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novelizt · 10 months ago

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I'm supposed to be writing but I JUST REALISED PART 8 IS OUT AND PART 9 IS ON THE WAY?? Just dropped all my responsibilities to read this 😌

(Y/n had stolen one of Anthony's t-shirts already, and when she'd first walked out of the bathroom in it he'd kissed her for a good few minutes in a way that left them both breathless)

Why is this in parenthesis? This should be immortalised in history.

I need an Anthony Lockwood to be my honorary weighted blanket too 🥹🥹 (I'm so jealous)

She was wearing one of his jumpers again (she had really leaned into the habits of being his girlfriend already, which meant that many of his t-shirts and jumpers were suspiciously not in the drawers he had originally put them in)

Anthony learning about the Girlfriend Tax™ 😌

Y/n wasn't the biggest fan of the outdoors, but whenever they gained even the slightest amount of snow she was out of the house in a flash, laughing and spinning around the street while it fell. Anthony had always accompanied her, giving the excuse that he wanted to be nearby if she tripped and fell so he could laugh (to which Lucy, George, and Holly had looked at him dubiously).

I WANT WHAT THEY HAVE 😭😭😭

He also saw Y/n fall on her ass incredibly dramatically, and immediately good memories were being created again.

💘💘💘

He wasn't going to hurt her again, not now that he had a chance with her. And if anyone else hurt her? Well, he would just have to ask which one of them was picking up the shovel, and who was taking the body bag.

Anthony Lockwood, the man you are!!

He kissed her again, trying not to smile too much since it stopped them from kissing more, and wrapped both arms around her waist. She was smiling too, her cold nose pressing into his, and she let out a joyful shriek when he suddenly bent slightly and picked her up off the ground, twirling her while not ever taking his lips off of hers. When he finally put her down again he sighed in content, resting his forehead against hers and just revelling in the knowledge that they had worked through it all, and he was happy.

His parents had taken fort building seriously, no matter what the material they were using was. Pillow forts were always complex too, but when finished Anthony had a castle to be king of.

The feminine urge to be queen of said castle

Never thought a discussion about mud huts could make me cry but here we are

Lol, the orange juice whale discussion

"his skinny beanpole frame" Belle XD

She's so real for that

The designated team names are cracking me up—

HE SAID IT!! HE CALLED US 💞SCHMOOPIE💞!!! WE WIN!

HECK YES GET BACK AT STEPH AGENDA!!!

Y/n immediately pushed herself up (that made Anthony make another "oof" since she had braced her full weight on his chest) and turned around, pointing at all her gathered family members who were stood looking sorry for themselves (apart from Tom, he was still running around and throwing himself in the snow) and shouting "HA! WE WIN, SUCKERS!"

WE WIN, SUCKERS!!

Anthony Lockwood is home 💙

Belle, have I told you how much I love you? I love you so much 💙💙💙

Can't wait for part 9!!

Deck the Halls (and not your partner) - part 8

from here on out this series is just going to be Lockwood and reader bonding and being annoyingly good together while coming up with steadily more ridiculous ways to piss off the bitchy cousin bc she's trying to get revenge

with that said lockwood does have a brief sad moment :(

Word count: 7.1k

Warnings: swearing, references to sex (both mild and slightly less mild), sleepy lockwood, he can't talk properly when sleepy, the whole morning thing is just what I want to happen in my own life tbh, Steph (the Bitch), lockwood remembers his childhood (might make you sad), brief mentions of murder?? hypothetical murder though (that will make sense I promise), a really intense snowball fight, (can you tell I'm an archaeology student from the way I describe building forts and mud huts?), lockwood gives all the teams in the snowball fight names and they are very basic but I love them

That night when Y/n and Anthony went to bed, they stood staring awkwardly at the bed for five minutes.

"Well that armchair can't be comfortable," Y/n said, glancing sceptically at it. She wasn't sure where Anthony had slept the night before after their argument, or even if he'd slept at all, but she didn't feel right about taking the whole bed for herself anymore now that their situation had changed.

She would do it if he insisted, of course, but there would be a very tiny part of her brain telling her to be the better person. It was unlikely that she'd listen to it.

"I got used to it, and I've slept in worse places. You take the bed again. The bath surely couldn't have been nice to sleep in."

"It was actually a lot more comfortable than you'd think." They kept on looking at the bed, both in their pyjamas (Y/n had stolen one of Anthony's t-shirts already, and when she'd first walked out of the bathroom in it he'd kissed her for a good few minutes in a way that left them both breathless). "Maybe... maybe we could share? I don't know if that's too soon or anything but honestly if we've been supposedly dating since April then I think we're way past that."

"If you're happy with it then I am, darling."

"Alright. I'm having this side though." A couple of minutes later the two of them were under the covers and settled in, and Y/n reached over to turn off her bedside lamp. The room was immediately shrouded in darkness, and suddenly it felt a lot colder than before, despite the fact she was buried under the duvet. "Ant?"

"Yeah?"

"... Can I move a bit closer to you? I'm cold." She didn't get a verbal response, instead receiving the sounds of the sheets crumpling and a body shifting, and a few seconds later Anthony's warmth was surrounding her as he took her into his arms and laid her on top of him. She tangled their legs together and wrapped an arm around his torso, and he brought both of his arms around her to secure her in place.

"Is that better?" he asked, and from where her head was resting on his chest she nodded.

"Much better. Thank you."

Her breathing evened out not long after, and she fell asleep to the slightly faster than usual beating of Anthony's heart.

~~~

When morning came (or rather when the sun finally rose over the horizon, since it was just after 8 AM), Y/n woke up and tried to turn over to stretch, but found that her movements were restricted by a weight on her side.

An investigation of what was happening lead to the discovery that Anthony was now lying on top of her instead of the other way around like they had been when they went to sleep, and that was why she couldn't turn over. She went to shift him off of her, but as she went to move him she caught a glimpse of his face and realised that he looked so peaceful asleep she might just let him stay that way. He barely got enough sleep as it was, so why cut it short when he was finally getting some rest? God knew he needed it with how hard he worked to keep the company going, although that had been much easier in the past year as they had gained more popularity among the people of England (their name had been spread far and wide by happy clients).

He wasn't entirely on top of her, more lying on his stomach next to her while he rested his head on her shoulder and spread his arm out over her middle, but the weight was enough that movement was restricted. A light knock sounded from the door, making Y/n look away from her new boyfriend's face to see who it was. For some reason fear gripped her as the handle turned, but when the door opened a few seconds later to reveal her father she let out a sigh of relief. She had been worried that Stephanie was starting her research into how she was going to get her revenge already, but Y/n's cousin was almost certainly still asleep at this hour.

"Just got some tea," he whispered after Y/n put her finger to her lips, pointing down at the still-sleeping Anthony. "Where should I put it? Just here? Alright, there you go. I think we're all just going to lie in bed for as long as we think we can get away with, so don't worry about coming downstairs yet if you don't want to."

"Thanks, Dad." He crept back out the room, wincing slightly when the door hinges protested as he pulled it shut, and then he was padding down the hallway back to his own room. Soft sounds from just below her head made Y/n look down at Anthony, who had apparently been woken by the door closing. He rubbed at his eyes, blinking furiously as he attempted to properly shake himself awake, and pushed himself up a little to sleepily smile down at her.

"Morning, darling," he murmured, dropping his head to press a small kiss to her lips. "D'ya sleep alright?"

"Mmhm. Did you?" Anthony only nodded in response, eyes drifting shut every few seconds as he tried to stay conscious long enough to hold a conversation with her.

"You can go back to sleep if you want, although Dad just brought tea in if you want it."

"Ooh, that would be brilliant. D'ya want me to pour it?" Y/n stifled a giggle at his slightly slurred speech, and starting to move into a sitting position.

"Don't worry, Ant. I've got it." She poured out the water, making sure to add the honey and sugar to his at the right times, then carefully handed over the mug. "Have you got a proper hold on it? Because if you spill tea in bed then I might have to kill you."

"I can't spill tea? But how else are you meant to know that George and Flo have definitely fuc-" he was cut off when Y/n hurriedly reached out to steady his mug, the liquid inside nearly sloshing over the edge as he had been leaning in in a conspiratorial manner, forgetting he was holding a large cup of steaming hot liquid in one hand.

"Anthony! Watch what you're doing!"

"Sorry," he said, faint blush coming on to his cheeks as she scolded him. "Was jus' trying to make a joke. Although what I said about Flo and George wasn't a joke." He made a point to look her in the eyes with as much seriousness he could muster, as though it were of the utmost importance that she knew all about her colleague's sex life.

"Alright, thank you for that," she responded, making sure her tone was gentle, and when he smiled dopily she felt her heart skip a beat or two.

How the hell is he so pretty?

"You're pretty too, darling." His smile had turned smug, and she realised with a start that she'd said her previous thought out loud. Her face started heating up, and Anthony did a good job of hiding his laughter were it not for the amusement dancing in his eyes as he sipped his tea.

"Shut up," she mumbled, wanting to jab him in the side but not trusting his capabilities of holding his tea steady this early in the morning.

