#tag: ETHOS

[artdecosupernova-writing]

Fictober '24 Prompt No. 3 — "I know you better."

Category: Original WIP: Darkspace Portent Rating: T Timeline: During book one, following Warren's big revelation in the woods (where he fully realizes his feelings for Thrive). CW: none Word Count: 584 Additional Notes: this isn't exactly canon because A) it's not quite lined up right with the timeline and B) I said so

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Warren glanced from the road to the wad of cash in Thrive's hand and gripped the steering wheel tighter. Couple hundred dollars give or take, all of the money Warren would see for an indefinite amount of time, likely, all tucked between long, human-appearing fingers.

"There's no feasible way to spend this all so fast," Thrive murmured almost to himself, inspecting the money closer and counting the bills in his mind. "There's upwards of a thousand here."

"It's real, it's possible," Warren grunted, turning into the parking lot of a local plaza and speeding into a spot near the exit. He slammed the brakes and put the jeep in park. "We don't know how much time there is. Don't underestimate my ability to spend money, E.T.—I will disappoint you every time."

Thrive's voice was immediately calm and gentle in direct contrast to Warren's nearly-manic chattering. "You're overthinking things..."

"I'm not overthinking shit, and I'd really appreciate it if we didn't address what happened. I would really love not to address it."

The following pause was spent counting out the bills again in Thrive's case, and in Warren's case, staring through the windshield at the various shops and small restaurants in the plaza while his knee bounced hard under his keys.

"Unfortunately to some, I know you better than that," Thrive said.

Warren leaned his head back against the headrest. "...And yet I still have a lot to learn about myself."

Thrive's eyes slid from the cash to the windshield as well. "You'll have an entire lifetime to figure it out."

"Sure, I have an entire lifetime, but that lifetime happens to be until I'm thrown into prison, where I'll be beaten to death by fellow inmates because I don't know how the system works, or until I inevitably steal a guard's gun and blow my own brains out—"

"Warren," Thrive interjected, and the tightness of his voice was off-putting.

Warren took a breath and his brow pinched as he watched Thrive continue to observe the scarce early morning goings-on in the plaza around them. Thrive did not follow up on his interruption, nor did he start a new thread of thought, and Warren was forced to realize, painfully slow, that it was as simple as Thrive...just wasn't comfortable with that possibility.

The tug at Warren's gut at that revelation was almost enough to knock him flat on his ass. His breath caught somewhere between his lungs and his mouth, and he gripped the steering wheel, tapping it in an unknown rhythm.

"I gave you my word," Thrive murmured, his voice clear but hiding a deep emotion Warren couldn't quite figure out. "What did I tell you I would do?"

When he finally met Warren's eyes, Warren swallowed thickly and shook himself free of the despair threatening to make a mighty thick pancake out of him as well.

"You said you'd be back for me," Warren muttered. "We'd go on an adventure. Out into space. Where..." He paused, his own throat tightening. "Where I'd be..."

Thrive tilted his head in somewhat of a nod and turned his eyes back to the plaza. "I intend to keep that word." His fingers found the handle of the car door. "...Even if I have to defy physics to do so."

He exited the jeep casually, leaving Warren to watch him, his muscles unable to work for a good few seconds. Then, as if slogging through a viscous substance, Warren pulled himself out of the jeep as well.

[shepscapades]

I wish you coulda seen the look on my face when I glanced at Bdubs’ comment section for his wild life ep2

[wasyago]

snoozing n cruising

[rackraccartpage]

[quee-r-code]

sitcom ass image

[150en]

From Gem's stream on 15.04.24 'hermitcraft - let's get back to work :D' [1:31:40~].

[chamoemileclown]

frogger!!

[jellitchi]

hotguy.

[flurmitcraff]

Mumbo, desperate to feel normal for once, releases dirt on his fellow hermits and asks the community to rank their weirdness.

[artdecosupernova-writing]

Five Songs Tag

I was tagged by @drabbleitout 💜 thank you!

Rules: List 5 songs that fit your WIP

I did this years ago on my old blog, but it'd be cool to have on this one too! I'll basically be listing the "theme" song for each installment of the first half of my sci-fi/romance series for this one

Darkspace Portent: M31 Arc —

ETHOS: "In the Air Tonight" — Joseph William Morgan (ft. Shadow Royale)

Destiny: "Castle of Glass" — Linkin Park

Rebirth: "Fairly Local" — Twenty One Pilots

Eternal: "Lost in the Echo" — Linkin Park

Aurora: "Rain" — The Birthday Massacre

tagging @sleepy-night-child, @drippingmoon, @sleepyowlwrites, @ashen-crest, @zmwrites, @druidx, and anyone else who wants to participate!

[batfadcrafts]

i may have a problem

[alienssstufff]

wilf life

[athanmis]

PET postal!!!!

[wasyago]

the tek of the slab variety...

[samgatinho]

a few doodles i did for an art reqs thing on insta :D

[150en]

New member of the 4/5Gs: Guilt trip-- I mean Good Boy!! [Wild Life Ep.5]