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[chickwiththepurpleguitar]

Lilly!!!! Congrats on 500 followers! As for a prompt, how about Willex + Banana? teehee!

Thank you and thanks so much for the prompt!! This is my very first time writing Willex, and even really writing Willie, so this was really fun for me, and I took your random prompt and ran with it lol. I hope you enjoy! Content warning for anxiety. 

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It becomes a thing kind of by accident.

See, when Alex gets anxious (and not, like, regular, reasonable anxious, but like stupid anxious, like literally nothing is wrong and he KNOWS this but his brain won’t stop telling him he’s in some kind of danger anyway), it helps to have something in his hands. Drumming’s the best option of course, because the blisters on his fingers distract him from how cold and shaky his hands are, and the noise drowns out his own troubled thoughts, and if his heart is racing cause he’s out of breath, then it’s easy to pretend it’s not also racing for literally no reason at all. When he’s away from his drum kit, he just shoves his hands in his pockets and rubs his fists against the fabric, or he twirls his sticks in his hands (though he’s done less of that lately ever since it got out of control once and one of his sticks flew out of his hands and got stuck up Reggie’s nose).

But then one day, Alex and Willie are taking a walk down by the beach, and things are good, really, it’s a nice day and only three people have walked through him and Julie braided Willie’s hair (which just does things to Alex), so by all rights, he should be having a great time.

But as much as he tries to ignore it, Alex just can’t shake the feeling that something is… off. Willie is talking about something—some guy named Tony who’s “not worth shit” apparently—but Alex barely hears him, too lost in the fog steadily rolling over his brain. The sun is a little too bright all of a sudden. The beach is too crowded, even though Alex can’t really feel any of the bodies pressed in around him. Somewhere down the boardwalk, a dog barks, and Alex flinches.

Willie must notice something’s up, because he slows to a stop and hovers a hand above Alex’s shoulder. “Alex? You okay, man?”

Alex swallows, nods, tries to take a deep breath (it doesn’t really work). He might be hyperventilating just a little bit, and there’s sweat dripping down the back of his neck that can’t just be from the sun, and his hands feel tingly and numb, but he manages a shaky, “Y-yeah. I’m—I’m okay.”

Willie frowns, clearly not believing him, which is admittedly fair. Alex can’t help a burn of frustration at his own stupid brain from bubbling up inside his chest. Nothing’s even wrong, he should be having a good day, so why does he feel like the freaking Jaws music is playing in his head? He closes his eyes, realizes standing blind in the middle of the sidewalk only makes it worse (even though it’s not like anyone can knock into him), and opens them again. His hands open and close futilely around the air, but there’s nothing for him to grab onto to ground himself. He’s just wearing a t-shirt, so there’s no pockets to shove his fists through, and he didn’t bring his drumsticks with him (and he’s learned recently that summoning them when he’s anxious doesn’t always end well; the last thing he wants is to accidentally crush himself or Willie with the entirety of his drum kit). 

“Okay,” Willie says, stepping in front of Alex so that his view is blocked of everything but Willie. “I’m right here, Lex, okay? Everything’s gonna be fine. Can you tell me what you need? Do you want to go home?”

“No,” Alex says instantly. He doesn’t think he can focus enough to teleport right now, doesn’t want to find out what’ll happen if he tries.

“Okay, that’s totally fine, we’ll stay right here. Can you try to breathe for me?” Willie’s voice is calming enough to cut through the fog at least a little bit. Alex manages a deep, albeit shaky, breath, and Willie’s smile lights up golden. “Good job, man, that was great. Keep doing that if you can, okay?” He holds his hands up. “Touch yes or no?”

“Yes. Oh god, please, yes.” Alex grabs one of Willie’s hands with both of his and immediately starts playing with Willie’s fingers, letting the contact of skin on skin and the physical task of twiddling Willie’s fingers between his own bring him back down a little bit.

Willie gently reaches up the hand Alex isn’t holding and cards it through Alex’s hair, smiling softly. “You know you can ask, right, Lex? You don’t have to wait for me to offer.”

Alex nods. He knows. That doesn’t mean he’s ever gonna do it. “Sorry.”

“Hey, no, none of that.” Willie shifts his hand in Alex’s so that their fingers link together and gives it a reassuring squeeze. “Is there anything else I can do? You good to keep walking?”

