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[supergirlytreiner]

The Good Ending! (+ some refs for the aliens!)

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[niqhtlord01]

Humans are weird: Movie Theaters

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Alien: Why are you taking me to a dark place? Alien: Do you plan to murder me? Human: What? No! Alien: I thought we were friends, Human Jim. Human: I’m not going to- Alien: I will not go down so easily, Human Jim! Alien: *Begins sprinting away in opposite direction Human: *watches friend run away… Human: (Shouts) This was your idea you idiot! --------------------

Alien: So people come here to watch a moving picture? Human: We call them “Movies”. Alien: But then the same picture is only on these giant screens for a few of your rotations before it can be seen on your smaller screens? Human: Yes. Alien: So really you are just paying to see your “movie” on a bigger screen? Human: Yes. Alien: How does that make sense? Human: Some movies just need to be seen on bigger screen. Alien: *Phissh *Proceeds to watch “Return of the King” on movie screen. Alien: Sobbing I was wrong. Human: Damn right you were. --------------------

Human: Now remember, snack counters are where movie theaters really shiv you for money. Alien: It can’t be that bad. *At register after getting snacks Clerk: So that is one popcorn, one soda, and two boxes of candy which will total sixty seven credits. Alien: SIXTY SEVEN!?!?!? Alien: That’s nearly triple what we paid for tickets! Clerk: We also now offer organ harvesting options if you don’t have credits. Human: You can’t be- Human: *Sees alien friend lifting up shirt and cutting open stomach Human: You can’t be serious. Alien: Whispers It’s okay, I have thirteen livers and I only use six on any given day. -----------------

Alien: Where should we sit? Human: We could sit at the top; it’s more recluse and no people behind us but perverts tend to hangout up there. Alien: Wait….what? Alien: Why would perverts go to a movie- Alien: *Realization Alien: Oh. Alien: OH. Alien: OH!!! Human: Yeah…… Human: Just be thankful we aren’t seeing a “My Little Pony” movie. Alien: Surely it can’t be that bad. Human: I once saw a group of ushers break out night sticks to shoo them out, and they didn’t leave until they “finished”. Alien: *Barfs. ---------------------

Alien: Why does the movie listing say it starts at a certain time but then must watch twenty minutes of ads for other movies before it even starts? Human: It’s a misdirect. Human: It gives people a chance to get snacks and then make it to the movie without missing anything. Alien: No wonder your species is weak. Alien: You cater to those who cannot manage their time properly. Human: Oh that’s not how we measure strength. Human: The real test is being able to control your bladder for three hours so you don’t miss a single thing. Alien: I will admit that is impressive. Human: My record is twelve hours. Alien: Why would you endure such pain? Human: When you watch the extended editions of LOTR nothing less is acceptable. --------------------

Alien & Human: *Patiently watching movie Annoying kids behind them: *Kicking chair Human: Whispers back Please stop. Annoying kids: *Continues kicking Human: Last warning, please stop. Annoying kids: *Snickers and continues kicking. Alien: Looks at human Now? Human: Nods They were warned. Alien: Roars and leaps back into children Annoying kids: Scream in terror as alien throws one of them into the screen. Alien: Looks at human friend as they are holding second child in air Are you sure this is acceptable? Human: *Points at surrounding audience cheering and clapping Human: Crowd justice has spoken. Alien: *Shrugs and flings remaining child into nearby wall. ----------------------

Alien: When is it acceptable to speak in a movie? Human: If a movie is terrible and the crowd’s commentary is more entertaining. Alien: You’ve seen this happen? Human: Oh yeah. Human: Last time it was for a movie about three masked killers hunting down some people in a trailer park. Human: We all ended up cheering for the killers as the lead’s acting was terrible. Human: When they actually died we started cheering; the person next to me started weeping tears of joy. --------------------

Alien: *Whispers to human Alien: That human next to you is recording the movie on their phone. Human: I noticed. Alien: Are you not going to do anything? Human: Not unless their phone brightness gets brighter. Alien: Do you not care for the movie industry? Human: No. Human: *Notices light get brighter Human: But I do care about my own time enjoying it. Human: *Proceeds to grab drink and pour it on phone human, triggering a massive fight which has him and his alien friend thrown out of theater.

[kheta]

Things I need in a Reverse Robins AU

-I don’t care what the order is but please let Duke and Jarro be adopted before Damian is taken in! I need Damian to be jealous of an alien starfish, my bones require it 😭

-Duke ans Damian make Jason and Dick’s lives so difficult… not as antagonist and purely because they snuck out and caused so much havock that Bruce now has a sixth sense for when his kids want to act up. They cannot even attempt stealth because Duke and Damian did it better.

-I want Duke and Damian to be those kid brothers that never got along. They used to regularly ‘spar’ (fist fight) but Dick, Cass and Jason don’t believe it because they get along so well now? Tim and Steph are obviously lying.

-A grown Dick Grayson being so mad because he went his whole life wanting to be taller than just one big brother, one! And he never gets it 🥰 (Him and Tim are the same height. He hates it w a passion) Technically he is taller than Jarro. But so is Ace and Tidus, that accounts for literally nothing.

-In contrasts to his big brother’s stealth and sneaking out shennanigans, Tim just straight up lies to Bruce when he wants to take off with YJ, vaguely saying their plans (baseball, trip to some histprical landmark, chilling on Bart’s new ride) So while Bruce blames Duke and Dami for his greys, he says that Tim is the only reason he isn’t fully grey because he’s so responsible and considerate and always tells Bruce everything. (Tim tells Bruce exactly three things, two are half-truths and one is the boldest lie in town 😇 Bruce is nonethewiser.)

-Running off of that, I want Tim to be the sneaky middle child always in chaos, but I want Dami to know this and point it out to Bruce and gst shut down (like Candace Flynn levels of bad)

-Dick is spoilt by his many older siblings. He knows and takes advantage. I’m talking like 18yo Dick Grayson showing up at 22yo Jason’s place when Jason is at College and Jason returns home to find his little brother wearing his robe, eating hia cereal and asking if he can borrow Jay’s car because Bruce is hiding his keys until Dick actually gets a drivers license, which he doesn’t need because he hardly ever drives anyway 🙄😒 Jason tells him to fuck off, kicks him for not throwing thw empty cereal box away and asks where tf he thinks he’s off to anyway??????

-I want Cass to be a bratty younger sister, but only to Jason. She’s happy to hangout and cherishes her time with all her brothers, but she terrorises Jason. Purposefully is quieter when walking near him to frighten him, steals every comfy, bright hoodie he owns, wiggles into his bed and leaves her stuff for him to pick up, clean. She happily helps with chores until Jason asks and suddenly, she did not hear him, she was ‘busy, calm down grumpy.’ I want her looking at his school work and making faces at him if he tries to help her. I want her to want nothing more than to bite Jason, but also have him be her secret favourite brother. I need them to be best friends but the sort who will sell each other out for a single corn chip.

-Dick convinces Damian to help him steal an elephant. If Damian weren’t so weak for his baby brother he’d think about how even tge manor is not large enough to comfortably house an elephant. Duke isn’t completely sure it’s a good idea, but he trusts his brother’s to be smart enough to think this through ☺️ (they have not and will not think the logistics of owning an elephant through) Tim is fully aware this is a bad plan, he’s just even worse at saying no to Dick 💀 Steph is so mad that she has to be the voice of reason among these idiots 😒

-Tim dropping out of High-school actually leads to a huge fight lol. Bc Duke and Damian have Masters and Jason is looking into Ivy Leagues and Cass adores you Tim you need to be a role model 😠 Tim moves to San Francisco and doesn’t talk to Bruce for months after that fight. He still regularly contacts his siblings though.

-Personally don’t love Jason dying in Reverse Robin AU’s, but you know if Joker killed him at 15 he’d be dead in two weeks tops. Oh you want to kill the baby brother of a trqined assassin and Tim, one bad hour away from villany, Drake-Wayne? You think Duke would stop them? Dick? You think wrong. Dick might even try to jump ahead of the line. Cass is perfectly happy to shut her eyes and pretend she cannot see her brothers planning 🫢 The Joker would die a slow and painful death. Steph and Duje would run Batman distraction. (Bruce actually has a support network and two kids younger than Jason who are grieving. He’d need to be a parent and help them with their grief. He’ll probably be shit at it, but he’d still need to try.)

-When Steph starts college she occasionally visits the manor, liberally fills her bag with spare socks, new towels and non-perishables. Alfred doesn’t mind. Bruce does, but only because he’s more than willing to buy it for her and she will kick him if he even glances at any of his credit cards or bank accounts while she is near.

- Barbara probably has a crush on Steph and Tim. Like not a serious, I want a romantic relationship crush. But like ‘Steph is so strong and pretty and she’s so smart Dick, she wants to be a Doctor that’s so cool!’ And Tim is that weird crush you can’t describe. Like Matthew Gray-Gubler. He looks sorta like a raccon and an addict, but he’s weirdly handsome and can work a computer like no one else, ‘isn’t he so smart Dick?’ Dick doesn’t know whether to be jealous or to laugh at her because. Like. Really??? That’s who you think is cute from all my amazing big brothers ans sisters?

-Dick, as youngest brother, probably has the most eclectic music taste. He listens to classical, trap music, K-Pop, scremo, RnB, showtunes. Just all genres. He doesn’t love all genres, bit he k ows enough to have a super weird road trip playlist.

-Dick also always has to deal with his friends, civvie and otherwise, having crushes on his siblings.

