#romeo is a stoner

[wiredalienvampire]

there is such a lack of fanart for this dingus and it upsets me

[arolotl-queen]

My shitty tv show idea is a show that has EVERY SINGLE shakespeare play happening in a high school setting. Picture the maddness.

I'm thinking things like Romeo is a popular boy and Juliet is a nerdy band kid who plays dnd on the weekends. they start dating but secretly because they would be kicked our of their friend groups if anyone knew.

Macbeth got told by three weird kids that if something happened to the guy everyone was going to vote for in the school captain election then everyone would vote for Macbeth.

I would say more but i haven't really thought about any of the other plays and also haven't read a single shakespeare play other than romeo and juliet and macbeth. im so sorry. feel free to add on tho

[blot-squisher]

Evan and Dwight are STG:L2 Romeo and Juliet.

[yundeob]

A NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD ☆ | ATEEZ SERIES

— featuring ot8!ateez in iconic HOLLYWOOD romance and rom-com movies

— TICKET BOOTH IS CLOSED! 🎟️ : the movies are about to start! all fics will have MATURE CONTENT! MDNI!

sit back, relax, grab your popcorn and tissues, and enjoy the silver screen . . .

THE PARENT TRAP ☆ | KHJ

TROPE: exes to lovers! divorced!au

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst, crack, slice of life

AS DIVORCED PARENTS to two twin daughters, you and hongjoong have your fair share of work cut out. Driving to piano lessons, cheering at hockey games, drop offs at each other’s houses, it can all be a little much. But could a relaxing summer retreat as a whole family possibly rekindle past emotions you’ve swept under the rug? . . .

— IN THEATRES

DIRTY DANCING ☆ | PSH

TROPE: bad boy!seonghwa, enemies to lovers!au , 60s!au

TAGS: nsfw, smut, angst, crack

THAT WAS THE SUMMER before JFK got shot, before the beatles came, and when you were working part time at your aunts summer resort. That was also the summer you met resident heart breaker and cocky entertainment crew member, Park Seonghwa. Remind yourself why you’re suddenly dance partners with him again? . . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

PRETTY WOMAN ☆ | JYH

TROPE: dilf!yunho x formerstripper!reader, strangers to lovers!au, contract lovers!au,

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst

LIVING IN BEVERLY HILLS comes with its perks. But for two different people such as yourself and multimillionaire business tycoon, Jeong Yunho, both of you can’t seem to find what you’re looking for in the so called ‘Land of Dreams’. So the proposal is simple really… let him spoil you with money, jewelry and clothes while in return, you stay by his side. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

MR AND MRS KANG ☆ | KYS

TROPE: marriage!au, established relationship, spy!au, assasin!au

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, ANGST, crack

WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT picture perfect suburban neighbourhood couple, Mr. and Mrs. Kang would be at each others necks trying to kill each other first. You’ve both come this far in your marriage while hiding your secret identities, but it looks like only one person can remain standing. I guess you both did promise “in sickness and in health”. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

ROMAN HOLIDAY ☆ | CS

TROPE: royalty!au, princess!reader x reporter!san, strangers to lovers!

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst

AS CROWN PRINCESS, you’re on a tightly scheduled tour of European capital cities. But after an especially rough day in Rome, you sneak out of the embassy to explore the so called Eternal City, running into no other than celebrity news reporter, Choi San, looking out for his next big royal scandal. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU ☆ | SMG

TROPE: college!au, stoner!mingi, enemies to lovers!au, fakedating(?)au, y2k aesthetic

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst, crack, slice of life

YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER Wooyoung is desperate in getting you, his older sister in college, to date so that he can finally date in highschool. The options for potential candidates are scarce, considering men flock away like birds the second you’re near. Good thing campus stoner and weirdo, Song Mingi is the same as well. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS ☆ | JWY

TROPE: fashioncolumnist!reader x advertiser!wooyoung, y2k aesthetic, fake dating(?)au, enemies to lovers!au, mutual pining

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst, crack, slice of life

LISTEN, IF IT MEANS getting a promotion at your editorial company as a news journalist instead of pop culture and lifestyle columnist, you’d do anything. And that includes pretending to be the most annoying and clingiest girlfriend to some guy for 10 whole days. But just so you know, Wooyoung likes clingy. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

ROMEO & JULIET ☆ | CJH

TROPE: unrequited love, star crossed lovers!au, mutual pining, secret romance (shakespeare be rolling in his grave rn)

TAGS: nsfw, smut, fluff, ANGST

FOR CENTURIES, a plague of hatred and hostility has been present in the relations between the House of Choi and your own. You know you can’t be together, but yet why do you keep catching that dark haired boy staring at you so longingly? And why do you want him just as bad?. . .

— not yet in theatres . . .

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11/1/25 update: i apologize for how slow this is taking😭 yes, i still am 100% fully committed to finishing this series! I ask for your patience and understanding🫶🏼

[spacegyaru]

cw: shidou ryusei x afab! reader. all characters are aged 21+. a little bit of dark content so minors, dni! college setting AU. sexual themes ahead— reader is nerdy and a good girl type. stoner!shidou so there’s w33d involved, mentions of virginity loss, creampie, unprotected sex, p in v penetration, shidou being a pushy and would pressure reader. mentions of having a dysfunctional family. also, i made a family backstory for shidou here since we still dunno much about him! and come on guys, having shidou in a fic is already a warning itself. i feel like i didn't put enough warnings so proceed with caution— ALSO I WAS WRITING THIS WHILE LISTENING TO ROMEO AND CINDERELLA SO IT'S KINDA BASED ON IT

word count: 1.3k+

imagine being a girl with an overly religious family, but you ended up falling in love with the boy next door with a bad reputation, ryusei shidou.

you were a sheltered girl who's well-loved by your strict parents. well honestly, not really well-loved— but when we say that, it means that they love to take control of everything you do. you were enrolled in an all-girls catholic school, attended sunday schools, and went to weekend piano lessons. 

in reality, you felt like they really didn't care that much about you. your father is a pastor who also worked as a professor, while your mother is a retired actress. 

they mostly cared about their church's reputation. they didn't seem to love each other either. you remember your mom being drunk one night, telling you how she hates your father and if you weren't born, she would still be a hot actress. you cried after that. your father never even consoled you, and your mom did not apologize. you were always on your own.

