#this morning was pretty good - went to two lectures then got 100% on two maths tests absolute win

[immortalsins]

every holiday i berate myself for not working harder during term time and i wonder how i so easily slip into the cycle of missing lectures -> spending free time catching up on lectures -> missing lectures to catch up on coursework/revision rinse & repeat etc and why can’t i keep up all-day productivity when it should be easier to do so if i’m already up&out for lectures ... but the start of each term has been overwhelmingly stressful and i fail at all-day productivity immediately then its like oh i have a diagnosis.

[fox-household]

Fox Household Christmas Morning 2018

So, while I didn’t end up having time for a proper Christmas chapter or anything, (sorry about that). But I still wanted to at least have something typed for what they did or what happened I guess. This is basically just going to be a description, I wrote this all in one go until 1 in the morning. Honestly staying up this late or even later for Christmas Eve, last year I spent a huge portion of time playing Person 3 FES and its epilogue, The Answer trying to finish it, I didn’t finish it then but I did on Christmas day, so that was cool, those feels to man... Persona 3 is the best in the series for sure when it comes to story. The Christmas Eves before that I ended up spending my nights on an app called Geeking until 2 to 3 in the morning, that was fun, haven’t been on there for a while now though. The next chapter is going to be the New Years one I mentioned, just need to force myself to finish it off without distracting myself as I’ve been doing recently, it’ll get there. Hope this doesn’t have to many errors since I got a little tired writing this. Merry Christmas everyone. 

Anyway, Christmas morning arrives and as it turns out, Asgore is the first one to wake up who then went onto wake-up Clover and then they woke up Sci then the chain reaction moved to Alphys until finally Muffet was awakened. Before moving on I would like to point out that for the first four, when they woke up they found a sort of web sac hanging from the roof which turned out to be Muffet’s presents, later it was found out she tried to give it early so she didn’t have to watch them open it and their reactions or thank you’s, Asgore ended up giving a lecture on doing such an ‘’unchristmas’’ action. None of them did open it in their room though, some figured out that it was presents and the others were just to scared to open it without context.

Alright, so next they all moved out to the living room, but before this there was a ring at the doorbell. For some background here, for newcomers and people from the RP for some of it. Twice we did a Christmas RP special and everyone got sweaters with their own puns (Actually I should also mention we basically did a CPAU with our characters, look it up if you haven’t it’s funny). For FH, I have made it canon that no matter where anybody is in the world on Christmas day, when they awoke, they would have a doorbell ring and when they went to check who rang the door, they found a Christmas sack which its contents included a sweater for the specific person. Nobody really knows the how or the why except that maybe Christmas magic actually exists. This does include other people as well unless you don’t want it to.  

Alphys went to the door and brought inside a sack which to everyone (except Clover) expected since it’d happened for the last two years. Sci got his green sweater where it said ‘Merry Mathsmas’ and around the sleeves there were strips that were embroided with maths symbols. Asgore got a crimson sweater that said, ‘Hope Christmas won’t be a Reigny Day in gold lettering’, the sweater also had a golden crown under the writing around where his belly is (Honestly thinking on it, it has very similar colours to Gryffindor merch in Harry Potter). Muffet had a sweater that was grey and purple, the clothing article was made of webs and according to her, was mostly made by her ‘children’, with the simple phrase ‘I am to fancy for my sweater’, which while it did have the slight chance it was mocking her, it amused her all the same and she was relieved she didn’t have to advertise Christmas puns. Alphys got a sweater that was a strange and not quite even mix of black and white that was in all these different curvy lines and stuff. People found it strange that hers wasn’t exactly Christmas related and while it was a pun, it made some of the people she showed a little weirded out or react strangely, nobody quite understood why besides that it looked strange, Alphys herself always preferred everybody else’s. On hers, in green lettering said ‘Math Puns are the first Sine of Madness’, except the word madness was in blood red, the main saving grace that gave it any sign of normalcy was the cute little Sine graph on the chest area that looked like it was ripped straight from a graphics calculator, people just brushed it off as being a weird one. However, what nobody had expected was that there was a fifth sweater, a new one for the girl who had not been related to any of the RP characters during Christmas so now it was her turn to receive a brand new, never before seen sweater. What Clover ended up unfolding was a yellow sweater, on the front and back of it was a what looked like the reticule and lines from a sniper optical sight made of dark brown (I’ll have a picture to show what I meant). On the back in the middle of the target was what appeared to be her cowboy hat and, on the front, just like the others, there was writing. On the front written in a silvery grey was ‘I Beretta not get coal for Christmas’. While she did her best to hide it and would never admit it, she was actually pretty happy to get her own sweater and was feeling a little left out at first.