~~~

"Good morning, lovebirds!" Will chirped when Y/n and Anthony walked into the kitchen, and he sent a smirk their way from where he stood at the hob frying eggs. "Sleep alright?" He seemed to be asking something else though from the way his eyebrows were moving.

"Is... he okay?" he whispered instead, leaning down slightly to reach Y/n's ear.

"I talked to him in the library yesterday. After... you know."

"Ah. Right." After they had argued and then made up and then made out. "Does that mean he's up to date then?"

"Yep."

So Will knew about all of that. This could be interesting.

"They must have slept fine," Ben started, pulling out the toast that had popped and putting in more slices. "Y/n looked like she'd only just woken up when I went in with tea, and Anthony was fast asleep."

Anthony felt a blush rise up his neck and cover his face at the realisation that Ben had seen him draped over his eldest daughter, but the fond smile that appeared on Y/n's face made it worthwhile. She was wearing one of his jumpers again (she had really leaned into the habits of being his girlfriend already, which meant that many of his t-shirts and jumpers were suspiciously not in the drawers he had originally put them in), and was cosying up to his side as he leaned back against the kitchen island.

Y/n looked like she was about to say something, but at the exact moment she opened her mouth another voice was already filling the room.

"Morning everybody! How are we all today? Isn't the snow just gorgeous?"

Emma grimaced slightly before she turned around, sharing a glance with Anthony before greeting her niece. "It is, Stephanie. I take it you slept alright?"

"Oh yes, thank you!" She was weirdly chipper for somebody who had been acting like a raving lunatic the night before, and Anthony couldn't help but feel unease creep up his spine at her wide grin.

What was she up to?

"Hello, you two! Are you looking forward to going out in the snow later? I shall have to drag you out, Y/n/n, since you hate going outside!" Anthony frowned. Y/n wasn't the biggest fan of the outdoors, but whenever they gained even the slightest amount of snow she was out of the house in a flash, laughing and spinning around the street while it fell. Anthony had always accompanied her, giving the excuse that he wanted to be nearby if she tripped and fell so he could laugh (to which Lucy, George, and Holly had looked at him dubiously).

But really it was because it had been so long since he had seen anyone so carefree.

He had loved the snow as a little kid, running around trying to catch the snowflakes on his tongue, building snowmen, making snow angels, having snowball fights with his family.

Then he had been on his own, and suddenly the snow was no longer a source of warmth for him. He had looked at the roads paved in white and felt as cold as the outside air, good memories being brought up and tainted the longer he stared at it.

He could see where he had set up a fort in defence against his father and sister's attack, crouching behind the wall with his mother while they laughed so hard their sides hurt.

He could see where the four of them had laid down in the thick snow, spreading out their arms and legs and sweeping them back and forth, back and forth. Jess had deliberately laid down close to him so they could hit each other playfully.

He could see where he and Jess had made their snowman (although they called it a snow ghost), carefully picking through the undergrowth to find the perfect stones that were just right for the features.

He could see all of that when he saw snow, and eventually he had stopped looking.

But then Y/n had come along, bright and burning, and when she had experienced her first snowfall at 35 Portland Row she had shrieked with joy. Within moments she had shrugged on her thick coat and boots, hat haphazardly shoved on her head and gloves neglected as she shot out the front door, and the other members of the agency were left behind to wonder what on earth was happening.

The other three were quick to follow, leaving Lockwood inside to watch from behind the glass barrier, and for the first time in years he looked outside and saw the snow.

He also saw Y/n fall on her ass incredibly dramatically, and immediately good memories were being created again.

It took him another year to actually go outside in the snow again, and by this point he was deeply entrenched in the hating game that he had with Y/n that he used his excuse of wanting to see her fall over.

He didn't admit to himself for a while that the real reason he was in the cold with her was to make sure that she didn't fall over too hard, or get knocked over by a car that hadn't realised anyone would be on the road (really, why couldn't she have gone in the back garden?), or even because being outside when she was this happy was making him forget that he couldn't feel various parts of his body due to the biting air.

So hearing Steph say that she was going to have to drag Y/n, the girl who loved snow, outside into the snow, didn't make sense to Anthony. He glanced at Y/n where she was stood at his side and realised that she had told her family she didn't enjoy the snow, because there was nothing on her face that said she was confused like he was.

He really hoped they could leave this place soon, because while Y/n's parents and siblings were wonderful, her aunt (who had been sat in the corner sneering at the couple) and her cousin were not. The constant remarks about Y/n's body, how she acted, how she ate, her job, her life, what she enjoyed doing and what she didn't, it can't have been healthy for her to grow up with those comments, and apparently Y/n had been lying to them about herself to get some of it to stop. Anthony suddenly felt even more awful for the things that he had said over the years, and he dropped his head to meet the top of Y/n's to press a kiss there. She looked up in surprise, a question on her face, and he only shook his head and laced their hands together.

~~~

After breakfast everybody wrapped up as warmly as they could and headed out into the snow. It really was insane how much snow they had had, given it was England and they were unused to the sort of snow they saw described in other parts of the world. Anthony had grabbed Y/n's hand after Stephanie tried to get there first, and when she had tried again to be the one accompanying Y/n outside he pulled her out the front door where John and Sam had started clearing a path.

"Ant, slow down! You're gonna pull my arm out of its socket!"

"You'll be fine. I'll give you CPR."

"Ant, you can't give me CPR to fix my arm not being attached to my body anymore."

"Oh. Well I might as well do it anyway, just in case it does help." He was tugged backwards when Y/n came to a stop behind him, and turning around he realised they had travelled quite far from the house.

"Anthony."

"Yes, my darling?"

"Do you just want to give me CPR because it gives you an excuse to kiss me?" He tried not to blush too hard at how quickly she had figured out his ulterior motive, but recovered just as fast with a smug smile.

"I don't need an excuse, darling. I just need to know you consent." She pushed forward, hand still linked with his, and planted a kiss on his mouth.

"Unless I physically assault you, Anthony, then consider me always consenting to you kissing me."

"Perfect."

Then a snowball hit them square in the face, and he was spluttering while Y/n looked for the source.

"That's enough kissing, love birds! You can do that later!"

"Will." Y/n's eyes narrowed and the smile on her face was downright wolfish, and Anthony desperately hoped that she considered him a team mate or he was going to get pulverised.

"Darling, can I just ask, is it the two of us against your brother?"

"It's the two of us against them all, Ant." He knew she meant all of her family, but he couldn't help but think that she meant that it was the two of them together against the world, too. "Oh! You've never had a snowball fight with us before, have you? Basically instead of a kill-or-be-killed scenario, we combine it with capture the flag. Nana Jean has a collection of items that she gives each team, and you have two hours to build a fort and any defences you want. Then when Nana Jean says go, you've gotta get all the items in your fort, and then get all the way to Nana Jean on the front porch. It's very important that you get all the items in the fort first, because otherwise you get accused of cheating and get disqualified. Ultimately, though, nobody can trust anybody, but everyone always tries to get Steph and Linda because nobody likes them."

"So... if we can't trust anyone...?" He left the rest of his question in the air, but luckily she knew what he meant.

"Don't worry, I'll pair with you. Normally I'm with Olivia, 'cause we're meant to be in pairs, but my brothers never care about that rule. Mum'll throw at anyone, and so will Dad, my grandparents are on the porch watching from their chairs, so they'll get some good photos I imagine, Olivia is far too busy trying to look good all the time, and we need to duck!" She grabbed the front of his coat and yanked him towards the ground just as a large chunk of snow sailed through the air where their heads had just been. "Right. We need to start making some sort of defence, which shouldn't be too difficult because of how much snow there is, and then we need to start making weapons, because Nana Jean has obviously just started the timer for two hours building. Sabotage is also allowed during this time." It was both terrifying and weirdly attractive how quickly she was getting into the spirit of an all-out snow war, and within seconds Anthony found himself being put to work building walls.

He had done a similar thing with his family.

London never really had that much snow on the ground at any one time because of all the people and cars that needed to move around, and since agents still had to go out at night the roads and pathways were mostly clear to prevent any unnecessary deaths or accidents. One year, though, there had been too much snow for people to shift enough of it in one day ready for the night, and weather officials had said that temperatures would be rising anyway and the snow would melt in a couple of days. Anthony's parents had woken him early (back when he slept without an issue) and pointed out his window at the snow, and he had been so excited he had gone and jumped on Jess' bed, not caring when she swatted at him with a pillow. The four of them had then spent the day building forts in the back garden and getting their defences ready, and he and his mother had tried planning their walls strategically for the best possible advantage.

"You can't just put it all on top like that, you need to build it a bit like an igloo, or a mud hut. And make sure you've got the proper dense snow, not this superficial flaky stuff. Add some sticks and rocks and things for a bit of integrity, and pack the snow around it. That's it!"

His parents had taken fort building seriously, no matter what the material they were using was. Pillow forts were always complex too, but when finished Anthony had a castle to be king of.

"What are you doing?" Y/n asked, pulling him out of his memories. He'd been crouched down behind a bench that was in their front garden, clumping bits of undergrowth together and starting to build up the walls.

"You need to add sticks and rocks and things for integrity," he said, like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"Oh. That makes sense I guess. Can you-" she stopped herself for a moment to hurl a hastily made snowball at someone, and Anthony made a mental note to get her to teach George how to throw when he heard a yelp from somewhere in the garden and a cheer from Y/n. "Sorry, needed to get John. Can you like, show me what you're doing? Then we can both do it and get these walls up faster. I really think it's unfair that Will, John and Sam always team up because they all play fucking rugby, so their walls are basically done already."

"True, but we fight ghosts, darling. We know better than anyone how to win a fight, because if we lose, we quite literally die. Here, take some of this," he said, placing some of the stones he had found in her outstretched hands. "Stack them up a little bit, like I've done, yeah, that's good. Then take a whole load of snow and pack it around. It makes it a lot stronger."

"Where did you even learn how to do this? You literally never join in when we have snowball fights back home." His hands slipped when he realised that she had called Portland Row home, but he quickly recovered.

"My mother."

"Oh. Ant, I'm-"

"Don't. Don't say you're sorry. It's... it's nice, actually. Remembering her. Sad, because she's gone, but nice." He could feel Y/n watching him and he cleared his throat. "I don't know if you were in London when we had that last big snowstorm, but there was about this much of it. My parents took me and Jess outside all day and we built forts in the back garden, and then had a snowball fight. It was me and Mum against Jess and Dad. We won, of course. Mum had a really good throwing arm and Jess was complaining about the cold." He smiled at the memory of his sister's squeals when he had snuck up behind her and stuck snow down the back of her coat, running away with a gleeful laugh. An idea struck him then, and he sat up a little. "I've just had a brilliant idea on how we can piss off Steph," he said, and Y/n mirrored the shark-like smile he had on his face.