“Yeah, I’m good,” Alex says, and even thinks he means it this time. He’s still not 100%, but he’s breathing a little easier, and Willie’s hand in his is grounding, and he’s been walked through like fifteen times just since they’ve been standing here, so yes, he would very much like to keep walking now.

Willie smiles and steps around so they’re standing side by side again, and they continue slowly down the boardwalk, still holding hands. Alex starts to apologize, stops himself, instead just says, “It helps, sometimes, having something to do with my hands, you know?”

Willie shoots him a carefree grin. “I get it, Hotdog. Glad I can be of service.”

Alex blushes, smiling down at their joined hands. When he glances back up, though, Willie’s no longer smiling, instead squinting thoughtfully at Alex’s other hand, empty and still sort of twitching at his side.

“Give me one sec,” Willie says before Alex can ask what’s up, and then disappears. A moment later, he poofs back and presses something into Alex’s hands.

Alex blinks down at it, confused. “Willie. This is a banana.”

Willie shrugs. “It was the first thing I could find.”

But from then on, whenever Alex gets anxious away from his drums, Willie gives him a banana, and Alex turns it around in his hands, scratches off the sticker, picks the peel open from the bottom. And then, once he’s calmed down, he holds Willie’s hand and splits the fruit with him.

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[pawprinterfanfic]

HI ESSIE HAPPY JATP FANWORKS APPRECIATION WEEK!

Wheelies and Art Steelies verse for a change in pace:

Who was your favorite character to write?

What was your favourite scene to write?

Is there a part three in the future?

MWAH

IM SCREAMING TEE!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS. I miss the wheelies and art steals verse so much.......

1) Who was your favorite character to write?

ALEX. ALEX 100%. He was so oblivious. so clueless. so in love. filled with so much yearning and accidental social media mistakes. I loved writing the chaos he accidentally caused. 

2) What was your favourite scene to write?

The scene of Alex yelling “unlike, unlike, unlike” and then accidentally having Siri commenting that on Willie’s Instagram post AND THEN starting a feud between himself and Willie made me actually CACKLE while drafting the fic.

I’m also very soft for Willie poofing into the studio behind Alex and hugging him while sitting down... that image is just.... so soft. It’s been living rent free in my head since October. 

3) Is there a part three in the future?

I SURE HOPE SO! I have it all drafted up, but it’s been collecting dust since mid-November!! I switched to focusing on space boys and haven’t had time to look back at it...... but. yes. one day!!!

[alexthedrummerboy]

🦦

WAIT OTTERS ARE MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL 🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️ you get some baby daddy au!!

“Dude, what is that?” Luke asks, peering from around Bobby’s shoulder.

“It’s a baby, Luke,” Alex says incredulously, though he’s no less confused. Luke smacks the back of Alex’s head.

“I know it’s a baby, dumbass,” he says. “What’s it doing here?” 

[sk8rwillie]

3 - Alex, Reggie, Luke

3. fight aliens with, fight zombies with, fight capitalism with

fight aliens with reggie, we probably won’t win but i feel like he would always be trying to communicate with them first and then we’d die

fight zombies with luke, okay listen we’re 100% dying but uh we could possibly take some out first because he could easily distract them since he’s a ghost

fight capitalism with alex, i feel like all three would gladly join me but in this instance alex and i are taking it down because he’s a ghost and can sabotage things

put three names and a number in my ask box!

[julie-and-the-himbo-ghosts]

🐓!

Oooh!!

🐓 - share your favourite piece of dialogue from the whole fic

“I have the combined chaos of being gay and having ADHD, do you really want to be against me?”

This one. Well there’s another bit I might like a bit more but it’s a lil spoilery and it’s like 50/50 dialogue and narration but this one has to be my next fav bc was I projecting heavily while writing this? Yes yes I was and I love it

[kinetic-elaboration]

3, 4, 5, and 11 for Mad Women!

Thank you!

(Send me fic asks if you want!)

3. What’s your favorite line of narration?

I’m going to say this description of the alien planet (and Murphy’s history)!

When the instruments went haywire and the radio distortion so loud and so manic they could not bear to listen to it any longer, and the lone desert planet, a third the size of Earth, appeared in the view screen straight ahead like a dusky jewel uncovered beneath sifting wasteland sands, he was the one to take the shuttle down with Raven and Clarke. He'd taken pictures and scanner readings of a desolation more tragic and unbearable than anything he’d ever seen. The mission reminded him, at first, of the old urbex adventures he used to have, climbing chain link fences and creeping through crumbling, abandoned factories with his high school girlfriend, the sort of thrilling shit that beat a hollow in his chest—but it was beautiful then, too. He and Emori would watch the sunset from weed-strewn playgrounds, in the shadow of apartments where no one had lived for years, imagined themselves the last people on Earth and found something romantic in the vision.