Now onto the exciting part, them presents. I’m going to split each person into a hopefully small paragraph for what they got starting with Muffet. Also I need you to realise that Sci was giving out the presents in a Santa hat and Asgore was wearing reindeer antlers while also helping Sci with the handing out.

Muffet: Muffet specifically got two presents, one from Sci and one from the others. Since Clover and Asgore don’t have jobs at the moment and they don’t really have much of an allowance or anything, at the same time Alphys really doesn’t make all that much money herself (a topic for another time, AKA just ask I guess) so to help each other out, the three of them teamed up for Sci and Muffet. The team of three struggled for quite a while since the only thing they could really think of was a tea set, but they were sure she had a bunch of those, until they remembered another hobby of hers and with a little help from Sci’s suggestions, they figured it out. Muffet ended up opening the Christmas wrapping of a small wooden, suitcase shaped thing that opened up into a chess set, they figured out she could use one after they remembered she used to complain a little bit that her only chess set was left back home, and she didn’t want to risk bringing her glass one. Sci went on solo and with much less hassle than the others. The second gift the spider ended up gaining was a pair of very good quality headphones, ones that would help her listen to her music when she was working, something that only Sci really knew she loved. After opening the two of her presents, she did her best to act all cool about it and while she mostly succeeded, she did end up giving one of her rare, genuine friendly smiles, that show up every once a while, to everyone.

Sci: The skeleton also got two presents since it was from the trio and Muffet. The trio took a little time with him as well and probably struggled a bit and pretty much ended up looking stuff up online for ideas, in the end they just figured they could give him something amusing that he would use in a helpful way. So what they ended up finding and using was a Darth Vader toaster that made Star Wars toast, also they found him a Binary tie on the internet to add on the side. In Muffet’s web sac which was quite heavy, he found two things that were related, one was just a much better, higher end coffee machine than the small time one they already had, this one had a bunch of buttons and settings he was certain he would never use. On the side of that was also a small handheld expresso maker that could basically make coffee on the go. Although Muffet did warn him that if he ever overdoses on caffeine or she sees him sneaking in some Red Bull somewhere to use in combination, she wouldn’t hesitate to confiscate them off him. Sci found the toaster and an incredibly amusing present, one that really helped put him in a fun mood, the coffee gear was also very welcome, and he knew for certain there was going to be a heck of a lot of use out of it all. Sci thanked everyone happily and was itching to test out the new machines for breakfast.

Alphys: So, for Alphys, Clover and Asgore couldn’t rely on her, so they decided to try and get Muffet to help them a little, what she ended up doing was giving them a freaking $100 bill and saying just use that. Asgore refused to take so much so she ended up forcing them to take $75 instead. They did realise they probably didn’t need to work with Alphys after that, but they felt to guilty to ditch or anything, plus they wanted to help her too. Anyway, the two kids ended up giving her an incense holder along with a large collection of different incenses that were said to promote relaxation and sleep, Lavender being a big part of it. The logic of it was that since Al seemed so tired all the time, incense might be able to help her sleep. Muffet’s present for her was a few anime posters she could put up in her room, from ‘Mew Mew’, ‘Cells at Work’, ‘Violet Evergarden’ to finally the movie ‘Your Name’. Muffet did also grumble afterwards that ads had started thinking that she was into anime. Sci’s present was simple in that it was a gift card to a science supply place, some place where she could buy whatever she wanted for her basement lab. The only way I can describe Al after that was gleeful, she was super happy, all the gifts to her were perfect and thoughtful, although she needn’t worry that her presents weren’t good enough compared to those. (I’m onto you Al -_- )

Clover: Muffet straight up got her a gun range membership so she could go out and shoot stuff, although she did require adult supervision. Al and Sci were pretty clueless about what to get her to the point that they straight up asked her, hoping it was something reasonable. She did end up giving them a small list, Sci ended up giving her a small pocket knife that he made very clear to be only used responsibly. Alphys ended up giving her some gun cleaning and maintenance supplies she found on eBay, just so Clover wouldn’t have to buy new ones for a little while longer. Asgore ended up getting her six different old, classic western movies and straight up challenged her to a marathon to see who would last the longest. Clover is someone who values practicality and the use of the present rather than the large amount of effort, that and she appreciated someone getting her anything at all in the first place, so even if Sci and Al had to ask her or even if she was sure Asgore managed to find those movies in a cheap bargain bin somewhere, she was very happy thankful for what she got, giving everyone a respectful hat tip and a thank you.

