#rhink christy

[mythicalshipping]

Y��ALL CAN I PLS JUST ;-; <3  Let me tell you a Galentine’s Day tale of 2 southern girls who met because the guys they loved were bffs. They were happy to be the guys’ plus ones on all kinds of adventures. At one point, the ladies even got “+1” engraved on friendship necklaces in NYC.

THEY HAD MATCHING JEWELRY FIRST HELLO?!?!

[casperghosty]

I lost it when I heard Rhett say "yep"

[nicky1388]

i would like to say that i fall more in love with the idea of poly rhink every day. like, especially Rhett. the way he talks about Jessie, i would never want that to not be real in favor of rhink. and Link gets so mushy about Christy. like, i just fall deeper and deeper into a world of they love each other and their wives.

like, you can't tell me that EMOTIONALLY they are not already at that point (and been there) and just don't realize it. i just hope one day they can be free enough to act on it physically however feels right and that Jessie and Christy will stay by their sides.

i don't know if this is a popular opinion among rhink shippers but it is mine.

[asherlockstudy]

okay. i am asking anonymously because i enjoy rhink being with their wives and with each other. however, i have been reading some of your theories and thinking things.

as i listen more and a little closer, i wonder if they are still with their wives due to their upbringing. not a huge earbisuits listener, so i listened to that specific part you mentioned. 30 minute argument over WALKING? and Rhett was so determined to be right. and Link and Christy clearly have more problems than i thought if she retreats to the garage.

both relationships are clearly mostly still together due to their religious backgrounds. they just decided it would always work? which clearly means there are times they thought it wouldn't but they wouldn't let themselves. evangelicals do tend to be pretty big on not getting divorced.

i also wonder about that honeymoon night in the bathtub that i still dont know the full story. maybe the two really do love each other but, for as much as they've deconstructed, are not able to take this final leap and that makes me sad.

Unfortunately this mail came before the recent judgemental anon but I am answering it afterwards so... yeah... you and I might make someone mad... anyway. Perhaps I won't tag this,I hope you see it.

I think staying together due to the upbringing could be one of the reasons or it could have been a more significant reason in the past. But aren't they done being evangelicals at this point? I mean, don't they realise that by shedding the faith, they could also shed this belief for being tightly associated to the faith?

Then again it could be bigger than them, like you said. However, I think there is more. First of all, the marriage that downright seems forced to me is Link's. Sorry. I don't want it to be like that but for every good thing he mentions about his marriage, he mentions another 99 negative ones. I do think Link would like to end things. But Christy doesn't, both because she is the one sticking most to the faith still but also I think she is still into Link, despite Link getting on her nerves... basically all the time, as it seems.

Rhett's is so much harder to tell because he is always acting up so much. For all we know, it could be a great marriage or at least it could be good enough to not end up in a divorce or maybe they have an arrangement that makes it work in some way. Let's not forget that around 2018, Rhett talked ALL THE FREAKING TIME about that year being a milestone in his marriage because he and Jessie had a huge "talk" that kind of led to a new era in their relationship. And then one of those times Link let it slip (probably intentionally) that he was present in the "talk"! (However, granted, it seemed like there were other people there too.) This was the era before the shipper mass exit so almost everybody here concluded that Rhett meant he had opened his marriage. I don't know what it was (I doubt this would be decided in front of others) but in any case I do think the McLaughlins would reach some sort of non-traditional agreement to make things work out more readily than the Neals. Neither Link nor Christy would go for such solutions, they seem to be both raging monogamists. Which is why Link seems to suffer so much in his situation, especially if he also has feelings for Rhett.

Now, Rhett is a pretty sexual being. He's acting up about many things but not for this one. So for him to stay loyal and committed (aside from whatever might or might not be happening with Link) probably takes extra commitment and work from him than from anyone else in this story. This could make any relationship for him to start feeling tedious or oppressive after so many years. He is so focused on commitment that you might be right that it could be the religion holding him still. In any case, it is admirable how eager he is to stay committed. But let's be real, part of it is also how much Rhett fears that a divorce would make others and his relatives consider him a failure as a family man / husband.

