#posting a little snippet like im not gonna post it tonight

[microwave-core]

I was gonna caption this something like "hard at work" and be like teehee teaser image but the quality is so weird and it was very staged and I didn't realize it was weird until I already sat down again after putting everything back so deal with it. Anyways

girk night

Today's the day

[mybiasisexo]

WIP Reveal Tag  

tagged by the baddest bitch @biaswreckingfics 💕

game: post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have wips.

I don't expect any asks so im just gonna like talk about them here or whatever. We will prob only see 2 of these maybe knowing me lmfao :/ (wait I was bout to post when I thought 'fuck it imma post a lil snippet of each HA!)

Entangled - I technically have up to chapter 11 written but after some minor revisions, im rewriting everything so....its like im still on chapter 4 😔

“Mmm, don’t stop doing that,” he purrs. “I want everyone to know what we did tonight.”  👀

Gods - a chaptered fic based on the kai drabble Gray.... I got the outline done so far ✊🏾

OC is a demi god. Her mother is human, but her father is a god–the god of death, to be exact. She comes from a cult, an ancient religion who worships the old gods and try to create demi gods.

kai drabble - believe it or not, I have one drabble left....sent in 2020 😬. imma make it exxxtra long, so yeah. I have a rough idea of what its gonna be about, but haven't started writing it yet.... y'all pls dont cancel me im just a simple girl surviving

You shrug. “Everything happened so fast, I really can’t remember. I wasn’t on birth control.” “Everyone is on birth control,” he huffs.

What Happens in the Dark - vampire!Baek chapter fic. I have posted some of it and, well, that's all Ive got done on it..........

“You make it seem like you're in your seventies,” you bark a laugh. “How old are you anyways?” He opens his mouth to answer you, but pauses before a wicked grin grows on his face. “Guess.” “Ugh.” You scowl and he laughs. So, Baekhyun liked to play games. That’s annoying. “Come on,” he sings. “It can’t be that hard, could it?” “I don’t know,” you shrug. “Twenty-four?”  “Close.” He raises his hand, showing you just how close you were with his forefinger and thumb. “Fifty-six.” You throw him a look and he laugh. “I kid, I kid. I’m twenty-seven.”

Suho x the little mermaid!au - exactly what the title suggests. haven't started yet. Maybe in my dreams

Glances pt 2 - its gonna be smut and that's all there is to say

baek wick - I watched john wick and I was like 'this but with baek!!' I only wrote an excerpt but oooh what a concept????

Your phone beeps. You pull it out and when you read the message, your heart drops. “What is it?” Baekhyun asks. “It’s a hit… For 5 million dollars.” “Five million?” He asks, aghast. “For who?” Slowly, you lift your head to face him, pupils shaking. “For you.”

pirates! au - its a bbh pirate au 😔 also what a concept. imma be honest, like I forgot about all after glances like...what are these???

Chanyeol xexo au - I wanna do this but havent got like a real plot for it, just know that im a xexo apologist and STAN ✊🏾

its crazy cause that's not even a lot yet its a chore. but lbr life is a chore

tagging: @vampwrrr, @kpop-stories-21, @naturalogre @moonlightjongin, @j-pping

[faorism]

Hey!! just saw your post about the awkward 'meet the fam' dinner fic, have you written that? if so where can I find it cause that sounds AMAZING. Thanks!!

[long post / wip snippet and because of that the h/c is hurt/no comfort]

i assume you are talking about this post, about an offshoot of my notp series wherein maria doesnt break up with eliot and legit lesbian-centric semi-nonsexual throuples him with her primary yolie, and then sophie makes eliot bring his partners to a family dinner but it goes south very face because eliot, parker, and hardison are soulmates obviously and maria is like... so... the fuck?

the answer is no i haven't written it! (i didn't even have that post saved in a doc yet, but! i just did.) i am partway through a ot3 LR canon adjacent fic (previewed here) and a harry/eliot pwp (i know i know).

but! i have notes about the Revolving POV awk meet the fam dinner. one moment i really thought through is from hardison's pov which would go like:

between courses the group has a little bit of a break because it's hot and to let things digest a bit, so everyone is drinking and mingling outside the order of sitting at the long table. one of these times yolie is loudly laughing with eliot and bre and emily, saying to the couple: im serious! this is a lesbian huddle we got here like pls let me convince you of the beauty of eliots dykeness. and yolie does that thing where you grab someone's chin and shake it a bit. which eliot allows. with. out. a. fuss.

eliot rolls his eyes. shes been on a year long campaign on this. at this point i might have to agree just so she can stop with the powerpoints

yolie is like, eliot listened to her first indigo girls song last week and she even liked it I'm so proud.

and alec is floored. because it's so sweet and funny and clearly its affirming for eliot on some level. but. the gender stuff wasnt something even remotely on his radar for eliot. and even if it was, hardison would have never pushed it like yolie clearly does. which... eliot even told them that yolie can be brash with her jokes and just to ignore her; but... there's something to the ease eliot accepts yolie playing around with his pronouns, and eliot's smile at yolie as she goes on about her Proof, and how apparently maria couldnt stand yolie's first attempt at powerpoint design so she made it all fancy for eliot and...

alec plays so safe with eliot about queer stuff and romance and everything and.... now theres ppl in eliots life that will challenge him in ways alec didnt even anticipate. and he feels so gross that hes upset but hes also so upset.

alec just wants eliot so much and he just let eliot slip through his fingers for eight years. and he can accept that. but what breaks hardison is seeing an eliot that is not his, (potentially) changing in some beautiful and significant way without alec to witness it, and that.... hurts. they're... they're not changing together.

alec was standing next to harry when this went down who is like ohhhhh boy you..... look like you're gonna... hey let's step outside okay????

harry needs to console a wrecked alec who is like, ooooh nooo eliot Doesn't Love Me But Can Love Those Two i guess????? okay?? (information that was faculty when it was picked up and definitely now years out of date in any case.) i... just thought... i was always hoping, yknow. that he would change his mind. he knows i still.. i always will... i just hoped, y'know?

harry hasnt gotten an eliot monologue about how much he loves parker and hardison that night (yet) and Has Learned from holding out for his ex wife. so he tells alec: im so sorry. :( yeah its hard to let go. and harry and alec are trying to get alec to accept that possibility that this truly is it. that this is the night he has to give that hope up. that dream. eliot isnt even with parker any more. he really has moved on. harry is like: give yourself tonight, hardison. let yourself really be in this space. tomorrow... tomorrow is a new day to start. but i wont tell anyone if you hold out for tonight, even if you are being rude to maria and yolanda. just blame jetlag! i do it all the time :')

alec nods because the logic is sound and he accepts a very kind hand on his shoulder pat from harry.