Asgore: Finally, the prince’s turn to get presents. Muffet ended up getting him a large supply of Golden Flower tea bags despite their rivalry when it came to making tea, along with that she also got him his own ornate, fancy looking tea set, one that was coloured in gold and red, real royal looking. Muffet made her own fun little comment that ‘’it was only fair that her greatest rival has the equipment to pose a challenge’’. Sci got him a book that was about rare, obscure and in some of the weird cases, mythical plants from legends, for the most part though it was a botany book. Alphys also had a similar idea to the skeleton and got him his very own tools to work on the garden, newer ones that he could keep in the shed to replace the older and crap ones she had from the beginning. Clover had actually originally planned to go the botany route, except she found out both Al and Sci were doing the same thing, so she made it her vow to do something at least a little different. So, what she ended up doing was getting a small tent that could only fit about two to three people in it and offered to take him on a camping trip in the woods. Asgore had always loved the idea of spending at least a few days in nature just for the hell of it, for fun and relaxation, so she figured this was the perfect opportunity. Asgore as expected was really happy about all of this, every single time he opened a new present he gave them his most sincere thanks and most appreciative smile. He gave everyone a hug… or well he offered one to Muffet and she threatened to stab him (Although he did give her one later in the day and managed to escape her wrath).

(Left one for Clover’s Sweater)

(Sci’s presents, because I could and because I had to look them up)

So yeah, that was their Christmas, I hope that was a good enough of an explanation. After that they spent the day chilling, they did have a Christmas meal together that Muffet and Asgore made, roast turkey and all. Thanks for reading, myself and the other five wish you all a Merry Christmas, you all deserve to have a great holiday, wish you all the best.

[teditonks-blog]

TED TONKS. former healer, current mediwizard. chronic fixer. lover of baked goods. family man. bit of a slob. kinda tired. if there wasn’t a war, ted would be running a bakery and solving crossword puzzles all day.

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hello pals !! i’m liz and i also write bellatrix ( ted’s polar opposite™ ty ) !! thank u for coming to my ted talk ♥ it’s a bit long, but i’ve tried to highlight important bits with capital letters / bold letters and stuff so hopefully it should be easier to read!! also i won’t be offended if u don’t read everything obviously since i’ve written a mini essay about teddy : ~ ) ♥

CHARACTER INFLUENCES:

bill weasley ( very chill, that ‘ i could kill you but i definitively won’t ‘ aesthetic, likable, would die for his wife, academic overachiever ),  chidi anagonye ( kinda pretentious, likes riddles, overthinker, a little bit quiet ), terry jeffords ( family guy, probably digs yoghurt, strong and friendly, stays in his own lane ), nick burkhardt ( that ‘ i can’t believe you’ve done this ‘ vibe, moral compass pointing in the right direction most of the time, doesn’t see everything in black and white ), jackson avery ( values kindness, protective of what he loves, willing to fight for what he believes in, tired of stereotypes about his family background ), scott lang ( cheeky jokes when you least expect them, man of honor, would definitively hack a corporation and give back to the wronged workers if the opportunity presented itself ), merlin ( selflessness has no bounds, very smart, tongue in cheek humor, pokes fun at himself ), newt scamander ( can find good in anything, quiet, a little awkward, kind ), nick dunne ( there’s a line where the nice guy ends and something else begins, somehow manages to look like a teddy bear and an asshole at the same time, fiercely loyal until he’s not, pathological smiler ) and ray palmer ( smart, persistent, likes science ).

ANTHEMS:

gimme shelter - the rolling stones // bel air - the church // midnight rambler - the rolling stones // this must be the place ( naive melody ) - talking heads // close to me - the cure.

AESTHETIC / VIBE: 

mick jagger during the late 60s, a quick wink in the corridor as he walks past, hands dug deep into washed out jeans, tears burning in your eyes as someone dies in your arms, the smell of vintage books, waking up screaming, blood splatter on your neck, always carrying medical supplies ( there’s always a fight, somewhere ), the smell of freshly baked cookies, a heart beating out a hummingbird’s melody, soft eyes slowly growing colder, muggle pens behind ears, rock and roll playing from old gramophones, never getting the blood out of your favorite shirt, raised eyebrows, faded hickeys and fake smiles to make someone feel better.

