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franeridart · 6 years ago

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Anon said: Um so hello, I’m just here to say keep up the awesome work, I love your kiribaku art and it’s adorable and I go on binges through your blog (omg I sound so creepy I’m sorry I just love ur art so much) and it makes my day so yeah please keep drawing!

Ahhhhh you don’t sound creepy at all, don’t worry!!!!! Thank you so much for liking my stuff that much!!!!!!! <3<3

Anon said: May ask what kiri///mina would look like in your style? You don't have to draw it if you don't like the ship.

Gosh sorry but I really really don’t ship it!

Anon said: you know how I miss?? your OCs!!! they're the cutest!!

AWE thank you so much!!!!!!! I have a few comics planned for them, hope I’ll manage getting to them soon enough!!! (oT^T)9<3

Anon said: This is so sappy but some of your kiribaku posts really make me really appreciate long relationships! I’ve always found pining and crushes the cutest bc it’s full of intense feelings, but you portray being in love and accepting each other so well!! it’s amazing how you show characters interacting with each other and being so comfortable instead of worrying about hiding part of themselves and long story short I love your art and ideas so much

This ask!!!!!!!!! means the universe!!!!!!!!!! to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so glad I can manage portraying love in such a way, I’m so in love with the idea of open, accepting love, andI try seriously hard to make it look healthy in my comics so!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no clue how many times I’ve reread this ask I’m not even exaggerating TT^TT <3

Anon said: I just want to start off by saying you’re my favourite blog on tumblr, your art is incredibly adorable and always makes my day!! I was just wondering how you were able to create your own unique art style? It’s something I’ve been struggling with a lot lately with my own art. Any advice is appreciated, thanks for everything you do!!

I think it’s about finding the right spot between what feels comfortable for you and the end you’re using your art for? In my case what’s comfortable is something fun and smooth, and the main end has always been to be able to draw comics - I’ve always liked comics because I like writing and I like drawing, but my attention span was too short to manage finishing them, and the way I had of drawing was too stiff to properly convey emotions the way I wanted to, which made drawing comics sound like an impossible dream haha I fixed it by simplifying my style, by taking away or reducing to the bare minimum everything that took me ages to work out/draw and pushing my expressions and body language to extremes to make up for the lack of details.

That’s just my experience with it, though! The best advice I can give you is to sit back and look at your current way of drawing from an objective perspective - do you enjoy it? Is the process of drawing something you’re comfortable with? What’s uncomfortable in it for you, and in which ways could you change it to make it comfortable and fun? Does your current art style allow you to do what you want to do with your art? If you want to paint, does it allow you to paint in an easy and fun way? If you want to make comics, does it allow you the range to properly portray a character moving and living without making you wish you’d never started drawing halfway through it?

Imho the first step to find a style that’s your own and feels right is to find a style that’s fun to use and doesn’t stress you to hell and back every time you pick up your pencil. This is easier to do the more things you attempt, so for a bit being inconsistent in style is a good and normal thing - try things out! The best one for you will definitely stick in the end. And if you already feel comfortable with the way you have of drawing, then hell! You already have a style that works for you! Just because to you it doesn’t look unique and special it doesn’t mean that it isn’t - if you asked me to point out what makes my style unique I wouldn’t be able to tell you either, the way I see it my style is the most uninteresting and common-looking style out there. To be honest with you that’s probably just how it is for every artist out there hahaha

Anon said: Hi!! I love your art and just want you to know I always get a big, stupid smile on my face whenever I see you cross my feed, whether it’s something new or a reblog of an old post. Everything you do is just amazing and I love it

AHHHHHHH Thank you so so much!!!!!!!!! (TT^TT)<3<3<3

Anon said: Hey Fran! First off, thank you for the Fire Force art. I remembered to actually check it out, after seeing it lol. Second, I still can't find your Fatgum 😭😭 the link didn't give any, and searching on your page didn't help either. I WILL FIND IT ONE DAY

I think it’s a problem of the app orz I can see him just find from desktop but the app can’t find him either T-T stupid app!

Anon said: Do you have a mini Bakugou and Kirishima living in your head? Are they just living their lives up in your brain and that causes your hand to to write and draw the most perfect and accurate things? Of course mini Kaminari, Sero, Mina, Jirou, etc. also come to visit your head hole from time to time and just chill with mini Baku and Kiri. That’s the only logical explanation on how all your Bakushima content is so inconceivably spot on

That’s such a kind thing of you to say, anon!!!!!! I’m glad you find them that IC!!!!!! I try my best, but sometimes I admit I just have them do and say stuff I’ve done and said myself, the only difference is that I word things in a way that feels right for their usual way of talking hahaha

Anon said: I personally would love to read your essay on why bakugo is the best character ever because I really really really want to love him that much but i feel like there's something that I'm just not getting about him- there's something I'm missing about his personality (keeping in mind that i kinda left the manga after the whole mirio/8 precepts arc). I've always found bakugo compelling and would love love love to read your take on him! Hope you have a great day!

Bakugou has had some amazing character development scenes after the overhaul arc!!!!! He’s outright shown he understands where he was lacking and where he was wrong, that he’s perfectly capable of working in a team and letting people help him and helping them in return, that he cares about his class and how the rest of the world sees them! (and that he worries/cares about how the world sees him too, actually, that broke my heart a bit ;; ) We haven’t seen him in a hot minute by now, but most of anything before the current arc has had him improve and develop and become even better than he already was - I’ve always thought him a good guy with just a lot of troubles relating to the world around him due the way he has been brought up as special and different (it creates a drift between yourself and the rest of the world when everyone around you keeps treating you as if you were other - when you tell a kid he’s different and better for his whole life he’s bound to grow up believing it, after all), but if the problem you have with him is that he isn’t showing the good in himself plainly and obviously enough, then the arcs after the overhaul one are gonna help you like him better, definitely

Well, the thing about Bakugou is that he’s not a plain/obvious character, so you need to think about his actions and his words a bit more, and can’t just take him at face value - it’s what I like about him, actually! How much you need to think about him to figure him out on a deeper level than just the surface one. Since I dunno why you like him and why you feel something’s missing, I can’t tell you specifically what it is in the way I see him that completes him for me, but as I said I try to keep him as IC as I can so probably reading my comics about him might help you understand the way I see him. To me Bakugou’s honest, and kind, and loving, but he’s also arrogant, and angry, and used to taking some things for granted, and I like how all those things work with and against each other in his character. He’s at the same time incredibly proud and absurdly insecure, and I like that about him too - where each comes from and where and how they clash, I like the complexity it gives him. I like that he’s a people person in the sense that he likes having people around himself, and I like that at the same time UA is the first time he’s had actual, honest to god best friends, and how that means that he’s gonna be awkward when usually he’s so sure and proud simply because he isn’t used to having people he actually specifically cares for, I very much like that about him. I like that he overthinks everything he doesn’t immediately gets, I like that he still acts on instincts more often than not, I like that somehow with him those two aren’t mutually exclusive. I like that he’s smart and still so damn dumb, I like that he’s just as simple-minded as he is an actually labyrinth in thought process, I like how one-track minded he is even on the most silly things - how once he sets his eyes on a goal he goes for it like his life depends on it. I like that he’s barsh and rude and impulsive in what he says and does, but when he fucks up he knows he fucked up, and he backstracks, and he does his best to make amends. I like that he sits in stupid ways and has the worst posture in the class and then he wears his hero costume and suddenly he’s a model on the catwalk, that’s so damn endearing to me. I like how ridiculously hyperbolic he is and how he just assumes people will get it, get what he actually means, like there’s a point between his brain and his mouth were things get blown out of proportion and he doesn’t even realize it. There’s just so many things to love about him, for me!!

