#that i cannot afford and even if i could i don't have anywhere to wear them to

[redvanillabee]

completely wrong focus but. so i've talked about fashion envy for peggy but jack has this really cute suit in 1x03/1x07 with the belt thing across the back (i don't know the proper tailoring term) and a subtle bit of red woven into the fabric that's really cute and honestly. would wear.

[heaven-s-black-box]

Notes- To the Beach! GOM x fem!Reader

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Recovery date: May 10th, 2024

Description: hiii!! hope your having a good day, I was wondering if I could request GoM x reader (separately) with a maybe more quiet and shy reader when they go to the beach and see her in a bikini (maybe a bit suggestiveee but it’s up to you!) they can get a bit flustered and protective 😭 thank you so much and dw if you don’t/can’t complete it <3,

Notes: This work was recovered in conjunction with @smtere we thank them for their contributions. Hope you don't mind the headcanons, it was the easiest for so many people. This is meant to be post last game, probably summer of their 3rd year.

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Akashi

Is the most outwardly chill about it

Though he does find his gaze drifting and lingering (Aomine got halfway through calling him out once before eating sand)

The first time he justifies it as admiring your swimsuit, every other time is just a whoopsie

He’s not weird about it though, and he tries his best not to stare

Makes sure you put on sunscreen/ cover up if he thinks you need it

Will complement how it looks on you

I did say “most outwardly chill” and I meant it

He may seem cool as a cucumber but if you hug him he will short circuit

He doesn’t get much affection on a normal day and while he is much more mature than his friends, I refuse to believe this boy is not fighting off indecent thoughts every so often

Build a sand castle with him please

Midorima

Flustered and can’t hide it

Dude is pink, and not from the sun

His gaze also drifts and lingers but he won’t even give himself a chance to admire you

You cannot convince me Takao has not corrupted him, at least a bit, he can’t look at you without hear Takao teasing him

Like Akashi he looks out for you if you’re prone to sunburn

Midorima isn’t weird about you wearing a bikini, he just makes it weird by actively avoiding looking anywhere but your face

He definitely relaxes throughout the day though

By the time you’re leaving he compliments you, having finally looked somewhere other than your face

He’s fine with whatever you want to do, might even begrudgingly let you bury him

Kise

The most chill, he has sisters so bikinis aren’t something overly suggestive to him

That said it’s you so it does make him a bit flustered

He is also the most obviously protective because as a model he’s very familiar with… lingering gazes, there will always be weirdos

Keeps a shirt on while on the beach, claiming he can’t afford to burn, but it's actually incase you want it for whatever reason

He definitely enjoys the extra contact though, whether that be an arm around your waist or offering to carry you on his back, Kise strikes me as a touchy person

If your swimsuit starts to come loose he’ll offer to fix it for you

Showers you in complements

Wants to collect shells and swim

Murasakibara

Could not give two shits

Kise was chill, Murisakibara just doesn’t care

He compliments the swim suit, and he definitely stares a bit but when he gets caught he apologizes and looks away

Won’t initiate physical contact but doesn’t mind it, feeling your skin brush against his when you hugged him did make him jump a bit though

I don’t really have much to say here because I really don’t think he’d care

Although he will confront anyone making you uncomfortable, his stature is more than enough to make most people back down

Wants to spend the day lounging on the beach, you might be able to convince him to come float with you

Aomine

If it was anyone but Aomine it would be weird

Shamelessly stares

You can call him out on it but he’ll just make a sound of acknowledgement and keep staring, unless you tell him he’s making you uncomfortable

He may be forward and unashamed but he’s not a complete ass

If someone else is making you uncomfortable or just keeps staring he will fight them, though he tries to avoid that

Asked Momoi for one of her towel jackets for you incase you wanted it, he almost regretted it when she started teasing him for being a softy

He compliments you, but it’s stuff like “your boobs look nice”

Will imply he’d like to see you “show off” more often

Also fairly touchy, like Kise, and will offer to help fix your swimsuit if needed

He will also throw you into the water, there is no escaping

Kuroko

Like Akashi he’s outwardly cool and inwardly panicking just a bit

He will try and fight anyone making you uncomfortable but Aomine and the others have to save him

Like Akashi and Midorima will keep an eye out if you’re prone to sunburn

Any physical contact you make with him will spook him just a bit

He’s close with Momoi, and we know she wears bikinis so I think like with Kise they aren’t anything suggestive to him

I don’t have much to say here either because Kuroko doesn’t really wear his heart on his sleeve, though he will linger a bit closer to you throughout the day

Complements your swimsuit

Prefers to spend the day reading on the beach

[edennill]

4, 10 & 14 for Tar-Miriel in the ask game if it's still on?

It's still on! Thanks for asking; more questions about Númenor & Edain very welcome, because I think they're both sadly neglected.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Anywhere away from Ar-Pharazon and Sauron, lol. Somewhere where she doesn't have to engage in politics but can live comfortably, on a similar footing as she's used to...

Hmm, I'm curious how she'd get on with Eddis and Attolia... I wouldn't place her there for good because she needs to relax and the Peninsula has a war going on, but it's a fascinating idea. I don't think the setting would feel too unfamiliar to her either.

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

The way I imagine her, I believe so? I think we'd share some interests and characteristics.

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character

Okay, to answer this in full would require me to put together all my thoughts about Númenórean fashion throughout the years, but basically I think she prefers simpler, old-fashioned dresses to the gold-dripping status-symbols popular in late Númenor. It's not that she doesn't care about clothes, she's quite meticulous about what she puts on when she can afford to be, but this is what she grew up wearing since the Faithful would distance themselves from the King's Men thus, even going as far as to attempt to revive styles from, like, S.A 1 - 1000. Also the fashions of late Númenor are just... rich but ugly.

...If there's a style Míriel specifically hates, it's the Edain-inspired fits from her grandfather's reign which were often just unbearably kitschy. (Imagine a viking dress except it's shot silk, diamond-studded velvet and gold brocade, all stamped with luxe brand logos)

...As an usurped queen, she cannot dress as she'd like to, but she manifests some rebellion in wearing veils - which used to be worn by all women on occasion, but have mostly passed into something denoting slavery on the Isle - officially because she wants to bring them back in fashion, but really because if anyone does a double take... well, they might understand how much freedom she really has left.

She loves pearls more than jewels and prefers the colour blue.

....things she maybe might like to wear...?

[thebreakfastgenie]

🌾🍀🫐

🌾 - How queer do you think you look? Would it be obvious to someone that you were queer if they looked at you?

Haha I don't think I look queer at all. It would definitely not be obvious from looking at me. I think most people assume I'm straight. I'm a petite woman with long hair who wears sundresses and women's jeans and tops. I don't have tattoos (or want any, ever), I just have one piercing in each ear, and my hair is its natural color. None of those things are inherently queer, but, you know. I look deceptively normie. Maybe my hairy legs clue some people in, idk. I absolutely refuse to try to look more queer. I like how I look. Trying to be "visibly queer" would be going against my own preferences to conform to someone else's idea and there's nothing queer about that.

🍀 - What thoughts or emotions that didn’t make sense to your past self make sense now that you know you’re queer?

My obsession with Jenny Shepard in NCIS. I was madly in love with Lauren Holly. I got into fanfiction originally via jibbs and I'm pretty sure my investment in that and any feelings I had about Gibbs were mostly because I was self-inserting as him so I could fantasize about Jenny without realizing that's what I was doing. Seeing Mark Harmon in anything is kinda awkward now. Also god this is a lot to admit but uh. 'tis the season I guess. So when I was really, really young, like, elementary school I think. Pre-pubescent. I wanted to know what the inside of a labia would feel like on my face. I didn't know this was a sexual fantasy because I was a child who had never heard of oral sex but it definitely happened. And I was like I'll never know because I can't reach my own and you can't just ask someone else to put their labia on your face. And it bothered me so much that I would never know. Well. Good news, child me! When my mom explained intercourse to me when I was around 9 literally my first reaction was "why?" and she said "for pleasure" and I was kinda like huh. That made a lot more sense once I knew, lol. I did have a lot of attraction to women and some crushes I didn't recognize as such so all that. The origin of my friendship with my best friend is really lesbian coded but idk if it makes more sense now that we're gay or not it's just funny.

🫐 - Are there ways you wish you could present yourself differently, but can’t?

Ugh I would have saved part of that last essay for over here!! This sort of goes along with that but I have kind of a low threshold for physical discomfort from clothes. I cannot handle compression of any kind anywhere on my torso. So that rule out a lot of stuff I mostly wouldn't be interested in anyway but even if I was, oh well! I can't even stand to wear a sports bra if I'm just sitting around. I have noticed how I dress can emphasize my breasts more or less and it's fun to play with but I will not compress them ever. Ideally I'd like my breasts to just be a neutral body part (neither hidden nor emphasized, just there) but clothing makes that so hard! I mentioned this before but god I love those short hairstyles that are longer/floppy on top but my hair is too thin and I don't love how it would look with my face shape anyway. People are like "who cares get it anyway!!" I care! I would not like how it looks on me aesthetically; it's not a confidence thing. But like, I'm really happy with how I present. I guess I'd like to wear certain things I'm not able to currently because it's a process to find things that fit and are affordable but that's just life.

[karanseraph]

This is me, a lot, but not so much with writing in general, though that is also true, but with projects of all kinds. I get an idea or start something, I may even buy the supplies if it's a time I have money. And then I'll end up discouraged. I'll worry that it won't turn out well at the end, or I'll make a mistake that I can't afford to fix or it's pointless to work on this project if I can't also live stream the process because I need to do something to get income.

I have SO. MANY. THINGS. TO. DO.

Long fanfiction projects - Oh, the canon will just change again. No one will read this.

A whole series of (somewhat incomplete) original Dark Fantasy/Supernatural Romance novels - No one will want to read this, I've been writing this so long culture has changed and all of this is dated, vampires went out of fashion again, I should just put what I have online for free because I'll never be able to market these well enough to make money from the decades spent on these.

upholstery - ever since that one specific design business terminated my employment I lost all confidence in my skills and the fabric I have for this chair is a remnant I cannot replace if I make a mistake, maybe I should just not even try to finish it even though I have done at least 2 chairs kinda like this before.

furniture refinishing - Why did I buy supplies to turn this old piece that's not even solid wood into a painted cabinet for D&D supplies? I'm not even confident playing with the D&D group I'm in. No one plays here at home. I may need plywood to rebuild the base. Do I know how to operate the right kind of saw?

D&D minis - I wanted to paint these, but my character might die before I even can paint these. What's the point. She's so squishy and her Rogue/Bard multi-class probably doesn't work well with the current party.

Bonsai - I've lost so many plants these last few years even though I spent money on so many training pots and tools. I don't have a greenhouse. It's so hot in summer. I don't know if I can get invested in these plants if they are going to die. I'm not sure this row cover fabric is enough to protect them over winter.

sewing - I have this machine, but power tools weird me out sometimes. I don't feel as in control when I try to use the sewing machine that I bought after the one I received as a gift was stolen when I was moving between apartments. I guess I'll just leave these fabric remnants lying around and not make pillows. I guess I won't repair these old clothes. I have more clothes than I can wear. I don't go anywhere anymore.

art - why did I even go to three different art schools (and graduate from none) and try to learn about art history or fine art. I'm not good at it. I can't see things in my mind before they are on the canvas or paper. It's hard to get things to look how I want. even if I use all these supplies that take up this hallway to make things I probably won't earn any income doing it.

Transformers - I wanted to custom paint these Transformers toys. But I love them. I don't want to sell them. And customs I could make wouldn't sell anyway. I can't even make videos or livestreams about my process because I don't think I have the right video processing capability in these devices and these devices have so little storage space left. how do people do this? Who will even care if I paint these Seekers to look like different Seekers?

Transformers RPG - Why should I paint these other minis when no one wants to learn to play this game with me? I spent way too much on the books and the playtape that looks like little streets and these Jada toys and I don't have the confidence to be a GM even if I had a group.

[princessflorida]

Projects for when I move

These are ideas I would like to do whenever I end up moving, didn't know where else to put it and wanted to share

bat box

bee keeping

chickens

native edible and medicinal plants

youtube channel where i share my gardening, foraging, etc

pollinator garden for bats, bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

native carnivorous plants

native cacti and succulents

making shelf-stable products out of native edible and medicinal plants such as jams, leathers, tinctures, and supplements

sorghum for self-sustainable grain products

native and naturalized berries and fruit trees

canning, sun drying, and other sustainable food preservation methods

fishing, clam digging, crawdadding, and crabbing

hunting (turkey, invasive boar)

food forest and permaculture

restoration and conservation of endangered flora and fauna

natural disaster humanitarian aid

giving away extra produce and homemade products to those in need

bartering and trade with local farmers, hunters, homesteaders etc

raising awareness for cheap or free ways to forage and grow food and medicinal plants, education on how/why they work, and education on permaculture and it's extreme importance to a sustainable future for humanity

I still don't know when I am moving and I don't like to say a set time or date as I feel like I'd like to keep that private. Too many times have I shared plans too soon throughout my life and it all came crashing down. You could attribute that to evil eye, to that it wasn't meant to be, or pure coincidence, however I do believe other people's energies effects us in certain ways. The life I have always dreamed of was to live out in nature in the swamps and woods and live a simple life off the land as much as possible.

It's pretty much the only thing I care about any more to achieve in life, and no form of career or institutionalized higher education has ever appealed to me, nor was higher education ever reasonably accessible for me. I have chronic illness and am on the spectrum, and I will do anything it takes to stop living a life made for allistics that after over 10 years of being an adult, is really starting to wear me down and I know I cannot even survive a few more years of living such an unsustainable lifestyle that directly forces me to HAVE to push my body and mind to the brink just to stay alive, with no savings, goals, or anything - as everything is pushed to the wayside as the only goal I can afford is survival. That is not a life worth living at all in my opinion.

