyfriend were alone.

A couple days later, somehow you and Harrison were left alone again in the house, and you spent your time working on essays in the home office Harry and Tom had “made”.

“Hey, Y/N, can we, uh, can we talk?” Harrison asked, clearing his throat as he stepped into the room. You knew immediately those were the words of your brother, not your best friend or housemate.

“Yeah, what’s up?” You turned to face him as he sat on the nearby couch. He fiddled with his fingers nervously, before running a hand through his hair.

“Well, I know that you kind of live here at this point, and it’s been a month since you started staying over. And- and I know, that I told you it was okay, but you’re still my baby sister, you know?” He started nervously and you narrowed your eyes at him, trying to decide what he was getting at exactly. “I get that you’re 21, you can make your own choices, and you know I’m completely for you being your own independent woman. I’m concerned that- well, I know, Harry’s a good guy and I trust him, but he’s a guy-“

“Haz, are you trying to give me the sex talk?” You asked with a laugh of disbelief. Your brother’s cheeks turned bright red. Part of you wondered if he knew for sure that you and Harry had had sex before, but there was no way for Harrison to absolutely know since you two only ever did it when the house was empty.

“It’s an important thing to discuss!” He insisted as he attempted to regain some composure. “Look, Y/N, Harry’s your first serious relationship, but you aren’t his. I’m just trying to look out for you, make sure you know that you don’t have to do anything with him if you’re not ready for it- and really you shouldn’t be ready yet. It’s a painful experience for a lot of women.”

“Oh my god.” You hid your face in your hands, wishing he’d just end it there. “I went through sex ed, Haz, please stop.”

“Okay, so then you know to use protection. You can never be too safe. I don’t know about Harry, but never let a guy tell you that condoms are uncomf-“

“Stop!” You whined.

“If you need to go on the pill or get an implant, I’ll be fully supportive of that too.” Harrison continued on.

“Thanks. Are you done now?” You asked, still refusing to look at him.

“Not quite.” He replied, making you let out a groan. The humor of his awkward bluntness was gone and the torture was endless, “Now, if something happens-“

“You mean if I get pregnant?” 

“Yes. If that happens, I’ll do everything to help you because you’re still my sister, no matter what. And if Harry leaves you, I’ll beat him up for you.”

“How nice.” You replied sarcastically as you rolled your eyes.

“I just say all this because Tom told me Harry bought condoms the other day.” Harrison admitted, and you bit back a groan. Of course your boyfriend wouldn’t think twice about the implications of buying condoms in front of his brother, a.k.a. your brother’s best friend. By your reaction, your brother immediately knew what that meant. With wide eyes, he asked, “You’ve done it before?”

“Uh,” You trailed off, not really knowing what to say. You two were close, but that didn’t mean you wanted to go into detail about your sex life with your brother.

“You have! Oh my god, Y/N, you’re too young. What the hell?” He raised his voice, standing up from the couch.

“Too young? You were younger than me when you lost yours!” You shot back, “Look, I love Harry and he loves me. And at least you know we’re being safe about it!”

He paused, shaking his head like he was trying to get rid of the thought. He let out a sigh, turning to leave the room, “It’s fine, just forget about it.”

“Hey Haz?” You called back to him, making him turn to face you one last time in the doorway. “Thanks for looking out for me. I appreciate it.”

Harrison offered you a weak smile before he left the room. You let out a small sigh, you definitely needed to talk to Harry when he got home. It wasn’t until a couple hours later that Harry returned home from an event with Tom, and by that point, you were lounging on Harry’s bed, waiting for him.

“Hi, lovebug. How was your day?” Harry asked, laying down beside you on the bed almost immediately after he had taken off his shoes.

“I had a very, um, interesting conversation with Haz.” You joked, and he furrowed his eyebrows skeptically at you. Laughing, you explained, “Babe, maybe you shouldn’t have bought condoms in front of the biggest loudmouth we know.”

“Fuck, Tom said he wasn’t going to tell anyone.” He sighed.

“Well, he told Harrison, so I had to sit through the ever lovely sex talk.” You said sarcastically, and Harry pulled you in for an apologetic kiss.

“If it makes you feel any better, Tom tried giving me the talk, too, but I tuned him out.” He laughed, making you roll your eyes at him.

“Lucky you.”

“So, is Harrison going to beat me up now?” Harry asked with a chuckle as you pushed his curls out of his face, cuddling in closer to him.