dinners with your family were always empty. only utensils could be heard and no one tries to talk to each other. 

when you were in high school, someone from your church moved in the house next to yours. it was the shidou family. you've always heard and seen them around the church but you never got too close. all their children attended the service— well, except for one. and it's funny how you just got to know him recently. 

you met him, ryusei shidou, while you were giving some freshly baked cupcakes to your newly-found neighbor. you were flustered when he greeted you shirtless, only wearing his boxer shorts. you couldn't look at him in the eye. so instead of saying anything, you bowed, used your two hands to give the cupcakes, saying goodbye, and immediately running to your home. 

you've always thought that the neighbors beside you were normal people — that was until you heard someone yelling, almost like a lion's roar, in the middle of the evening. you were already in your first year college that time when it happened.

you heard it while washing the dishes— the father of the shidou household was angry at ryusei because he was caught smoking w33d in the campus dorms. but their son, ryusei, seemed to be eccentric. it's almost as if he didn't care that much about it.

you got the chance to talk to him while taking some fresh laundry out of the yard. you waved at him and he just raised an eyebrow at you… and he continued to smoke whatever he's smoking.

“hi…” you timidly said before sitting beside him. but he just ignored you. so you asked him if he was okay. he just raised a brow at you and tried giving you the joint as if he's asking you to smoke with him.

you shook your head to refuse the offer, but he continued offering it to you, until you ended up saying yes.

you hated the bitter aftertaste from the w33d, but still smoked it because it seemed to have made him livelier and more friendly towards you.

“the pastor's daughter isn't a good girl after all…” he says something like that before he kissed you on the lips and bid his farewell. meanwhile, you were left dumbfounded. 

you thought that your crazy interaction with him ended there— until you saw him on your window, trying to climb your room. you almost screamed when you see his face by the window. 

“yo~” shidou greeted before you helped him from the tree branch he was climbing, letting him inside your room.

luckily, your parents were out for some business trip when ryusei gave you the joint. the smell of w33d spread throughout yout room as you smoked along with him.

it turns out that his parents were like your parents, religious. but here he is, trying to break the cycle by doing whatever he wants. he says that if he wasn't famous for soccer or didn't have an athlete scholarship, his parents would've dropped him and kicked him out. 

somehow, the short smoking session turned into a hot making-out session when he asked you to sit on his lap so he could teach you a smoking trick. naive as you are, you did as he told. now, here he is, inserting his tongue in between your lips and cupping your ass while he did so. 

after that, you brought up the fact that you started to feel something poking in between your thighs. then he just smirked and grinded more before telling you something like, “really?” 

shidou ended up letting you see his cock up close. it was your first time seeing a dick in person. surely, you’ve seen it on porn before because you got curious at some point. but this was different. you couldn’t stop staring at it. it wasn’t exactly the lengthiest, but it was thick. it looks fucking fat. 

at first, you tried touching it. but it ended up becoming more than that… you soon found yourself sucking his cock, brushing the tip of your tongue on top while trying to make it hit the back of your throat. his hands entangled around your hair with his head thrown back. you were shocked when something hot and salty suddenly burst inside your mouth. it seemed that he came inside. he asked you to open your mouth and show him how you swallow it. you did just what he told.

 it felt even better when shidou decided to return the favor. at this point, you were no longer in your pyjamas and underwear. you were wearing only an old white baggy shirt with your pussy all laid-out for him. his tongue, combined with his fingers, felt so fantastic and you ended up orgasming over his mouth.

at that point, you thought it would be the end… until he started pressing the tip of his cock on your clit, rubbing it a little bit, with his precum coming out of the hole. 

“shidou, i-isn’t this for people who only love each other?” you asked him with your eyes widened, but he whispered something like, “come on. let’s do it.” then he promised to make you his girlfriend after you do it. that’s how he ‘loves’ you. 

so you agreed. you agreed to let his cock inside your pussy. at first, it was just the tip. and you started gasping from the pain, and letting out a loud moan. shidou had to cover your mouth as he slowly thrust deeper, even kissing you with an open mouth to try making you a bit more quiet.

you were holding his arms and his body closer as his thrusts got more intense. you ended up moaning his name, leaving scratches on his back, while he lifted one of your legs around his shoulders, trying to feel you at a deeper level.

the sensation felt ecstatic. you felt like you were floating in cloud 9 while his balls slapped your clit and he was kissing your neck. 

you ended up squirting on his cock and he ended up cumming inside your pussy. after that, shidou pulled out, watching his cum ooze out from your hole. as shidou was panting, a confident smirk appeared on his lips. 

the following day, you woke up. your legs felt sore. your neck and chest were filled with hickeys. but the person who caused them was gone. the only thing that’s left as evidence is the bottle of booze both of you binged while smoking.

you tried to look for him after that, but to no avail, you never saw him again. you tried to ask his family, but they only talked about him going abroad to continue his studies as he received a better football scholarship there. his parents decided upon this due to his issues in his current university. perhaps, going abroad would change him and make him more responsible.  you attempted to fish out for more information, but you found out you were also blocked on his social media. 

you thought it couldn’t get any worse… until a few more weeks later, you found yourself staring at a white stick with two lines staring back at you. your eyes felt teary and you felt as if you were punched in the gut. 

HAGHDHJASBHA SHOULD I CONTINUE THIS? THIS WASNT PROOFREAD BTW AND I WROTE THIS AS SOON AS I GOT OFF WORK

EDITED : READ FOR PART 2

[kowai-kabuki-tanuki]

these two are like romeo and juliet in my head, i swear. (if romeo was an ancient stoner hippie and juliet was a psychotic desiccated vulture.)

Bonus circle of the suns

[lej222]

Literary Allusions and Pop Culture References in ASLFUA

After School Lessons is a series that has minimal plot, but great underlying themes and references to other famous creations/pop culture moments. I thought it would be fun to collect as many as I can in this post and their possible narrative connection, not necessarily in order. :)

Cheol & Miae

One of the biggest running gags of the series is that the main characters have the same names as the famous Korean musical duo Cheol and Miae. The group was formed in 1992, with Cheol as the rapper and Miae as the singer. Their single, 'Why do you' became a huge hit and was referenced in ASLFUA plenty of times. Obviously, the main joke here is that the singer Miae was taller than rapper Cheol and they were only friends, while Unripe Apples Cheol is taller than Miae.

