#u guys are my otp

[b1mbodoll]

JUST GOT HOME AND SAW MY BOYFRIEND (I'M TYPING THIS OUT IN THE CAR ON THE WAY TO DINNER) BUT HE SAYS HE LOVES CALLUM

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thats so sweet aw <3 have fun at dinner n eat well, sweetheart!!!!!

[bertoyana]

#ship so good they (accidentally) gave each other abandonment issues

[astriaels]

some crocos

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

And you know what else I love about MAWS? They didn't do that thing where the main couple finally gets together and then they're immediately forced apart/made to suffer to create Drama. There's no pointless misunderstanding, no jealousy, no petty arguments blown out of proportion. They do reach a breaking point, but in a way that feels natural and sincere (Lois thinking she's not good enough for Clark, Clark thinking he's too alien for Lois) and while they're apart they realize that they were wrong about themselves but also learn to accept the things they resented before. Lois isn't bothered by Clark not being human, she loves him because he's a good person; Clark doesn't think Lois is inferior to him, he sees her passion and courage as extraordinary. And in the end it makes their relationship even stronger I have to stop typing bc there are literal tears in my eyes this show is so good!!!

[waterdeeping]

[i love you. i love you, i love you, i love you.] [and i you. always, always, always.]

[dupasko]

coinpin for coping !!!😝💥😝💥

[velcrodoesstuffsometimes]

I thought you didn't believe in magic?

Villian is always in trouble. Especially with the government, it comes with villainly! What do you want them to do? Not rob a bank? Yeah right, what's the fun in living a normal life?

Although now, villian would much prefer one. Villian believed in a lot of things, like that breaking the law was fine if done morally good. What villian didn't belive in though, was magic.

Yet, here they were. Hoarding and hiding a magical creature in their sage house and once again, in trouble with the government.

"Am I bothering you?" The creature asks, hiding behind the sofa, only being visible by their eyes up.

"Bothering, no." Villian responds dryly, changing the channel on the TV to the news. The creature crawls up and plops itself down next to villian, leaving an awkward gap.

Thos creature is at least a foot smaller than the villian, but at least not as thin as it was a few months ago when villian found them bleeding out after a mission.

"Mmm are you sure? I can't help you out at all and this is the third safe house we've been to." The creature says quietly, voice laced with guilt.

"We are close to my works base, we're hidden, and we're fine." Villian responds dryly again, the creature is always so worried. Although they have all the right to be. It's hard to go outside with shimmering wings. Or wings in general really.

The creature only responds with a small high pitched sound, clearly not believing villian.

The news isn't filled with anything new. The weather, villians evil doing, heros company's good doing, a new creature being spotted- a new creature being spotted?

Villians attention is at it's peak now.

"CCTV cameras reportedly caught a small feathered creature roaming the back alley of a local bar just after villians attack on a government protected building. People wonder is it was just a person playing dress up, a new villian, or an unseen creature that escaped government lock."

Villian peaks at the small creature next to them. The creature stares wide eyed at the TV screen, mouth slightly agape. Villians turns their attention back to the TV and bites their lip.

What are they supposed to do? The creatures been under villians hiding for at least 3 months, but the image that was shown from the CCTV was undoubtedly creature. That footage couldn't have been new, creature doesn't go into the city.

"I'm sorry." The creature says. When villian lookd at them, they aren't looking back. Creatures hands are on their lap, and their eyes are roaming down at the small cat they'd found in the alley way.

"You went out?" Villian asks calmly, masking the slight anger and worry, they don't want to scare the poor thing.

"I-its just- i- well- i-I wanted to go out and-and- i-it was so nice yesterday I just thought that-t-that a small stroll- I didn't mean-" the creature stumbles over words, trying to give out an explanation. Villian nofices their hands are shaking.

"Hey, hey, stop." Villian places their hand on thw creatures shoulder. The creature stops talking but still won't look at villian. Villian decides to shut off the TV.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you go back to the alley?" Villian questions.

There's a small moment of silence, creature obviously being ashamed.

"You weren't here, I just wanted to go out. It was so nice yesterday and I even took the backways, I wore the jacket you had made for me too. I went back to alley to find my book." Creature explains sadly, their voice still lived with guilt.

"What book could be so important that you went back?"

"Book magic, it's easier for me to do ever since I escaped government hold."

Neither person speaks. Villian let's the words sink in, clearly angry that creature had gotten caught trying to get a book. Creature raises their head just enough to look at villian. Dispose the hair covering their eyes, villian could see creatures glossy eyes and their bottom lip shaking.

"I'm sorry.." Creature says, barely above a whisper, if the TV was still on, villian wouldn't even have heard it.

