#this also goes for people who smoke other things like vapes and cigarettes

[justanotherrandommoth]

as much as I don't hate on people who smoke weed, I have one thing to ask of you all. please. stop bringing the smell with you. I can't breeeeeaaaaaaathe auuuuughhhhh

[amphitriteswife]

Happy New Year! could you please write headcanons or one shot about dating taehoon before he met Do-un and maybe how he changed after his death (if you think that he would change)

Before

🥋 Dating Taehoon before Do-un would be way easier than after. Here he doesn’t seem to care all that much if it’s genuine or not. He’d also hang around other girls. He likes the attention and praise but over all doesn’t necessarily feel anything for them. He’s more fond of the fact that everyone is swooning over him than actually bothering to be in a proper relationship.

🥋 If you do actually manage to be in a relationship with him, expect him to be chaotic, childish and annoying. He’ll try to convine you to do things with him. Skipping school to go to the arcade, maybe the karaoke place or just hanging out with each other instead of being in school. If you refuse to do so he’d find you a party pooper and complain and whine about to you all day. Even if it happend already.

🥋before Do-un Taehoon was even more arrogant then he was now. This means that he expects you to follow him everywhere, no matter where he goes. You’re like his right hand. ‘Babe can you get me a cigarette?’ Or ‘hey babe, we’re skipping history. Let’s go get something to eat.’ If you actually oppose him he’d be more confused than angry.

🥋 if you’re his girlfriend, most people in school would know about it since he makes it pretty obvious. However Taehoon would not tell his old man about you. He doesn’t tell him anything, even if it’s necessary. As Hansu calls him: Taehoon is a rebellious teen who’s still suffering from puberty at his big age. And Hansu is not wrong at all.

🥋 Taehoon would also be very childish and immature. He’ll get mad over petty fights and doesn’t think he’s in the wrong. Or he’ll act like nothing happened. He’ll usually never solve his problems with requires you to be the bigger person in the relationship. If you point out that he’s being childish and immature he’ll be super defensive and flustered about it. He won’t admit that he is like that and will get mad at you and not speak to you. He’ll be all grumpy and be like ‘I don’t talk to people who made me angry.’ Or ‘i don’t like it when you make up stuff about me!’ You did in fact not make it up. As you can see very immature.

🥋 He spends most of his time outside. Either bullying people, smoking/ vaping, just wandering around or being in the arcade. Maybe at your place or school, depending on if you go to the same school as him or not. He’ll camp outside your school if you go to a different one. Is he skipping his own to do so? Definitely. And yes he’s smoking while doing so

🥋 He sees himself as the king, an arrogant and strong person who will make everything and everyone bent to his will. The fact that he does taekwondo only strengthens his believes. This unfortunately also associates with you. He’ll let you show his taekwondo moves and tricks. Be impressed, praise him for being so good. Tell him he’s strong. He lives on the fact that he can show off to anyone and anything.

After

💯 If you were his girlfriend during the time he lost Do-un he will have a very deep connection and level of trust when it comes to you. He’ll be glued to your side, meddling in everything and always having your back just like how he has with Hobin. He also feels supper overprotective and now knows the value of friendship as well as being in a relationship

💯 Taehoon after Do-un’s passing would be less annoying. He still bullies others but it’s not out a place of sadism or power play. It’s simply to project his own personal feelings onto others. His self loathing and hatred as well as the fact he feels like he failed as a friend all combine together. Although every thing i have said is negative, one thing he did gain is a soft spot for kind hearted people. He feels the need to protect them for some reason.

💯 Taehoon is still a rebellious teen, but he isn’t as immature anymore as he was before. He now solved his own problems and prefers to handle things on his own. He still doesn’t say anything to his old man who thinks he’s still immature. But he actually tries now to not let his own ego come between friendships or relationships.

💯 Taehoon still hasn’t dropped his bad habits of smoking or vaping but doesn’t do it as often anymore. Only here and there if he’s super tired and wants to relax or as a coping mechanisms for things he feels strongly about. If you complain about the smell he’ll avoid doing it in your presence, but if you vape/ smoke too he’ll share a with you.

💯 he will be very protective about you, often picking fights on your behalf or either bullying other people who bother you. It’s his way of showing you he cares. If you dislike violence Taehoon will try not to fight so much, but would fail quite more than he’d like to admit. He’ll grumble and mutter a soft ‘dammit.’ Or ‘okay fine…’ if you point out the no fighting policy. Taehoon will instead train more to vent out his frustration.

Thats all i could think of!

[yurozo]

resident evil — vape shop au

this overtakes restaurant au for the dumbest thing i've ever written. i work in a vape shop, and this has been a month-long conversation between the coworkers on what each resident evil character would smoke.

18+ only, because smoke stuff, don't do it kids. contains: carlos, leon, chris. please let me know if you want other characters, i am at your humble service.

as customers:

carlos: this man isn't much of a vaper, but he smokes weeds like nobody's business. every two weeks he comes in looking for a new bong (usually small, and needs to have some sort of cool decoration on it. if it has something pink, the man is handing over his credit card) because he keeps breaking his. either he drops them or one of his pets knocks it over. he also never goes through the process of cleaning them, which inevitably leaves jill the burden of having to buy bong cleaner for him in hopes that one day he will use it. it will collect dust with the rest of the bottles somewhere in his room, laying dormant on a shelf.

the employees are all horrendously down bad for him, mostly because he always comes right after the gym in muscle shirts and a tight pair of shorts. the whole work groupchat is filled with carlos smiled at me today, he wants me so bad.

not that it's necessarily their fault, he's annoyingly chivalrous and has a litany of pickup lines at the ready. you need a ladder to reach something? carlos is behind you and ready to grab it at a moments notice.

leon:

a firm man of routine-- buys the same flavour, same brand, every time without fail. peach blue razz, low puff count because he likes a small device. no, he does not want to try something new. you're wasting your time offering it to him. by the time a couple weeks roll around, you know exactly what to grab the moment he swings open the door.

he's embarrassed he's gotten into this whole thing honestly. hit luis' once after a stressful shift, and it was hook line and sinker. he calls them his shame vapes, and hides it in his sleeve so no one he works with will ever know.

god forbid if an employee ever flirts with him. he tried once to say something flirty back and got so embarrassed he didn't show up for two weeks, nicotine addiction be damned. if you can convince him into trying something new, he's not gonna tell you if he doesn't like it. he'll nod and walk out with his tail between his legs.

and honestly? he just kinda looks like a cop. younger people know to pull out their id when he's browsing, assuming he's undercover. ask him how his day is? he will respond "it's going." every single time.

chris:

tobacco flavoured vapes only. "what tastes most like a cigarette" type motherfucker. he'll try whatever cotton candy vape claire has, claims he hates it, and then take multiple puffs anyways. he really only got into it because claire claimed it was better for him than smoking a pack every day. he buys a vape and then proceeds to smoke a cigarette outside the store anyway.

his routine entirely depends on how stressed out he is, and this shop is both his nicotine hookup and his social outing for the week. it takes him a while to open up beyond the typical customer interaction, but once you get him out of his shell, there's no putting him back in it. bring up sports or something else he's interested in, and he's giving you a long lecture.

hitting on him will entirely depend on his mood and your approach. going in strong by complimenting his arms will only get a half-sheepish response, but gently nudging him into talking about himself is what will get you the full chris redfield experience. sometimes he forgets that these people live relatively normal lives, and will pull some batshit insane lore with the casualty of someone who has forgotten that most people have never even held a gun.

[sillysillyparty]

longlegs characters as vape flavours with unnecessarily detailed explanations as to why i think this

a shitpost by me

Dale Kobble - cotton candy ice

now this isn’t just a colour association thing. i’ve actually tried this flavour and it legitimately tastes like air freshener and soap and i really think that fits Dale’s aura perfectly. also he’s definitely tried this. i feel like he picked cotton candy because it sounded fun and whimsical and it matched his outfit, and when he tried it he actually was really into it even tho most people i know who have tried this flavour had a visceral negative reaction to it, due to it tasting nothing like candy floss and everything like what i imagine tide pods probably taste like. he’s just weird like that. he hits that thing unabashedly in public places and blows the smoke directly into peoples personal space.

Lee Harker - cherry cola

an obvious choice i fear. she picked this one up one morning because she wanted to quit smoking cigarettes, but she ended up just doing both for about 3 months before realising that vaping was far too embarrassing and deciding that she’d try to quit cigarettes again in another ten years. she thought that cherry cola had a cool sort of 80’s vibe to it and she hits it outside of the FBI office building near the dumpsters because she doesn’t want anyone to see her, but all of her coworkers definitely know about it because she will also sometimes sneak a quick chong when she’s working at her desk and thinks nobody’s looking.

Agent Carter - cream tobacco

i was torn between this one and spearmint for Carter but i think he ultimately goes with cream tobacco because all of the other flavours sounded far too unserious. also he thinks it sounds kind of suave and classy and none of the other agents have the heart to tell him how obnoxious it is when he hits it in his car with the windows rolled up, so they just suffer in silence whenever he drives them somewhere. he also definitely whips this out in deeply inappropriate situations like i can see him puffing away on this at a crime scene for sure.

[frogprincessmack]

So, I love learning about how teenagers lived in the past as a teen in the early 2020s myself. I thought it might be fun to try explore and "romanticize" what my public school life is like! Maybe one day this could be used as some historic document or something, lol.

Let me know if there's anything I should add, as I am one person who goes to a crappy school in Florida.