Nostradamus

The prophecy of Nostradamus said that in the 7th month of 1999 a great king of terror would descend from the sky and bring end to the world. Which makes it even more interesting that the supernatural powers in the story started to be very active around July with the end of the first term and the start of the summer break.

Miae's posters on the wall: E.T (1982) and The X-Files (1993)

Interestingly enough, both feature aliens. E.T The Extra-Terrestrial might be more interesting for us readers, as it features a young boy named Elliott who befriends an alien. In one of the most famous scenes of the movie, E.T. is riding Elliott's bike in his basket, and the bicycle lifts off from the ground and two are shown flying in front of the full moon. In fact, in a poll made by Universal it was voted as the most memorable movie scene in 100 years of cinema.

Needless to say, there are some ovbious similarities with our story - the boy with the bike, the strange friend, the moon symbolism. In fact, Cheol is always looking at the moon so it wouldn't be a surprise if it was inspired by Spielberg's movie, plus one of the most impactful scenes of aslfua is when Cheol allows Miae to ride his bicycle with him in ep 95, the scene that I personally consider the end of the first part of the story.

Backstreet Boys

Miae is singing the 1997 hit song 'As Long As You Love Me'. Miae, like a typical teenager, likes boybands like the Fire Boys who might be the parody of The Backstreet Boys😃

Romeo and Juliet

There are quite a few references to the 1996 Romeo and Juliet movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. On 3 separate cover pages, Miae is portrayed as Juliet, while Cheol and Jisu are dressed like Romeo. There's also a scene where Miae imagines being Juliet who is not allowed to meet her Romeo when she cannot see Cheol. I wonder if Jisu will also have a Romeo-like element in his story that could create a similar situation, it would be an amazing foreshadowing element.

Man in Black

It looks like Soonkki really loves her alien references, because we also have the 1997 movie starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, who play agents tasked with monitoring extraterrestrial life on Earth.

Titanic

Another movie that is mentioned many times in the story, the Titanic (1997) is one that Miae seemingly loves and has watched many times. In fact, it's funny how her favourite part is the car scene because it really shows us readers that Miae is interested in the idea of love, even if she doesn't know what it truly entails to be in a relationship.

Green Day

People born before the 2000s all know that characters listening to the American band's songs were often the slacker/stoner stereotypes. I've also written a post about how Jisu is seemingly the subversion of the 90s slacker/stoner and nerd archetype, while Cheol seems to be the subversion of the jock trope. Jisu is listening to Basket Case (1994) that has become the anthem of many slackers/stoners in the 90s, and weirdly fits his character really well considering Jisu is usually described as a strange person. I've also made several posts about Jisu possibly being on the spectrum, and it's interesting to see how Jisu expresses himself with the songs he listens to, no wonder his hobby is listening to music. If we consider Jisu might be bad at expressing his feelings through his body language, it makes this scene even more precious.

Speed

Cheol invites Miae to watch a movie together and it happens to be the 1994 classic starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Reeves plays a police officer who has to save the passengers of a bus without the speed of the bus dropping below 50 miles per hour, otherwise a bomb would explode the vehicle. It's one of the most creative action films ever made, but if someone wants to watch it, I advice not to watch the sequel because it is awful lol.

Scream

Miae wants Cheol to join the academy kids watching an R-rated movie which leads to a hilarious misunderstanding. To Cheol's relief, the movie turns out to be the horror movie Scream (1996).

Shakespeare and Carl Jung

Like I've mentioned in my supernatural involvement post under ep 116, we get a close-up of 2 interesting posters.

One of them is about the forest in Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. The 4 central characters in the play all get entangled with the supernatural, and the forest symbolizes a world where the line between reality and fantasy is blurred. Dreams play an important role in the story as they are sometimes real, sometimes simply dreams. In aslfua, we also have dreams, a forest where young Miae and Cheol played, a stone tower fairy that allegedly grants wishes and an unknown supernatural power that talks to Miae.

The coincidences poster is likely a reference to Carl Jung's synchronicity, a concept that states that seemingly meaningful coincidences have a deeper meaning. One has to realize the connection between their psyche and the material world to experience synchronicity, so basically you have to notice the coincidences that keep happening and put meaning to them. Because these coincidences have no rational explanation, they can be proof for a deeper order in the universe, almost like destiny, no wonder Jung used this concept to argue for the existence of the paranormal. A simple example: you really cannot decide what to study in the future, but have seen many posters on your way about one school. You go home and it pops up on the Internet. You start to wonder if it's a coincidence, and decide that it's a sign from above and eventually choose it. You've experienced synchronicity.

-> this happens when seemingly unrelated events become meaningful to you. Miae wonders how she keeps bumping into Cheol. She says he must have come to her neighborhood because of her wish. Miae experiences synchronicity when it comes to Cheol. Or we could say Miae acknowledges a deeper order in the universe that, through coincidences, let her meet Cheol again. Jisu also notices that he keeps meeting Miae through coincidences, he acknowledges the deeper order, he even remarks it's fun, but he goes beyond and says he feels like there's a higher power involved. Miae has no idea about her coincidences with Jisu so she her psyche doesn't make the connection with the material world. So we have synchronicity experienced by: Miae->Cheol and Jisu->Miae.

Jisu, the grateful magpie

Jisu's backstory gives us a reference to a famous Korean folktale about a man who saved a group of baby magpies from a snake and in return the magpies sacrificed themselves to protect him. Here, the illustration clearly shows Miae as the person who uses her bow and arrow to kill the snake, while we know she called Jisu a magpie when they were kids. Throughout the story, we see Jisu trying to protect Miae and repay the favor without much luck, which pretty much foreshadows one big possible role for Jisu in the storyline, no wonder he's the one who's aware of Shim bullying Miae. It's no coincidence either how in the present she thinks Jisu resembles more of a bald eagle, a predatory animal.

