#they have my heart in a chokehold

[snarky-magpie]

“Potter.” The name contains all the exasperation in the world, yet James could swear it’s laced with a softer emotion, too. An undetectable hint of fondness hugging every consonant, kissing every vowel.

“I don’t gush.” Regulus' announcement rings with finality, so James is completely taken aback by what comes out of his mouth next.

“I’m physically incapable of it. The Black family extricates the gushing gene from every baby at birth to save us from embarrassing ourselves in front of rival quidditch players.” He finishes putting his clothes away and turns to James, face a blank mask of politeness, but there’s a twinkle in his eyes, the barest glint of humor James would never expect from him.

“Regulus, did you just… make a joke?”

“Nonsense,” he makes a dismissive gesture. “I’m unfamiliar with the concept.”

[roosterbox]

Fic Rec Friday 1/26/2024

Title: The Skirt

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington

Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley

Additional Tags: Trans Steve Harrington, Coming Out, Internalized Transphobia, Implied/Referenced Cheating, no actual cheating though dw, Hurt/Comfort, Gender Dysphoria, author is trans but in a different direction, Hurt Steve Harrington, Hurt Eddie Munson, Trans Female Character, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, no beta we die like steve’s manhood

Summary: Steve didn’t know what to say. How could he explain that Steve Harrington, the guy with the nail bat, a jock with too-broad shoulders and hair on his chest, who was narrow in the hips and had fat in all the wrong places, wore skirts in secret? An unexplainable embarrassment washed over him, feeling like a little kid that got caught raiding his mom’s closet. Something crumbled inside him. He couldn’t tell his boyfriend that no matter how hard he tried, he’d never be the man Eddie wanted.

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Today’s menu: angst and gender fuckery. Two things that go very well together!

I love overall how the Steddie fandom plays with gender. There are popular headcanons and fics of either Eddie or Steve (or both!) being something other than cisgender boys, and I always enjoy seeing them. This particular one is centered on Steve. On their tentative steps into the feminine, and on Eddie’s initial (unfortunate) reaction. To be fair to Eddie, he came to an extremely incorrect opinion when he found the titular object. And they eventually work through the misunderstanding. But man, that first scene? Ugh. Hurts so bad, but also so good. And that hurt makes the eventual apology and discussion (the comfort, if you will) even sweeter.

Robin remains the real MVP. I adore the idea of Steve being trans (or just, y’know, questioning certain things) and confiding in her. Because they would. Absolutely. Platonic soulmates and all. And she has their back completely, even to the point of reading Eddie the riot act over his reaction. Sometimes, silly ‘boys’ need their lesbian bestie to knock their heads together.

Also, the moment Steve’s pronouns shift in the narration? Beautiful. This story is beautiful.

(also also I didn’t plan this to be a Steddie rec on this particular day, knowing what it was, other than a Friday, lol. Happy 30th birthday to Joseph Quinn! I hope his day is a good one, and is as relaxing or as exciting as he prefers it to be ❤️)

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Next Week: Hannigram. Sweet, sweet Hannigram.

Features include: post fall, escaping the FBI, angst, smut, and a lovely transmasc Will Graham. Plenty of good ingredients for a delicious dish.

See you soon!

[godforsakenpaladinofnigh]

Old man gay awakening

[sinsydia]

Brain

Rot

You feel me?????

[ayoungroyal]

They are the moment.

[torao-chan]

And you're never truly gone As long as a part of you in me lives on - 🎶 Immortal by Reinaeiry

[liesmultixxx]

spot the difference

YOU CAN’T

[rosemilo]

"Our journey isn't perfect, but it's ours"

[muqings-tears]

"Dummy"

"Mn, I'm a dummy"

[rottenapplefae]

tried my hand at the disney style because the illusion of an animated series of Willow helps me cope

[fenori]

stargazing 💫 happy rokushi day!!!

[he-is-everything-11]

This is Just Too Much For My Poor Heart!

[floatiecrow]

This idea/OC has been floating in my brain rent free for the past month or so, and I finally decided to sketch it out last night.

Watered-down summary: a novice pilot who crash landed into another world, and somehow babysits a danger noodle along the way.

[millleti]

currently waiting for ferrari 2024 photoshoots

[literallygwenandvi]

happy birthday miguel you’re not ugly ALL the time i guess

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

the murder drones brainrot is real, sorry for the spam guys

anyway do yall think that n remembered that uzi called him cute