~~~

Around an hour later, pretty much everybody's forts were complete.

Will, John and Sam had taken Tom into their team (to which Y/n had complained further, since it was meant to be a pairs team situation) and their fort was huge, with walls that took up an entire corner of the garden. Steph and Linda had a pathetic looking fort since neither of them wanted cold hands or to touch the snow, but it was good enough to provide a small amount of protection for now. Emma and Ben's fort was surprisingly decent, and they had added a little turret on one side just for fun.

Then there was Anthony and Y/n's.

"What is that meant to be?" Sam shouted at them, his tone mocking. Taunts were always called out at this stage, Y/n had told Anthony, since everybody had made their defences and weapons and now they were just waiting on Nana Jean to say when they could start. "It looks like a mud hut!" John yelled, clearly thinking that they would be an easy target.

"Good," Anthony muttered, smile decorating his face. "Mud huts are weirdly strong if you build them right."

"You are so random," Y/n said, but she was looking at him with stars in her eyes. "George I would have expected this kind of knowledge, but you? Never would have guessed you knew this much about mud huts."

"My parents studied them, Y/n/n. Of course I know this much about mud huts."

"So random," she whispered under her breath, looking back out at the playing field. Each of the four teams had taken a corner (Olivia had chosen to side with her parents after they threatened to take away her tv privileges if she didn't join in), and Anthony and Y/n were in the opposite corner to The Brothers Grim (he had named them that in his head). The Bitches (Steph and Linda) were on their right, and The In-Laws (Emma, Ben, and Olivia) were on their left. That meant that they, The Love Birds, were most likely going to get attacked last. Everybody was going to be aiming for The Brothers Grim or The Bitches, since they were the strongest team and the most horrible team respectively, and Anthony and Y/n had come up with a plan.

"Are the names really necessary though?"

"What do you mean?!" He did his best to look appalled. "Of course the names are necessary, darling! How else are we meant to quickly and effectively communicate which fort we're going for?!"

"You're ridiculous, Anthony Lockwood."

"We've covered this already, Y/n L/n. I'm very aware of how ridiculous I am."

"I mean, what kind of person pretends they're a whale when drinking orange juice?"

"Yeah, but that only works if you have the orange juice with the bits in it, because then you can filter it through your teeth and-" She had cut him off with a kiss again, and while he had been in the middle of a very important explanation, he didn't mind that this was how he was being cut off. "You really need to stop interrupting me like that, darling," he said after she pulled back, but he didn't mean it. She knew that he didn't mean it either, because she was smiling softly up at him in the brief silence that they had before the fight started.

"Go over the plan one more time?" she asked.