Stone tower

Although it's not an allusion, I wanted to include this one because it's a very famous superstition in Korea. People used to pray to the mountain Gods by building stone pagodas so their wishes would be answered. This tradition is still alive, though nowadays most people tell their wishes or pray for good luck. You usually put your stones on an existing stone tower because it also shows how people are interconnected and how you should respect others so your wish can come true through the wishes of others. That's why you should never destroy a pagoda that somebody else made, and it's also very disrespectful. Miae also makes wishes to the tower so Cheol can become her friend and he would one day come to her neighborhood. When Cheol wants to give her a book, he accidentally falls on the pagoda and injures himself.

The Matrix

The Matrix (1999), one of the most famous movies of all time, is about how reality is actually an illusion, and people can be blinded about the truth about their own existence. The main character Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, is someone who awakens within the Matrix, similarly to what we see in The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey.

In one of the most iconic moments of the movie, the oracle tells Neo not to worry about the vase, while Neo doesn't know what she's talking about until he accidentally drops a vase. This scene poses many different questions about predetermination and free will. Was Neo's act predestined by prior experince, free will, or maybe both?

If you look at my aslfua screenshot, you can notice the code from Matrix in green. And what happens in the scene? Miae and Jisu injure a plant in a pot. An accident, right?? Well, depending on how you interpret it based on the movie. And what does Jisu do? He intentionally throws the pot and destroys the plant. Can Jisu's act be considered a sign of free will? Because that is what he tells Miae- that he is not a bully, so he took the blame by flipping over the plant. Jisu might just be a glitch in the system if you know what I mean :D

The Bible

Last but not least, we have this super symbolic illustration at the end of ep2 after Miae meets Cheol. The biblical allusion is obvious, Miae is holding out a green apple to Cheol, a half-eaten apple. In the first part Miae is the one providing her knowledge to Cheol in order to help him mature. :)

There are probably way more references, but I'm kind of tired so I might add others in the future. :) If anyone read this whole thing, thank you so much! :D

[i-smoke-chapstick]

HELLO WORKAHOLICS WRITER?!1?11 PLEASE SOME BLAKE HENDERSON FLUFF I BEG I’m torn between making out with him and playing with his hair TY!! ☺️

‘RED WINE SUPERNOVA,

-BLAKE HENDERSON X READER-

⋆ 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 ; blake general fluff hcs <3

⋆ tags/warnings. Blake Henderson x female reader. PURE FLUFF <3 This song is SO him, thank god for chappell roan!! making out, playing with his hair (ofc), canon typical drug talk, some vague spicyness. anons i love u pleaseplspls keep sending these requests in im FLOORRRREEDDDD

♫ “I don't care that you're a stoner / Put her canine teeth in the side of my neck / Okay, maybe it's a twin bed, and some roommates.” Red Wine Supernova by Chappell Roan

He is such a BABE

I know I mentioned pet names before, but this man NEVER stops. Ever. There is a never ending list of all the sweet things that come out of this guys mouth. We see him through almost every single season say the word “sweetheart” at least once. It’s his favorite.

And of course, the obligatory “my love,” and “dude” and “brajette” he says 24/7

Getting the craziest stupidest texts with all the ideas he comes up with. Having to talk him down, or if you wanna stir the pot, go ahead and encourage him.

“Babe, you won’t believe the idea I had today. What if we opened a petting zoo, but for people? Like, you pay to come and pet really nice people.”

“Blake, No-“

LOTS of physical affection. Especially showing off infront of the guys. He’s got a girlfriend (probably his first…) and he is in LOVE. He wants to scream it from the rooftops. Besides, out of all the guys, he might be the most insecure deep down. Que his hands wrapped around your waist ALL the time, or hugs from behind. Tackles you with kisses.

Insists on being incredibly chivalrous. Type of guy to run up to any door you need to open JUST so he can open it up for you first. Or, if you and the boys are out on the roof, he’s keeping an arm secured tightly around you. Just so you don’t fall.

Also insists on dragging you along with him everywhere he goes.

Get’s really nervous and excited whenever you reciprocate the affection, but he melts right into it. Seeing you wearing his clothes gives him a heart attack /pos

He’s just so caring. Type of boyfriend to check in on you, make sure you’re eating. He’ll give you a high-five if you eat a taco in two bites, incredibly impressed and just wowed by you. You have his utmost support in everything you do.

The dominant energy and he’s a golden retriever boyfriend LAWD

Him getting reallllll back into theater, wanting to act out some monologues. Attempting to read off Romeo and Juliet, butchering the old english. He’ll have you hold whatever script he’s got, wanting you to check his lines and prompt him.

Talking about dreams with eachother. Getting highly philosophical while he paints your nails, both of you high off your asses. Listening to whatever music CD you two play.

“You know, I think I missed my true calling as a nail artist.” When he’s done, admiring his handiwork.

He just loves DOING things with you. You guys will need to get Der’s to drive you out somewhere, and he’ll take you to a nature park or arcade with the boys. Or if it’s a one on one date thingy, he’ll try his absolute best to cook a frozen pizza. When he inevitably burns it, he’ll take you late night snack shopping and push you around in the cart.

Would love to have you in his WoW guild <3 He’s such a giant nerd ahhh

You’re the ONLY person he lets touch his hair. Anyone else he immediately gets defensive with. But with you? Oh my god, he feels honored. And it feels good. Especially when you snake your hand through his curls while you two are sneaking kisses at some strangers house party.

Speaking of kisses…

Ultimate neck-kisser. That one scene, when he’s with the girl in the pool, and he flips her around kinda roughly so he can kiss her neck? Yeah, it’s those small slight acts of dominance that come out when he knows you’re comfortable with him and just as horny as he is.

The heavy breathing, the way he clings to you. He just can’t keep his hands off of you. One on your face, one on your waist, letting you climb into his lap. When he notices it’s getting real hot and heavy, he’ll flip you over so he’s on top ;)

Those little high-pitched moans he lets out with no shame. The little soft utterances of “Oh god,” and “Damn, you’re so fucking hot. Like, crazy hot.” Quickly muttered between open mouthed kisses he plants on you <3

Mmm the french kissing, the shotgunning smoke out of his mouth while he holds you’re chin, his sharp little canines brushing up against your neck when he bites down softly.

