#took like less than 15 minutes

[shiniestcrow]

"So, Sage," Astarion says, emphasising their name in a way that almost screams mischief, "I hate to pry but I am terribly curious."

Sage snorts. "You only hate other people prying into your business not the other way around."

Astarion shrugs, unrepentant. "Fair enough. So, tell me, darling, did your parents actually give you that name or did you pick it out yourself?"

Oh. Sage looks up. Everyone else is now also paying attention. Oh, this will be fun. For them. Not for the others. Because that's what you get for prying.

They shrug. "Neither. I dunno what my parents named me. A girl at the... "orphanage" I stayed at for a while gave me my name." They stand up, stretching their arms over their head. Making it obvious that they're tired and about to go to sleep. "Her ma used to burn sage to make herself feel better. The owner of the place had a similar habit."

They turn away before their words fully sink in. They don't need to see the others' faces.

"Aw, that's-" Karlach starts. Stops. "Hold on. Do you mean..."

Sage starts walking towards their bedroll.

"What the fuck?!"

"Goodnight," Sage calls over their shoulder. No need to hide their grim smile when no one can see it. They can feel it pulling at the burn scar stretching across their face.

[hinamie]

- wip -

talk shit get hit itfs panel redraw fr the soul

[averlym]

ghost story premiere day! check @melliotwrites for more info

[timeisacephalopod]

This winter (the season not the me) has been unseasonably and terrifyingly warm, like it's 10 degrees (Celsius sorry Americans) out today and I'm reminded of an article I read in the news a couple years ago about how Canada was baking at twice the rate as the rest of the world and go 👁️👄👁️. In my youth snow where I live would be probably a foot high in the lowest snow areas of snow drifts and up to my waist (in adult height) in the high parts, and every year I see less and less snow ☠️☠️☠️

On one hand despite my namesake I actually loathe the season winter, I'm extremely sensitive to the cold and getting brain freeze because the wind is blowing against the direction you're walking in sucks booty hole. But like NO snow is extremely bad. VERY bad. Do not like living out the consequences of climate change because uh. Canada just does not seem to have winters like it used to and hasn't in years. It's like watching all the corn crops stop growing like they used to because the summers are so much dryer and hotter with the exception of last summer, which was almost wet enough to kill the corn with that. But they survived and grew bushy like they used to and it was kind of terrifying to acknowledge I hadn't seen a crop that good in years.

[extervus]

Okay that was the fastest and least complicated filling I've ever had maybe I should start driving four and a half hours for fillings lmao

[minotaurfemme]

god prog starts kicking in so fucking fast when boofed

[quicktimeeventfull]

i love getting older bc like. i just got an aeropress. i used to have to go to a rave or like win an award to get this level of joy. i just made expresso in like one second and it took me less than a minute to clean. do u understand. the grounds pop right out. i put like half a cup of milk and sugar in and it tastes like a dream my life is changed forever.

[ternaryflower53]

you know, i truly do not understand why people go "i thought this would be easier than it is!!" during contact lens trainings

you are literally trying to hold your eyelids super wide open to poke your eye. also you're not wearing your glasses as you do it so you probably can't see. why would this be easy

[diari0deglierrori]

Receiving a little dose of sweet message from no one but your conseiller clientèle will do the job for today

[bi-panic-at-the-disco]

shotgunning a tube of strawberry mentos right now

[atypi-cals]

one fucked up thing about me is that most things I ingest don't work horribly well on me? the exception is things I can drink, like booze. but like. weed edibles barely do a thing to me. mushrooms do a bit but I cant get properly high on them. one time I was in a lot of pain and someone gave me a perc and it I genuinely think an ibuprofen would have been as effective.

[exopelagic]

ohhhh my supervisor is so sick of me

[arolesbianism]

You guys know not of the catastrophic squid sisters brainrot going on in my head rn

[jmin]

every day I spend with my nieces is a day to reinforce my desire of never having kids of my own amen

[louisdotmp3]

i love that poll the americans are like what the hell are you talking about i can drive for days and the non americans are like what the hell are you talking about if the drive is less than 30 mins i'll walk

[cherrygirlfriend]

sisterly responsibilities pairing: reader x sistersfiancé!rafe synopsis: reader brings her sister home after a night out and meets her fiancé warnings: nothing really, just some less-than-pure thoughts - wc: 1k this is the third day of my birthday celebration! this is basically just an introduction to this reader that i have future fics planned for!! only two days until my birthday,,, wack!!

your sister was picture-perfect; almost out of law school with a job already aligned, a rich, hot fiancé, gorgeous house paid by your parents as a present for getting into law school... not to mention how flawless she was, her closet filled with designer brands provided by her fiancé.