Villian removes their hand from the creatures shoulder and lays back on the couch. They run their fingers through their hair and sigh. What are they supposed to do?

What is creature is lying about the magic? Villian has never seen them do any magic, but they just said that they can only do book magic. Even if creature was lying about the magic, they clearly aren't human, more of a human with several animalistic features. Soft, fluffy, downturn ears aren't quite human. Neither is the long fluffy tail or the wings that are fairly large given creatures size.

None of it is human. So what is villian supposed to do now that creatures been seen on camera? If people speculated that creature was just a weird cosplayer then that would be good. Villian still doesn't believe the magic part, not until they see it themselves. Who knows if creature is gonna go out and not tell villian again?

That's when an idea pops in villians head.

"How about we go see supervillian?"

[everythingwasnormalhere]

guys yall helped me popularize chronic pain kinny can y'all help me popularize redchole now?

[lanshappycorner]

🌸🔔 them

[boxwinebaddie]

THE NEW PINTEREST BOARDS..??!?!? OMGGGG NINAAA UR SPOILING USS

long live ( literally ) sexy ginger lavish lestat de lioncourt vampire king succubus jersey and also very sexy emo tortured haunted manic panic red virgin scary vampire hunter raven doing down horrendous homoerotic music video things in front of everyone <3 xx MWAH ;)

[star-scrambled]

To the multiple tumblr users that have spam liked every single post of mine that even OFFHANDEDLY mentions kwazini.....I see you. I know what you are doing. And I understand. We’re in this together 🙏💖 keep liking and reblogging as much as you please

[squidkidnerd]

ngl it feels like everyone abandoned the ship and it’s so sad 😭😭😭

[bertoyana]

You've never looked more beautiful, darling.

X-Men: First Class (2011) Dir. Matthew Vaughn

[talesofwilsper]

Happy new year everyone! 💙❤️

Let's hope that this year would a kind & forgiving year for all of us~

They're visiting the shrine together on New Year's Eve, hence...

🛐✨IT'S A SHRINE DATE GUYS✨🛐

[fountainpenguin]

"Wherever you are, whenever it's right, you'll come out of nowhere and into my life..."

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New Factor It In chapter today!

Chapter 5 - “Vinculum”

Read on FFN || Read on AO3

Start from Chapter 1

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It's foster family drop-off time for Rex (AKA Kid Math). Miah does her best to welcome him into the Pirakell home. That means introducing him to her sugar glider, discussing the crushing reality of being a burden to your absent parents, touring his new room, and dairy-free cupcakes! Huh. This is... not like life on Hexagon at all...

(First 1,000 words under the cut)

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Vinculum

.:: January 3rd - Saturday - 6:16 pm ::.

“Whatever you do, do it devotedly, for in hesitation, you’ll find only weakness.”

(Ancient Hexagon proverb)

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Psst! Look for the words sensory and hesitate

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It’s a mild January evening outside the home of Miah and Milo Pirakell. Unfortunately for Rex Pemdas (AKA Kid Math), he’s arrived just too late to see the sunset…

The boy hesitates when Clarissa pulls open the rear door of her car. Miah can see that even from her hidden place behind the window blinds. He bites his bottom lip. “Milo,” she whispers, just loud enough for him to hear her from the kitchen. Her husband’s head pokes around the edge of the wall, ponytail dangling past his shoulder. Miah motions towards him with one hand. “He’s here.”

“Right. Uhh… Who’s here, again?”

“Our new foster placement. The 8-year-old boy. We set up the guest room today.” She manages to hold back an eye roll, even in jest. Milo can be spacy from time to time, but Miah has full trust in his ability to offer a safe, comforting home to a foster kid. Milo is a stay-at-home dad to their 3-year-old sugar glider, Misty. He does accounting work, and when foster children stay with them, he runs them to all their appointments. They split most of the chores 50-50, trying to keep their marriage an even partnership (Milo always anxious he’ll come across as sexist by asking her to handle more, Miah constantly fretting that she’s accidentally implied his remote job is any less important than what she does at the hospital).

Milo’s eyes widen like flying saucers. He looks like a lost, goofy puppy peering around the corner, and her oozing heart falls for him all over again. The two of them click like magnets. Always have. Milo is easily overwhelmed by the amount of information pinging his mind on a daily basis, so he leans on her steady form and analytical mind. Meanwhile, running 12-hour shifts as a nurse and midwife three days a week leaves her bitter and drained, so she needs to circle home in the evenings and find his loving arms and kindly soul. They’re a mismatch. He completes her. And he’s adorable, and she wouldn’t have him any other way.

