#there’s just miscommunication. lots of it.

[hellafabhippie]

Seeing a lot of fics already about Buck quietly exploding over the Texas news or Eddie confronting him over how supportive he’s being, but someone needs to write the fic where Eddie fully intends for Buck to move with him and assumes Buck knows and is blown away by how understanding Buck is being and how willing he is to leave LA for a bit. But Buck does not know that. And just a mass of miscommunication where Buck is spiraling and Eddie is like of course Buck is helping me pick OUR house

[f1amour]

heyyy! can i request “i’m scared of losing you” (from angst1) with oscar piastri?

❝ i’m scared of losing you ❞ — oscar piastri

pairing | oscar piastri x reader

content warnings | lots of miscommunication, angst, comfort, happy ending

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it had been a few months since you last attended a race due to your job obligations but in oscar’s eyes he only saw it as one thing; you’ve missed him winning a race, twice now.

in his eyes he thought you may no longer love him that he wasn’t worth enough for you. however, in your eyes you believed he no longer loved you especially due to his lack of presence in your life and never asking you to join him for a race weekend in months. both of you afraid to lose each other didn’t touch on the subject and living as if everything is okay.

until it wasn’t.

“i may not win another race this season but i would appreciate your support! you weren’t there for my two wins and i…i’m tired of this,” oscar argued back, you had both gone out to dinner in monaco after he returned from singapore. it started with a sweet conversation of what to do for the break to now bitter comments towards each other.

“tired of what? of me? i’m trying, oscar. i just started my third year of university and then work—.”

“work! it’s always work this work that. they always need you for something even though it’s not even in your title to do all that! you drop everything to be there for them but you can’t be there for me not even once…baby?” his mean words hit you immediately and you sit on the couch of your apartment hands covering your face as you sob uncontrollably.

“baby, yn…hey, hey breathe with me. it’s okay i’m here” oscar whispers on your ear, both arms cradling you now. was it okay? his approach may not have been the best but he wasn’t wrong. your job had been putting too much on your plate when you were meant to just be an underpaid intern who was doing multiple jobs that were not your responsibility.

“but you aren’t here, osc. i…i know that your career is demanding but you didn’t take a second to look back and realize i ease being left behind. i feel guilty i wasn’t there for your two wins especially your first. i begged my job to let me just visit you for a day to celebrate but they made me stay. it wasn’t even my day to work and i still stayed. i chose a job that doesn’t value me over you…you do care about me maybe not right now—.”

“i’m gonna stop you right there. i’m an idiot who didn’t bother asking how you’ve been recently and expecting you to support me more when i didn’t see what you’d been going through. i’m so sorry,” he whispers, his forehead pressed against yours kissing your tears away.

you whisper out five words you’d been feeling for awhile now, “i’m scared of losing you,” closing your eyes ready for oscar to say you’ve already lost him, “i’m scared too.” his voice matches your vulnerability.

opening your eyes looking at him in shock, “you are?” you felt like you were both taking a big step in admitting this. maybe, just maybe this would help in repairing your relationship.

“i am. i think we’ve been selfish towards each other but we also haven’t communicated right. i should have asked you more about how the job was treating you-,”

“i should have asked you how the team had been treating you.” you counter back and he chuckles.

“i know you want to be independent when it comes to your career. but i think you should quit that job and focus on school only. i know you don’t want me to take care of you financially but just let me do that for now until you graduate and find a job that will value the skills you have. i can’t lose us. i can’t lose you, yn. i love you.” his words filled with nothing but love, oscar meant well and for once you decide to take him up on the offer he’d been giving you since you started dating two years ago.

“okay.” a simple word replacing your frown into a smile on each others faces. there was work to do on your communication with each other but for now you both got to breathe a sigh of relief after facing a fear that would no longer happen.