[harrynightingales]

the old guard @ eurovision (a crack mix)

the playlist equivalent of a shitpost: i.e. what i get after far too many hours spent listening to eurovision songs

this exists mostly because hearing “hasta la vista” and thinking of joe @ booker made me laugh, and i decided it warranted the most ridiculous playlist i’ve ever made. its pretty much chronological following pre-canon, the events of the movie, and post-canon. hope it gives you a laugh! songs and lyric snippets under the cut. 

heroes - måns zelmerlöw (the team / “this is what we do”)

We are the heroes of our time But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

invincible - carola (andy/quynh, the original power couple / “they ran through the world together, fought thousands of battles side by side”)

Invincible – one love supreme Unbreakable – one land of dreams Two hearts unite – insatiable This love tonight – invincible

playing with fire - ovi & paula seling (the enemies to lovers speedrun pt. 1: enemies / “we killed each other” / “many times”)

Boy, boy, boy, if you're mean I will start a fight tonight You and me, can't you see, We're playing with fire Tell me now, Do you feel this burning desire?

miracle  - ovi & paula seling (the enemies to lovers speedrun pt. 2: lovers / “my blessing isn’t that i get an eternal life. my blessing is i found you.”)

All the things I see I think I see them too All for you and me It's like a dream come true It's so beautiful No one will ever know It's a miracle

if love was a crime - poli genova (andy/quynh + joe/nicky giving homophobia a big fuck you over the centuries)

If love was a crime then we would be criminals Locked up for life but I'll do the time

Together we're untouchable You and me against the world Together we're invincible They will never break us down

always - aysel & arash (andy/quynh + joe/nicky living their best gay lives; the happy years)

Always on my mind Always in my dreams I wanna hold you close with me Always all the time

sound of silence - dami im (quynh under the water / “she kept fighting and she kept drowning”)

Getting hard to break through the madness You're not here it never makes sense Tidal waves of tears are crashing No one here to save me drowning 'Cause baby you're not here with me And I keep calling calling

undo - sanna nielsen (booker losing his family / “just because we keep living doesn’t mean we stop hurting”)

Undo my sad Undo what hurts so bad Undo my pain

alcohol is free - koza mostra (booker and andy’s unhealthy coping mechanisms)

Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol is free Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol is free

rise up - freaky fortune (kill floor)

Come on and rise up jump out of what keeps you down, Get high and rise up fly get your feet of the ground, Come on and rise up rise up rise up rise up rise rise rise...

alive - vincent bueno (nile discovering her immortality)

All I need is a little spark To light this whole world up Prepare for fire shots Only you can make me feel alive again, alive again

never forget - greta salome & jonsi (andy remembering quynh / “i lost a soldier”)

She mourns beneath the moonlit sky

Remembering when they said goodbye

Cause I still believe that you’ll remember me

grande amore - il volo (the van scene / “he’s all and more”)

Now you know

You are my only, great love

too late for love - john lundvik (the potential for nile/booker / the cave scene)

Say, am I wrong To wonder if it could be you and me? Is it too late for love? Hmm Is it too late for love? I wanna know Is it too late for love? I can't take no more Is it?

warrior - nina sublatti (andy & nile / “you come from warriors”)

World's gonna listen to me Violence, set it free Wings are gonna spread up

World's gonna get up and see I'm a warrior

every minute - eric saade (joe and nicky reminiscing about their malta sexcation / “oh, THAT time in malta...”)

We couldn't sleep, so we were up all night Making each other blush, and that's all right

I love it in the morning  I love it in the evening  I love it every weekend I want it all, every minute

proud - tamara todevska (nile making her own choices / “i’m not doing this”)

Tell them Raise your voice and say it loudly Show them what it means to stand up proudly

what about my dreams - kati wolf (copley realizing merrick’s true colours & helping nile / “he only cares about her immortality, not what she’s done with it”)

What about how I feel? What about my needs? I can't hold back, I can't go back I must be free What about how I feel?

its my time - jade ewen (nile in the elevator / “good luck, ms. freeman”) *note: not on spotify

It's my time now I'll break through I've made my move And my faith is strong now I've got the heart To reach the heights To show you it's my time tonight

hasta la vista - ruslan alehno (joe @ booker post-betrayal / “you selfish piece of shit”)

You've cast me away to a desert shore You've shattered my heart, now you keep the score

Hasta la vista, baby I'm gonna miss you, maybe

(i would) die for you - antique (the found family fighting together / “cover andy”)

'Cause I would die for you Look into my eyes and see it's true Really I could never lie to you Just to make you see that No one else could ever love you Like the way I do

say yay! - barei (andy regaining hope / “you reminded me that there are people worth fighting for”)

I feel alive  I wanna fight Won’t fix by running Come on and raise your battle cry You are the one who never dies

a new tomorrow - a friend in london (copley’s board)

Come on boys, come on girls In this crazy, crazy world You're the diamonds you're the pearls Let's make a new tomorrow

this is our night - sakis rouvas (the immortal squad with a new mission and new purpose / “let’s get to work”)

Time has come, so make a stand On your own, and take command Beat the odds, you will survive Stronger now, you feel alive This is our night, fly to the top baby Yes we can do it, just wait and see

rise like a phoenix - conchita wurst (post-credits: quynh returning / “hello, booker”)

Out of the ashes seeking rather than vengeance Retribution you were warned Once I'm transformed Once I'm reborn You know I will rise like a phoenix

edit: unlikely that anyone would notice, but i’ve made some slight changes, mostly reordering! also if anyone is curious about which countries are represented, the highest number of songs are from sweden (5), greece (4), austria, romania and bulgaria tied (2) and then azerbaijan, australia, iceland, italy, georiga, north macedonia, hungary, spain and denmark all have 1. 