-Jarro barely spends holidays with the family, but he gets presents put aside for him and is the most patient, most fun big brother of the batfam. Damian still hates him, but will begrudgingly buy him gifts and invite him to family events because unfortunately, Jarro is his sibling. -Because he's never around, Jarro is the favourite older sibling, with Jason, Cass and Dick always making him projects from school. Duke, Dami and Tim see Jarro more, since they love going to see the JL or going to space and don't care that Bruce disapproves. They will either lie to Bruce or sneak out or just leave the manor 'Because I am a grown ass adult B, you can't ground me.' Steph does not like space or the JL half as much and is more busy studying/working than the other three losers. (affectionate)

-Gotham villains are in shock when, after having highly predictable vigilantes who just come in through the front/back door (Duke and Damian) they are faced with vigilantes who will in fact bazooka an entry way open (Jason and Cass)

[heartfullofleeches]

Oooh, could we get some headcanons for Alien and reader if they've been friends since childhood??

"Hello... My name is Y/n. I live over there, and I always see you by yourself when I come home from school. Wanna hang out?"

".....Hssssss"

Alien was an absolutely feral, yet timid kid. They were about five when they were adopted, but they don't recall anything before they were rescued from the abandoned building they were found in. To hide their features, their parent spun a tale of them being disfigured in an accident and made them wear a prosthetic mask which they hated. Because they were impossible to handle with it on, they were homeschooled majority of their adolescent years.... then they met you.

The start of your relationship would be a bit rough. Alien couldn't speak more than a few words during the adjustment period of their new life, and the limited speech they did learn was thrown out the window in favor of perfecting ways to copy the sounds of all the creatures around them. They could perfectly mimic the yapping dog from down the street, and the strange clicks made by creatures like the yautja from predator. They studied you from afar because they always knew they weren't "normal" and wanted to be like the kids on tv and in public.

The day your paths first cross, and a full week after, Alien turns tail and hides under their porch. It was due to their timidity, and following the rules their parents gave them by hiding whenever someone comes near. Their stomach felt weird when you smiled at them and they hated that too. They finally cross the bridge to friendship when you eventually give up or no longer look their way. The feeling in their gut when that happens is worse than all the others - it hurts. They pluck a fresh head of lettuce from their mother's garden and head on over - taking a large bite and offering the unbitten side to you.

For a while, Alien does what they did best at the time and copies you. It help tremendously with their development. Walking on two feet instead of their hands, holding a fork the same way you did instead of shoving everything in their mouth with their fingers. Their speech gets better when they copy your hellos and look over your shoulder while you're doing school work. They initially hate school because it takes away your time together... But if they went with you then you'd never be apart.

"Human School! Y/n! I want to go to School with Y/n! Human school for a human boy!"

"But darling, you hate wearing your-"

"SCHOOOOL!"

Before everything is finalized, their parents sit you down to explain their situation. As a kid, some parts are probably easier than others, but you promise to look out for them like they ask. They run laps when they find out you have the same class, and bullies your seatmate into giving up their spot. Later on as they become more outgoing, bullying isn't a problem with their charm - not that it was a huge thing without it as one headbutt from them gave a kid a concussion. Throughout the years they acted as your guard dog which lessen in severity as they grew, but never completely died out.

Outside of school, your main hangout spots are in their bedroom or yours. Once they got used to you and had the ability to ramble on, they wouldn't shut up about all the space memorabilia they had. You have steak outs for aliens by their window and sleep overs in the giant, star covered tent in their room.

Alien realizes he's in love with you in middle. While you remained their top priority, they started to branch out and meet new people. One of these people asked them for advice on asking you out. It took three teachers and your arrival to get them off the poor kid. They don't know what happened. They started off by giving them a few pointers, but as the conversation went on all they could picture was you doing everything you did with them with this stranger. Ditching him for them and holding their hand in the halls. Graduating and starting a life together. That first kiss.

And everything went dark.

Since all they had really done was shout at the kid and thrown a few punches at the ground instead of their head he got easy. Few inches east and they'd be facing a murder charge. Alien didn't care. They had these possibly decade long feelings clawing their way to the surface and it was tearing them up inside. From them writing your combined initials as writing practice as a kid, it's safe to say they've always seen to in a different light. It wasn't until picturing you moving on with someone else that they realized that buzz from the romance between the blood and gore of the horror flicks you watched was from wanting to kiss you like it was the end of the world too. They now know why they've kept every gum wrapper you've ever held in a shoebox under their bed. These feelings they have for you are the most human thing they've ever experienced, but it still felt beyond the human concept of love.

Closer to present day, Alien confess on the last day of highschool. They've been pushing it off for so long, and likely hurting you in the process for getting rid of potential love interests behind the scenes. They want that picture perfect highschool sweetheart dream. Getting jobs at the theater together and fooling around on breaks. Moving in into some apartment and planning out the layout of your future home. Hunting for solid evidence of aliens and laying together beneath the blanket of the stars.

If you reject them, they'll understand. They continue to be your friend and mend their broken heart - by making sure you never have the chance of giving yours to alone living being again. Maybe after they console you on the fifth rejection you'll finally come around

[bruce--yamada]

Rinney / FinBin : Head canons

I will be going into great detail about my head canons (if you've seen my posts, you know that I go into detail a lot.)

Enjoy me digging into Robin and Finney's souls <3

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• Robin is clingy as fuck.

- Robin is extremely clingy to Finney, whenever he isn't around Finn. He feels like his life means absolutely nothing, like he will never see the sun again.

- He often sees Finn around school and then sees the bullies, in the beginning of the movie when Robin so casually walks into the bathroom while Finn is with them. He already knew Finn was in there and was just waiting, WAITING. For his grand entrance.

- Robin always makes sure he has contact with Finn while they're together, to a pinky hold to have his arm around his shoulder. He is always making sure that he is making contact with him.

• Finn only rambles about space to Robin.

- Finney gets embarrassed when he starts to ramble about space to any of his friends, he makes sure to stop himself but when he's around Robin, he can't help but start to ramble because Robin listens and engages.

- Robin knows Finney feels embarrassed about the constant rambling, but he finds it absolutely adorable so he makes sure that he's always paying attention. Especially to the little things like why Jupiter is Finn's favorite planet.

• Robin makes songs for Finney.

- Robin has a guitar and he knows how to play it amazingly, so. Whenever Finney comes over, he'll pull it out and start singing and playing it for him. He made the songs for him, but tells him that they weren't made by him. He feels embarrassed that he made songs for him.

- Finney eats that shit up, he generally does believe that Robin is just singing covers of these songs, but if he didn't. He wouldn't care, he just loves Robin's singing voice and loves how he plays.

• Robin only watches horror space movies with Finney.

- Finney is scared of horror movies, they freak him out, but he also loves space.

- Robin absolutely loves horror movies, and he can't watch anything else. So, he finds space horror movies and watches them with Finney.

- Finney and Robin's favorite movie is Alien, Robin himself, favorite is Predator. Finney loves Alien. So whenever they hangout and watch a movie, those are the ones that get played the most. Other than Texas Chainsaw massacre!

• Robin turns Finney into a Juagglo.

- Robin is a huge Juggalo, he's already made Vance and Griffin Juggalo. So who's next? His boyfriend obviously!

- Finney didn't like it at first, but he eventually did and now him and Robin listen to it all the time.

- Finney drew two hatch people holding hands, he made sure to add features that make them look like him and Robin. One has a bandana and a bandage wrapped around the fist, the other has rockets and stars around it.

• Finney likes quality time and physical touch and Robin likes to buy Finney things and physical touch.

- Finney absolutely loves the time he spends with Robin, he also never stops touching him. He always has his arm hooked around the others or is holding his head. He also just loves the time he spends with Robin because he knows it'll be amazing.

- Robin loves to buy things for Finney, little rockets or things that are related to space or even things that remind him of Finney. He also loves his physical touch. He'll have his pinky hooked around Finney's, or his arm hung around the other.

- Finney hates accepting the gifts, he feels bad when he gets them. The fact Robin spent money on him, or the fact he didn't get him anything even though it was a surprise gift. He still cherishes them all.

• Finney's dad HATES. Robin.

- Terrence absolutely despises Robin, gets "a bad vibe" from him. He also just thinks he's gonna turn his son gay. Cough cough

- Robin also despises Terrence. He knows how he treats the kids and he just doesn't fuck with it.

• Gwen and Robin are besties.

- Robin made, MADE. Gwen his best friend. Him and Finney started dating and he was like "Yep, we are the best of friends now." Even if they were close before they got together.

• Gwen Blake.

- Robin and Finney have basically adopted Gwen, she is their child. Practice child, actual child. Doesn't matter, they see her as their kid.

- When Robin goes to the store and buys Gwen her favorite snacks/drinks, he only does this if he is going from his house to Finney's, because Grab 'n go in on the way.

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That's what I'll write for now :)

[puhpandas]

Happy To Be Your Pillow

(2,370 words)

Gregory, who is too exhausted to walk home from school, is convinced by Tony to take a nap outside the school. He volunteers himself as a pillow.

Its embarrassing to say, and Tony would never admit this to anyone, but it was easy to notice when Greg had started getting really tired.

Tony had noticed around the very beginning, where there wasnt much difference to Gregory's behavior, just the slight bags under his eyelids that weren't there before. He'd come to school acting just fine, not exactly normal (because Gregory is very not normal) but easily himself. He got through the days like always and would never respond with anything concerning when Tony would send him those looks he'd always give him, the ones that can hold entire silent conversations between them.

Its embarrassing, because to admit that he'd noticed would be admitting that he looks at Gregory's eyes enough to see such a small change.

But Tony had, and he'd noticed even quicker when Greg kept coming to school more and more exhausted every day. Eventually, it wasnt just slight pink under his eyes and less hangouts. His eyes started to always be half lidded with drowsiness, and his head would bob up and down as he would struggle to stay awake in his seat during class.

The point is, Gregory has been clearly exhausted all week. It's gotten so bad that Tony cant even ask if Gregory's okay with his eyes anymore; he'll be so faraway and tired that he wont notice.

Tony and Greg always sit with Ellis while he waits for his parents to pick him up. They always sit in this little crevice behind a wall outside the school where someone who drives past could see them, but nobody could from the entrance. Tony likes to call the spot theirs since he's never seen anyone else go there, and they all have their own designated spots where they sit against the wall of the school.