[wttcsms]

some more context before u decide: this is planned to be a mini-series/interconnected one shots. it focuses a lot on the build up to his breaking point (e.g. nasty, nasty depraved fucking), so lots of sexual tension but also a smidge of miscommunication because he's so intent on "holding back" and "keeping a safe distance" from you (even fooling himself that the two of you can "just be friends) + you have your own trauma to deal with, and he's your first real friend in this new city & you have major abandonment issues from your childhood, so you want him to stay but you don't want to seem clingy so you can never understand why he always looks like he's irritated when he's around you for prolonged periods of time (it gets harder for him to handle being around you without being able to touch you, even in an innocent manner) and it's just !!! very fun, very twisted. it's all consensual, but you two definitely (unknowingly) match each other's freak.

tw for the fic: corruption kink, codependency, childhood emotional and physical abuse, misogyny, male masturbation, a very jealous character, extreme obsession, yandere x yandere-lite (like i said, you two match each other's freak)

thinking about character who’s hot, an actual gentleman, successful — he’s the whole package, honestly. he even cares more about getting his girlfriends off than focusing on his own pleasure. he’s perfect! he doesn’t argue with his girlfriends, he never loses his patience with them, and he’s loyally devoted to them. his perfection is the actual problem, though. all of his girlfriends have broken up with him because he’s just too perfect. his collected exterior never chips, never breaks. no one gets under his skin. no one has ever made him want to lose control, to just give into his desires and wants. what he desires, what he wants, is to be free to be absolutely insane about his lover. he wants an all-consuming, passionate type of love, and he wants to give into carnal pleasure and fuck his girl like a wild animal.

but again, he’s perfect, sweet, gentlemanly character. he can’t give into his base desires; he’s not a barbarian. besides, none of his previous girlfriends have ever tested his boundaries, never made him feel like he was losing his grip on his self control.

until you. sweet, young, kind you. the new assistant working for the company. you’re shy and inexperienced about a lot of things, but you’re not like him. you’re genuinely good. you’re just so cute and soft, it’s a wonder how the world hasn’t squashed you yet. not like he’d let that happen.

and from the minute he met you, every fiber of his being felt like it was being electrified. one conversation with you, shared glances from across the hallway, and his carefully constructed self restraint is crumbling. what he desires, what he wants, what he needs, is you.

(tl;dr: he’s the hunter trying to control himself, to keep you safe, and you’re willing prey.)

[kavlitzlver]

Dating Tom Kaulitz would include…

Part 2 <3

fem!reader

warnings: mentions of sex

- he’d for sure be bad at all this romantic stuff at first

- he knows how to fuck but not how to communicate

- or how to be intimate other than sex

- leaving you guys in miscommunication a lot

- which results in a lot of fights

- but he’ll learn quickly (if you show him how it’s done right)

- so many cheesy gifts after fights

- like a huge bouquet of flowers and a little note where he apologizes standing in front of your door

- or he’ll take you shopping and buy you everything you want

- when your sad he’ll kiss you everywhere and tell you sweet nothings to make you feel better

- or will behave like a total idiot to make you laugh

- apology sex!!!!!

- will fuck you into forgiving him

- when dating for a long time he’ll mention you in almost every interview

- loves to make fans jealous by holding your hand or wrapping his arm around your waist in public

- shows you around like a trophy

- wouldn’t even bother making out with you infront of fans

- like mentioned in part 1, Bill would make him apologize to crying fans because he bragged to much

- will lend you every hoodie he has

- they are massive on you and he’ll definitely make fun of how small you look in them

- he’d be the kind of guy to wear your hair tie around his wrist during concerts and interviews

- will point at you when your in the crowd

- “That’s my girlfriend, hi schatz!!”

- will play something on the guitar when you both just hang out

- will learn your favorite songs

- will lay his head on your lap during it

- loves when you hum along

- his love language is definitely gift giving

- so expect getting gifts from him very very often

- he tries to be tough around people but when you two are alone he’s like a huge teddy bear

let me know if you want a part 3 <3

[janesurlife]

Done with Anger, jokes and jibes now let me be the adult that i am. So today's race went relatively ok for Ferrari BUT there were a lot and I mean A LOT of fuck ups. They could have both drivers on the podium if the team wasn't too incompetent. The miscommunication between both drivers started from the pit wall (cause they're not talking to each other duh). The absolute shit show that was Carlos's pit stop. All that is completely on Ferrari YET we have Leclerc being an idiot on radio, talking like Carlos was the one who did everything wrong. HE is the reason his stupid fans came running to abuse Carlos instead of holding ferrari accountable. HE doesn't know how to be a professional, he constantly says stupid things in public and his even stupider fans take them as gospel's truth. Only if he could just stop and think what's really going on and where things really went wrong. Or he could just wait till the debrief and not spout nonsense to the media then he can actually control the narrative (which is something he really wants). And that way we don't have to defend Carlos from lecfosi even when he didn't do anything wrong but alas!!!!