-Crocs. So so soooo many Crocs. -Upperclassmen tend to come into school in their pajamas. This is meant to be a show of disrespect, as we have spent 10-12 YEARS in schooling only to prepare us for a world that will likely drain all of our energy and soul out of us. It also shows how schooling these days is basically being thrown into a glorified daycare, as all the good teachers tend to quit due to lack of funding. (PAY OUR TEACHERS, PLEASE!!) If you are a younger grade that comes in pajamas though, it's seen as if you're trying too hard to be cool, which you aren't. -It's very rare you'll see assignments given on paper, unless it's group work or if you're teacher is very old. Everything is on a school issued laptop. In my school, you're not even allowed to leave the bathroom without making a DIGITAL HALLPASS!! -Many students care heavily about environmental issues. You are encouraged to VOTE VOTE VOTE as soon as you turn eighteen, as politics is WILD at the moment and the more people who can represent the voices of the younger generation the better. -I think this may just be a weird thing at my school...but athletic students in teams such as Football or Basketball will come to school bringing entire jugs of water. Not a bottle. a JUG. A gallon of water they carry around for the entire day. -I don't see this displayed much on tv, but we don't smoke (of course there's some of us that do, it just isn't as common). We vape. Electronic Cigarettes are the thing, it's rare you'll enter a bathroom without a group of four or more teens vaping together. -There was a trend on the platform Tiktok known as Devious Licks. The goal was to steal the weirdest things you could get your hands on, but it got crazy our of hand. Full sinks, toilets, toilet stalls, cafeteria tables, and MORE got stolen from public institutes. -Many people are reverting back to wearing 90s fashion. -Crop Tops and sweatpants are IN for those that are feminine presenting. It's much harder to come across someone wearing a regular t-shirt, unless a crop top doesn't fit their figure as well. -Social media is a huge part of daily life for everyone. Instagram, Tiktok, YouTube, and Twitter is what is most commonly used. Discord is used as well as a platform to chat with others. Every single one of the clubs in my school have their own Instagram pages to post updates on, I believe it is a requirement to make one if you want to have a club nowadays. -Movements such as ACAB, Black Lives Matter, Free Palestine, and more are running rampant. -Abortions got banned :( -Due to the pop culture phenomenon that was the Barbie Movie, many girls are reclaiming their femininity and connecting with each other!! Pink is IN, babes! -Personally my favorite artist right now is Laufey.

[blainesebastian]

blowin’ smoke (ccg universe)

words: 1,401 ship: austin butler x reader summary: (Bri requested) can I request some Austin smoking/vaping whatever it is he does in CCG universe 👀 notes: probably occurs between pt6 and 7 of ccg--not wildly important but just figure earlier in their relationship, while Austin is still on set for Elvis. you also could read this without any context of ccg, if you wanted warnings: shotgunning  tag list: @killerqueenfan, @karamelcoveredolicity, @elizabethrosecresswell, @gigisworldsstuff, @stylesmendeshearted

The stress, anxiety and toll of being in a film that has so much riding on it is something that you can only imagine. They mix with the positive emotions too—the excitement, thrills and passion but that doesn’t make it any less overwhelming. Your dream is to write, to actually put something down on paper that makes people feel and you hope to do that one day in which it can successfully transfer to screen. You’re not about to stop holding your breath, writers are a dime a dozen in this industry. But you definitely find yourself some nights, on your very tiny balcony of your apartment, drinking a tall glass of wine as you consider what your future might be (or sometimes worse, what it might never be).

Everyone has their own set of vices, so it doesn’t surprise you in the least that Austin smokes every so often.

He doesn’t do it a lot—he’s not a singer outright or anything, but he also knows how important it is that he maintains his voice for this role. He is in the recording studio and singing live and the drawl he’s worked so hard to perfect is nothing he wants to mess up. He had to hire a dialect coach in the first place and honestly, he might have to hire another one at the end of the film to ‘un-Elvis’ his voice.

Though, to be fair, you actually kind of like it…and wouldn’t mind in the least if it stuck around.

While the concept of Austin smoking doesn’t surprise you, it’s something you have to get used to when you see it. It just…Austin feels like someone who wouldn’t have a nasty habit, though you can’t outright say that drinking a half a bottle of wine isn’t either. Regardless, you’re not about to judge him or nag about it—the smoke makes you sneeze sometimes and you’re not a fan of it sticking to Austin’s clothes. He knows better than to try and kiss you afterwards too, even though that’s not something you can always hold up.

The man himself is addicting.

Stepping out of your car on a cooler night, you promised Austin that you’d meet him at a bar he’s hanging out at with a few castmates. It’s later than you wanted to be out, but, admittedly you were trying to wait until most of them had gone home already. Your relationship with Austin isn’t public and while he doesn’t seem to care if some people he works with knows about it? you’re a bit uneasy. Austin’s a private person, he’s not about to shell out his business, but…it can be happenstance that a few other people from set have wandered to the same bar Austin and his castmates are at. Happens all the time, the bar is pretty close to set.

While hanging around Austin sounds nice for a few beers, keeping your hands and mouth to yourself will prove to be the more difficult thing.

Pulling your sweater tighter around yourself, you should have worn an actual coat, a soft smile tugs the corners of your mouth as you stroll up to the bar and see Austin outside of it already. He’s leaning against the brick wall near the front door, black jeans and a black leather jacket that goes far too well with the inky darkness of his soft curls. His eyes feel so much of a sharper blue because of it. He’s got his hands cupped around his mouth, lighting a cigarette, the warm orange glow of the embers flickering a moment before they disappear.

He takes in a long drag and blows the smoke out, turning his head a little and spotting you. He gives you a soft wave with his hand, reaching for you once you’re close enough to wrap an arm around your waist. Glancing around, you figure the street is pretty empty—

“Paps aren’t out,” He assures and he seems pretty confident, “Sometimes my agent will ‘leak’ out spottings or my agenda.”

You raise your eyebrows, “And they don’t catch on that you’re not actually there?”

“Sometimes I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.” Austin smirks, licking his lips as he taps ash off the cigarette.

Humming lightly, you lean into his side, “So your agent is like Gossip Girl.”

A laugh tumbles out of his chest and he shrugs his one shoulder, squeezing your hip. “Not as glamourous.”

Pulling a little away from him, you look towards the entrance of the bar as it opens but no one you recognize comes out. These people don’t give you a second glance, which is actually kind of comforting. Running a hand through your hair, you debate whether you want to grab a beer and tug Austin back inside or just head home. There’s always the great idea of getting late night food and wandering back to his trailer.

The wind changes direction and you crinkle your nose as a small cloud of smoke lingers around you. Austin moves his arm and dissipates it with his hand, “Sorry, I know you it bothers you.”  

“It’s alright,” You smile a little, “I’ll live.”

And the thing is, which is probably so messed up to think about? Is that with this whole black on black look, the booties, the leather jacket, the dark waves in Austin’s hair, the whole smoking thing is kinda working for him. It’s utterly distracting to watch his lips wrap along the canister, slender fingers with a few rings pulling it away to tap ash off.

Austin notices you watching but he misreads your thoughts, “Have you ever smoked before?”

“Yeah, I mean—handful of times in college,” You shrug, “Maybe once in high school.”

Austin smiles, adjusting his leaning on the brick wall, “Oh so you’re a rebel?” He teases, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Why couldn’t you tell? Thought it was pretty obvious.” You throw back with a grin and he chuckles, stealing a quick kiss to your cheek.

There’s this thought lingering along the iris of his eyes, you can see it, contemplation as he turns the words over in his mind before he finally says it, “Have you ever done shotgunning?”

You narrow your gaze, “I am not about to do that with you.”

Austin chuckles and geez is he a bad influence. You roll your eyes, trying to pretend you’re not going to do this even though you think both of you realize you’re going to. It’s not even that big of a deal, him blowing smoke into your mouth. Doesn’t work as well with cigarettes as it does other things you can smoke but…the effects are still there, the sensation of drawing smoke, the feeling of his lips on yours. Heat begins to gather between your legs as you consider it and you blame the draw of Austin’s entire being, the want to have him that much closer.

Biting the inside of your cheek, you know he already has you, “You’re the worst.”

Austin hums, shrugging his one shoulder as he lifts the cig and takes a small hit. Leaning down, he cups your cheek and you open your mouth slightly as he moves to kiss you. There’s a smoldering ache that happens in your lower belly, seeping downward, and you breathe in as Austin blows.

Your eyes kinda water but you give yourself kudos for not automatically coughing, letting the smoke settle in your lungs before blowing it out. Your head spins, it’s definitely a small rush from the nicotine. Austin looks far too pleased with himself, running his thumb along your lower lip as he drops the cigarette and crushes it with the toe of his boot.

Before you can say anything, he leans down to kiss you again, properly this time. His lips move along yours and neither of you seem concerned at pulling away any time soon. Once you do, he brushes your noses together in a bunny kiss.

“Trailer?”

You run your hand along the lapel of his leather jacket, nodding, “Read my mind.”

Austin smiles, moving to slide his jacket off so he can wrap it around your shoulders. You lean into the warmth of it surrounding you, his arm settling along your shoulders as you begin walking. Taking a small breath in, you catch the scent of leather, Austin’s cologne, and a twinge of smoke.

--

Took a slightly different take with your request but I hope you still enjoyed it! thanks to anyone who reads, comments, likes or reblogs. Appreciate you!!

[justanotherrandommoth]

as much as I don't hate on people who smoke weed, I have one thing to ask of you all. please. stop bringing the smell with you. I can't breeeeeaaaaaaathe auuuuughhhhh

[feralaot]

Character’s worst habits/quirks? Have they ever tried to break those habits?