It's where they are right now. Its been another day at school where Greg looks like a zombie. He basically fell asleep standing at his locker today; Tony had to shake him awake and save him from a fate that would be much less kind if the meaner kids had found him first.

Ellis gives his friends a smile from where he's standing up, ready to get in his parents car. Tony and Gregory are sitting against the wall of the school, and Gregory is definitely more slumped than he should be. Tony can see the look Ellis is giving the boy next to him; They're both worried.

"Bye, guys. See you later." Ellis says to them. "Greg."

Gregory snorts, jolting up at hearing his name. He looks awful. The bags under his eyes are large enough to need a check and a deep shade of purple. They make his eyes look sunken in, and the orange-ish gold that Tony is so used to glowing in the sunlight (he doesn't look at Gregory's eyes that much) are duller now. Greg brings up a hand to rub at them, but he still manages a smile for his friend.

"Bye, Ellis." He says, his voice rough. It sounds like he just woke up. "This weekend, kay? Bowling?"

Ellis nods. His parents car honks its horn from behind him. Ellis makes an annoyed noise, and he only spares one last worried look for Greg and a piercing look for Tony.

You better do something about that. It seems to say.

Tony nods at him, slight and small, and Ellis is content enough with that response to finally turn on his heel and leave.

They both know how things can get, sometimes. Tony more than Ellis. He was involved, after all, but even he knows Greg has it worse. It's not a competition, but... Greg has it worse.

It reminds him of when they'd all first gone back to school and it had felt so jarring. Nothing had actually changed, but it had felt like completely different world. Tony had felt like an alien. It had felt like the school had been frozen in time while Tony hadn't. GGY had changed everything and flipped everyones lives on their heads.

GGY still plagues Greg like he never left. Tony's so worried because he knows how Gregory will have nightmares. Violent ones. He's been there for plenty. Theres been multiple nights where Greg would wake up screaming or suffering in silence and Tony would have to hold his hand to let him know he was there. Gregory couldn't stand seeing him in those moments.

As Ellis leaves, Tony wonders why Gregory hasnt said anything. They're usually so good with telling eachother things. Tony's worried about how silent about it all Gregory's being when it's clear something is wrong.

Tony knows what happened the last time something was clearly wrong and Greg didnt say anything about it, but he shoves that thought down as fast as it came.

It's only the obnoxiously loud exhaust on Ellis' parents car that snaps Tony out of it. It makes him jolt, and he spares a second to frown at them. He's never liked Ellis' parents.

Only afterwards does Tony realize that Gregory didnt jump at the sudden sound like he did. Tony sighs a bit through his nose, looking over to see his friends eyes slipping shut and his form slouched over. His head lolls and Tony can see a couple times where Greg really does almost fall asleep.

He can barely stay awake. It makes Tony frown. How much sleep is he losing where any moment of peace (or not) he gets he's almost passing out on his feet?

Tony shifts from his position sat against the wall of the school, the rough concrete riding against his jacket. He nudges Gregory with his hand, trying not to startle him. "Greg, hey, man."

Gregory doesnt startle, but he does sort of wake up a bit, if his eyes being open for more than two seconds at a time is what you call awake. He looks over at Tony, and Tony frowns deeper at just how exhausted his eyes are. He misses the sparkle in them. When they'd get bright and crinkle at the corners when Gregory would smile at him (really. He doesnt stare at Gregorys eyes as much as you might be thinking. He swears.).

"Yeah?" Gregory asks. He tries to sit up a bit more, since those few moments of nodding off were all it took for him to sink to the ground. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Tony replies. "Its just... maybe you should take a nap, Greg."

"R'ght here?" Gregory responds, slightly gesturing at their surroundings. Even though its their corner, it's still mostly concrete and asphalt that would be uncomfortable to sleep on, with one measly bush protecting them from prying eyes. Theres almost zero privacy, but theres no-one around anyway.

Gregorys right that this would be a really sucky place to sleep, but... Tony and Gregory usually bike (or walk, in Greg's case) home, and if how Gregory was acting today is any indication, Tony doesn't think he can make the trek like this. If he could, he'd come home with Greg and make sure he got enough rest, but Vanessa has work around this time and wont even be off for another two hours. The perfect amount of time for a nap before she can come pick them up.

"Theres nowhere to sleep." Gregory points out, gesturing at the concrete floor with rocks and pebbles strewn around its surface.

Tony takes a moment to respond. He could use their backpacks as a pillow, but Tony knows they suck at being comfortable. They're full of books and calculators and pens and pencils. He could always lean against the wall, but that would be awful for his back and neck.

Gregorys looking at him slightly expectantly. Tony's mind is going haywire with a clear and obvious solution, and before he can lose his nerve-- "Lay down."

Gregory raises a brow. "Where?"

Tony wishes he didnt have to say it out loud. He glances away, face warm. "Here. Uh... lay your head here."

He pats his hand on his lap.

Tony's still looking away; his stomach is churning with nerves and his face is on fire, but he can still catch the way that Gregory seems to wake up a bit more at that from the corner of his eye.

Its painfully silent for a few seconds straight, and Tony almost starts to panic before Gregory finally responds.

It's not with words, it's by shifting his body and carefully and gently angling himself to lay horizontally next to Tony on the asphalt, and lowering his head onto Tony's jeans.

Tony tries his absolute hardest not to lock up and tremble and shake; that'd make a pretty bad pillow. It's hard though, when Greg's face is right below him, and if Tony tipped his chin down he'd be face to face with him. He wonders if he should. If Gregory may be looking at him with his sparkling eyes again.

He eventually does, despite his burning red face and the butterflies in his stomach. It's only in his peripherals that he can catch a glimpse of how Greg's hair is spread out on Tony's legs and fallen away from his face.

He's laying on his back and his face is pointed straight up at the sky. Tony thinks about how easy it would be for Gregory to see Tony's face like this. If he's admiring Tony the way Tony wants to admire him.

He glances down, and unlike how he was expecting, Gregory's still wide awake, looking up at Tony with half lidded eyes and meeting his gaze as soon as Tony allows himself to look.

Despite the fact that Tony's mind is screaming at him and his face is definitely more of a crimson now, he finds it in him to smile, and for his body to relax more. Greg looks comfortable. That's all he cares about.

"Go to sleep, Greg." Tony tells him, voice soft as silk. "I'll wake you up from your nap when it's time."

Gregory doesn't respond. He just keeps looking at Tony, and then he smiles ever so slightly before his eyes finally flutter closed.

Tony feels the smile stretch farther on his face when he got to have shining gold eyes looking right in his before Greg had finally taken his nap. The nerves make his legs and his limbs want to twitch and spasm and move, but Tony stubbornly keeps them still. He doesnt want to disturb Gregory's sleep. Not when he's finally resting.

He's not sure what to do, for a moment. He realizes he'd zoned out looking at Greg's sleeping face for a second there, and he looks away with a twinge in his heart. He's not sure where to put his arms, and he's zeroed in on the feeling of Gregory using his legs as a pillow. He can barely focus on anything else.

He sighs out, trying to relax, and manages to wrestle his phone out of his jacket pocket. He keeps his gaze carefully away from Gregory's peaceful face, feeling embarrassment shoot through his chest.

His Mom and Grandma usually expect him to not come home after school nowadays, because he goes home with Gregory so often. They usually wait for a text from him to tell them what's up if he doesnt show.

I wont be home today He texts his Mom. Staying at Gregorys.

He shuts off his phone after that, thinking he should really read some of that book hes been working at right now, since all hes doing is sitting here.

Here with Gregory sleeping on you. His mind says. Think about what that means.

He pauses. He cant think about what it fully means. He cant think about how much Greg trusts him to do this, or how he hadn't even hesitated, or how he'd been out like a light as soon as Tony told him he'd take care of him.

He risks a glance back at Greg from where he'd been watching a random tree in the distance, and ignores the way his heart flutters when he realizes just how much Greg truly is resting right now. Resting on him.

School has long since let out, but it's almost Summer, so the sun doesn't set really early like it does in Winter. The sky, despite the fact, is a beautiful milky pink color with yellow clouds. Tony thinks it's because the school is near a gas station. He once read up on that.

The sky casts a glow on them, since the roof doesnt cover them, and Tony wishes he could see it reflected in Greg's eyes, here. He wishes that he could keep talking to him. He wishes a lot of things about how Gregory's sleeping on his lap right now.

Tony dares to wish that maybe this doesnt have to be a one-time thing. Maybe, on nice days like this, where nobody bothers to stick around school when it lets out, they can come to this spot and do this more often. Tony dares to hope he'll be able to admire Gregory this way again.

The thought makes his cheeks burn, and he let's himself look a little longer, noticing how the sky being cast above is making it easier to see the faint freckles on Greg's face and how his eyebrows are slack and for once, not furrowed or upturned in worry. How his lips are slightly parted and Tony can see the gap where his missing tooth is. How he can trace the line of his face scar traveling up his jaw and curving on the bridge of his nose.

He pointedly doesn't acknowledge how his own eyes are half-lidded like how Greg's were. That was from tiredness though, right?

Greg is peaceful right now, and asleep and resting, and Tony is glad to be his pillow. He realizes he'd do this many times over, if he could. He wonders if Greg would do the same for him and if Tony would be able to be the one lying on someone happy to be his pillow and looking at the sky and in his eyes, the stars as well.

Tony doesn't take out his book.

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[teamrbofficial]

~RELATIONSHIP CHART~

GIO

Archie - (friendly) "perhaps a cheer bringer is needed for this hell of a team"

Maxie - (friendly) "you're nice when you don't try to burn down the castle.."

Cyrus - (trust&admiration) "so young yet so mature"

Ghetsis - (trust/love) "such a complete douchebag.. marry me?"

Colress - (tension) "it's your fault we all are like this"

Lysandre - (tension) "what's with the attitude"

Lusamine - (respect&admiration) "everyone likes a strong successful woman"

Rose - (respect&admiration) "a nice business partner"

Archer - (tension) "..."