“Oh!” he yelps. “The new foster placement! Right, right.” Milo scrambles from the kitchen so fast, he almost looks like he’s down on all fours. The open halves of his green sweatshirt flap behind him. He brushes his hands down his front. He doesn't leave a chocolate stain even though he was frosting cupcakes. Maybe he just has sweaty palms, not crumbs or icing on his fingertips. “H-he’s out there right now?”

“Yes.” Miah plays her nails very, very carefully against the blinds. She can only see the boy and Clarissa when she presses her forehead right up against the window, and if he looks up and locks eyes with her, he’ll probably think she’s a total stalker. The easiest thing to do is “pretend to be normal” as much as she can. Miah is an expert at passing through life as though she’s insignificant. Ha! She’s ‘Little Miss MIA.’ She sort of prides herself on how few people know her name.

Okay. Back straight. Friendly smile. Not too over-the-top. Is this okay? She checks her reflection over, tongue in her cheek. Chestnut brown hair dangles past her shoulders. She picked out hoop earrings the size of her fists today. Occasionally they snag, but her sugar glider likes to bat at them. It’s sort of her thing. A pink rayon shirt, black jacket thrown on top. Miah tugs the hem down. Quick breath in. Little hop on her toes. She’s totally ready. She watches through the blinds as Clarissa says a few words to the kid, who nods and holds his over-the-shoulder duffel bag more tightly to his side. A star-patterned backpack dangles from his hand.

So this is Rex…

Miah hadn't known exactly what to expect. Rex looks like he survives off veggie platters, dirt bike rides, and pixie dust. It's too dark to get a perfect look at him, but that feels right. He's both rugged and geeky, if it's okay to say that about your foster kid. There's intelligence in those squinting eyes. He adjusts his square glasses frames with all the poise of a kid who knows exactly what he's looking for. He wears a frumpy red hoodie, halfway unzipped to show a hint of blue shirt underneath. There's some kind of white logo printed on the blue, though she can't see what it is from here. Maybe a skull? Or a fish?

He's African American. At least, that's her tentative understanding. Clarissa relayed a few details after she and Milo confirmed they wanted to learn more about the placement. The state hasn't been able to track down any information about his family. Apparently Rex had denied his consent in the DNA test the state had pushed for, which frustrated several of the adults involved, but… Miah can see where he's coming from. Her mom passed away unexpectedly when she was only 13. Though she never knew her father, she'd been so shaken up by the whole "ending up in foster care" thing herself that she hadn't wanted the test either. The thought of getting answers to those lifelong questions completely burned her out.

Case in point: What if her father wanted nothing to do with her, or had remarried and started a new family and didn’t want her, or what if he lived outside the country, or had passed on like her mother had? Every option stung. Then it simmered. Then it burned. That small, twinkling hope that he might welcome her with open arms all too easily drowned beneath her anxiety. Year after year, she still opted not to know.

Rex won’t be the first African American child to stay with them. Although neither she nor Milo share that cultural background, Miah's arranged three small Kwanzaa celebrations throughout a decade of being a foster mom. According to Clarissa, Rex’s past two weeks (or at least a week and a half) have been inside the group home. That can’t have been a fun holiday. 

Just the thought of him ending up there prickles at her skin. Group homes are tightly structured, and if you’re only 8 years old and unfamiliar with the outside world, then sharing your space with several other loud children is probably the most scary thing that can happen to you. Miah can’t stand the thought of Rex spending some of his first weeks away from an abusive home in a dreary place like that… even though it probably was necessary when the state couldn’t even figure out where he had come from or why he didn’t exist in the government’s eyes. But it breaks her heart. Not a single family could take in an emergency placement over the holidays? 

I’d have done it in a heartbeat.

Well. Maybe. But Milo’s messy past, freckled with supervillains who used to use his dad’s home as a meeting ground when he and his brothers were young, leaves him unsteady on his feet once supernatural abilities come into play. This is his home too. Honestly, Miah’s a bit overwhelmed herself… by the fact that he said yes. Milo’s stayed faithful and hardworking even when some of their past placements showed small powers, like talking to birds or adjusting light levels, but flight will be new to them. Especially if Rex decides he doesn’t want to talk about it.

This should be interesting.

[Cnt'd on FFN / AO3 - Links at top]

[thelovelybitten]

stendy lovebots !!!! the Decked the Halls re-write of chapter two goes up tonight, followed by chapter three on wednesday. I'm officially on winter break, so besides working, all of my time will be going into writing this, among other drafts and future ff's.

Time of drop tonight will be late as I'm working, but before midnight for sure. :)

Time tomorrow is the same. :) 8PM MST.