BTW the 30 minute walking debate didn't seem that strange to me. Rhett loves to debate and win debates. Even Jessie at some point confirmed that she was done with Rhett always trying to be correct, so maybe she started being competitive just to get to him. I don't think that seemed serious. What seemed serious IMO in that segment was that Link's mouth got so downturned I thought he was fighting back tears..... Well, he certainly looked sad!

[yrwestillhere]

I dont even think I ship rhink like that its just a fun fleeting concept that MAY be true

but christy are link are just too cute together for me to have my heart in rhink

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

I specifically remember that my mama used "She buys her daughter white dolls" as a measurement of how she didn't like certain people. Glad they were there my whole life. Because even dolls that weren't Barbie had a Black version when I was little.

Those old cartoons that I grew up on would include one specifically to get that market. Netossa from Shera, Indigo from Rainbow Brite, Orange Blossom from Strawberry Shortcake. What I remember was that some dolls were too expensive, but Barbie apparently wasn't, because if they had the Black one in stock, my mama would get it. And if they didn't, I wasn't getting whatever doll it was.

I had a Black Little Miss collection - Male Up,Dress Up, Magic Hair, a Black PJ Sparkles, and a Black Starla. This is the cluster of dolls I loved the best.

I didn't have a Kid Sister, but there was a Black one available. I rhink there were Black Cabbage Patch dolls too. They were ugly, so I never wanted one, but in the 80s and 90s, Black dolls did exist and of my 40 first cousins, most of the girls had multiple Black Barbies or Christie, specifically coming up.

And whenever there were other brands that had something sort of Barbie typed and Black, we got those too. Black girls weren't like, "Nope. Only Barbie and only white Barbie" when Imani dolls dropped in the 90s. In fact, I was excited to get back into dolls again a little.

I think I'm really more insulted, not even by the suggestion that there were no Black barbies, but the accusations that Black girls wanted to jump on trends with no representation. When, most of us can tell you, it was always a huge decision to EVER like anything that was outside of the parameters of Blackness. IF Black girls were jumping on trends that weren't Black specific when I was a kid, everybody in the area was gonna dog pile on her. So, its just all around frustrating.

I am 41 years old, and there has been a Black Barbie in my home since I was a small child. There were Christie dolls and there sometimes was a Barbie doll that was simply a Barbie doll, but in Black. So, I'm unsure how old one would have to be when they were living in an era without Black Barbie dolls.

[jula483]

CAN I TASTE YOURS

[enbitan]

Daily reminder: Christy once sent Link out on the date with Rhett on his birthday.

(original photo from yourmithycalbest)

[captainsourwolf]

okay but let’s just pretend for a minute that rhett and link and christy and jessie are in this universe. high society london, where ladies get courted by all the eligible men, where the society column is all the rage with its hot gossip, and where fancy parties are used as disguises for families to pawn off their daughters to suitors during the social season.

like rhett would be the duke of something or other, part of the wealthy mclaughlin family that lives in the big white house with all the acreage. his dad is gone all the time and his mom runs the house, keeps he and his brother in line, and makes sure they’re fit to be married.

link would be a duke as well, the only son to his widowed mother. the only heir to his father’s fortune and good looking to boot, he’d be the hottest suitor all the ladies fawn over during the social season. he and rhett are best friends because of course even in this universe they’ve known each other since they were kids.

so rhett has been courting jessie lane since the start of this social season. she was debuted and favored for her beauty and grace and he immediately wanted her. he got her.

and link has been courting christy since the year before. she’s shy and sweet and he loves her, he does. he’s gonna ask for her hand at the end of this year’s season, in june.