Saturn - (respect) "you're leading on his behalf with loyalty"

ARCHIE

gio - (respect/admiration) "yer a nice boss :]"

Maxie - (trust/love) "nice to see ye again"

Cyrus - (friendly) "wanna hangout lad?"

Ghetsis - (tension) "..ehhh-"

Colress - (tension) "why'd bring us back?"

Lysandre - (friendly) "yer don't seem that bad"

Lusamine - (friendly/respect) "yer like a strong mama"

Rose - (friendly) "he gets me"

Archer - (tension) "..you did wha?-"

Saturn - (friendly) "ye don't seen around much but it's nice when u do"

MAXIE

gio - (respect) "nice boss"

Archie - (trust/love) "..it's been a long time"

Cyrus - (friendly/admiration) "a nice listener"

Ghetsis - (tension) "I hate you"

Colress - (tension) "..why the tests what are you planning"

Lysandre - (tension) "I get why they don't like you"

Lusamine - (admiration) "a strong woman"

Rose - (friendly) "you're fun to hangout"

Archer - (tension) "you're too much.."

Saturn - (???) "who?"

CYRUS

Gio - (respect/admiration) "a great boss.."

Archie - (friendly/respect) "you're someone everyone needs in their life"

Maxie - (friendly/trust) "thanks for being there for me"

Ghetsis - (tension) "...you're a horrible person"

Colress - (tension) "..why keep us all here"

Lysandre - (tension) "at least I had a logical reason for what I did."

Lusamine - (tension) "..you choose an alien jellyfish over your kids?"

Rose - (respect) "..you're not judging me"

Archer - (tension) "..too much"

Saturn - (trust) "..thank you"

GHETSIS

gio - (rival/lover) "I love you but I should lead really"

Archie - (tension) "you're too annoying"

Maxie - (tension) "walking burning hazard"

Cyrus - (tension) "emo kid that can't deal with life"

Colress - (tension) "fuck you personally."

Lysandre - (tension) "why you staring at me you freak"

Lusamine - (respect) "damn a strong woman"

Rose - (respect) "you're fine to a degree"

Archer - (tension) "fuck off"

Saturn - (tension) "who tf is that"

COLRESS

Gio - (tension) "you're not the leader now are you"

Archie - (friendly) "you're cooperative"

Maxie - (tension) "trying to burn me alive won't get you anywhere."

Cyrus - (friendly/admiration) "so smart for a young adult"

Ghetsis - (tension) "fuck you personally."

Lysandre - (friendly) "aren't you something"

Lusamine - (respect/family) "tails"

Rose - (friendly/respect) "a wise and fun guy"

Archer - (tension) "too aggressive for no reason.."

Saturn - (friendly) "getting somewhere with those social skills"

LYSANDRE

Gio - (tension) "..I'm not a bad omen bringer"

Archie - (friendly) "..you're not like others"

Maxie - (tension) "..it's not my fault"

Cyrus - (tension) "you're one to talk."

Ghetsis - (tension) "you should look at yourself before calling others freak"

Colress - (tension) "..you did this to me"

Lusamine - (friendly/respect) "gossip friend"

Rose - (friendly) "..I understand you"

Archer - (tension) "..stalker"

Saturn - (tension) "eavesdropping is no fun"

LUSAMINE

Gio - (respect/friendly) "everyone likes a great boss"

Archie - (friendly) "you know how to make everyone smile"

Maxie - (friendly) "flattering much?"

Cyrus - (respect/admiration) "you're admirable for someone your age"

Ghetsis - (tension) "bastard."

colress - (respect/family) "heads"

Lysandre - (friendly/trust) "gossip buddy"

Rose - (friendly/trust) "business friend"

Archer - (tension) "..big words for someone so weak"

Saturn - (tension) "no shit Sherlock we're twins."

ROSE -

Gio - (respect/admiration) "I could never be a boss like you"

Archie - (friendly) "you're positive and fun"

Maxie - (friendly) "I like your work"

Cyrus - (friendly/admiration) "so successful yet so young"

Ghetsis - (tension) "..I don't like that you like me"

colress - (tension) "why keep us here? Why make us like this??"

Lysandre - (friendly) "I don't get why others don't like you"

Lusamine - (friendly/trust) "business friend"

Archer - (tension) "it's not paranoia"

Saturn - (friendly) "nice to talk"

ARCHER

Gio - (tension) "..I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING"

Archie - (tension) "you're too much"

Maxie - (tension) "unprofessional"

Cyrus - (tension) "..you're just a kid"

Ghetsis - (tension) "fuck you."

colress - (tension) "it's your fault everyone is stuck here looking like freaks."

Lysandre - (tension) "egoistic"

Lusamine - (tension) "you're just like him."

Gio - (tension) "..you're not my boss"

Rose - (tension) "too paranoid for what"

Saturn - (tension) "you're not loyal enough"

SATURN

Gio - (tension) "..you're not my boss"

Archie - (friendly) "..cheer bringer"

Maxie - (friendly) "1:1 for Marshmello"

Cyrus - (respect) "..I've missed you"

Ghetsis - (tension) "boomer"

colress - (tension) "...you have some nerve bossing everyone around"

Lysandre - (tension) "you're one to talk really"

Lusamine - (tension) "..you're no different than him"

Rose - (friendly) "..nice guy"

Archer - (tension) "no. Too much. Even for me."

[mamadarama]

Slightly late to the Madara madness but I’m dragging it back into conversation because you’ve reminded me of the sheer amount of emotions I have about Madara’s first appearance to Alkaloid (and audience to a degree)

The gang just got done having an encouraging talk with each other and then Hiiro’s immediately like “speaking of communicating with each other I should tell you there’s some spooky ass energy going on behind that door” and Tatsumi opens it to protect the others, is greeted by the fucking hulk who tells him his name but that says they can just call him mama. He then takes one look at Tatsumi and decides “oh I could probably pick you up” and just. Does it. And then puts him back down when he asks because Tatsumi knows if he didn’t Hiiro would start biting people. Then IMMEDIATELY transitions into trying to get hired by the boys to train them because thwarting Eichi sounds fun, sees Mayoi and again IMMEDIATELY transitions into “man if only one of your buddies here happened to be a cryptic ass dance instructor. They should totally dance battle me about it not because I took one look at them and decided I was allowed to be the only schizophrenic in the room but for your guys’ stake… please” and then he gets his ass handed to him and just. Doesn’t leave. And continues to just watch them practice.

Now for something literally completely unrelated I don’t know too much about Chiaki but the more I look at him the more I just see the anti Madara/Mayoi. With them on the “If I form an even slightly close relationship with someone I have to return to nature until they forget my existence” and him on the “If I don’t leave our very first conversation with their number, an address and an itinerary for our week hangout next month I did it wrong” end

LITERALLYYYY ITS SO FUNNY. HE KNEW HE WOULD LOSE THE BATTLE TOO . HE KNEW MAYOI WAS A BETTER DANCER THAN HIM . HE DID IT CUZ HE KNEW MAYOI WOULD NEVER OFFER TO BE THEIR OFFICIAL TRAINER OTHERWISE AND IF HIS PLAN BACKFIRES THEN HE GETS TO MESS W EICHI . SO WIN WIN . BUT OFC HE DOES IT IN THE MOST ROUNDABOUT WAY POSSIBLE. GOD.

also yes chiaki and madara being foils was definitely intentional . chiaki is everything madara hoped to become as a kid and what he wishes he couldve been now, as well as a living reminder of his own shortcomings. chiakis presence also reinforces and draws attention to madaras social alienation by highlighting how when madara was exiled, he left all sorts of holes in the lives of his friends and family that chiaki has now filled in his absence— ryuseitai captain*, the reliable bright kid his family (and kanatas family) saw him as that granted him his position as kanatas caretaker, someone his friends can count on, and most importantly, kanatas hero.

* madara himself handed down the position of captain to chiaki when he left ryuseitai, but part of that choice (as well as the choice to isolate himself and become a solo unit) was him acknowledging chiaki is better suited to the role and finally surrendering after years of fighting to become what chiaki currently is, and accepting his fate (or more accurately what he believes his fate to be) of being past his point of usefulness, now destined to be alone, biding his time and waiting until his death after having failed the one purpose he believes he was born to fulfill (saving kanata). tldr; madara handed chiaki the role of ryuseitai captain because he believed chiaki was better suited to the role and to denote that hes given up on himself (hence his reasoning for forming double face and taking the risks he does: having nothing left to lose now that hes already lost everything. but thats getting into a different topic so i digress)

[rrat-king]

🏳️‍⚧️ (gender hc ) 🍫 (food hc) 👽 (alien hc) for gorgug?

🏳️‍⚧️ A gender headcanon

he's a gnc dude. loves a skirt, loves to grow his hair out long so he can braid it back while he's working on things, loves when fig paints his nails so they match. he likes feeling pretty <33

🍫 A headcanon about food

he loves gingerbread cuz it's one of the things he used to make with his parents as a kid. it takes forever to make but afterward they would get to craft stuff together and even if he broke things or messed it up, they just got to eat it in the end.

👽 A headcanon about a weird quirk of theirs

dude needs to be listening to music like all the time. does not vibe with silence, is the friend that will bring a speaker to the hangout and if there's nothing playing he will just put something on quietly on his headphones.

ask game here!!!

[thelazyhermits]

I have this TWST scene idea I wanted to share here since I doubt I'd ever include it in a fic, and I wanted to provide some new info about my Yuu. It'll all be underneath the cut.

So the scene I had in mind takes place one day when Yuu is hanging out with the Diafam. I imagine it's just one of those times when Malleus/Lilia invite her over, Malleus cause he wants to spend time with his favorite Child of Man while Lilia wants to get into some of his typical matchmaking mischief, unfortunately for poor Silver and Sebek lol

Anyway, at some point during the hangout, Lilia says he can't wait to have grandchildren one day since he just loves kids and really wants to experience being a grandpa, like Baul, who has made it look really appealing cause he can tell how much Baul loves being a grandpa/his grandkids.