QUICK STATS:

name: edward ambrose tonks nicknames: ted, tedward, teddy occupation: mediwizard former house: ravenclaw date of birth: may 7th age: twenty six +: easy going, altruistic, sharp and kind. -: phlegmatic, guarded, detached and indulgent. wand: 13′’, unicorn hair, acacia wood. patronus: a brown bear.

BACKGROUND:

Ted grew up on Valentia Island, a small muggle town on Ireland. His father was a science teacher, and his mother a mathematician and researcher. He grew up on formulas and numbers and facts and science. Anything that he could make sense of, he found comforting. Like home.

[ Alcoholism tw:// ] Money was always an issue and they could just make ends meet, never any room for luxuries. Though that didn’t stop Ted’s father from finding himself looking down the barrel of a bottle a little bit too much. That also put a strain on the family, and the economics.

His mother, Eliana Tonks ( née McNamara ), mostly worked from home. She balanced her research career in maths ( trying to get published, applying for grants, doing the occasional guest lectures at schools ) with motherhood. She had two children from a previous marriage, both older than Ted. She was a caring mother, but also somewhat unstable, prone to mental breakdowns.

Ted also spent a considerable amount of time with Eliana’s mother, Dorothy McNamara —- and some of Ted’s fondest memories are from her farm, the scent of newly baked cinnamon rolls seemingly always hanging in the air.

Also helped out at her farm a lot and took care of her animals.

[ Alcoholism tw:// ] His father, Brian Tonks, the secondary school science teacher, was mostly just very tired. For years, he constantly worked overtime, took on extra work, barely ever saw his kids or his wife. Still couldn’t quite make ends meet. So he found comfort elsewhere, whiskey numbing his feelings, his soul, his thoughts.

Ted has four SIBLINGS — two older half brothers, and two younger sisters. Pretty early on, Ted took on a lot of responsibility regarding his siblings (really wanted to help his mom out, mostly), and spent countless hours playing with his sisters, taking them out on the ferry, trying to distract them from the problems at home. Ted is great with kids so !!!! That’s that!!!!

HOGWARTS YEARS:

The LETTER arrived with a peculiar man on a rainy Monday morning. It was explained to the Tonks family that their middle son, Edward, was a wizard. Brian got a good laugh out of that one. It would take a couple of weeks ( and another few visits ) to convince him that this wasn’t a con. Brian was a man of science after all - and men like him did not believe in magic.

So Ted was shipped off to Hogwarts, and became a HATSTALL ( just for long enough that Ted was sure that the hat had changed his mind about him, send him right back to Ireland ). Stuck between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, the hat eventually settled on Ravenclaw.

Ted was SHAMELESSLY MUGGLEBORN, from the very start. Homework was written with a pencil, instead of ink, muggle bands could be heard playing from his dorm (mostly the Rolling Stones), his mother sent him issues of national geographic and new scientist, which he read over breakfast at the Ravenclaw table. REBELLING against the wizard norms was 100% Ted’s brand.

But also fully EMBRACED WIZARD CULTURE!!!! Was that kid who always asked questions, tried everything that he could and always craved more!!!

Had a FROG for the first three years at Hogwarts ( called Toad, we love being practical ), and then got a cat instead ( called Neptune ).

During the summers, Ted was enrolled in SUMMER SCHOOL, and took muggle classes.

His FAVORITE CLASS at Hogwarts was probably arithmancy, but he also excelled in charms, herbology and transfiguration.

Attempted to join the QUIDDITCH TEAM during his third year, but didn’t make it. Continued being an avid supporter instead.

While at Hogwarts, Ted was FAIRLY POPULAR. He was always taking care of the younger kids ( even though he was never made prefect ), could be seen wearing jeans and a tshirt on his off days, was quite charming, told cheeky jokes to make people around him smile and overall just gave zero shits about what people thought of him. He was also that big, muscular dude who at first glance, you’d totally expect to be a crude jock, but then he’s not, and instead walks you to your dorm, always the perfect gentleman. Ted was lowkey just everyone’s cool older brother.

Ted was mostly interested in LEARNING. He wanted to learn about everyone around him, about magic, about their history. Also studied his ass off, and was at the top of his class. 

As a person, Ted was always KIND, a nice guy to his very core. But he was also COLD, somehow used to dulling his emotions, his senses, his heart ( he really is his father’s son, isn’t he? ). Instead focusing on other people - their hardship, their emotions, how can he help? He got used to always PUTTING HIMSELF LAST early on, already as a young child, so it was hardly any different at Hogwarts.

Definitively sneaked into the kitchen a couple times a week (and definitively found the house elf situation mortifying too, lbr).