I will do anything to achieve and maintain the quality of life I deserve as well as thrive and be joyous on top of that. I have spent almost my entire life fighting just to stay alive and that got old a long time ago. I don't really care if anyone judges me for not wanting a career or to go to college, as I'm already approaching my 30's and I just want to do what makes me happy, despite how others may think of it.

I love learning new things especially when it comes to the hyper-specific niche of zone 9a and 9b gardening and natural living, I want to go to therapy and work on my mental health, and I need a lower demand lifestyle. To some this may seem a high demand lifestyle, but the hardest part is the setup. Once a permaculture home base is set up, it requires little maintenance and is the type of tasks I can take breaks on and work around my chronic illness/disabilities.

I don't care if anyone judges me for needing a lower demand lifestyle, or calls me "lazy" or "doesn't want to work" etc. because I spent the first 5 or 6 years of my adult life busting my ass, working 12 hour shifts, working 6 days a week, "grinding" etc and it never got me anywhere but so burnt out and sick I kept getting repeatedly hospitalized for pushing my health to within an inch of my life. I grew up with generational poverty that impacted my life trajectory permanently. My top and #1 priority is creating a QOL that will allow me to be content and satisfied. Money means nothing to me, and many of the things I want to do can be achieved for low cost or free, just takes effort to put in. And I would rather put effort into something that is actually sustainable and will serve my health and wellbeing for the rest of my life than to put everything I have into a hole in the ground that sucks my soul dry.

the idea that "it's america and anyone can do anything" is a privileged take that caters to fully able bodied allistic white people. I'm white, so I do have that lmao. But for reference, my mom grew up in a dirt floor shack built by my great grandpa in the Appalachian mountains, with no utilities, a woodfire stove, and had to haul buckets of water and wash their clothes in the creek, gardening, hunting etc. And she said she'd rather go back to that than have to ever live like a filthy rich person. And I agree. Making money for things I don't need or to upkeep some type of "lifestyle" for social approval and self validation has never interested me. I think money is the most evil thing ever invented and that I'd like to stay out of capitalism as much as possible, seeing as how in my personal belief there will be no revolution or class solidarity changes within my lifetime, and I do not believe the major changes we need will happen before ecological disaster causes us to go extinct. So I would rather focus my time on helping myself, and helping whoever I can have even just a little bit better life. Harm reduction to a terminal illness.

Like a plane, they tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself before you help someone else. I cannot help others if I cannot even breathe myself. My current lifestyle even with working the amount I do, which is nowhere near as much as I used to, plus the exhaustion from so many major life events I have experienced in the past 2 years, and my age, is causing me to decline rapidly both physically and cognitively. I am not doing well. I cannot keep living like this. Every week is just crashing and burning, doing my laundry, and then starting the next week all over again. I experience a lot of anhedonia no matter how much I try to "exposure therapy" myself to fun things, as it's hard for me to enjoy fun things to do when my current life itself is not something I want to live at all. I am a fish being forced to ride a bike and I am at my breaking point. I would truly rather to take myself off the face of the earth permanently than to live this way for the rest of my life. It's not natural, it's not "normal", and it's not healthy.

My cognitive function is through the floor living like this and I can barely keep up with "adulting" things, I'm in a lot of debt because credits and loans were the only ways I could afford to keep myself going without being homeless, living paycheck to paycheck and never having any savings for years on end because I couldn't afford it, because I kept having to spend all my money on whatever immediate high cost problem needed rectifying. I can barely remember most of this year. The last 5 years felt like 2. I can hardly remember huge chunks of my life and cannot remember to keep up with responsibilities because 100% of my mental energy goes to masking and trying to stay afloat after over a decade of poverty struggles. I am "not autistic enough" to the point people just expect me to live an allistic life, and I won't do it anymore. I'm dying inside. My entire life has been constantly prioritizing which one of a MILLION tiny fires to put out, putting the smallest fires on the back burner to focus on the big one that's currently risking my safety and stability, only to have to switch to another when one of the tiny fires grew to an inferno behind my back because I couldn't afford or didn't have time to deal with it while trying to deal with other problems. A never ending catch 22 of keeping the poor down. I won't do it anymore. I am pursuing a lower demand lifestyle by ANY means necessary, with as little governmental and capitalistic force and involvement in my life as possible. I don't care if anyone judges me or has anything negative to say about it, because they either don't know how it feels to have my conditions, live the life I've had with the cards I was dealt, or what have you. Most people do not prioritize the same things as me and would rather to continue living with "regularly scheduled programming" than to actually live in-tune with the earth and with their own beliefs they preach. Most people in my experience don't practice what they preach or practice very little of it, and on paper if you looked at their life stats versus someone they insist they hate the values of, their lives are near identical.

I do not take any pride in making money or being "successful" in the ways our individualistic, selfish culture says is "good". I hate respectability politics and refuse to behave or conduct myself and my life in a way I morally disagree with unless I literally have no choice but to do it or die/be put in prison. The only reason I do any sort of participation in the US government's requirements is to escape a cage or a dirt hole. Otherwise they can suck my dick. I come from a long line of people who experienced a lot of trauma based on the formation of this country, which is another separate post with a lot of complex issues and history. A lot of people in my family never received birth certificates unless they were forced, and would not participate in census, taxes, etc. unless it was by coercive force. I'm inclined to agree the same. I will not live a life of extortion where I'm used as a farm animal, being pissed on the leg and told it's raining. More like getting pissed directly in the mouth by Uncle Sam himself and told it's champagne. I think our government is evil, always have, and always will. Nothing will ever convince me it is worthwhile to participate in their theater of lies and smokescreens that dupe fools into thinking they actually listen to or care about any of our opinions. The ultra-wealthy are who decide everything. We are cattle. And the more layers of marginalization you experience in this country, such as being a person of color, disabled, mentally ill or neurodivergent, queer, etc - the harder they will force you to play their games. I'm taking my ball back.

I am tired of having been forced my entire life to sacrifice my future to survive today.

As in the words of the great Kendrick Lamar,

"Something's in the water - and if I gotta brown nose for nose for some gold, I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller"

[dayseternal-blog]

what is the best thing about living in hawaii? I've always wanted to visit but covid. 😭 Maybe soon...

omg, Happy_Ocelot! hi :D

👀 how do you know that I live in hawaii?.... lol I guess I don't keep it a secret.

The best thing is the culture. even from an objective standpoint, like I've been told to my face that Hawaii's beaches are not even that good or that the hiking's not even that good (whatever, because i think they're great). so yah the stupid people who come for surface-level engagement leave unimpressed. and that's fine by the rest of us, they think we want or need their tourism 😂

I don't even know where to start... food is good. all the food, there is so much good food, and everyone here appreciates all the food. Hawaiian food, Japanese food, Chinese food, Korean food, Vietnamese food, Thai food, Filipino food (I guess it's all mostly Asian and Pacific variety, but I have no complaints about that haha). All the supermarkets have rice and bean sprouts and local snacks and kamaboko and mirin and shoyu and chow mein and everything I need in one place do you have any idea how awful it was to have to travel to different special supermarkets by bus in minnesota winters, do you. do you though. i will never forgive the annoyingness of it all.

the Respect. Respect for Native culture, respect for ʻaina - land, respect for others, respect for the ocean, respect for kupuna - elders...of course there could always, always be way, way more respect. But it's definitely more than on the Mainland in comparison. I experienced racism and microaggressions in two of the most liberal of colleges & training programs on the Mainland and honestly the bs there just would never ever happen to me here.

The music. Hawaiian, reggae, slack-key guitar, and their use as a rallying point for pride, native voice, awareness, and community. Also just the talent??? Have you heard these Hawaiians singing in falsetto???? Raiatea Helm, Kehau Tamure, Kamakakehau Fernandez, Darren Benitez & Moke Boy Kamealoha 🙌🙌

The celebrations. when it's not a pandemic haha. so many festivals! Merrie Monarch Festival for hula, Okinawan Festival, a whole summer of several bon dances every weekend for obon season, Lunar New Year, Lei contests, Ukulele Festival, First Fridays in Chinatown, Hawaii International Film Festival...there's a lot.

The clothes. Local designers are just 💯💯 my current fave is Ari South, but I also love Reyns, a.line, Manuhealiʻi, Manaola (not that I can afford it lol), Cinnamon Girl, Tanoa, among so many others. For real, the aloha shirt is so key, and the men look so fine when they're wearing top notch brands, not the ugly stuff. oh yah, in addition, Hawaii men (of any ethnicity) are hot. The women, too. Coming back home from college was amazing every time because I'd just be looking at everyone, like omg. beautiful. i missed color. on skin.

tldr; you cannot replicate this culture anywhere else, Hawaiian and local culture is so precious. And the locals are good-looking.

I hope you get to visit one day! sorry for the essay haha.

[punkscowardschampions]

