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[siconetribal]

Beyond the Bookshelves (7)

Pairing: Loki x Reader

Warnings: Time to clean up the mess!

Summary: You’re a Resource Management Specialist at S.H.I.E.L.D. normally referred to as “The Librarian”. You’ve been assigned the nightmarish task of digitizing all the physical resources currently owned by the agency, with a few new computers and one extra helper.

A/N:

Thanks for patiently waiting! I had a safe and easy flight, but the jet lag was a real troublemaker. But now I’m back, less brain foggy and ready to type. Without further ado, here is the next part!

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The lovely banners used in this fic are from @cafekitsune.

If you’re new to the story, please check out the master post for the rest of the chapters.

As much as it pained Loki to admit it, Thor was correct. He needed to clear the air so that he may resume his attendance to the one solace he had in the entirety of the compound outside his own quarters. The next day, the younger prince walked towards the library once more. He paused at the doors, raising a fist to knock but failed to make contact with the wood. 

There’s no promise that she would read my email. What exactly would I type? I was unable to attend because of extended training? This is something that can easily be said in person and I won’t have to deal with that silly computer and all the unnecessary security keys and checks! He reaffirmed his choice, tugging at the lapels of his black suit coat and adjusting the length of his shirt cuffs. Technology was marvelous, but it was a hassle to deal with when trying to access something as simple as his emails.

Clearing his throat and straightening himself up, he focused his attention back onto the door and gave three quick knocks.

“Loki, the second prince of Asgard and Avenger, is forbidden from entering the library until cleared by Director Y/LN, the Librarian. You are unable to access this portion of the facility until further notice.” The computer voice warned him, as he expected.

“Yes, I am quite aware of that. I wish to speak with the Librarian about this matter.”

“You are unauthorized to enter.”

“I understand that she has put that ridiculous restriction in, but I am here to discuss that matter with her. I’m not entering for my leisure.”

“You are still unauthorized to enter.”

“As I said, I understand. I am not here for reading, I am here to meet with the Librarian. How else do you expect me to clarify this misunderstanding without talking to her?” There was a little edge of annoyance in his tone, but the prince kept his cool. The computer was not going to understand or aid him in this matter. It was merely a messenger between the two of them.

“Would you like to set up an appointment with the Librarian?”

“Yes, fine, I would like to set up an appointment!”

“A request for an appointment has been sent to Director YL/N. Please check your email for a response. Will that be all?”

“Very well,” he let out a heavy sigh and waved a hand in a dismissively, not that there was a person there to dismiss. Feeling foolish yet again for speaking to nothing, he turned and walked down the hallway towards the first meeting of his day. 

It took some time, but the agents had gotten the new plan detailed and submitted for approval. Pruyn’s irritation was Loki’s pleasure. The meeting went smoothly, the plan that Loki suggested was the one to get unanimous approval from the directors, and the agents who argued against her were scolded to not waste time and get the mission properly planned and initiated. Loki was to play the part of a wealthy individual who had some questionable sources of income and gifts that needed laundering, and Natasha would be his most trusted personal assistant that handled his comings and goings.

“Loki will play the role of Mr. Walker and Natasha will play the role of his personal assistant, Jen. The profiles we’ve created have been shared with everyone. Please review them before our next meeting to discuss anything that may need to be adjusted or clarified.” Agent Pruyn tapped the button on the remote in his hand to change to the next slide. “There is a small charity ball next month, one that our target frequents. We’ve already started leaving hints and clues that there is a new person on the scene, and have made him someone of great interest to invite. We are expecting an invitation in the coming weeks. No one has really seen Mr. Walker, which will generate more intrigue.”

“I will make my first contact with our target at this gala then. A simple greeting should suffice. A relationship will strike up naturally if we meet frequently in gatherings such as this.” Loki picked up the flash drive that was provided to each of them that contained the files of this mission.

“I’ll get friendly with his secretaries and get the necessary gossip going. I can feed them something that could be considered interesting, and they’ll relay it to the target for us.” Natasha added. “If we play our cards right, this mission could be easy enough, but we need to be careful.”