AOT characters’ worst habits

just warnings for bad habits

so obviously this is gonna include cigarettes and stuff

eren

stays up way too late then sleeps in sporadic intervals. his thought process is basically “alright I’m gonna check instagram / twitter / reddit one more time....” then all of a sudden the sun is rising and birds are chirping.

mikasa has pressured him into going to sleep earlier and has even taken his phone away before bed to encourage him to sleep but then his mind is just racing the whole time and he can’t keep his thoughts quiet, so even though he’s tried to break the habit, it never really works. melatonin doesn’t help him either

he also vapes but does not intend to stop :/

mikasa

90% of the time when she gets a text, she doesn’t respond to it, even if it’s one of her close friends. usually it’s not because she’s ignoring them but because she’s doing something and tells herself she’ll respond to it in a minute then forgets about it. she has not tried to fix this and still ignores people constantly

armin

he’s always way too critical of himself and over analyzes everything he does. he’s far too judgmental of his own actions and thoughts then acts like he isn’t if someone points it out. he’s pretty much always been like this so he finds it difficult to stop

jean

takes things WAY too personally. if someone says his outfit doesn’t match, or they don’t like his new haircut, or any other insignificant comment, it’s going straight to his head and he’s gonna contemplate it for hours. he just can’t help it and is doing his best to start not giving a shit

also vapes and has tried to stop numerous times but keeps going back to it unfortunately

connie

when he’s nervous he chews on his lips and pulls the skin off until they bleed BUT he has managed to switch up the habit by getting a chewy necklace :)

sasha

stares at the fridge then comes back a few minutes later to check if any new food miraculously showed up. that’s it that’s the habit she can’t help it

historia

says “like” a lot and has no intention to stop

ymir

swears as often as she speaks normally. she does it habitually and usually doesn’t even realize that she’s doing it. she’s tried to stop by wearing a rubberband on her wrist and pulling it when she curses but for some reason she still can’t stop swearing

also used to smoke cigarettes but managed to stop!

levi

insults people he hardly knows. plenty of people hate him at this point but the ones who don't take it to heart and mock him right back will usually end up becoming his best and likely his only friends. this is how he and hange got acquainted

hange

doesn’t drink enough water. they usually opt for coffee, tea, or some sort of energy drink. they’ve slowly started to wean themselves onto water with flavor additives though

erwin

has a glass of wine to help him sleep. he’s tried taking melatonin supplements but they just don’t ease his anxiety the same way and he knows it’s bad for him but doesn’t know how to relax enough to fall asleep otherwise

reiner

bottles up his emotions for way too long, sometimes for months at a time, and lets it all out in one grand explosion of anger and tears. he doesn’t know how to gradually let go of emotional baggage and it really wears on him. he talks about it in therapy and has gotten a bit better though!

bertholdt

bites his nails completely raw. he’s tried and managed to stop many times but the cycle always repeats itself and he goes back to biting. the longest he ever went without biting was when annie painted his nails

annie

eats things like avocados despite being horribly allergic to them so she breaks out in hives but refuses to stop... 

porco

procrastinates all the time on assignments. actually, he usually never ends up doing the thing that he need to do so it probably shouldn't even be considered procrastination. he doesn’t have the motivation to try to fix it anymore.

pieck

she has several unpleasant stims but the biggest one is picking and scraping at her skin until she’s bleeding, she has tried several times to replace it with another stim like tapping on her skin instead and has gotten better at it but sometimes it’s hard not to pick

zeke

he smokes cigarettes. not a lot, but more than he should, and has tried to stop before by putting toothpicks in his mouth instead but it just wasn’t the same. sometimes he uses nicotine patches instead though

[mediterraneantings-2022]

Two Weeks

Hey guys it's my second week here in Cyprus. This week has gone by so fast I feel like just yesterday I was unpacking all of my clothes, but a lot of things have happened with my first two weeks of being here. Last weekend it was my first time going out with friends to a bar. At the beginning of the evening there were about 15 of us from global semesters that went out to Garrisons Bar and Grill. Since we were a big group we sat at the patio area. In Cyprus, whenever you are at a restaurant and you are sitting outside and it's a little cold, they have these tall fireplaces that they put near your table, which was very new to me but it was pretty cool because it was decorated the same style as the restaurant and it was providing a lot of heat. The Garrison was a nice place, although I do think that the vibe is more of a ‘grab drinks with friends after work’ type of vibe. After spending about an hour here, a smaller group of us went to another bar down the street called Finders. We all prefer this bar compared to the other one mainly because the drinks here were two euros cheaper and they had a more selection of food. 

School life in Cyprus is very different from the US. The first thing I noticed on campus is people smoking, like EVERYWHERE. People smoking is not new to me, especially with growing up with people smoking in my family, but I was not expecting many people my age to smoke, particularly cigarettes. Back in the US many of the people that I see smoke cigarettes are older, most people in my generation either vape or do something else. To see many other peers smoke on campus and in cafes and restaurants was a bit of a shock, but I’m slowly getting used to it. Many of the courses that I am taking this semester are with other students who are also doing an exchange program. Out of all of my classes combined I only have class with 8 Cypriots, so I am really gonna have to be more extroverted in order to make friends with locals. While the other students in my classes are from Europe and Asia, and almost all of them are also psychology majors. 

Even though I am still working on making friends with locals, I have made some friends within global semesters and almost all of us live in the same building. You saw a few of them in my last post. Two of my new friends Julie and Andre both also go to Susquehanna University which is amazing. Everyone in global semesters is from the United States, but it's nice to have friends that also go to the same school as you, and hopefully we are all still friends when we get back to SU in the fall. My other friend Ray goes to a university in Washington DC, and Liv goes to a school in Chicago. We all usually go out together and we also have some classes together. Ironically all of us are also psychology majors or minors. I don't know if I got lucky with meeting these people (i'm so happy that I’m not alone) or if it's fate because after only knowing each other for two weeks, we are close friends with  great conversations. 

[patrick-hockstutter]

Modern!Bowers Gang:

Patrick:

Really into cinematography and photography of the unsettling

Never captions his Instagram posts

Goes live on Instagram a lot, even though people really wished he wouldn’t

Makes art out of dead animals or animal bones he finds

Think Banksy, but with roadkill

He’ll take some (somehow) tasteful photos of them, post them, then leave the scene there for some unexpecting bystander to find

Has a nosering (fight me)

Never uses incognito mode

If someone happens to stumble upon his search history, he’s not paying their therapy bill

He likes reading smut more than he likes watching porn

A ps4 guy

Loves spooky games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Until Dawn and Death Stranding

He’s not really into school, but he surprisingly reads a lot when he’s alone in his room

Only about things he likes though

Abnormal psych, criminal psych, and sometimes some zoology (u kno y)

Watches serial killer documentaries like he’s paid to

Listens to grunge, nu metal, and 80s alt

Won’t admit it, but sometimes listens to Joji

He’s not super into emo music, but he’s the only one who will listen to it with Victor (he fckn vibes to Brand New)

Ironically uses a Zune

Has an Android but lowkey wishes he had an iPhone

Doesn’t have a computer, just jailbreaks/hacks the school issued laptop

Has a black line tattooed around some of his fingers, one of his wrists, and the shell of his ear

Has a foot tattoo

Has a fucking Juul

Watches LeafyIsHere on YouTube (tell me I’m wrong)

Spends too much time on Reddit

Wears flannels, skinny jeans, and Vans (a beanie if he’s cold)

Mostly cycles through the same three or four outfits

Wears the same pair of Vans every single day

Victor:

Big into aromatherapy

He uses lavender soaps and has an essential oil diffuser in his room

Uses incognito mode to watch Vampire Diaries

A Nintendo ass b i t c h

He has the gray Switch Lite

He brings his Switch with him everywhere (yes he’s that guy)

But what else are you gonna do when you wanna ignore Patrick?

Watches conspiracy theories about ghosts, cryptids, and aliens

Also big into podcasts (mostly true crime and conspiracy ones)

He listens to them on his headphones while he takes walks or draws

Posts his drawings on Tumblr

Does art streams on Twitch when he gets really bored

Has an eyebrow piercing (but it’s a small stud one, not a ring)

Has little tattoos on his hands

Wears bomber jackets, skinny jeans, joggers, army jackets, converse, and combat boots

The boy has style okay

Had an emo phase but still listens to the music (especially Tiny Moving Parts)

The emo phase was pretty short because Henry made fun of him so much

He just fucking liked MCR and Taking Back Sunday a lot, okay?