"Sure."

~~~

Nana Jean had taken her place on the front steps, wrapped up in about ten blankets as she sat on her chair next to Gramps.

Y/n was tense, a pit of nerves forming in her stomach as she crouched next to Anthony. Their plan was supposedly foolproof, but they only had her knowledge of previous snowball fights with her family to discern what the other teams would try and do, and they could always have new tactics. The one thing they could rely on, however, was everybody attacking Steph and Linda first.

Each team had been randomly allocated an item from Nana Jean's collection, and had placed it in their fort. Their job then was to protect it at all costs, and not let it reach any of the other forts. Once in a fort, provided the thief didn't have all four items, they could be taken back along with any other items in the fort.

The Brothers Grim seemed to have the advantage, what with their huge walls and numbers, but Anthony and Y/n had spent most of their lives fighting far more threatening opponents in far more dire situations, and so this would be a breeze. With her knowledge of how her family fought (extremely dirty) and Anthony's weird knack for planning intricate extractions of items, they were sure to win.

They would even end up with time to spare to get under Steph's skin.

"Ready?" Nana Jean called out, receiving multiple affirmations in reply. "Three!"

Anthony shifted beside her, and she got ready to move.

"Two!"

The pit of nerves was filled to the brim, spilling over and making her limbs shake.

"One!"

Anthony's face was set in determination, and his eyes were flicking over the playing field as he waited. She was sure that she was doing the same.

"GO!"

Immediately action brought the front garden to life, with people running everywhere and snowballs flying to and fro, mostly missing but occasionally finding their marks. Anthony had already shot off while Y/n stayed behind with their item: Nana Jean's scarf that was too old and tattered for her to actually be kept warm by it anymore. She knew that Will would try and sneak around the back, and John would be left at their fort since he had the best aim and strongest throw. Sam would be the decoy, and Tom was just running around hitting everyone. Steph and Linda were getting annihilated, crouching down and shrieking loudly when snowballs from all directions took the top of their fort walls off. They had used the soft flaky snow instead of the proper solid stuff, and as such their fort wasn't much protection. That's what Anthony had said, anyway, and she decided that he knew what he was talking about. Y/n spotted her mother attempting to creep up behind her, and she chucked a snowball right at her face. It missed, hitting her shoulder instead, but it was enough of a threat that her mother backed off for now.

Anthony had disappeared somehow, and while she searched for a while she couldn't spot his skinny beanpole frame anywhere. That was probably a good thing, she thought, because if she couldn't find him, then their first target definitely couldn't.

Olivia made for Y/n then, battle cry piercing the air, but before Y/n could even take aim her sister was taken down by someone else's snowball, quickly followed by a "YES! HA HA!" that told her it was Tom. She looked through the gap in the bench that Anthony had left while building their fort, and saw her youngest brother doing a victory lap of the field, getting hit by snowballs but carrying on anyway.

"Got it," Anthony said, making her jump and nearly hit him. "Woah! It's me!"

She did hit him then, hissing her response. "You scared the shit out of me!"

"Sorry, darling, sorry. Got it though!" He smiled triumphantly, looking very proud of himself as he lifted up the woollen hat that had been the item belonging to The Brothers Grim.

"Excellent!" She planted a kiss on his frozen lips and he grinned even more widely as he put the hat down. "Did they see you?"

"Nope. I told you earlier, I'm like a ghost myself." He had said something to that effect earlier on, but she hadn't really been paying much attention because she was too busy thinking how gorgeous he was when he got excited. He was like a puppy, and she could practically see his tail wagging while he looked at her with those brown eyes.

"Yeah, you certainly look like one right now," she snorted. "I'm pretty sure you're the same colour as the snow."

"Oi, my ghostly complexion is going to win us this thing, alright? Anyway, it's your turn to go out. Here." He handed her the large rock that they had found, and kissed her on the cheek. "Go get 'em," he winked, and then she was off, leaving him to guard their fort while she made for her parents.

Unfortunately they saw her coming immediately, but purely because Tom was still running around like a headless chicken and had screamed "Y/N'S COMING! Y/N'S COMING!"

"Dammit, Tom," she muttered, frown on her face. She had hidden the rock in her coat pocket since it was the right size (She and Anthony had made sure they would fit properly), but she still had to get the large gloves from their fort. The stone didn't matter now, because they had seen her, so all she needed to do was snatch their item and get back without being brought down. Luckily the gloves were tied together, which meant she only needed to grab one and she could be off again. Her parents were already tiring, she could tell, but years of being an agent and building up the stamina needed to run away from Visitors all night meant that Y/n was only just getting started. She dodged the snowballs that were thrown her way, and slid behind The In-Laws' walls, taking part of it with her. "I'll take those, thanks!" she said, picking up the gloves and immediately running off again, trying to ignore the snow she could feel melting down her spine. "Here," she huffed when she got back to her own fort, nearly knocking Anthony over.

"Oh, perfect! You alright to stay here while I get the last one? Or did you wanna pause for a moment? I don't think The Brothers Grim have noticed their item is missing yet, but your parents are definitely going to start making their move on us soon."

"Just gimme a moment to catch my breath, and I'll be good to go." She had collapsed into his side, clutching her stomach and trying to control her breathing, and he wrapped his arms around her briefly.

"As much as I would love to stay like this all day, darling, I do also need to throw snow at your family because they're coming this way."

"Oh, yeah. Go for it," she replied, sitting up again. Anthony picked up a snowball in each hand and chucked them over their walls, and although Y/n couldn't see who it was she did hear an "oof!" a few seconds later. "I've still got the rock from The In-Laws attempt in my pocket, so I can go and get The Bitches' item if you wanna keep throwing? You're better at it than me 'cause I can only use one arm. The other one is shit at throwing."

"You sure?" he asked, picking up another snowball. She nodded. "Alright. You know what you're doing, yeah?"

"Yep. I'll see you in five, Schmoopie."

"Why are you calling me Schmoopie? That's my name for you!" he called after her, playful frown on his face. Her only response was laughter, which she quickly stifled as she hid behind the thick oak tree closest to Steph and Linda's fort. Their item was a snowshoe, although where Nana Jean had even found one of those was a mystery. The rock she had in her pocket wasn't really big enough, but if she covered it in a bit of snow then it would be good enough to fool them. Anthony's intricate extraction plan for getting all the items had been to use decoys after sneaking up on each fort, and so far their first target, The Brothers Grim, hadn't even noticed. They were too busy fighting off Olivia, who had turned slightly feral over the course of the fight, and Tom, who had apparently decided that no team was better than the team he had created for himself, and was throwing snow at everyone including himself. Y/n crept forward slightly to assess how long she had before either her cousin or her aunt turned around, but then snow started hitting their nearly-destroyed fort again and she knew that Anthony was working on the distraction for her. Tom started attacking Steph and Linda again too, and while her Dad had joined Olivia in attempting to break down the walls of The Brothers Grim's fort, their attack was weakening.

She needed to move fast.

Y/n made her move then, bending down to grab some snow in one hand, and readying the rock in her other, and headed in the direction of Steph and Linda's backs. They were too busy trying to remake their walls, which meant they had left their snowshoe unguarded behind them. She dropped the rock in the snow, then picked up the snowshoe, and in the next five seconds had shoved the snow in her other hand down the back of Steph's jacket and sprinted away. Her cousin's screams followed her the short distance back to her fort, and Anthony didn't need to ask how it had gone when he heard them. "All four items, safe and sound. Now we've just got to get to Nana Jean without them getting taken off us."

That was the hardest part, since Nana Jean was sat on the front porch nearly completely opposite them. They would have to cross the entire playing field and pass The Brothers Grim fort to get to her.

"Alright. You take these. You can't put them in your pockets, which is annoying, but otherwise we'll be disqualified for cheating. You ready?" she asked Anthony after loading his arms with the items. He nodded, fiery determination in his eyes.

"I'm ready. Remember the weak spots in their walls, yeah?"

"Yep." She had memorised the points that Anthony had pointed out to her earlier, and thanked his parents for showing him how to build excellent forts.

"Okay. Three, two, one, go!" They stood up from behind their walls and started running, Anthony's long legs carrying him across the field while Y/n periodically stooped to grab more snow and compact it into a good enough shape that she could throw it far. He nearly made it, and then Will appeared out of nowhere to take him down. Anthony twirled out the way (always the fancy one), and Will missed catching him by a hair's breadth, but now there was more of a distance between Anthony and Nana Jean.

"THEY'RE GONNA WIN!!!" Tom shouted, and suddenly all of Y/n's family members were closing in on her and Anthony with snowballs in their hands.

"RUN!" she screamed, begging her legs to respond. They were slightly numb from the cold now.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING?!"