“I hope not. I love this pretty face too much.” You pressed a kiss to his nose, softly cupping his cheeks in your hands. You gave him a proper kiss, lightly swiping your tongue over his lips and he smiled into it.

“Wait, I have an idea.” You said, pulling away from him momentarily to get your phone out. You connected your phone to the living room speaker, pulling up Youtube.

“What are you doing?” Harry asked, trying to look over your phone.

“Sometimes, something beautiful happens in this world,” The song started, and Harry laughed, immediately recognizing Andy Samberg’s voice.

“Wait for it.” You teased.

“You don’t know how to express yourself so, you just gotta sing,” The song continued. “I just had sex, and it felt so good,”

You and Harry laughed as you heard a loud crash from downstairs, followed up by Harrison screaming, “What the fuck?”

~~~

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Harry Tag List: @tomkindholland​

[bisluthq]

Welcome to the first “Realistic” Kaylor Masterpost

Welcome, dear reader. You’re probably here because you’ve started to think that pop superstar Taylor Swift is… Shall we say... A teeny bit fruity… And you know what? You’re not alone. Many people think that. In fact, over the course of her illustrious career, gay rumors have continuously cropped up linking her to backup singers, band musicians and dancers (you’ll hear names like Emily Poe and Liz Huett) and fellow celebrities (like Julianne Hough, Dianna Agron and more). If you’re a baby Gaylor, you might enjoy this post about Taylor’s rumored relationship with Dianna Agron. 

But perhaps her most famous and persistent set of gay rumors centers on her ‘former bff’ Karlie Kloss. And that, dear reader, is what we’ll be unpacking today.

Now, before we get any further I want to say that I do not know any of these people so you know what? I could be totally off. But you know what else? Every single other stan account and every single anti account could also be wrong about just as much. We are all just taking our best, most educated guesses on this (admittedly odd) situation. If either side tells you something about this situation with complete certainty, take that as a red flag - because legitimately nobody knows anything for sure. In my opinion, where there’s this much smoke there’s usually a bit of a fire somewhere… and so I tend to think Kaylor happened (also because Alexa play illicit affairs). But the happily ever after narrative that’s been sold in fandom is just not supported by facts, or - for that matter - by Taylor’s music which oscillates between very anxious and downright sad. Still, you’re welcome to do your own research and make up your own mind about all this!

These posts are based on hours and hours of research. We trawled forums and gossip sites, watched hours of footage, read newspaper and magazine articles and contemporaneous blogs and whole ass investigative books. We talked to long-time stans and various other sources, we read any lyric Taylor ever wrote or had a hand in writing… And, of course, we listened to Taylor Swift’s music over and over again. In short, we turned over as many metaphorical stones as we could possibly find. And this is what we found.

If there’s something you think we missed, slide into my inbox and let me know. If you disagree (respectfully), feel free to do the same. As I said above, I don’t know these people! If you think this project is unhinged and deranged, well… Yeah, it absolutely is. I acknowledge this is an extremely weird thing to put together. The pandemic has had all of us doing weird things though! And this is what I did with my time inside lol. You’re welcome.

In our (now learned) opinion, the reason it is so difficult to make sense of Kaylor is because they had three types of relationships:

A genuine, authentic friendship between two successful women who both liked fashion, baking, dancing, and going to the gym

A romantic connection/relationship, as suggested by Taylor’s music

A PR stunt used to develop Karlie’s career and to ground Taylor’s 1989 era

We’ll try to show which is which at various points. But again, if you disagree (respectfully) slide into my inbox.

I could not have done it without a dedicated, brilliant and hilarious team of co-researchers, co-writers and beta readers. 

Firstly and most importantly my co-writer, co-researcher and editor Sim. I legitimately couldn’t have done this without you. Everyone go follow Sim. 

Next, in no particular order: Stripes, Marta, Fran, Vesper and various Swiftgrons on Twitter as well as all of the other lovely humans I’ve interacted with. If I haven’t credited you and you’d like to be here, I’m so sorry and please let me know.

We hope you enjoy xx

[sege-h]

I’m watching a playthrough of Rise of Lyric for the first time Like I’d watched the cutscenes back when it came out but I haven’t watched a playthrough of it (I’m still on about what I started in 2019 aka watching a playthrough of every single Sonic game)

And...hough...

This got way lengthier than I expected so

The graphics are just kinda. No

Some of the voice acting feels like the actors were given 0 direction and like it was one in one take (A line of Tails going ‘Go buddy bot go’ completely unenthusiastically comes to mind first)