they go to all the parties at all the big houses with all the people in their social circles. every party is always a huge affair and everybody that’s somebody is there. the girls get pampered and prettied up in their expensive dresses, and the boys in their best suits. their friends gossip and tell them all about the boys and the girls they’re after, all the current scandalous news like that bridgerton girl and that duke of hastings fellow.

but of course, they’ve got a little scandal of their own.

rhett loves jessie and is sure they’ll be married by the end of the year, but rhett also loves link. link is head over heels for christy and already has the plans for his proposal, but he also loves rhett. and the girls, well, they’ve got a thing of their own, too.

at these parties, the boys often sneak off to big empty rooms under the pretense of going out for a smoke or something. in these rooms rhett pins link to the nearest surfaces and kisses him quiet, sinks to his knees and carefully undoes link’s pants, sucks him off so good link has to muffle his moans into his stuffy collar or else someone will hear.

other times link gets rhett stripped from the waist down, everything bunched on his thighs just enough, and link fingers himself open like the proper society boy that he is. then he gets rhett’s cock in him and rides him like the pony he got for his twenty first birthday.

it’s almost always desperate and rushed, hurried along before someone comes looking for them. they’ve almost been caught many times by some lord or lady or another, and it never fails to make it more exciting.

the girls, again, have their own thing as well. many a time has rhett gone looking for jessie only to find her in a bathroom with her head ducked up under christy’s expensive dress and face buried between her thighs. and other times, jessie with her dress hiked up and her fancy underthings pulled to the side so christy can really get at her.

there have been times one or both of the boys have found themselves in the middle. link in search of rhett once walked in on rhett fucking jessie while his girl watched. or the time he got christy off just to the sounds of rhett fucking his girl. the one time link got wrecked while he fucked jessie and christy watched was one of the highlights of their social season.

of course there’s the angst of it all, too. rhett watching link dance with christy, all soft and sweet and romantic, and getting supremely jealous because that should be him dancing with link. that should be him holding link and caressing his cheek and kissing him, all out in the open where anyone could see instead of having to do it in private with no music or an audience. that should be him that gets to walk take link home in his carriage, walk him to his door, kiss his cheek all proper like and chaste.

link isn’t oblivious. he gets jealous too. he wants to be the one that has rhett mclaughlin coming to his door to court him with flowers and gifts, instead of rhett barging in unannounced because he’s basically family. he wants to be the one that gets all blushy and giggly and shy under rhett’s sultry gaze. and he wants to be the one that gets his name in the society column for forming an attachment with rhett.

what they have works just fine. it’s scandalous and would ruin their families if anyone ever found out that not only are rhett and link with each other, they’re with each other’s girls, too. they’d be the talk of the town, the only names in the column, and a disgrace to their families.

so it stays a secret. the sneaking around and the jealousy remains.

[lovelyrhink]

link: i’m gay but only for like, basic white guys. adam driver and nick jonas

rhett: ok

link: some wrestlers

link: and chadwick boseman

link: also the rock

rhett: anyone else?

link: that guy on LTAT. rhett’s doppelgänger

rhett: JFC

[apparentlynotreallyfinnish]

Experiments - Part 1

“I’m sorry, you want what?!” Rhett asked, staring at Link’s rosy cheeks. Link’s Adam’s apple bobbed and his blush deepened.

“You heard me,” he said quietly, shifting in his seat.

“Uh-uh. What I heard was ‘I want to give you head’ and that can’t be right,” Rhett said, his voice rising as his panic did. He felt like he’d been dropped into an alternative universe.

“No. You heard right. That’s what I said,” Link confirmed, lifting his chin a bit to show he’d meant what he’d said.

“B—but… I—Link, what the fuck?” Rhett stammered, hoping for Link to burst into laughter and tell him that he was either insane or dreaming.

“Goodness gracious, Rhett. If I’d known this was gonna be such a big deal I wouldn’t have asked. But Christy thought—”

“I’m sorry, how is Christy involved in your sudden desire to suck my dick?”