Nana Jean had her arms outstretched from where she sat on the porch, and Y/n was momentarily blinded by the flash of her Gramps' camera just inside the window. She threw what snow she could at both people and forts, picking out the points where Anthony had said were weakest and aiming, and sure enough within moments part of The Brothers Grim's fort had collapsed, and the brothers themselves were crying out in anger.

Time passed slowly and in a blur, and before she knew it Anthony was up the steps and shoving the items into Nana Jean's arms and collapsing at her feet, then letting out a small cry of pain when Y/n landed on top of him. "Did we do it?" she asked, expression wild as she tried to catch her breath. Anthony didn't say anything, his face not revealing anything.

Then he cracked a smile, and it was like the sun had come out. "We did it!"

"You did it, love," Nana Jean said from above them, looking fondly down at her granddaughter where she was lying on the floor.

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"Thanks," Y/n said, gladly accepting the mug of tea that Anthony handed her. He smiled down at her, one of those soft secret smiles that he kept for the people he loved, and sat next to her on their loveseat.

She wasn't sure when she'd started calling it their loveseat, but that was what it was, she supposed. Nobody else sat on it apart from them, and now they were cosying up like they always did. She had slung her legs over his and made sure not to spill her tea while he adjusted.

"That's nice and warm," he said, holding it under his face to heat up his frozen features. Y/n hummed her agreement, sipping on her own tea.

Everyone was snacking on random bits of food from the still-extensive collection (despite how much had been eaten at the party), and Anthony had brought over a bowl of bits for the two of them to share. Despite the slight chill that still sat in her bones, she was warm, and as she watched Anthony converse with her Gramps she realised that it was him making her warm.

Not his body heat, although he was surprisingly warm for somebody who had been running around in the snow all day, but rather the feelings he was stirring up in her. He made her feel warm just by interacting with her family, just by allowing her Gramps to tell him jokes that the rest of them had all heard a million times, just by even being here with her. He hadn't needed to come with her, and in fact he had argued against it and compromised, saying if she couldn't find anyone then he would do it and be unhappy, and yet he had done it anyway with a smile on his face. She'd genuinely believed that he wouldn't come with her, or would go back on his word because he thought it would be funny to watch her suffer.

But he was here, cuddled up on a loveseat with her in her family's house, talking to her Gramps about trains or something (she suspected it was more her Gramps was talking at Anthony), and he was hers.

Steph hadn't stopped watching them like a hawk since the snowball fight, but Y/n couldn't find it in her to care because she was with Anthony, and they had achieved a sliver of revenge themselves earlier. Her cousin was rightfully pissed about having a bunch of snow chucked down her back, but then again she had spent her whole life making Y/n miserable so really she deserved it.

He was her home, she realised. Not this house, not even Portland Row, despite the fact that she regularly called it that. No, neither of those places were her home.

Anthony Lockwood was.

part 9 (coming soon!)

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rrxnjun · 2 years ago

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that is a wild combination but i love that for ur friend!! u are actually the greatest person out there tbh listening to lovejoy and being a casual jack manifold enjoyer just shows how top tier of a person u are🫢

SHE SAYS THAT SHE JUST SKIPS THE BORING/FILLER PARTS BUT IM STILL⁉️⁉️she only finishes them cuz she wants to know how it ends but yeah stopping just makes the most sense in my opinion as well

well i looked up two translations but if it's not a lot of work for u i would appreciate ur translation cuz both of them were a bit just idk how to explain it a bit weird iguess idk?? oh my i just need something to ease the pain of essay writing💔 i hope u find some artist!!!! if u use tiktok u might find some there (i got to know all of the hungarian artists i listen to on tiktok from just random aesthetic hungarian tiktokers tbh)

OH MY LORDDDD I HOPE U WILL ENJOY UR TIME HERE IF U END UP COMING!!!! and i would loveeee to be ur tour guide!!! so i hope u will not end up coming here when i have my exams and when i will be away for like a week i think!! (although if this actually happens i probably should stop being an anon soon😶)

6essays sound like a nightmare oh my!!! i hope u will do well on ur exams too!! good luck with them!!!🥳🥳rooting for u as well!!💕💓💘

LMAO I LAUGHED A BIT AT THE END BUT I WILL NEVER STOP THE HEACHAN AND BAR AGENDA

(and i also want to mention that i followed ur main not long ago and i think we are actually the same person or sumn cuz i completely agree with ur take on zach herrons voice😶)

AND LASTLY I CANT WAIT TO READ UR NEW FIC SO EXPECT ANOTHER ASK OF JUST ME SOBBING AND YELLING ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE UR WRITING (liebestraum anon💕)

what can i say i have taste🤭🤭but we already knew that. so do u thats why we match mwah.

I DISAGREE W THAT SO MUCH OHGOD id just google the ending so i dont waste my time if im thAT curious ???

i think im gonna try looking for some indie slovak artists on spotify ?? sometimes it pulls through w hidden gems 😩😩 also i am gonna attach the translated lyrics under the cut!! hihi

DJDJD idk if it will happen for sure bc we always make so many plans with my friend for the summer break and never actually end up doing anything because shes w her boyfriend all the time so thats a lil :/// i WOULD come alone but even tho im 20 i still dont think my parents would let me AHAHA but if my friend manages to find time for me in her summer schedule im gonna beg her on my knees to come 😌 and dw abt being on anon!! we can figure that out later AHAHA i want u to be comfortable ‼💓

6 essays is indeed a nightmare but im done w one of them so thats a plus. i started working on another one for my history of psychology class and found a lot of references so i honestly think its gonna be easy to finish. like three of them are group work so im gonna have to push my partner to start working on them w me soon 😋

ALSO DONT JUST TELL ME U FOLLOWED MY MAIN LILE THIS AAAAA that blog is so unfiltered and annoyingly active im so sorry 😭😭 but i am glad u agree bc zachs voice is just. i dont think ive ever been attracted to a voice more (him and also brad simpson from the vamps because i am a typical boyband-obsessed teenage girl)

HOPE U LIKED THE FIC!! (i saw your ask im gonna reply in a bit)

anyways the translation!!

tried to translate it in a way that makes the most sense 😭😭😭 again i dont really know what he was trying to say with "tak ako ty, tak potom aj ja" maybe im just stupid

#💌ask #liebestraum anon

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blushinggray · 3 years ago

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Free! The Final Stroke (part 2) reaction (spoilers)

okay. okay, okay. okay okay okay oakyokayokokokokokkkk

i actually watched the movie like a week ago but it was a whole mess and i was busy as heck for the past few weeks, so i didn't totally remember everything, but i went to rewatch it today and now i can properly screech about it!!!!! many spoilers ahead.

(also reacted to part 1 of the FS movie here)

anyway, let's get the down to business first: natsuya scenes were far and few in between this time around, unfortunately. any time that he appeared was to just react to things going on around him/the competitions, throwing his arm around asahi and hiyori during the races (or just while hanging out at the cafe) or to encourage everyone, which is used as a transition into the next scene. HOWEVER!! he participates in a big national (international?) medley race at the end!!!!!!!!!

all of the training that everyone is doing is working up to the next all-japan swimming competition (like the one from s3) and then there's another huge international competition that all of the japan representatives who made the cut go to together as well.

the first half of the movie is mostly just a lot of haru drama again lmfao, like we ended the last movie with him being possessed by this weird competitive spirit that made him /need/ to beat albert volandel (the crazy fast guy who appears at the end of s3). and somehow that spirit sent him into a protective regression of himself that said some mean things to rin that pushed him away. rin was saying how he was gonna go pro and aim for the international stage or smth, and haru got scared that he was gonna get left behind bc he feels like all his friends are moving forward aka leaving him behind, so he said smth in his possessed state like "you always end up leaving, don't you"

and then haru starts overworking himself but swimming for speed rather than to be "free" like he usually does so he can beat albert, and he's in a hurry bc apparently albert announced that he was gonna retire after this last tournament, so haru wouldn't get a chance to beat him again after this year. so he's training his ass off to the point of sending his body into shutdown mode bc he's literally using up all of his oxygen and it exhausts him to the point of collapsing. he ends up napping quite a lot throughout the rest of the film as a repercussion of this too.

so anyway, we spend the first half watching all of haru's friends chase him down and try to get him to come to his senses and blah blah blah, which he eventually does and it is very, VERY gay. like rin was crying like a baby for a lot of this movie, it was kind of hilarious LOL. they really pushed the harurin agenda in this movie.

but ofc just one talk isn't enough for us to simply expect haru to come to his senses when it comes to race time. so he wins his first freestyle race, but he collapses from oxygen deprivation again and he misses his next race that he was supposed to compete with albert in rip. but in the end i think that was for the better, bc he accepted that he shouldn't/couldn't win by swimming that way anyway. but he DOES participate in the medley relay that comes the next day!!