But most importantly I like that he started as low as he could get and that because of it his plot is a one way towards the summit. I like it. I like watching a character grow and every new chapter become a better version of themselves, I love it. Ultimately that’s probably why he’s my favorite, after all haha

Anon said: Hi, this isn’t a question but I just wanted to say how much I love your art and the way you clearly appreciate Bakugou as a character. So many of my friends hate him, but I think he has a lot of depth and so much potential. Your art always makes me smile! Thanks for doing what you do. :)

THANK YOU and thank you for liking the boy too!!!!!!! He deserves it, he absolutely does deserve it!!!!!!! <3<3<3

Anon said: I just went digging in the archives of my blog (which is.. a mess) and found some old art of yours (like... I'm talking bokuto and kuroo level old) and g o s h. I already loved your art so much then and I still do n hhhhhhhh u go. U great.

Gosh you’ve been around a long time then!!!!! Thank you so much for sticking with me all this time!!!! ✨o(TT0TT)o✨

#fran answers #long post #sorry for disappearing on all of you btw!!#some of you might know already but i've spent most of the last week consuming stuff more than producing it haha #sometimes i need that too

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gosatsuvns · 4 years ago

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Weekly Update Compilation

Just realized that I kinda neglected the weekly updates here on Tumblr (sorry about that!), so I'll compile the last few right here:

Weekly Update #328: CG & BGM Progress

This past week, I've focused on drawing the "dead body" CG for GENBA no Kizuna, which is quite an undertaking to say the least. I've made a lot of progress on it, but there's still some work left to be done. It took me quite a while to figure out the exact perspective and angle. Thankfully, being married has its perks, so I got Kuna to take a bunch of reference pictures of me while I was lying on the floor, pretending to be dead, haha. That definitely helped tremendously.

Still, the details are going to give me another headache for sure. We're talking about a guy who got eaten by a T-Rex after all, so there's a lot going on in terms of, well... damage.

Anyway, every now and then, I've also continued working on the outline for Withering Without Hope. And speaking of which, I have just released a new Patreon post, delving into the topic of how Broken Beyond Despair sets up and dictates the direction for its sequel.

If you're curious about the changes I felt were necessary in our recent anniversary update, be sure to check it out!

Next week, I'm planning to make another post talking about the time in between BBD and WWH and what exactly happens there. There is quite a gap between October 30 and December 23 after all...

Now, in other news, I've been working with Solo, our composer, on a new BGM track for GENBA. I've already received a first preview of it and it sounds amazing! Can't wait to hear the full version and share it. This time, we're tackling another investigation theme, specifically for the segments you will play as Rei.

That kinda wraps up this week's progress report. I'll get back to working on that CG now, so please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care! :3

Weekly Update #327: BGs, CGs, Sprites & WWH

After a bit more BG work, I have finally finished a variation for the 1st Floor Main Hall and one for the 2nd Floor Main Hall. That now only leaves one more variation of the 1st floor and all the necessary BGs for the first three chapters of GENBA are done! Hopefully, I can get to that soon, but first of all, I've decided to tackle the "dead body" CG instead, as it is kinda tied to that BG.

Basically, after recovering the body from the Rex jaws, it will be spread out in the main hall and you will be able to catch a glimpse of it on the missing variation of the 1st floor background. At least that's the plan, but I think drawing the CG first will better help me understand what exactly and how much needs to be visible on said BG.

The CG is kind of intimidating to think about, as it is going to be the most difficult to draw by far. As a result, I've been pushing it off for a while now, but I figured, if I get it out of the way now, that'll be a big relief, haha. I've actually started working on it a while ago, doing some initial sketches. You will see almost the entire body lying on the floor. It's going to be an interactive CG too, meaning that players will be able to click all over the body in order to examine it. As you can imagine, it's going to be a very crucial asset towards solving the mystery death at the Kaseki residence, so it will require a lot of attention to detail.

My goal is to finish it by the end of the month, so I have just about a week left, which will hopefully be enough!

Outside of finishing those BG variations and getting back into the body CG, I've been working on some more sprite variations for Keiichi and Amber. Unfortunately, I kinda suffered a setback of sorts by accidentally deleting one of Amber's new sprites "orz Thankfully, I still had the low quality preview I posted on Patreon, so I was able to restore it, even if that was kind of an annoying and rather frustrating occurrence...

I have to doublecheck with the script, but this might be it in terms of sprites for the first chapter, too. In the end, Keiichi only got one new one, depicting him with a somewhat worried expression:

Now, one other thing I've been working on is Withering Without Hope. With the Christmas season drawing near, I'm really getting into the mood for it, so I've been working on the outline for the first chapter. I'd like to continue working on this on the side and hopefully finish at least the entire first chapter outline before the end of the year. The goal here is to have the full script for the game done by the time GENBA will be released.

If you're a patron, you should keep your eyes open, as I'm also going to share some behind-the-scenes info for WWH soon! Been wanting to do that for a while now and just haven't gotten around to it...

Anyway, guess that about wraps it up for today so, please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care! :3

Weekly Update #326: GENBA Background Progress

Alright, after a bit more work, I have finally finished the background for the second floor of the main hall and, along with it, adjusted the other two main hall BGs. If you want to learn more about my struggles with these, be sure to check out last week's blog post where I talk a little about visual consistency. I've also made a post on my private Twitter, showcasing the differences between the old and the new version of the first floor main hall. As for the second floor, here's another preview for that one as well:

Now, what's left are the variations of these two BGs, which I've also worked on. One variation for each of them is almost done as well, just missing one last detail which I'll take care of tomorrow. That will leave only one more variation for the first floor background, which will display a couple more pieces of evidence. As mentioned last week, once these are done, we're gonna be good on backgrounds for a while. That's because the second chapter will not need any new BGs, as no new locations inside the residence will be visited. As for chapter 3, the mid-point case discussion... that one will take place entirely in the exhibition room featured at the end of our demo. So no new BGs for that one either!

Well, I did mention before that I'm playing with the idea of making one more simple BG for said exhibition room. Since the cast will spent quite a while there, discussing the mysteries (think of the dining hall in SHINRAI), it would probably be nice to get some visual variety. However, as I don't deem this to be an "essential background", it's a bit lower on my priority list. For now, I just want to focus on the assets that are absolutely necessary to tell the story. And when we talk about "essential" backgrounds, there are actually only four left now: the wash room, the back corridor, the backyard and one of the suspect rooms.

Before I get to any of those, I'm still aiming to finish all the assets for the first chapter, though. Which (BG variations aside) now only leaves a couple of sprite variations and two CGs. One of those is going to be very elaborate, though, so it will probably take me a while to get it done. I'll most likely work on it next month and, for the rest of November, take care of the sprites and script revisions.