We have to write fucking essays explaining the simplest things for lecfosi. God the amount of tweets I have seen by Carlos fans telling lecfoso what LICO is and why is it necessary in a track like Mexico gave me headache. Even today, Carlos fans were posting all the radio msg to explain why Carlos let Charles a bit late cause he wanted to pit and get out of his way but the team wasn't pitting him. Even then he eventually let him by and got his pit stop absolutely wrecked. They took his chance to be P2, Carlos should have been fuming at the radio or after the race in interviews but he wasn't cause HE'S A GODDAM PROFESSIONAL and knows when to say what. Why can't sour puss be like that? be an adult and deal with things in a mature way. No I'm not saying he can't get angry but MF has to understand WHOM he should get angry on.

[agentrouka-blog]

I need to know how you feel about a "Starkbowl" between Arya and Sansa happening in future books. (This theory really frustrates me, and I just need validation.)

No idea what people who use that term envision, exactly.

GRRM didn't introduce the two sisters in conflict and then escalate it into violence, insult and resentment that was left unresolved just in order to utterly ignore that aspect of their relationship upon their reunion. ESPECIALLY because the conflict is based so much in misapplied blame for the way both are oppressed in their patriarchical world.

He also didn't create a mirroring sister-sister conflict with Lysa and Catelyn that was exacerbated by The Main Political Villain who is even now entrapping himself in his obsession with Sansa even as he entraps her in his web of manipulation and threat. The same villain who is the main architect of Ned's death.

Arya killed a near identical looking man ("he has a villain's beard") who ran an insurance scheme in Bravos (a monetary man and she killed him with a coin). She sailed beneath the Titan (Littlefinger's symbol), unscared, the way she sat between the legs of Baelor's statue while her father was sentenced to death in a mockery of justice, of the pardon deal Sansa had tried to forge. The Titan's Daughter was the name of that ship. She mirrors a lot of Sansa's Littlefinger relationship through echoing imagery. Arya keeps being connected to a relationship she is not yet part of.

So GRRM will definitely pick up that thread of conflict and miscommunication and he will probably set Littlefinger up in trying to exploit it, like he exploited Lysa's resentment at Catelyn. I think it's going to end specifically in a fair trial and legal execution for Littlefinger. I think the show's "Winterhell" got that much right, even if probably little else, especially because they omitted another important factor and person: Jeyne Poole, who shares both in the conflict between the sisters and in the personal and political exploitation by Littlefinger.

I don't know if an exploration of the way time and maturity affect their childish conflicts, if a triumph of girls overcoming their differences to unite against an oppressive system and a specific individual enemy... can be called a "bowl".

If it can, then, yes, there will be a Starkbowl.

If not, then not.

[sixlane]

do you have any good bartylus thoughts

i alwayssss have good bartylus thoughts. recently been thinking about bartylus and infidelity. in my true version of bartylus they never really define their relationship. they hook up, they’re best friends, none of it means anything, except it means everything. so they’re never “dating” per se and therefore technically they can’t be unfaithful to each other. except barty knows who he is to regulus. in his mind regulus is the only thing that’s holding him down. and he knows that in order to be what he needs to be for regulus he has to choose him always above everyone. this isn’t to say he wouldn’t sleep with other people or even be in a relationship with someone else, it’s more so that he’d drop anyone immediately for regulus. if regulus asked him to only be with him, he would. <- and i think this is what regulus wants BUT he can’t ask for that. he loves the power he holds over barty even if he doesn’t realize it but he’s too afraid to define them. because if they’re something it’ll hurt so much more if barty leaves. sooooo it’s a whole miscommunication thing. regulus is stuck being hurt by barty being with other people and barty has no idea. i think regulus probably sleeps around a lot to make himself feel better or to get back at barty but barty will never care about it like regulus does because he’s just devoted devoted devoted. if regulus needs to sleep with other people, he can live with that. and it pisses regulus off to no end that barty will never get jealous or possessive in the way he wants him to. basically, they’re doomed always 🫶🏻 and it’s sirius’ fault.