You know that little meme thats like, “If I was a worm, would you still love me?”

If you turned into a worm he’d build you a little sanctuary and take care of you everyday.

[kylestfs]

Can I take seat 17? I think it’s an emergency exit row?

Tattoos sprouting…. feet thickening… that’s right, you’re now Romeo. A stoner, skater bad boy. With a foot smell capable of making you pass out.

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

Sexuality ; Gay

Status ; top

Musk ; 9/10, all coming from your size 15 feet and your hairy pits.

Butt size ; 5/10, average, but you don’t really need it anyway.

Dick size ; 8/10, 7.5 inches, thick and veiny.

Farts ; 3/10, surprisingly not gassy.

Intelligence ; 5/10, you’re definitely not smart, but not completely dumb either.

Muscles ; 7.5/10

Overall looks ; 9.5/10

If you have any questions about your new amazing body, feel free to ask in PMS!

[ripplover]

Some random sims 2 headcanons I have, mostly for the base game hoods but there’s a few other sims (I will repost the ones I have for Ripp eventually and I also want to do a post for my sim Lana, I didn’t put them all here lol.)

The sims 2 starts in late 2004.

Pleasantview is in Northern California, Strangetown is in Nevada, and Veronaville is a mix of the UK and Italy.

Lilith pleasant is a tomboy and gender non conforming. Possibly non binary and transmasc in some way too.

Asexual Lilith.

Lilith and Angela are actors in a sitcom based on Pleasantview (they are canonically also in a pizza ad.)

Daniel Pleasant is a famous football/soccer player.

Brandi Broke was a teen mum.

The Lotharios are distantly related to the Montys.

Dina Caliente becomes a black widow before ending up with Brandi.

The Goths have witch heritage and powers.

Vidcund is a science teacher at Strangetown high and the students make fun of him.

Stoner Lazlo is real.

Olive, Ophelia and Nervous all have witch heritage and powers.

General Buzz has Scottish heritage and makes it a part of his personality.

Lyla was a closeted sapphic in love with Olive before she died.

Lyla is half Vietnamese.

Lyla was a lounge singer.

Jill Smith fangirls over NSYNC and Backstreet Boys.

Jill Smith has a crush on Ripp Grunt and writes about him in her diary.

Meanwhile, Ripp is down bad for Chloe Curious.

Ripp works at the silver rocket service station with Oscar Del Fuego and Mambo Loa from the PSP.

Transmasc non binary Ripp.

The townies Kendal Lawson and Tina Roennigke are Ripp’s bullies (they contributed to his fear of toilets on the psp.)

Ripp is destined to be a rock star.

Johnny Ripp and Ophelia all did music together at school and they had a small band together.

Tank Grunt is actually a sensitive himbo.

Tank secretly had a crush on Johnny Smith.

Tank and Ripp once got along.

Missy Mcboom is an in universe superhero with a tv show both Ripp and Tank were obsessed with.

Ripp also loves watching the said sitcom with Lilith and Angela.

Buck Grunt is a closeted transfem.

The Capps and Montys are raised religious (based on the sims medieval religions.) The Capps are Jacoban and the Monty’s Peteran.

The Capp-Monty feud is Mafia warfare.

Miranda Capp goes to British clubs and she would love Brat by Charli XCX.

Kent Capp does drag.

The Summerdreams are real fairies and have magic powers.

Titania likes using magic to play pranks on Veronaville residents for the drama and tea.

Titania and Oberon’s love for parties and eccentricities embarrass Puck.

Lazlo and Mercutio are fat.

Trans Romeo Monty who was previously Viola.

Several sims are autistic (Cassandra Goth, Tybalt Capp, Natasha Una, the Curious brothers and Jenny Smith, Erin Beaker and the Grunt family.)

Nervous Subject has various mental illnesses, Ophelia has anxiety and depression and PTSD is prevalent in a lot of households (mostly the Capps, Montys and Grunts.)

Sims aliens have some interesting biology. They can get anyone pregnant basically. Pure aliens are male and female at once (Stella and PT9 present as the genders they want to.)

That’s all my headcanons i’m putting here (so far.)

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Ten facts Jeremy?

Banned from the kitchen bc he keeps setting shit on fire and doesn't know how he does it

Loves to skateboard, part time stoner, mario kart champion probably of ohio

Undiagnosed ADHD king (and anxiety)

Favourite childhood memories include Jesse playing mostly classic rock records for him while Johanna and Chad would fight and, when Jesse got his license, Jesse driving him to Dairy Queen (and still playing classic rock in the car) to keep him away from the fights

His favourite comfort food is stouffers Mac & Cheese (specifically/only that brand) because it's what Jesse used to make for him every day, sometimes twice a day, in New York until he learned how to cook a few things – his other favourite food is pasta with garlic bread

Surprisingly good at math, especially algebra, he finds it very fun and is really good with memorizing equations

Jeremy's broadway debut is as Romeo in Newsies, which he does in the summer after s5 (well the summer after 100/New Directions). After university, his first leading role on Broadway is as Jack Kelly in Newsies

Accidentally gets recruited to the Cheerios and eventually becomes Head Cheerio – he still doesn't know how it happened (but it starts with Sue seeing him do a duet of Hot Patootie with Carl in Rocky Horror Glee Show)

In his verse, not only does Jeremy go to school in LA (he wants to be close to Jesse & Roman) but so do Sam, Blaine, and Artie – Artie goes to USC, Sam goes to The California Institute Of The Arts, Jeremy goes to the American Musical Dramatic Academy, and Blaine goes to CalArts with Sam – and they get an apartment together. Since Sam, Blaine, and Artie graduated first, they all spent a year in dorms and then when Jeremy moved out there, they got an apartment

Jeremy's emotional support hoodie was a red hoodie of Finn's that got left at Josh's apartment years ago, has faded to more of a pink, is still too big on Jeremy, and Jeremy will never ever give it back

Bonus – I keep forgetting it but Jeremy (technically Josh but really Jeremy) has three pets: a cat named Phantom that Josh got when he was 5, a pug named Cha Cha adopted when Jeremy was 9-10, and a portuguese waterdog named Corny Collins that they got when he was 13-14 (all here)

[nocturnalazura]

Alright it's time!