“We must exercise the greatest caution. He is not someone to ignore even the slightest of suspicion. We need to keep him completely unaware. If he is suspicious, we need to give him a reason that would dispel it as something expected of someone like him.” Loki nodded his head, Agent Pruyn clenched his teeth and took a deep breath.

“Yes, we will keep that in mind. As of now, this is all the information we have to discuss. Please review all the information in the files so we can go into detail in our next meeting, which will be scheduled in accordance to your schedules.”

“Sounds good to me,” Clint lightly tapped the butt of his flash drive on the table and stood up. Raising his hand that held it for all to see, he nodded his head and left first. Everyone else filed out after him, though they waited until Loki was out to avoid him. Their avoidance stung, but it was not surprising, and it no longer hurt him. He was used to such behaviors and found it more of a nuisance than anything else.

It has been two whole days and no response to my inquiry yet? She must be purposely ignoring me and has the computer system making a fool of me! Loki slammed his fist onto the table, startling the surrounding staff. They quickly shuffled away, muttering their concerns as he seethed in silence. If looks could kill, the table he sat at would have disintegrated a good ten times over

“What’s got Houdini’s undies all twisted up?” Tony turned around in his seat to look at the hunched over back of the second prince.

“Beats me, he was fine during our meeting a couple of days ago and did good in today’s training.” Clint shrugged his shoulders, glancing over his shoulder at the newest Avenger. He understood the effects of the Mind Stone and how it warped and tormented Loki, but he still found it all to be a tad too convenient. There had to be some level of self in all that happened, but Clint also knew they worked in things that made no sense at all and was trying his best to give him benefit of the doubt. He concluded that if this mission was a success, then he would absolve Loki of his sins in his mind. It would be easy to catch him lying or not putting in the proper effort, which would mean he was only using the Mind Stone as an excuse.

“My brother? It’s nothing, he’s merely upset that the Librarian has refused to meet with him.” Thor took a bite of his sandwich, undisturbed by his brother’s ire.

“The Librarian? What’d he do to get on her bad side? I didn’t even know she had one!” Tony’s eyebrows shot upwards as he looked between the two princes. “That’s something I didn’t think was possible.”

“It’s a small misunderstanding. She requested assistance from us on a task given to her by Fury. We agreed to help when we can, and he was supposed to meet with to create a plan of how to complete it. We had that lengthy training session that day, and he ended up missing the meeting and also had no real means of informing her of this.”

“So she got angry, why? If he just explained to her, I don’t see why she’d get angry. Y/N isn’t that irrational.” Clint frowned.

“See, that’s the issue there, he never explained it to her because he forgot he made such a promise. When he finally got around to going to the library, he continued on as usual with disregard to her and his word. That is what led to the predicament he is in now.”

“So why doesn’t he just go talk to her?”

“He’s tried, she won’t see him.” Thor shrugged, taking another bite of his food.

“Hold up, you want us to believe that our sweet innocent Librarian is holding on to such a petty grudge to this extreme? The math doesn’t add. Something’s missing, I’m calling bullshit.” Tony stood from his seat and walked over to Loki who wanted to simply disappear, but he knew he would have to deal with Steve if he did and there was no library to hideaway in. “What’s really going on between you and Y/N?”

“As my brother just told you, simply that. Prior to our first official encounter, she and I barely conversed. I would go into the library, read, rent a book, return it, and repeat the cycle with minimal to no conversation. I did not recall making a promise to her, and she was upset with me. Likewise, I find it highly unreasonable of her to be avoiding me so intensely that I cannot even get the chance to explain that it was a simple lapse of the mind.” He forced himself to keep an even tone. The last thing he needed was to have them meddle in this matter. “Two days ago I requested a meeting with her through your precious computer voice, and it told me to keep watch of my emails. There has been no response.”

“No response of what?” Steve’s voice cut into the conversation as he took a seat by Tony, who sat across from Loki. The other two Avengers joined them, informing Steve about Loki’s troubles. Thor and Clint each took a seat on either side of the raven haired prince, who expression only grew more sour at the unwanted company and attention to his problem.

This is none of their concern! Do they have nothing else to do aside from giving me a headache? He pinched the bridge of his nose and squeezed his eyes shut.