Ted was of the conviction that if he tried hard enough - he could MAKE FRIENDS with anyone. Never met a stranger. Unfortunately that wasn’t quite the case, and he became the target of BULLIES during his first four years at the school. Ted always gave as good as he got though, quickly finding where his kindness ended - and where something darker began.

Had a pretty CAREFREE HOGWARTS EXPERIENCE, overall though? Mostly stayed in his own lane, studied a lot, went to parties, probably read every book in the library. Made a lot of friends but also some enemies. 

AFTER HOGWARTS / PERSONALITY:

Ted graduated with top marks, but had no further great ambitions beyond that. The dream was to open up a BAKERY, run it for a few years, and then move on to the next big thing.  He’s a firm believer in that there is a certain science to the perfect cake - that it takes more than a recipe. He’s also a firm believer in getting to know people, and what better way to do that than over cake, right?

Unfortunately, the war looming on the horizon pulled him in another direction. So after Hogwarts, he studied to become a healer, a work that although meaningful, never really excited him. So he worked at St Mungos for a couple of years, and did what he had always done. Stitched people up, put them back together. Completely detached from what he was doing, everything just felt like PRETEND. He perfected his bedside manner, a false smile always resting on his lips. He pretended not to notice when someone’s dark mark slipped. Everyone’s the same, to Ted, when he’s working. He doesn’t differentiate between the sinners and the saints, the good and the bad. 

After two years at St Mungos, he had a sudden change of heart, and made a swift career change. Hospital was changed in for the battle field as he became a MEDIWIZARD. 

And suddenly, he found himself in the center of the storm. Quickly patching people up, dodging spells, finding body parts. Somehow he finds himself always covered in someone’s blood. Sometimes it’s his own.

10000% uses muggle techniques out in the field too! If it works, why shouldn’t he? 

He only works in the medical field because of NECESSITY. He has no great aspirations to become a high level healer, and the job itself doesn’t draw him in. Though being in the field gets his heart racing, it’s not something he particularly enjoys and he mostly just does it because he wants to HELP. Can’t stand seeing all this mayhem, all this pain. It’s in his very nature to want to pick up the pieces, it doesn’t matter who it is. Ted grew up in an environment where he was the constant fixer of things, the glue that kept the family together, the little diplomat. That never changed.

What did change however was his DRIVE! Over the years, Ted has grown more and more DETACHED from what he does, what he sees. It’s incredibly hard to stay gentle in the society he lives in ( where a large group of people want to see him dead ), so Ted has grown more and more closed off. His heart is still made of gold, but he’s detaching himself from it. Coldness seeping into his bones, his blood. He hasn’t realized it himself, but he stopped properly caring a long time ago. He’s so tired.

LISTEN! These days, the only thing that Ted really, really cares about is his family!! Can you blame him? People want to kill him for who he is and meanwhile all he’s trying to do is save people :/// damn it :///

OKAY SO - let’s talk about THE ORDER!!! Ted helps out, when he can. But he doesn’t directly involve himself in their business, because 1) he suspects that some of his wife’s family members are death eaters, and he doesn’t want to do that to her / to have to fight his extended family. 2) Ted is definitively not a fighter - he’s the fixer, the healer, the guy you go to when you have a problem you can’t quite figure out on your own. 

Aligning himself with a side thus doesn’t feel quite right to him, since he’s out in the field, trying to remain objective, trying to help people on both sides. Not saying it isn’t a challenge, but homeboy is trying!

SO ----- Ted is a big old SOFTIE with a heart of gold. He embodies kindness down to his very core, and there usually isn’t a mean bone in his body. His name suits him well --- Ted is a teddy bear.

Ted is also incredibly TIRED. Years of working right in the middle of the war has taken its toll on him, and he’s getting fed up with all of it, tbh. Not that he’d ever say so. 

At this point though, Ted is starting to become more and more RESERVED, because as a medic, he has seen the things people do to each other, the things they are capable of. It makes him sick, and he’s growing increasingly detached from the people around him because of it.

Though guarded, Ted is pretty OUTGOING still! He just doesn’t let anyone (except for his wife!!!!) too close, anymore. Prefers to keep everyone at a distance. Ted has buried a lot of his friends and he’s getting pretty tired of that too. :/

Ted is so nice that he can be sort of INDULGENT? Lets people get away with a lot, and is overly permissive / forgiving & lenient at a great personal cost.

Also very SELF SACRIFICING. Puts EVERYONE before himself, always. It’s a problem.

Total OVERANALYZER and occasional overthinker. Typical Ravenclaw.