also, songs that didn’t make the cut, in case anyone wants more:

drama queen - joe and nicky hanging out with drag queens and punching nazis in 1930s berlin

cake to bake - the baklava scene

not alone - eventual post-canon booker forgiveness

[chloe-online]

a little snippet of an upcoming project :)

hi, so im working on a fic, its gonna have some length to it and i didnt want to just work on it because i have no idea when it'll be ready to be posted. it might be tonight or tomorrow and if im being honest i might not post it if the final product is shit, but if i do post it i wanted to give you just a liiitttle snippet of my work so maybe you can get excited, hyped up, really its up to you. just a warning before the real thing comes out, its a little dark, sad, and it mentions things like self harm and suicide. having that said i present to you a snippet of, "Just a Nightmare" written by yours truly, enjoy!

that creature haunted you in your dreams, you'd wake up screaming and crying, melting into the embrace of your loved one, Karl Heisenberg. hes the only one who knows you have these dreams, he worries for you and does everything in his power to keep you safe, and calm you down after you'd have these nightmares. after the 'incident' that happened a couple months ago, he felt he had to.

[a-big-apple]

Rules: post the names of all your wips, no matter how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet or tell you something about it!

tagged by @jeejyboard!!! this is gonna be a ride. im stealing one of the extra rules too, i’m only counting something a wip if it has at least 50 words of text that isn’t notes because many of mine are just [shower thought shower thought ramble]. these will all be SU because that’s where my brain has been for the last while!

Pearl and Greg talking about aging on Steven’s birthday

Pearl and Steven talking about time

How did you stop hurting?

Bis Breakdown

PEARL’S HEDONIST 20′S FOR JEEJ

POST FUTURE FINALE SNIPPETS - EMPTY NESTING

Pearl is hot fic

Volley Tops

tagging feels stressful tonight so! if you wanna do this please do it! oh but i’ll tag @runrundoyourstuff because i know u like a good writing meme <3

[mystic-kitten-writer]

I SERIOUSLY hope there's a resolve of the angst in that chapter somewhere bc if i have to wait another eternity for it to be fixed im gonna die. My heart is broken. Mel, your empaths everywhere are screaming.

smol-grandpa said:

I know 35 is going to kill me and honestly i’m ok with that

Anonymous said:

bro i’m so scared but also so excited for chap 35 omgg!!!

Anonymous said:

yo i miss zuko and yue so much can’t wait for 35, from what i’ve seen in the previews it looks amazing already!! - 🧃

Anonymous said:

the limerence update is the only thing keeping me going this week. it’s such a beautiful story, and i’m so excited for more updates!

Anonymous said:

Literally why??!! I don’t know what emotions I’m feeling toward the preview. I don’t know if I should feel happy that the 35 is dropping this week or sad that it’s taking a whole week to drop after reading that angst.😔 Its official, you’ve broken me😫

peculiar-dream said:

First you hit us with that amazing Yuengko drabble and then you throw that amazing, heavenly, heART wrEncHInG little sneak peak of ch 35?! That's it, I'm done, I'm not gonna survive this chapter drop ✌️ see you at my funeral

Anonymous said:

that preview ruined me. IM SLEEPING UNTIL YOU POST CH 35 MY HEART CANT CONTAIN THESE FEELINGS IM CRYING

Anonymous said:

I'm so excited to see yue get ✨ 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓭 ✨

Anonymous said:

🍓 WHEW teasers for chp 35 already tell me that yue is about to get railed in 35 diff positions 35 times 👀👄👀

Anonymous said:

i can already see the absolute roller coaster of emotions i’m about to go through when i read ch35🤭

Anonymous said:

When I saw there was a ch 35 preview I was instantly revived, I have to take care of 20 patients tonight and this gave me life 😭- night shift anon

Anonymous said:

My heart hurts 😭😭 Don't do this Zuko 😭😭

Anonymous said:

MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH i read a fraction of chapter 35 and i’m already in tears ,,, i just know it was a well worth it wait for this chapter !!!-🍒

Anonymous said:

I have never been so ready and excited for angst

Anonymous said:

I'm so excited for chapter 35 but my anxiety can't handle the little snippets that you've blessed us with -🧸

Anonymous said:

AHHH AFTER READING THOSE SNEAK PEAKS IM SO EXCITED WTFFF - 🧃

Anonymous said:

“iT’s NoT LiKe yOu cArE yInG yUe” jeez zuko, you’re an idiot OBVIOUSLY SHE CARES

Anonymous said:

me when i see zuko getting angry:😡😡😭😭 me when i realize they’re gonna fuck later on in the chapter:😝😝😏😏

Anonymous said:

You’re really going to put me into an early grave huh —welp if I’m gonna go out at least I’ll go out with a bang

annoyinggirl said:

Please don’t be hard on yourself for making us wait! You answer so many asks and from what you said you had a lot going on in your personal life

Anonymous said:

ohmygod is 35 gonna be angst

Anonymous said:

Omg omg omg 😱

Anonymous said:

I love the little bits I can see from the photos of chapter 35 but its making sad aswell

Anonymous said:

angst in the new chapter? i thought there was going to be smut?? both??

Anonymous said:

um why is zuko being a bitch to yue in that pic u posted... i will fight him 😡😡👊🏼👊🏼

Anonymous said:

YESSS I LOVE THE ANGST!!

annoyinggirl said:

oh my GOD my heart is BREAKINF reading what you just posted asdkfieixiaocb

There are two types of people in this world;

people who are ready for the angst and the others ready for smut 😂

And then you have the really special people, who are ready for both muhahaha~

I’m glad you guys liked the tiny teasers, I was BIG scared you guys weren’t going to like. It’s still a work-in-process now that I decided to re-write and edit. 

Like I know life just happened, and I can’t hold the fact that this chapter has been so long over-do against myself, but it still bothers me. So I hope, despite the small teasers you viewed them as a gift for being patient with me.