Anyway, that about sums up the current progress. Time to get back to work, so please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care! :3

#shinrai #genba #visual novel #visualnovel #visual novel development #vn #evn #vndev #game development #gamedev #indie game #indiedev #indie #Ren'Py #renpy #interactive fiction #murder mystery #detective game

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scummy-writes · 6 years ago

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Stupid and Sappy post

*waves hands* It’s time for Scum to say bye to MM under the cut! (This is very stupid jhfbjhf)

I can already feel people rolling their eyes at me for this, especially folks who keep like, vague tweeting me and shit over my opinions about this game, but guess what bitch is gonna write this anyway! Me! sfbjhdf

(This post is going to be incoherent at places, like as I am as a person, but also! I talk about heavy subjects like suic*de, so if that gets to you, please don’t read!)

To start it off seriously: even though recently I’ve had a lot of issues over this company with their lack of warning over heavy triggering content, and their very blatantly bad customer service, I still love the original game a lot. Not in the “Oh this plot is beautiful” way, but like. This game helped me at a time when I was extremely lonely, and was dealing with a lot of heavy shit at home.

If you guys have followed me since the beginning, you know know I started this blog just a few months after downloading this game. Like riiight at the beginning of Jan 2017, I made my first post on here- this blog is two years old! I started out as a HC blog and stayed that way for a while, and I think after I hit 1k followers I finally brought up the fact that I had an AO3 account- and folks realized I had started writing fics in oct 2016 for this game! So, a lot of people know that, wow! This game inspired me a lot creatively and helped me hone my writing skills a bit more after a while not being in a writing class! (And yes, my early fics I absolutely refuse to look at because I hate how I used to write JHBJSBFS).

What a lot of folks don’t know, is that at the very beginning of august, I had gotten out of a ward after coming very close to doing something pretty bad to myself.

Granted, I didn’t have to stay in there long- I had put myself in there so I could also leave whenever I wanted (as long as the docs deemed me safe to leave as well) but I kept myself in there for a good bit so I could do a lot of critical thinking and not stress so much about my job at the time.

Afterwards, I got out, while I wasn’t still at That Point, I was still struggling pretty bad mentally. Home life was rough, my mom was battling with a terrible boyfriend at the time that lived with us, and I was still dipping back into some pretty bad thoughts.

Then, a friend I’ve had for a while now, introduced me to this game! And, well, I already covered that it helped me a lot in the creative process, but it also helped distract me a shitton from the bad home life I had.

A lot of people probably also remember that a month after having this blog up and running, my mom tried killing herself.

Everything is still really vivid in my memory about that- because like. So many things could have gone wrong. My little brother could have fallen asleep earlier before he found her, I could have picked up that extra hour for my shift at work, this, that- but long story short she’s still alive.

But it was a terrible year for me. Probably, arguably, all of 2017 was the worst year I’ve had in my life so far. So many things happened with my mother, she was mentally unstable, and after a lot of threats against me I even had to move out until she was more stable and, you know, not threatening to hurt me/break my shit.

And, a lot of you know, while I was constantly dealing with my own mother threatening me and trying to disown me, I was also being harassed on a constant basis over juz*n bullshit. Words cannot describe how laughably stupid that whole situation was, but it was completely, utterly, ridiculous bullshit.

Add that onto me dealing with the IRL struggles with my mom, some of which are somewhat starting to repeat even now- to the point where I’m going to be moving out again soon- well. Shit! It sucked, lol. It sucked a lot, and there were many times where I wish I was back in the hospital or worse.

But, and yes I’m gonna say exactly what yall are expecting, again- this game helped me out a lot. I constantly felt alone and worthless- my own mother was abandoning me- and these voiced sprites made me feel less alone. Gave me the attention I wish I had IRL.

And, well, a lot of my 2017 year is easy to summarize. Constantly harassed, bullied, and dealing with stupid fandom wank. But, also, filled with wonderful messages and support from you guys.

I’ve preached before how follower counts are ridiculous to base your self worth on- and yes I still agree to that, please don’t base your self worth on follower counts. Or anyone’s! - but some of you have literally followed me since the beginning, or for a Very Long Time, if not. I may be terrible with names, but I still recognize you guys and all the kind words you’ve sent me, and I hope you guys know you helped just as much as MM was helping me.

I’m getting incoherent, but a lot of what I’m trying to say is that, this game has helped me out a shitton. That’s probably why I get so vocal about issues concerning the company- not out of a sense of ‘they owe me’ (they owe me absolutely fucking nothing), but just. It sucks seeing a game that used to be so wonderful in its prime, go so fucking downhill so fast. Customer service used to be wonderful, I remember accidentally putting down my old address for the VIP package and messaging them right after I ordered explaining I needed a change of address, and a Live Person getting back to me within the hour and fixing the issue.

Comparing that with, you know, the Four Fucking Months it took to speak to Someone Successfully about the saeran daki bullshit- then you know...Well, yeah you guys know, I’ve went off about it before.

Now it’s apparent that they’re more money hungry, with how you had to pay 900+ hgs with the recent AE stuff with V, and...hoo boy, I’m sure everyones heard enough at this point.

So, backtracking a bit because I’m chugging coffee and all incoherent, this game has brought in a lot of positives in my life. You guys, healthier distractions than what I used to do to myself, friends, creative outlets being brought back to life again. I think thats why I get so upset at the fandom, at people snapping at me for not liking some of the recent things cheritz has done- people fucking vaguetweeting me, for fucks sake, and getting so personally angry at me over how I got upset at Cheritz. Like, I’m not shitting yall, I literally lost friendships over my opinions on cheritz.

And it sucks! Not gonna lie, like it sucks because it’s so fucking stupid. But then you take a look into the fandom- with the ongoing and constant harassment over contributors in charity zines, constant harassment over people if they like a character you don’t or vice versa, the harassment against artists concerning repostings or, god forbid, them drawing a ship you dislike- and it’s just.

How did a game, focusing on the message of how kindness and patience can help out in so many ways, create this rabid fucking fandom?

Even content creators fight against each other. I cannot explain the bullshit I’ve seen over people being mad that they’re not on someones personal “recommended blogs to follow!” lists, over people going out of their way to harass folks because they didn’t make it on a zine, over people trying to use a follow count over why they’re much better than so and so- It’s just...Bad. All of it.

And, well. Combine Cheritz rapidly making their own game worse, in ways we all have heard about me (or others) complain about, and this terrible fandom, I think that perfectly explains why I’m uninstalling and pretty much being done with the fandom once the other stuff I’m involved in finishes.

This game brought a lot of happiness for me, and even with my recent grievances with this game, it (laughably) hurts to uninstall it. I know its ridiculous, god trusT ME i know, but it still sucks saying goodbye to something I still love, but can’t stand being around anymore. At this point, the fandom feels like an abusive ex-friend/whatever and the game used to be what good the ex had left. And now that thats getting worse...orz

I’ll always treasure the doors this game opened up for me- how it allowed me to meet amazing people, some of which I can happily say are my friends, and how it helped me become creative again, how I’ve been able to be on zines to help charities, and how I’ve been blessed to hear my writing impact people in positives ways- but here’s my sappy goodbye while I try to scrapbook the positive memories and bury the negative ones in upcoming therapy session.

If you read this far- bless yoooooou I know I sound like the damn. Crazy image of the dude with papers pinned to the wall, but I hope I made some sort of sense. Thank you!

#scum talks

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yinzhengs · 6 years ago

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Hello ! I want to ask if you still do the Prompts ? If yes I have a request for you, please~ 40 and 49 ; Separation and Coming Home for ChuGuo cp~ thankd and have a nice day !