“Well, I’m not surprised she’s not answering. She’s not here right now anyway.” Loki’s eyes snapped wide open, and he leaned in closer to Steve.

“What did you say?”

“That she’s not here? Yeah, Y/N left to set up the new computers and do system training with the other library staff. I’d say she’s been gone for almost two weeks now? If all is going well, she should be back by the end of the week. That’s what she told me, anyway.” The famous captain shrugged and picked up his utensils to start eating. “I can’t say if it’s going smoothly or not, but until she’s back, you’re just going to have to wait.” 

That woman is not even here, and I’ve been running around trying to get into that blasted room, but that computer and that damned order have been thwarting my each attempt?! And the audacity to simply leave, without a word to me?! The anger burned hotter in the first giant. “Well, isn’t that something interesting to learn. Thank you, Captain, you truly are the most helpful.” He gave a cordial smile to mask the rage.

“She may not have seen the appointment request until she gets back, maybe you should text her?”

“Neither of us have her number,” Thor spoke up again. “He asked me for it and I suggested he email her, but that would be lost under all the others she has yet to see at this point.”

“I have it,” Steve pulled out his phone and with a few taps had the contact information shared with Loki and Thor. Loki felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and frowned.

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[lieutenantfloyd]

Lieutenantfloyd's Masterlist

So, it's finally time for me to an accessible on both mobile and desktop. I know many people (myself included) prefer to read on mobile devices, so this will allow that to be done a whole lot easier. This will replace my old mobile masterlists, but my regular (desktop) masterlists will remain up and be as i post.

Because Tumblr has an embedded link limit, This masterlist only includes my posts for Top Gun, Dune, Tom Cruise, Call of Duty, Elvis Presley, Outer Range, Masters of the Air, and Marvel. My posts for other fandoms can be found here.

If a link is broken or I've missed something, please let me know!

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Top Gun

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw

Fics:

The Double Proposal

Family relations

Headcanons:

SFW alphabet

Slow dancing with rooster would include

Sleep headcanons

Tickling headcanons

Robert 'Bob' Floyd

Fics:

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Beer

Darling You Send Me, Honest You Do

Halloween imagine

Headcanons:

SFW alphabet

domestic life as bobs pretty little housewife would include

Misc Bob headcanons

Moodboards:

Christmas with Bob

Springtime with Bob

Jake 'Hangman' Seresin

Fics:

Dancing In The Dark, Alight by Fire

Halloween Imagine

Homegrown

Headcanons:

misc Hangman headcanons

SFW alphabet

Moodboards:

Soft! aesthetic

New Years Eve

Small town romance

Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson

Fics:

Everything, Everything, and the Search for Reclamation

Hold Me, Flatter me

Halloween imagine

Wintering together + falling in love (original ask/prompt)

Rainbow Cereal and Morning Confessions

Headcanons:

misc Cyclone headcanons

Dad! Cyclone (+ Wife! reader) headcanons

SFW alphabet

NSFW alphabet *18+ Only*

dating an autistic!Reader would include

Helping you avoid a meltdown

Dating headcanons

Childhood headcanons

Moodboards:

Wintering together

Pumpkin patch

Pete “Maverick’ Mitchell

Fics:

A Bad Day for Love (But a Good Day for Flower Shops)

Halloween imagine

Headcanons:

SFW alphabet

NSFW alphabet *18+ Only*

Moodboards:

Christmas with Mav

Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

Headcanons:

Phoenix as your girlfriend

Moodboards:

Vacationing together

Springtime with Phoenix

Mickey 'fanboy' Garcia

Headcanons:

Fanboy as your S/O

Javy 'Coyote' Machado

Headcanons:

SFW alphabet

Moodboards:

Domestic life

Ron 'Slider' Kerner

Fics:

Rebel Yell *18+ Only*

Headcanons:

sfw alphabet

Tom "Iceman" Kazansky

Headcanons:

Dating headcanons

Series

When Duty Calls - Cyclone x reader

The Little Things - Dagger Squad + Cyclone x reader [complete]

Playlists:

*Shoulder Shimmy* - Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Love Notes and Vinyl - Robert “Bob” Floyd