And it just feels like the devs think you;

-Have never played a video game in your life

-Will not learn how to play a video game in the process of playing this one either

Like...you’ll run into the same ‘puzzle’ several times and the characters will explain how to do it as if its the first time

They’ll tell you where to use a mechanic like buddy bot Every Time like Thanks but I think that after one time the played will remember ‘hey this yellow as hell spot is where the robot goes’

Same with the ziplines like they go “HEY A ZIPLINE LETS USE IT” EVERY TIME even though those are like The Gimmick that was brought in with the enerbeams for this game

And like name a game where there’s redhot lasers headed for you where it meant a good thing?

Even as a kid when youre playing some of your first video games, you dont even need anything to tell you that you need to avoid lasers you just DO because its the obvious thing to do

But this game does not trust you with that either. Its not even the first time the player encounters these, and Tails pipes up like ‘WATCH OUT FOR THOSE LASERS SONIC’ and then Sonic might as well insult the player by outright slowly going ‘Right, avoid lasers, got it. Lasers bad’

And the talking. My god. The talking. They Never Shut Up.

Like ok I’d heard people complain about that. But it seemed like one of those things I wouldn’t mind? My first 3D Sonic was Sonic Heroes, where the characters chatter among themselves or comment on their environment- I didn’t mind it there.

But here? Its just. Constant. Constant talking, constant re-explaining of what to do or what theyre already doing (Bounce pads anyone?)

And on that same note- it really feels like just ‘PLEASE game just SHOW and stop TELLING me’

Like the characters will go ‘wow we’re going so fast!’ and theyre really...not...Sonic’s running on water and it feels like the slowest water run the series has ever seen (probably is)

No zipping around obstacles you just. Go around

At one point Tails goes ‘nice design!’ at the enemies and I know its PROBABLY meant as an in universe comment of him as the tech kid liking the technology and the way its designed. But outside of that it feels like just

Where is it, Tails. Show me the nice design, I wanna see it. All I see is mike wazowski worms

And the music...like jfc what a crime for a Sonic game to have bland af music. It all feels like royalty free orchestral music. It doesn’t really fit the feel of the areas or what the characters are doing. With any other Sonic music I can tell what game and what stage theyre from. With this one- i can tell what the game is because its the only bland music. But what areas or cutscenes tracks are from? Nope

Sonic Boom is just. Its The disappointment for me when it comes to these games. I am easily pleased. I like Forces- I didn’t expect anything huge from it and I just expected to make my OC in it- and that’s what the game gave me.

I didn’t expect much from Boom either? I didn’t mind the redesigns- like it’s all an AU with no impact on the ‘main verse’ anyway, it always was, so I didn’t freak out over them like a lot of people

But it did seem like itd be just a bit bigger, and that’s just not what we got.

Remember people being excited over Sticks? She isn’t even IN Rise of Lyric

Remember freakin PERCI??? People were so excited over her!! And then she....was an absolute nobody. She’s basically just a bg character in the show, and in the game she’s just some npc that gives you like one quest I think? And thats it. And like...what a waste. Like ok maybe I’m a bit biased and want more purple characters in the franchise AND more girls but still

I remember we thought we’d get a bit of lore for what this new universe is like because of the statues and stuff. There was none of that, you’re just kinda thrown into it

Shadow is thrown into it too? Like you know he’s just there because he’s popular. But like...it’s a new universe and we have NO IDEA what his deal is

Is he still an artificially created being? Or is he just some random edgelord hedgehog? (Yes, yes he is as far as I can tell)

Like he pops in to be like ‘hey Shadow is here’

And later he pops up again and is like “SONIC YOU’RE WEAK BECAUSE YOU HAVE FRIENDS” and its like

????????????????? hello??????????

I don’t even know if it’s ever explained what his deal was because I haven’t actually gotten to the part of the show where he shows up

Like I wanna guess that they expected you to watch the show to understand wtf his deal is??? But I have a feeling it isn’t???

Plus the game came out before the show and definitely before any episodes with Shadow rolled around so its just like

What the FUCK is happening???

Anyway I’m barely two hours into this game and there’s 7 left please help me

[whatiwillsay]

what gaylor relationship/fling do you think is most likely to have happened? i recently read the tily timeline and i feel like it's pretty likely that something happened between them, also obviously swiftgron makes sense to me seeing as both taylor and dianna come off as very fruity (although some theories do seem like a reach) and then i don't believe in kaylor anymore because karlie pings very straight to me and it was definitely just some fling if it did ever happen.