Naturally, this is a very awkward conversation for poor Silver and Sebek, especially when Lilia makes comments about how Yuu would surely have some adorable children regardless of who she marries cause both boys are so handsome and were also super cute as kids.

A furiously blushing Sebek is just pitifully whining Lilia's name, begging for mercy while Silver's just sighing and has his face in his hands 😂

Meanwhile, a noticeably amused Malleus is completely unhelpful to his knights as he watches the ongoing proceedings. He's just grateful Lilia is focusing on those two for grandchildren rather than him cause that means he won't get rushed to get married and have children of his own lol 🤣

Regarding Yuu's reaction, she just laughs it off, thinking Lilia is just teasing Silver/Sebek and having fun at their expense. She has no idea just how serious Lilia is lol

However, Yuu eventually decides to take pity on the boys and reveals that, if Lilia really wants grandchildren, it would be better for him to match his boys up with someone other than her since she doesn't plan on having children.

This catches everyone off guard since they all know that Yuu loves kids just as much as Lilia does.

That's why Malleus asks her if she doesn't want to have kids despite being so fond of them.

Yuu is quick to explain that she's not against the idea of having kids. In fact, she thinks it would be wonderful to have a family of her own since she grew up without one.

However, Yuu thinks it'd be too dangerous for her to ever try having kids because of her alien DNA.

Noticing everyone's confusion at her usage of the word "dangerous", she reveals that she's concerned of the possibility of any kid she has having unstable DNA due to her foreign DNA, which possibly shouldn't ever be mixed in with the DNA of this world's residents since she has no idea just how different her DNA is from the DNA of this world's residents.

What especially worries her is, if she were to have a kid, it's entirely possible they'll get a Quirk thanks to her DNA, and since a lot of times kids get their parents' Quirks, her kid could end up with one like hers.

Why this worries her is cause, in her world, Quirks became more powerful with each new generation, and she doesn't even want to imagine the implications of that in regards to her Quirk cause of the many drawbacks that it has, which would surely be even worse if it became more powerful.

There's also the worry that the child's body might not be able to handle the power of the Quirk due to their unstable DNA, so that would lead to the Quirk causing the kid to be put under even more strain.

And as if that wasn't already bad enough, if Yuu were to marry a mage, it's entirely possible that her child could end up with magic in addition to a Quirk, and there's no way of knowing if the two foreign powers would mix well together or not.

Even on the slight chance that the child is born perfectly healthy and can handle all of their powers, there'd still be plenty to worry about since, if word got out about the child's unusual abilities, Yuu's sure that would lead to them receiving a lot of unwanted attention.

What she fears most is that people would want to study her child and experiment on them like they would a lab rat, which is also what she fears could happen to herself if her otherworldly status and Quirk get found out by people outside of her friend group/NRC faculty.

Seconds after Yuu makes that confession, she hears booming thunder coming from outside, which makes her jump in her seat.

Immediately, her eyes focus on Malleus who looks noticeably pissed at just the idea of anyone experimenting on her and her future child.

And he's not the only one who looks upset either, although Silver is doing a much better job of keeping his anger reigned in, unlike Sebek who looks like he wants to go fight someone right now, like Malleus.

Lilia's reaction is in between Silver's and Malleus/Sebek's since he's good at keeping his composure, but he has a much more difficult time doing it this time cause of the protective fury that takes over at the mere thought of anyone harming his future daughter/future grandchild.

While Yuu tries to calm everyone down, Malleus says that he wouldn't allow anyone to bring harm to her or her family. Anyone who dares to do so will be burned to a cinder.

This, of course, makes Yuu happy since she's grateful for her friend looking after her, but she's also worried about how far he'll go to protect her and it doesn't help that it doesn't look like Lilia will try to stop him like he normally would lol

Rather than try to calm Malleus down, Lilia just says that Malleus won't need to do anything if he gets ahold of the villains first 😂

Sebek naturally fully supports Malleus and says that he'll also lend his power to the cause of annihilating his liege's enemies.

More than anything, however, while he won't admit it out loud, Sebek wants to take out anyone who's a threat to Yuu and her happiness cause he has given himself the job of protecting that happiness no matter what.

Thankfully, rather than talk about total annihilation, Silver says that he'll gladly do whatever he can to support Yuu since he could never stand back while a friend is in need.

After Yuu finishes thanking everyone for their concern/support and eventually gets them all to settle down, Lilia says that, while everyone here would gladly protect her and her future family, he can understand her still being reluctant to have children due to her alien DNA and her Quirk since she's right that there's no way of knowing what will happen, and it makes perfect sense that she wouldn't want to take the chance of having a child who would end up suffering a great deal as a result.

Silver chimes in that he thinks it's very admirable how Yuu is thinking more about her child and their feelings and prioritizing them above herself, even though that means giving up having biological children of her own.

After saying that, Silver points out that Yuu could still have children one day, though, since adoption is always an option.

Speaking as someone who was adopted himself, Silver thinks any child would be elated to be adopted by someone as kind and wonderful as her. He's confident that they'll come to love her just as much as he loves his father.

Just like they typically do, Silver's incredibly sweet and charming words, which were said while he was wearing an equally dashing smile, give Yuu's heart an instant KO lol

While Yuu is trying to recover, Lilia just starts hugging Silver and affectionately rubbing his face against the top of Silver's head, all the while telling him what a good boy he is. His father truly is amazing for raising such a wonderful boy! 😂

Once Yuu finally recovers, she happily thanks Silver and says that she'll keep his suggestion in mind since she agrees that adoption is a wonderful idea, and she'd love to provide a child, who doesn't have a family to call their own, a place where they can be loved and taken care of.

(She'd love to be the kind of person she wished would've shown up during her childhood.)

Having finished praising Silver, Lilia cheerfully declares that he's a big supporter of adoption as well, so he wouldn't mind at all if that's how he ends up with some grandchildren. They don't need to be biologically related to Yuu/Silver/Sebek. After all, he's not even biologically related to any of those three in the first place lol

Which means Yuu is still a perfect marriage candidate for Silver and Sebek! After all, Silver and Sebek wouldn't mind adopting kids, right, boys?

When put on the spot, Silver and Sebek have no other choice but to honestly admit that they wouldn't have any issue with adopting, even though doing that means adding fuel to Lilia's fire, which they obviously do not want to do lol 😂

Meanwhile, Malleus just chuckles and says that he's looking forward the growth of Yuu's future family regardless of how it all happens.

Upon realizing they're all back where they started, Yuu just laughs, all the while feeling grateful to have such wonderful guys like them in her life.

Her future is definitely looking bright.

[zergula]

Welcome To Lunestia

The date is 7600.

Humanity finds itself alive and well on the planet of Lunestia! With its gorgeous greens, purples, pinks, and white fields it is definitely different than Earth but almost eerily the same. After the legendary forum wars of 2025, aliens have fully become a part of society on Earth as well as Lunestia. Great advancements in not only technology but human evolution have improved life in the universe more than any being could imagine!

I fell in love with Risa's Lunestia and Meroze maps as soon as I saw them! It was really hard to choose between those two to use for this space world save but Lunestia's beautiful terrain painting and blend won me over! I highly recommend both of these worlds, absolutely gorgeous and incredible work!

INTERESTING CHARACTERS

Mae, Malie, and Una Verse keep watch over the renovated remains of the First Contact ship that brought all beings to beautiful Lunestia! Although thankful for the great honor bestowed upon them from their ancestors, these young beings just want to have some fun, sometimes!

The Goth family and Bachelor family fell into a wormhole in Sunset Valley and have found themselves farther in the future than they could even imagine!

Candy is a plantsim who is trying her very best to recreate all of the lovely plants from Earth! She lives in her underground lab and you can find her there or above ground tending to all of her lovely friends…uh plants!

Skyla Martial is a genius who has filled her home with bots that she treats like family but never stopped to wonder if she wants an actual family. Either way, the bots fill that void…for now.

Finally, you will find lots of beings from Oasis Landing and Lunar Lakes here: Amelia Loveland, Kel Gwyn, Harkin Shire, Fawn Lacey, Felix Finn, The Planesons, The James family, The Mosqueda family, The Su family, the Sekemoto Family, Eleanor Alto, the Castle family, the Star family, the Orey family, and the Landgraab Clones.

Around Town

29 Community Lots 62 Residential Lots

There's lots to do in Lunestia! Along with all EA rabbitholes, you can visit:

The Millennium Falcon Bot Emporium - A recreation of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars by soocoolsim! It includes the bot emporium register, comics register, and a food register.

The Future Fashion Salon - - I have been experimenting with combining rabbitholes, registers, and lots on one lot and am loving the results! It saves so much room in town and I love how some of these rabbitholes/registers/lots work together! This is a salon and tattoo shop that includes the Elixir Consignment register, nectary register, consignment store register, and the Spa rabbithole.

Purple Flourite Museum - Art Gallery by Satureja13 that includes another nectary register.

Monsters Inc Stadium - a fun recreational park built by Hidehi for the Disney Magic Kingdom collaboration. The school and stadium rabbitholes are also located here.

Sapphire Ice Gym - by Satureja13 A small gym with all machines and martial arts stuff

Zephyr 47 - An old starship repurposed into Lunestia's favorite spot to watch the game, get some wings, and drink some juice with the old team! (shell by geminiagre, interior redone and converted to sportsbar by me)

Natatorium Pool - pool from Lunar Lakes

Laser Waves - A poolside club with lots of secret places to find!

Cosmic Ray's Bowling Lanes by Sandraelle is the place to be in Lunestia! A huge arcade with every game and numerous bowling lanes open at all times, all beings come here for fun and prizes, to grab some groceries, catch a movie, or have a quick meal at the diner!