much thanks to KIRISHIMA NATSUYA!!!! 😌✨ okay not really, it's just that in the room for all the jpn swimmers, the coach was about to announce the lineup for the med relay and then natsuya /interrupted/ like "EXCUSE ME, SIR. BUT NOT EVERYONE WHO IS MEANT TO SWIM THIS RELAY IS HERE YET. I NOMINATE HIM TO SWIM FREESTYLE IN THE MEDLEY RELAY." and asahi backs him up, then voila haru shows up to the room with his crew just in time to say "let me race in the med relay, coach" and ofc he gets what he wants lmfao.

BUT!!! haru and his team are gonna race in the finals, so there first needs to be a team to race in the prequalifiers(?) for the finals so!!! that team ends up being:

hiyori - backstroke ikuya - breaststroke natsuya - butterfly kinjou - freestyle

and WHAT A DREAM TEAM, I TELL YA 🤩 this was honestly the highlight of the entire film for me bc HELLO????? you got natsuya, you got hiyori, and you got the dark horse KINJOU being a FUCKING TSUN skfjaowifFJAOIEJOAI. like he volunteers to be part of the first team but he's like (to haru) "don't get the wrong idea. i'm swimming for /me/" but everyone else is like "lmao dude be honest with yourself, you're having fun"

AND GAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! when i tell you the NATSUYA AND KINJOU interactions had me LIVING!!!! FLOURISHING!!! REBORN!!!! they literally only talked to each other like twice and it was through this medley interaction, but natsuya was just looking at him like what a cocky brat and kinjou is scoffing like whatever losers and it's HAIJFOAWEI HILARIOUS. SHOW STOPPING. LIFE CHANGING. i can't remember exactly what they were talking about, but it was usually along the lines of kinjou telling everyone to watch him dominate and then natsuya raising a brow at him like, "can't you be a little cuter/nicer about it" and then later when kinjou is complimenting someone else like "huh, guess you do got some chops" natsuya like "you're not really honest with yourself" (in like a, 'it's okay to care yannoe' kinda way), to which kinjou huffs and looks away like, "shut up"

CLASSIC TSUNDERE BEHAVIOR. I'M DOWN AND OUT. HE HAS ME. also this scene kind stood out to me, where after haru passed out after that first international race (that led to him missing his race with albert), kinjou was the one who found him outside of the pool area in like, the hall(?) and sleeping on a bench. and he PUT HIS JACKET!!! OVER HARU!!!! eventually makoto and sousuke show up and kinjou is like "why the hell is everyone so crazy over this guy?" and yanno what, sir? WOULDN'T WE ALL LIKE TO KNOW. sousuke was like "well you swam with him before, wouldn't you know by that?" and i guess he has some sort of aha moment later during his own race (where albert is actually looking around for haru, but kinjou tells him that haru isn't showing up) and he does his best. and he ends up with bronze!!!!! you go boy!!!!!! albert wins gold ofc but when they're on the medal stands, kinjou looks up and asks him "are you sure you're satisfied with this?" which i'm pretty sure has some sort of weigh in to when albert eventually decides to participate in next year's tournament again.

also tell me why the start of this movie is a fucking romantic ass rain scene, filled with love triangle shit again. like we already know that kinjou had a childhood crush on hiyori (/exaggerated) from the previous movie, so we open when hiyori waiting in cafe maron (asahi's sister's cafe) and offering to bring an umbrella to ikuya. and for some fucking reason, ikuya is standing under a bridge to avoid the rain with kinjou of all people??????? i didn't really understand the premise of why they were both there at the same time, but they were talking about the competitions to come, and haru, and other ppl in their circles. but for some reason kinjou apologizes to ikuya for smth and then runs off into the rain????

and then????? sousuke????? shows up?????? and remember, we're under a random ass bridge away from the street!!! ???? and apparently they're meeting for the first time bc they're telling each other to call them by their first names and sousuke finally mentions how he first noticed ikuya through that medley he swam himself a while ago. and then they talk for a bit about their friends before hiyori comes running towards the bridge in the rain with an umbrella for ikuya and i'm just OTLLLLL i'm over it. i'm over this. i hate gay ppl.

(lmao that is a joke, just to be sure u kno)

and then we transition into a video call between the MIKOSHIBA SIBLINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! i absolutely LIVE for this family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would probably let any one of them do anything they wanted with me, but ofc my heart goes out to seijuurou first bc you know why (tsudaken privileges). they were talking about some upcoming swimming stuff too before another transition but i just loved seeing this three way video call!!!! they are so freaking cute and precious and funny and loud and chaotic and!!!! let me marry into this family, pls.

ALSO!!! momotaro is now the captain of samezuka's swim club!!!! that boy really grew up 😭😭😭 thinking about s2 momo who was planning to skip out of swimming club to go skirt chasing after school every day and now he's the captain!!!!!!!! attaboy!!!!!!!!

so obviously that means the others have graduated now, and nagisa and rei and nitori are all finally in college!!!! rei and nitori end up going to hidaka with ikuya and hiyori, and they make the gayest most flamboyant introductions bc ofc they do. but NAGISA!!! ENDS UP GOING TO /KINJOU'S/ UNIVERSITY!!!!!!!! WAHAHAHTHT. and i know you know what comes next....

YES. EXACTLY. HE SHOWS UP CALLING HIM "KIN-CHAN" KSLDFJALKFJAOEI. AND WHAT'S THE WILDEST PART IS THAT KINJOU DOESN'T EVEN SEEM TO MIND????? like nagisa is introducing himself and right away asks, "hey kin-chan, can we swim together/you teach me how to [smth]" and??? kinjou says okay????? and gets right to work???????????

it's hilarious bc some of the samezuka guys who were in the same year as nitori are like 'wow maybe he's not such a scary guy after all' so they follow nagisa's lead and ask him for help. but suddenly kinjou is annoyed and yelling at them not to depend on someone else for help and then they're all crying like 'he is a scary person after all!! 😭'

also, in addition to kin-chan, nagisa has added "iku-chan" to his repertoire now and when kisumi was teasing him about it, ikuya was like "whatever, i'm already used to it" like damn nagisa. your power.

the rest of the movie i don't really care for since there is no more significant natsuya or kinjou screen time, but when haru's medley relay team (sousuke, ikuya, rin, haru) swims in the finals, they actually win gold!!!! however, haru passes out at the end at some point and then after the credits roll, he's in hungary for rehabilitation? even tho he's now the face of japanese swimming with some sort of billboard in shibuya or smth lmfao. but yeah, he and rin are both in hungary for some reason that i didn't catch, prob pro swimming stuff. makoto goes to visit him bc he's his husband obviously, but he greets him like "it's been a while" so idk how long he's been in hungary.

but we end the movie at the next big intl swimming competition and albert and haru can compete against each other forreal this time i guess. and then it blacks out right before haru dives into the water, and he references that line that he said at the beginning of s1 and the end of the last movie, "when you're 5, you're a prodigy. when you're 15, you're a genius. when you're 20, you're just normal." and this time, he says, "i've still a little more time before i become normal"(?) i'm not entirely sure/don't remember properly. but that was rather poetic, like he was finally accepting a lot of things about himself. and it seemed to wrap up his story nicely.

ANYWAY. i think that just might be it for the free! series??? i'm not sure if there is going to be any more official animation content after this, but it was such a wild ride. ofc kyoani had the BEST pretty boy animation in all the world, and i enjoyed every single illustration or water animation, like fuck, it was so gorgeous. but i'ma miss it for sure 😭 i love all those dumb, half naked, dramatic, swimming boys.

i will lastly mention that the soundtrack was OTHERWORLDLY. it was makoto's VA and his band singing and the song at the beginning of the movie was SOOOO GOOD. i'm waiting for the day for them to release it onto streaming platforms, or even youtube or smth, but i can't find the track ANYWHERE yet 😭 i think they gotta sell some of the cd's first before they release it online, but i tell ya, it's STARTLINGLY GOOD. i think it's called "this fading blue" or smth like that, i'm not entirely sure. i tried shazaming it during the film. but since it's not released yet, shazam didn't pick it up. once it's out tho, best know i'm boutta repeat the shit outta that album.

i think that is all i had to get out. overall, i think i still like part 1 better simply bc of my need for natsuya screen time, but this was a nice way to wrap up their story. unfortunately, didn't get natsuya with the random cards this time around... i did see someone with a mikoshiba siblings card tho, i was so jealous 😭 but these boys are nice too. will never forget the amount of happiness this series gave me 🥺💞

#free!#free! the final stroke

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gilmores-glorious-blog · 3 years ago

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ahhHhHhHHh okay so i finished the legend of vox machina (or at least everything that’s out*) and i have!!!!!!! so many fucking emotions!!!! i may or may not be Very Fucking Obsessed,,,

anyways,, assorted Thoughts and Feelings so that i don’t just spam fifty posts in a row about this silly little show:

- vax is!! the love of my life!!!!!!!! i love dark and mysterious rogues who are actually just dumb boys that are full of love 🥺🥺 ……. but also i was looking up his character and learned that he dies so 🙃 that’s really fun for me 🙃🙃 why does every character i love die tragically??! 😩😩 (but yeah i watched the campaign scenes of his death and i possibly teared up a bit,,,,)

- scanlan supremacy i love bards so goddamn much 😩😩 i love that he’s a stereotypical Horny Bard (who is definitely bisexual i don’t make the rules) but he also has so much depth to his character and the angst— love me a character with self-worth issues because haha SAME !! not ready for him just fucking leaving the party though (if that part gets animated) because i would :( miss him very much :,(