But also very easy going - literally the most chill guy ever. For better or for worse.

Try getting a rise out of this man!!!! You can’t!!! You could literally spit in his face and he’d just wipe it off and continue on with what he was doing. He does not give a single fuck - his skin is made of steel.

Tip: insult his wife / daughter and he might crack!!!

Can be incredibly APATHETIC!! Every now and then, the light in his eyes goes out, flickers and fades, and his usually SOFT HEART grows cold.

With that said, you wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of Ted’s hatred. It’s very rare, but absolutely SEETHING. Ted’s a patient guy. He can wait until the moment is right to strike back, ya feel.

Ted is sort of OBSESSIVE. Especially with the idea of fixing things ---- putting things back together. It stems from his childhood ( which I talked about earlier ). He’s a problem solver, a chronic fixer, a helper. He doesn’t know any other way to be, so he physically can’t stop himself from getting involved. 

In Ted’s mind, there is ALWAYS a solution. ALWAYS. Hence why he is taking this war so hard. He can’t solve a whole war, but he’s having a hard time coming to terms with that. Unfortunately, logic and reason can’t fix this. SUCKS.

[ PTSD tw:// ] Ted is slowly developing PTSD. He is ALWAYS there for the worst parts of the war and its aftermath. He has seen so much. So the nightmares never stop - at this point, they continue when he wakes up too.

In chaotic / dangerous situations, Ted just SHUTS DOWN. Acts on auto pilot. Becomes incredibly stoic, calm, lifeless. Phlegmatic to a fault.

Currently, Ted is mostly just done. #over this war!!

OTHER STUFF:

Definitively a vegetarian!!

Favorite color is green.

LOVES cooking and is lowkey an experimental chef? Likes seeing what happens when he adds stuff together.

But leans more towards baking!!! He’s still chasing that perfect cake. There’s a chemical reaction out there, somewhere, that he WILL find. Give him time!

Very Dad!! Loves Dora SO much. Wants to change the world for her.

Quietly teaching Dora math and science at home. Also slowly introducing her to muggle history and muggle technology and muggle music. It’s important to Ted that Dora knows where she comes from. That there is nothing wrong with who she is ( who they are ).

On that note, Ted cares so much about math and science! He loves anything that just makes sense. To this day, Ted will still read science books and magazines. 

LOVES animals and is so good with them too, which he learned when he worked his grandmother’s muggle farm as a teenager !!

Would... adopt ten dogs and five cows if he could.... someone hook this man up....

Doesn’t drink alcohol... yet. Doesn’t want to turn into his dad. I may do something with that later.

Wears a lot of washed out jeans and rolling stones shirts.

[ollies-law-studies]

100 DOP - Day Forty Eight

Hey guys :) Today was really productive, even though I was pretty tired at points (and literally ready to hibernate as soon as I’ve finished this post). Today I:

Had a physics lesson on transformers and the National Grid first thing, lemme tell u, nothing quite gets me going in the morning like my teacher lecturing us about step up and step down circuits hoo boy XD

Had a free period where I got coffee and stormed through 6 handwritten pages of my bio homework that needed doing

Went to a GIST planning session at lunch (we’re the trans club, and I’ve been elected club leader next year, so we spent the 45 minutes planning future events and club sessions, which was fun)

Had a maths lesson on inverse functions, which was just awesome tbh bc I love maths

Had one more free period, and got some of next weeks maths homework done, and started on my physics homework (which ironically is due tomorrow, when the maths isn’t due for 3 weeks, go figure (:)

Got the bus home and took myself for a walk around the village for a bit of exercise and fresh air, before heading home

Cracked out my physics homework and spent a solid two uninterrupted hours working on it. I then marked it and got 62%, which qualified as an A according to the grade boundaries we were given, so I’m pretty happy with that

Then I wound down with a couple of episodes of Gilmore Girls, and I’m gonna sleep soon because I’m exhausted and have a full-on day ahead of me tomorrow :) I hope you guys are all doing good!!

[parkerparlour]

Risks - Part 1 - Peter Parker

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Request: Hey :) Can I have an imagine with Peter overhears you rejecting a popular kid for homecoming, saying you have a date but after your friend says something like you're running out of excuses and you say that one guy you were waiting still didn't ask you. Eventually Peter asks you who you're going with and you say you don't have a date so peter realizes its him you're waiting for? please and love you <3  (by @imaginesyes)

Summary: After much contemplation, Peter decides to take the risk to ask you out to homecoming.

Word Count: 2k exactly

A/N: Thanks so much for the request!! I hope it's what you were looking for. <3 Feel free to send in a request or feedback if you'd like!