Lunestia Library And Bookstore - a huge library with fun for the kids, snacks, the bookstore, and the Vault of Antiquity

Full Spectrum Fire Safety - by Waterheart197 - Even in the future, fire will still get you. Luckily, the fire safety beings here at Full Spectrum can help!

Bridgeport Acres Festival Grounds

Astro Orbiter - by soocoolsim is a fun hangout with a roller coaster, games, and snacks

Lunar Hub Casino - this is Lunestia's Live Show Venue that includes all casino games, giant performer's stage, nectary, and food register. You can find HOLODEK by Livvy1049 - a bright future lounge right next door!

Science Tech Center - bot emporium I built that includes the bot competition arena and observatory rabbitholes

Cube by Snowmoon - this dive bar is for surly beings only!

The MotherShip by Snowmoon is a little more inviting for the locals in Lunestia. The Darts Competition is weekly, see you there!

It wasn't long after Lunestia was discovered that the Space Buzz Studio by Hidehi was built! You can always see some of the actors rehearsing on stages upstairs if you stop by to tour the studio rabbithole (in the basement).

Crater Lagoon is the town fishing spot stocked with all fish and not too far from there you will find Oasis Shoreline Beach!

Don't forget to visit the crash scene wreckage! It might look like a junkyard but very important research is being done here. You can see the renovated First Contact ship from here as well!

OTHER INFO

In this download, you will find the world and 3 save files:

LunestiaCommunityLots - this save has the community lots only, no residential houses or other lots

LunestiaUnpopulated - the is the final version of the save without sims

LunestiaPopulated - this is the final version of the save with all households

This save uses Into The Future, Lunar Lakes, and all sci fi store content extensively but there is zero custom content. I have all expansions, all stuff packs, and all store content but if you do not have some of the items, the game will generate a similar item for you (but you may have to edit). The only expansion not used is PETS so I am unsure how the save will perform with Pets, but there is definitely plenty of room for them!

Because this world was just roads and trees, I ran into the same problem I had with Simarellen, which was sometimes the lots do not line up perfectly with the roads. Some of the lots may look diagonal or incorrectly placed because of that but I have playtested everything and have not found any routing issues. This world save does use the Into The Future elevators profusely so there might be an issue with some of the elevators not working as intended. To fix this, simply go into build mode on the lot, go to the ground floor of the lot, use the hand tool to pick up the elevator and then drop it, this will reset the elevators to go to the correct floors. I tried not to fill the world up with lots too much, but it was hard to choose with so many excellent options out there! You can always add more, if you like!

This took me longer than I expected, my apologies for the delay! Please tag me @zergula or #lunestia if you share any photos, etc I would love to see them. You can find my other world saves here: River Falls here: Simarellen and here: Kaodina

Happy simming and green plumbobs for all <3

SIMFILESHAREDOWNLOAD

[viceroywrites]

reunions and opportunities - chapter one

gary x fem!reader

both of you didn't get the ideal high school experience it would make sense that you both would be dreading the reunion.

little did you know how many doors would open after that.

ao3 version here - chapters on tumblr are slightly rewritten and restructured.

content warning: fic contains smut in later chapters. discussions of mental health including trauma and potential ptsd (aka gary is traumatized).

chapter one - reunions

You assessed your appearance in the mirror after sliding into a dress, not accustomed to dressing up unless it was a special occasion. Messing with the skin-tight material, you huffed, adjusting the front of your dress to make sure it looked right. Blinking in surprise at the nice amount of cleavage the dress had given you, you quickly checked the time on your phone. 

'Fuck... I really don't want to go to this.' You groaned, taking a seat in front of your vanity and making sure your hair wasn’t a mess after wrangling the fabric over your head.  You glance over at the invitation to what every person in their adult years dreads - your high school reunion.

The day had come for you to face the peers you had honestly forgotten about once you stepped foot into college. You had no real enemies, you didn't carry any drama with you from high school - but that was because you were an unknown, practically blending into the scenery of your high school walls.

You were a bit too bookish to really fit into the popular crowd. Freshman year, you had joined a comic book club but when the eager freshman that started it left all of a sudden and most of the guys who took over were quite alienating towards the girls in the club, you left promptly.  You made acquaintances obviously due to projects and assignments, but you never really fit into any group after sophomore year.

No sleepovers, parties, hangouts.

No late nights spent on the phone making memories.

You skipped pretty much every major event the school hosted bar the ones required like graduation.

Hell, you were pretty sure there were no photos of you in the yearbook other than the awkward school photos taken at the beginning of each year.

School, work and home was your routine for those four tedious years. 

"At least, no one will bother you... just get in there, drink to get the nerves out, make small talk if anyone approaches you and get out." You mutter to yourself, applying your lipstick carefully.

---

"What the hell do you mean you can't help me arch tonight?"

Gary winced at his leader's sharp and harsh tone, rubbing the back of his neck. Ever since the Monarch had lost all of his henchman and the Cocoon, and his wife had more pressing issues to deal with as a new Council member, Gary or Henchman 21 was left solo to help the Monarch on his escapades to try and arch Dr. Venture again.

However, tonight, he had to ditch his henchman outfit and wings and put on a nicer outfit - a white button up and slacks from his Kano costume - to attend his high school reunion. 

"Why the hell are you going to your stupid high school reunion, 21? I'm sure it's just going to be a bunch of popular kids who fucking peaked in their teenager years and need this night to be validated. Besides, those pricks probably picked on you too and that's a whole can of worms you do not want to open back up." The Monarch scoffed, waving his hand dismissively as he propped his legs up on the table.

Gary questioned why he even wanted to go too. He missed out on most of his high school years after being kidnapped to join the Monarch at age fifteen. Sure, he got his GED but none of it involved being around the people he had to see tonight. There were a few people he kept up with here and there - mostly his Dungeons and Dragons buddies - but they hadn’t seen him since he transformed into Two-Ton 21.

"I dunno, I missed out on a lot of high school since I left to become a henchman. I didn’t go to prom or any dance… I figured I would make up for lost time. Besides, half those idiots there wouldn’t try to mess with me now.” Gary shrugged, running a lint roller over his white shirt that bulged at the arms from his muscles.

The Monarch sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, “Alright, I’ll let you have this, 21, but all of tomorrow we are doing reconnaissance on Dr. Venture! My wife is out of town for some stupid Guild conference and since she’s still pissed at me, I’m not going.” 

Gary nodded and saluted to his boss before heading out the door.

“Just get in there, drink to get the nerves out, make small talk if anyone approaches you and get out….” He muttered to himself.

-

Your face scrunched up as you took a sip of the punch, immediately pouring out the drink back into the bowl and tossing the cup. “You think after getting out of high school, they would serve quality drinks and not spiked punch that tastes like peppermint schnapps.” You sigh, running a hand through your hair.

As you had expected, you were still blending into the background. No one had approached you or even noticed you were there. They even stopped you at the door, not believing that you went to school there until you showed them the invitation, told them your name and presented a drivers license.

“Well, this turned out to be a drag…” You mutter, crossing your arms and leaning against the gym bleachers. Your eyes observed your surroundings: everyone had yet again separated into cliques, seemingly discussing how their lives have been since graduation aside from the jocks and preps reminiscing in the glory days, already wasted from the spiked punch.

Gary began to wander around the gymnasium, already having made small talk with a few guys he kept up with from the comic book club although it was difficult to identify him as he had clearly bulked up and gotten fit since his high school days. 

He was relieved that at least someone had taken over after he left though he was a bit disappointed to hear how much the club had derailed from his original vision. 

As he continued to make his way around the entirety of the compact gym, he stopped in his tracks as you came into his line of vision. His eyes took in how the dress clung to your body, accentuating every curve you had. He gulped, not having been this attracted to someone since Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.

However, after snapping out of his fixation on your body, he noticed you were all alone. ‘Huh, that’s odd… figured someone as gorgeous as her would be with someone’ He thought to himself, his eyes gazing over the sea of people mingling. He bit his lip, wondering if he should approach you.

‘Come on, you idiot. She’s all alone, now’s the perfect chance to swoop in!’ The voice of Henchman 24 echoed in his head. Gary rolled his eyes,  ‘Oh my god, will you ever leave me alone?’  The echoing voice persisted, ‘Maybe I will if you make a move.’ 

Gary sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose and muttering under his breath, “Fine, fine…” He took a deep breath and approached you with a warm smile. “Hey… thought you were looking lonely. Did your friends not show up to the reunion?”

You freeze as soon as Gary approaches you, not ready to make conversation given how sober you are currently. Your eyes quickly darted to the side, “No … I’m… really not close to anyone here to be honest.” You admitted, pushing a stray piece of hair behind your ear and shrugging. 

Gary’s eyes widened at your response, “Oh man that totally blows, dude.” Your face dropped at his answer and he quickly noticed, stammering out a clarification while rubbing the back of his neck. “W-Well, you’re not alone! Honestly, I don’t know anyone really here either. I left like sophomore year… just know a few guys from the comic book club when I used to run it.”

Your eyes lit up at the mention of the comic book club and your gaze immediately snapped towards Gary. “Wait… you were the one that ran the comic book club that year? Oh my god, I remember you. That was the one year I was in it… well, I was one of the only girls so it was kind of hard to miss me. You did such an amazing job covering different comics outside of the Marvel and DC franchises and it was so nice to hear about new series!” 

His eyes widened and he looked quite taken aback at your sudden enthusiasm. Internally though, he found your passion so attractive, almost screaming in excitement at the news that you were a geek like him. You quickly noticed, taking his silence as a bad thing, ‘Shit... I just geeked out on this complete stranger…’ 

You quickly apologized, “S-Sorry, if that freaked you out.” 

Gary quickly snapped out of his state of shock and shook his head, “Oh no, no! I’m just shocked that you were a part of the comic book club. I kind of don’t remember a lot from that year and honestly... I wouldn’t expect someone as pretty as you to be into that kind of stuff…” He admitted, chuckling nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck. He quickly put out his hand, smiling awkwardly, “I’m Gary, pleased to make your acquaintance, m’lady.” 