[newedensgarden]

Vinyl Shopping

There were many songs, bands, and genres that many people had not even discovered yet. The thought of this fascinated August, and so sometimes when he was on tour he would seek out local record shops. Vinyls, instruments, posters, and more. Just to see if he could discover something he never heard before. Or perhaps something he hadn't heard in many years. It helped to inspire him to make more music. They were travelling through some city with a teeny population and big heart. With him today was someone else who loved music almost as much as the Father did, if not more. The redhead lifted one of the vinyls up, showing him from across the aisle. As per usual, she hit a jackpot. Wandering over to where she was, his fingertips flipped through the several titles of the thick vinyls. Current goth bands such as Roadside Memorial and Lebanon Hanover. Rock music like Sisters of Mercy, Switchblade Symphony, Faith and the Muse, and London after Midnight. Deathrock, never his cup of tea despite the type of music his band Avantgarden made. Snythpop bands like Wolfsheim were discovered, the essential type of tunes you would find in any 80s club. Darkwave. How could Auggie describe such a genre? Music fest stoners if they were dark-inclined. He put on a vinyl and put the big squishy headphones on to listen to half of it before delicately putting it over bumblebee's head, letting her listen to dark wave as well. She made a face, clear dissaproval. "Sounds like a gateway drug." A grin cracked across stone features, creasing dimples into stubble cheeks as he tried to hide his reaction to her comment. Pressing his lips together, August moved on to another aisle of records. All alphebitzed and color coded. Industrial to ethereal and everything in-between. Electronic Body Music. New Romantic, mostly 80s bands. The Prophet was never the romantic type as it is, so he moved on. Coldwave. Snythpop. New age punk. And then he found the jackpot. Right in the center. Whistling, he waved the woman with him over. She rest her chin on his shoulder and looked over to see what the curious shortking had uncovered in the heart of the vinyl shop. The two went straight into the Batcave. Bauhaus, Sioxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, Twin Tribes, Drab Majesty, Lebanon Hanover, Mode Moderne, The Hearse, She Past Away, Draconian Incubus, Linea Aspera, Virgin in Veil, Actors, Tempers, Merciful Nuns, Angels of Liberty, Neon Tzigane, O.Children, Cabaret Nocturne, SRSQ, Light Asylum, Night Sins, Hante, Sonsombre, Her Despair, The Awakening, Artificial Monuments, Scarlet Leaves , Geometric Visions, Boy Harsher, Pretentious Moi, Sombre, Whispering Sons, Velvet Condom, This Cold Night, Riki, Korine, Malefixio, Horror Vacui, Mirages, Cold Cave, HIGH-FUNCTIONING FLESH, Bat Nouveau, Disjecta Membra, Egoprisme, Opened Paradise, Molchat Doma, Living Temples, Future Faces, Kuta, Plastique Noir, Ritual Howls, The Rope, Wisborg. His head spun with excitement, almost overwhelmed. The only thing that yanked him back was the sound of a feminine laugh. Velvet and snake venom. He finally reached an inked hand out and settled on whatever it landed on. Leaving the store with Romeo's Distress.

[annethunderstorms]

My Year in Books 2024:

10,046 pages read

30 books read

Things I Learned from Falling by Claire Nelson

- nonfiction, memoir, survival, mental health

- set in US (Joshua Tree NT) and UK (London)

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss

- set in Japan

- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Nagare Tokita, Sachi

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss

- set in Japan

- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Nagare Tokita

Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven

- nonfiction, biography, survival, history

- set on Wrangel Island (Russia), Nome (Alaska) in 1920s

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

- nonfiction, history, crime, indigenous

- set in Osage County (Oklahoma) in 1920s

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Eliott

- nonfiction, biography, race, mental health, indigenous

- set in Canada (Ontario)

Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

- historical fiction, war, discrimination

- set in Vietnam in 1969 en 2016

- main characters: Trang, Quỳnh Phong, Dan

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

- fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, survival

- set in Toronto, Great Lakes Region

- main characters: Kirsten Raymonde, Arthur Leander, Miranda Carroll

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

- fiction, writing, thriller, racism

- set in US (Washington, D.C.)

- main characters: Athena Liu, Juniper "June" Hayward

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

- fiction, mental health, romance

- set in Japan in 1969-1970

- main character: Toru Watanabe

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

- fiction, thriller, mystery, indigenous

- set in US (upper Michigan)

- main character: Daunis Fontaine

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

- nonfiction, self help, personal development, creativity

Great Plains by Ian Frazier

- nonfiction, travel, history, nature, American West

- set in US

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

- fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, speculative

- set in US (California)

- main character: Lauren Olamina

Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende

- historical fiction, colonialism, romance

- set in Spain, Peru, Chile in 1500s

- main characters: Inés Suárez, Pedro de Valdivia

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

- historical fiction, nature, survival, colonialism

- set in US (Virginia) in 1610

- main character: servant girl

Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie

- fiction, coming-of-age, family, friendship, discrimination

- set in Ghana, US

- main characters: Akorfa, Selasi

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

- fiction, drama, mystery, motherhood

- set in US (Ohio)

- main characters: Mia Warren, Pearl Warren, Richardson family

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

- historical fiction, family saga, discrimination

- set in Korea, Japan from 1910-1989

- main characters: Sunja Kim, Koh Hansu, Noa Baek, Mosazu Baek, Solomon Baek

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

- fiction, indigenous, coming-of-age, magical realism

- set in Canada (Nunavut) in 1970s

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

- fiction, mystery, crime, womanhood

- set in Russia (Kamchatka)

- main characters: Marina Alexandrovna, Alyona & Sophia Golosovskaya

LaRose by Louise Erdrich

- fiction, family, grief, indigenous

- set in US (North Dakota)

- main characters: LaRose Iron, Landreaux Iron, Nola Ravich, Maggie Ravich, Romeo Puyat

Instructions for Traveling West: Poems by Joy Sullivan

- nonfiction, poetry, memoir

Stoner by John Williams

- historical fiction, classic, academia

- set in US (Missouri) from 1910s-1950s

- main character: William Stoner

Dream Wheels by Richard Wagamese

- fiction, western, rodeo, healing

- set in Canada or US (Alberta or Montana)

main characters: Joe Willie Wolfchild, Aiden Hartley, Claire Hartley

Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris

- historical fiction, World Word II, women, survival

- set in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia) between 1942-1945

- main characters: Nesta James, Norah Chambers

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

- historical fiction, magical realism, family, loneliness

- set in US (Alaska) in 1920s

- main characters: Jack, Mabel, Faina, Benson family

Go as a River by Shelley Read

- historical fiction, coming-of-age, family, survival, loss

- set in US (Colorado) from 1944-1971

- main character: Victoria Nash

To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

- historical fiction, adventure, nature, magical realism

- set in US (Alaska) in 1880s

- main characters: Allen Forrester, Sophie Forrester

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

- nonfiction, colonialism, history, politics

- set in Africa

[bolin-begs]

Took a trip today and here's our adventure!