I genuinely do feel lousy for taking so long to update but thanks for waiting and being really nice to me 🥰

[straighttohellbuddy]

Hey Question! For your demon and angel fic (does it have a name??) do any of the supernatural characters have any tells or features that pop up here and there? I was planning on doing some sketches of sykunno and y/n (maybe even corpse👀) and can’t decide on what demon-ish features to include! Hope the holidays are treating you well and happy new year! -🐸

oh my GOD im gonna start YELLING !! I LOVE THIS AND I LOVE YOU AND AAAAAAAAA!!!!!

okay, so the working title is ‘how the light gets in’ which, fun fact, comes from the Leonard Cohen song Anthem: There is a crack, a crack in everything / That’s how the light gets in. 

the other working title is ‘my ribs like a birdcage’ but i think that’s just going to be one of the chapter titles

in terms of features, YES!! all visible features are optional, as in, can be turned on and off, as a defensive mechanism so they can blend in better with humans, HOWEVER, the powers or abilities or benefits associated with those features cannot be used when the feature is not in ‘visible mode’ if that makes sense. 

under the cut because i kinda talk more abt the powers and there’s images and stuff...

it’s explained better in the fic, but both Corpse & y/n have wings, but they’re not always visible, BUT they have to be visible to fly with. there’s a whole lot of stuff that goes along with it, but corpse’s are traditional angel wings, just fuck-off big, beautiful, white wings, and Y/N’s are ‘black and iridescent and too gaudy by half’. 

Y/N also has a fun little Nightcrawler-style prehensile tail with a razor sharp end if they want! this is probably the one they use the least

other tells are the eyes!! which serve more than just an aesthetic purpose!!

the way supernatural vision works in this universe is that being in direct communication with someone means that your abilities work on them if you have them active, or if it’s a passive ability, like certain creatures just being able to ID each other, which is how Sykkuno could ID Y/N over voice chat, but not when listening to their music or watching their videos, and it’s how Y/N and Sykkuno’s respective supernatural visions can see each other over video call, while usually Sykkuno can only see the heat of the monitor screen, and Y/N can’t see auras on video.

okay, so Y/N has the CW Supernatural black eyes when using their true sight because i think it looks sick as hell 

here’s 2 COMPLETELY unedited snippets to explain Y/N’s true sight better than I could. also to explain what sykkuno looks like in that true sight

“I can see if someone’s not human, and I can see what they are... well, sort of,” you paused, frowning, “each type of supernatural creature looks different, but I don’t know what they all mean unless, like, I’ve already seen them before, or I’ve been told, but like, who would tell me, you know? Not exactly a lot of folks like me around.”

and

The world turns to shades of grey in your vision, immediately desaturated as you look at your own image in the corner of the video call’s screen, to see your self as you always had in this view, a mess of darkness, a void, a tear in reality in the shape of a person, the edges jagged and always moving, like your very existence is bursting at the seams of reality.

Then you look to Sykkuno.

The fire in his eyes burns brighter like this, flickering gold and orange, sharp against the black and white of the rest of the world, but the man himself was glowing deep reds, and oranges, and golds, shimmering like light, like lava, like fire just beneath his skin, bioluminescent, a terrifying and beautiful sight to behold. You’d actually set eyes on a lot of supernatural creatures, each looking different to your True Sight, though it was interesting to see how each presented, and to guess at what creature they were if you didn’t know before looking, but Hellhounds, Sykkuno, was beautiful.

Sykkuno’s in GREAT i LOVE HIM!! so his, when he’s got them visible, looks something like this

and he specifically sees, like, Predator Movies style heat-vision, though it’s much clearer than the image ive got below as an example. it Also means that he’s very good at telling the temperature of things when he looks at them, since temperatures are pretty much just broken down into colours for him.

(also, in Y/N’s truesight, most supernatural creature’s visible powers are amplified, and when he has them active, Sykkuno’s eyes are more like this: )

draw whatever you wantttt!! you’re a SWEETHEART OMFG this fic is becoming So Much More than i thought it woulllld. i have a thing that i kinda want to post tonight, kind of like a teaser / contents page / idk.... thing. but im so pumped abt this whole fic!!

[surrealsunday]

Jaime im so fuckin mad&sad rn can u spare anything from ur recent writing or a little snippet from sth you work ing on

Babbbeeeeee. I’m sorry! Is that ‘cause of the skamfr drama currently going down? I would be happy to distract you from all that! What about a little Spark to Flame? Post-fic snippet (note written straight from the brain - no proofing so don’t judge the grammatical mess too harshly)! 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

He hadn’t planned on staying. He really hadn’t. He’s only popped by the station to deliver some dinner for Lucas (his boyfriend had no sense of proper nutrition and Eliott was going to change that if it was the last thing he did!) and then he was going to go right back to Lucas’s – no, their place – to get back to work on his new painting series. He’d felt particularly inspired lately and wanted to take advantage. But the boys had been pulled out for a call just as Eliott had arrived and well… Isak was there, and Eliott much preferred his company over an empty apartment… and so, now he found himself in the TV room, sitting with the Tupperware spread between them on the couch, finishing up the dinner that had been meant for Lucas. He will admit it’s perhaps not the most boyfriend-y behaviour, but Isak had commented on how good it smelled and what a terrible cook Even was and… well… what was Eliott to do but take pity on the poor boy and share? Lucas was likely going to be out for hours anyways and it wouldn’t have been nearly as good reheated.

“Fuck,” Isak groans, throwing his fork into the container and leaning back against the arm of the couch, patting his stomach in either satisfaction or pain… maybe both. “Think I could pay you to bring me dinner here?”

Eliott smiles pleased, moving the container to the coffee table and pushing himself back against the opposing couch end. “Lucas always complains the stuff I make is too healthy.”

Isak scoffs, looking thoroughly offended on Eliott’s behalf. “That kid thinks anything that’s not pizza is health food.” He shakes his head. “I don’t know how you put up with him.”

“Well, I mean –”

“If you say something about your guys’ sex life,” Isak cuts him off with a hand raised, “I will kick you in the balls.”

Eliott laughs. “I was going to say I love him.” He scrunches his shoulders to his ears in something like a shrug. “Makes it pretty easy to put up with him.”

Isak sighs, but there’s a slight smile on his face. “Still don’t know how he managed that. Always thought that kid had some sort of voodoo magic going on – just figured he was using it to curse me… not find himself true love.”

Eliott feels the tips of his ears heat at the thought, and he laughs a little. “Well there is that doll under our bed covered in pins… always wondered why it was named Isak.”

Isak laughs. “Burn the witch!”

“Who’s a witch?” It’s Lucas at the doorway. Eliott’s face breaks into a smile at the sight. He couldn’t have been gone longer than a half hour.  