(… i started off kind of wanting to write nsfw but instead i cannibalized a wip for this and wrote sadness so that’s. cool i guess. next time, next time, 下次才来开车吧orz)

Chu Shuzhi swallows thickly, anger spiking red hot in his veins when he runs his eyes across the mottled bruises on Guo Changcheng’s face, the dried blood on the floor.

“Chu-ge,” Guo Changcheng murmurs, and despite the pain and fatigue evident in his voice, Guo Changcheng’s lips raise up in a smile, bright in the darkness of the cellar. Even with one eye half-swollen shut and lips split and bleeding, Guo Changcheng’s smile is still blinding, and Chu Shuzhi feels the vice grip on his heart loosen and unfurl. He strides forward and cuts through the ropes binding Guo Changcheng to the wall with a controlled blast of energy, unsurprised when Guo Changcheng’s legs buckle underneath him — Chu Shuzhi swoops forward quickly, one arm wrapping tight around Guo Changcheng’s waist to steady him, drawing Guo Changcheng in against him with wide eyes.

He’s not sure who he’s reassuring anymore, at this point.

“I knew you’d come,” Guo Changcheng says, and Chu Shuzhi lets out a shaky sigh of disbelief, his free hand coming up to rest on the back of Guo Changcheng’s neck, fingertips brushing through soft hair. Guo Changcheng’s hands come up to grasp lightly at the front of his coat, a slight tremble in his fingers, and a surge of quiet possessiveness buzzes up underneath Chu Shuzhi’s skin.

“But, also — Chu-ge,” Guo Changcheng starts, voice thin and anxious where it’s muffled in Chu Shuzhi’s shoulder, “please don’t be angry with me.” Chu Shuzhi furrows his brows, confused, before Guo Changcheng continues, pleading. “I didn’t tell them anything — about the case, or about the SID, or anything…”

God, he thinks, a mix of rage and protectiveness rising up in him again — he takes a deep breath, willing away the fledgling sparks of energy that’d pooled instinctively under his fingertips, and forces his voice out soft, reassuring.

“Idiot,” Chu Shuzhi mutters, drawing away slightly to meet Guo Changcheng’s wide, worried eyes. “I’m not angry with you.” He pauses, the hand on the back of Guo Changcheng’s neck dropping to the curve of his shoulder and squeezing gently.

I was so worried, he doesn’t say.

“I’m glad you’re okay,” he admits, softly, before he quickly shakes his head and straightens, dropping back into the familiar guise of a soldier’s posture. “Come on, then. Let’s get out of this damned place.”

—

The wounds are worse than he’d thought, now that he’s seeing them under proper light. And — they’re everywhere: moving his eyes away from the vicious lacerations around his arms where the bindings had dug into his skin, Chu Shuzhi spots the beginnings of a dark, blotchy bruise where the loaned nightshirt falls open and too-loose around Guo Changcheng’s thin frame.

I’m going to kill that bastard, he thinks, viciously. He grits his teeth, fingers tapping out an anxious rhythm against the mattress before he reaches for the first alcohol wipe and grasps Guo Changcheng’s hand loosely, pulling it over to look at the ragged wounds across his wrists, a testament to how much Guo Changcheng had struggled against the rough ropes binding him in place.

“Is something wrong?” Guo Changcheng’s face is open and innocent, concern written across his face. Chu Shuzhi huffs out an amused scoff, shaking his head.

“Nothing,” he says, gruffly. “This will sting,” he warns, quirking his lips upward in a smile that doesn’t meet his eyes at Guo Changcheng’s fearful swallow, his quick nod.

He starts to disinfect the wounds, working in silence but for the quick hisses of breath and quiet, flinching sounds that occasionally escape Guo Changcheng’s clenched jaw. The places where wounds tear crimson and purple through Guo Changcheng’s skin stand in stark contrast to the rest of him, pale and fragile under Chu Shuzhi’s hands.

“Sorry,” Chu Shuzhi mutters. A primal part of him wells up with disdain — humans are weak, easily breakable things, especially this one — but he casts the thoughts aside, eyes flashing up to meet Guo Changcheng’s eyes with a reassuring quirk of his lips. A pang of guilt rises in him, watching Guo Changcheng’s hands clench into tight fists around the blankets when he presses down too hard on the open wound on his temple, but Chu Shuzhi bites his tongue and continues working. Guo Changcheng has never been hard to read, but Chu Shuzhi can tell he’s suffered more than he wants to admit over the last day — he doesn’t want to add to that hurt, no matter how little, so he forces his hands steady, gentles his touch, and tries to be more careful.

“I’m the one that should be sorry,” Guo Changcheng says quietly, wringing his hands together. “I already hold everyone back — and this time I even needed Chu-ge to waste his time rescuing me from a situation that was my fault in the first place, and — and —“

Before Guo Changcheng can stammer his way through more of his pointless apologies, Chu Shuzhi silences him with a frosty glare. Guo Changcheng gulps, head dropping down in anticipation of the coming rebuke.

“Is there something wrong with your head?” he growls out, before he can bite it back. Chu Shuzhi raises a hand to jab a pointed finger into Guo Changcheng’s chest, scowling. “Value your own damn life.”

At that, Guo Changcheng raises his head fractionally to look up, confused, and Chu Shuzhi sighs. “You,” he says, tipping his head in emphasis, “are not a waste of my time. Getting kidnapped wasn’t your fault — unless you’ve suddenly gained the ability to match a Dixing fugitive in a fight?”

Guo Changcheng looks like he’s about to cry, and Chu Shuzhi has to clamp down on the urge to let out a long-suffering yell. “But — but —“

“Shut up,” Chu Shuzhi bites out, quickly, silently thanking the gods when Guo Changcheng does, even though guilt still paints itself across his face. Chu Shuzhi hesitates as he finishes up cleaning the surface wounds, fingers pausing on Guo Changcheng’s cheek before dropping along with his gaze. “I should have found you sooner, anyway,” he says, darkly. “When I find that son of a bitch…”

I’ll kill him. And not even Zhao Yunlan can get in my way.

“Oh, right!” Guo Changcheng perks up, sitting up straighter. “Speaking of, how’s the investigation going?”

Chu Shuzhi freezes in a moment of disbelief before breathing out a weary laugh. Only this kid would be this excited over this kind of investigation, even in these circumstances.

“It’s fine. Lin Jing is tracing the bastard’s cell phone, waiting for a ping. Once we get his position down, we’ll be ready to move in.” Chu Shuzhi sighs, hand dropping to curl around the edge of Guo Changcheng’s collar where it falls open, fingertips grazing the hollow of his neck.

“Changcheng-ah,” he starts, voice uncertain, “if anything had happened to you, I…“

Guo Changcheng’s hands come up to frame his face, smile going sad at the edges. “Nothing happened, Chu-ge, see? I’m fine — mostly.”

Chu Shuzhi sighs, and Guo Changcheng pulls him down, pressing a kiss to the corner of his lips — Chu Shuzhi can’t help but feel like he’s the one being comforted, this time. Still, he leans into it, making a soft, resigned sound, tugging Guo Changcheng closer, careful not to jostle his wounds. Chu Shuzhi draws back, trailing kisses up Guo Changcheng’s jaw, over the swollen bruises on his cheek and under his eyes.

“I’m okay,” Guo Changcheng murmurs, again, and Chu Shuzhi closes his eyes, taking a breath — Guo Changcheng leans in to rest his head against the curve of his neck, and Chu Shuzhi’s arms come up naturally to keep him there, looping gently around his waist, rubbing slow circles across Guo Changcheng’s back.