Link frowned at him and rolled his eyes. “I’m not a cheater. She’s the one that suggested it!  And just so you know, I didn’t expect it to happen now. Obviously, you’d have to talk to Jessie first.”

Rhett’s mouth opened and closed slowly, and he was increasingly sure he was dreaming. Link huffed and got up from his desk chair.

“You know the whole… bisexual thing?” he said, walking aimlessly around the office as he always did when he was particularly nervous.

Of course, Rhett knew. After six months in therapy, Link had come out last year to the surprise of literally no one in their close circle of friends. His admission was still met with the sensitivity and unwavering support that Link had needed after being the last one to realize that his love of John Mayer was not limited to the man’s creative output. To Rhett, it hadn’t been that big of a deal. He was happy that Link could live more authentically and be more in touch with all the facets of his personality, but it had no real impact on their day-to-day lives.

Until a few minutes ago when Link had—in the middle of their shared office—suddenly inquired whether Rhett would be willing to let Link go down on him. That bit Rhett had a little trouble wrapping his head around.

“Everyone’s been so great about that. Truly. Especially Christy. She’s been—” Link’s face turned a shade of red Rhett had never seen before. “She’s been very accommodating with toys and roleplays and stuff…”

Rhett felt like slamming his palms over his ears and shouting “la la la” at the top of his lungs. Link’s sex life was literally that—Link’s. Rhett had never particularly wanted to hear about it. But now his mind was filled with filthy images of his best friend’s wife wearing a strap-on and going to town on said best-friend.

“Link, please,” Rhett moaned and waved his hands in front of his face, hoping that Link would understand his discomfort. He was squirming in his seat, trying desperately not to think about Link and toys. 

Link and toys. Toys and Link. Toys in Link… Fuck!

“Yeah. Sorry. But what I— well, what we’ve come to realize is that it’s not the same. And since we’re quite firmly planning on abiding by the ‘til death do us part’ bit in our vows, she thought it would be unfair if I’d never got to experience certain things.”

“Huh,” Rhett said and scratched his beard, staring blindly over Link’s head. That actually made sense. “Okay. I get that. Kinda. But why me?”

“Who else? I mean…  We’ve always had that kinda weird intimacy thing. Almost like we’re parts of the same person. So, it would be almost like doing it to myself. And don’t tell me you wouldn’t do that if you could,” Link said, laughing. Rhett arched a brow and chuckled. Link was right. He would.

“I wouldn’t want it to be a stranger. That’s too nerve-wracking. And what if—” Link paused and bit on his lip.

“What if what?” Rhett asked. Despite his initial reaction, he already thought Link was making some good points.

“What if I fell for that person? That would be… really fucking unfortunate. With you, that’s not an issue.”

Rhett was surprised by the visceral reaction his body had to Link’s words—it was like a gut punch. He turned to face his desk and fiddled with his pen to hide the sudden gut-wrenching ache. Link seemed to be oblivious to it—he was still prattling on.

“If I haven’t fallen in love with you in the past 36 years, it’s not gonna happen now, right? And Christy agrees that you’d be the best choice. It would be just one time. Obviously. And then--”

“Yeah, okay,” Rhett interrupted him. “I’ll talk to Jessie tonight.”

“Really?” Link’s eyes widened and a hopeful smile lit up his features.

“Really. But if she’s okay and we go through with this… You owe me big time.”

“Definitely!” Link hurried to assure. He stepped up to Rhett and took his hands into his own. “Thank you. For real. This means a lot to me.”

Rhett felt the warmth of Link’s touch radiating all the way to the top of his head and down to his toes. He tried to swallow surreptitiously around the lump that had suddenly appeared in his throat.

“Sure, brother.”

A text message later that night from Rhett to Link. Jessie said okay. When and where are we doing this?  