“That would be you, love.” Eliott beams at his boyfriend, “because of your magical powers.”

“Mmm,” Lucas hums, walking towards them on the couch. “Better have meant it as a compliment.”

“Of course,” Eliott answers at the same moment Isak scoffs, “Definitely not.”

Lucas passes Isak as though he’s not there, moving to Eliott’s end of the couch and much to Eliott’s shock and delight, immediately settling himself in his lap, legs bracketing his hips and arms moving to settle on Eliott’s shoulders, hands light in his hair. In doing so he has put his back directly to Isak, blocking Eliott’s view of the other boy. It’s with some amusement, and to the sight of Isak rising with an irritated sound and glare directed at Lucas’s back, that Eliott realizes this was likely intentional.

“I’m gonna go find Even.”

“You do that,” Lucas responds before Eliott can, not turning to acknowledge Isak at all. Eliott presses his lips together to hide his smile.

“It was cool to chill with you, Eliott,” Isak smiles, meeting Eliott’s eyes over Lucas’s shoulder. “Next time you bring dinner, include me in that delivery, yeah?”

Eliott laughs lightly, “Not like you missed out this ti–” His reply is cut off by Lucas’s mouth descending on his. It’s not a quick kiss. There’s nothing sweet or gentle about it in fact. It’s a hard, demanding press of lips. Lucas’s hands hold Eliott’s face tightly as he slants their mouths together. Eliott opens his mouth to meet Lucas’s tongue, grip tight on Lucas’s hips. Eliott hears Isak offer a parting remark he can’t quite hear over the Lucas Lucas Lucas reverberating in his brain.

Lucas pulls back after a few more moments with a teasing bite to Eliott’s lower lip. He keeps their faces close. “He’s such a dickhead.”

Eliott chuckles, moving to press a quick kiss to Lucas’s pouting lips before he answers. “He’s really nice to me.”

“Yeah,” Lucas agrees. “That’s why he’s a dickhead.”

“You’d rather he be rude to me?” Eliott tries to temper exactly how charmed he is by Lucas right now but that little wrinkle that’s formed between Lucas’s eyebrows is making it really difficult.

“No,” Lucas huffs. “Just want you to agree with me and tell me you think he’s the least attractive boy you’ve ever met.”

Eliott laughs. He can’t help it. It’s a full-bodied laugh and he pulls Lucas down and into him, wrapping him in a tight hug as he tucks Lucas’s face into his neck. “You’re ridiculous.”

“Am not,” Lucas protests, kissing the side of Eliott’s neck before turning his face to rest his cheek against Eliott’s chest.

“A ridiculous boy,” Eliott whispers, pressing a kiss to Lucas’s hair, hands running up and down his back. “Most beautiful, ridiculous boy I’ve ever met.”

Lucas hums happily, rubbing his face against Eliott in a way that thoroughly reminds Eliott of an affectionate cat. “Eliott?”

“Mmhmm?”

“Did you let Isak eat my dinner?”

Eliott’s hands freeze on Lucas’s body and he slowly turns his head in the direction of Lucas’s gaze… at the very empty Tupperware sitting on the coffee table. Uh oh. There’s clearly only one way to handle this.

Lucas raises his head slowly, eyebrow cocked, and gaze filled with challenge. Eliott rolls them. Right off the couch. Lucas lets out a startled cry as they land with a thump.

“What the –” Eliott doesn’t let him finish. Reconnecting their mouths in a kiss so filthy it has no place in a firehall… though perhaps there’s some jokes about an inferno to be made there… but in truth, this kiss should belong no place but in their bedroom. But risks must be taken in the name of distraction. And distraction is very clearly needed. He throws himself into it, kissing Lucas as though they’d been separated for months, by land and sea, war and sacrifice. When he pulls back, Lucas is a delightful, rumpled mess. Lips swollen and eyes glassy, he stares up at Eliott. Eliott waits. It’s the moment of truth.

“We’re ordering pizza when we get home.”

Eliott laughs, letting his face fall to Lucas’s neck, he presses a kiss to the mole he finds there, before raising his head to look at Lucas once more.

“Deal.”

And then they’re kissing again. It’s a small sacrifice to make in the name of appeasing a possessive Lucas. For tonight, nutrition can go out the window. But tomorrow? Tomorrow they’re eating salad.

[imbeccablee]

5, 8, 13, and 19!

(this got a little long so im putting it under a read more)

5. Share one of your strengths

rex my good dude you could NOT have picked a harder thing for me to do. how dare you try and make me compliment myself.

anyway, uhhhhh probably my overactive imagination? or something? like, honestly, i’m kinda constantly thinking about my WIPs or possible fics (which is obvious if you look at all the abandoned one shots in my drafts lmao). But like, I’m always thinking about stuff to write and that has led to some of my favorite fics i’ve written, like Warm Pancakes or smth.

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and why you’re proud of it

“Um,” Krel hesitated, the question burning his throat. He tried another approach. “Could I… stay with you, tonight?”

Aja rubbed one of her eyes, propping herself up with her two right arms. “Huh? I mean, yes, but why?”

“Couldn’t sleep.”

Aja nodded like that was an acceptable answer and slid over to make more room. Grateful, Krel crawled beside her and sighed in relief as Aja’s arms wrapped around him. 

“Do you want to talk about it?” she asked.

“No. Yes. I don’t know.” Krel turned his head so his face was half buried in one of Aja’s pillows.

Aja giggled sleepily, rubbing her hands up and down Krel’s back. “That’s okay, little brother, we do not have to talk. We can just sleep.”

She closed her eyes again and her hands stilled on his back. He looked at her for a few moments before sighing. “Aja, um…”

“Are you implying Princess Aja is bondless?”

“Yes?” Aja’s eyes were open again, looking at him patiently, oblivious to how the light gray and void black mocked him.

“I’m just saying it’s very much in the realm of possibility. “I mean, think about it. Aja passes the time in which children normally have their corebonded declared, and suddenly the royals are incredibly hush-hush about the subject? 

And, well, I guess it doesn’t exactly matter, what with Prince Krel and all. It’s not like when you’re a royal there’s any real reason to have a second kid than to have a backup in case the first one doesn’t work out for whatever reason."