- also on a scanlan note his crush on pike is!! the cutest fucking thing!!! it’s a little sad because it really doesn’t seem reciprocated to me (and also aroace pike supremacy 😌) but it’s still so wholesome and cute nonetheless. (when she showed up to save their asses and he just went “marry me? 🥺😍🤩🥺”,,, i’m love him,,,,)

- percy is HOT as FUCK (although let’s be honest, the only party member i don’t find at least a little attractive is grog) and i’m obsessed with him. i love fucked up guys with incredibly traumatizing backstories <3 he can be a bit too edgy for me sometimes though, i just want to gently take his guns away and wrap him in a warm blanket and give him a hug so that he doesn’t have to be all angsty all the time

- on a specific percy angst note: WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PEPPERBOX AND SCANLAN ASKED WHO THE SIXTH SLOT WAS FOR AND PERCY’S SHADOW POINTED THE GUN AT HIMSELF I— 😩😩😭😭😭😭 this isn’t okay what the fuck :,(

- like every piece of media ever, i have decided that the party is basically one big polycule. the twins are definitely both in love with percy and he also has a thing for both of them, and keyleth likes both the twins and vax likes her back. can’t decide if vex likes her too or just flirts with her but either way i love them. also scanlan has tried to seduce everyone in the group at least once (except keyleth because no),,, the only person it worked with was vax because i have a strong vax and scanlan exes agenda.

- perc’ahlia is just the bi for bi couple,, they’re both so hot 😩😩👀 literally everytime he calls her by her full name or she calls him percival and/or darling i just,,,,,, hhHhHhHhHhHhH hot people.

- the music in this show is everything to me,, the theme music Unlocks Emotions and all of scanlan’s songs are my favorite things ever i’m mad at sam riegal for having such a goddamn beautiful voice how dare scanlan’s silly little songs awaken things in me

- on the same note… my favorite song is just “the legend of vox machina” for many reasons but especially because i love the violent transition from “oh yeah haha here’s our dumb and silly big guy!! ☺️✌️” to “this man has a fucking GUN and he will blow your FUCKING BRAINS OUT with it” and back to “here’s the lovely nature girl 😌🍃”

- i’m suing for the emotional damage caused by the death of Merry-Brandybuck-But-He’s-A-Dwarf-Now-And-Also-Gay-With-Percy-De Rolo

- final note isn’t actually related to the show but i’ve been watching some scenes from the campaign and i am losing my entire mind over the bathtub scene holy fucking shit,,, the genius,, the comedic timing,,, laura bailey, liam o’brien, and taliesin jaffe are my goddamn heroes 😩😩

anYWAYS sorry for the long-as-fuck post but my brain…… it’s rotting………

*i started making this post last night lol,, i’ve now watched the new episodes but i have too many thoughts from those three episodes alone to add to this already essay length post

#new hyperfixation let’s freaking gooooooooo #the legend of vox machina #tlovm #critical role #vox machina #tlovm spoilers #critical role spoilers #eli.posts

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wetheformidables · 2 years ago

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🤡 WIP FOLDER 🤡

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. I’m also counting art wips or whatever else you have, anything goes basically!!

Thank you for thinking of me @creepyspice, @cutestkilla, @mostlymaudlin, @nightimedreamersworld, and @palimpsessed

I always use the tag “99 problems and my wips are all of them”, Y’ALL I AM NOT LYING WHEN I SAY 99, WHICH IS COINCIDENTALLY THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT WILL TAKE ME TO WRITE THEM. Ever since I started taking improv classes, my power to ✨ yes and ✨ my way into story concepts has only grown, and when I tell you it is a blessing and a curse.

So here is a glimpse into my Google drive and my active WIPs plus a graveyard to pay my respects - in order of most to least likely to be resurrected, because I am trying to be good and finish what I start but I have been bad! But you can ask me about any of them, I love talking about my (our) torment 😌♥️

FIC(TION)

SNOWBAZ

half the time

never before has a boy wanted more

still my heart beats so slow

Beaver Nugget Gang

Vivaldi Four Seasons type beat

AND SURPRISE

Penny and Shep parent trap au

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There are more but GOD that's enough

WANGXIAN

my spirit moans with a sacred pain

Five Times Hanguang-jun Wept While He Came (And One Time He Didn't)

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I already have graveyard because I can’t let myself think of too many WIPs it is making me animal and none of these have real titles you can't name something or else you get attached

SO MUCH OF THESE ARE MARRIAGE FICS ASKLDAJDKSLJD

Alright, there is no way I can tag as many people as I have WIPs so I will just say hello no pressure even though I always love to know what you're working on 🙂 hi cutiepies @unseelieseelie, @stillmadaboutpetra, @captain-aralias @krisrix, @artsyunderstudy, @tea-brigade, @nick-eyre, @starwarned, @seducing-a-vampire, @bloodiedpixie, @trenchcoat-moth, and anyone else who wants to play along!

#99 problems and my wips are all of them #tag game

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kithtaehyung · 3 years ago

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Okay warning long ask coming through 😬 I just wrote down my comments as I read bc if I don’t I forget things so BUCKLE UP:

I love the casual nod to the small drabble game you did, I’m glad they are in fact cannon 😌

Listen…I don’t wanna say this man is down bad…but this man might be down bad 🥴 his inner dialogue is really going all over the place at this party, got reader on the mind before she even shows up! Relief? 👀 watch yourself Yoongs (okay but why did my phone want to autocorrect this to Young’s like the modulus, leave me alone 😂), sounds an awful lot like feelings.

Okay but I need to know so many things 🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️ Why was reader so drunk that night, like not even recognizing Yoongi at first and blacking out is drunk drunk 😬?? Where are her usual suspects??? Why she out with a rando?? Is he the hook up after Yoongi??? Did it just “happen” bc she saw him making out with someone(s) (honestly he kind of a hot mess, lap and neck occupied throughout the night and he don’t give af, no judgement babes but you messy)??? it’s probs not that deep tho…unless??? 🕵🏽‍♀️ She doesn’t seem the type tho 🧐

Yoongi sleep on the couch orrrrr? 🤨

Hair dye you say 🙃 you’re really trying to take us all out aren’t you….*two seconds later* GLASSES???? *passes out* I hope you’re happy (this is why this ask took me so long 😂)

“And I don’t have anywhere else to be” took me out. That was bold sis, I think I legit held my breath until I read his response.

SLEEP TALKS AHHHH I would have disintegrated on the spot

Ahhh the whole phone call scene was just…perfect. Perfect amount of like awkward but not. So much tension, neither of them really wanting the conversation to end. Sliding in the comments about looking sick, making sure he knows she doesn’t always look like death …truly relatable. Also boyfriend!!??? No wonder he couldn’t get her out of his house fast enough after the night™ the man’s willpower was truly being tested with him trying to be respectful.

Wait can we talk about this line: “from your confident pose, no one could tell that your heart wasn’t truly working” cause like 🥺. Only for it to be followed by “when you do, you feel something beat in your chest” !!!! 🥲 *once again two seconds later* “standing on that godforsaken balcony with eyes straight ahead and a heart looking sideways” 🤧 I see you went for the good ole one two punch only to sneak a third in there when no one was looking

Yoongi’s “I know” without a missing a single beat 🥴 I’m down bad guys

Okay but can we talk about how your writing is so good that I feel like I just experienced months of uncertainty and overthinking 🤧

As you probably anticipated…what I wouldn’t do for Yoongi’s POV of the night™ (and brekkie can’t forget that) and to hear what this dude reader was with had to say for himself smh. We got so many answers only to have so many new questions ahhh. I’m so happy you didn’t split this up, I was on edge at the end of each break like oh shit is this where Ryen is gonna leave us hangin???? Also a weekend!?? Like multiple days ugh. I’m…honestly frightened 😬

Lastly after deep contemplation I still feel like bro could be Hobi??? Can’t hold his liquor? Check. I think I secretly just have a fuck boi Hobi agenda but that’s neither here nor there 😬😂

I’m so sorry for how long this is but really you brought this on yourself…so actually…maybe I’m not sorry 😂

Lastly (for real this time), in conclusion my mood board for this whole journey:

LMAOOO oh my god, MIKAYLA WOTS ALL THIS THEN😂since the ask is already this long, i’ll put my thoughts under a cut!!

SCREAMING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING AND THOROUGH REVIEW HOLY HELL. you can always reblog with a read more if you want to LOL but let’s get into it😌

yesss i knew i wanted to pull in the drabbles so mwahaha glad you caught those. especially yours! and 👀 you think he’s down bad, huh? you do have some pretty good points there.. what does relief mean, yoong!! tell us!!

and yeah, we actually have super limited knowledge about what we were even doing like ??? but i wanted to mirror that in the pov switch so that all of us are truly in the dark. but ehehe you seemed to catch onto something! but we don’t really know for sure.

AND THE QUESTION IS ASKED.. where did yoongi sleep??

....yes........... you are correct about this. so now what do we think >:)) and GLASSES I KNOW SDJFSDHFJL HELP i wanna show you all the visuals for house party yoongi !!

oh my god i am so glad you caught that line bc i wanted to start bringing out a bit of a bolder side! especially when it’s just them. so i’m glad you mentioned that. as far as sleep talks LMAOO i have a drabble for that in the future. but for now, only yoongi and i know what happened :)

the phone call!! that was the part that i was the most excited for you all to read and i am so so happy about the response it’s received. thank you for telling me all your thoughts on it! and yeah.. once the reveal happened it all made sense. it was a mix of misunderstandings from reader and yoongi understanding very clearly, just understanding the wrong info :(( but i wanted us to see yoongi’s boundaries and codes, as well.

YESSS the one two three punch!! c c c combo! i’m legit smiling. thank you for taking notes as you go i would’ve forgotten so much of this LOL