“Yeah,” Chu Shuzhi mumbles, grounding himself in the solid shape of Guo Changcheng in his arms. “Yeah.”

#chuguo #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #guardian #镇魂 #fic

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gritpyre-archived · 6 years ago

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9 people you’d like to know better.

Rules: tag nine people you’d like to get to know better.

Got tagged by my pal @clockworkgalaxies so here it goes :D

Favorite Colors: All of them if they’re the right tone tbh? I tend to gravitate towards bright warm colors tho, and I’ve been having a soft spot for turquoise lately

Top Favorite Ships: hmmm I don’t really ship that much nowadays but my absolute favorite pairing of all time is 2b9s from Nier automata *__* I also quite like WakaSeo from gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun (although HoriKashi isn’t bad either..... because hhhhh that height difference)

Lipstick or Chapstick: Ugh both feel sorta uncomfortable to me, I prefer lip gloss!

Last Song: I’ve been listening to hoshie by sajou no hana nonstop as of late, because I am a weeb

Last Movie: I was in a dragon mood so I rewatched the first how to train your dragon movie

Currently Reading: bold of you to assume I read but I mean if it’s actual 200 or so pages books then I’ve been struggling for the past 2 years to finish reading Drawing with the right side of the brain by Betty Edwards, it’s a really damn good book that has given me lots of hope and a new understanding about what drawing is and how to get better at it, nvm the fact that I’ve become a goblin that can’t focus on reading lenghty pieces anymore orz

Sooo I gotta tag 9 people? here goes nothing

@crash-bump-bring-the-whump @chaos-before-the-storm @swordkallya @friendlylocalwhumper @mustiels-art @dragonheart905 @malfunction-whump @galaxy-whump and @shadesmcgee!

#this was fun! thanks for tagging me Wyatt <3 #frankie speaks

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allofthisnonsenseplease · 7 years ago

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firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 can we do a thing where jack is a dumb jock jock jack.... joack........ like he's on the college football team and he keeps trying to impress gabe w his letter jacket and shit and gabe is like ",,,, k"

gabe doesn't realize it's flirting he thinks jack is just trying to show off

gabe, as per usual, is a theater major (though he tends to work more on set design/costumes/directing than actually acting). he and jack meet in some required class, like a math class or something, because they happen to sit next to each other

jack is struggling. he is Not good at this subject. they get tests back and jack's grade is bad. he accidentally sees the score on gabe's paper and it's like 99%.

holy shit the hot guy sitting next to him is smart

he kinda flashes his own test score at gabe with a weak smile and is like "hey, ha, guess i should've spent less time playing football and more time studying."

gabe just kinda glances at him and goes back to his own thing with a dismissive "mm."

jack's expression wilts a little bit but he brightens up and asks, "so uh, any tips? how'd you get to be so good at this?"

"by not talking during class," gabe says shortly.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack is only deterred for a moment. He asks if he can hire Gabe as a tutor. Gabe reminds him that there's a tutoring center on campus Jack could use, and eyes him suspiciously. He could definitely use a bit of spare cash, but he doesn't know why this guy is offering in the first place. Jack upps the offer: cash, plus dinner every night Gabe can tutor him. Deal.

Elated by this success, Jack doesn't think at first about how quick he's going to blow through his spare cash doing this. He actually ends up getting apart time job in order to pay Gabe's tutoring fees, which isn't a problem...right up until Gabe starts to warm up to him and wants to hang out, but Jack has to work. =(

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 awww jaaaack you idiot jack keeps hitting on gabe when they meet up for tutoring sessions but jack does it so poorly gabe just thinks jack is show-offy. which is weird bc he is also very self deprecating. like bragging about being all buff from football practice but also constantly making jokes out of all the millions of mistakes he makes while playing and he is. very bad at math. VERY bad. gabriel doesn't know where to start with this kid.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 but, startlingly, Jack actually does try, which is why Gabe doesn't quit after the first session. Yeah it's frustrating, but it's not like Jack is ignoring him and goofing off. maybe he's got dyscalcula or something

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 awwww jackie and amazingly jack still fails his next test but only by a slim margin. improvement!! he flashes gabe the paper and gives him a lil grin and gabe is like SIGH still a long way to go but........ good job.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack feeling like garbage after that, though, and apologizing for having wasted Gabe's time. He's smiling as he says it, like, 'haha guess i'm just an idiot' but Gabe gets the vibe that he's really bothered over it.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 OJSNDKJND SADNESS

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Maybe that's when Gabe is like: 'hey, let me treat tonight' and Jack perks up all at once, then remembers that he has to work.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 qoq gabe says quickly "after work then. i have a car, i can... pick you up." jack is like really?? but it'll be so late.... but gabe doesn't let him refuse the offer

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 awww. they end up at denny's XD

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 LOL gabe is still bein all reserved but he does his best to reassure jack that he did a good job and it can only get better from here, it's a good sign and all that jack is all "awwww gaaabe it almost sounds like you care about me<3" to deflect from his own feelings of self-worth |D

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 lol poor guy what if they run into some of Jack's teammates there, and they kinda tease him about finally hooking up with Gabe, and Jack has a mini heart attack as he tries to protest no, this isn't...! it's not like that! and he ends up looking like a blond strawberry, and unable to meet Gabe's eyes. ((unless you were wanting to wait longer on the reveal?))

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 AWW maybe he protests a little too convincingly instead of crumbling he like puffs up and laughs and is like "LOL as if"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 JACK NO

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 gabe is like "haha yeah. as if."

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 * claws at face * i d i o t s

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 d(owo) jack keeps trying to pester gabe into coming to see one of his football games by promising to go to gabe's next show

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 is Gabe invested enough to be a bit insulted over Jack's lol as if? does he get grumpy and keep refusing to go and tells Jack that he isn't even in the play, so there's no reason for him to bother? and Jack shows up anyway and looks for him afterward?

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 yeppppp oh goddd what if it's like shakespeare or something else classic and jack pesters gabe to the point of annoyance where he snaps at him about why would jack even WANNA see it, it's not like he'd understand it or something like that

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 OUCH

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 regrets it immediately of course but it's too late, jack's all closed off with his awkward laugh and a carefully blank expression gabe tries to apologize but jack just kinda shakes his head with that smile of his and says "don't worry about it, it's true."