Janis & Jimmy

Janis: 👍? Jimmy: you? Janis: what kind of answer isn't that, boy 😏 Jimmy: what kind of question were it in the first place, girl? Janis: honestly, try and be a good host Janis: you just want me to be shit Jimmy: that's not what I want Janis: Go on, you've got me interested Jimmy: What, you're not riveted by Gracie's IRL storytime? 😱😱 Janis: if I was, I'd be subscribed Jimmy: OMG you're NOT suchanathlete69??! Jimmy: that's awkward Janis: Catfished again Janis: unlucky, mate Jimmy: did wonder why you were saving your best chat for them late night 🗨 we were having Janis: 🙄 Hilarious Janis: obviously you'd have got none if I'd have known you were coolguy666 Jimmy: 💔 Janis: I know Janis: welcome for the pain for your art Jimmy: #whenyourmusenevertakesadayoff Janis: this is a business trip Jimmy: owe you a golf holiday, I know Jimmy: gonna have to proper unwind for a bit as only a rich girl can Janis: No, no Janis: golf trips are boys only clubs Janis: 💔 💀👑 Jimmy: poor baby Janis: please never call her that Jimmy: you don't think it's a goer? reckon she'd 💕 it Janis: 🤢 Janis: she doesn't 💕 you, soz Jimmy: I'd obvs say it in her daddy's accent, not that thick Janis: Stop 😂 Janis: we cannot afford to pull over Jimmy: he ain't driving that fast, let's just jump out Janis: I know her voice IS that annoying Jimmy: could easily drown her out, mine's worse Janis: nah Janis: no 🥇 for you on that one Jimmy: [nudges her like rude] Janis: [nudges him back like it's a compliment, idiot] Jimmy: [a look like it's not one of your best 😏] Janis: [a look like you want my best rn?] Jimmy: [a LOOK] Janis: [just the longest LOOK back ever but then looking at the fam like 😒 ugh] Jimmy: [just touching her 😒 face so she's looking at him again like forget them] Janis: [makes a lil noise like oh, but then so 😍] Jimmy: [a lil kiss but really soft and quick so nobody else notices] Janis: you are so Jimmy: you are Janis: no you Jimmy: [kisses her again less softly or quickly because no you] Janis: [goes in like dgaf fam] Jimmy: [y'all can deal we know Grace is the only one who's bothered and she's seen worse/is chatting away] Janis: better? Jimmy: how do you want me to answer that? Janis: truthfully Janis: obvs Jimmy: [shakes his head because we know any time they kiss he just wants to kiss more #mood but she could read that no as he's not gonna answer] Janis: [is a bit like ?? but shrugs like okay] Jimmy: [I like to think he's about to say something but then his phone is going off cos all that fam drama whenever he goes anywhere] Janis: [just sitting there, not knowing what the craic is #always] Jimmy: [sums up this era so accurately] Janis: do you reckon that lot are even in the car yet Jimmy: probably still trying to fit the tall one's body in the boot Janis: great Janis: HATE when you have to wait for the gals to decapitate ⏲😩 Jimmy: I'll tell 'em to crack on Janis: 'cos they always listen to you Jimmy: duh Janis: you'll need at least (1) sports car for those privileges Jimmy: better get to nicking one then Janis: oh yeah Janis: gonna be loads rocking up Jimmy: Challenge accepted, Jules Janis: know I said it was a business trip Janis: but gonna be suspicious if you don't at least pretend to enjoy the tunes Jimmy: 🥇 but it'll still be a stretch Janis: you got this, babe Jimmy: 🏆💪 Janis: all tight tanks and short shorts, is it Janis: gotcha Jimmy: [😏] Jimmy: can't bully you into wearing pjs everywhere Janis: too right Janis: well soft, you Jimmy: [pushes her like oi but deliberately really softly] Janis: [😏] Janis: I might've brought a pair Janis: if you're lucky Jimmy: don't sound like me, that Jimmy: not a paddy Janis: then I'm gonna be well cold in our tent tonight Jimmy: not gonna let that happen Jimmy: what kind of fake boyfriend would do Janis: one who's busy jacking cars maybe Jimmy: fancy cars have heated seats, you'll be alright Jimmy: on or off my lap Janis: on Janis: thanks Jimmy: [pulls her onto his lap now so casually] Janis: [snuggles into him as casually like, could be warmer] Jimmy: [puts his arms around her like he's doing it for warmth but we know he's just pulling her closer too] Janis: alright, I'll trust you Jimmy: alright, I might be a bit lucky Janis: you can be Jimmy: [such a LOOK] Janis: I can't wait to be alone with you again Jimmy: you sure we can't pull over? Janis: can you reach the break from here? Janis: [reaching her leg over like she's gonna but they are obviously nowhere near] Jimmy: [just looking at her like well you moving about is not helping] Janis: [is fully aware and enjoying it herself] Jimmy: [whispers in her ear that he hates her because we can't say what we really wanna say] Janis: [#into it and having to do the most to hide it from the whole van rn] Janis: you're so rude Jimmy: how am I? Jimmy: it's you Janis: you started it Jimmy: it's your fault Janis: it's not my fault you look like that Janis: or feel like Jimmy: but you're so Jimmy: that's nowt to do with me Janis: it's everything to do with you Jimmy: alright maybe a bit Jimmy: I just Janis: I know Jimmy: do you? Janis: [a LOOK up like don't I?] Jimmy: [just gonna kiss her so you don't say something you shouldn't thank you boy] Janis: [a moment] Janis: Me too Jimmy: [looking at her because she's so beautiful it's killing us all] Janis: [when you can never keep looking as long as he can so you move somehow closer to hide] Jimmy: [making it so she has to look at you, excuse you sir cos you're shamelessly hot about it, as if all the eye contact in the world will do the job of telling her you love her so you don't have to do it #ifonly] Janis: [when you literally cannot and you go way too hard 'cos you have no other option because what can you say] Jimmy: [excuse them rn everyone, thank god Grace is loud af whether she's still talking or blasting music or both lol] Janis: [at least the camper does offer a degree of privacy too you two are clearly in the back alone] Jimmy: [mhmm you're all very welcome for that] Janis: ['can you be quiet?' when you're so serious suddenly 'cos the need is so real] Jimmy: [nods but like can you actually boy I am less convinced] Janis: [do your best lads 'cos we doing this regardless tbh] Jimmy: [you must've been pretty quiet in that kitchen the other day as his brother and sister were in the next room then, you can do this] Janis: [we believe in you, in his ear whilst she can still trust herself to whisper though, 'I'm gonna make it so hard for you'] Jimmy: [already biting his lip because you can't be making a noise that fast #challengeaccepted but he obvs wants to and would've] Janis: [biting his ear lobe at the same time 'cos forever a thing now for all those #mems 'it was never hard to fake this part, you know' 'cos we all know that was never fake 'cept the very first time 'you're so fucking wantable'] Jimmy: ['its so different with you' even as a whisper you can imagine how his voice sounds cos as much as he meant that like he's so over all the girls in his DMs telling him how hot he is etc that 100% isn't ALL he means, likewise he doesn't just mean this is so different from the fake and we all know it #emotions] Janis: [when it's obviously exactly the same for you and it's been known since the first kiss so it throws you when he says it 'cos still just think you're broken or something at this point and you really wanna ask really so he says it again but you don't wanna give yourself away so you just go in 'cos you need all the moments] Jimmy: [safer that both of you don't talk for a bit tbh] Janis: [deffo gonna be saying his name though like it's the only word you know casually] Jimmy: [so into it, she was not wrong about making it hard for him to shhhh] Janis: [so into that, soz to everyone else we know they do not care] Jimmy: [glad as I am Harold is not turning up at this festival always a bit gutted because you need to know just how much you can't compete sir] Janis: [foreals, though it should be obvious with how hard you're being ignored/she's not hitting you up] Jimmy: [just Mia in his DMs what a downgrade] Janis: [when even her intentions aren't pure, poor boy lmao] Jimmy: [I'm sure there's also loads of girls from your own school, I don't feel sorry for you boy] Janis: [no one should] Jimmy: [he's a bad egg] Janis: [and not even bringing it sexually, rude] Jimmy: [he and Mia so #fated cos she's obvs not either] Janis: [imagine they got together together if Mia wasn't cray] Jimmy: [they're getting as together as she ever does, being in love with her dad and everything, like he'll last longer than anyone else has] Janis: [awh, get married guys] Jimmy: [thank god they can't have babies cos imagine] Janis: [gutted y'all won't be invited to the wedding and baby shower] Jimmy: [so glad she's as barren so she can't have a child just to hurt Grace when that all comes out] Janis: [the levels of petty] Jimmy: [she'd be gutted she can't force one of the others to do it] Janis: [do not need that level of drama ty ladies] Jimmy: [anyway is there any other shit we wanna do with JJ before they get there?] Janis: [we know the vibe, in their happy bubble now 'til they have to deal with the flat whites again] Jimmy: [ignore your fam for as long as you can as well boy, you need a break] Janis: [do we wanna hit the flat white points in here or ref on socials or a mix of?] Jimmy: [we can probably do both cos plenty of slagging off of them to be done] Janis: [right, what do we wanna do first, what makes most sense, Asia maybe, or Mia] Jimmy: [we said that Mia hits that first aid tent pretty fast for the attention so we could do that first] Janis: [lego 👍] Janis: don't you fancy being 🥇 nurse? Janis: sure you can plump a pillow better than any of them 😏 Jimmy: that'll be why I'm legging it in the other direction Jimmy: she's getting too used to having me about as is Jimmy: and I've only got a 💀💀💀 pact with you Jimmy: unless 👵👴💕 come asking Janis: treat 'em mean is her whole thing, she'll 👀 your game from a mile off, like Janis: and I'll keep mine out for any 👵👴 that are down with the kids Jimmy: 🤞 Janis: d'ya reckon we could convince her 💊 were sleeping tabs or Jimmy: challenge accepted Janis: though if she tells me she loves me, I will need the med tent for real 🤢 Jimmy: me an' all Jimmy: 💔 Janis: don't lie Janis: all you want is her love, be like you doubled your dose Jimmy: steady on Jimmy: can't all pile into first aid Janis: not getting in no tent with them again Janis: the ☁ of fucking glitter and 'perfume' was worse than tear gas Janis: gonna have flashbacks Jimmy: Baby Jimmy: I get it, you already ✨ eh, vampire girl Janis: any more glow would just be showing off Janis: not like me, obvs Jimmy: don't sound like you at all Jimmy: [but kisses her] Janis: you tryna save me, yeah Jimmy: got some first aid skills of my own Jimmy: 🏆 Janis: [😏] Janis: can we keep that between us Janis: or they'll all be faking it Jimmy: they were warned only one of you is getting mouth to mouth ages ago Janis: her man ain't here so Janis: you're well in Jimmy: ⏲💔😭 Jimmy: [playfully pushes her out of the way like I g2g] Janis: me that's 💔💔💔 Janis: dickhead Jimmy: [pulls her into a hug that's meant to be OTT but is just real] Janis: [when you can't even pretend to push him away] Jimmy: ['I told you ages ago, I just want you' as a whisper in her ear but with kisses in between the words like the first time he said it for those mems] Janis: [the 😍 are so real, at least they must be somewhere nearby but definitely not for their benefit really we know 'good'] Jimmy: [we know he's giving them back] Janis: [they need to be dragged to an artist they 100% don't wanna see rn] Jimmy: [10000% cos for him that's literally all of them and I vote she sees community service girl with her 📷 but she doesn't see them cos busy and Janis makes sure Jimothy don't see her lol lol] Janis: [tbh, we all know there's ways of doing that, namely dancing with him, even if the music is far too shit so you have to make your own rhythm] Jimmy: [he's only got 👀s for her at the best of times so it's really not a challenge to distract him lol] Janis: [this can be when Ella freaks out too, when you and Mia just wanna be alone in the tent lmao you seem SO gay] Jimmy: [oh ladies] Janis: 🖖🕙✂ Jimmy: ? Janis: contenders for love's young dream Jimmy: you and Mr Lucas got a better shot Jimmy: 🎯💕 Janis: sure, he's less 💀 than them but young is still a stretch Jimmy: he's too young for me Janis: who isn't Janis: dead fussy Jimmy: we can't all be as unfussy as the #squad Jimmy: 💀#2 excluded Janis: you can say slags, it's alright Janis: never hear you over this racket Jimmy: [shouts it because that nerd] Janis: [loling] Jimmy: didn't have their hearing checked Jimmy: shit nursing that Janis: your standards are very high, it's been known Janis: [OTT smug face like look at me] Jimmy: [twirls her around because nerd] Janis: [fully have a nerdy dance moment and knock into people be those dicks 'cos the level you do not care about anyone else ever] Jimmy: [literally nobody else here as far as you two are concerned] Janis: [until we blow that up anyway] Jimmy: [speaking of I like to think Grace is starting to put the moves on whatever guy she ends up pulling to annoy Mia cos not there to stop her] Janis: [telling her all about his band and set, like how fascinating] Jimmy: [the fam she's grown up in, boy she knows] Janis: [when you realize none of 'em are paying attention now, Asia's probably missing and the two left are flirting so you see your chance] Janis: wanna go find some overpriced food n drink? Jimmy: stop calling me fat OMG 😱😱 Janis: [pokes his non-existent belly 'cos you ain't even with how much you smoke/general decent genetics, lucky] Janis: that's what we 💗 about you Janis: make us look better Jimmy: first off, Asia couldn't look any better, tah very much 👻💕 Jimmy: second, piss off you Janis: 🤞 an opportune date rapist has thought so too and we won't have to see her 'til tomorrow Janis: [going in the direction of the food trucks etc] Jimmy: [following her obvs] Janis: [holding her hand back like 'don't get lost'] Jimmy: [giving her look like he might find Asia but boy we all know you'd be gutted instead of thrilled if you did, stop playing] Janis: [gesturing with your free hand like be my guest, but 😒 face with it] Jimmy: [return of the pouty lip kiss thing because he can't even pretend he wants anyone else at this point] Janis: [enjoy your moment being so in everyone's way in this crowd] Jimmy: [we know you love it] Janis: [stay back community service gal] Jimmy: [we're not ready for you yet hun] Janis: [well you are gonna have to shoot your shot soon 'cos this is only a weekend but ignoring you rn thanks 'cos full on alone time 'cos the flat whites are being messy by themselves] Jimmy: [soz jj have gotta do the most so it's the most awkward when you do appear] Janis: [oosh she's gonna be so mad, already mad you're here like no you ain't allowed lol] Jimmy: [like I think she should do something at the last possible moment so then it's like raw af when they gotta leave] Janis: [I vibe] Jimmy: [so for now you can be happy nerds until Asia's bf appears and is like ??] Janis: [oh sir, you don't even know] Jimmy: [they'd both be so relieved you're not Harry though tbh] Janis: [#bffs probably checking his socials so hard making sure he looks busy somewhere else like] Jimmy: [she can be doing that while he's having a text argument with either his dad or sister casually] Janis: [awkward if he saw that out of context] Jimmy: [OMG should we] Janis: [why not yo] Jimmy: [let's say he goes to take her phone to look at something on Cass' socials cos she's blocked him as a fuming 12 year old would and that's how he sees it cos you know he's not gonna ask if he can borrow it just take it like a rude hoe] Janis: [when you're just like excuse me, taking it back 'cos you lowkey aren't even thinking how that looks] Jimmy: [looking at her like EXCUSE YOU cos of how it does look] Janis: [taking what would seem like a rude amount of time to get it like ? then just pshing like oh please] Janis: checking he ain't coming Jimmy: 👍 Janis: really Janis: what is up with you? Jimmy: [just shaking his head because fuming] Janis: ['what?' and a look like I know this cannot be about him rn] Jimmy: leave it out Janis: you can read my messages if you like, 'cos I ain't sent him none Jimmy: I don't wanna read whatever bollocks he reckons is top 🍑📞 Jimmy: you're alright Janis: yeah, me either Jimmy: don't wanna hear your protests either Jimmy: @ Bill's 👻 Janis: Don't be a dick 🙄 Jimmy: you only about it when he's doing it? Janis: yeah, obviously Jimmy: 👌 Janis: seriously Janis: so you're gonna be in a mood now, for what Jimmy: for what? Jimmy: are you serious? Janis: I told you why I was looking at his shit, why do you have an issue with that? Jimmy: you weren't gonna say nowt til I caught you at it Jimmy: how's that to start with? Janis: don't make it sound like something it ain't Janis: it's irrelevant as long as he's not showing up, that's why Jimmy: bollocks Jimmy: you being glued to your screen ain't irrelevant Janis: for fuck's sake Janis: I'm not glued to my screen Jimmy: not now, dickhead Janis: oh, you want me to be loving this convo more Jimmy: 🙄 Janis: wow, please tell me more Janis: 😍 Jimmy: go back to working out where he is Jimmy: never seen you care so much about owt else Janis: because I don't want to fucking see him Jimmy: check out his socials a bit harder while you're saying that Jimmy: see if you can really take the piss Janis: [walking off from wherever they're currently situated] Janis: fuck this then Jimmy: Great talk, babe Janis: don't talk to me then Janis: and don't fucking babe me Janis: as bad as that lot now Jimmy: Yeah I got the message that you don't wanna 🗨 Jimmy: could always block me like you ain't done him Janis: What do you want me to say then Janis: 'cos you ain't listened to fuck all I have Jimmy: I heard you Janis: don't believe me then Jimmy: you easy could've said to me, check he ain't coming Janis: why would I when I can do it myself and not bother you Jimmy: you don't wanna see him, there's a reason Janis: he's a prick? Jimmy: is that a question? Janis: hardly Jimmy: you think I can't handle him or