ah... yup. the immediate answer. bc of course our bro would tell him! and now with this clearing of the air.. you can bet your ass he already knew where things were headed lol (also how DARE you send that yoongi.... j a i l.)

awhhhhh thank you so so much🤧 i was gonna cut it off there but i decided to be civil HAHAHA

yoongi’s pov of the night is basically already written :D i just don’t plan on releasing it for a long while. but as far as this next part......... yeah. my goal is to make the wait worth it 1000%. it’s a lot of freaking pressure but i will try my best!

DSJFKHDSFH MORE BRO DISCOURSE. and trust me, fuckboi!hobi is my absolute WEAKNESS UGH.

i absolutely loved reading this entire thing are you kidding?? no apologies!! thank you so so much for pouring your heart out. it truly means so much to receive things like these. ugh, just, ily!! and your moodboard I CANT HAHAHA you really spoiled me with the memes PLEASE!

#AWHHHH #this was a phenomenal treat!!#thank you so much #mikayla!#lovely people #3tan3 #*ryenfictalk #long post #mailbox💌#3tan spoilers

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nightswithkookmin · 3 years ago

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PRIVATE CONVERSATION

I'm running out of titles for these things.

I like responding to chats here because there's so much space for me to work with and I can gather all my thoughts in one place before hitting send. DMs feel limiting and sometimes you hit send before you are ready and you can't go back to tweak things- also it's my corner of the internet and I can do whatever I want😊

Before we talk just play this in the background or something.

youtube

Trust me it's good...

Just don't look up the lyrics 😥

I'm scared of the lyrics he'll come back with from the military. I really am🤧

I'm just gonna manifest same from Tae and Jimin and frankly bts. I'm tired of the we are the world lyrics they keep throwing at us🙂

Oh here's a performance I stumbled on

youtube

Just in case audio is not your thing😉

A. Jimin's birthday

Lol. No I don't think I'm really worried about Jikook more so than I am Vmin, Jinmin, Minimoni. Jikook is the least of my worries.

Do I expect Jungkook to post for JM's birthday- Hell yea the fuck? Like who does he expect to love on his boyfriend for him?

If I have to post for Jimin I'm snatching him and shipping him with myself🙃

And this may sound incriminating but I'll tie Jk's leg down while Jimin tickles him till he pees on himself and we will take a snapshot of his wedgie, post it online and tag Lisa, Yeri and Mijoo in it😌

I remember saying this last time that I feel a big part of the reason someone like Tae would CHOOSE not to post publicly for a member is because of certain shippers who romanticize his relationship with certain members💀

I said this for Jk and I'll say this for Tae, disengaging is one way they take back control especially when they feel overwhelmed by the fact there's too much public scrutiny or interference in their personal lives.

For Jungkook it's the back to back scandals and people blowing that whole Mijoo thing out of proportion coupled with the members' *over censorship* within that period in my opinion.

For Tae I don't know what happened in his trajectory between September last year and December 2020 but he went from saying he loved showcasing his chemistry with the members, from teasing Jungkook in an interview on his birthday and exposing the fact he was the one who bought champagne for JK on his birthday- a fact he willingly contributed himself without which no one would have known what he did for JK on his birthday besides the Twitter post- to now saying in December he preferred to keep something he'd done for Jin private- even though Jin had said he felt Army ought to know and subsequently not posting for these members.

And yes he really does love to showcase his chemistry with the members- even to this date- like hello, TFM 2021!

And he is constantly confessing he likes Jimin too to this date and I believe him🤣

Don't know why he would consistently use Jimin as his muse and write songs about him if he wasn't emotionally attached or at least fascinated by him🤷🏽‍♀️

- unless he's been over compensating for something all this while...

I won't be surprised if these members are actually in on the charade or whatever this not posting for members is and they akekeke behind closed doors whenever we come lamenting through the streets because A didn't post for B💀

Tae Kook I'm looking at you and your bro fist hand shakes👀

Felt like two people coming together to ruin a ship for me and that scares me😓

If anyone is gonna mess with us it's those two clowns and their partner in crime agenda. Jikook too what's up👀

They love us but sometimes they legit wanna smack the back of our heads you know🤡

I don't know how many times they want him to say get out of your imagination before they stop infantilizing him and imposing members on him in ways he don't want to be imposed on.

FREE TAEHYUNG.

While we are on the subject of Taehyung and ships, I need to rant about something... done.

I guess what I'm saying is, I do expect JK and V to post on this birthday. If they don't that's fine. I can understand for V and as for JK, dude dipped off the surface of the internet the instant the fandom started acting funny and his recent FTC scandal isn't helping the situation.

Jimin is either about to become a casualty of our toxic fandom like RM was or he about to get on his fuck y"all I'm gay shit🤣

The fact JM himself seem tired of the shit in the fandom isn't boasting my confidence either. I can't trust him to whoop Jk's ass if he don't post for him. He'd be the one saving posts of shippers crying online about Jk not posting for him and laughing his butt off while spooning JK at nitght.

And contrary to what some of you say I really do believe Jimin does have a say in these things. If Jk tells him, honey I don't wanna deal with the fandom toxic ass right now so don't expect a post from me, he's prolly gonna say no worries bro just blow me out later and handshake on it.

That said, I'm not above groveling and throwing tantrums if they both don't post.

Most definitely I'm gonna pout😊

Y'all get used to it😙

B. JK'S FTC ISSUE

Ahh... this topic.

Like I said before, Jk is a brand and that brand is owned by BigHit. I don't know what is in his contract and whether or not the company has full or partial control over his brand.

I like to think each member has a slightly different contract from eachother under BigHit that caters to their individual needs and desires.

When Tae wanted to feature Jimin on a song on his personal project it wasn't allowed. But they've had features with artists outside of BTS and Jikook were featured on a Song together. Savage love didn't feature all the members either.

You can glean the nature of their contracts from their actions and the way they interact with other artists.

The point I made with those posts was that the only way Jk would be in trouble in this case is if he made fraudulent misrepresentations as the other allegations against him simply didn't have any legal merit.

And so far that is the same thing the FTC has said stating that for him to be held liable he must have made false claims or reviews and merely putting on clothes does not constitute deception.

His actions do not violate the fair trade act as I said in my first post on the matter.

Intention to deceive is a bit tricky- often a person's intention is determined by the logical consequences of their actions.

If you throw a knife at me it really doesn't matter your actual intentions because logically throwing knives at people will injure them. You can't throw a knife at me and claim your intention was not to harm me. And if I end up dead then goodluck defending your murder charges in court.

If he made a statement about his clothes knowing it was false then he'd be in trouble regardless...

Also I really don't feel comfortable talking about this bit because you just never know who will take this and use it to make an argument against him💀

Don't worry JK. I will protect you🥂

The problem here is, the FTC cannot require artists and influencers to give a disclaimer or disclose information about the clothes they wear even if them merely wearing it advertises such clothes.

This whole under the table advertisement law is funny to me.

On one hand I see the problem they are trying to fix but at the same time the problem is so nuanced it's gonna be hard to legislate.

If people buy clothes their idols wear without them having to say anything about the brand then all companies have to do is pay these artists to wear certain clothes during their lives or even consume certain items on their live and that item will sell out.

Jungkook has a reputation of the sell out King in S.K and his lives are watched by millions of people. He's gonna be a hotcake among brands and if that's the case then that means BigHit would either want to step in and control what items and products are used by them in these VLives which would amount to too much censorship and control and would ruin the experience for the members. Isn't that what happened with his gcfs?? Not everything has to be monetized.

I see why VLive has that policy against showing brand labels during VLive now.

Now I'm scratching my head as to why they pace themselves with these VLives and whether that is by design or accident🤔

Remember when I was blubbering on about that this person wants to do a VLive but it seems the company is pacing them?? From Jin to JK to Jimin? Cough JMs birthday VLive. Cough cough.

Recently RM said the members don't come on live because they don't know what to say( unless that was a mistranslation)

Jk equally implied he wasn't prepared for a live but was asked to do one last year when he was rebelling...

I'm caught between thinking the members don't wanna do a vlive for XY reasons and the company pacing them for obvious reasons.

Y'all get creative and fill in the gaps for me because I'm 🤔🤔🤔🤔 right now.

Delulu gang Activate💥

I dont know bout you but I love it here on ship street. It's brain racking for me🤣

To sum up, Tae Kook are trolling us as usual.

Seems they found creative ways to tell us to get out of our imagination and they are shaking on it. The premier duo from hell🤧

Unless, the FTC expects idols to show up to broadcasts naked they better leave Jungkook alone. But if they wanna get him too they will💀

What else did you ask....

GOLDY

#Youtube

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