idk sometimes i just question everything and am like is taylor really gay or is she just a straight ally who has kinda overstepped a lot and is very affectionate with her friends?? (although obviously only taylor knows her sexuality and we're all just clowns on the internet speculating)

so for me there’s a few things i consider when thinking about a gaylor ship- obvious fruitiness of the other woman, weird public moments together, apparent references in taylor’s music, an obvious fake boy being tied to said references, and bts information i’ve heard from people i know that work in hollywood that lines up with reality and there’s one ship that hits just about all these markers for me…

houghlor! (my name for julianne hough and taylor)

1. obvious fruitiness- jh is literally out as queer

2. weird public moments together- they went to katy perry’s party together and painted their initials on one another + jh had blue handprints on her boobs and ass and taylor bad blue paint on her hands + they were seen hanging out plenty other than that, tweeting one another about hanging out, just general young light gf/fwb behavior

3. apparent references in taylor’s music- this one is the lightest mark for this ship. there isn’t a ton to go on (because i don’t think it was all that serious) buttttt.. they were last spotted together in december of 2009 and back to december seems to be about a breakup that wasn’t too serious but taylor mildly regrets that happened in december.

4. taylor lautner was taylor’s boyfriend at the time and not only have i heard from just about every person who pays attention to taylor in hollywood that that was fake- it also READS as fake with the obvious goal of promoting their movie together. she ties btd to him and he even claimed on the spot in an interview that it was about him.

5. hollywood gossip suggests that houghlor was real. in the “houghlor tea party” episode of my patreon podcast i go into more detail of this but it does seem like yeah there’s some fun gossip and rumor surrounding houghlor coming from a place i vetted and trust (though it could be faulty information, as all gossip could be incorrect)

swiftgron hits a lot of boxes but there’s no good gossip on it that i’ve found yet (as in talked to an individual that i’ve vetted and verified myself that had good swiftgron gossip ofc unverified gossip exists in droves)

tily as well hits most of these boxes but joe imo is a real boyfriend that interferes with it (ofc my solution is she was seeing both of them for a while)

even kaylor hits a lot of these boxes but ofc karlie seems so straight and joshlie seems so very real and now with a baby to show for themselves. and ofc i got a lot of “tayvin was real” tea as well which also interferes.

but for me houghlor is the most likely gaylor ship! i think it was a casual thing that didn’t go on for too long but imo definitely checks out as perhaps the most likely ship (although we can’t know for sure!)

[tick-tick-moo]

what if i asked you all of them for the ask game 😆😆

Is that a challenge????

(I got rid of some I didn't want to answer/didn't have answers for, btw)

1. What is your middle name?- Rather interesting 2. How old are you?- I lost count after the 8th century 3. What is your birthday?- July! 4. What is your zodiac sign?- I dunno, I think it's Gemini 😂 5. What is your favorite color?- Blue and purple, I will not be taking suggestions. 6. What’s your lucky number?- 2, the one constant in my life😁 7. Do you have any pets?- Yep! I'm a dog person 8. Where are you from?- Earth, not sure which one, though 9. How tall are you?- 5ft 11in, I think? 12. What was your last dream about?- Hmm I think it had something to do with zombies and rings and hmm. A blonde lady. i dunno, it wasn't pleasant😆 13. What talents do you have?- I can draw ONE good portrait every couple months. Hmm and I'm a fast reader and good at retaining info after hearing/reading it once? If that counts? 14. Are you psychic in any way?- Nope, although my brainwaves do align with people I am close to! 15. Favorite song?- CAN'T CHOOSE 16. Favorite movie?- CAN'T CHOOSE 17. Who would be your ideal partner?- Hmm I'm not sure yet. Gotta figure out the ideal me first😁 18. Do you want children?- I do! 20. Are you religious?- I am! 21. Have you ever been to the hospital?- Yep! A few times, although the first was when I was born. 22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?- Nope! 😇 25. What color socks are you wearing?- Black and white cow print ones 😆 26. Have you ever been famous?- Nope! 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?- I dream of it often but I think it would depend on when and why. 28. What type of music do you like?- Most types, although I like songs w/ good lyrics more than songs w/ good music(although both are preferred lol). I listen to alt. indie, musical theatre, some hip-hop, pop, and hmm just random things I like, I guess. 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? 36. Favorite clean word?- MOO(verb) 37. Favorite swear word?- MOO(adj.) 38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?- I think 22 hours. 39. Do you have any scars?- A couple. One on my knee, three smaller ones on my hands and a recovering ankle that I think is gonna leave a few scars. 