And Pierce The Veil and Sleeping With Sirens, but he doesn’t readily admit that

Now mostly listens to new wave, synth pop, and lofi hiphop

His favorite bands are Drab Majesty and Choir Boy (look up their new album btw)

Has a black iPhone and a space gray MacBook Pro

Uses Apple Music

Vapes, but only fruity flavors

Watches BoJack Horseman

Doesn’t really eat fast food but never passes up an M&M McFlurry

Paints his (and Patrick’s) nails black

One time Patrick caught him doing a facemask, so Patrick put one on and started chasing him around screaming as a joke

Cue: hmm… this feels kinda good tho

So now Victor and Patrick have secret mini spa days

Drives a Subaru

Belch:

Makes Spotify playlists like he’s paid to

He’s just really good at putting songs together

He tried to get into music theory, but he wasn’t one for actually making his own songs

Really into metal (obvi) but also likes some classic rock and punk stuff

Has records hung up side by side all around his room where the wall meets the ceiling

Still buys CDs

His Instagram feed is full of vintage cars and custom import cars

Fast and Furious is his favorite movie series

His favorite shows are Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead

But he also loves early 2000s comedies

Has a mini projector to watch movies on his room wall

Wears band tees, flannels, jean jackets, Carhartt stuff, d a d  h a t s

Really wants a tattoo but always gets nervous

Uses incognito mode to watch porn and buy some of his band tees from Hot Topic

Only one in the gang that uses Facebook (Mama Huggins made him so he could keep in contact with family)

Follows a few meme pages but also some cooking ones so he can send his mom any cool recipes he finds

Victor lowkey makes fun of him for actually using the Facebook page

Invests money in really good headphones and car speakers

Has a black iPhone

It’s always at 20% battery cause it’s always connected to his headphones, Bluetooth speaker, or car stereo

Him and Victor FaceTime when they’re bored

Sometimes they won’t even say much, they just like the over the phone company

Doesn’t smoke, but sometimes hits Vic’s vape

A social vaper if you will

Watches Idubbbz and Filthy Frank on YouTube

His favorite fast food place is Wendy’s

Not really into video games but fucking slays at Guitar Hero

And when Rock Band came out nobody saw him for like two weeks

Has a black Hydroflask with band stickers on it

Henry:

He plays a lot of Xbox

Mostly Halo, COD, Destiny, any first-person shooter really

Baits people on Xbox Live cause he thinks it’s hilarious

He’s also a fucking cyberbully but we all expected that

Has Victor’s old iPhone

Never fucking charges it

He’ll text you back in 3-5 business days (if at all)

And if you try to call him he’ll block your number

Plays iMessage games like cup pong and 8 ball with Belch

The only social media he uses is Snapchat and Tinder to look at girls

In one of his Tinder photos he’s holding a fish (srrynotsrry)

Doesn’t really listen to too much music

He doesn’t dislike music, just usually prefers to do things in silence

His mind is chaotic enough, he doesn’t need background noise

But he will listen to Cigarettes After Sex and TV Girl on a really low volume when he goes to sleep

Uses incognito mode to pick and choose random soft or angsty songs that he likes to put into a bedtime playlist

Otherwise just listens to whatever Belch listens to

Has a tattoo on his wrist

Takes a lot of drives into the countryside/national forests/mountains with Belch

Takes a lot of scenery photos, but never posts them anywhere or shows anyone except Victor

Still smokes cigarettes (he thinks vaping is douchey)

Watches South Park and American Dad

If he’s willing to spend money to go see a movie, he’s going to an IMAX theater

Sometimes he likes 3D, but most of the time it just hurts his eyes after a while

Longboards everywhere

Needs prescription glasses but refuses to wear them

They’re mostly for reading, which he doesn’t do anyway

But he does listen to audiobooks sometimes

Likes Frappuccinos but will kill you before you find out

He orders them through Uber Eats under a fake name so nobody will find out

BONUS: all four!

Victor still has his childhood GameCube that they play Mario Party, Mario Kart, and Melee on

Henry is banned from playing Mario Party after breaking a controller while beating Patrick with it

Patrick only ever picks Waluigi in Mario Kart and everyone is sick of it

When they play Rock Band Patrick is on bass, Henry plays guitar, Belch absolutely slays the drums, and Vicky boy sings his lil heart out

One night a week they order a shit ton of Dominos and make a drinking game out of watching Vine compilations

Victor does everyone’s birth charts

They collectively made a fake Tinder account on Patrick’s phone and catfish guys with it

They all try to one up each other doing vape tricks yikes

They buy bags of chips and candy from Costco and lounge around eating them on weekends

They’re banned from the city metro busses because Belch’s car was in the shop for a week and that week was hell for every bus driver in the city

[imaginethatneathuh]

So

I've been on an American Gods kick if you couldn't tell.

And there's something I've noticed related to both sides of the war pertaining to smoking and specifically Mad Sweeney, Czernobog, and Technical Boy.

They're the only ones who I've seen smoke.

I'm not counting Samedi (Not sure if he actually smoked or it was because of Brigitte that I associate him with it), Brigitte, or Laura. I don't know enough about the first two and Laura isn't a god.

I could easily be wrong though. Other gods may have smoked and I just haven't noticed. But that's beside the point.

Now, I'm not really going to be talking about Czernobog because we don't see much of him but I will discuss him a little.

Czernobog gets his smokes in cartons from stores. A la, his first appearance in Season 1. Shadow goes out, buys several packs and in the next episode we see Odin give them to Czernobog.

Mad Sweeney, from what I've seen, rolls his own smokes. Every time I see him with a smoke, it looks hand rolled. We even see him shakily make his own in Season 2 Episode 7. I doubt this is the first time it's been on screen but that's the one I remember off the top of my head.

Then we have Technical Boy. He vapes. That's obvious. We see it several times. It's even pointed out in his first appearance.

Why am I pointing this out?

Simple. Because what they smoke and how they get it is kinda interesting.

I'm not going to call it important because it probably isn't, but it is interesting.

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You see, Czernobog's smokes are prepacked and in packs in the cartons. Though, he may buy individual packs if he has to, it's cheaper to buy the 10-pack cartons. (Mum's a smoker, Dad used to be, Stepdad is also a smoker. I know what I'm talking about.)

What's so interesting is that Czernobog, before Season 2 Episode 1 (could be 2, not entirely sure) wasn't fully onboard with the war between the Old and New Gods. He lost a game of Checkers to Shadow. That was the only reason he went to the meeting. Czernobog's smokes were indicative of him being old and fading away but still having a foot in the modern world - there was still a chance for him to continue living despite the bad stuff - as cigarettes are still prevelant but we now that we know the risks, they're becoming less popular.

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With Mad Sweeney, as I said before, he rolls his own smokes. Of course, the cigarette paper and the tobacco are probably from a store, but it's a lot cheaper than prepacked cigarettes. Now, Mad Sweeney may prefer doing it by hand because it's cheaper (if he's looking for strong cigarettes, he could easily get straight ones. They don't have filters. Or even filtered ones, which are just as strong but easier on the throat) or it may be a comment on him as a character.

Mad Sweeney is old, like Czernobog. Not the oldest, but certainly old. I don't know if he's older than Czernobog, mostly because I don't care. Nevertheless, he's old. We know that.

Sweeney has a lot of gold, but the price of gold changes, it fluctuates. You can't just go somewhere and get thousands in cash from trading gold. He isn't rich, money-wise. If he was, I doubt he'd look like that. (Don't get me wrong, I love him and his haircut, it fits him, but why? Please, get a proper cut. Somewhere. Anywhere!)

I'm bringing this up because of his smokes. Most people, like Czernobog, buy prepackaged and prerolled smokes. There are very few that I've met who roll them themselves. The only people I know that I can think of right now is my Dad's stepdad and my Mum when we didn't have enough money to get the cartons. Hand rolling, in my experience, is something that either really poor people do or old people. This is reflected in Mad Sweeney.

What I'm trying to get at is, Mad Sweeney is poor AND old. His ideals are old. Modern people, especially those who are in the service, veterans or families of veterans, know that there is nothing honourable about war. One of my uncles is a vet and it really fucked him up. He still won't talk about it and it's been years. Most people know there's no honour in it! There are people who still sign up and fight because they think it's honourable and right, but those people are more old fashioned and so are their families. In my experience at least. Mad Sweeney views dying in battle as something he owes because he chickened out the first time. He thinks he should die on the battlefield. Personally, I find that a very old fashioned way of thinking.

And I think that's the point. He is old fashioned. Even how he speaks on love is old fashioned. Not getting into that though.

Honestly, I could talk your ear off on Mad Sweeney and his character but I'm going to move one. At this point I'm probably losing you. I think I might even be losing myself.

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I'm going to say this before anything else on this topic. Unlike with cigarettes - which I've had to deal with my entire life - I don't know much about vaping. I don't have much experience with it. I only know what I've been told and the things I've seen.

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While I can talk about cigarettes and Mad Sweeney all day, Technical Boy and his vaping is probably the most interesting to me.

I don't know if he vapes regular pods too or if he just uses the synthetic toad skins. I don't know the inner workings of his, I think you call them vape pens? I don't know. Like I said before, I don't know much about them or how Technical Boy uses them.

What I do know is his is different than probably all of the ones on the market. His looks like one of those frogs who can get their throat really bloated. (A frog has a toad in it. I'm sorry. That has nothing to do with the topic of discussion.)

If you know anything about vaping, you know that early on, vape pens had a habit of exploding. I don't know if this is still true, but I do know that it was. Kinda like how several other choices of his in Season 2 ended up blowing up in his face, vape pens had a habit of doing that to people who smoked them.

Vapes are also symbols of entitled Millennials and Gen Zs like myself. This fits in with Technical Boy as a New God and character. He's an entitled asshole, much like how older generations seem to view younger ones. That's the meme, anyway.

Technical Boy is young, obnoxious, extravagant, a complete asshole and does have some good points on certain things. Even if a lot of his choices and points end up blowing up in his face or getting ignored and he gets punished for speaking out like in Season 1 and 2, especially in Season 1 Episode 5 and basically the entirety of the first half of Season 2.

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What I'm trying to get at is Mad Sweeney, Czernobog, and Technical Boy's smoking habits reflect who they are as characters. From old-fashioned, hand rolling Young and Old Boomer generations (Mad Sweeney) to the tired, retirement-wanting G.I. and Silent generations (Czernobog) to the often clout-chasing, explosive, and, more often than not, too knowledgeable on certains things but also too dumb to properly and calmly explain anything Millennial and Gen Z generations (Technical Boy).

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Let's be honest here, I'm probably looking way too into this and it likely isn't that deep. It's probably just a way to distinguish the old and the new But, that'd be cool if it was.