4. What is your favorite line of dialogue?

I find this part funny in its ~~foreshadowing~~:

Then: "Clarke doesn't think we're going nowhere," Bellamy says.

"And you don't think that's weird?" Murphy snaps, swiveling toward him again. "That she's so confident and so hell-bent on this one particular random direction through nothing—?"

Octavia snorts. "Do we think it's weird that Clarke's confident? No. Have you met Clarke?"

5. What part was hardest to write?

Hmmm. I actually wrote this in such a frenzy that I barely remember. The hardest part to plot was the various motivations of the characters and in particular how the alien!Clarke story line intersected with the Mad Scientist Raven story line. Those two elements were central to the idea but they were also conceived of separately so it took a bit of thought to weave them into one narrative. (I actually think Raven’s back room deal with the alien might have been my mom’s idea; I brainstormed a lot of the fic with her.) The whole plot only came together when I decided to include the SOS from Kane: a reason for the ship’s crew to disobey, and thus anger, alien!Clarke and force her to reveal herself.

In terms of the actual writing, the alien reveal scene was the most intimidating because it was the very first thing I imagined and also basically the center of the story, the point where creeping dread becomes outright terror. But again, I just wrote it in a frenzy and didn’t think too much. Some elements, like the flashback to Murphy and Clarke at the bar or even Murphy’s realization hinging specifically on (real) Clarke’s loyalty, didn’t come up until I was actually writing.

Another intimidating part was describing Raven’s lab and experiments since I really love the Mad Scientist trope (it’s basically why I wrote the whole fic!) and I really wanted to get it right.

11.What do you like best about this fic?

Hmmm... Everything honestly! I like how it actually turned out, I think it was creepy and atmospheric and that it captured what I wanted to capture with my idea, but I also had a really good time brainstorming and writing it, it helped to break me out of my writer’s block last year, and it had a really gratifying response, which I appreciate so much. Overall a success!

[owenmercers]

NELL CONGRATS ON 1K OMFG I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND SO GLAD I GET TO CHAT WITH YOU!!!!! brb sending my request in a separate ask but just wanted to say congrats <3 <3 <3

TEE! THANK YOU SO MUCH SWEETIE AND HAPPY I GET TO TALK TO YOU TOO! <3 <3

[she-who-the-river-could-not-hold]

3 and 5?

Thanks for sending!! 🖤🖤

3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?

I tend to write very out of order! I’ll often start off with the start of the fic or chapter since I usually have a good idea of how i want it to start. And then after that it’s usually me jumping around from scene to scene based on how well I can visualize what I want. I use outlines to try and make this a ~bit~ smoother haha! It’s a fairly messy process though haha I’d love to learn to get better at doing it in chronological order.

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

For my Murven fic, We are Stardust, We are Golden, I came up with the idea for it before I knew which ship I wanted to use. Which I pretty quickly decided that Murven was perfect for that ship since Raven and Murphy matched the emotions and story I wanted to aim for, but I was pretty nervous since I hadn’t really ever focused on Raven as a character in my fics. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get her characterization quite right. So I was stunned with how natural writing both her and Murven came to me! I hadn’t even really shipped them in canon so it was a fun discovery to add to my arsenal! 

send an ask from this list to get to know the author!

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Boggie for thé ship bingo?

Idk how I became Boggie trash but I am NOT mad

[nottonyharrison]

Wip game: help

Oof, three examples for this one, so I picked the shortest one 😂

He would be more of a hindrance than a help.

WIP Guessing Game

[broke-on-books]

12, for the fic writer ask meme :)

Holy shit!

12. What headcanon will you keep implementing in your fics even if canon contradicts it?

Hmmm okay I think I'm gonna say unidentical Quagmires (for asoue, btw this is Cracked China canon) I know it's confirmed they are identical but I do not care! I firmly believe that they look very similar but range from looking like their dad (Isa) to their mom (Duncan) with Quigley in the middle

This gives bonus extra angst bc when Quigley's "gone" its like they're missing their linking piece idk

Sorry if this isn't the fandom you wanted but it's the first one I thought of!