what? Janis: Obviously not Janis: you did, didn't you Jimmy: what then? Janis: it didn't make any sense to me to have you thinking about him and if he might come and all Janis: that's it Jimmy: like I weren't Janis: well that can't be put on me Janis: or do, whatever Jimmy: I give a shit about what you do and don't want Jimmy: do what you want with that Janis: then believe me when I say I don't want him Jimmy: Alright Janis: is it or not Jimmy: I said alright Jimmy: come back Janis: not yet Jimmy: please Janis: don't do that Jimmy: I'm sorry Janis: it's fine Janis: whatever Jimmy: it's not Janis: I just need Janis: some fresh air Jimmy: I get it, everyone's doing my head in but you Jimmy: I didn't mean to do yours in an' all Janis: you mean 'til you caught me hoeing I weren't Janis: are you alright? Jimmy: I mean you weren't, that's why I said it Jimmy: you're not Jimmy: I were doing my own head in about that dickhead, you did nowt Janis: we can count him as a no-show, anyway Janis: not stalking him in vain Jimmy: yeah Janis: don't make me sound as cliche to say he ain't worth the mental energy Jimmy: don't make me sound as cliche as some dickhead who's only bothered by a bigger dickhead Janis: he's just some dickhead Janis: this town is full of 'em Jimmy: like I said Jimmy: ain't got the 🎻🎻 out for him Janis: well I don't need it, tah Jimmy: not playing you a song either, girl Janis: yeah, I noticed you didn't answer my question Jimmy: probably don't need answering then Janis: your mood is obvious, obvs Janis: you could give me a why Jimmy: I did Jimmy: I said everyone's doing my head in Janis: yeah Janis: beyond the obvious everyone and their standard annoying bullshit or Jimmy: depends Janis: depends on what Jimmy: what else you've noticed Jimmy: I dunno what's obvious to you or what bullshit you reckon is my standard Janis: 🔎🔎 Janis: that'd be telling Jimmy: there you go then Janis: take some of their drink Janis: doing them and us a favour Jimmy: 👍 Janis: it'll make you feel better Jimmy: weren't arguing Jimmy: no need to convince me, mate Janis: it's my calling Jimmy: don't give up 🏃 Janis: most people hear have heard the good word Janis: then some, state of 'em Jimmy: but have they heard Bill's? Janis: it's his 🌍 babe Janis: we're all just players Jimmy: I know Jimmy: I'm already a fan Janis: hipster scum Jimmy: it's my calling Janis: 😏 Jimmy: 😎🚬 Janis: good idea too Janis: don't need to tell you that though Jimmy: just did Janis: do plenty of things I don't need to Jimmy: you wanting a 🏆 for that or what? Janis: you wanted me to come back a second ago, dickhead Jimmy: I still want you to come back Janis: then don't sass me Janis: you are well becoming one of them Jimmy: saying that ain't gonna stop me wanting you back Jimmy: however many times you compare me to them slags Janis: shout it again so I know it's real? Jimmy: [does] Janis: [comes back from wherever she was, not that far away like 👏] Jimmy: [just looking at her like he hasn't seen her for a thousand years] Janis: [just coming over and hugging him in a way that is clearly genuine] Jimmy: [hugging her back really tightly even if he has to put that stolen vodka down to do it] Janis: ['I just want you too, alright'] Jimmy: [when you gotta kiss her because overwhelmed by emotions because we only got that cheating ex is our past no ride or die and no crying at the festival boy] Janis: [we just always kissing so we can't admit the obvious right now god bless] Jimmy: [both of you acting like you're shit with words but we know the truth is you're scared to say anything too hardcore because you're not shit with words at all] Janis: [mhmm] Jimmy: [just not letting her go cos you're a clingy bitch] Janis: [doing that thing where you're backwards and just let him walk you around as one to cheer him] Jimmy: [feeding her some vodka because why let her do it herself when you can and make it a moment] Janis: [#aboutit even if you gotta be like 😏 'you trying to get me drunk?'] Jimmy: ['not much of a challenge that' forever calling her a pisshead and/or lighweight but smiling] Janis: ['wrong twin' and an OTT pissed off face whilst you return the vodka favour] Jimmy: [loling don't choke boy] Janis: ['I don't find it funny, thank you very much' but not actually mad] Jimmy: [tickling her to try and make her laugh too] Janis: [tryna escape but not that hard moment] Jimmy: [you know he's gotta make it hot and pin her up against something soz not soz] Janis: [when those #mems hit and you're 😳] Jimmy: [telling her you missed her even though she was only gone for a hot sec cos you're highkey] Janis: ['you are such a headfuck' followed by the most torturously slow kiss ever 'cos this whole situation got you like] Jimmy: [SUCH a noise because torture is right] Janis: [going at it like you're mad at him] Jimmy: [enjoy it cos we gonna make all that Asia drama happen soon] Janis: [oh Asia you fool, I like to think the people who's tent you're in don't even know that you're there like they're just chilling with a BBQ or whatever] Jimmy: [same though] Janis: [but your mans clearly thinks you're cheating on him so you getting dumped, poor hoe] Jimmy: [Mia and Ella would have totally encouraged him to believe that] Janis: [gotta let them have some victories, sadly] Jimmy: [I do love what a shit time you anorexic gays are clearly having though] Janis: [yes, overall this has been worth it, not that JJ are gonna care about that once we fuck this all up with community service girl but still] Jimmy: [soz lads] Janis: [hohaha it works out in the end so got to be done] Jimmy: [you gotta be pushed or you'll be fwb until you're like 23] Janis: [and there are babies to be had just you wait lmao] Jimmy: [beautiful af babies] Janis: [but for today, Asia drama pops off] Jimmy: [when he's gonna be worried cos he's a good boy not because he's 😍 thank you gals] Janis: [the level of 👀 they'll all be] Jimmy: [like soz he's triggered by her just disappearing shut your mouths ladies] Janis: [all be looking and shouting and pissing people off who are tryna kip probably like be those hoes] Jimmy: [how drunk the flat whites are I can't even] Janis: [Janis like 'I'll stay here in case she comes back' 'cos cannot be seen with them/does not care about Asia we all know lol] Jimmy: [when you don't wanna be separated but you have to go look because the squad can't be trusted to do fuck all rn] Janis: Godspeed Jimmy: Tah Janis: don't let lizard boy get in a punch up Janis: 'less you're gonna film it for me Jimmy: he couldn't throw a punch if you 💰 him, rich girl Jimmy: but if some dickhead gives him a smack, I'll obvs get my 📷 out Janis: maybe I will Janis: make it worth him coming down Jimmy: 👍 Janis: what's 👎 Jimmy: what kind of question's that? Janis: what do you mean Jimmy: what I said Janis: are you actually worried about her Jimmy: shut up Janis: fuck off telling me to shut up Janis: you know she's just carrying on the party somewhere else Jimmy: 🙄 Janis: fine Janis: be a dick Jimmy: lasses first Janis: what, 'cos I'm not gonna freak out over wherever Asia is sucking dick and getting more white-girl wasted Jimmy: just leave it out Janis: have fun with that then Janis: 🙄 Jimmy: 👌 Janis: had no idea you were such an amateur Jimmy: Piss off Janis: really Janis: see if Mia needs anything whilst you're at it, like Jimmy: yeah alright Janis: 👌 Jimmy: in a bit then Janis: if you're lucky Janis: depends if you're personally gonna check every tent Jimmy: stop being a dickhead Janis: I'm not, you're being a mug Jimmy: 🎻🎻 Janis: idc, and you clearly love it Jimmy: obvs Jimmy: living laughing loving, me Jimmy: having a top time with my #lad BFF Janis: you fit right in, how many times can I say it Jimmy: as many times as you like Jimmy: wouldn't wanna piss on your parade Janis: yeah Janis: so considerate and caring Jimmy: I get it, you're gutted I'm not a massive bastard Jimmy: bit busy rn but I'll dry your eyes when I get back Janis: 'cos that makes sense Janis: don't bother, I don't need you Jimmy: don't bother to start talking sense now, you've been going on ages without any Janis: if you're so busy, then you don't have time to come at me with all this bullshit Jimmy: too right Jimmy: nowt left that needs to be said any road, you've well covered it Janis: yep Janis: go away now Jimmy: [does for ages because obvs they don't find Asia til the AM/way later we know and her bf is fuming and there's DRAMA and nobody notices that Jimothy is struggling with all this] Janis: [when you've just been here alone with nothing to do and no updates so you're casually fuming at all this] Jimmy: [just goes back into their tent because bye everyone he's so over y'all] Janis: [just lowkey shouting at them all to stfu with this bullshit now so he can get some peace] Jimmy: [get in your tent and sleep it off you hot messes] Janis: [just sat outside 'cos you aren't about to go in either tent like thanks so much for this gals] Jimmy: [just throwing a hoodie or whatever at her through the tent flap cos you know she's out there and it's been raining] Janis: [tapping the tent to say thanks 'cos you aren't gonna actually say it] Jimmy: [when you know they just sat on either side of this tent opening so casually how romeo and juliet of you] Janis: [the accidental drama of it all] Jimmy: [get drunker yourself boy that'll help SO MUCH honestly] Janis: [oh no no] Jimmy: [full of good ideas jimothy is] Janis: [when you just wanna go so bad but can't 'cos Asia's fucked that for you] Jimmy: [Oh Asia] Janis: [just picking up the shit they left outside and fucking it up/throwing it/losing it] Jimmy: [I don't blame you babe, go off] Janis: [gotta do something yo] Jimmy: [I'm just gonna leave him in here marding, much less productive] Janis: I'm going for a walk alright Jimmy: Alright Janis: you need anything? Jimmy: Like what? Janis: Shoes, is a good one Janis: more bottles, less likely but maybe Jimmy: I don't need owt off you Janis: alright Janis: your loss Jimmy: 💔 Jimmy: have my 😭 when you've gone Janis: no thanks Jimmy: on you go then Janis: weren't waiting on your permission Jimmy: weren't giving it Janis: just keep the search party away and it doesn't matter either way Jimmy: not your bodyguard Jimmy: or theirs Janis: yeah sure Jimmy: meaning what? Janis: meaning tell yourself that then Jimmy: fuck you Janis: wow Jimmy: find someone else to take the piss out of while you're out and about Janis: I'm not the one that's taking the piss out of you Jimmy: bollocks Janis: No, not bollocks Janis: have I had you running 'round this entire place after me Janis: no Jimmy: I'd go looking for you whether or not you reckon it makes me a twat Janis: it makes you a twat for them Jimmy: she's an fucking idiot Jimmy: not gonna just leave her Janis: She's managed to keep herself alive just fine 'til now Janis: how is it your job Jimmy: what so I'm a knobhead when I'm not on the clock? Jimmy: tah Janis: oh whatever Janis: I can't be bothered with this Jimmy: Why do you care if I look for her for a bit or not? Janis: I don't Janis: the question is why do you care Jimmy: It's what we're here for, for a start Jimmy: fake nice Jimmy: not that you can be bothered Janis: bullshit Janis: it's not fake, and even if it were, they're all too plastered to care or remember Jimmy: And what? Jimmy: You're jealous of her now Janis: get real Jimmy: you Janis: I am Janis: and I told you, this whole nice guy thing Janis: can't be bothered Jimmy: her boyfriend's at a loose end, crack on Jimmy: he's well more your type Janis: yeah you wish Jimmy: weren't a request Jimmy: I'm actually alright for threesomes as it goes Janis: and I'm alright without them or any of their sloppy seconds so piss off Jimmy: night then Janis: good chat Jimmy: won't get any 🏆 or owt but whatever Janis: I'll cope Jimmy: I'll live an' all Jimmy: 💔 to hear it, I know Janis: yeah Janis: 'cos if you ain't a 👼 you're that dick Janis: no inbetween Jimmy: it's you who's trying to shove a label on my head, when you ain't chucking me in a reusable coffee cup with them that is Janis: What are you trying to prove Jimmy: What are you on about? Jimmy: she's gone, I had a look for her 'cause her mates are too pissed, nowt else Janis: 👌 Jimmy: fuck's sake Janis: just go to bed Jimmy: you ain't put any more work into being my step mum Jimmy: let that dream 💀💀💀 Janet Janis: You're so funny Jimmy: 🥇 or nowt Janis: 🤐 then Jimmy: piss off with telling me what to do Janis: you're annoying Jimmy: yeah and you being a dickhead'll stop me Jimmy: good one Janis: what will Janis: seriously Jimmy: [stops replying like fine if that's how you want it seriously] Janis: [let's give you both a break] Jimmy: [we should say it's later and he's drunker and he's wandering around looking for her but in a more chill way than the flatwhites earlier so we're not waking half the campsite] Janis: [whereas she has been 'cos AM so nowt still officially on but people carrying on so she can be coming back] Jimmy: [awkwardly bumping into each other like] Janis: [literally 'cos can't straight up ignore him so just looking like oh, it's you] Jimmy: [looking at her like where the fuck have you been cos will never say it] Janis: ['I can't sit still'] Jimmy: ['I can't sleep'] Janis: ['why?'] Jimmy: [shrugs because so many reasons] Janis: [nods like #relatable] Jimmy: [nods like okay now I know you're alright I'll fuck off] Janis: [just looking at him like seriously 'this is stupid now'] Jimmy: [looking at her like it's been stupid this whole time] Janis: [walking alongside him like where are we going then 'cos you aren't just leaving] Jimmy: [god knows where they are actually going but he's sneaking looks at her with every step honey] Janis: [if you see it's 'cos you are too so can't say anything] Jimmy: ['I don't get why you're fuming at me' cos drunk enough we can just say it] Janis: [when you didn't take a bottle so you aren't at that level so you're more awkward but like alright, we're doing this, shrugs 'cos doesn't fully get it herself that's the tea 'I don't get what you really want'] Jimmy: ['from what?'] Janis: ['from-' gestures at herself then around them '-any of this, all of it, I knew, and then it changed, then I thought I knew again but then you do something or say something and I'm back at the start'] Jimmy: ['what did I do or say?'] Janis: [a look like, loads of stuff 'I've got to remind you?' and tapping his head and then the bottle like pisshead] Jimmy: ['I just mean-' stopping himself cos do you even know what you mean rn] Janis: [a sigh like fuck it, why not, 'cos he might not remember and tbh over the weirdness and tension so may as well 'you say you want me but then you trail after her for ages' shrugs 'we could've had fun instead'] Jimmy: ['it weren't like that' trying so hard not to owt all his secrets rn casually 'she could've been any of 'em' shakes his head at himself like he's remembering who they actually are 'except Mia, fuck her'] Janis: [lil 😏 but not committing to it 'cos still too awks and gah on this 'I know, do I have to be fair and logical about it though? Not good like you, fuck her'] Jimmy: ['I weren't thinking proper about it, you know what I'm like, full Shakespearean tragedy or nowt' shrugs like it's all such bants and it's so fine but he's obvs worried] Janis: ['You're just a nice person' shrugs like obviously, we're not here to debate that 'but-' making an actual ugh noise out loud 'cos can't believe you thinking like this, never mind saying it '-you say it's different with me, yeah? But you'd do that for anyone, and you just lump me in with them, like, how is it different...' looking away 'cos so mad at yourself and shamed] Jimmy: ['I've never lumped you in with them, that were you doing it to me' stops and looks at her 'you are different, from every other paddy dickhead I've met and a fair few northern ones an' all, I'm not just looking for you 'cause you're lost, I wanna be around you loads and I don't wanna be around anyone, even do my own head in, don't I?'] Janis: [not kissing him even though you (clearly) really, really want to, because you've been doing that when you're stopping yourself from saying what you want to but you're finally getting somewhere here and it doesn't feel shit, trying to actually say something in response though, is difficult 'cos OVERWHELMED 'I like you too'] Jimmy: [100% is 😳 and he's so white we all see it okay] Janis: [when he's so cute you gotta at least hug him 'so can we-' pausing 'cos about to say 'go back to how we were' but that's not exactly what you want so you're like umm '- you know, go back to our tent now?'] Jimmy: [hugging her back so hard like don't hurt yourself boy you're still not healed thank you 'we can do owt you want' sounds so casual but he's never meant anything more] Janis: ['I just wanna be with you, as long as it's alone, I don't care where'] Jimmy: [we handholding back to that tent because I don't think we can guarantee alone anywhere else] Janis: [we buzzing but we got some stuff we gotta say still so 'I'm sorry, you know, I was taking the piss a bit'] Jimmy: ['me an' all' because he is also sorry and was also taking the piss 'it does my head in like nowt else, fighting with you'] Janis: ['yeah' 'cos hard same 'it's just how I am with everyone else, it's easier to me than-' when you don't know what this is so we're just trailing off here '- but easier doesn't mean not shit'] Jimmy: ['I get it, all that nice lad bollocks, I get paid for it or get forced into it 'cause I don't want them turning into massive dickheads, like he is, and how I am, off the clock' when you just ranting about your fam casually now 'but I'm still doing the wrong thing for trying to get it right for myself for a bit' shrugs like so what can I do] Janis: [just letting him and listening because you can just about catch up to what he's saying here 'well, we don't have to spend no more time with this lot now and you don't have to fake nice to me, is that a start for some time just for you?'] Jimmy: [holds out the hand she's not holding like pinky promise me gal 'I ain't been faking nowt with you for ages' because tea that we can drunkenly spill] Janis: [does 'this shit is over' gestures towards their tents 'cos we can all see the