41. Are you a good liar?- I like to think so 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?- I can do a horrible Scottish accent 44. Do you have a strong accent?- Probably to somebody out there. To others, I don't have an accent at all. 48. Can you curl your tongue?- *curls my tongue* Yepsh I cawn 50. Left or right handed?- Right! 51. Are you scared of spiders?- Not really, spiders aren't that bad. 54. Are you a clean or messy person?- *glances around my room* GUESS 55. Most used phrase?- Hmm "Less goooo!!!!" 56. Most used word?- "Huh?" 57. How long does it take for you to get ready?- For work things? About 15 min. For literally anything else? 5-60 min XD 58. Do you have much of an ego?- Sadly, yes. Something I've noticed. I gotta snap myself out of it sometimes XD 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?- Both? 60. Do you talk to yourself?- Yes. All the time. The best part about this pandemic is that no one can see me muttering to myself under my mask 61. Do you sing to yourself?- Also yes! Same answer as the above. 62. Are you a good singer?- We'll find out in about a week 66. Do you like long or short hair?- Both! I like my long hair for Winter and Autumn and short hair for Spring and Summer. I haven't cut it in about two years though so it's really long now. 67. Can you name all 50 states of America?- I can name, like, 20 off the top of my head and probably all of them if I had some time and a blank map. 74. Are you ticklish?- YEPPPP 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?- Not officially, but I have had humans who I could boss around. 79. Who was your first real crush?- My best friend(yeah it worked out great lol) 80. How many piercings do you have?- Two! One for ea/ ear(although I do wanna poke another couple holes in my ears) 81. Can you roll your Rs?- RRRRR SI 84. What color is your hair?- Dark brown! 87. Do you keep a journal?- What do you call this blog?(but also yes, but it is rarely updated) 89. Do you like your

age?- I'd like to be either a little older or a little younger, but I think I'm in a good spot rn. 90. What makes you angry?- Lots of things. Disrespect, ignorance, waiting room music, injustice, violation of rights. The basics that should be erased from this world. 91. Do you like your own name?- Yerp! 96. How did you get your name?- WELL one day I was like "milk and cookies go well together so why not say cows and cookies" and then I started drawing cows on my work papers. So, when I created an AO3 account I was like "ooh I should use this cow as a profile pic." At one point, an author I like replied to my comment and addressed me as Moo and I was like????? Moo??? That's so perfect! And now I tell people to call me Moo because MOOO 97. Were your ancestors royalty?- I don't think so. I had one ancestor that was part of a communist regime, though! 99. Color of your bedspread?- Blue and grey 100. Color of your room?- Green

[collecting-stories]

Church - JJ Maybank

Request: maybe a obviously super fluffy and sweet church date with Jj? or they are leaving y/n’s church and JJ planned a brunch for her and gives her a speech how much he loves her?

Request: ik he’s not a cowboy (as a nc girl i love a good cowboy and a good surfer boy) but i feel like cowboy take me away by the dixie chicks gives off jj vibes. i feel like that would be him and his girlfriends song. don’t ask me why because i honestly don’t know, i just get jj vibes haha

A/N: I gave myself some serious OBX style Footloose vibes while writing this and now I really wanna go watch the Julianne Hough/Kenny Wormald Footloose remake. 

Outer Banks Masterlist

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Set me free, oh I pray, closer to heaven and closer to you.

You sat in the front row of church, knee bobbing anxiously as you listened to the sermon. Your mom reached over, laying a hand over your knee to stop the movement, “cross your legs dear.”  

“Sorry,” you crossed your knees, smoothing down the atrocious dress your mom made you wear to church. It looks like something a Bates kid would wear and you felt stuffy in the warm nave, high neckline and elbow length sleeves itching.  

There was little you could do about the situation. Your father was the senior pastor of the church and it wouldn’t look good if his only daughter were off running around the island on a Sunday morning when he was here, leading his congregation. He had no idea that you’d been out all night at a kegger on the beach with your boyfriend or even that you had a boyfriend. You could imagine the absolute horror he and your mother would feel if they found out that you were dating or who you were dating.  

“Go in peace,” he announced, stepping away from the podium as people began to stand. He walked to the doors as ushers opened them, standing in the entryway to greet each parishioner as they left. You grabbed your backpack from beneath the pew as you stood up, following your mother to the vestibule where people were lingering to talk and have after-service refreshments.

You gave your dad a quick hug as you came up to him, “hi daddy-”

“Did you enjoy the sermon? You looked a little preoccupied.” He said, cutting you off.  