so, it took you by surprise when she called you at midnight on a friday evening while you were finishing up an essay; you two were the furthest thing from close and the last time she called you was a 15-second call to wish you a happy birthday, and if you knew what you'd end up having to do, you would've just ignored her call and let it go to voicemail.

your sister was currently asleep in the passenger seat of your car, her heels somewhere in the passenger seat where she'd drunkenly thrown them, her makeup smudged and her dress askew, jenny having mumbled something about being out with coworkers before she passed out. why she had called you to pick her up and not her fiancé was a complete mystery to you.

when you pulled up in front of her home, you tried shaking her awake, yet, just like when you were younger and her alarm clock blared through the walls, she didn't even stir. letting out a groan, you unbuckled your seatbelt, getting out of your car and making the short walk to her front door, ringing the doorbell, and when you didn't get an answer, you started knocking/borderline pounding on the door impatiently.

after a while, the door swung open, who you immediately recognized as rafe, jenny's fiancé. you'd never met him, but you'd seen plenty of pictures of him on her instagram, and even though even those made you question how the hell your sister managed to land a guy like that, they didn't do justice to the actual man; he hadn’t put on a shirt, a pair of sweatpants hanging dangerously low on his hips, a slight outline of a bulge visible, the man wiping at his eyes.

you shook the filthy thoughts he'd caused out of your head when you realized he had opened his mouth, about to speak, cutting the man off before he could. "i'm jenny's sister." you explained, "she called me to pick her up, and she's currently passed out in my car." you said with a tight smile.

"oh. oh, shit." the man's eyes widened slightly, and he slipped a pair of slippers into his feet, and the two of you made your way back to your car, and the only thing that could be heard between the two of you was the gravel under your feet, both clearly not knowing how to deal with the situation.

you opened the passenger seat of your car, your lips pursed as you watched jenny's fiancé pick up the sleeping woman bridal-style, letting out a small sigh, "you wanna come in for a minute?" he asked, a similar tight-lipped smile on his face that was on yours. "there's some coffee left if you want."

chewing on your lower lip, you thought about his offer for a moment; you didn't really feel like being alone with your sister's fiancé; if he was anything like your sister, you'd rather spend an evening hanging out with a wall, but by the drooping of your eyes and the yawn you were trying to hold back, you could tell that driving in your current state wouldn't be a good idea.

"sure. coffee sounds good."

rafe led you inside, pointing out the kitchen, mumbling that he would take your sister to bed. you looked around as you made your way around the house and towards the kitchen, and you noticed one thing; it matched your sister's personality to a t.

it was a sleek, modern house, and you were sure that there wasn't a single dust bunny in the whole building. most of the furniture was black or white, and the only pictures were of her and her fiancé, or of her and your parents; almost as if she were an only child.

you poured yourself a cup of coffee as you looked around the kitchen, just as spotless as the rest of the house, but you were soon pulled out of your reverie by approaching footsteps, so you hid your lips behind the cup of coffee, taking a large gulp as you saw jenny's fiancé round the corner, his muscular chest now unfortunately covered.

"thanks for bringing her." he said with a nod, the tight-lipped smile still present on his lips.

"yeah, sure." you cleared your throat, lowering the cup. "can i ask you something?"

"go ahead."

"why didn't she just ask you to pick her up?" you asked, and by the deer-in-headlights look on his face, you could tell that rafe didn't want to talk about it, causing you to backtrack, "you don't have to tell me. i just don't get why she'd ask me."

"no, it's fine." rafe shook his head, clearly trying to find the right words, "we just had a fight earlier today, and she stormed out. i thought she'd go and stay over with one of her friends, or even your folks, but i guess not."

you nodded, drinking some of the coffee.

"what, you're not curious as to what we fought about?" he said, a bit of amusement evident in his voice.

"oh, no." you almost laughed, shaking your head, "the day i get curious about jenny's life is the day hell freezes over."

"i thought you two were close?"

"no, pretty much the opposite. this is the first time i've seen her in months ." you responded, finishing your cup of coffee and placing the empty cup onto the counter, almost desperate to get out of the situation, "thanks for the coffee, but i gotta get going. i have a deadline for an essay tomorrow."

"let me walk you out." rafe said, and before you could protest, his hand was on your lower back, causing shivers to run down your spine as he was leading you to the front door, and you were grateful that you'd decided to put on a sweatshirt so that he couldn't see the goosebumps that were now all over your arms.

but as soon as you two arrived at the door, rafe's hand left your back, and the butterflies that had started fluttering in your stomach disappeared just as fast. you opened the door before turning to him with a small smile on your face, "thanks for the coffee. take care."

"get home s-"

before rafe could even finish what he was saying, you were out of the door, pulling it closed behind you. you looked up at the star-dotted night sky, letting out a sigh of exasperation at the thoughts you'd had only moments before about a man you definitely shouldn't be having them about. "i'm out of my mind. i need to get laid."