[hwanuels]

l.hc: stay with me

summary: the confusing subject of lee haechan 

pairing: highschool!stoner-boi!haechan x reader 

warning: a shit ton of cursing, still got a lot of crackheadness, and DRUGS. no i’m not kidding, if you aren’t okay with that shit don’t read ahead. also! still part of my semi-collab with @huangsren! read her fic here: art-hoe!renjun  BEWARE OF GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES!!!!! 

it’s your favorite local stoner-boi!haechan’s turn

like norenmin, haechan’s name gets tossed around on the daily at NCT Highschool, except not with the same positive connotation

haehcan’s reputation isn’t the best but it could be worse

no it can’t

it’s actually really bad

everyone knows haechan to either be taking a gigantic nap in class or vaping in the bathroom. he gets into detention weekly bc the boy skips school like every other day 

the only reason why haechan hasn’t been expelled was bc he was the principal’s son 

don’t bring that up or he’ll actually cuss you out no cap

although he’s well-known, he’s only got like two friends + college-freshmen!mark lee (hA what a loser)

and one of them was currently in some type of situation with fboi!jaemin that haechan can’t be bothered to deal with –> y/n from fboi!jaemin’s au who will be further known as ara in this story

the other one was you, he liked to keep that one a little more private

it was never explicitly stated that you would maintain your sorta friendship a secret  

although could you really call it friendship if you’re doing all of the things people in relationships actually do? 

like haechan would always call you up in the middle of the night  to get boba or frozen yogurt for no reason

or sometimes yall would be cuddling in your bedroom watching some stupid movie on netflix,,,haechan would probably be throwing popcorn at the laptop screen bc of something stupid the main protagonist would do 

the other times, he would text a simple “pick me up” 

and you knew that that meant that haechan was too high or drunk to operate

there would be nights where you would be chilling in your car as haechan vaped 

you hated it 

but you could never hate lee donghyuck who now went by lee haechan 

yall met around the middle of sophomore year 

damn so much shit goes down sophomore year at NCT high

aNYways, you were stressed out from studying so you decided to take a stroll in the park at like ten at night. 

was that a stupid idea? yes, but at least that’s when you met haechan dressed in a navy green hoodie and a puff of smoke leaving his lips

sophomore!you was like highkey shookth seeing the lee donghyuck smoking in a park

bc at this time, lee donghyuck wasn’t lee haechan 

he was one of the school’s golden boys 

yeah that’s right norenmin used to be norenminhyuck or the 00′s 

he was the star of the school’s choir and the biggest class clown that still managed to get good grades

so imagine your shock when you see him with a cigarette in his hand

you figured that it was best to leave donghyuck alone since you weren’t the nosy type of person

except you weren’t that discreet in leaving when your eyes met donghyuck’s bright red ones 

you stood there for a second, both of you locked in what seemed to be staring contest, before turning to leave since it wasn’t any of your business what donghyuck was getting up to

the next day of school, donghyuck was back to his bubbly, fun self which seemed to be a drastic contrast from the one you saw at the park 

when your eyes interlocked in the hallways, donghyuck raised a finger to his lips when he was sure no one else was looking 

and you understood 

somehow you found yourself in this strange no-talking sit-downs in the park relationship with donghyuck while he smoked on the bench next to you 

this went down for a couple of weeks where the two of you would just sit in heavy silence. the only noises were the cicadas chirping in the background

until one night when donghyuck dressed in the same navy hoodie wasn’t smoking but his eyes were still red

“why haven’t you told anyone yet?” 

you shrugged “because it’s not my secret to tell” 

“you were shocked when you first saw me that night.” haechan commented 

“yeah, i just never expected it from someone like you,” you admitted

you could hear the boy next to let out a dry chuckle, “you’re not the first person i disappointed” 

“it ruins your lungs btw” 

“i know, i want it to” 

“why do you do it?” 

“because it actually makes me feel alive” 

something changed that night bc the next day donghyuck into a physical fight with the student-athlete!jeno who everyone knew was a pacifist. 

that night haechan showed up with a black eye and you didn’t ask why

donghyuck still gave you an explanation even though it was complete bs

“because he was getting on my nerves” 

but it seemed like the whole group of the golden boys was getting on his nerves bc donghyuck stopped hanging around them for the rest of the year

you saw him sometimes sitting outside on the bleachers during lunch, sleeping or smoking, not afraid to be caught 

you never had the courage to approach him in person at school, bc it seemed like your relationship was strictly limited to the park 

but you couldn’t help to be worried about him with the drastic change in character he was undergoing 

one day, he showed up to school with bright red hair and did nothing in all of his classes but take a nap 

sometimes he didn’t even show up to school 

you heard from someone that he quit choir which was shame bc you always wanted to hear him sing 

and sophomore year bled into junior year and donghyuck was no longer known as donghyuck but as haechan 

it was weird, every time you would get the urge to take a midnight stroll in the park, haechan would be sitting there on his usual bench sometimes smoking sometimes not

you always sat down next to him even if you knew that you were just going to sit there in silence

“give me your phone number,” he said bluntly holding out his hand for your phone 

“why” 

“i’m tired of waiting for you to come to the park” 

and you really confuse because does that mean that haechan wanted to be your friend??? 

as if he can read your mind, he rolls his eyes “yes, let’s be friends. you’re a lot better than those fakes in our goddamn school.” 

so that’s how your friendship began with the lee donghyuck, rebranded as haechan 

he doesn’t let anyone call him donghyuck but you,,, you still try your best not to call him that bc he doesn't like it 

gotta respect your friends’ wishes y’know

it wasn’t until haechan was over at like 2am in your room, both of you talking in small whispers bc you don’t want your parents to wake up and find you laying in bed with a BOI, that y'all reached the final level of closeness and haechan let slip one of the reason behind his reckless actions

“you know what sucks? even when i’m acting out like this, my parents still refuse to acknowledge me. it’s like they don’t care” 

and your like :((( 

“i’m pretty sure they care about you a lot,” you didn’t like the listlessly way he was talking 

“you don’t get it. when my dad saw my hair, all he told me to do was to dye it back. my mom didn’t even freak out when she saw me smoking a blunt with my friend in my room. they could care less” 

and haechan begins to spill

“even when i was achieving so much, they rarely ever bat an eye at me. do you know how hard it is to come to school and put on the facade of that i have no worries in the world? that i’m that cheery happy-go-lucky kid? even renjun is allowed to have moody days, but i’m expected to always be the mood maker. i fucking hate it.” 

you stayed silent listening to his rant 

“when jeno was complaining about how his parents invited his whole family to his stupid basketball game, i just got so angry because my parents haven’t been to one recital ever since i joined the choir. nor did they go to the science fair where i actually won first place with that stupid potato rocket i did with renjun.” 

haechan let’s out a bittersweet laugh 

“after that fight with jeno, no one asked if i was okay or why i even did it. none of them did. my dad didn’t even look at me in the eye when i went to his office, all he cared about was if the school’s basketball mvp was okay.” 

“god, i’m so numb to all of this shit. i don’t even know how to be happy anymore” 

that night you didn’t say anything to haechan bc you didn’t know what to say. but that night was the first and last night you ever saw haechan cry or that emotionally vulnerable bc the next day, he acted like it never happened 

by junior year, everyone already knew that the old donghyuck was gone and haechan was here to stay 

BUT your relationship with haechan wasn’t one-sided at all 

nooooo there were nights where you were the one crying and haechan was the one comforting you even though his advice was bs

you best bet that when haechan got his license, he dragged your ass to midnight drives to the cliff, but you would be the one to drive him home bc he probably vaped a little too much on the cliff 

despite breaking down that one night, haechan was very emotionally closed off. he didn’t smile as often as he used to in public unless it was with you

sometimes he would catch himself smiling when you said something really dumb or when he found your antics adorable, but he would never admit it and the smile would be quickly gone from his face.

your hangouts were so lowkey

one night, junior year, you were just chilling in your car with hyuck and he just leans over and kisses you. 

you could still smell the strawberry vape juice on him but you didn’t stop the kiss,,,cuz it felt nice

his lips felt like soft little cloud pillows 

and when haechan pulls away he has this little smirk on his face while you're flustered as fuck 

let’s be honest, that wouldn’t be the last time y'all locked lips 

cause it happened a lot 

especially in the car and sometimes in your room 

you can’t lie and say you don’t have any sort of feelings for haechan 

especially when you do see his real smile that he doesn’t let anyone see or when he made the effort to stop smoking cigarettes 

although you still highly disapprove of his drug usage

drugs are bad kids! 

haechan has his own reasons for continuing to use it so as much as you try to discourage him, you don’t stop him 

you’d like to say that you’re the only girl in his life, but your not

bc you were only hyuck’s friend at night,,,he has a day friend who was also a girl who he didn’t seem to care to be seen w at school 

a really pretty (AKA y/n from jaemin’s au) one who you also saw on multiple occasion haechan flashes his breathtaking smile too 

one of your friends had gossip that that girl was ara, who was dropped by her friend group bc she was dating haechan who had beef w jaemin who was dating ara’s ex-bestfriend? confusing, yeah i thought so too. 

you knew better than to listen to stupid highschool rumors but you couldn’t help but come to your own assumptions about the closeness of their friendship 

bECause haechan never mentioned ara in any of your conversations

at lunch, you can’t but let your eyes drift to the two of them in their own world laughing away 

you only met her once when mark was dropping haechan off at your house bc he much rather be at yours then his 

you were a little bit hurt since she got to know mark before you did 

you knew that mark was one of haechan’s closest friend and someone he really respected even though he liked to bag on him 24/7

as much as you tried not to, you found yourself repeatedly comparing yourself to her 

the subject of ara was left alone, forever stored in your insecurities

you didn’t want to confront haechan about it bc you didn’t want to admit it but you caught the big bad feels for the boy

so your feelings were left untouched until senior year

when the two of you were making out in your room and haechan suddenly pulls away with wide eyes 

and he lets out an “oh fuck” 

now, you were worried 

did you somehow do something wrong? 