Peter lingers at his locker, his fingers resting on the cold metal of the door. He has all the books he needs, but he can't swing the door shut yet, not until he hears your answer. He saw Chase coming from a mile away and knew immediately what his intentions were. Oh, he hopes you don't say yes.

"Hey, Y/N," Chase says, leaning on the locker only three to the right of Peter, and directly to the left of yours. "Do you want to go to homecoming with me?" Peter doesn't even have to look to know that Chase is shooting you his signature 700 megawatt smile, only a small part of his popularity at school. Chase isn't the most popular, but he far outranks Peter in the social ladder since he's on the football team and genuinely good looking, which scares Peter that you might be taken before he can get to you.

You laugh gently, the sound like music to Peter's ears despite the situation at hand. "Sorry, Chase, I already have a date. No hard feelings?"

Chase's smile drops slightly, no longer reaching his eyes. "Sure thing, Y/N. Whoever he is must be one lucky guy to have a girl as pretty as you."

You blush at the compliment as Chase steps away from the lockers, walking quickly away from you. Chase runs a hand over his neck, embarrassed but not surprised that you already have date - or so he thinks. You breathe out a sigh of relief, slamming your locker shut with a clang and walking off, glad to have avoided that. Chase is cute, no doubt about it, but he's not the one you want to go with. He's also not the first to ask - try more like the fourth.

Peter finally releases his fingers from the locker door and they ache, he was holding them stiff for so long. His knuckles are bright white and he stretches his right hand to put the blood flow back into them. He's happy you said no, but who are you going with instead? You haven't told him anything even though you sit together with the group at lunch, and he's sure you would have immediately told them all if you had a date.

Suddenly, Peter hears your voice again, down at the end of the hall. He tilts his head, using his advanced senses to try and hear you better. This isn't his first time pinpointing your voice, as yours is one of his favorites to hear. You're talking with Michelle.

"Chase just asked," you say and he can hear something like sadness in your voice.

"What, that's like, the third guy? You're running out of excuses, Y/N," MJ says, genuinely concerned.

"Fourth, actually," you cross your arms, looking down at your feet, "I'm waiting for a specific guy, okay? And he hasn't asked me yet." You bite your lower lip nervously.

Michelle whistles low, "Dang, whoever you like has got you bad." Peter doesn't see it, but you look down at his half-hidden figure in the hallway. Michelle continues, "You know there's only like 4 days until homecoming, right? You're kinda running out of time to wait for this mystery guy."

You sigh when you look back at MJ, "I know, I know. I just… c'mon, MJ, let's go to English, okay?"

Your voices fade as the two of you walk down the hall, disappearing into the doorway of the history classroom. Peter keeps his gaze down the hallway, wondering who it could be that you're waiting for.

Suddenly, the bell rings and he curses in his head. Now he's going to be late for Bio and have to come up with some excuse. He closes the locker and hoists his bag up on his shoulder before turning and walking in the other direction than you and MJ went, towards Mr. K's class.

"How nice of you to join us, Peter," the teacher says as Peter opens the door and all the eyes turn on him.

He winces, "Sorry, Mr. K, won't happen again, I was in the bathroom and didn't hear the bell," and practically bolts to his spot, pulling all his supplies out of his bag to keep himself preoccupied. Mr. K just shakes his head, launching straight back into the lecture as Peter flips his notebook open to where he left off yesterday.

"So, Darwin's theory of evolution…"

The rest of the morning's classes pass in a blur as Peter searches through his mind trying to figure out who you want to go with. You've never really mentioned any other guys… maybe Matt from history? Or Jason from your math class? But you don't talk enough about either of them to really warrant the thoughts of a crush. In fact, Peter knows you could hang out with the popular crowd easily if you want to, but you spend every day with Ned, MJ, and him. Who else could it be? Peter hates how plagued he is by this, but since he likes you, he wants to know if you like him back, and the chances look slim to him.

Lunch rolls around and Peter gathers up the confidence to just outright ask you about it as he works his way through the lunch line. C'mon, Pete, you can do this. Just ask her, what's the worst that will happen? Destroy your friendship? Okay, yeah, that'd be the worst. You packed your own food today so you're nowhere in the line and he can see you laughing with MJ at the usual table, your smile making his heart do a triple flip in his chest. He almost mistypes his ID number when he's trying to pay for his food because he's trying to keep focus on you.