- followed a dirt road some ways out into the desert(on foot) and saw some horse poop on the way and we came across some houses just kinda built out there with some teenagers in the front yard of one of them playing basketball.

- one of my favorite jokes these days is to call any teenager I(24 years old) see a hooligan. I shared with my brother that these hooligans were up to their tricks. My brother (32) told me that they're not hooligans just because they're teenagers :(

- we kinda circled around that dirt road a bit and then took a break in some shade. He told me I was getting really red. I told him I'm immune to the sun. He didn't believe me.

- we took a little side dirt road and saw some horse tracks. We decided to follow them to find the horse. They led us to the horse poop on the road we saw earlier.

- while walking back to the main road we saw a cloud peeking over the nearby mountain. Idk how else to describe it other than the cloud was giving it a hug.

- we decided to go down yet another dirt road, yet again in the middle of nowhere, and found this absolutely beautiful castle of a house on this dirt road in the middle of nowhere. It legit had a Romeo and bullet balcony and a beautiful driveway and it was just so gorgeous that we speculated on why anyone would build that out here.

- across the street from fairytale house was a mostly fenced off area with one entry in or out of it and a sign that said "sunset pond". It was neither sunset nor a pond because there was no water at all in it. It had rained before and the shrooms were starting to take affect so all of the plants around it looked extra green but we made fun of the "pond plants" for being in the wrong place.

- there were also benches inside the fencing area as well as a path around the "pond" and down into it too so we went to explore inside. Inside, I shit you not, was a place that had to be designated just for stoners, people tripping, and other hooligans because there was a breath taking rock formation that was definitely handmade next to an underground tunnel that was COVERED in graffiti. We decided to take a break there.

- while in there, the shrooms really started taking affect to the point that all the graffiti looked like it was melting away and every time I looked down I seemed to be covered in bugs that weren't there. I think this is the longest break we took the whole day and, at least in trip world, it felt like we were there for 300 years at least just watching the graffiti and the rocks and the desert around us.

- one notable hallucination during this time too was that while we were in the tunnel, we were staring at the clouds around the mountain(they were no longer hugging it). My brother was watching a flat cloud above everything else and swore it looked like a dragon ball z(?) Type fight in the air. Meanwhile I was looking at a line of clouds beneath that one that looked like a cartoony chase of an alligator, a hippo, a chipmunk, a squirrel, really just a bunch of animals chasing each other around.

-I also remember looking into the desert beyond and thinking if we had to run out of there for some reason, it would be like those nightmares where no matter how much you run you get nowhere. Idk why I thought this.

- we left the tunnel and followed the path the rest of the way out of there until we came to a closed gate(remember how I said the fence was only open on one side? This is why) and my brother, at the peak of his high, could not figure out why the gate wasn't open no matter how hard he stared at it.

- finally I pitched the idea to go the way we came. Half way through the pond, he decided to stop and make fun of the pond plants again.

- we went just a bit more past the fairytale house and we came to another house with a fake deer in its back yard. The fence to the back yard was completely see through so it spooked me and I asked him why someone would have it. He told me the backyard was where it grazed during the day. The back yard was filled with gravel and had no grass whatsoever.

- we came to another house with 2 horses outside. Success! We found out where the horses went.

- at a crossroads we decided to turn right. A plane flew over us, again idk if it was the drugs exaggerating things or what but it was super loud. We stared at it until it passed.

- we came across a very rotted old wooden realtor sign that said "1/2 acre lot- utilities". I started pretending we were archeologists discovering the ruins of an old city named "acrelottility"

- we came across another fenced off area with a bunch of small machines inside and a sign that said something about studying hydrology in the area. We later looked up what hydrology meant, it's something about studying water. Again, I can't stress this enough, this was the middle of the desert with no water.

- we came to an area with a bunch of hills and valleys. I assumed immediately that it was for local 4 wheelers. My brother did not. We made our way to the top of one of the hills and took a break again. I noticed broken glass on the ground and(safely) grabbed a piece and told him the ancient people used it as a digging tool. He started making a glass castle with the pieces, or as he called it, a glasstle.

- we sat there for 50 years shrooms time and all I can remember talking about is how terrible 9/11 would be to experience while tripping

-I know we were on an area for 4 wheelers but some asshole decided to ride super close to us and release all his exhaust fumes all over us so my brother finally made the connection that this is for 4 wheelers and not people so we got up to leave. On our way out I remember us talking about how that poor boy was a 4 wheeler/ human hybrid and how his mother cries herself to sleep every night because of how ugly he is.

- we also kept looking at the clouds on the mountain and they seemed to be rushing towards us with a big storm but also staying where they were at the same time.

- we decided to start going back home because we were both pretty hungry but we took an extended route around back to the main road. We passed by a house that looked like it had come from a small village in Germany or Switzerland and we nicknamed it "little Germany". We also talked about how little Germany was friends with Fairytale houses because weird out of place houses have to stick together

- while walking down the main road I remember thinking how we must have looked to anyone who saw us. We were both sweaty and covered in dirt and sunburned(turns out I'm not immune to sun) and my brother was playing pink Floyd with his speaker.

- also he was wearing a bandana, sunglasses, and a tank top, with this grime on him, with this trippy music and all I could think about was that this must have been how it felt in Nam. Like we had just survived a war.

- there was a sign on the road that said "hidden drive- 300 ft" so I told him "be careful, there's a hidden drive around here" and he said "AND it has 300 feet?!" Truly I wish I could have seen the faces on the people who were outside to hear this.