“ara is going to fucking kill me,” haechan muttered grabbing his phone, calling someone up 

“hey gramps, can you pick ara up? i kinda left her at school,” haechan said through the phone to someone you presume to be mark

“okay, fine i’ll bring you weed brownies and hurry up before she gives me shit tomorrow. you know how high-maintenance she gets” and he hangs up the phone, throwing it aside 

“sorry about that,” haechan says going to resume what the two of you started but you stop him

cause it hurts too much and you don’t know what the hell you are to haechan

“i can’t do this anymore, hyuck” you say in a small voice, not daring to look him in the eyes bc u know damn well that he’ll see the tears in your eyes

“what do you mean?” you could hear the worry in the voice

“this,” you gesture between the two of you “i can’t anymore” 

and haechan knows what you’re talking about 

he’s been dreading the moment,,,he could sense the end 

which is the last thing he wants

“what’s wrong?” 

you bite your lip not wanting to start breaking down in front of the boy you grew to love so much 

your heart was hurting so bad,,,but you couldn’t continue on pining over a boy that would never love you the same way 

“what am i to you, hyuck?” 

one of the things that haechan hated the most was seeing you sad 

he hated how you saying his nickname in that teary voice made his heart drop 

“you’re my friend, y/n. actually, you're my bestfriend” 

you look him in the eyes this time, but haechan wished you didn’t 

“i’d never be more than that, right?” you smiled sadly at the boy

for once in his life, haechan is rendered completely speechless 

“i think you should leave” 

he knew that he should have put up a fight 

yet he couldn’t bring himself to 

there was this pang of hurt in his chest that he couldn’t quite explain 

so he left 

he wished he didn’t 

the minute he walked out the door he felt all of the happiness leave his body,, he knew that when he walked out the door, he would never be walking back 

when he got home in his room that night, he didn’t have it in him to pick up his usual blunt or his vape pen 

instead, he flopped onto his bed staring up at his ceiling 

there was wetness on his cheeks,,,his vision was blurry,,,and his heart hurt 

he almost contemplated skipping school the next day, but he didn’t want to spend his day wallowing in his despair that he didn’t even know why he felt 

his eyes were red as fuck so he tried to play if off as if he were high because who would question it?

so that’s why he went to school with a pair of sunglasses to hide his puffy, red eyes 

he was expecting everyone to leave him alone cuz he looked like he was faded but his shithead friend ara marched over to him and pulled him away leaving behind a very confused looking jaemin

that’s probably a story i’ll hear later. he thought.

“you fucking moron,” ara exclaimed at him punching him in the arm “this is like the eighteenth time you have gone to school fucking high! get a grip man!” 

“don’t lecture me as if you weren’t talking to the parasite,” haechan huffed, rubbing his arm from the pain

damn she packed a punch 

ara squinted and haechan realized he fucked up with his fake high act 

so the girl reached out and grabbed his sunglasses much to his protest and saw his puffy eyes

“hOLY sHIt, dude were you crying?” 

haechan snatched back his sunglasses and quickly put them back on, “fuck you” 

“sorry man, what happened?” 

“i don’t even know” 

“you want a pity hug?” 

“why the fuck not” 

the thing was haechan wasn’t touchy with other girls except for you, so the hug w ara was like a bro hug 

all that awkward patting and shit

stupid haechan failed to notice that you were standing at the end of the hallway, witnessing the whole scene 

now it was clear to you that you didn’t mean shit to haechan 

you were just a girl that could make him feel less lonely in secret, nothing more 

he had no trouble displaying his relationship w ara in public 

why did he make it seem like he wanted to keep you a secret? 

you were tired of it

spinning on your heel, heart-shattering into pieces, you walked away from lee haechan for the very last time 

basically now, it was simp hours 24/7 for the both of you

even college-freshmen! mark knew something was off with his highschool weed buddy 

“dude, what’s goin on with you lately?” 

the two of them were on their regular get-high cliff except mark was the only one doing the deed, haechan was just spaced out 

“i dunno” haechan shrugged 

mark made a face that was like “if you don’t tell me i’m beating the shit out of you” 

“okay fine, y/n doesn’t want me in her life anymore,” haechan spilled the beans on the whole situation between the two of you and mark is like “and i thought i was the fucking idiot” 

haechan is like wdym bruh? 

“are you dumb, bro? like are you out of touch with your feelings or sum shit?” 

“huh” 

“goddamn i have to do everything in this household, listen to me you little bitch boy, grow a pair and admit that you have feelings for her!” 

haechan’s face is like O.o 

“are you high right now, mark?” 

instant smack on the back of his head 

“no you dumb shit; just say that you like her and that ara is just a friend!” 

“what does this have to do ara?” 

mark is like BOI IF YOU DON’t

“obviously, you failed to mention that you managed to befriend a person who just happens to be a really pretty girl-” 

“dude, ara is fucking ugly. i’d date you before i’d ever date her” 

“stfu and listen bitch boy. anyways, y/n is probably highkey confused bc she probably thinks you’re interested in ara since you’ve been spending a shit ton of time w ara in the day time but you only come to y/n at night.” 

“i do that because i don’t want people to associate her with the things i do just because i’m friends with her. she’s doesn’t deserve to be roped into the same category as me” 

aNOTHer smack in the head 

“go clean up the mess you made and admit your feelings you fucking shithead.” 

“how?” 

“i dunno, ask her to prom or some shit” 

“i don’t want to go to prom” 

“DO SOME ROMEO AND JULIET SHIT IDFC JUST STOP BEING A DUMB PUSSY” enuff said 

so haechan gets dropped back at his house and he does some thinking about his so-called “feelings”

which is a fat surprise bc haechan is the living embodiment of impulsiveness,, he had only one brain cell to do his thinking

did he like you? idk man

he liked the way you smiled every time you told him something good about your day while the two of you cuddled. or when you would watch a funny clip on your phone and share it with him

he liked the way your hair smelled liked vanilla and was always so soft every time he ran his fingers through you hair

he liked the way you never turned him away even when he knew that you hated the way he was living his life. 

all of his other friends didn’t even make the effort to reach out to him when he was so obviously out of it. he felt unimportant with them

you were different

you made him feel happy, loved, and cared for

he no longer craved the attention of his parents or anyone in fact because he has you

or well he HAD you 

right now, all of the phone calls, text messages, and even snaps went straight to delivered, voicemail, or unopened

every time you’d see him in the halls, you would go the other direction

all of the times haechan tried to reach out to you, all of his attempts were deflected 

now how the fuck does one confessed when they’re being ignored???

“that sounds like a personal problem,” ara stated, stabbing her food angrily after haechan told her his predicament during lunch

na jaemin had just gone by their table and did someone bullshit that haechan could care less about, he stopped associating himself w him a long time ago

“no shit sherlock, help me bitch.” 

ara glared at him “you got yourself into this mess so fix it yourself” 

“i hope you fucking choke on an ice cube” 

“i’ll slit your throat in your sleep, lee haechan” 

wow everyone really out here expecting haechan to solve his own problems. how selfish of them.

which is probably why his plan of execution was shitty as fuccck

you, on the other side of the equation, was currently in the depths of your despair as all of your friends had managed to score dates to senior prom which was this weekend

you’re highly disappointed bc if it wasn’t for you being so preoccupied with the thought of haechan you’d probably have a date by now 

hell you even lied to haechan saying how you didn’t want to go to prom bc it was too extravagant for your taste when in actuality, you wanted to get dressed up, take pretty pictures, and dance awkwardly to a slow song 

the typical highschool prom experience

one thing that you didn’t want to admit was that the only boy you could picture as your date was donghyuck, the same boy that you wanted to get out of your thoughts and heart

the night of prom, you were stuck in your bed in a pair of sweats and some random oversized t-shirt scrolling through social media

to say you weren’t jealous of all the fun senior prom seemed to be was a giANT lie you could’ve just went alone!!!

honestly, even your parents were out having fun on a date night while you were being depresso espresso at home

you flopped in bed with a giant huff bc who was haechan to stop you from experiencing your highschool years! who was he to make you feel so bad that you couldn’t even go to prom! 

your phoned buzzed in your hand causing you to look down and nearly scowled at the message that was sent to you

hyuck: open up 

you ignored it, turning your attention back to that stupid rom-com you were watching on your laptop 

your phone continued to ding w messages you were sure were from haechan but you don’t want to open bc you knew that you would probably be launched into another wave of sadness and maybe even break-down cry in front of him so you turned your ringer off 

but out of nowhere, you hear this loud thud against your window 

wtf was that? alert mode on

then you hear a loud shout 

“BITCH ISTG IF YOU DON’T OPEN TF UP” 

you already knew who it was, so you contemplated on whether or not you wanted to actually confront him or run away from all of your problems (*coughs* ara *coughs* haechan)

 you didn’t get much time to think bc another thing was launched at your window

haechan’s shoe

walking over you opened ur window to see below haechan on your lawn with a giant cheeky smile on his face you knew for a fact it was genuine

he only smiled like that when the two of you were bent over laughing at something stupid he or you did

aww shit here comes the sad bugs again 

“what do you want?” you say loud enough for him to hear “go to prom with me!” haechan shouts up making you and your heart flustered af 

“prom already started, you idiot” 

“then let’s dance in your room” 

as much as you knew you should have turned him away, you couldn’t

you were so in love with haechan 

the minute you open the door you were engulfed into his chest

you froze up not knowing how to react 

“don’t let me go please,” haechan says barely louder than a whisper

goDAmmit haechan’s making me tear the fuck up

“you’re the only one in my life that hasn’t left me. the only one that was willing to understand me. i know that i’m not the best guy out there, i know that i’m nothing great, but when you look at me with that stupid smile of yours i feel so god damn on top of the world.”  

he hugs you tighter “please, please, y/n don’t leave me. i need you in my life.” 

something wet drops on your shoulder but you don’t dare to look up at haechan’s teary eyes 

closing your eyes you fall into his chest, his familiar scent triggering tears of your own 

“i love you” he pulls away from you to look at your face for a response, your eyes meeting his shaking brown orbs 

you have to raise your head slightly up to look at him while he was looking down at you

his hair was a mess of a light pastel rainbow (we go up broski) 

that’s when you notice how red his eyes were but there was no stench of weed or alcohol on him 

lee haechan was completely sober 

“i’ve always been yours, lee donghyuck”  

lee haechan wasn’t like other guys. he was lee donghyuck. he was complex and it would take you years to completely unravel him. even when you knew him for so long, you still had no idea was going through his mind. there were times where you found yourself stumped on the subject of haechan, but it was okay 

because you were willing to take the time to understand. 