Red Hot Blooded American - Jake “Hangman” Seresin

Rebel Without a Cause - Pete “Maverick” Mitchell

Heatwave - Ron “Slider” Kerner

Strawberry Wine - Leonard “Wolfman” Wolfe

Summer at Fightertown USA

General Headcanons + Moodboards:

Top Gun characters as (non alcoholic) drinks

Where I think Top Gun characters grew up

Music Top Gun characters would listen to

The Dagger squad plays laser tag

Rooster and Cyclone's kids' being best friends - AU

What i think Top Gun characters order at a coffee shop

Top Gun: Maverick as chaotic romantic texts

Summer with the Dagger Squad (Moodboard)

Other:

Departure - icemav

Incorrect quotes

DUNE

Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen

Fics:

Creature *18+ Only*

Crawl *sequel to Creature*

Headcanons:

Competing for your affection (Feyd-Rautha & Rabban x reader)

Gurney Halleck

Fics:

Narrow Honor

Stilgar

Fics:

Nectar *18+ Only*

Headcanons:

Jealous headcanons

Glossu Rabban

Headcanons:

Competing for your affection (Feyd-Rautha & Rabban x reader)

Other

Preferences:

How they react to you suddenly kissing them

How they react to your arranged marriage

Deadpool (Movieverse)

Gambit

Fics:

My Red Thread

Southern Gothic! Gambit (Drabble)

Deadpool

Fics:

Pizza Hut and Silent Observation (Also Known as Stalking)

Moodboards:

Dating him

Wolverine

Moodboards:

Dating him

Other

Preferences/headcanons:

How they react when you’re on your period

Tom Cruise

Fics:

In Demand - Tom Cruise x reader x Jon Hamm

Moodboards:

Being an F1 driver and dating him

Elvis Presley

Fics:

Casting Spells

Headcanons:

SFW relationship headcanons

NSFW alphabet *18+ Only*

Outer Range

Royal Abbott

Fics:

Something Domestic

Masters of the Air

Robert "Rosie" Rosenthal

Fics:

Love is a mystery

[elektroskopik]

Headline title: "Doxxing truck arrives at Yale"

I'm sorry, but what the fuck.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, a “doxxing truck” with a three-sided digital billboard made its way to Yale’s campus, displaying the photos and names of Yale students under a banner reading “Yale’s Leading Antisemites.” The truck appeared on campus as early as 11:55 a.m. outside Atticus Bookstore Cafe on Chapel Street and was last seen around 3:50 p.m. on Broadway.

The truck, which is sponsored by the conservative group Accuracy in Media, is a part of the group’s “Campus Accountability Campaign.” At least six students’ names and faces were displayed on the billboards in an effort to dox — a public shaming tactic by which an unauthorized individual spreads someone else’s personal information.

The appearance of the doxxing truck comes amid increasing student safety concerns and social tensions at college campuses across the country due to the Israel-Hamas war.

“I am a Navajo and Jewish woman who is committed to liberation for all people, including my own communities,” a graduate student who appeared on the truck wrote to the News, on the condition of anonymity due to personal safety concerns. “I am proud to be Jewish, just as I am proud to be Navajo. It is deeply unsettling and violent that Jewish students are being doxxed and called antisemitic.”

[...]

[saint-starflicker]

I only joined the fandom tags last month so somebody else or several somebody elses must have already noticed and posted about this movie detail

but

I'm rewatching DPS and have only just now noticed how in the procession at the beginning

Cameron holds up the Tradition banner

Knox holds up the Honor banner

Dalton holds up the Discipline banner

Neil holds up the Excellence banner

...and unless I got the unrelated twins of Knox and Dalton swapped again, those banners are precisely their personal issues in the movie. Cameron tells the more fogey-aligned faculty about the unauthorized extracurricular club, thereby upholding the restrictions of Tradition while also breaking the tradition of there having been a secret unauthorized extracurricular before. Knox must have broken some of The Bro Code and several significant personal boundaries in pursuit of his infatuation, so Honor is his issue. Charlie Dalton and Discipline issues, enough said. Neil Perry and his father pushing him towards Excellence even though Neil loves theater and knows that he is good at acting, really good at it, he's excellent even...