[steddieunderdogfics]

For the college au id like to humbly offer:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46464931/chapters/116993248

How to Be Braver, According to Steve Harrington

By: lateralparallel

If fencing isn't really your thing don't worry about it, because it might just be by the time you finish reading this.

I mean I actually joined my university's fencing club this year so this baby has some lasting effects.

How to Be Braver, According to Steve Harrington by lateralparallel

Rating: Explicit

27,263 words, 4/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Fencing, Steve Harrington Character Study, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Sports, Modern Era, Social Media, Hurt Steve Harrington, Rivals to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Disabled Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Oblivious Steve Harrington, Hand Jobs, Steve Harrington Has a Praise Kink, Miscommunication, Dom Eddie Munson, First Time Blow Jobs, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Injury Recovery

Summary:

Famous collegiate fencer Steve Harrington breaks his leg, forcing him to put a pause on his fencing career. Enter Eddie Munson, Harrington's longtime rival, whose strange interest in Steve's wellbeing is causing a lot of confusing emotions.

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[ask-apostle-ghoul]

*A sigh could be heard as he tried to figure out what would be the best move.*

Maybe.... maybe just let your brother have time to figure things out too. Clearly there's a lot going on and it is possibly leaving for miscommunication. For now just rest Calynn, I got you here.

*His whispers were reassuring as Apostle rubbed Calynn's back gently.*

*Quiet knocking on the door*

Apostle it's Calynn. Up for movie and nails night?

@calynn-ghoul

*Apostle looked up from his book and got up, a small smile on his face when he opened the door.*

Oh, Calynn. Actually...

*He seems to debate if he actually could, judging his anxiety for physical touch. But this was Calynn and not a stranger so...*

Yes, I am. What movie did you pick?

[hauntedhopeghost]

I have an angsty hc i would like to share with the class today: (inspired by a convo i had with @aannonn)

We all know how Green is considered good at everything? And how it’s a contrast to his first appearance in AVA 4, where he was visibly being beat up. Now he’s considered the second (lol) best fighter, only behind… Second.

Honestly, I’ve interpreted that as him getting better at fighting and building and stuff not just for himself, but so his friends can be proud of him, too. He doesn’t do it for himself, he wants his friends validation, too, that he’s done something amazing. He wants them to be proud of him, since he doesn’t feel like he’s enough for them. And so he sticks by them; (lol sticks) he’s considered to be very loyal among the group. (Or, it’s so he can protect his friends, so they would never get hurt again. In that which he feels as though he failed)

But. We’ve seen in Build Battle how they kind of… don’t celebrate his achievements. They’ve become used to him being good at everything that it’s almost expected of him. He wants their approval, but just ends up with getting his builds blown up, or summoning a Wither. And the entire thing with NBC, which i’m not going to dive into but yeah. Basically, his achievements become what’s expected of him, and from his perspective, it starts to feel diminished, or that they don’t appreciate him. (But he still tries to get their praise)

Thing is, I thought that Green has been a validation seeker for a long time now, but now in this arc, he gets it. Not from his friends, but from the internet. But a part of him still hopes he could be enough for them. (But he ends up hurting them, thinking that he doesn’t need their help to feel validated anymore. We saw how well that turned out)

So basically, because all of that didn’t make any sense and was me rambling my hc is: Green has been a validation seeker for a long time now, but it’s his friends, rather than social media. Now, though, he thinks he doesn’t need it from them. (Because he’s not enough for them, and when they finally come back from where they are hiding, he’ll never be enough for them after what he did.)

His character… AUGHHHHHH- his character…

[lazylittledragon]

i said that gale and cyra have disaster romcom energy and now it's all i can think about

[strangersteddierthings]

In the 19 years Steve's lived in this house, never once has he slammed his front door like that. Too scared of his parents' wrath should it have caused any damage.

It feels good.