[fekst-fucker]

Hi! Could you do headcanons or anything you feel like doing for Tim/Masky? (I’m sorry if you don’t write for him!)

Masky is just like… yes I am built like a dad no I am not fatherly

- dad bod 100% and thank god for it

- Has zero patience for children or childish behavior, UNLESS you’re his s/o so his attitude is “I’ll allow it”

- He’s trying really really hard to quit smoking and it’s not going well but he will NOT ever vape or TOUCH an e-cigarette

- He tried chewing gum instead of smoking once, except he’s one of those people who can’t just have one piece of gum he takes two or three at once so the whole gum pack was gone in a day

- He’d rather just smoke ffs

- He prefers coffee over tea and tells people he takes it black but there’s a lil sugar in there :)

- So he’ll sit outside in the morning and watch the sunrise. It’s one of the only times he feels true joy

- He does meditation. It’s not to “find inner peace” or “become his best self” it’s to repress the urge to simply murder every fucker he works with

- Save Jane, Brian, and EJ

- And Brian is walking the fucking line

- He’ll have rant time with Jane, he doesn’t call it that but they have a mutual understanding that they vent to each other then never talk about it again

- DEF has a daddy kink even though he. Hates children

- Idk if anyone else has parents like this but when something goes wrong he sucks in a deep breath, puts his hands on his hips, closes his eyes, and tilts his head up

- It looks like he’s praying but he’s PISSED

- Do Not Engage with him during this time I repeat Do!! Not!! Engage!

- You’ll get an arm broken

- I mentioned this somewhere else too but I could see him going by they/them somedays! Sometimes he just wakes up and is like. You know what. Today I feel sexy and confident enough to ask people to call me they/them

- Also. I think he took German in high school and still remembers some

- He also knows very basic Spanish

- Does this ever help them? No not really. Might it come in handy? Absolutely

- Is it a stress reliever for him bc he can yell at Toby and Brian without them understanding him? God yes

- He has an ear piercing that he got when he was younger and he regrets it but it wONT CLOSE

- He’ll wear an earring if you beg or if you have blackmail on him

- He also has one of those tattoos you get when you’re drunk. This one was from very recently and he’s furious at himself

- It’s a butt

- Speaking of butts, he’s definitely into spanking and punishments so be careful what you do to him lest he take it into the bedroom 👀

- Also into the leather and bdsm suits but probably don’t wear one, things got out of hand last time and you almost got stuck in it

- Sex with any of the proxies is like… did I have a good time? Yeah. Did I almost die cause they fucking left me in a sex trap? Yeah

[usagichanp]

do you have any hcs for alice and/or deb?

oooooo THE HATCHETFIELD GAYS YES GOD

Alice and Deb met while Alice was still going to Hatchetfield High School

Though she's apathetic about most things, Deb can kick people's asses if needed (including anyone who insults her lovely gf)

When they watch horror movies together, Deb is more than happy to cuddle and protect Alice when she gets scared

Deb is the big spoon, Alice is the little spoon

Alice prefers her coffee sweet (she also drinks tea) while Deb prefers her coffee a bit more bitter and strong

Alice tried Deb's vegan diet. She gave up 2 weeks in because she ended up losing it and stress eating some chocolate. However when she goes out to eat w Deb, Alice tries to at least eat something healthy.

When Alice came out to her parents, Bill and her mom overall supported her (but a bit less so than Bill) Deb's parents weren't too happy, though Deb doesn't really give a shit

Alice is conflicted with her feelings over her Dad; on one hand she prefers him and even wants to live with him, but on the other hand she feels like he's not there for her enough (he's trying sweetheart) Deb is here to support Alice the whole way

Despite having a stoner gf, Alice has never seriously smoked weed/cigarettes or even took a hit off a vape. Deb respects that, even in the face of peer pressure (you're either IN the Smoke Club or OUT!!)

While I don't they're on Lexthan levels of true love, they still Love each other very much.

Thanks for the ask anon💖

[ofeva]

⌠ REINA HARDESTY, 21, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, EVANGELINE ASTOR! according to their records, they’re a THIRD year, specializing in MEDICAL TRAINING + COVERT OPERATIONS; and they DID NOT go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of (lace bralettes under pressed collared shirts, the sound of mozart’s piano sonata no. 11 echoing from another room, reading at candlelight with a bottle of merlot, holding your breath underwater until your lungs burst). when it’s the (taurus)’s birthday on 5/12/99, they always request their EGG CUSTARD TART from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation. ⌿ kati, 23, she/her, est ⍀ @gallagherintro

STATS / PINTEREST / CONNECTIONS / CLASSES

INSPIRATION.

camille preaker – sharp objects

ophelia – hamlet

marla singer – fight club

mia wallace – pulp fiction

celeste wright – big little lies

hester argyll – ordeal by innocence

melisandre – game of thrones

BACKGROUND + CLICK FOR BIO.

tbh i wrote these bullets and the bio is better if you have time for it. but if not: 

so, james and elizabeth weren’t supposed to have children...they tried and they just couldn’t do it ! at an older age, they wound up adopting evangeline, their heir and saving grace. eva doesn’t know anything about her birth parents, she was adopted as a baby.

james and elizabeth were very strict about eva’s upbringing and she was a lonely child. she didn’t understand why they didn’t want her playing with other children, why they got so upset when she did typical child things like coming home covered in dirt and climbing trees. 

she was a very imaginative child and therefore made up her own friends, playing in the woods as she pictures elves, fairies, and goblins, telling herself stories and creating her own adventures. it helped ease the loneliness, but she was always a little...strange. the other children called her names. she never really outgrew it. 

when eva stumbles home one night with bloody knees, patched up by the nanny, she can hear her parents whisper: "maybe this was a mistake. we weren't ready." 

eva has a wild imagination and likes to talk about how her room is haunted sometimes, always making up stories about ghosts and things she hears in the woods. the sort of thing a normal parent would dismiss, but her mother seems visibly nervous. 

on eva’s twelfth birthday, it all makes sense: eva is not their first child. james and elizabeth managed to have one child before her, named isabella. she was sickly from the day she was born, and now eva understands why your james and elizabeth are so concerned about cleanliness, why she can't go play with the other kids. isabella never turned twelve. eva’s been walking the halls of the astor estate like the ghost of a girl she never knew existed, she never had a fucking chance.

she goes to school in the city and she attempts to persevere, to be the daughter that james and elizabeth want. her grades are immaculate, she shows strokes of genius and she devours books faster than most people can get through a chapter. james and elizabeth think it might be easier if they send eva to prep school, away from their home. they say that she’s just too smart, but evangeline knows the truth deep down ; they don’t want her there.

she goes to a rich, private school in new england and easily sticks out like a sore thumb. so, she learns to assimilate, emulating characters from her favorite stories, trying to bend herself into someone else that people might like. eva has a hard time being herself.

assimilation, covert operations, these are not the only skills she gains as she tries to fit in with your peers. a study she does for her science project about the effects of teenage vaping is published in an academic journal. it's funny because eva loves nicotine herself. she knows better than anyone what that shit does to her lungs, but she’s too in love with the aesthetic tbh. she just doesn’t care.

welcome to the breaking point ! as it’s been mentioned, eva doesn’t really fit in with the cool crowd and high schoolers can be vicious. there’s a group of mean girls she often clashes with. eva likes to sneak out at night with a bottle of merlot and a flashlight and read, but one night some girls follow her. they start pushing her around and she pushes back just a little too hard, and lucy prescott tumbles down the side of a hill.

oh, lucy prescott is fine.

she’s just a bitch about her broken leg and busted elbow and her dad is a big donor, so eva gets fucking expelled and loses her scholarship. no college is gonna accept her now. she doesn’t know how to tell her parents, fearful of being a disappointment.

in the airport, she’s given strange letter. apparently, her parents don’t know anything...someone’s covered the incident up and she’s been accepted into a college that she didn’t even apply for. a school for espionage with a straightforward track to mi6. eva’s parents are so proud, they start bragging about her...but it’s too little too late. the bitterness that's grown inside of her heart is there because they only care about her successes, and she knows they’d never support her in her failures and fuck ups. they don’t see her for who she really is and they don’t care.

she gets on pretty well in school, but it quickly becomes clear that she’s most interested in people. what makes them tick, what makes their heart beat, how the blood courses through their veins. so, she transfers to gallagher academy because it offers a medical training program that her spy school in london doesn’t. at least...that’s the story. 