“No it was wonderful.” You replied, “would it be alright if I left early? I promised Sarah that I would meet her for lunch.”

Neither of your parents were particularly fond of Sarah Cameron because of her style of dress, the boys she dated, and the rumors they heard about her partying, but they would never tell you to not hang out with her because the Camerons had money. She was a good scapegoat. You weren’t actually going to see Sarah at all.  

“Be back early tonight alright, I want us to have dinner together.” Your father replied, giving you a kiss on the cheek before you hurried down the stairs, waving to a few people as you left.  

You had parked your car out of the parking lot, down the next street so no one would see it. Or see the sleeping blond in your passenger seat. When you got back to your car you knocked on the passenger door before opening it, JJ sitting up as you handed him your backpack.  

“You look like you’re Amish.” JJ laughed, handing you the pair of jean shorts from your backpack. After spending the entire night at the kegger you and JJ had passed out in the back of your Jeep and when your alarm had gone off this morning you’d driven to church, changed into the dress you kept under the seat for emergencies, and practically sprinted to service. Now that you could change back into the clothes from last night you were relieved.

“My mom would murder me if she caught me in any of the stuff I usually wear.” You replied, pulling the dress over your head to reveal the bikini top you still had on from last night. JJ let out a low whistle and you tossed the dress at his head. “Shut up.”

“I’m being appreciative of how attractive my girlfriend is.” JJ countered, tossing your dress in the back seat. “Are you getting in here?”

“Yeah, you can drive.”

JJ slid over the console and you got in the passenger seat, putting your backpack in the back. The seat was still reclined all the way back from JJ taking a nap while you were in church and leaned back, positioning yourself so that you could turn your body toward JJ while he drove. He took the back road leading away from the church so no one would see the two of you together.  

You stopped for food at the market before the continuing on to the Pogue. John B was with Sarah all day and JJ had proposed the idea of taking the boat out onto the marsh.  

“My dad said he wants me home early for dinner.” You mentioned as JJ untied the boat to push off.

“Well I can’t make any promises.” JJ replied, grinning when you glared at him, “what? The Pogue could mysteriously just stop working or something. She’s old.”

“And if you wanna see me before I’m old you’ll have me home early.” You replied.

“Fine, fine.” He promised, “don’t suppose there’s any chance I could go?” He had asked before, about meeting your parents. He knew how strict your family was and he knew that there was little chance they would ever approve of you dating him but he still wanted the chance to prove himself.

“I tried talking to my mom yesterday about the possibility of me dating and she told me that when I’m old enough to think about marriage...basically once I graduate high school, there is a very nice boy on the mainland that they want to introduce me to.” You replied.  

JJ looked over at you, frown evident on his face as he thought about what you said.  

“I think, when I graduate, you and me should just up and go somewhere.” You proposed, walking over to where he was standing behind the wheel and wrapping your arms around his waist.  

“I’m down. Anywhere there’s a beach.”  

“The west coast?” You asked, “we could live that surfer/skater life. Riding around in a van, vlogging about weed and organic living.”  

“I think you’re still drunk from last night.” JJ teased, giving you a quick kiss.  

“Why do you wanna meet my parents so bad?”

He shrugged, pulling you closer to him while he steered the Pogue through the marsh with his free hand. “Not a lot of things in my life have really worked out and I know I’m not exactly the church-going type that your parents want you to be with...and maybe I can work on that. If they want me in church every Sunday I’ll be there. I don’t know...I love you and I know you don’t put pressure on me or expect more of me than I can give but I wanna be able to be there for you when you need me and I don’t want you going through all these...sneaking around shit just to be with me. I want to be somebody you can be proud of.”

“I am proud of you. I’m not sneaking around cause I’m not...my parents are pretty close minded. You can come to dinner but I can’t promise it’ll be what you want it to be. I love you though, just keep that in mind. Nothing anyone else says can change that.” You promised, tilting your head so you could kiss him.

“I feel like I need some kinda bible cheat sheet.”

“If, and it’s a big if, my dad doesn’t freak out and lets you stay for dinner, he’ll probably make you pray over the meal,” you replied, “I’ll teach you the lord’s prayer, you should be fine passed that.”

“I stuck as memorization.”

“I’ll give you a reward if you get it right.” You replied.

“I do love rewards.” JJ grinned and you couldn’t help laughing when he pulled you in for another kiss, this one longer than before.  

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