A pink blush spread across your cheeks and you giggled softly at his quirkiness, “Pleased to make your acquaintance as well, I’m [y/n].” You took his hand and gave it a firm shake. 

‘Talk to her. Preferably not here, it’s totally killing the vibe and you’re practically screaming over this lame music.’ 24’s voice echoes in Gary’s head.

Gary held onto your hand and smiled back at you, “Hey, it’s kind of getting stuffy and crowded in here and I really don’t want to yell over this music just to talk to you. Wanna ditch this lame thing and grab something to eat? My treat.” You nod eagerly, a wide grin across your face. His expression brightens as he takes you by the hand out of the stuffy gymnasium.

‘Maybe coming to this lame reunion wasn’t such a bad idea.’ Both of you thought as you got into your car and headed towards the nearest diner. 

[sweetpeaches666]

How different is Ben meeting Kevin in the Shape shifting Ben au compared to the canon?

In Kevin 11, Ben didn't shape-shift into his Ectonurite form since he's more thoughtful about bringing unwanted attention to his family in this au. Thus, the Tennysons aren't kicked out of the hotel. However, Ben is upset since the hotel's arcade is closed. But Max tells him that there's another arcade nearby and insists that Gwen should come along so Ben won't feel out of place in New York.

Gwen is a little annoyed since she wants to try out the hotel's spa. But Max gently reminds her that Ben has never been to a large city like New York and he could easily get overwhelmed by it. Besides, Ben getting lost isn't what Max is worried about. The city has a huge population and there's a big change any of them will see him shape-shifting into his other forms.

Gwen understands, and while she's a little upset about missing the spa, Ben should at least have some fun while making sure he's safe from people who aren't good. Ben also feels annoyed since he feels suffocated by his family's overprotectiveness and their unwillingness to let their eyes off of him.

When the Tennyson cousins are at the arcade, Ben is very excited to be in a big arcade since the one back in his hometown is smaller and the games tend to break down almost two weeks.

Ben tells Gwen about his town's arcade and even tells her that his parents had recently let him go there. But only when they're with him since they're still anxious about the townspeople finding out about him. The two cousins play a lot of arcade games before Gwen feels that they should head back before their grandpa starts getting worried.

Ben, however, still wants to play more of the games. But the last game pretty much ends up the way it did in canon. After trying to tell one of the workers that the game is broken, Ben meets Kevin. Ben immediately a liking to Kevin while Gwen is a little suspicious about him. When Kevin uses his power in the same manner in canon, Ben is happy to meet another kid who can understand him.

However, Gwen reminds Ben that the coins aren't theirs to take and they shouldn't trust Kevin because of this. Despite hearing this, Ben intrudes himself. And just like in canon, a group of kids try to beat up Kevin for messing up their hangout and Ben shape-shift into his Kineceleran form to help Kevin.

Near the doors, Gwen chastises Ben for using his shape-shifting power in the open since someone could have seen him. Ben responds to her that he was simply helping Kevin. Gwen says that Kevin is trouble and they should head back to the hotel before Max comes looking for them. But before they can, Ben tells her he needs to go to the restroom and rushes to where the restrooms are with Gwen following him.

However, in reality, Ben turns into his Ectonurite form to sneak away to meet up with Kevin. Once he's outside, Ben catches up to Kevin who expresses his excitement about the alien who helped him, with Ben becoming happy that he might be making a friend. Their whole conversation is the same as it was in canon. Kevin tells Ben that he was born with his powers while Ben is happy that he met another kid who has had superpowers since birth.

Meanwhile, Gwen is still waiting for her cousin to come out of the restroom. But she eventually becomes worried since Ben has been in there for almost an hour. But just before she could do anything, Max came and began to look for his grandchildren before spotting Gwen, who quickly tells that Ben has been in the restroom for a long time. Max comes in to look for his grandson but only sees it's empty.

At the same time, Ben and Kevin arrived at Kevin's hangout. The first half of their conversation about their family lives is the same while the second half is changed to Kevin telling Ben that Gwen seems like the overprotective type. Ben doesn't deny it and tells Kevin that his parents and grandpa are the same, especially his parents who never let him out of their sights whenever they were out in public and had homeschooled him all his life.

Kevin tells Ben about the new Sumo Slammer video game coming up, Ben tells that he's excited to for it to come out, but he becomes confused when Kevin tells him about getting it tonight.

The two boys breaking into the factory is a little different here. Ben is a little more hesitant about trespassing since they could get into serious trouble if they get caught. But Kevin ensures Ben that it'll be easy. They simply go in and out before anyone can notice them. When the police arrived, Ben and Kevin quickly hid in a storage closet.

Ben asks Kevin if he can keep a secret and tells him not to freak out. Considering they're trapped in a closet with the police on the other side, Kevin says yes. Ben transforms into his Dragon form, which scares the shit out of the police who cornered them. The police chase a different here.

Unlike canon, Ben shape-shifted into a multiple of his other forms to try to escape from the police, even bursting inside serval buildings. Poor Kevin is trying not to lose his lunch. Basically, the entire chase scene is similar to the one in Nimona from Netflix.

Once they escape, Kevin asks Ben how he did it. Ben tells him that he was born with it, like how Kevin was born with his. Kevin also asks Ben if the shape-shifting hurts, though Ben says it feels like he's suffocating when he doesn't change into his other forms. Kevin asks if that's why his family is so overprotective of him, which Ben admits yes, along with revealing that he had more than one father, and all of them live far away from Earth.

Soon, Kevin believes that with their powers combined, they can get away with everything. Ben is uncertain about this, but Kevin tells him shouldn't worry since they'll be able to help people like them. Reminding Ben that they're "friends", and friends help each other out. Ben, reluctantly, agrees, shaking hands with Kevin.

Meanwhile, Max and Gwen search desperately for Ben. Their only clue is that he and Kevin were on live TV. Max is worried and angry since Ben is usually a well-behaved child. He doesn't know what's gotten in Ben's head to act like a delinquent. Gwen begins to realize that Ben might be acting out because they may have been a little protective of him.

Back with Ben and Kevin, the entire argument scene is changed a little. Ben realized that Gwen was right about Kevin and calling himself selfish for running off with Kevin instead going back to the hotel with his cousin. Trespassing is one thing, but being willing to hurt innocent people is where he draws the line.

The fight scene is basically the same as Ben shape-shifts into his Pyronite form to stop Kevin, but still shows concern for Kevin when Ben thinks he accidentally hurt his friend. Unfortunately for Ben, Kevin absorbs his Pyronite powers, though, Kevin's head and right arm turn into Pyronite, and ultimately taking a liking to his newfound power.

Ben tries to reason with Kevin, telling him that they can still be friends regardless the trouble they've made. But Kevin only replies that nobody will call him a freak ever again.

The two separate in the same way in canon, with Kevin no longer caring about the money, and simply wanting payback. Ben holds onto the train till he turns into his Ectonurite form and turns invisible. However, Ben instantly realize that he doesn't know where he's at and finding himself scared and alone.

Max and Gwen are listening to the police radio, hoping that someone reported a strange creature similar to Ben. A report about some fire starting in the train tunnels gives them a clue about where Ben might be. Ben himself is still in his Ectonurite form in an alleyway while trying not to be afraid and wishes he had listened to Gwen about going back to their grandfather.

Ben begins to wonder if this is karma for disobeying his family instead of listening to them. Fortunately, Ben sees the Rust Bucket driving by and immediately goes inside to see his grandpa and cousin, who immediately hug him. After checking to see if his grandson has any injuries, Max scolds Ben for running off like that. Telling Ben how much he made him worried and Max imagined that something might have happened to Ben despite having shape-shifting powers.

Ben apologizes to Max for making him worried and he should have listened. But Ben tells Max about Kevin absorbing his Pyronite power and worries about Kevin's mental state. Max agrees and asks Ben where Kevin might be. Ben realizes that Kevin will try to get revenge on that gang from earlier.

The traffic scene is almost the same as it was in canon, with the only difference is Ben successfully turns into his Lepidopterran form and Gwen tells her grandpa about how they've tried to protect Ben a little too much and it might be the reason why Ben acted the way he did today.

The entire fight between Ben and Kevin is the same a little, with both boys fighting in their Tetramand forms and Ben telling Kevin they can still be friends and they can be both heroes instead of being petty thieves. But Kevin choose to betray Ben and try to absorbs more of Ben's shape-shifting powers.

For a split second, Kevin can be seen being turn into a mutant. However, because Kevin absorbed too much, the power canceled the mutation and returned Kevin to normal, much to Kevin's anger. Angry and embarrassed, Kevin runs away from Ben. Ben calls out to Kevin to come back, but Max stops Ben.

The next day as the Tennyson family is getting ready to leave New York, Ben apologizes to his grandpa and cousin again for making them worried yesterday. While Max tells Ben what he did was dangerous, he's just glad that he was safe. But the part of Ben having to earn back Max's trust is still there.

Gwen also apologize to Ben for smothering him like the adults, but Ben tells her it's okay since she was just trying to protect him from a bad situation and thanked her. And soon enough, Max gets a call from Carl about what happened last night and demands some answers.

The last scene is Kevin still having some of Ben's Pyronite powers, showing it's not over between him and Ben. Their lives are forever intertwined with each other.

[tangled-wires-and-a-dead-heart]

Here's a drawing of Eleanor! She's my little princess <3

There's a whole bunch of info on her + her worldstate under the cut!

(here's her outfits during the episodes so far!)

Info/headcanons for her:

She's an art streamer! Her favorite medium to work with is watercolors and acrylics!

She lives in a dingy studio apartment, an entire corner of this apartment is dedicated to her art- it's a huge mess.

She has a border Collie named buddy!

Her main income is from streaming but as a side gig she pet-sits (as in babysitting pets)

She's a huge animal lover and can't stand people harming/mistreating animals. When you get to know her it could be argued that she likes to talk with animals than people!