[kmomof4]

MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

This looks GREAT!!!

COMING SOON

A Few Nice Words

A Captain Swan Modern AU fic for @csjanuaryjoy

After everything she’s been through in life and more, Emma Swan makes a living working in real estate in Hyperion Heights, an affluent neighbourhood. When she goes home at night, though, it’s to an empty apartment where she spends her time hoping she can find something to kickstart her life and give her more to look forward to.  When she receives a call from a potential new client, a Mr Killian Jones, she throws herself into the search for the perfect condo for him.

As a musician, Killian Jones has always been transient, never staying in one place for too long.  Hyperion Heights seemed to be the next place to be to try and work on his career, so he contacts Miss Emma Swan, local real estate agent, and gives her a very simple list: condo, price not an issue, not on the ground floor, and two bedrooms so he can convert the spare room into a soundproofed studio.

Emma likes when her clients have simple lists.   It’s easy to close the sale and move on to the next one.  But when Killian keeps turning down every option she shows him, she decides to dig deeper and find out what might be acting as a barrier to him finding a new home.  What she finds is a tangled mess, a dark past, and an angry client who just wants her to stay out of it.

Killian likes things to be simple, and his past is anything but.  So, when he finds his agent digging into his past, he decides he will stop at nothing to make sure his past stays in the past.

Obviously I wanted to be able to post a full fic for this event but it’s been a weird month and I found out a week ago that I have two weeks to pack up my life and move.  Hopefully, I can get this written within the next month but for now, enjoy this teaser!  Thank you to the mods for organizing this event and I am SO SORRY I wasn’t able to post this on time!

Let me know if you’d like to be tagged when I post the full fic!

[pawprinterfanfic]

Touch

me vs using this word in every other sentence

His touch ghosted on his arm.

Send me a word & I’ll answer your ask with a sentence that it appears in (in All That Remains)!

[tmp-jatp]

Happy Valentine's Day! I made a kind-of sort-of crack fic to celebrate.

Summary:

The lightning bug lands on the page and blinks again. Julie furrows her brow. “Shoo!” she says and brushes it away again.

Not three seconds later it drops onto the paper again and blinks yellow. Finally, Julie leans in. Has it been landing on the same spot every time? It stands on the first word of the chorus, “Hey!” and blinks again.

Like it knows what it’s doing.

Julie smirks and indulges the insect. She’s probably just cracking from all the stress. “What?” she addresses it.

~

The one where Luke gets shapeshifted into a firefly for Valentine's Day

taglist below the cut

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let me know if you wanna be added or removed from the list! no hard feelings and no pressure if you don't want notifs for my fics anymore :)

[sk8rwillie]

jatp fake tweets i spent way too much time on these omfg

@reggieshamster @owenmercers @oldsmobile-hotdogs

[unsaidjulie]

hi! i was wondering if you have any good juke fics on AO3 to recommend?

hi nonnie! so, i’ve compiled my faves from ao3, but a lot of these authors do fics on tumblr, as well!

you’re half of me now by @alexjulies

now you’re under my skin (i’m feeling like i’m seventeen) by @carriewilsons (or literally anything by her, honestly)

barefoot in the kitchen, sacred new beginnings by @lydias--stiles (also literally anything by her. trust me on this one.)

try to change the ending (peter losing wendy) by @lukesjulie

we all got a second act inside of us and linger by @zombiedadjokes

bright forever by @sunsetswerv

two doors down by @bluefirewrites

and here’s some fics that i haven’t yet read but i know from skim reading or reading the author’s other work that they’re a guaranteed great read!

what doesn’t kill me makes me want you more by @blush-and-books (also everything by her!!)

your song by @phantom-sunset 

find a little love (hidden where you didn’t see it) and just a casual, casual easy thing by @pearlcaddy

something wicked this way comes by no_one_here (don’t know the tumblr)

oh, she waltzed with the dead by @serendipitee

camera flashes & magazine covers by @reggieshamster

ray molina, crime scene photographer and matchmaker by @bluefirewrites

we found wonderland by @pink-flame

and i know i’ve kissed you before, but i didn’t do it right (can i try again?) by @lydias--stiles

a familiar picture by @captainkippen

and to finish off, you might’ve seen these, but here are some fic recs by other people:

the one by @lydias--stiles

the one by @reggiemolina

even though this took good 10 minutes, i’m sure i’m still missing a bunch, so feel free to add your own recommendations!!