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 bonus points if it's decidedly Not True lol jack playing hamlet in high school

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 he tests horribly and has a hard time with writing so his grades are shit and people think he's either dumb or doesn't try and neither of those things are true omg that's hilarious the problem is jack agrees w those assessments and so he just leans into it instead of fighting it

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 starts to think that since even Gabe sees him that way, then he's definitely not good enough for Gabe, so he just kinda gives up. quits the job, cancels the tutoring sessions, stops answering his phone, starts skipping class, even. Gabe checks for him at work after the second time he skips, and finds out he quit. He and Jack only ever studied at the library, so he doesn't know where Jack lives, and Jack isn't answering his phone. Confronts him after class next time when Jack's there, and asks him what's going on. When he mentions that he tried to find Jack at work, Jack just waves it off and admits he only got the job to pay Gabe, and since he's a lost cause he figured why bother? He neglects to mention that he's been trying to study on his own with his schedule freed up again.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 QoQ gabriel's heart hurts he starts with, "look, if this is because of what i said, i didn't-" jack cuts him off. "no. it's okay. it wasn't. you just reminded me." gabriel wishes jack would quit smiling like that and get angry at him

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 O U C H orz fuck you for that one

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 :3c gabriel blurts out "please come to the play on friday. i think you'd- i think you'd like it." he doesn't know what else to do

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack's having a harder time keeping his smile in place, but he manages, and mumbles that it isn't really his thing, then tries for an escape oh shit. what if, trying for anything to make him reconsider or even just wait a moment, Gabe offers to explain it to him beforehand so that Jack isn't lost, and Jack just whips around to look at him and there's this expression on his face that Gabe's never seen before, and Jack just flings a few of Hamlet's lines at him--he'd been thinking back to that ever since Gabe said he wouldn't understand--but he can't remember the whole of it--it's been years since the play after all--and not being able to finish the part he started only makes him feel like he proved Gabe's point instead of demonstrating that he's actually at least a little smarter than everyone says.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 sggcjhbjhbgdsCGJBJHD GABE STOP FUCKING UP

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Gabe is like 'wait. WAIT. we need to talk about that. what was that?' but Jack is flustered and freshly humiliated and shrugs him off and practically runs away.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 dfgxfghcvbhc jack just wants to be good at something qoq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 that's part of the reason he's so proud of football--it's the one thing he's good at, so of course he's gonna try to draw attention to that rather than his failings

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 qoq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 What if Gabe shows up to the next game and finds Jack afterward, and Jack actually brightens up to see him for the first time in a couple weeks, and Gabe's just: 'I sold you short before. Give me another chance?'

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 QoQ gabriel totally knows what he's feeling by now he might not know how MUCH he likes jack... but he knows it jack laughs but it isn't that false thing he's always falling back on, it's bubbly and a little awkward. "i really need to pass this next math exam so yeah" gabe is a little distracted by how jack's all sweaty and bright from adrenaline maybe a little more than distracted

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 realizes suddenly and a bit embarrassed over it 'i, um, can't afford to pay you for tutoring at the moment, though, so...'

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 gabe, thinking: i know what you CAN pay me with

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 omg gabe

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 instead he waves his hand and says, "it's payment enough just to be with you." jack stares at him, cheeks already flushed from the game so it's hard to tell if he's blushing or not, and gabriel realizes he just accidentally flirted with jack

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 AWKS that's not even subtle flirting, either XD jeezus, Gabe

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 XDD IT's MORE SUBTLE THAN WHAT HE WAS THINKING props on the censorship gabe

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 but Jack, after he gets over that initial surprise, lights up over it. Gabe is blindsided by how happy he looks.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 >w< gabe gets kinda flustered and is like UM. UH I'LL.. I'LL TEXT YOU and escapes

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 leaving Jack to wonder exactly what the hell just happened. lol what if he gets stuck in his head again and thinks Gabe only suggested tutoring him out of guilt and that he hadn't meant what he said the way it sounded?

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 NOOO

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack ends up thinking that there's no way Gabe's actually going to text him later after that.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 JAAACK gabe, meanwhile, hands shaking as he holds his phone and tries desperately to come up w a casual message

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 god gabe if we haven't all been there in one way shape or form

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 yepp he eventually decides on something like "hey i'm free x day if you want to study" om g gabe starting to have lil fantasies about """"studying""""" with jack

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 lol Jack being SOOO relieved about getting the text that night. he asks what time, and Gabe's just anytime come over in the morning i'm free all day we can make a day of it and Gabe's got his heart in his throat over that

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 GABE YOUR THIRST IS SHOWING

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 and Jack's a bit nervous now, too, but holy hell he isn't gonna pass up that chance.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 THEY LIKE EACH OTHER SO MUCH THESE DORKS

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 oh! that'll mean Jack gets to go to Gabe's apartment! ^^

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 >w< as soon as jack walks in the door, gabe is like yes this person belongs in my house forever

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 <3<3<3 they get right down to studying with some drinks and snacks, but an hour or two in, Gabe calls for a break to move around a bit and let the info settle in Jack's brain. and, of course, he has to ask about the Hamlet thing.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 ahhhh

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack shyly admitting that he was the lead in the play in high school. he starts to say that he didn't really get it, only memorized the lines, but the words stick in his throat. when he glances at Gabe for his reaction, expecting skepticism, he's a bit surprised to see gabe smiling crookedly. 'My bad for assuming,' Gabe says. Jack brushes it off with a laugh and the 100% true claim that he's better at being a jock anyways.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 acassdvddvxf

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Gabe, eyes lowered as he's plucking at the carpet where he's sitting next to Jack, murmuring: 'You're more than just that, Jack.'

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 GABE THAT'S GAY

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 lol he's just admitting that his new friend/crush is a multidimensional human being!

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 jack kinda prickles and smiles and says "nah. what you see is what you get with me." gabe IS a gay mess for jack though

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 ABSOLUTELY please and thank you

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 gabriel is silent for a moment, pondering the patterns on the carpet "that's not true," he says finally typing w one finger is hard lol

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 XD you can do it! i believe in you!

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 :heart: he gestures at jack's paper smile and says "like that." jack's expression is strained. "i don't... what are you saying?" "come on jack, you're smart, you know what i'm saying," gabe sighs. jack doesn't refute that statement, but his smile is painful at this point "we- should get back to work," he says abruptly

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 defenses ar in imminent danger of being breached!! red alert!! you are typing better with one finger than i am with two hands

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 XDDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 brb--need more tea

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 d(owo) "i mean it, jack," gabe tries again. "you're more than the person you lead people to believe you are. you can't fool me anymore, i know you're sm-" jack cuts him off with a hasty kiss

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 !!!!!!!!!!!! Jack, recoiling while blushing furiously: See? If I was smart, I wouldn't have-- Gabe, leaning in to kiss him again.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 sacsdvdrbtntfrfs

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 altho, to be fair, all Gabe knows is that Jack tries hard, tests poorly, and was Hamlet in a high school play lol

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 and that he's sexy as hell after a football game

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Gabe is all: 'I know you're smarter than most people think, we just have to figure out how to show it. How did you learn your lines for Hamlet? Maybe that's the key to how we should study. Jack: i'd really rather kiss you again thanks

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 gabe: come on jack you're good at- jack: hey shut up and fuck me maybe

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 WOW Jack. second date at least, i think

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 hey JACK stop avoiding your issues with sex k XDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 XD so, like, who wins? do they keep studying? at least until Jack has just gotten too fidgetly over the fact that Gabe kissed him back and they have to take a break to deal with that somehow?

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 they try to study until gabe slams the book down with an exasperated sigh and kisses jack again

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 and he can sense immediately the difference in Jack's focus lol where a moment ago he'd been distracted as all hell, but the moment Gabe touches him, Jack is all about the kiss

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 also that jack is really really nice to kiss gabriel breaks it off briefly to drag them both onto the couch and then kisses jack into the cushions

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 jack gasping out in-between kisses 'god i'm so glad you weren't serious that night at denny's'

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 gabe gets offended at that like UM YOU WERE THE ONE WHO REJECTED THE IDEA OF US HOOKING UP FIRST

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 Jack's just HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED? I WAS PAYING YOU TO SPEND TIME WITH ME And they both stop. And stare. Inches from each other. Jack: I didn't mean to admit to that.