[magnumversumplus]

Annavyani

Written By Joseph M.

| Written In Consultation With writeformeAI: A ChatGPT Language Model By @antienjoys On Poe App |

1428 A.D.

Gandabash: A Country Somewhere In Medieval Europe

The sound of silver armor plates aggressively scraping against each other, horses screeching as they chased each other through the rotten streets of Gandabash and the violent thunderstorm rolling on overloaded James Wyran Annavyani’s ears as he chased a group of bandits down Gandabash streets, knocking over fruit vending carts and hand-brewed coffee stands, filling his nostrils with an aroma of mud, freshly crushed coffee beans and citrus.

James Wyran chased down one of the bandits and cornered him, leaping off his horse, Dewy, and drawing his longsword from his silver-encrusted scabbard. The bandit’s horse screeched as it furiously galloped away from its owner. James Wyran felt the tears of relief drip down behind his helmet. The feathers adorning the silver crown, whose grates masked his titillated expression, stood like the hairs under his pauldron.

The bandit had tears of sweat rolling down his chin, perspiration that smelled of scotch and frustration at getting caught rather than shame for his actions. He had a bitter heart, a drunken mind and a bottle of some generic brand drink in his hands. This man was Bartham Kolson, a drunken lowlife with a gurgly voice and bushy eyebrows.

Bartham and James Wyran’s bloodlines were destined to be longstanding rivals, but neither Kolson nor Annavyani knew that at the time.

James Wyran just wanted to arrest Bartham and have him tried for his crimes, and Bartham wanted to get away scot-free. It was a tale as old as time, a song as old as rhyme and a riveting story about two enemies and those trapped in the crossfires of their feud, a Romeo and Juliet story for the ages.

1600 A.D.

Kanaraft: A Country Somewhere In Asia

Vazin Annavyani walked through the streets of Kan’on, carrying himself through streets flowing with people, sidewalks littering with the entrances to small houses whose clotheslines were draped with all sorts of garments from people of all different walks of life. He walked down these sidewalks followed by a parade of soldiers wearing black steel armor, guards carrying sabers with serrated edges and sharp, golden outlines.

Vazin carried the arrest warrant for one of the most hated, most vile men in the city of Kanaraft: Barron Kolson. Vazin, accompanied by his army of troopers, pushed away white-bearded men dressed in raggy, tattered robes, children playing in the streets with rag dolls and wooden samurai miniatures, and marched up to Barron’s doorstep, pounding on his door.

“Open up!” cried Vazin, drawing his blade, his voice carrying a hint of rashness and impatience. “Open up, Barron!”

Barron was struggling to escape through a small escape trapdoor, a wooden hatch hidden under a rag by the fireplace decorated by tchotchkes. He was crawling into a tunnel on the other side of the house, his legs–draped in robes slipping in as Vazin slashed down the door with his blade. Vazin and his men slashed apart the floor with their swords, their blades nearly gashing Barron’s back as he crawled in the maze under the house.

Barron crawled through the claustrophobic space under his ransacked abode until he reached a second trapdoor, one that led him into a dimly lit forest, the light of the gleaming Sun obfuscated by the shade of the swaying treetops. He was temporarily spared from the bloodthirst of the Annavyanis, surrounded by the embrace of nature.

Seattle, Washington

Modern Day

There was James Wyran battling Bartham, there was Vazin battling Barron, and now there was Andrew and Vitnya Annavyani fighting the drunkard of legend, Stoner Kolson, whose alcoholic tendencies resembled Bartham’s, but his resentment of the two families’ destructive rivalry resembled Barron’s hatred. He had a long beard that curled up at the tip, and its hue faded from a dirty chestnut to a rusty gray. He wore shades that were missing a left lens, had a gray biker jacket and stored two pistols in his blue jeans.

Nestled in one of his eye sockets was not a wonderfully beautiful iris but a solid steel ball. Resting in his other eye socket was what remained of his old self, a beautiful lapis blue eye. Vitnya and Andrew confronted him in his dark, desolate lair.

Andrew’s appearance was much more formal, wearing a black trench coat, black slacks and slick black shoes. Vitnya wore much of the same attire, except he also wore a black fedora, some black gloves and had a rope stored in a belt with golden fabric designs intricately weaved into the latté leather. They both carried police-issued guns–they were dignified policemen and they were here moreso to carry out an arrest than to carry out a grudge.

Vitnya and Andrew had rancor against Stoner, but it wasn’t comparable to the bitter quarrels James Wyran and Vazin had against the Kolson bloodline. Still, the Annavyani brothers were determined to bring Stoner in.

“It’s over, Stoner,” said Vitnya. “There’s nothing you can do. Put down the gun.” Vitnya slowly approached Stoner, his hands clasping a pistol stowed in his holster.

Stoner backed away, his own two “silver babies” out and spitting warning shots. Ammo poked through tin cans, shattered rocket-shaped glass bottles and knocked a shiny obsidian bowling ball off a shelf.

Vitnya and Andrew kept closing in, with Andrew assuring, “We won't hurr you if you turn yourself over to us. We will get you a good legal team and minimize the damage your crimes might do.”

“No!” Stoner cried, running away from the brothers. He shot off into a damp corner, lights flashing from his pistols’ barrels. Vitnya and Andrew hurried after him as best as they could, but he made a swift getaway behind a closet.

Vitnya leapt above a pile of Amazon shipping boxes, a stack of cardboard packages with the shipping labels and the senders’ addresses still on them. He fired off a first, second, third bullet–he blew several magazines into the darkness like an impulsive child destroying Nintendo game cartridges, or Stoner trudging through several bottles in one day. He just shot until he hit something, which he did: Stoner’s arm.

Vitnya and Andrew turned on their flashlights, beacons of light glowing through the dark room. They found Stoner injured and limping down the hallway, flailing his left arm around and staggering nose-first into a wall. As Detective Vitnya Annavyani of the NYPD crept nearer towards Stoner and a promotion to Chief Detective, a shrewd figure grabbed his shoulder, pulling him into the void.

Stoner–and Detective Vit’s promotion–vanished within the corridors of his own man cave.