He almost turns around to do it again, a fuck you to his parents and every decision they ever forced on him, but then he remembers. They're all in there. Nancy, Jonathan, Argyle, Eddie, Robin. In his living room, making declarations and decisions about Steve's life for him. Or, well, one of them is.

Like his parents do. Did?

He didn't grab his keys, wallet, or even his coat, but he's not going back for them. It's cold, sure, but Steve's sure his anger will keep him warm until he reaches a destination. Any destination.

He just doesn't understand why- Why they keep doing this to him.

Why he keeps letting them.

No. No, that's a lie. He keeps letting them because he knows, deep down, he's not a fighter. Not for himself.

He'll put himself between the ones he loves and danger in a heartbeat; he's done that since the first time he watched a petal-faced monster peel its way out of the Byers' wall in '83.

But his parents trained the fight right out of him when it came to himself. It was easier to not argue, to just do what they wanted. They'd smile at him when he was good. They'd take him with on shorter business trips when he behaved. His mom would even allow a quick hug if he impressed a shareholder with how well-mannered and quiet he was.

He won their affections with obedience.

He's never- Nancy and he love each other now, but in the same way they all love each other after having survived the horrors the Upside Down. But Nancy never loved him the way he'd once loved her. That was bullshit.

Even Robin and Dustin. He knows they love him now. Will love him forever, going forward, but both had admitted to having a predetermined idea of who Steve was and what he was like and they weren't wrong but they also weren't right because Steve's never been Steve a goddamn day in his life.

Steve hadn't even known Steve until monsters came into his life.

The way everyone used to refer to him as the Steve Harrington was a judgement all its own. A thing that he was, and had no say to be otherwise.

Even Eddie, in the Upside Down, and now, in his own house.

Steve finally feels like he might be becoming who he really is and he's surrounded by friends and it just made him stupid. He'd thought it was confidence, when he pulled Eddie aside to talk, to confess, but then-

Eddie telling him he's confused. Like Steve is a child learning new concepts and not an adult who has been questioning how he feels about men since he first noticed other boys in middle school.

Eddie telling him, 'you don't want this, man. Not really.'

It's not fair.

Robin came out to him, and he'd just wanted to make her laugh so she would quit looking so scared. Eddie came out to him, and Steve had thanked him for trusting him. Jonathan, Nancy, and Argyle confess to all dating each other and Steve congratulated them. But Steve comes out and gets told he's confused?

And Steve didn't even refute it. Just got so hurt he couldn't be there anymore. Left his own house because he'd told Eddie he had a crush on him, and asked if he'd like to go on a date sometime and Eddie said no and told him he was confused.

Eddie doesn't get to decide that for Steve! No one but himself can decide if he like guys or not. No one gets to tell him he's confused about what he's feeling.

It's- that's bullshit, is what it is!

Steve turns on his heel and marches back to his house. His hurt has fully morphed to anger now.

Steve hasn't run away from a fight since '83, and he's not going to start now.

He rips his front door open and is greeted to everyone just inside the door, in various states of putting their winter clothes back on. All the faces look concerned, but he scans for Eddie's.

Eddie who looks relieved for all of two seconds, when it seems to dawn on him that Steve is angry, and it's directed at him.

"The appropriate response," Steve growls as he steps through his door and punctuates those words by slamming it shut again. (It's not as satisfying this time, because he sees how it makes his friends jump.) He barrels on with his words, eyes never leaving Eddie, "when someone comes out to you, is to say 'thanks for telling me' or perhaps even 'thanks for trusting me' or, if one is so inclined, to just say 'cool, dude' but you don't get- you don't get to tell me I'm confused!"

Eddie takes a step back, knocking directly in Argyle, who steadies him, but he doesn't say anything.

Maybe Steve should be more calm about this, given the audience, but he's not able to stop the words now that they've started. "I'm not confused, and I know exactly what I'd be getting into. You don't get to- to try and make your rejection my fault. If you don't wanna date me, just say so. But you don't get to try and tell me how I feel about you!"

From the corner of his eye, he can see Nancy trying to subtly shift herself and Jonathan away from the door, probably to get out of what really should be a private conversation, but Jonathan's a bit preoccupied by catching Robin around the waist as she lunges towards Eddie.