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 LOL oops accidentally told my crush just how desperate i was to hang out with him

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 lucky for Jack, Gabe thinks it's more cute than sad? like, he'd already almost realized, since Jack took the job to pay him, but it wasn't 100% that it was all about spending time with him and not at least 50/50 about studying Jack, covering his face with his hands: just...don't look at me Gabe laughs and kisses all over the backs of his hands and fingers

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 AWWWW CUTE jack is grinning behind his hand and gabriel can't Deal

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 In an effort to get Jack to uncover his face, Gabe, in a mock-scandalized voice, goes 'I can't believe you rented me like a common whore' and Jack immediately pulls his hands away from his face, caught between panic and laughing denial

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 LOL GABE gabe is just holy SHIT i like him so much

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 NOW are you glad you gave the arrogant jock a chance, Gabe?? XD

firesonic152 - 11/08/2017 XDDD ALSO HOT JOCK this means all kindsa handsiness in the locker room during quick football practice breaks lmaO gabe like just shows up at practice to watch jack

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/08/2017 lol Jack keeps having to run back inside for bathroom breaks. he is. Not Subtle. okay, but, jumping back to the study session--with most of the morning gone and Jack's focus shattered, they just kinda give up and end up falling asleep on the sofa. when they wake up, the afternoon sun is pouring in, and Jack is kinda sore and crushed from Gabe falling asleep on top of him, and there's a wet patch on his shirt where Gabe is drooling a bit in his sleep, but he's, like, so happy that he's afraid to move and wake Gabe and possibly ruin this bc is he really this lucky???

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 LOL I PASSED TF OUT AT LIKE 11:45 LAST NIGHT DAMN ALSO WTH THAT'S ADORABLE

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 :heart::heart::heart:

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 also also i have serious a question how does jack balance his thirst for gettin wrekt w playjng football :thinking:

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 ahhhh....that's a good one. he doesn't. XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 LOL

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 lots of toys and frustrated nights alone in his empty bed

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 AWWW omg buT

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 maybe he goes to a bunch of parties and hooks up there, and his rep for that is part of the reason Gabe didn't take him seriously at first.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 after a big game when he has a little break before he has to be able to do shit again he is On gabriel sdckjseckjs starts associating games w getting rekt afterward though, that's a little awkward

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 lol Jack's teammates getting concerned 'cause it seems like he's been pulling a lot of muscles in games lately from the way he's so stiff the day after XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 XDDD I'M IMPRESSED THEY ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE REAL REASON

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 maybe they just don't want to think too hard about the details. XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 XDDD although one time jack does get injured during a game so gabe can't go all out on him afterward HE"S SO UPSET

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 but that means that Gabe just has an excuse to go as slow and sweet as he wants and Jack just gets to lay back and deal with it as the anticipation builds up until he's jelly-limbed and wrung-out just from the pent-up need

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 >w< gabe steals jack's letter jacket for once instead of jack stealing a hoodie and jack fucking Dies he like can't find it anywhere and then later he sees gabe wearing it just casually IT HAS HIS NAME ON THE BACK HE'S SO FLUSTERED

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 lol if it's a bit too tight on Gabe's arms ^^

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 ddfbvrdd

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 XD dude, while i was making dinner i was thinking about the jock!Jack fic & the part where Gabe takes his letterman and just...Jack joking around about Gabe taking his name. ^^ <3 Gabe shooting back only if Jack takes his.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 AHHH CUTE so like... gabe's got his career path planned, what is jack gonna do be anxious about his life or, does he fuckin join the military,, without gabe in this one,,,,

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 he tries to go pro and breaks a knee or something and then ends up homeless in his 20s

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 SOOZY

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 XD sorry sorry ignore the knee jerk reaction ummm... maybe he's just fucking around for the time being, going to college on a football scholarship while trying to figure out what he wants to be

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 gabe becomes a big time broadway set/costume designer and jack is his trophy husband

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 XD jack can decide he wants to be a nurse. maybe he ends up patching Gabe up a lot after little accidents with building sets and what not

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 ahhhhhhhh he's like super nervous about med school bc he famously sucks at school but it turns out he's good at medicine??

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 OH SHIT I FORGOT HE WAS A SCHOLASTIC FUCKUP XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 LMAO XDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 maybe he'd always kinda wanted to do that, though, but he never thought he'd be able to manage the education required, so he gave up. alternatively, massage therapist Jack. they have a SHIT TON of stuff they gotta learn but they can do it relatively quickly. also...jack giving Gabe massages. let's not even pretend that wasn't entirely why i suggested that.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 >:3c maybe he got good at it bc of sports and people always pulling muscles and shit and gabe gets like a cramp from sewing and jack helps him out

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 or gets a cramp from being hunched over his work for so long lol Jack gets up to rub his neck and shoulders, and Gabe just melts and is like shit, dude, why don't you do this for a living?? Jack: haha like i'd be able to memorize all the muscles and connective tissues and various strokes and pressures-- Gabe: Jack, we talked about this.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 jack has nice big hands >w<

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 Gabe is like, 10000% on board for being Jack's practice dummy when he starts his coursework but I do like the idea of Jack going into a nurturing career like that for some reason. what if he went to work at an assisted living facility? places like that can be pretty stressful and depressing when they aren't properly funded or staffed. Jack bringing work home with him, going gray early on from trying his best to do three people's jobs and it's still not enough, really, but his protests to the management fall on deaf ears.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 QoQ WTH THAT'S SAD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 trying to pick something that aligns with how he seemed in some of the canon stuff without dragging this into war

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 yeah qoq he gets like super stressed and it makes gabe stressed also gabe has his own stress bc broadway is hella stressful

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 which one blows up his workplace? XD jk jk

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 HAHA i mean gabe probably creates some explosion effects at some point

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 Jack having to sweet talk their landlord bc some of the stuff gabe brough hom accidentally got ignited XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 so jack is hella stressed at his caretaking job and gabe hates seeing what it's doing to him but he knows he can't suggest that jack quit without having like a solution for another job he can have bc otherwise jack'll be like "oh yeah i'm a failure" you dummies.... communication........

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 lol he ends up talking Jack into a management position somehow. Jack stages a takeover of the facility and ends up as the manager/director/whatever. He's got less time with the people living there, but at least he can make their lives better now.

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 :DDD yay!! immediately jack feels better about everything bc!! look he's accomplishing things!!! and he also has a super hot boyfriend for whom he can finally afford a ring so that's nice

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 ^^ aww! lol what if him and Gabe manage to get permission to bring the residents out to watch a dress rehearsal?

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 awwwwww

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 and Jack's so pleased at how much everyone enjoys it, 'cause he loves seeing them happy & he knows gabe works so hard

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 qwq HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL GO does jack do some nerdy gabe's-play-related thing like steals all the extra explosives for pizazz XD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 XD omg. lights their apartment on fire or something lol

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 AWWW HE ACCIDENTALLY SETS THE APARTMENT ON FIRE AND IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE SO THEY'RE ALL HUDDLED OUTSIDE AND MISERABLE WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ITS COLD AND JACK LOOKS JUST SO DEFEATED BUT HE GIVES GABE HIS JACKET AND GABE STICKS HIS HANDS IN THE POCKETS AND FEELS THE BOX

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 what if he's been working with the residents on a new flower garden--something to give them a hobby & brighten the plac eup all at once, and he calls Gabe down one day supposedly to show him the end result, but really it's to propose to him AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THE RAINY ONE

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 djfknadkfjnacjsn

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 i like yours better! XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 XDD YOURS IS CUTE TOO

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 mine doesn't feature Jack-the-massive-fuckup

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 XDDD that is a feature him just looking so distressed and upset and gabe is kinda annoyed about this whole thing but then he feels the box in his pocket and immediately is like HOLY SHIT

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 voice shaking as he says: 'Jack? Is there something you wanted to ask me?' and Jack just looks at him blankly for a moment before realization dawns and Gabe sees shock and dismay and embarrassment cross his face before he just laughs and covers his face with his hands. 'ohhhh, i really fucked this one up, didn't I?' Gabe gently tugs his hands down. 'We can just call it a rehearsal, if you want. Try again another day?' He smiles encouragingly until he gets a tiny answering smile from Jack. 'Wasn't sure how the scene will end,' Jack admits quietly, hopefully. 'It's obviously a comedy, Jack. Those end with weddings.'