squad turning to shit without you two needing to be involved 'good, 'cos I'd call you a liar if you said otherwise, I'd know if you were faking that, tah'] Jimmy: [the new dawn new day is gonna be messy for that lot we know 'will piss on their tent for you before we proper draw that line, if you like' because remember when she said he should] Janis: [lols 'so romantic'] Jimmy: [😍 which would seem so fake after she's said that but it's for the lol and how fucking cute she is] Janis: ['not gonna tell you where or where you can't piss, not that kinda fake girlfriend' 😏 'anyway I wrecked loads of their shit earlier so' shrugs like no room to talk] Jimmy: ['I were about to ask what kind you were, but that answers that' 😏 gives her the 🚬 from behind his ear like you a bad bitch I see] Janis: ['you've asked me that one before, only on special occasions, alright' loling again 'where are your sunglasses, like?'] Jimmy: [touches the top of his head like a nerd like nope they not there, looks down to see if they're on his top and pats his pockets, doing a more and more pouty face the longer the search goes on and he doesn't 'find' them] Janis: ['how do I even know it's the real you, honestly' then gasps dramatically like OMG 'Jamie?!' and being so 😍] Jimmy: [lols 'top news that some good'll come out of how our kid is probably scratching knobhead into 'em with her compass instead of doing her maths'] Janis: ['it's a look, sure you can style it out'] Jimmy: ['duh' in such a flat white voice] Janis: [shudders like #triggered 'don't, they're finally asleep and not annoying me'] Jimmy: [pretends like he's gonna shout slags but only whispers it cos doesn't want them to wake up either] Janis: ['far as dirty talk goes...' but is 😍 can't lie] Jimmy: [gets his empty bottle from earlier and spins it then kisses her really hardcore like it's a pisstake of how the flatwhites hook up but also a shameless excuse] Janis: [have at it kids, you've been waiting for ages by your standards] Jimmy: [I wanna volunteer that this is the first time he calls her baby not as a pisstake because drunk enough that he accidentally could do] Janis: [yas, here for that] Jimmy: [we crossing lines today] Janis: [and it feels so good] Jimmy: [mhmm] Janis: [step back homewrecker] Jimmy: [I'm so mad at her like yeah he's hot af but who do you think you are, this is not a James and Ava situation thank you] Janis: [lucky you ain't getting brawled tbh] Jimmy: [would love that] Janis: [we tryna be mature and show our feels in a better way though, tragically] Jimmy: [she isn't worth it anyways lbr like he's not even interested] Janis: [and they'll be done with community service soon they wouldn't have got that long so bye] Jimmy: [let the door hit you on your way out] Jimmy: [imagine their cute little disorientated sleepy faces though and how snuggled they'd be] Janis: [getting woken up by shouting is so confusing like 'scuse me hello???] Jimmy: [and once again lowkey triggering for my soft son] Janis: [we just staying snuggled 'til we work out what's going on and even then we ain't getting involved honey, just making a face like, called that] Jimmy: ['I've changed my mind, don't bother fucking him' we joking but we're also not because the voice is soft] Janis: [pushing his body with yours from a sleeping position, so also gently 'no scaly #kinkunlocked, idiot'] Jimmy: [pulling her closer again nbd] Janis: ['poor boy though, don't think it's even a record of shortest relationship for her' snuggling in harder without thinking about it 'cos they being so loud about their 💔 rn] Jimmy: [stroking her hair because it's comforting for them both 'do you wanna go get breakfast?' tea makes everything better that's facts] Janis: [#facts, nods 'they'll need to keep their energy up and all' 'cos remembering to be fake nice more whilst you're still here also the idea of throwing a sandwich at them like there you are is amusing her greatly] Jimmy: [we'll never know what amazing shade he was gonna reply with because a massive yawn instead cos you know they ain't had hardly any sleep] Janis: [Awh'ing at him, genuinely, and closing his eyes with her fingers like go back to sleep 'I'll find some earplugs for you, sleepy baby'] Jimmy: [holding onto her like DON'T GO without thinking about it] Janis: [is not going, just looking at him 'you shouldn't be allowed to look like that in the morning'] Jimmy: ['gotta keep up with you, girl' morning 😍] Janis: ['you don't have to try' the multiple meanings, love that] Jimmy: [does an IRL 🤏 like I do a bit] Janis: ['but I'm SUCH an athlete' 😏] Jimmy: ['help me up then' cos determined to get tea but would need help up cos those tricky ribs sleeping on the ground isn't really the one] Janis: [not to mention all the extra activities y'all have been getting up to on the ground, but helps him up, lol at them just scooting past like don't mind us you two] Jimmy: [god imagine, at least you can pretend you're wincing at that scene and the drama boy] Janis: [obvs notices 'you need another massage' looks about as they walking 'they probably have a tent here, like' 'cos the random hippie crap they do at festivals now be wild] Jimmy: [yeah even at small local ones like you know this is, the gimmicks be cray 'depends'] Janis: ['go on'] Jimmy: [draws two lines on her back like are you keeping a tally of how many I'll owe you or not] Janis: [shakes her head like nah 'I don't need nothing, besides, basically helping me with my homework so'] Jimmy: [draws the 🤓 in the same place but under whatever top she's wearing rn so it's against skin because harder to work out what he's drawing that's his excuse anyway lol] Janis: [has no idea what that was, the confusion and lol like boy what but also being like 'do it again' 'cos you want him to heheheh] Jimmy: [obvs does do it again slower like let's make this a moment] Janis: [so faux offended when she works it out 'shut up, I just like touching you'] Jimmy: ['gutted how I'd rate you don't actually count for nowt' cos she'd get that A+ honey] Janis: ['well you can tell Mr Joyce how good I am if you want but he'll just swear up and down he's NEVER made us massage each other for our mark, like'] Jimmy: ['til Mr Lucas comes through with the hours of footage, dickhead can't deny it then'] Janis: [loling 'dread to think what they have you do for art, babe'] Jimmy: ['yeah it's a proper laugh a minute, like' making a face because lord the bollocks he would have to do all jokes aside] Janis: ['he is an excellent life model though, be fair' the fakest wistful 😍 for Mr Lucas] Jimmy: ['that'll be why my dad put that one on the fridge' what a lovely mental image 'nowt to do with my talents'] Janis: [loling 'I'll try not to be offended he don't wanna look at me every day instead'] Jimmy: ['he does but can't be letting our kid get inspired by you an' all' mimes drawing a moustache and some devil horns on her even though we know Cass would probably do worse 'you're my muse' casually saying that like you're mine, we know] Janis: ['fair' 'cos we get it, dealt with a lot of siblings and a lot of siblings gf/bfs but not and never dealing with that so we coming at it with bants 'how much do muses get paid then, 50, 60?'] Jimmy: [IRL 🤔 winnie like he's so seriously considering for ages but then shrugs 'I gotta stay poor and you gotta stay rich' when you just saying you gonna give her all your money bye] Janis: ['gotta stay on brand, I get it' looking at the food trucks and tents like 🤔 Winnie herself 'they'll all bankrupt ya but may as well enjoy it'] Jimmy: [just 😍 so hard what is she even saying he don't know] Janis: [squishing his face like focus boy but you ain't mad, just getting in people's way, again, at least most people won't be up until the music starts again] Jimmy: [we know you there somewhere though with your coffee and your camera, community service gal] Janis: [ugh, have a tea you scumbag] Jimmy: [that's how you know they ain't #fated] Janis: [mhmm, she'd probably put the milk in first] Jimmy: [they only gonna talk about 📷 when they do see her cos only thing they have in common and all he's bothered about hearing from her] Janis: [like take a hint, it's not what you think it is, are you a flat white] Jimmy: [like I'M SORRY even when he's talking to you he's gonna be touching the bae so much unless she literally leaves, get a grip] Janis: [it's shameless, have you even talked to Janis or tried to] Jimmy: [blatantly scared of her aren't you babe] Janis: [like she hate you now but you know, not without reason, she'd definitely wanna leave but would probably stand her ground 'cos why should you just get to talk to him, be polite, madam, you can't] Jimmy: [1. even Grace was more subtle when she was leaving half the shit she owns at the CG 2.he don't wanna talk to you hun he don't wanna talk to anyone but her so excuse you 3. he blatantly would make NO indication that he wants Janis to leave hence holding her hand still/touching her all the time without even being aware of it really and like showing her the pics too/trying to include her in the convo like I should take a pic of you like this etc] Janis: [seriously, like this is so awkward and it's all your fault, probably in community service 'cos some girl scrapped with you 'cos you tryna steal her man] Jimmy: [go and hoe on pete he'd be about it, except don't cos he's too good for you too] Janis: [my boo says stay away, we aren't having you in the squad honey] Jimmy: [I like to think she finally makes her excuses/has some friends to get back to but like I said we all been knew she gonna try and chat to him in his DMs and get him to hang with them all later like a snek] Janis: [mhmm, we see you, hoe, also thanks for making this so awks now] Jimmy: [Jimothy just like 'bit weird she were here' cos boys are oblivious] Janis: ['is it?'] Jimmy: [a look like umm yeah? because he genuinely thinks it's a coincidence, oh boy] Janis: [shrugs 'small world, smaller town'] Jimmy: [shrugs back because he's already forgotten her and that's the tea, casually heading back to see what state the flat white drama has reached] Janis: [meanwhile we'll just be angsting don't mind us] Jimmy: [when you know she's quiet and it's different but you think she just doesn't wanna see the flat whites and is tired like you are so you just squeeze her hand like it's okay] Janis: [just the fakest smile, one that looks like a grimace, they're probably at the comforting stage so leave them to be extra about it, breathing out like 'thank fuck' Jimmy: [I like to think Grace shoots Janis a tiny look that nobody else sees like please kill me because so over it 5eva] Janis: [just 😏 and silently like good luck with that] Jimmy: [please can we say that when jimothy and community service girl cross paths again later Grace sees them and 'accidentally' does something to fuck with her like spill a drink on her/her camera whatever cos she's that clumsy bitch but she's also jj's biggest shipper on the low and it's never gonna get back to Janis but #defense squad regardless] Janis: [100% here for that] Jimmy: [she's a hoe and she 👀 you gal] Janis: [when you're that unsubtle] Jimmy: [for now though enjoy Asia crying too loud guys] Janis: [just having your breakfast in your tent like isn't this fun lmao] Jimmy: [getting his headphones and giving her one cos he's put on songs he knows she like because a babe] Janis: [literally anything over the sound of that lot] Jimmy: [you know they wireless cos it's the future so he doesn't have to sit as close as he is] Janis: [just looking at him silently saying as much but turning it into #bants like you think he's tryna steal your food like get off] Jimmy: [does steal some cos that bitch and it's all #bants and we're all fine] Janis: ['fat bitch' in a flat white impression] Jimmy: [dramatic OTT 😱] Jimmy: stop trying to make me 😭 an' all Jimmy: be rude to take the 🏆 Janis: they're pros at 😭 if nothing else Janis: don't be so cocky Jimmy: and I'm not? Jimmy: had the 🎻🎻 out when I came out my mum, ain't stopped since, tah Janis: that's 'cos you're the first child Jimmy: she weren't chuffed about none of us Jimmy: not special, me Janis: still, you get away with more by default Janis: even if it's just 'cos they're green Jimmy: yeah get away with loads Jimmy: be why I'm in community service Janis: amateur Janis: if you turned on the waterworks, might not have happened Jimmy: that's on Bill's 👻 only floating about when I don't need him Jimmy: your fault an' all though, meant to be #inspiring Janis: yeah well, you're welcome Jimmy: when you're not tucking into any grub, might be Janis: now you're calling me fat? Janis: get your own insults Jimmy: calling you territorial if owt 😾 Janis: you got your own, dickhead Jimmy: maybe I like yours better Jimmy: [a LOOK] Janis: [😳] Janis: shut up 🙄😏 Jimmy: [does the whole what charade like he can't hear her even though they are typing] Janis: [🖕] Janis: not getting 'round me that easy Jimmy: it's alright, not scared of hard work, as well you know Janis: yeah yeah Janis: ⌚💕 Jimmy: [throws something at her but like a pillow because he's like be nice to me not fight me] Janis: [😒 'oi!'] Jimmy: ['Oi you' but softer] Janis: [taking said pillow and laying down like I'm exhausted, 'scuse me, which is true but you just can't] Jimmy: [you 100% know he's gonna lay down and spoon her like okay then] Janis: [allowing it 'cos you want it and you're trying not to let a hoe ruin shit for you 'cos ultimately you ruin things for yourself if that ain't a mood and you're just fighting all your instincts to not rn] Jimmy: [just having that moment even though we know it's not comfy for you on the ground because you wanna snuggle her more than you care about yourself] Janis: [and we know neither of you is sleeping but this beats interacting with the flatwhites at least] Jimmy: [you can blatantly hear his heartbeat in between songs gal you know he's not] Janis: [turning to look at him and frowning 'cos he looks as uncomfortable as he is 'you need your massage now' and putting him on his back] Jimmy: [shamelessly so into it when she's doing power moves like that] Janis: [when this keeps your hands and mind busy so you can just get into it and forget about that hoe for a hot sec and try to make him feel better] Jimmy: ['it weren't this bad before' when you've accidentally outted that this isn't the first time this has happened so you're like hope she's focused enough to not question me] Janis: [when he would've tensed when he realized what he'd said so you definitely took notice, as if you weren't anyway, but it does give you indication to not freak out, again, as if you would 'you probably had fractures and injuries, but smaller, repeat injuries in the same place lead to smaller cracks making bigger breaks and giving you longer healing time overall' shrugging like it's that casual 'plus, you're well old now, yeah? muscle and bone don't repair like it used to, granddad'] Jimmy: ['One foot in the grave, me, just waiting for you to get in' because we can always hide behind #bants] Janis: ['no pressure, like' shaking her head like 😏 'worse than a proposal'] Jimmy: ['might be worse than the proposal they pissed on, give you that, Jules' saying that like you're gonna do a better one] Janis: ['be serious, if you distract me I might break another bone and fuck taking the blame for someone else's handiwork and all'] Jimmy: 'Alright, well that there's a seriously good angle for you' mhmm on top of you we know what you're saying and mimes a 📷 like he's taking a pic of her cos that's his handiwork] Janis: [when you're into it and wanna be more into it but 📷 triggers you so you gotta brush him off like oh please 'I'm a professional'] Jimmy: [when you're gonna agree/give her another compliment but you don't have to say anything because a NOISE happens instead because that's how good she is at this] Janis: ['even when you make that very hard' 'cos fuuuck boy 😍] Jimmy: [giving her a LOOK because she's making it very hard for him to even function rn on every level] Janis: ['you deserve it' whispering this when you're inches from his face 'cos massaging his neck and shoulders] Jimmy: ['because?' also whispering and leaning in even more] Janis: ['because...' getting so close that when you talk, your lips touch his and he can feel how hard you're breathing and the heat 'you know exactly what you do to me'] Jimmy: ['because I need you' cos he's not said that yet and we know it's the truest thing and we're all dying because he's as close rn still cos there's never any chill] Janis: [such a noise 'cos not what you were expecting him to say but exactly what you wanted to hear and didn't even know how much that you cannot deal 'if you're lying, I will kill you' Jimmy: ['you'll have to kill me 'cause I'm not' when he's literally saying break my heart bitch idc like he's Peter from all the boys excuse you sir] Janis: ['I won't hurt you' like all the meaning and intention behind that because she hurts everyone else in her life very much on purpose so even to promise to try, bye] Jimmy: [gotta kiss her because we can't even like soz I know we're trying to communicate better but] Janis: [it is needed] Jimmy: [let them have it, they've done loads of meaningful chatting by their standards] Janis: [and the gals should've pissed off to get ready by now] Jimmy: [100% hope they can hear you though because payback is a bitch and so are all y'all] Janis: [same like they better but you two don't need to think about that] Jimmy: [it's okay we know it's not intentional like the fake dating days you're just loud af] Janis: [same like they better but you two don't need to think about that Janis: [Asia gonna have a meltdown lol] Jimmy: [And Mia cos she only just got rid of the band boys and now she has to be reminded yet again that lads exist other than her father] Janis: [so gutted harry isn't here so you can use him, also omg she's like bffs w matty from skins so she should end up going out with him] Jimmy: [she's the only one gutted he's not here] Janis: [mhmm] Jimmy: [also Grace is the only one who is allowed to be like NOPE over hearing anything cos that's her sister the rest of y'all can calm down] Janis: [like you ain't hoeing when it suits lol] Jimmy: [jj are in