[goodmythicalshipping]

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[the-average-bear]

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[asherlockstudy]

Do you have any favorite Rhink moments? :)

Omg loads!!!

My all time favourite got to be in that 2016 interview with the heterochromia dog when Link said “Only blue eyes can look at Rhett”

That time Link took off a tight shirt and Rhett nearly came on screen

NEWSICAL KISS

Rhett getting Link’s pulse and saying “your heart is beating so fast” and Link shyly pulling back his arm saying “That’s enough”

Strawberries and paired glasses. When Rhett visibly considered kissing Link and Chase opened the champagne which startled him out of his reverie.

That other time Link had glitter on his nose and Rhett stared at him so hard he lost his words and then when Link teased him for forgetting his words and went closer Rhett clearly glanced at Link’s lips.

Link kissing Rhett on the top of the head and then Rhett going into a delirium of going to anniversary vacation in Venice with his wife.

All the cuddle episodes

That EB when Link said that when he learned Rhett had his first girlfriend he thought “the ship has sailed”

Rhett losing it throughout the quarantine

When Rhett said “glad we don’t live together” (as a joke) and visibly broke Link’s heart

When they were talking about their future graves on an EB and after Link was pissed that Rhett had thought about his burial independently, he then proposed where and how to be buried in graves next to each other, entirely forgetting about Christy, whom Rhett reminded to him and he was like “oh shit… but of course”

In that “finish sex” interview where Link was asked what song he would like being played during sex and Rhett has entirely invaded his personal space, he is all but pressing on him, and stares through his soul and Link answers that it would be something “speed related” like “It ain’t over till it’s over” (you know the good ol’ code for ��don’t ever stop”)

Don’t ask me where all that is, I am terrible at keeping track unfortunately.

I recommend going to my @rhinkreal sideblog, I don’t put anything original of mine there, but I reblog all the IMO “particularly interesting” Rhink moments. It’s only for Rhink moments I love to bits or consider significant.

[rhinkthreeways]

Coffee (angsty version)

He doesn’t drink coffee anymore. It’s not good for his stomach. That’s what he’s told everyone. But it’s not entirely true. He still drinks coffee. But only on some nights. Only when he absolutely has to stay awake. When he has to use every weapon in his arsenal to keep the dreams at bay.

They started small. Once in a while, he had a dream where they sat on the office couch, side by side as usual. But what was not usual was the hand on his thigh. In the dream, it felt normal. It was expected, welcomed, soothing. After he woke up he could still feel the weight of it on his skin. After he woke up, he missed it. But the feeling was gone by the first light of morning and it was easy to brush off the dreams as just one of those things. Nothing to be concerned about.

Then the dreams changed. They were still sitting on the couch but now there were words whispered into his ear—low, breathy, dirty words. And the hand on his thigh? Let’s just say that it had moved north.

Even those dreams he was able to chase away soon after he woke up.

He never thought about them during the day.

Then they started doing the vlogs. It was something new, something exciting. They were giddy about it. About spending time just the two of them.

The dreams went on overdrive. Every time they filmed, the next night he would wake up tangled in his sheets, rock-hard and aching for the touch of the man that had been his best friend for the last thirty-five years.

Those dreams were harder to shake. Those dreams penetrated his psyche and made a home. He’d notice himself getting distracted while they were working. He got caught up watching him. Watching his hands move. Watching him bite his lip when he was concentrating. Watching his hips.

God, those hips. There were too many days when he almost walked up to him and grabbed that slender waist. He could see it so clearly. How there would be a surprised gasp and then an awkward giggle. It has to be a bit, a joke, a prank, right? But then he’d get on his knees and his thumbs would dig into those hips and rub and press and his mouth...

Soon enough it all became unbearable. He told his wife one night after she woke up and found him in the kitchen drinking his second cup of coffee. She was understanding and sweet, just as he had expected. She offered her warmth and her words to make him feel better and he appreciated it. Of course, he did. But all it did was make him feel worse about the whole situation.