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 AHHHHHH THAT'S G A Y gabe: spoilers, i'm gonna say yes jack: KSJNFASKFN

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 i love that that is so often your reaction. XD

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 XD IT'S TRUE jack is like "look i wanna propose to you properly again but-" and gabe is like "dw i'm putting on the ring rn i can't wait"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/09/2017 omg. dorks. i love them. why have you cursed me with this?

firesonic152 - 11/09/2017 d(=w=) and gabe gets like super antsy and the second they get back inside he darts into the bedroom and comes back all red-faced w his own ring

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 <3<3<3 lol Gabe didn't get to propose first bc he wanted it to be PERFECT and Jack just wanted memorable

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 awwwww they just wanna be married already luckily gabe's latest show is like super popular so they've got a shitton of money to spend on it gabe wants Everyone to know he has a husband

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 Gabe gets super involved in wedding planning and Jack is slowly getting more and more nervous because greaaaaaaaaat. MORE people to make a fool of himself in front of. people who know Gabe. People who might judge Gabe for his taste in partners.

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 NO JACK YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE WANTS TO SHOW YOU OFF TO EVERYONE HE KNOWS every person he meets he's like "hi i'm gabe btw have i told you about my amazing husband yet" and everyone is like "well no i just met you two seconds ago" and gabe is like pulling out photos "SO HIS NAME IS JACK"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 XD oh god he's one of THOSE people he's FLYNN

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 HAHA

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 ((omg--amost forgot to mention: the thought crossed my mind the other day--Mix Tape crossover fic with classical music student Gabe trading suggestions with Flynn about how to live with a metalhead lol))

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 LOLL jack is all self-conscious but all gabe wants to do is get him in a nice suit, drag him along to every single fancy party to show him off to everybody, then come home and tear that suit off and lavish him in praise

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Gabe getting to put him IN the suit, tho like, helping him get dressed, doing up teh buttons, smoothing down creases, feeling the heat of Jack's body through the nice fabrics, the scent of him buried beneath the smell of soap and deodorant and fabric softener, but knowing that at the end of the day, Gabe is going to get to undress him layer by layer and reacquaint himself with the feel of Jack's body beneath his hands, with the scent of his skin, with the taste of him...

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 JDBFSAFJB also gabe like went with him to the tailor when they bought it in the first place and oversaw everything ((he designed it of course)) (((he was such a pain in the tailor's ass))) ((((they can't go back there))))))

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 X'''D

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 but the end product is a ridiculously attractive suit complete with a waist coat

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 aaaaaaaaaaaaa

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 gabe tying jack's tiiiiie =w=

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 Jack nervously smoothing it down after Gabe helps him put it on, just kind of laughing in his usual unsure of himself way and musing that it probably doesn't suit him, then looking up to see Gabe drinking in every line of him, following the movements of his hands over his body with a hunger that makes Jack flush and wish they had more time before they need to leave

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 jnfajskjdnfkcanj gabe starts musing out loud about how the hell he's gonna take this suit off jack without ruining it at the fancy dinner party gabe is practically glowing with pride every single person who comes along he's just like LOOK AT MY HUSBAND HE'S PERFECT "that's the best part, the outside is new but now it reflects what's already in you :musical_note: " "i couldn't change that if i wanted to~ and i do not" //this whole thing is really making me think of that legally blonde song lol

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 XD it's giving me Fluri feels, tbh. Flynn wishing Yuri saw everything that Flynn sees in him. ;;

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 S TAAAHP that hurts qoq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 YOU STARTED IT XD

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 YOU MADE IT HURT

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 9.9 merely pointed out a similarity

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 =^= huff gabe like really really wants to fuck jack IN the suit but he also doesn't wanna ruin it he settles for removing the pants, fingering jack to the edge of orgasm, then removing the rest /// also @ my internet wtf discord is working perfectly well but none of my other webpages will load?

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 internet, stop being weird and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Gabe ends up having more suits made specifically because of this dilemma XD

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 LMAO he has like a suit made specifically to fuck jack in that's hilarious

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 XD

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 jack makes a fuss every time gabe buys him a suit but the look gabe gives him when he wears them is nothing less than thrilling every time

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 ouo

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 something about the fact that gabe doesn't even want to take off his clothes before fucking him like reallyyyy does it for jack the idea that he's THAT irresistible drives him a little crazy

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 omg. Gabe doing wonders for Jack's self-esteem just by loving him so much

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 QoQ yess

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 also, while we're discussing clothed sex--snuggly lovemaking with Jack in nothing but an oversized cableknit sweater

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 YESS gabe has no clue how he managed to find an oversized sweater given just how Huge jack's upper body is but somehow he did

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 XD

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 and it's heckin cute

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 maybe he knitted it

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 awwwWWWW WIAT THAT'S CUTE

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 like, it took him two years but XD

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 jack is all pouty one day bc the oversized sweater look is so snug but he's never been able to find something that's oversized on him SO GABE GETS TO WORK

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 <3<3

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 and gives it to jack for christmas jack doesn't cry (he does a little)

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 Jack is OVERJOYED

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 tbh it's a little bit of a present for gabe too. bc now jack will hang around the house in JUST the sweater. and gabe can't do it

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 omg XD smooth, Gabe. ouob

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 IT'S JUST WAY TOO TEMPTING TO SLIDE A HAND UP THAT TANTALIZING THIGH and the way it hangs it just barely covers jack's ass gabe caaaaan't

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 he played himself XD can't get any work done on projects @ home bc jack's always hanging around in the sweater

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 dfjnakfdjn

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 grinning like the cheshire cat over his mug of tea

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 snuggly jack is dangerous gabriel comes home and is like "JACK PUT ON SOME FUCKING CLOTHES I NEED TO WORK" and jack is like okay and gets into one of the goddamn suits and gabe is like "YOU BITCH I WANT A DIVORCE" and jack is like "babe you're literally unbuckling my belt right now"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 X'D

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 what if jack starts to get self-conscious about the fact that gabe makes way more money than him though

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 JACK NO Jack not enjoying the hard-to-shake feeling that he's a kept man?

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 yeah qoq like the work he does is hard and important, but it's not glamorous and it certainly doesn't make him money

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 plus, he's not getting to spend time with the residents anymore, and he had wanted to be able to help people one on one

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 HOW WOULD WE SOLVE THAT ONE THOUGH

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/10/2017 Jack's just gotta get over his self-esteem issues. maybe he recognizes it as an unfair thought and just tries to deal with it.

firesonic152 - 11/10/2017 yay!

#cornfuck and the reaper #R76 plot ideas

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