“Um…” Krel faltered. “Do you ever think about where your corebonded might be?”

Minutely, Aja froze. If he hadn’t been so close to her, he probably wouldn’t have noticed. “Er,” she stammered. “O-Of course, Krel, who doesn’t?”

“Well,” Krel paused, the words stuck in his throat. “Most Akiridions, apparently, since they find their corebonded when they’re young.” Aja flinched. “And I just… I just wonder about ours,” Krel plowed on. “Like… imagine, being brought before the royals of Akiridion-5 and it being revealed that you are cosmically bonded with one of the royals’ children.” He forced out a laugh. “That’d be—That’d be crazy, right? Imagine.”

“Krel…”

“And then… I was just thinking about how devastating it would be if that were to never happen,” he said, and Aja stared at him. He swallowed hard and continued. “I was just thinking about how there might not be some Akiridion kid who walks up those steps to Mama and Papa and is declared to be bonded to one of us. I was thinking about how, when our ceremonies happen, what if one of us doesn’t find our match on Akiridion-5. I was thinking about how we might not… find them at all.”

Aja’s lips were pursed together now, and for a moment she just stared at him. Then, “Krel, you know that’s not—”

“Aja, why didn’t Mama and Papa declare your corebonded?” Krel interrupted.

“That’s—I—”

“Why haven’t I met them yet, at least?” Krel continued. “Why haven’t you explained how pretty everything is in color yet? You’re passed the age where they find out, right? So what happened?”

“Krel, nothing happened!” Aja cut in. She sat up abruptly and moved away from him, and Krel immediately missed the comfort that came from her close presence. “It’s just—complicated.”

“I don’t get it!” Krel sat up too. “Why are Mama and Papa breaking tradition and waiting to declare ours?”

“Because—”

“Why were you so tense at the announcement todelson?”

“That’s—”

“Everyone has a corebond—right?—so why haven’t you found yours yet?”

“Because I might not have one!” Aja finally shouted. She flinched and looked away from Krel’s surprised expression, her hands balling into fists.

Krel stewed in their silence, feeling both ashamed and desperate for a different answer. Finally, his sympathy won out. “I’m… sorry, Aja, I shouldn’t have been so forceful.”

Aja sighed and tucked some hair behind her ear. “No, it’s… I would’ve been curious too…” She opened her fists and looked down at them. “Mama and Papa said that them not finding my corebonded doesn’t mean anything besides that they’re not Akiridion. They said it was totally and completely okay and normal for this to happen, but…” She shook her head. 

“But… you kind of feel like you’ve let them down?” Krel guessed. He mimicked Aja's position, wrapping his arms tightly around his knees. “And that they were just saying that to make you feel better?”

“Er, yeah.” Aja looked up, surprised. “But why do you…” Krel gave her a lopsided smile, a look in his eye saying you know. “Oh, Krel, you know they’re so proud of you. They love you so much.”

Krel sighed and looked at his feet. “Yeah. I know. It’s just hard to really feel it sometimes, especially when I also know I’m not what Papa really wanted in a son. I’m not exactly your average prince.”

Aja giggled and punched his arm lightly. “Who would want an average prince when they could have a genius one like you?”

Krel smiled, still sad, but grateful. “Thanks, Aja.”

“So…” She sidled up beside him again, leaning against her propped up knees to look him in the eye. “Are you gonna tell me what brought on the corebond stuff?”

“I…” Krel broke eye contact. “I overheard some of the staff talking a couple delsens ago and it… I dunno, I guess it got to me.”

“What do you mean?”

“Nothing too weird, I guess, it’s just…” Krel shook his head. “They were talking about you… and your possible corebonded.”

“Oh.” Aja looked put out again.

“And then…” Krel continued. “They… started talking about me.”

Aja’s face switched from melancholic to furious so quickly Krel reeled back a little. “What did they say about you?” she growled and Krel felt a little better knowing Aja would so quickly defend his honor.

“Not a lot,” he quickly replied. “Just… Well, they just implied something, and it’s making me feel… weird.”

“... What was it?” Aja asked slowly.

Krel rubbed at the faintly glowing gray lines going around his feet. “When they were talking about you, they implied that Mama and Papa wouldn’t have wanted you as their heir because of your corebonded. Which isn’t true of course!” Krel quickly amended, seeing something dark cross through Aja’s eyes. “But… then they said that was where I came in. That I… was only made in case something went… wrong with you because it wasn’t likely that I, too, would have a non-Akiridion corebonded, and that it was “only right that only Akiridions take the throne”.”

Aja laid a hand on one of Krel’s. “Oh, Krel, that’s not true at all.”

“I… know,” he said, but he hesitated and Aja noticed too.

“Mama and Papa love you, Krel,” she insisted.

“I know,” Krel said. “I don’t… I normally don’t doubt that.” Aja gave him an exasperated look that he ignored. “It’s just… all I can think about now.”

“Don’t listen to some gossip, little brother, it means nothing. Who cares what a few staff members think? We are a family, and nothing will ever get in the way of that." Aja shrugged then. "Besides, I'm sure they only say that sort of stuff to let out some anger. I mean, we may be wonderful people, but even the most patient Akiridion would get frustrated after waiting hand and foot on us all delson, right? I know I would."

Krel laughed a little, the coil of tension in his spine relaxing some. Aja smiled gently at him, though he could see the worry in her eyes. “Yeah, I guess you’re right,” Krel said.

Aja giggled. “Of course I am. I’m your older sister.” Krel smiled and relaxed further when Aja wrapped two arms around his shoulders and pulled him closer. She leaned her head against his and Krel softly sighed, the emotions that had kept him wound up for most of the delson finally dispersing and leaving him quite exhausted. Although his concerns hadn't completely gone away, he did feel better after talking about it.

They stayed like that, wrapped in each other’s comfort, for a long time. When they finally did move, Krel bashfully asked, “Can I still stay the night?” to which Aja replied, “Of course, dummy.”

They laid back down and cuddled closer. A few moments passed after they relaxed and Krel said, “... Thank you, Aja.”

Aja hummed then replied, “Any time, little brother. I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

---

this is from my Tales of Arcadia fic, Starcrossed, from the first chapter. i dunno, i just really loved how this turned out! i had spent a lot of time on the whole chapter before i finally posted it, and i think i really nailed what i was trying to establish with their relationship with each other, their parents, and themselves. i reread it a lot, along with Warm Pancakes.