LOVE bye] Janis: [we already got one hussy tryna ruin it, y'all can stay in your own tent tah] Jimmy: [oh what a fun tent that would be] Janis: [at least this will probably make your giggle 'cos you're 12, welcome for the mood boost] Jimmy: [honestly grow the fuck up gals] Janis: [immediately like shh Asia, so they can get back to Mia's fave topic, JJ] Jimmy: [Grace just wants to LEAVE RN IMMEDIATELY but she can't cos where would go you even go gal #coffeehunting oh Sammi] Janis: [just put some headphones in, it'll piss off Mia but what doesn't, just means they can bitch literally behind your back knowing you can defs still hear] Jimmy: [100% the mood well enjoy looking a state all of y'all cos Grace is good at makeup for all her many other flaws and she's not gonna do none of yours now soz not soz] Janis: [you know the day #2 looks are not gonna be as popping, we've all been taken down a notch/to reality here] Jimmy: [not that any of you were serving on day 1] Janis: [well no but less glitter and feathers today I feel] Jimmy: [we should say the 🌧 is worse too just to really rub salt in] Janis: [it probably would be, and muddy festival is the vibe for everyone else just not y'all] Jimmy: [like you live in Ireland not Ibiza deal with it] Janis: [you should not be surprised at this point like hellur] Jimmy: [what do we wanna do next?] Janis: [well his phone needs to be blowing up on the sly once they're remotely paying attention to anything else again] Jimmy: [yeah they're probably trying to get a snuggly little nap in as well how rude] Janis: [when his phone always blows up low-key and obvs you've always wanted to know but not your place but I feel like he'd act different somehow from when it's just basic DMs or fam so she's like oh but obvs still saying nothing] Jimmy: [I had the most heartbreaking mental image of him smiling or loling at his phone and I'm like WHAT ARE YOU SAYING YOU HUSSY] Janis: [just like brb need something from their tent like you ever do 'cos gotta go] Jimmy: [when that doesn't strike you as weird because you too busy reading whatever bs this gal is all up in your inbox with boy no] Janis: [asking grace to do your makeup so you've got an excuse to be an age] Jimmy: [when she'd be so ???!! because when does that ever happen but she's not gonna say anything like what's wrong in front of the others] Janis: [we sitting there in silence like mia don't start] Jimmy: [she'd be so annoyed so a big part of Grace would be thinking that's why Janis asked because she did promise she'd annoy Mia whoever she can but she's not stupid so she knows its not just that hence her revenge against community service girl later because even if that's not it, it's not helping and that's her sister you hoe] Janis: [just like well you must be having a great chat, Jimothy, don't even care where I am or what I'm doing, great] Jimmy: [that said I am gonna have him hit her up like ? when it's been ages so I'll do that rn] Jimmy: Alright? Janis: 👍 Janis: party never stops Jimmy: you're still next door then? Janis: yep Janis: 💄💅💇 takes time Jimmy: if you get ✨ in my sleeping bag I'm dumping you Jimmy: you would look 🥇 wearing 🌹 in your hair though Jimmy: proper renaissance verona #aesthetic I reckon Jimmy: Bill will be well chuffed Janis: don't think that's the era we're bringing back here Janis: but yeah, give her your notes Jimmy: 💔 Jimmy: UGH won't bother asking her to do me next Janis: you're not invited Janis: 💔 Jimmy: bit rude Janis: they are Jimmy: but they can't stop me nipping round to borrow a cup of sugar or whatever bollocks good neighbours are supposed to let you have Janis: oh yeah Janis: dead likely to have sugar Janis: ask about carbs whilst you're getting kicked out Jimmy: hair straighteners then Jimmy: the what don't matter Janis: you won't be able to breathe for hairspray Janis: go enjoy the delightful weather Jimmy: how long are you gonna be? Janis: depends Jimmy: on what? Jimmy: how decent the setting spray is? Janis: no, how much you keep chatting Janis: and why do you know what setting spray is Jimmy: I'll call you then, you can put me on speaker Jimmy: and 'cause I've had a girlfriend before Janis: never hear you over them and their 'music' Jimmy: 🙄 Jimmy: I get it, you're being tortured Jimmy: but I can save you Janis: I won't be that long Janis: no need for heroics or dramatics, boy Jimmy: 😱😱😱 Jimmy: just every need for you to have Bill turning in his ⚰ with that blasphemy, yeah? Janis: he's your imaginary friend more than he is mine 👻💕 Jimmy: so you don't want custody when we break up? 👻💔 Janis: you're alright Jimmy: 👍 Janis: [some time] Janis: you good to go? Jimmy: depends Janis: ? Jimmy: 1. where 2. who with 3. what have they done to you Janis: 1. mainstage 2. who do you think and who did you have in mind 3. dramatic, sure she's put a selfie up by now Jimmy: 1. if I have to 2. you and not them 3. stop saying that like it's a bad thing, dickhead Janis: 1. sure you can convince the alternative act in the 2nd tent is gonna be more fun 2. I'll be there and all 3. soz, it's so wonderful I 💗 it Jimmy: alright Janis: 👌 Janis: [squad rolling out, at least you wouldn't have let Grace go cray with your look so you aren't looking a state, not the mood here ty] Jimmy: [she gonna look good Grace knows what she's doing and Jimothy gonna notice so hard bye] Janis: [ah the awks of treating this like a mission like you need to be up front or something like you suddenly care] Jimmy: [the joys of how much he doesn't know what's going on so he's just being their normal] Janis: [oh boy, meanwhile we getting on it hard, like thanks for the drinks, strangers, we do not care] Jimmy: [like that's registering with him but as per he just thinks she's over the flat whites cos hard same for him always] Janis: [it's a good cover honestly] Jimmy: [and we know he's getting on it too because still got that fam drama and guilt that only gets worse the longer he's away] Janis: [we're just partying, this is casual] Jimmy: [I just imagine Grace like 👀 at them both lowkey trying to work out why the vibe's off cos she don't know yet] Janis: [try and be subtle gal, she will not be happy lol] Jimmy: [contrary to popular belief she can do subtle lol] Janis: [the front was a mistake 'cos obvs community service will be there for the photos] Jimmy: [we see you giving him the eye gal even if he hasn't noticed] Janis: [you're 'working' focus] Jimmy: [literally though and more importantly if you're gonna look then see his blatant 😍 for his bae cos she looks good as hell thank you] Janis: [heading out for a piss, like we all know you aren't finding your way back through a crowd for time/if ever] Jimmy: ? Janis: 🚽 Janis: doing it in a bottle and lobbing it isn't an option for the fairer sex Jimmy: 🎻💔🎻 Janis: real tragedy, yeah Jimmy: would've come with you, that is Janis: told you the trick now, you don't need to Janis: keep 🕺🙌🎉 Jimmy: my turn to get tortured now? Janis: don't seem like it Janis: music ain't up to much but you know Janis: all things considered Jimmy: I'd have rather had the contouring done Jimmy: said as much Janis: 🙄 Janis: you don't need contouring, I need a piss Jimmy: what's your sister's problem? Jimmy: keeps 👀 it's weird Janis: fancies you still, obviously Jimmy: so funny you Janis: who's joking Jimmy: piss off Jimmy: she's been all over that dickhead with the 🍕 and 🎸 til a bit ago Janis: so? Janis: 💔 you ain't her one and only Jimmy: obvs yeah Janis: she ain't fussy Jimmy: makes one of us that does Janis: ha Janis: alright Jimmy: Oi Jimmy: I'm well fussy, me Janis: you picked her so not fussy enough it's gonna get in the way Jimmy: what? Janis: what do you mean what Janis: only so many ways to say that Jimmy: What are you saying it for? Jimmy: that were a game and it were ages ago Janis: alright, ignore it then Janis: joke fit Jimmy: Nah, how about you answer me Janis: I did Janis: joke Jimmy: 👌 Janis: 🤣👮 Jimmy: alright, shut up Jimmy: that don't make it funnier Janis: gutted Jimmy: 💔💔💔 Janis: such a 🥇 taste in humour, you Jimmy: I'm northern, we're #blessed there's owt at all Janis: meant to give you a sense of humour along with the chip on your shoulder Jimmy: is it? Janis: yep Jimmy: go on and @ my dad with what a disappointment I am there Jimmy: been running a tally for ages Janis: write it down yourself and get a routine going Jimmy: to have no dickhead 🤣? you're alright Jimmy: got that already without putting 🖋 to paper Janis: got your fans Janis: taste not necessary Jimmy: Tah Janis: any time Jimmy: 👍 Janis: less typing more dancing, dickhead Jimmy: I don't have any dickhead to dance with Janis: yeah you do Jimmy: nah Janis: there's a crowd Janis: last I checked Janis: 'less everyone's pissed off Jimmy: 🤞🖤 Janis: yeah Janis: that's the spirit Janis: dance like no one's watching, probably got that on a shirt Jimmy: the tall one 100% has Janis: irony lost on them as well as sarcasm Jimmy: real tragedy that Janis: not as tragic as her dancing Jimmy: nowt could be Janis: not seen my sister;s Janis: don't tell her, she'll be devvo Jimmy: 👀 it now Jimmy: hang on, I'll shout her Janis: go ahead Jimmy: better trained than my 🐕 her Jimmy: comes right when you say her name Janis: fuck off Jimmy: what? Janis: not funny Jimmy: is a bit Jimmy: you'd know if you were here Janis: glad I'm missing out Jimmy: I get it, you must've seen her 😭 loads Janis: duh Jimmy: you've been ages Janis: 🚽👮 now too are we Jimmy: would obvs go towards ✔ my #ultimate kink Janis: recommend the portaloos then Janis: sights and smells 10/10 on that score Jimmy: 😍😍 Janis: gotta queue obvs Janis: not the only pervert around Jimmy: just the 🥇 Janis: prove it Jimmy: go on Jimmy: what do you want me to do? Janis: you've got the sick 🧠 Janis: why have I got to think of the task Jimmy: you set the challenge Jimmy: come on, don't be 🙀 Janis: I'm not Jimmy: tell me then Jimmy: ⏲💪🏆 Janis: I dunno Janis: not gonna make you do anything you don't wanna do, am I Jimmy: how do you know I don't wanna? Jimmy: do owt to prove myself, me Jimmy: I ain't scared Janis: well if you do wanna then you can just do it Janis: I cba to facilitate that Jimmy: spoilsport Janis: call me what you want Jimmy: Hey, what's wrong? Jimmy: I'm only pissing about Janis: good for you Janis: I'm fine, bored of this shit Jimmy: we can leave them to it for a bit, when you come back Janis: I'm already back at the tent Jimmy: Alright, hang on Janis: you don't need to Jimmy: Do you not want me to or what? Janis: I'm just going sleep so you may as well stay there Jimmy: that weren't what I asked Janis: stop asking questions Janis: I'm fucked Jimmy: fucked how? Jimmy: that can be the last one Janis: how you think Janis: 🍻🍹🥃 Jimmy: Bollocks Jimmy: you're not Janis: yeah I am Janis: how'd you know Jimmy: we're 🗨 Jimmy: and I've 👀 you pissed before Janis: Autocorrect pretty sound Jimmy: 👍 Jimmy: I'll be there in a sec Janis: fine Janis: do what you like Jimmy: Why are you fuming at me? Jimmy: I just wanna check you're alright Janis: yeah, make it sound like an obligation Janis: I said I was going kip, not lying in a pool of my own sick Jimmy: calm down Janis: just stop, alright Jimmy: What, giving a shit about you? Jimmy: No Janis: being so Janis: you know Jimmy: bollocks do I Janis: just stop Jimmy: you Jimmy: stop saying that Jimmy: I haven't done nowt Janis: stop talking Janis: I wanna go to sleep Jimmy: properly talk to me Jimmy: how about that? Janis: No Janis: I've got nothing to say right now Jimmy: why? Jimmy: it don't make sense Janis: if it don't to you that ain't my problem, alright Jimmy: what the fuck does that mean? Janis: that if you're that oblivious then there's nothing I can do about it Jimmy: to what? Janis: now you're just trying to piss me off Jimmy: now you're just being a twat Janis: then leave me alone Jimmy: fuck's sake Janis: if you're so bothered Jimmy: I don't get this Jimmy: you Janis: yeah Jimmy: What kind of answer is that? Jimmy: and you say I'm a headfuck Janis: you expect me to sit and explain myself Jimmy: why not? Janis: 'cos what kind of fucking question is that Jimmy: a valid one Jimmy: what's changed, when the fuck did it? Jimmy: there's some others Janis: I don't want to do this right now Jimmy: me an' all but you come out of their tent and you're a different lass Janis: called a makeover Jimmy: it ain't about what's been put on your face Jimmy: sort your head out Janis: don't fucking tell me to sort my head out Janis: who the fuck are you to Jimmy: Or what? Jimmy: great question though, babe, who the fuck am I? Jimmy: some mug again, do you reckon? Janis: Yeah, or what me too, that'll help Jimmy: Go on, what would? Jimmy: I don't need this bollocks from you Janis: How many times have I told you to leave it and go away Janis: if you don't need it, there's your solution Jimmy: how many times have you said you give a shit? Jimmy: words or no words Jimmy: so we're here for a second go, what's changed? Janis: well you say a lot of shit too Jimmy: is that it? Jimmy: what did I say? Janis: No Janis: you say shit that you then prove you don't actually mean Jimmy: like? Janis: you should know Janis: not make me sit here and fucking spell it out like a twat Jimmy: well I don't Janis: then forget about it Janis: you don't have to say anymore bullshit and I won't believe it Jimmy: if that's what you reckon this is, there's nowt I can say Jimmy: come talk to me when you know what the fuck you want me to try and prove Janis: what I reckon is you say all the shit you say to me but literally moments after we've been together you're more concerned messaging someone else and saying shit to them to notice anything about me Jimmy: ? Jimmy: this is about Becca then Janis: Becca, is it Janis: how would I fucking know Jimmy: you spoke to her this morning, maybe that'd be how Janis: no I fucking didn't Janis: and she's never talked to me either Jimmy: I were there Jimmy: yeah you did and yeah she did Janis: Piss off Jimmy: you Jimmy: all of this is about her? Janis: if you're this stupid, happily Jimmy: it's me being stupid? not a chance, mate Janis: It's incredible you ever get laid if this is how bad you are at taking a hint Jimmy: it's even bloody more so that you still can't get your head round this after we've been over it when you had your two previous strops about her Janis: fuck off Jimmy: yeah I will do Jimmy: 'cause what more can I say or do Janis: Try not being a patronizing cunt in the future Jimmy: what future's that? The one where me and Becca run off into the sunset or? Janis: yeah, keep trying Jimmy: yeah, that's what this is, you putting me on trial for nowt Jimmy: it's such bollocks Janis: it's not Janis: you think and respond how you like Jimmy: fuck responding to any of this Jimmy: Asia's ex boyfriend had a better argument than you're bothered with Janis: yeah well if you want to be as much of a cunt as Asia, do it on your own time Jimmy: nearly there according to you, just swap patronising for owt she can spell Jimmy: thick'll work, you've said that one enough Janis: if it fits, have at it Jimmy: 👍 Janis: hypocrite is a great one and all Janis: two-faced, if you wanna stick with their vernacular Jimmy: 'course I do Jimmy: peas in a pod, us Jimmy: another load of bollocks you've stuck with Janis: show me where you ain't and I'd take it back Jimmy: if you need showing, you're more of a headcase than I gave you earlier credit for Jimmy: and I'll give you another 🏆 for it Janis: you want headcase, you had a fight with Harry, I've not fucking touched her Jimmy: neither have I Jimmy: you gonna pretend you've not touched him? Janis: so as long as there's no touching, it don't count Janis: like it's not a strop when you do it Janis: alright, yeah, go along with those rules, sounds fair Jimmy: it's not a strop when it's your ex Jimmy: she's nowt to me Jimmy: neither's your sister Jimmy: neither's Asia Jimmy: Do you want me to go on or what? Janis: he isn't my ex, actually Janis: and she doesn't intend to stay nothing, just because you've not realized doesn't mean I'll sit here and pretend I ain't so you reckon I'm chill Jimmy: call him what you want Jimmy: and her Janis: whatever Janis: you're a fucking hypocrite Jimmy: you're fucking Janis: you've said enough Janis: I'll read it back and make a list Jimmy: you can crack on with that when you've slept it off Jimmy: won't be about distracting you Janis: yeah I don't plan to stick around either Jimmy: 🥇💡 Janis: 👍 Jimmy: [well that was a fun time but I don't think there's anything else I can say sadly] Janis: [probably not] Jimmy: [we should 1000% say he gets a lift back with community service girl though cos you know that bitch would offer #keen thank god her friends are also there cos I don't trust you gal] Janis: [yeah she's already hitched a ride in this convo like weren't hanging about, the flat whites will be thrilled] Jimmy: [Grace will be losing her mind] Janis: [soz 'cos we know she's not going home] Jimmy: [literally trying to phone her constantly even though you know she won't answer babe and what are you gonna say if she did anyways] Janis: [fun times] Jimmy: [Cali are gonna be thrilled af] Janis: [like she already weren't coming to the house low-key never mind not coming back to town] Jimmy: [and we said this is near the end of the hols so that makes it worse like school be looming] Janis: [basically] Jimmy: [at least the flatwhites don't know that jj didn't leave together because he's not gonna be hanging around waiting for them to wake up and fill them in on his plans, like Grace will know cos she'll see him with that hoe like we said but she's not telling the squad] Janis: [like you'll know if you get to school and she ain't about but 🤞 lads] Jimmy: [yeah depending how long we drag the angst out but for right now you're still #goals and Mia is fuming about it] Janis: [realistically CS isn't waiting any time to make a move so it wouldn't take long to out] Jimmy: [exactly dr phil and we know they highkey too so] Janis: [bit awks when you gotta be like oh u right but that's the path you chose jimothy] Jimmy: [when you're so focused on the bae that you don't see any other girls trying to get their claws in, oh sir] Janis: [what fun, look forward to that]

