#the ikea sofa

[carryonsimoncarryonbaz]

This is gorgeous

I helped Simon pick out a sofa today.

Chapter 56 of Any way the wind blows by rainbow rowell

Wanted to try a little more of an “artsy” composition with some of these panels ^^

[wyvernest]

imagine >

moving into a new city with no friends and family around. having to find your place in an entirely new space and into new people's lives.

neighbour!miguel being so sweet and caring, but also flirtatious and serious when time is best. offering to help you with just anything; driving you to work because you just moved in & are getting acquainted with the city, getting groceries for you when you're sick and/or tired, occasionally even bringing you flowers in the mornings.

neighbour!miguel smiling so sweetly when he sees you at his door at 11 p.m. on a friday night, asking for his help with your new furniture instead of being out and having fun.

neighbour!miguel walking through your apartment door, so happy to help you and spend even as much as a few more minutes around you. and it all feels so domestic and serene; seeing him in his home clothes, just a navy blue t-shirt and sweatpants, in your own private, intimate space.

neighbour!miguel not even asking for your help because he doesn't want you to lift a finger, or worse, get splinters stuck in your delicate fingers. frankly, he wants and likes to show off to you. he relishes in the opportunity to show you how strong he is, how he can effortlessly put everything in place. and sincerely, you do enjoy the show.

you enjoy seeing his arms flex when he lifts the entire underside of the ikea sofa so he could turn it around and continue with the instructions; yet his face shows zero struggle. no holding his breath, no pants of exhaustion. he knows exactly what he's doing, and he only needs to look over the pages a few times before he arranges the whole thing like he designed it.

neighbour!miguel secretly even taking longer than necessary to set the screws just to have you look at him with such admiration. maybe you might even begin to like him the way he likes you. he has no idea the only thing you wish you could do was to kiss him and let him put his arms around you, to reward him for how good he's been to you.

neighbour!miguel whose heart races as you gently kiss his cheek as he's working, gazing into his eyes with that look he knows all too well. but eventually you grow bolder, seeing no resistance from him; only satisfaction and a hint of sugar sweet surprise.

neighbour!miguel who can't help it but drop the screws and keys to grab you as you keep teasingly kissing him all over his face; one arm secured around your back, one around your middle, finally returning the kisses he had long coveted to give you.

divider by @cafekitsune

a/n: should i continue???? will miguel break the bed he just made???? poor miguel

also im posting that back massage fic soon too i just gotta make up my mind ab a couple things💀

[whimsy-beetle]

OC ref sheet!! I'm making an animatic about her so now i'm obligated to ramble about my silly goobers (i have other OCs in this story, i will write about them in future posts dw)

The lore dump shall commence!

I was planning to write all the design details on the ref sheet but uhhh...i forgor some of them:

-in their prologue version their body is segmented, kinda bug like

-she's supposed to resemble a dragonfly (their initial concept was based on a dragon but then i changed the design but it wasn t giving dragon anymore, so dragonfly it is

-pointy teeth :)

-yes i named her after an ikea couch (peak naming strategy if you ask me)

-she/they/he pronouns

-friends call them Frihe

ok now on with the actual lore

She and the other characters i'll have to write about at some point are these sort of higher beings, i call them envoys of the wind, that have way longer life spans than humans and can shape shift to look more human-like (all of them have some sort of animal feature).

I will try to not get too deep into the lore of the world these guys live in (i will make a separate post about it tho)

Basically her job was to find a way for a fallen star (they look like children btw) to regain their uhh cosmic powers (?)

Long story short her plan, although plausible in theory, failed and the star ended up dying (which, yk, left an emotional impact).

All of the envoys agreed to never attempt something like that again and disbanded. Friheten tried to bring the star back to life (well, more like, make her usable again, i will elaborate in further posts) and failed, and then started making medicine out of her feathers-yes, stars have wings.

I should also mention there is only one human settelment left in this world, a city. At this point Friheten had already moved to the city, changing their appareance to look more human (and to sort of cut ties with the past), to become a pharmacist and doctor.

If i were to describe her personality, i'd say she's cunning (deffinitely has that rizz), and a bit motherly towards really close people.

[tamara-kama]

Blahaj hangs out in the Kama Arcade here.. 💜🕹️🦈

[steelycunt]

i love to write things that are filled with objects sorry if that makes me a #materialgirl but objects are half of everything in writing 2 me. i think the most romantic thing that can happen on a page is to be asked to imagine a kettle

[readingoals]

Aquired a winged armchair and a new bookshelf so now i have to rearrange my room to create a reading nook

[tikuo2007]

『POÄNG』

20240913

[gabriels-golden-kazoo]

The people in my family really know how to process shit, trauma, anxiety attack? We’re now all gonna move furniture.

[deeisace]

I've never had a living room, I'm so excited!

[songofwizardry]

just moved into a new place that has a washing machine that *has a dryer* and in addition to the convenience of washing sheets, I am now convinced that all I need is to put all my bones into the washer-dryer for a good spin. and then they will be warm and sorted.

[linguenuvolose]

I now have a bedside table <33 a win <3

[love222hate]

i want to kiss him so bad.

[sentimental-boy]

local furniture store is going out of business and we needed a new one anyway so tonight i bought a 75%-off couch

[whimsy-beetle]

Confrontation animatic be upon ye!

It was about time i animated this, nothing could have stopped me after watching the Jekyll and Hyde musical, absolutely nothing.

I explain some things abt the animatic here

[sparklyoats]

Also, i bought a new dining table plus chairs and a new sofa table 🤩 - cant wait to have it all put together and in place🙌🏻

[missbananarose]

anaïs nin’s seating platform strolled so the bisexual couch could jaywalk during rush hour