13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?

Probably the one that’s like, write the thing you want to read. Forcing yourself to write something you think others would want can be miserable, and like writing should be a good thing. You should be proud of the stuff you wrote and look back on your old stuff fondly. It’s ten times easier writing the stuff you want to write than making yourself write stuff you think other people want.

19. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?

ah probably not? like, what defines a muse? i write because i like to write and because i need to vent somehow and because i’m good at it. i guess you could say i’m my own muse, in that case.

[thisweekingundamwing]

This Week in Gundam Wing 23-29 June 2019

Here’s this week’s roundup!

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~Mod Hel

Fanfiction/Snippets/AU Ideas:

@bobo-is-tha-bomb​

Burn to a Cinder (Ch. 6) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18781273/chapters/46012186

Zechs Merquise/Reader, Treize Khushrenada/Reader

Zechs Merquise, Treize Khushrenada, Lady Une, Mariemaia Khushrenada, Relena Peacecraft, Chang Wufei

Romance, Drama, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Violence, Reader-Insert

Your path had been laid out for you from an early age, allowing you to move into the higher circles of society and catch the attention of one of the most powerful men in the Earth Sphere. As Treize’s mistress, you watch his rise to power and the disastrous war breaking out on Earth and in Space, putting your loyalty to the test. You are torn between your duty to His Excellency, and your unquellable lust for one of the top soldiers under his command. And when he rises to power in Outer Space, there is nothing you can do but stand back and watch them tear each other apart. This is no game of hearts, but yours is at stake, and the consequences can be felt for years to come. Labeled as OZ’s whore, you struggle to find your way, only for things to fall apart around you again. But then there is still Zechs, and the undeniable way he makes you feel…

Come Find me (Ch. 22) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18775792/chapters/46143193

Chang Wufei/Reader

Chang Wufei, Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner

Romance, Drama, Angst, Fluff, Mild Smut, Hurt/Comfort, Reader-Insert

In a last, desperate attempt to fix your broken marriage, you agree to a road trip through Southern Europe. Just the two of you, trying to find back what is lost. But with so much anger and pain between you, is it even possible? There is only so much a broken heart can take...

Paradise on Earth https://archiveofourown.org/works/19410745

Quatre Raberba Winner/Reader

Romance, Fluff, Reader Insert

Maybe paradise on Earth did exist, here on the Grecian Islands. Meeting a handsome man is the start of a Summer Romance.

https://bobo-is-tha-bomb.tumblr.com/post/185846687446/whats-going-on-fanfiction-wise

Update

@lifeaftermeteor

Fifteen Years After https://archiveofourown.org/works/19409629/chapters/46190347

Wufei/Relena, Heero/Duo

WuFei Chang, Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Relena Darlian, Hilde Schbeiker

Rating: Teen and Up

Post-Canon, Post-Series, Post-Endless Waltz, Preventers (Gundam Wing), BROTPs abound

Summary: Continuing with established tradition, the pilots, Hilde, and now Relena gather together for the Christmas and New Year holidays. This time, it’s Quatre’s turn to host.

THE MUCH BELATED UPDATE!

@terrablaze514

Disruptive Munsense (Episode 7) X-Over https://terrablaze514.tumblr.com/post/185807044997/disruptive-munsense-episode-7-x-over

Since Trowa and Quatre refuse to cooperate with a fellow writer, I've placed them in a complicated scenario... Disruptive Munsense 7.

Shampoo & Conditioner (Part 2) https://terrablaze514.tumblr.com/post/185919227632/disclaimer-i-dont-own-gundam-wing-no-money-is

Part 2 is up! This took an angsty turn, and some may notice one character is not his usual self. I'll let readers figure out who until the ext Episode. Rated T, brief mentions of pineapples, Heero is still knocked out. Grab your tissues.

@thaiteaaddict

Wolves and Lambs (Ch. 9) https://archiveofourown.org/works/13351587/chapters/46122862

Gundam Wing, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell/Harry Potter, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, maybe Heero Yuy/Duo Maxwell/Harry Potter

Duo Maxwell, Remus Lupin, Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei, Harry Potter, Sirius Black

Family Reconstruction Act, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Politics, Wizarding Politics, War, Disturbing Themes, Technomagic/Technomancy, Gundam Newtypes are Space Wizards, Family Feels

On the cusp of war, Remus Lupin discovers he has a son. Facing a prejudiced wizarding world unwilling to believe Voldemort has returned, Remus must now navigate his duties as both a member of the Order and as a father to one Duo Maxwell. Duo doesn't know a lot about families, but he knows war.HP Fifth Year, Post-GW main series

Fanart/Gunpla/Photo Manips:

@bobo-is-tha-bomb

https://bobo-is-tha-bomb.tumblr.com/post/185869767266/im-in-need-of-more-space-lol

Gunpla Master

@deathscythe-demiguy

https://deathscythe-demiguy.tumblr.com/post/185926255117/its-been-a-bit-since-ive-drawn-gundam-wing

Duo & a baby.

@gundayum

https://gundayum.tumblr.com/post/185788333986/this-little-critter-is-gonna-be-sooo-gloriously

Deathscythe, mini model

@janaverse

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/185817746088/another-zero-related-comic-from-the-gw-english

Zero System Comic

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/185864132173/another-silly-comic-in-which-we-see-duo-being

Black Outfit Comic

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/185795949428/another-silly-comic-from-the-gw-english-manga

New System Comic

@mack-mod

https://mack-mod.tumblr.com/post/185940557217/i-finished-it-my-first-time-airbrushing-a-kit-to

Altron, model

Fandom Discourse:

@lemontrash

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/185845341309/me-on-ao3-which-au-am-i-hungry-for-today

Duo EVERYTHING

Quotes:

@incorrectgundamwingquotes

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185758887078/trowa-about-zechs-you-werent-able-to-talk-sense

Trowa & Heero

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185754418141/trowa-im-going-to-fight-the-next-person-who

Trowa & Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185753133879/game-night-2

WuFei, Heero, Quatre, Duo, & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185855014417/wufei-i-take-orders-from-one-person-me