[idiotofthe501st]

hey yall i was bored and i wrote this do u wanna read it? wait nevermind of course you do, here we go:

Hello, everyone.

I bet this is strange, I know. I bet you were expecting to get thrown right into the action, and to be met with a story of love, hope, loss, and friendship. I bet you opened this book thinking you might as well read this to pass the time. Go ahead, keep reading. There are 525,600 minutes in a year and you are spending some of your precious time reading this book. I won't judge you if that’s how you want to enjoy your numbered days though. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not spent.

You see, this story isn’t about me. It’s actually the story about this dude that decided he wanted to time travel, and ended up doing it. There’s nothing more to it. It didn’t change the course of history, because he didn’t tell anyone. It also didn’t change the course of history because he isn’t real. None of them are, including me.

I am a college junior living off coffee and spite in order to pay my student loans. For some reason, I decided that I wanted to be an artist, and now I am as broke as humpty dumpty. You can imagine me any way you want, anywhere you want. After all, I am made up, and imagination cannot be stopped. 

But back to me. I pushed through college, and I guess part of it was because of all of the lies I’ve been told throughout my childhood. Lies like, “You can be anything” and “You will make it if you believe in yourself.” Thing is, life is not a fairytale kiddo. The things we tell ourselves are just implanted mechanisms that won’t let us give up. Some people, like me, break the system and realize it is the truth. But by the time that happens you’re far too in to ever come back up. So I did the only thing any normal person would’ve done: I resigned myself to the way my life is.

 In the midst of my self loathing. I realized that the only way to get out of my misery was to tell myself a story. A fairytale, like the ones in our childhood memories. A story so magical that I could use it to escape my problems. So that’s what this story is. Don’t think too much about it, it’s just a brain dump of a kind.

I like to drink a lot of coffee, which is probably the only thing keeping me going right now. I have a mother and a dog. I have a roommate since I’m too broke to afford my own place. I fell in love once, when I was younger and nicer. I like the color yellow. I love hats. I hate chocolate.

People have called me strange for not liking chocolate. Some people have gone as far as to say I’m an alien.

Aliens.

What a fun idea.

Maybe it’ll come handy later.

I have a name, although I won’t share it. You probably didn’t find it surprising that I have a name, since most people have one. I say most people because I am sincerely not sure if there are people who don't have a name. I can’t imagine a person without something as crucial as a name though. Names are who you are, where you come from, and the mark you’ll leave on this world.

A person without a name.

What a fun idea.

I own a rundown car, and some cactuses. I like eating and sightseeing. I use my shoes inside, and most people would call me nonchalant. To me, stars represent dreams. I have a phone, as most people do nowadays. I look back at my childhood and regret the time I wasted. I have a watch my dad gave me. It’s my most prized possession. A solid gold watch with a chain to twirl it.

I have a friend. I won’t say his name either, although he does have one. He likes to smile a lot. He gives gifts to the people he loves. He gave me a blue rock once. I keep it with me all the time. I even gave it a name, Timmy.

I love wearing trench coats. I dislike mac and cheese.

I apologize. I didn’t mean to make this an essay about me.

So I’ll just tell you what you need to know:

I am not an alien. I have a name.

I didn’t travel through time, nor did I change the course of history.

I’m not real, and neither is my story, so don’t get attached.

After all, these are just words on a page.

[ageeksnerdyworld]

You Don't Give Me A Halo

Characters: Damian Wayne, Talia Al-Ghul, Ra’s Al-Ghul, Mara Al-Ghul, The Demon's Fist, Bruce Wayne

Word Count: 2,288

Trigger Warning: Violence, Description of Injuries, Slight Swearing

A/N: AU Parts– X, X Doing more of my college age Damian AU. This particular fic can really take place anywhere in it. Tbh this doesn’t need to specifically fit in this AU I just really wanted to write something with the three main Al-Ghuls. Slight Rebirth connection with Mara and The Demon's Fist here just because. I decided to use a real life city for the location for The League's headquarters because it makes sense to me that Ra's would control an entire real-life city. As usual translations are at the very bottom.

Summary: Damian receives a mysterious visit from his mother one night. After some questioning Talia reveals that Bruce has been abducted. It is obvious to the both of them that Ra’s Al-Ghul is behind the abduction. And so Damian must travel to the headquarters of The League of Assassins to save his father from the evil clutches of Ra’s.

It was the beginning of November and Yale University was currently holding Family Weekend. Most students looked forward to the event; wanting to show off to their parents and/or younger siblings. But no one was coming to visit him as everyone was far too busy with other things. Mostly it was the double-life that called them all away. Besides, he had grown accustomed to it so, it didn’t bother him much anymore when his father missed important events in his life.

