#platonic friends

[wannabepapa]

I see you’ve been reboggling a lot of old asks from me which has also gotten my brain juice flowin like

Lately I’ve been thinking about roommates who bond over a pregnancy. A one night stand or a surrogacy, doesn’t really matter, all we care about are the roomies who are now stuck in this fun situation of finding a new groove. Bonus points if the pregnant one gets big and uncomfy quick, leading to far far more late night rendezvouses.

The way I picture it, it starts with your typical incredibly awkward “I gotta come clean about something” scenario, with roomie B expecting a broken appliance or a forgetting power bill, but certainly not a pregnancy! Then as roomie A grows, they get needy, which sends roomie B into overdrive. Late night pizza runs become a regular occurrence, waking up way too early to hold their roommates hair, sitting up at night cause roomie A thinks they felt a kick and wants witnesses.

Then break happens, they go home, and when roomie A comes back they’re HUGE, which changes everything. Suddenly they need so much more to be comfy, and roomie B begins to realize just how much they like being there for their pal. They spend all afternoon at school just to come home and both collapse into the same twin bed, using the other bedroom as storage because who needs it? Sharing is caring after all. Roomie B is there to hold roomie A when they’re sobbing at a ghibli film or some advertisement about sad animals, they’re there to help with anything academic or physical, they’re driving their expectant buddy to and from appointments now that they’ve outgrown the drivers seat.

Bajshxjhshxhs it is 5 am and this ask is ridiculously long winded but I am tired and sappy and obsessed with this idea and thought you’d like it okie bye

uh hello???????? you have left this beauty of an ask in my inbox?????? Marin i am kissing your forehead right now.

roommate B has had nothing but terrible experiences with past roommates so when A comes to confess something they brace themselves for a problem. it's expected, especially when A looks anxious and worried before spilling the secret. the last thing that B would have ever expected was to be living with someone who was going to have a baby. they don't hate babies but they never hung out with people who had children of their own. it was going to be a learning curve to say the least.

the roommates were never close in the beginning, keeping to themselves as they had only recently roomed together but now they find themselves in each other's space. A has asked for help in the morning because the nausea makes it tough to function early in the morning so B is on kitchen duty. B tends to do a lot of the clean up now to give their roomie a break in the first trimester. it's only fair that someone does the bulk of the housework when A is creating a whole person over the course of nine months!

B is also in this weird "I'm not the parent of this child but I feel responsible for A and this child" state of mind that is confusing to them. they don't know why their brain has latched onto being the caretaker for a pregnant person but whatever A asks for, they get. A is feeling cold and wants to borrow a blanket? it's put in the dryer so it's extra warm. it's two am and they have an intense craving for pizza, but only the pizza at this shop that is an hour away? yeah just let B get dressed and get coffee in them before they take the drive. they don't want to be sitting alone at their doctor's appointment and want moral support? of course B will be driving them to and from every appointment now so they don't have to be alone. A meekly knocks on the bedroom door and says the baby needs a cuddle? get in under the covers and pick a movie! it's this perfectly platonic relationship that both just don't acknowledge but now all of their family and friends wonder if they're dating.

when they have to go home for their respective holidays there are definitely tears shed by A. it's seventy-five percent hormones and twenty-five percent not wanting to be away from B for weeks on end. they're ending their second trimester right now and terribly needy. the roomies have forgone sticking to each other's rooms to alternating every few days—it's become their routine. A also worries that something catastrophic will happen and B will force them to move out which B shuts down immediately. they're stuck with each other now whether they liked it or not. this comfortable thing the roomies have with each other is too precious to B for it to ever cross their mind to end it. A has become more than a friend, they've become a companion that has made their days more exciting ever since they got close. it isn't long after A is dropped off at the airport (with more tears shed) and B not even out of the parking structure that a text is sent that reads "we already miss you :c"

they talk every day of the break. A leaves no details of the crazy antics sprinkle (the baby has a thing for funfetti cake and B said they were probably a sprinkle now so it stuck) has been up to and complaining how cold it was where their family lives. they've sent many a selfie where they were hidden under piles of blankets or bundled up in multiple layers of warm clothes with a pouty lip and silly quip about how nobody does the dryer trick here like B does. it's too cute for B to handle. the weeks drag on for eternity to their dismay, their mind straying to how their gravid friend was doing.

to make matters worse A was stuck for an extra week due to a surprise blizzard that grounded all planes going in and out of the state. that was nearly a month apart and it drove B mad. too much time has been spent away from A and there was going to be hell to pay if this new flight would be canceled. if they were stuck any longer with their parents A wouldn't be cleared to fly, leaving them with no other choice but driving hours back down. B would have gone up there themselves to bring A back if it was necessary but to their happiness there were no cancelations and A was in route back home. B couldn't pick them up—work had switched schedules without asking—so they sent a friend to go to the airport for pick up. luckily A would already be home by the time B was off work so they wouldn't be alone in the house for long.