Peter drops down into the spot in front of you, his tray clattering a little louder than he intended and it makes you jump. "O-oh, sorry, Y/N. Didn't mean to scare you." You smile at him but then turn back to MJ, as she's in the middle of telling you a story about something that happened in last period yesterday. So and so was picking a fight with so and so and it got incredibly heated, turning into a huge debate in the classroom over who was right. Michelle was giving an excellent play-by-play, with funny voices and all.

He waits as patiently as he can for you two to wrap up before he asks, practically shoveling his food into his mouth from nerves. Oh, crap, can I do this?? This is so risky. What if she doesn't want to tell me? His knee is bouncing so fast that it'd probably be enough to power an electric generator, not that you can see that under the table. The boy is about to lose his mind and you have no idea.

He swallows his bite when he realizes your conversation has reached a silent point, with MJ looking for something on her phone and you folding up your wrapper of something you just ate. He swallows again, thickly, before looking up at you. He's taking the risk. He's going for it.

"Y/N?" Your eyes look up at his and he almost loses his resolve, but he chokes the question out, "W-who are you going to homecoming with?"

You smile sweetly, your focus fully on Peter now, "No one, why?" You hope you know what question is coming next, please let that come next. Your hands shake under the table where they're in your lap, excitement coursing through you.

Peter's mind switches into overtime, because now this doesn't make sense. You said you had a date earlier. Why would you lie to Chase but not him? Unless… the guy you were waiting for… oh. OH! It suddenly clicks and he almost can't believe it.

Peter flounders for a second, opening and closing his mouth before he can coherently form what he wants to say. You wait patiently until he says, "Would you like to go with me? To homecoming?"

Your smile widens into a joyous grin, "Yes! I'd love to go with you." He grins back at you, adrenaline coursing through him so quickly that he almost wonders if he's dreaming.

Michelle gasps next to you, "Oh! You like Peter! That actually… makes a lot of sense." She nods approvingly, "I am 100% supportive of this, you two would make a cute couple." She places an authoritative hand on your shoulder and you feel like you just were given approval to date him.

Your cheeks flush hot, "MJ, shush! Jeeze!"

Peter laughs and he can't believe he actually got his chance, and that you actually said yes. You like him. You like him. Knowing this now, it was worth every risk. "I guess I'll have to get a tie."

You still feel hot from MJ's comment, but so happy that he asked and you squeak out, "My dress is blue. Like, Spider-Man's outfit blue."

He blinks, "Oh?" He knows what you said, but he adores the fact that you described it as Spidey blue, despite you not currently knowing that he is the masked hero.

You shrug, "Just in case you wanted to match colors. I know that's kinda corny though, forget I said anything."

All Peter can picture is the idea of the two of you matching, clearly a couple, and his heart trips. He can't imagine how beautiful you'll look, but he knows you will be. "No, no, that's a super cute idea. If you send me a picture of the dress, I'll color match it as best I can, but I'm no artist. You've seen my pieces in Art I, yikes."

You laugh and Peter grins, glad that he was able to illicit that reaction. "Okay! Sure, I'll send it to you right now." You scroll through your phone, finding the pictures you took in the mirror over the weekend and pick the best one to send to him. "Aaaaand, sent," you say with a flourish, setting your phone back on the table.

Peter's phone chimes and he almost drops it from how fast he picks it up, the smooth exterior slippery in his hands. The dress is stunning on you. "It-you look beautiful," he says quietly, not really able to talk loud. It's the perfect dress for your shape, hugging you in all the right places but also being modest for a school dance. He notices the color then, "And you're right, it is Spider-Man blue."

You giggle, "Can you believe that the lady who helped me find it knew exactly what color I wanted? I love the dress, I think it's super pretty."

And I love you wearing it, Peter thinks, saving the image to his camera roll. He's definitely going to show it to May as soon as he gets home. Hopefully she can help him find a tie in the right color, who knows, maybe they already have one.

The lunch bell rings, signaling it's time to return to the usual life of classes, and Peter extends an arm out to you after dumping his tray. "May I walk you to history, my date?"

You laugh at his antics, looping your arm in his, "Of course, my date." You enjoy the closeness of him as you make your way through the halls, moving quickly so neither of you are late. All too soon you have to let go of him, returning to the usual hubub of the class.

Peter waves goodbye as you step into the classroom, grinning at how well today has gone. He's on a high now, nothing, and he means nothing is going to get him down. May's going to lose her mind - she's known how long he's liked you and the both of them are probably going to freak out over how to go about your homecoming.

But one thing's for sure, Peter can't wait for homecoming now that he knows he's going with you.

((Part 2))