WuFei & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185843222349/texting-duo-sends-heero-a-selfie-with-rows

Duo & Heero

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185837992775/quatre-trying-to-bond-so-duo-what-are-your

Quatre & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185843409044/gundayum-terrablaze514

Duo & Trowa

Comments by @terrablaze514, @gundayum, @incorrectgundamwingquotes, @tritonbloomakatrowabarton, @lemontrash, @bluesquishylemon, @milk-motto

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185799279673/heero-origin-story-time-heero-ever-since-i-can

Heero & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185811852180/heero-quatre-whats-it-like-to-be-in-love

Heero & Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185822643882/duo-what-happens-if-you-put-a-werewolf-on-the

Duo & WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185827151981/i-mean-my-mental-breakdown-was-scheduled-for-4pm

Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185833894734/gundam-wing-text-posts-vol-6

Gundam Wing + Text Posts Vol. 6

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185834649764/drug-interrogations

WuFei, Heero, Quatre, Trowa, and Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185835238681/duo-okay-could-be-worse-wufei-how-how

Duo, WuFei, & Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185846092246/duo-im-duo-this-is-quat-and-thats-bitch

Duo, WuFei, & Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185850583402/my-father-once-said-do-what-you-hate-first-thing

Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185867195799/trowa-did-you-have-to-stab-him-catherine

Trowa & Catherine

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185869026235/duo-hey-quat-did-you-know-that-thot-means

Duo, Quatre, & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185877824696/they-can-operate-50ft-death-machines-but-sit

The boys and ‘queer’ sitting.

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185891981582/wufei-i-dont-actually-know-everything-despite

WuFei, Duo, Heero, Quatre, and Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185903805684/hilde-look-i-get-that-youre-only-using-me-for-my

Hilde & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185919401417/sally-name-a-scam-bigger-than-womens-jeans

Sally, Relena, & Hilde

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185926733148/heero-here-i-made-breakfast-wufei-oh-toast

Heero & WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185941890968/wufei-barton-you-lost-a-lot-of-blood-and-passed

WuFei, Trowa, Duo, Heero, & Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185945751701/wufei-what-are-you-doing-tonight-duo-you

WuFei & Duo

MoodBoard/Aesthetics:

@incorrectgundamwingquotes

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/185924215964/quatre-raberba-winner-just-because-you-are-soft

Quatre Raberba Winner

Calendar Events:

@gundam-wing-bingo

Gundam Wingo is a go!

Come and sign up for a card here: https://gundam-wing-bingo.tumblr.com/post/185466400076/gundam-wing-bingo

@gwcocktailfriday

Cocktail Fridays!

Post responses on Friday, during Happy Hour between 3 & 5 pm in your own timezone.

Here’s the prompt for Friday, July 5th! https://gwcocktailfriday.tumblr.com/post/185931246562/cocktail-friday-post-responses-on-friday-july

For those going to Pillowfort, find us here.

If anyone has ideas for prompts, PLEASE send them in! Our ask box is always open.

In Need of Summer Prompts

@seasons-of-gundamwing

Summer of Zechs 2019 https://seasons-of-gundamwing.tumblr.com/post/185300480931/summer-of-zechs-2019

Will be taking place July 7th - 20th!

Prompts:

Images: https://seasons-of-gundamwing.tumblr.com/post/185301190971/summer-of-zechs-2019-promptsthemes

Others: https://seasons-of-gundamwing.tumblr.com/post/185301477691/summer-of-zechs-2019-promptsthemes-2

Here’s the Pillowfort discussion.

@thisweekingundamevents

Gundam Wing Unorthodox Undercover Work Mini Bang

Sign-ups will open Tomorrow!!! So keep a lookout!

[cryingbilldenbrough]

hey you deleted that fic wip maybe post it again howdy howdy howdy

sigh hey hal thank u for sending this in lmao. ok so i deleted the original post bc im a human disaster but an anon wanted to see a snippet of a fic im currently working on. 

this is an early part of what im refering to as Longfic, an angsty angsty study on what would happen if a few events of the 2017 movie had gone differently. 

California is hot.

Richie still hasn’t quite gotten used to it yet; hasn’t given in to the heat and smog and let it consume him like Eddie has. He still thinks Christmas should be white and fall air should be crisp, not dry and scorching. Eds welcomes the heat and Richie is constantly perplexed by his apparent love of sweat and blinding sun, the way Eddie gets this wide smile on his face when the thermometer reads over a hundred degrees and the pavement sizzles. Their apartment doesn’t have air conditioning and Richie is desperately waiting for the summer to break, for October to bring somewhat cooler air and maybe even overcast skies.

Richie hates when he wakes up and the sheets stick to his body and they’re constricting today. Richie knows as soon as he opens his eyes that Eddie must have left at some point in the middle of the night and abandoned Richie for the living room sofa, because Richie has somehow gotten all tangled up in their threadbare bedding without Eddie on the other side of the bed to balance him out. Their beige bedding is glued to his bare chest and Richie sits up, throwing the covers off, and sighs.

It’s as if Eddie has sensed him wake up because the man turns up in the doorway of their bedroom, dressed and with a toothbrush sticking out of his mouth. Richie straightens in bed and tries to look somewhat alert, maybe like he didn’t spend half the night tossing and turning. But Eddie has always been able to see right through Richie.

“You had a nightmare last night,” he says around a mouthful of toothpaste and Richie rubs a hand over his face.

“I know,”

“You kept screaming his name,”

“I know.”

Eddie looks at him, eyes big and brown and searching, and Richie tries to seem okay. He settles his shoulders and cracks his neck and tries to ignore his aching bones. Eddie must see something in him because he frowns and leaves, the sound of toothbrush on teeth scratching down the hall.

Richie waits until he hears the faucet turn on in their tiny bathroom and deflates, sinking back into their mattress. He reaches up for the side table, a little above him because of the way their mattress sits on the ground, and fumbles for something.

The pill bottle is orange, one of Eddie’s many prescriptions for things he doesn’t need, and Richie doesn’t even read the label before popping whatever it is. He just needs something to take the edge off, to dull his senses enough to wake up and greet the day the best he can.

He needs something that can make him forget the Nightmare.

as u can see, we gonna get Real Sad up in this chili’s tonight. the fic is nowhere near finished but im very excited to share progress with you!!!