WARNING...ACCESSING TOP SECRET INFORMATION...

yeah, that spy school isn’t just any spy school. it’s fucking CALEDONIA. eva easily gets obsessed with things and her latest is the world of espionage. what’s special about caledonia? the students there have nothing to lose. caledonia is all eva has left, and it’s all that she knows to be loyal to. 

mr. stewart noticed her when no one else did. he tells her that he's been watching her for a long time, that she’s so much more than her family's prowess or the expectations she could never live up to. it makes her feel valuable, worth something. he is the parent she’s always wanted.

she’s no longer competing against a ghost of a sister that no longer exists. no, her competition is tangible, real, and so much more annoying: his name is cole conner. 

so, meet eva’s new obsession. as her years at caledonia progress together, he’s one step ahead of her at every turn. it’s true that she spends late nights studying, but it’s not just medical journals. it’s everything. it’s how to be the best at everything. 

when cole is sent on the gallagher mission, eva is not even surprised. of course he would, he's the favorite. but months go by with no word, it almost seems like he's doing nothing at all, and rumors turn in the mill. in short: he sucks. so, mr. stewart asks eva to start in the fall and work alongside cole. she’ll be a transfer student, repeating a year to catch up on medical credits that her old school lacked, and she’ll also take on the second specialization of covert ops, to keep an eye on cole, of course.

PERSONALITY.

CREATIVE. eva is very much lost in her mind sometimes, but she’s always full of new ideas, new thoughts, and has an uncanny ability to keep herself occupied. she’s hardly ever bored and as much as she likes to read, she also likes to write, keeping notebooks full of random scribblings mostly, but the occasional poem or short story will come to fruition. 

RESILIENT. she’s been through a lot and continues to take it. the home where she grew up could leave anyone battered down and discouraged, but every time someone else wins, eva gets back up and continues to fight. whether it’s against her parents, against the world, or against, well, cole, she’ll bite back at what stands in her way despite the fact that obstacles keep coming up over and over again. she does not give up.

INTELLIGENT. eva is just really smart! how else can you say it? she has a voracious appetite for learning, for getting her hands on as much of the world as she can, and she is genuinely clever and calculating, the the point where she hasn’t been able to fit in with her peers growing up. that’s why schools that specialize in teaching gifted people, like gallagher, are the best fit for her. she can find her people. 

HEDONISTIC. however, the one thing about her is that she is not exactly disciplined, and it’s probably what sets her behind her rivals; she’s hopelessly self-indulgent, engaging in activities that make her happy over what she’s being told to do. that’s why she has a weakness for good wine, for staying up way too late, for reading an entire book in a day because she can’t hold back. 

OBSESSIVE. eva is so prone to obsession! she can’t stop herself when she fixates on something and yes, this can be a strength when she is trying to learn or accomplish her goals, but it’s a bit much. she puts all of herself into everything and she can’t just casually like something by half – either she’s so bored by it or she is all in. – “i never really learned how to like something. i always let it consume me.” 

IDEALISTIC. always unrealistically aiming for a perfection she can’t achieve, she holds herself and others to impossible standards. she does this in relationships too, which is probably why she finds herself falling in love with fictions at times, sometimes lacking the perception to separate her dreams and her realities. she’s a dangerous enemy but a powerful ally because of this. she doesn’t fear going after what she wants. i actually have no idea if she’s ever been in love or if she’s just emulating the idea of love that she reads about in literature. 

HEADCANONS.

eva’s reasons for doing things: 1) spite. or 2) the aesthetic. eva is so fucking about the aesthetic, it’s literally why she smokes cigarettes or wears skirts on a windy day, she can’t stop herself. catch her in the forest, drinking a bottle of wine and reading her book by CANDLELIGHT when she could just sit inside by a lamp but no, she has to look fucking feral at all times.

does not really have a sleep schedule. she’ll just sleep when she’s tired, kind of just collapses when she feels like she should. time isn’t real, she likes the nighttime, sleeps whenever.

loves used bookstores and will probably bribe fourth years to bring her back books that are worn and loved when they go into roseville. just likes the feeling of worn down paper, slightly smudged ink, and the annotations of a stranger.

her favorite weather is rain and thunderstorms! for the aesthetic a bit, she will be melancholy for the sake of it, sitting by the window with a cup of tea, just thinking, journaling, writing poems about a lost lover and how she misses being tangled up in bedsheets, forgetting her own name. so dramatic.

used to be on a swim team as a kid and zoom zooms in the water, she’s not very fast on land but she’s a fucking shark !!! 

grew up with piano lessons and can play the piano. sometimes writes her own music but it’s mostly for herself, will write songs about the people that she cares for. she’s talented!

her parents were much older when they adopted her and due to the secluded nature of her upbringing, most of her interests are older movies, older classic novels, older music...the stuff from the house she grew up in, she has old-fashioned taste. 

does not really understand or use social media :/ tiktok terrifies her, doesn’t like the idea of the government having her info so. she is not really on any social networking, but she can be reached via text of course! does like emojis! 

do i have to say it........obviously she’s bisexual......please forthe love of god if she doesn’t kiss a girl in the woods while she’s here i will lose my damn mind. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

FELLOW BOOK LOVERS? someone who’s into reading like she is, perhaps she will join the book club but they stay up late and discuss poems together and they just love to talk about media! maybe someone who’s a little more hip to contemporary things and can expose eva to some different genres, or get her to read some cheesy ridiculous romances or YA that she never would’ve touched otherwise. or they’re snobs like her. i’m just thinking rly hard about this pin. 

MESSY EX PLS. hmm oh my god give me someone for eva to obsess over, please? not even in a positive way, but i’d love someone from her past; they could’ve met a) in america while she went to school there, b) her summers in london, c) any of her summer travels, maybe a summer romance...literally i’m down to work with anywhere in the world, but this would be someone that knows TOO MUCH about her and therefore she has to avoid them due to her role as a double agent, but she probably really wants to talk to them. they probably ended on bad terms without much closure but honestly, she can’t talk to them. terrified they’ll catch her in a lie, they just know her too damn well. 

SOMEONE WHO IS SUSPICIOUS OF HER. they think she’s a bit odd, and while eva is good....there’s good spies at gallagher too and they just get a bad vibe from her. ask her a lot of questions, think she’s strange, and after the brotherhood bullshit last year, they’re wary of a new transfer student. eva is determined to give your character the runaround. 

CRUSH. obviously eva is prone to obsession anyways, so let me have your dreamy, interesting muse that she can idealize in her head and write some poems about, maybe they vibe and talk about books and they have the same fave book and so she’s like instant heart eyes but obv. can’t and won’t do anything about it ever <3 she will act like this. i can see maybe this person being a legacy or someone eva needs to learn more about n she just becomes obsessed with them on a personal level too. 

KINDRED SPIRITS. best friends but like they click INSTANTLY ah ! literally it’s like they’re soul mates, they have shared interests and they can spend all night talking. this is someone that eva is also tempted to reveal all of herself to but she can’t. she doesn’t feel bad about lying but she does to this person because they click on such an intimate level that it feels like they’ve known one another forever. terribly sad betrayal to come later <3 homies but make it dark academia tbh. also a vibe. also this.

SECRET FWB. obviously because of her job she prob shouldn’t be getting distracted or involved with anyone, but! sometimes a girl has needs. they probably sneak around a lot and they don’t really understand eva’s need for keeping things so secret? but she’s trying to keep the other agents like cecilia, cole, & allister from knowing that she’s being self-indulgent. 

OPPOSITES ATTRACT FRIENDSHIP. give me your sunshine girls, your sparkly pink princesses, your muses that are always laughing...eva is attracted to her light and wants to be around her all the time, finds her adorable and compelling! they’re very different in energy but they find each other fascinating and eva finds her energy just so infectious, this girl makes eva feel optimistic about life and she adores her. would protect this girl with her life. 

FLIRTATIONSHIP. this. probably like a flirtationship where they don’t take each other seriously or where she flirts with your muse a lot because she finds it funny and your muse continually puts down her advances but it’s all like jokes and amusing. 

PEOPLE FROM HER PAST. not a ton of these obviously, but i wouldn’t mind one or two people that kind of make her squirm. maybe the angst of old friends that lost touch would be really fun? i’m a sucker for ex-friend things and then we can build them back up or ruminate in the awkwardness, whatever the vibe turns out to be. 

PEN PAL. obviously eva was a lonely child so she found ways to make her own fun or...make her own friends. whether through an exchange program at school or something she found on the internet, these two have been writing letters for years. i feel like she stuck with it because she was such a lonely person whereas most people lose touch or you’re a kid so you forget about it. they probably graduated to text message over the years. 

CARETAKER? idk someone who is like an older sibling figure to evangeline. she’s obviously never had that in her life, but someone who...sees that she’s struggling and wants to look after her? develops a soft spot for her? she’s like their weird daughter/younger sister/whatever and we love that. like that quote....ur such a soft and messy thing, no one knows how to take care of you...but this person does <3 holding her hair when she’s had too much wine, giving her tissues when her fave character in a book dies, etc.

GENERAL SPY STUFF. obviously eva is trying to get the best of cole and learn about her classmates so we’ll get to that. but also, eva is really interested in characters that cole is close to/cole cares about ... she shall be asking them lots of things and reporting back to mr. stewart, thanks.

also down to plot dynamics among classmates, roommates, and things relating to caledonia or whatever else, we can always just vibe with it.