(I can't think of what the bagpipes represent right now but maybe I can make something up about it later, may the spirit of Goncharov analysis so help me.)

[noneedtoamputate]

Every Beautiful Thing New Year's Eve Outtake

A while back, I read a thread on Twitter where Burr Snith's daughter commented that her day, Tony Garcia, Pat Christenson, and Chuck Grant all got together regularly as they lived near San Francisco. I though this could be a fun set-up for New Year's. Warning: This outtake is complete fluff.

I joined Tumblr and the BoB fandom this year, and all of you made it a great one. Here's to a happy 2024!

New Year's Eve, 1951

The hotel ballroom looked festive as Chuck and Ellen were escorted to their table, the first couple of their party to arrive. The room buzzed with happy revelers and the band warming up, a “Happy New Year 1952” banner above them. 

Chuck put his arm around Ellen, enjoying how the cut of her dress exposed her shoulders and upper back for him to see and touch.

Ellen hadn’t met this group of Chuck’s friends yet, the Easy Company veterans who lived near San Francisco. Chuck met up with Pat Christenson once a month, for drinks and a laugh. Burr Smith and Tony Garcia weren't in his platoon, so he wasn't as close with them, but Ellen knew he looked forward to catching up with them tonight. 

“Are you sure we shouldn't have invited Joe and Miriam?” Ellen asked. Joe was Chuck’s best friend, and Miriam was quickly becoming one of hers. Joe knew the whole group coming out tonight; she couldn't understand why Chuck wouldn't extend an invitation.

“No,” he said, firmer than he meant, and sighed. Of course Ellen didn't understand. How could she? 

“It's just everyone who went through it deals with it in their own way. And Joe's way is to just get on with things. He doesn't want to get together with the guys.” It didn't feel like an articulate answer, but Chuck hoped Ellen would understand nonetheless.

“But he sees you,” Ellen quietly pointed out. 

And this was true. But what Ellen didn't know was that Chuck and Joe never talked about the war, the way the four of them would tonight. Joe and Chuck talked baseball, work, the weather. Sometimes they didn't talk, just smoked and enjoyed the quiet. 

Quiet after places like Normandy and Bastogne and Haguenau was a gift to be savored. 

“Can't help it that he finds me irresistible,” he replied, making a quip instead of trying to explain his best friend. Ellen rolled her eyes, Chuck's intended reaction accomplished.

Just then, Chuck saw his three friends come into view. There were handshakes and pats on the back and introductions made.

“So where are your wives, or did they finally have the good sense to run off?” Chuck asked.

“They're freshening up,” Tony answered. 

They're talking about me, Ellen thought. She knew what happened in ladies’ rooms.

The men started catching up, but Chuck interrupted Burr when he saw Pat take a sip of water.

“Anyone give you permission to drink?” 

“Fuck you, Chuck,” Pat said, and the three other men burst into laughter. 

“This is why you haven't met Pat until tonight. He doesn't know how to behave in mixed company,” Chuck explained to Ellen.

“Sorry,” Pat said, looking her direction, and she waved him off. He turned back to the others. “Can't believe you all find it so funny after all these years. And you,” Pat said, pointing at Tony, “You weren't even there.”

“I've heard the story so many times, it feels like I was,” Tony said.

Chuck recalled the tale about a long hike during basic training. Pat took unauthorized sips of water and had to march the entire route again. Tony wasn't there because he was a replacement, a paratrooper who didn't join the company until after D-Day. 

Ellen felt like a fifth wheel, forcing them to stop and explain things to her. Eventually the other women finally showed up at the table. Ellen had committed their names to memory: Jane Smith, Nancy Garcia, and Mary Jo Christenson, whose due date looked eminent.

Drinks arrived and the conversation flowed easily. The women asked Ellen questions about her job and interests and talked about their husbands, their children, the holidays, how Mary Jo was holding up. 

During supper, Ellen heard names she didn't recognize: Martin, Randleman, Heffron, Toye, and Guarnere. From what Ellen could make out, the last two had been badly injured. 

“You look a little lost,” Jane said to Ellen. “It took me a while to keep all the guys straight. It gets better …” she trailed off. She looked down, realizing she shouldn't have said what came out of her mouth. 