“It’s gonna blow over,” he promised his wife not believing a word of it but wishing nonetheless.

“I know, baby,” she said, kissed him and went back to bed. He drank a third cup of coffee and waited for the morning.

Time went on. He was managing. The nights when he barely slept seemed to be more spread out. Sometimes even a week went by without the horror of waking up crying for someone who wasn’t his wife.

Then the camping trip happened. It had been decided on months ago—before the dreams had started. He tried to get out of it but despite his best efforts, he finds himself laying inside a sleeping bag, inches away from the person that haunts his dreams. He is afraid to fall asleep. He is afraid he’s going to wake up moaning for him.

“You could talk to him, you know?” his wife said before the trip. “Now would be a good opportunity.”

“I don’t want him to know!”

“It might help you, though. And he would understand.”

His wife might be right but he just couldn’t do it. Couldn’t just come out and say that he—

“Rhett?”

His name form Link’s lips makes his heart jump into his throat and lodge itself there.

“Huh?”

“I need to tell you something.”

“Okay.”

“I talked with Jessie.”

No. No. No. No. Oh God no.

The sound of the zipper of the sleeping bag is so loud, he wants to cover his ears. Wants to cover his eyes, his face, his heart. He wants to hide his heart before it can be torn apart.

“Talked with Christy too,” Link whispers, his voice suddenly close to Rhett’s ear. Another zipper is opened.

Rhett’s breath gets caught. Hands on his body. Slipping under his t-shirt, into his hair. Heated lips pressing against his skin. A gasp—his or Link’s, he can’t tell.

“They say this is okay,” Link murmurs into his ear before sucking the lobe into his mouth.

“I’ve been waiting for years. Hoping for you to get here. To where I’ve been.”

“I want you,” Rhett doesn’t say the words, they burst out of him.

“Me too, baby.”

That night Rhett doesn’t need any coffee to stay up.

[bleakcreek]

oh gosh the tags on your last ask.... ot3/ot4 fics are lowkey my weakness.... would love to read that fic (+ any reccs you may also have 👀)

you’re speaking my language, anon, because ot4 is my weakness and i absolutely do have recs for you, though not as many as i wish i had, alas. 

greater than the sum by @pringlesaremydivision is probably THE definitive ot4 fic in my book. it gets the dynamic perfect, and prose in the fic is absolutely beautiful. 

time makes you bolder is another favorite of mine by the same author. i’m a little more hesitant to call it a true ot4 fic, but it does feature the wives and polyamory negotiations, and is just generally one of my favorite rhink oneshots.

i also feel compelled to mention the traveler by @the-average-bear bc it is my absolute favorite rhink fic of all time. it’s another fic that’s not, strictly speaking, an ot4 fic, but features the wives heavily and does feature ot4 as endgame. (that’s as much as i can say without giving away the plot, but PLEASE don’t be scared off by the “infidelity” tag bc it’s soooo good and it’s not infidelity in the way that you think.)

the hot tub by @missingparentheses is really, really, REALLY good as well if you want something that’s more unapologetic porn than the aforementioned fics. 

if you’re looking for ot3 (rhett/jessie/link), three’s a crowd by @ssodangdark is *chef’s kiss*

and i’d be remiss if i didn’t mention @chronicallyilltrashcan‘s ot4 series, which contains rhett/link/christy AND rhett/jessie/link AND true ot4, and it’s just...very, VERY hot. 

@egocentrifuge also has some really good ot4 and/or polyamory stuff but it’s mostly on tumblr rather than ao3 so you’re probably better over looking through their fic tag, though it may take a little browsing bc i don’t know if they have a single tag for all of their ot4 or ot4-adjacent works. 

my ot4 tag also has a lot of tumblr-only stuff from various people as well as some headcanons and other things so if you make it through all of those recs and still want more, feel free to peruse my tag and see if there’s anything good i missed there