Sometime in the night the window to his dorm creaks open and the sound wakes him. He quietly reaches behind the headboard and grabs his sword from its hiding spot. Grasping it tightly he removes the covers and steps out of bed. As he walks over to the door the intruder makes their way to his bed.

He flicks the light switch and is startled by the person he sees.

“آم؟”

Even though the intruder wears an all-black ninja outfit and hood over their head and stands with her back towards him Damian recognizes her right away. He would recognize her anywhere; even in a crowd of people. Turning around she removes her hood which causes her long brown hair to cascade down her shoulders; framing her face. Her skin is slightly darker than his but their eyes are the same jade-like green. Talia looks at her son and smiles.

“.داميان حبي”

He asks; “ما الذي تفعله هنا؟”

“لا تستطيع الأم فقط أن تري انبها؟”

Damian scoffs as he crosses over to her and grips his sword tighter as he swiftly moves into a fighting stance. Gritting his teeth in anger he says; “أنا أعلم أبك جيدا جدا ,الأم ,ويمكني أن أقول عندما كنت الحفاظ على أس دار من لي"

Talia sighs and says; “.معتاز”

“أحتاج مساعدتكم داميان” she says gravely.

She looks away; unable to say what needs to be said next. Damian gets angrier thinking that his mother is stalling but his anger melts when he sees the glint of a tear in her eye. The tear rolls down her cheek, as she turns back to him, she quickly wipes it away and says; “.أنت تبدو كثير” Just as he opens his mouth to ask her why she’s crying Talia reveals the real reason why she came to see her son.

“.تم اختطاف والدك”

Damian’s eyes widen, his hands drop to his sides; his sword falls to floor with a loud clash. In the same moment his mouth drops open in a small circle of shock and he whispers in disbelief; “لا يمكن ان يكون صحيحا …هذا ليس طحيحا”

“.آخسى ذ لك”

“.ولكن لا تقلق أعرف بالضبط من فما ذ لك”

Damian shoots her a confused look. But just as he’s about to ask her to whom she’s referring to he stops. There’s only one person his mother could be talking about after all.

He mutters “جد” just as she says “رآس”.

Damian paces the floor in anger as his mother sits on his bed and begins to explain what happened. And it all makes perfect sense. Bruce received a distress call from Commissioner Gordon; he and his family were under attack. He rushes over there to save the man but when he arrived everything seemed fine. Suspicious he decides to stay with them for the night but Gordon receives a call from Arkham. The inmates were rioting and they needed help. Batman goes in his stead; thinking someone might be gunning for the commissioner.

When he made it to Arkham almost every single inmate was out of their cells. All except The Joker who had initiated the riot via Joker toxin. Then he got a call that Killer Croc was terrorizing The Narrows. He rushes over there and quickly subdues Croc. A call comes in from the Botanical Gardens; Ivy was controlling the guards and “freeing” the plants. And then he got a call that an altercation broke out at the Iceberg Lounge.

All the rushing around the city was too much for Bruce and the night began to take its toll.

And that was when The League attacked. They ambushed Bruce when he was vulnerable and their sheer numbers overpowered him. Talia only knew because Ra’s had sent her taunting photos of the capture. But then again the way she explained it the whole thing makes too much sense. Something was wrong and he knew it. She had to be lying; trying to trick him for some reason. He shakes his head, shaking the doubtful thoughts out of his mind, and picks his sword up from the floor.

He tells her that he’ll do everything in his power to bring Bruce back; even if that means killing Ra’s. Talia nods, readjusts her hood, and leaves his dorm the same way she entered it.

XXXXX

The sun beats down hard and hot as Damian walks through the city of Al-Hareeq. He watches the people peacefully go about their daily lives. Children play and laugh, vendors sell their wares, couples walk together hand in hand. Everything seems perfectly normal as if the city isn’t home to the one of the greatest cult leaders in the world.

For all intents and purposes he’s dressed like any normal American tourist. He wears gray tennis shoes, khaki shorts, a black t-shirt and a green hoodie; with the hood up to mask his face. It’s all on the off chance any League members hide amongst the citizens. He cannot afford to be recognized by anyone; not yet. His look is completed with a camera around his neck and a large black duffle bag at his side.

But unbeknownst to anyone his Robin costume and weaponry hide inside the duffle.

Damian walks through the city in silence making his way to the League compound. The compound sits on the very outskirts of the city on top of a medium-sized and rather rocky mountain. The steps to the compound start at the very bottom of the north-west face and extend to the middle; where the compound sits inside the rock. Despite not having been back in years he stills has a very good memory of the layout of the place. And he knows the one place where his grandfather will most likely be inside.

After climbing the steps Damian enters the compound and slips into an unoccupied washroom. Once inside; he locks the door, opens his duffle bag and changes into his Robin costume. He slings his katana over his shoulder and looks at himself in the mirror and nods approvingly. Then he opens the door and sneaks his way to the basement.

Upon arriving in the basement he hides behind a pillar and watches as his grandfather exits the Lazarus Pit. Once Ra’s attendants leave Damian steps out from behind the pillar, removes his sword from its sheath, and makes his presence known.

“.جد”

Ra’s turns around at the sound of the boy’s voice. He smiles widely and says; “.داميان; حفيدي ,وريت ,دمي”

“.لقد عدت إلى مكانك الصحيح بجانبى”

“عبادتك الاستبدادية. .أنت مخطئ ,جد, أنا لم إلى أي شيء”

The young man’s reply is laced with ice cold threats. A good amount space stands between the two. With his sword at the ready Damian begins to close the gap. Staring his grandfather down, death lurking behind his green eyes, he says; “.لقد جئت لإنقاذ أبي”

But Ra’s ignores his grandson and tries to make small talk. He smiles proudly and says; “.لقد نمت منذ رأيت آخر لك”

“!كنت في الثانية عشرة من العمر آخر مرة شا هدنا فيها بمضنا البعض. وإذا كان يخدم الذاكرة كان ذلك نفسها لك”

Growing tired of the obvious stalling Damian attacks Ra’s. He rushes across the short remainder of the gap and jumps into the air before his grandfather can attack. He flips over the man and expertly lands on his feet. Landing directly behind Ra’s he grabs a hold of the man while he’s caught off guard. With the blade against his grandfather’s throat Damian threateningly whispers. “قل لي أين كنت عقد الأب او انا سوف يقتلك حيت تقف.”

Ra’s laughs.

“كنت تمتقد أنك يمكن آن هز يمة لي الطفل؟”

Ra’s pushes up against the middle of Damian’s sword with all his rejuvenated strength. The force is too much for Damian to handle and the sword flies from his grip.

“يمكن آن يحقق الكثير من المظلمة ,ولك كنت دائما السماح لك القلب الحصول على الطريق.”

“!وتبدو حيث رعاية حطلن لك”

“آه ,ولكن, آنت لا تملم أبدا هل؟”

Ra’s looks up at Damian with a mix of anger and disappointment; “.ليست الحياة حططت لك أن تقودها”

“.آنت تحصل على تقرير مصيري في الحياة”

Standing above Ra’s he swings his sword close enough to his grandfather’s neck to make a thin cut in the skin. “أين أني؟” he demands fiercely.

Ras laughs; ”.انه في حقول القتل"

“.ابن عمك مارا ولقضق شيطان يجب أن تجمل عمل سريع من المبا حث”

Damian leaves Ra’s and runs through the compound to get to Bruce before he’s executed. He had known for a long time that Ra’s planned on using his father’s body as a vessel if the need ever arose. His grandfather, and his mother, never kept their plans a secret from him when he was growing up under their wing. They kept many secrets but their overall plan for him wasn’t one of them. For the longest time Damian believed all the lies they fed him about his and his father’s destiny. And now he knew the truth he no longer believed.

But never once in his life had Damian ever thought that Ra’s would go to such lengths to ensure that he had The Bat’s body on hand.

When he reaches the Killing Field he sees his cousin Mara standing over a beaten and bloodied Batman. She raises her katana to inflict the fatal blow but Damian calls out, screaming, “!الأب” His cry startles the others; forcing them to turn around.

His father also looks but unlike the junior League members Bruce Wayne wears a stern smile on his face.

The four members of Demon’s Fist fight hard and fast; as if their lives depended on it. That’s thanks to all of the League training and whatever bullshit Ra’s fed them. Most likely something along the lines of “Silence is an assassin’s greatest asset.” Whatever he told them they took it to heart and not a single one of them even grunted in pain when they were hurt.

Soon three of the four are down and only Mara is left.

As he fights his cousin Damian remembers when his grandfather first told him about his plans to create the Demon’s Fist. He was only about seven years old but Ra’s told him it was his destiny to be the group’s leader. And that the group of young assassins would help Damian continue to hone the skills he had and would need to stand beside his grandfather.

The loud clash of metal against metal brings Damian’s focus back into the fight.

Pushing his sword against Mara’s identical League-issued katana Damian grits his teeth. While all her focus remains on the blades Damian notices that her stance is slightly off. He swipes at her left leg and knocks her to the ground. But she gets back up almost instantly and the fight begins again. He spins away from her strike just in time to only receive a slight graze. Quickly turning back around to face her he lunges the blade into her arm.

The pain of the wound makes her drop to her knees and she releases her sword.

He picks it up and stabs her in the leg; to ensure that she does not get up.

Once Damian defeats Mara he rushes to his father’s side. Bruce’s face is covered in bruises and cuts. Blood streams down his face from a gash in his forehead. His costume is in tatters and his cowl is nowhere to be seen. Kneeling down next to Bruce he clutches his father’s hand in worry as unwanted tears start to prick at his eyes.

“الأب هل أنت بخير؟”

Bruce ensures his youngest son that he’s fine. But he allows Damian to help him up because if truth be told Bruce was in a great deal of pain and he could not get up on his own. Damian tries to blink away his tears, even bites his lip to distract his emotions with physical pain, but they continue to fall as he whispers; ".كنت جدا نصل من الوقت المناسب"

“.لا باس ابن أنا بخير الآن”

To prove the point Bruce moves out from under Damian's arm. But he limps and winces with each step. The pained grimace on his face is obvious despite his efforts to hide it. Looking over with a worried face Damian asks; "هل أنت المنزل؟"

Bruce shoots Damian a look that tells him to drop it and so he does. They walk out of the Killing Field, and out of the League’s compound, in complete silence. Realizing how scary this must have been for his son Bruce eases up on the stern-dad moment. This wasn’t really the time or the place for him to act like that. And besides, Damian refused to speak a word of English since he rescued him. That alone was enough proof of how afraid and distraught he had been.

He moves closer to his youngest son and wraps his arm around the young man’s shoulders.

".لنذهب إلى المنزل"

~~~ Translations:

Mother.-- آم

Damian, my love.-- داميان حبي

What are you doing here?-- ما الذي تفعله هنا؟

Can’t a mother just want to see her son?-- لا تستطيع الأم فقط أن تري انبها؟

I know you very well, Mother, and I can tell when you are keeping secrets from me.-- أنا أعلم أبك جيدا جدا الأم ويمكني أن أقول عندما كنت الحفاظ على أس دار من لي

Very well.-- معتاز

I need your help, Damian.-- أحتاج مساعدتكم داميان

You look so much like him.-- أنت تبدو كثير

Your father has been abducted.-- تم اختطاف والدك

It’s not true… It can’t be true.-- لا يمكن ان يكون صحيحا …هذا ليس طحيحا

You’re lying!-- !انت تكذب

I’m afraid it is.-- آخسى ذ لك

But don’t worry; I know exactly who did it.-- ولكن لا تقلق أعرف بالضبط من فما ذ لك

Grandfather-- جد

Ra’s-- رآس

Damian; my grandson, my heir, my blood.-- .داميان; حفيدي ,وريت ,دمي

You have returned to your rightful place beside me.-- لقد عدت إلى مكانك الصحيح بجانبى

You are mistaken, Grandfather, I have not returned to anything. Especially your despotic cult.-- أنت مخطئ ,جد, أنا لم إلى أي شيء. خاصة عبادتك الاستبدادية

I have come to save my father.-- لقد جئت لإنقاذ أبي

You have grown since I last saw you.-- .لقد نمت منذ رأيت آخر لك

I was thirteen years old the last time we saw each other. And if memory serves it was because you ordered my own cousin to murder me to prove herself to you!-- !كنت في الثانية عشرة من العمر آخر مرة شا هدنا فيها بمضنا البمض. وإذا كان يخدم الذاكرة كان ذلك نفسها لك

Tell me where you’re holding Father or I will kill you where you stand.--قل لي أين كنت عقد الأب او انا سوف يقتلك حيت تقف

You think you can defeat me, child?-- كنت تمتقد أنك يمكن آن هز يمة لي الطفل؟

You could have achieved so much greatness Damian, but, you always let your heart get in the way. I always taught you that emotions are for the weak. And look where caring got you! Ah, but you never learn do you?--هل يمكن آن يحقق الكثير من المظلمة ,ولكن, كنت دائما السماح لك القلب الحصول على الطريق. وتبدو حيث رعاية حطلن لك! آه ,ولكن, آنت لا تملم أبدا هل؟

This is not the life I planned for you to lead.-- هذه ليست الحياة حططت لك أن تقودها.

You do not get to decide my fate in life.-- آنت تحصل على تقرير مصيري في الحياة

Where is my father?-- أين أني؟

In the Killing Field.-- .انه في حقول القتل

Your cousin Mara and The Demon’s Fist should make quick work of the detective.-- ابن عمك مارا ولقضق شيطان يجب أن تجمل عمل سريع من المبا حث

Father!-- !الأب

Father, are you alright?-- الأب هل أنت بخير؟

I was so afraid I wouldn't arrive in time.-- كنت جدا نصل من الوقت المناسب

It’s okay, son, I’m fine now.-- لا باس ابن أنا بخير الآن

Are you sure you're alright?-- هل أنت المنزل؟

Let's go home.-- لنذهب إلى المنزل