#to start over?

[whoredmode]

for the prompts, i need dexteros doing a pinky swear

i’ll be waiting patiently 🙏

touching - send me two characters and a prompt for art and possibly some writing

31. doing a pinky swear

I.

Dex’s youngest sister insists that friends have to do it. Anteros laughs as she furrows her little brow; she remains unimpressed with their apparent indifference towards the gesture.

“You have to do it!” She pouts.

“Okay, okay!” Anteros relents, hands up in surrender while Dex rolls his eyes. Anteros is the first to put his pinky up, more easily persuaded by the demands of a seven year old, or perhaps more quick to embrace the saccharinity of schoolyard traditions. Dex matches his stance, failing to hide his embarrassed smile as the two entwine their pinkies.

“You happy now, Bri?” Dex turns to her, exasperated but not unhappy, their fingers still hooked together.

She nods triumphant, giggling like she’s gotten away with something as she runs back to her other brother on the jungle gym.

Dex looks back to Anteros and their eyes meet as they both chuckle in wordless contentment.

Neither wants to be the first to break away.

II.

The longer it went on, the harder it was stay away. Their days had become a cycle, a repetitive blur of working and planning, occasionally punctuated by the outcome of said plans—which usually meant Anteros going off and doing something dangerous. Dex would accompany him at times, but—though he’d never outright admit it to the others no matter how obvious—he preferred to be the tactician for now. As long as he got his due credit, he could live with staying away from the action.

It didn’t matter though, because as the days continued and the nights got longer, the feeling in the pit of Dex’s stomach only grew. He’d started to hate having to watch him leave. He chided himself for knowing just how much they needed each other. He wasn’t immune to the yearnings of his twenties, of just wanting to run away from it all. It was pointless to love someone in circumstances like this.

But when the day was over and they went back to their apartment together and they could hold each other without worry, suddenly everything made sense. He no longer wanted to run away, not without Anteros. When he could feel his caress and taste the smoke on his lips and fall asleep in his arms, it was this he knew he needed. This, this is why he needed to save Stilwater. This, his home. This, his promise to himself.

III.

Dex watches as Anteros argues on the phone outside. It was a trait he’d noticed early on in their relationship: Anteros couldn’t talk on the phone without pacing. He walks in an imperfect circle in the parking lot, hands trying to comb through his hair but getting caught in his curls. He’s stressed, but just as quick as the call began, it ends, and Anteros hurries back to the car.

“So this alderman guy, Hughes? Told me to meet him on his fucking yacht.” Anteros lights his cigarette while Dex rolls down the windows. “And after the stunt we just pulled, I think we’ll get Julius back.”

Dex is half-listening, his mind still catching up with the rest of his body, adrenaline from earlier still overwhelming him. He felt more anchored seeing Anteros appear so collected.

“He wants to meet you now?” Dex asks, more delayed in his response than he would’ve liked. He begins to drive back, silently opting for the scenic route.

“Yeah. In like an hour or two.” Anteros flicks his cigarette out the window. “Hey, let’s go get dinner when I’m done.”

Dex feels an uncharacteristic wave of relief at the suggestion.

“Alright.” Dex smirks. “But don’t be fucking late. I know you like to take schedules as a suggestion.”

Anteros throws his head back and laughs at the remark, but his voice is clear and sincere as he reaches for Dex’s hand and replies: “I promise.”

[visenyaism]

i don’t know about you guys but the main reason i am still on tumblr in 2024 is BECAUSE it is the most cloutless least influential social media app out there and that is the experience i am after. absolutely none of this will ever translate into significant attention or real success in my life and that is so beautiful.

[hansoeii]

the honda odyssey, huh?

[waveoftheocean]

doors exist and someday batman will learn to use them but today is not that day 🙂‍↔️

[moxie-girl]

im so normal abt sibling relationships in media i swear

[a-a-lost-munchkin]

I Can’t Help But Wonder

Odysseus, who just violently and mercilessly murdered 108 or so men, who claims in the next song that he’s no longer a kind or gentle man, actively listens to Telemachus and kindly and gently responds to everything his son’s expressed.

Telemachus asks, “Am I like you? Am I strong like you? Will you embrace me? Will you love and accept me as yours?” He says, “I’ve felt so alone.”

And Odysseus claims him in a heartbeat, answering, “My son. My boy. My sweetest joy I’ve ever known. I embraced you twenty years ago. I’d do the impossible for you. I’d die for you.” He says, “Seeing the men here today, I can only wonder what you’ve been through for twenty years. My son, you’re already strong. You’re my own. You’re not alone. I’m home.”

And then they fucking embrace.

[tazmiilly]

[lotus-pear]

bugs when you lift up a rock

[alfheimr]

hi i remembered i like transformers a normal amount

[sacklumi]

hbd jimmaaaaayyyy

[pakchoys]

there’s poetry and clarinet on that tape, greg

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

[tuometarr]

okay so what actually lives rent free in my head is this line

because like, viktor, girlie pop, what DO YOU MEAN???? this man has KILLED YOU and after THAT you had a homoerotic fight where after you wrapped your legs around him and choked him he rejected you and destroyed your little robot avatar that shed tears about it

and at the peak of your no emotions no free will evolution you are "... pleased to see him" PLEASED?? to?? see?? him??

truly a fatal case of gay yearning

[eggcromancer]

more of sun & y/n being each other's comfort blorbo ( ˘ ᵕ˘(˘ᵕ ˘ )

[stemmmm]

the scene people keep screaming about from chapter 5 of theseus' guide

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au with Zuko and Katara Lee and Huamei

Katara is separated from her friends, and so she's left to travel the earth kingdom on her own. She stumbles across Zuko, who is similarly travelling on his own. They decide that pairing up and travelling together would be best