She's generally nice and tries to get along with everyone else around her no matter how they treat her. This isn't necessarily hard because most people tend to just naturally like her.

This does lead to her having a difficulty with developing relationships with a lot of people.

She can find it hard to grow past the friendly acquaintance/"friend that you talk to whenever you see them but don't really hangout outside of that" phase of relationships with most people (there are exceptions to this but this is how she viewed most of her connections with people)

This leads her to feel lonely even when she constantly surrounds herself with people (not that anyone would be able to notice unless she told them because she always has an air of confidence about her)

This whole problem is why she likes to talk with animals more than people, a lot of animals are fickle and are much harder to get along with than people are. It's just naturally easier for her to connect with animals because she has to work more in order to become closer.

(she definitely pretended that she was a cat when she was a kid- like she was reenacting warrior cats with actual forest animals-)

Her time in Scarlet Hollow has taught her a lot about relationships and how to properly bond with people and it's led to her being able to form closer and more meaningful relationships with people.

She doesn't even try to hide her gift in the slightest. People usually don't believe her anyways and besides it's an important part of who she is, she isn't just going to hide it just because others think that it's a bit odd.

Oh yeah and if it wasn't obvious her traits are hot/talk to animals!

She adores Dustin, that's her little drawer possum baby.

She's a huge believer in anything paranormal/supernatural because hey- if she can literally talk to animals, then who is she to say that Bigfoot or aliens can't also exist.

Stuff about her worldstate:

Duke's dead, Eleanor saved Gretchen. She felt Gretchen trying to slip away and instinctively dove for her. She feels absolutely awful over Duke's death though.

She spent Monday night at Stella's house

She told Tabitha about the kids sneaking into the mines

Rosalina lost her foot in the mine collapse. Eleanor really didn't want to leave a bunch of kids behind in a collapsing mine, it wouldn't be right. She also just didn't want anymore possible deaths to occur as a result of her in action.

On Wednesday she slipped away from Tabitha to go and hang out with Stella.

She told Stella that she should invite Avery to go ghost hunting.

Eleanor invited Tabitha ghost hunting

They both left the ghost in Oscar's house. She felt confident in her decision at the time because Tabitha was there but after the night had passed she felt bad that Oscar lost his job and both he and Rosalina lost their home. If Tabitha wasn't there she probably would've given her years to the ghost.

When searching for Stella on Thursday she had a conversation with pastor Daniel about their shared gift and about the situation with Tulip and the church's rats.

On Thursday she didn't go to Sybil's tea reading and while the "Canon" (as in the choice I chose in game) reason as to why she didn't go was because she didn't trust her (which now that I'm thinking of it- she is probably a bit distrustful towards her- especially after Wednesday) I think that the main reason she didn't go was because she just thought that she didn't have time for it- Stella was missing and no one around town had seen her. Eleanor really cares about Stella and she wants to make sure that she's okay first and foremost. (This is before the stone in the clinic takes over lol-)

Reese leaves the clinic without killing doctor Kelly due to Eleanor calming him down. She's just happy that she was able to deescalate the situation before anything horrible happened.

She was able to find Stella with the help of the dog militia.

She stayed the night over at Stella's again and started a romance with her.

[ronniesinsanity]

Story of Us// Tomark

I’ve decided to create a Tomark story since the world needs more Tomark‼️ this story will take place from 1992-currently. I hope you guys enjoy!

TW// Light cussing!, mention of broken bones.

June 1st, 1992  at 5;40pm in Poway, California.

16 almost 17 year old Tom Delonge sat in his room, listening to his records. School was out and he had nothing better to do at the moment. He might ride his skateboard around for a while before the weather turns shitty. His older brother,  Shon, was currently at his girlfriend's house. Kari was having a sleepover at her friend's house, and their parents were out of town for the week. So Tom basically had the whole house to himself for now. He liked it when no one else was home. He enjoyed the peaceful feeling.

He could hangout with Scott. Scott was a few years younger than Tom, but he was pretty chill. They went to school together while Tom was still in middle school. Scott was going to be a freshman this coming year and Tom was going to be a junior. Tom's sister, Kari, would be in Scott's classes with him. They sometimes hangout whenever Scott is at the Delonge household. Scott only lived a few blocks down from Tom so it wouldn't be much of a walk. He soon got up, turning his record player off. Tom soon threw on his Descendents shirt along with his jeans and his converse. Grabbing his skateboard, he made his way down the steps and out the front door. Once he was outside, he hoped on his board, making his way to Scott's house. The sky was cloudy, but luckily it wasn't raining yet. He didn't mind the rain, he actually loved it. But, when he's trying to skate. Him and rain aren't the best of friends.

Once he made it to Scott's house, he noticed a few of their other friends were there. Including an unfamiliar car that he's never seen before. Weird. He thought to himself. Tom made his way into the house, seeing a few of his friends. He also saw Anne Hoppus. He knew her only because one of his friends was dating her. She lived in Ridgecrest, which was a 3-4 and a half hour drive. He was impressed that she made her way from there all the way to Poway for a little get together.

Anne soon noticed Tom and smiled a bit. She made her way over to the other. "Hi, Tom! I have someone for you to meet." She said. Before he knew it, she was dragging him outside to where a few people were. She took him over to a boy that looked very similar to her. "Mark, meet Tom. This is the boy I was telling you about. Tom, this is my older brother, Mark." She introduced the two. The boys looked at each other in awe for a moment before Mark spoke. "Nice to meet you, Tom. I heard you play guitar. That's pretty cool." He said with a soft smile. His eyes are so pretty. Tom thought to himself. He nodded and smiled a bit. "Yeah! I do. I've been playing for a few years now." Mark smiled a bit more. "That's cool, I play bass. We should totally jam out sometime." He said as he examined the taller male. Mark seemed to like this kid already. "Hell yeah, man!" Tom said.

Anne smiled as she watched their interaction. "Great! Now Mark has someone new to annoy for the next few days. I'll leave you two to chat. I'm heading back inside." She said before soon walking off.

Mark watched his sister for a moment before looking back at Tom. "So..uhm, what's your favorite things to do?" He asked, getting his packet of cigarettes out. He offered one to the other. Tom accepted it, wanting to seem cool to the other male. He really didn't know how to smoke, but maybe he could fake it. "I like to listen to music, ride my skateboard, sometimes draw, watch horror movies, and also learn anything and everything about aliens and other cryptic creatures." Tom was such a nerd when it came to aliens.

Oh my god, this kid is a nerd! But, I like him. Mark thought to himself as he listened to Tom speak. He giggled a bit at the mention of Aliens. "Aliens? Really? Well whatever floats your boat I guess. Don't worry, I think that's pretty cool. I've never really met someone who believes in that stuff. Well..minus the crackheads at the gas station." He laughed.

Tom laughed a bit before he smiled at him. "What about you then?" He asked as he watched Mark light his cigarette. The lighter was passed to him once Mark was finished. He took a drag from his cigarette before he spoke. "Well, I like playing bass, also skateboarding, listening to music, goofing off at college, annnnd..watching movies."

College? How old is he? Tom asked himself before lighting the cigarette. He soon handed Mark's lighter back to him as he took a hit from the cigarette. He attempted to inhale, but failed which caused him to start to cough. He cleared his throat before letting out a sigh. "You said you like goofing off in college..how old are you? Not to sound rude or anything. I'm just curious." He said.

"I'm 20, about to be 21 in March next year. What about you? You're not 14 are you? Cause if you were then you're pretty tall for a fourteen year old." He joked with him. The other shook his head softly, giggling a little. "No no, I'm 16 about to be 17 in December. Dude, try seeing my family. I'm literally the tallest one! I don't get it." He laughed.

Mark laughed as well before taking another hit. He was really starting to like Tom. Maybe they would become great friends. Maybe he could pull off that party trick of his. "You know what? This party or whatever is kinda lame. Do you know a place we could go?" He asked.

"I mean..we could go to my place? We can listen to music and chill. My parents and siblings aren't home so we basically have the house all to ourselves." He offered, hoping that Mark would want to hangout with him. Mark smiled and nodded. "Sure! Why the hell not. I'll just have to tell Anne I'm going with you for awhile."

Once the boys went inside, Mark told Anne where'd he would be in case she needed to get a hold of him. He didn't fully trust her being with her boyfriend, but he knew he couldn't be protective over her for forever. When him and Tom made their way outside, Tom got on his skateboard, looking over at the older boy and smiling at him. "Hop on, I don't want you to try and keep up with me." Mark smiled a bit as he accepted the younger boys offer. He held onto the taller males shoulder as he stepped onto the board. Once he was adjusted, he placed both hands on either side of Tom's waist. This caused Tom to blush a bit. He did have to admit, Mark was pretty cute. The two soon took off. They both smiled a bit as they enjoyed the ride. After a while, the boys eventually made it to the Delonge's house.

Once they got off the skateboard, Mark looked at Tom with a mischievous look on his face. "Wanna see a party trick of mine?" He asked. Tom nodded and smiled a bit. "Sure, what is it?" He soon watched as Mark began to climb up his light post. He laughed as he watched him. What the fuck is he doing? He can't be serious.

He thought to himself as he watched. Meanwhile Mark was trying to impress Tom with whatever at this point. So why not climb a fucking lamp post? What's the worst that can happen? I'm sure this will impress him. Mark thought to himself. Once he made it to the top. He looked down at Tom with a big smile. "Look, Tom! I bet you can't do that!" He laughed a little. "Now watch this!" He said, soon jumping off the pole. When he landed, he let out a painful scream. "FUCK!"

Tom watched in shock as he witnessed it. He rushed over to Mark, "What happened?!" He asked, worried. Mark groaned in pain as he sat on the ground. "I-I think I broke my heels. They fucking hurt dude." He said as he looked up at him.

What. The. Fuck. Tom thought to himself.