B never considered how fast someone grew in their final months of pregnancy. A's clothes still hide the bump before they left. now, walking into the apartment, B could do nothing except stare at their roommate. A hadn't grown, but popped in the last month since they were apart! there was an undeniable swell that tented A's shirt, their stance wider as they waddled to the door to greet B with a watery grin. the bump is pressed between them which makes it impossible to really hug while making it hard for B to not plaster their hands on the belly. the baby takes the opportune moment to shift between them as they were clearly unhappy about being squished. A chuckles at the movement but B is completely losing it.

after that they don't really stay apart for long. they're very, very close to one another at every second of the day just to revel in the fact that the baby will be born soon. A likes to complain about the pains from the movements of the nugget but they will actually miss it. B, however, has made it loud and clear how they'll miss being able to cuddle up with the belly and feel the nugget move. though both are equally excited to meet the little kicker that they've been waiting nearly ten months to hold.

[stxrlordstuff]

you know me 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 than i do can't seem to keep nothing from you how you 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 from the outside? permeate my ego and my 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅���.

@emotionalsoundscapes

[holly-natnicole]

Naminé: "Here's some advice."

Sora: "I didn't ask for any."

Naminé: "Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who talks to me."

[breakerofcurses]

you guys are just like meeeeee

[m1dorinaturals]

Being mutuals with my platonic friends on their gay horny blogs is so funny to me. Like oh, you want to bite your girlfriend's fingers? Well I want to bite my boyfriend's neck!!! Oh you reblogged my post about what I like in bed and said that you're going to try it over the weekend? Well I reblogged your post about masturbation and tagged it #me! See you at dinner with the rest of the friend group and stare at eachother from across the table knowing eachothers deepest and most vunerable modes of intimacy? Yeah sure why not. Good luck lovingly tormenting your partner, see you tomorrow to silently study for 3 hours at opposite ends of the same room.

[welcomehomenewneighborsocblog]

Pinkie Buddies

I like to think she and Julie would be very bonded due to the fact both have pink as their theme while it would be emphasized in her character that Pink is Doli’s favorite color. I want to think that in merchandise and illustrations they would get the title of Pinkie Buddies due to this. 

[dragonheart1330]

Okay, so. Literally no one on this website will understand what I'm talking about, not even my mutuals, but that's okay.

I have multiple D&D sessions going, and in one of them, there are two characters named Ostro and Astraeus. Ostro is a black dragonborn Warlock, and he was kidnapped to be part of experiments for a deranged cult that wanted to create the perfect dragon soldiers. Astraeus is a vampire Warlock who was been pulled from the afterlife after countless years being dead and is now in a land completely unfamiliar to him, and devoid of anyone he knew before death.

When they first met, they hated each other. Astraeus came very close to killing Ostro, and the other person trapped in the afterlife with the vampire is the only reason that Ostro and his teammate survived.

And Astraeus was very nearly left in the afterlife, alone, but Ostro's teammate convinced him otherwise.

They spent so long arguing and getting increasingly annoyed at each other. Astraeus would antagonizingly flirt, and Ostro would just glare, turn away, and refuse to give him any sort of reaction. They made offhand comments about letting the other die, snipped at each other, didn't trust the other to take watch at night.

Then Astraeus was kidnapped. The party, now down to three, went searching for him, and found him chained up by the cult that had hurt Ostro. A big fight happened, the party got split, and Ostro and Astraeus die. Ostro's original teammate sacrifices themself to bring them back, and suddenly everything is different.

Astraeus refuses to leave Ostro's side for a full week. He even keeps watch outside of the dragonborn's room at inns, and he doesn't really flirt with him anymore. The occasional wink and remark, but for the most part it's tentative smiles, and encouragement during spars, and a nearly self destructive need to keep the other safe.

Ostro is softer with Astraeus, worries about him, tries to get him to eat, insists he stop jumping into dangerous situations, jokes and laughs with him, tries to initiate spars instead of ignoring him, and he easily falls asleep right next to him.

And I don't know, something about that just makes me feel so soft. I know it's different, because it's D&D and roleplay and it's characters played by real people who are friends.

But still.

They check in on each other. Ostro is watching Astraeus and new the member dance around each other and silently urging them to just kiss already. Astraeus greets Ostro each morning and makes sure he eats, and he guards over him during the night, gently shaking him awake if the dragonborn has a nightmare.

Astraeus makes a flirty comment and Ostro snorts and Astraeus smiles so fondly even as he's being shoved by the shoulder. Ostro is calmly and patiently waiting to be told more about Astraeus's past, listening to every detail, offering a friendly ear. Astraeus follows Ostro's suggestions nearly without question, they get anxious if they're separated for too long, they perform double Eldritch Blasts together and high five when they fuck shit up, they spar and help each other off the ground and give each other pointers and they're so competitive but they actively avoid even giving each other nasty bruises.

They're just

They're friends. And I love them

Y'all have gotta get more insane about platonic relationships like you are about romantic relationships. We need to get more annoying about them NOW. I need to see more meta and losing our minds over them. Get more annoying NOW. More than that. More than that also.

[1-jar-of-stars]

On Friendship.

[robyn-i-guess]

liking someone platonically is so embarrassing like. yeah i admire you. yeah i think about you all the time. yeah i look forward to every time i see you even if it's only for a minute. yeah it's all platonic and yeah i couldn't explain this because it'd sound romantic. fucking hell

[canisalbus]

Trying to figure out modern Ludovica.

[jobooksncoffee]

This 😏

sorry

[ultimatebumblebee]

Snapchatting a Lil forehead kissy to "the boys"

[mongeese]

omg look at how they look at each other 😍😍 there's NO romantic explanation for this literally the amount of devotion they have could only be platonic. people who r just dating don't act like that, those two are sooo best friends

[spookberry]

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