"What the fuck did you say, Munson!" Robin growls, arms swinging out like she's going to claw Eddie to death.

Argyle has inched back a bit, putting distance between him and Eddie in case Robin breaks free. "You dudes should probably talk this out in private."

"Byers, if you don't let me go right now-"

"Robbie, I got this," Steve says, because Robin shouldn't be turning on Jonathan when he's done nothing wrong. Robin continues to glare at Eddie for a few seconds before she makes eyes contact with Steve. He raises his brows slight -I got this- and she furrows hers -are you sure?-, so he tilts his head -yes, really- and she deflates in Jonathan's arms and allows him to drag her away.

"We'll just be in the rec room," Nancy says, looping her arm through Argyles and following after Jonathan.

Eddie doesn't bolt, which is a bit more than Steve expected. They both just stare at each other until they hear the click of the rec room door.

"Steve-"

"That was fucked up, Eddie," Steve interrupts.

"Yeah. It was," Eddie says, but doesn't offer up more, even though Steve is waiting for an apology.

"That kind of reaction is exactly why I didn't come out sooner. What would be the fucking point if no one even believed me? Or worse, if you'd given me that kind of reaction like, six months ago, I probably never admit to liking guys out loud ever again. You can't just- you can't decide this kind of shit for other people!"

"I know! I- I freaked out, and panicked, and I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Steve," Eddie says, and he sounds sincere and looks almost fragile while saying it that Steve loses a bit of his steam. He doesn't want to just keep yelling at Eddie.

"Yeah. Well. Thanks for apologizing," Steve mutters, crossing his arms with a huff.

Eddie worries his bottom lip before he seems to gather all his courage and says, "have I fucked everything up between us?"

"No. Not- I'm going to, like, need some time to get over my crush, but no. It's- it'll just be take time-"

"No! I mean, I can't- if you don't, uh, like me like that anymore I get it, but I- what I meant was. Well. No, I guess that answered my question."

Steve is confused, now. For real, and not about his sexuality. "What?"

"What?"

"You did it again. Deciding for me if I liked you or not."

"Shit. Fuck! Sorry," Eddie drops his head into his hands and groans. "I'm fucking this up so bad."

"Than use, like, real, whole sentences and speak to me!"

"I like you!" Eddie blurts. "I have a crush on you, too, but I- I fucked it up!"

"Yeah. Kinda."

Eddie makes a really pathetic noise at that.

"Not so much we can't, like, figure it out, though," Steve offers. "Not, like, right now, because I'm hurt and angry, but like, I'm not going to stop liking you because of one fight. Not. Uh, not now that I know you like me, too."

"Oh," Eddie whispers, then frowns. "For real?"

Steve rolls his eyes. "I said it, didn't I?"

"Sorry, it's just, just good things don't happen to me. It's- I'm processing, okay."

Steve lets out a long-suffering sigh and heads towards the rec room. "If you want to leave to 'process' alone, I get it, but you're welcome to stay. We can get this party re-started and hang out."

Eddie's silent a moment, and Steve thinks he's going to ask if Steve's sure, but instead he gets a quiet, "yeah. I'd like to stay." and the sound of Eddie's footsteps following him to the rec room.

-

@i-less-than-three-you @nburkhardt @afewproblems @skepsiss

[saederkrupps]

i think the hate for "miscommunication" in stories is undeserved. miscommunication is part of Being Alive, everyone experiences. you as the viewer think "ugh this is so annoying, why don't they just say what they really mean/why don't they clear it up" but in reality everyone is always miscommunication its a fundamental part of being alive and interacting with people.... im the lone defender of miscommunication tropes ok. i support u

[saltpepperbeard]

For this Sexual Sunday, the Morning After, but they're on the same page ✨💜

[selkielore]

I understand why sally rooney doesn’t resonate with some people of course but the way she writes such complicated painful relationships between people feels very real to my experience in life. and honestly a lot of the criticism about her work feels like a misunderstanding of the fact that she’s writing about irish life… like these are novels set in dublin not new york city….

[phoenixcatch7]

Loz fandom stop being angsty and give the daydreaming kids on big fun adventures with a cool glowing sword some actual whimsy and joy challenge