“Gets better?” Ellen repeated.

“Um,” started Jane, not knowing how to start. “There are company reunions every year. Maybe … “

Once again, she didn't finish her thought.

Maybe I’ll go to one, if Chuck and I get married. Ellen understood what Jane tried to say. 

Ellen gave her smile, trying to make her feel better. She knew Jane didn't mean anything malicious in her words. 

No one could flag down a waiter after the meal, so the guys went up to the bar to order drinks. A few minutes later, Ellen noticed three pairs of eyes staring at her, and Mary Jo nudging Nancy with her elbow. 

“We were just wondering if Chuck is a good …  if he’s …”

Ellen laughed to herself. These three married women, one who clearly performed the act in question nine months ago, couldn't find the words to ask if Chuck was good in bed. 

This wasn't the type or conversation she would normally have with women she just met, but she felt like it was an invitation of sorts, like climbing up that mountain Chuck and his friends had talked about earlier. She put her elbows on the table and looked each woman in the eyes conspiratorially. 

“You have no idea.”

Nancy grinned, Jane blushed, and Mary Jo howled with laughter. “I knew it!” she cried out. 

When the foursome returned, drinks in hand, the giggling started up again. 

“Do I even want to know?” asked Chuck. 

“Probably not,” admitted Ellen. “But if those three didn't love you before, they love you now. And you have me to thank.”

“And just how should I thank you?” Chuck spoke softly into her ear.

“Oh, I know you'll think of something,” she replied. Chuck raised his eyebrows and smirked. 

Ellen looked cross the table and saw Mary Jo watching them, and she raised a glass in Ellen’s direction, Ellen returned the gesture in kind.

Couples started to crowd the dance floor. Tony and Nancy were already out there, and Burr and Mary Jo stood up to make their way over. Chuck saw Ellen’s door tapping in time with the music. 

“Pat, you mind taking Ellen out for a spin?” 

“Sure!” 

Ellen looked over to his wife for confirmation.

Mary Jo rested her hands on her belly. “There’s no way I'm dancing tonight. Go. Have fun.” 

Pat led the way through the maze of tables and chairs. 

“You're a good dancer,” Ellen said, after a few minutes. 

“I'm okay,” Pat conceded. “Chuck was a great dancer. Best jitterbug in the company.”

Ellen imagined Chuck in an English pub, winning over all the girls. Tall, with his blond hair and blue eyes. Those English soldiers didn't stand a chance when he was around.

“Chuck seems really happy when we get together,” Pat said.

“Good,” Ellen replied.

“You look really happy, too,” Pat continued.

Ellen’s brows furrowed, and she felt her body tighten. “Thank you,” she replied. “But you don't know me. You didn't even meet me until a few hours ago.”

Pat smiled. “I like to draw. I'm always working on something in my sketchpad. You learn to read people's faces, even the ones you don't know so well. And it's a good thing, being happy. After all we've been through, I wished everyone could feel happy.”

Ellen felt her shoulders relax. Pat was right. It was okay to be happy. Why had she felt so defensive when he pointed that out? She laughed as he twirled her one way and then the other.

The band played a slow song next.

“Mind if I cut in?” Chuck asked Pat, who graciously stepped aside.

She leaned in close, her arms around his shoulders. She felt his hand grab her hip, his breath on her neck.

Pat was right. Chuck was the better dancer.

And then the countdown started. “Three. Two. One. Happy New Year!” Balloons dropped from the ceiling and the happily buzzed party goers sang “Auld Lang Syne” in between kisses. 

“Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?” she asked.

He thought of the ring in a box, waiting in his nightstand back at the apartment. He didn't know where or how he would ask her, only that it would be soon. 

“Yes,” he said. “One. It's a surprise.”

“Being happy isn't really a resolution, is it?” she asked him. “It's just that I’ve been happy lately, and well, I like it.”

“I think that's a great one. I’ll add that to my list,” he replied, and pulled her in for another kiss. 

Five minutes into 1952, and neither one of them had broken their resolution.

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Men's Hockey (RPF) fanfiction recs:

Connor McDavid/Leon Draisaitl

"he's no jacob from the bible (but damn he made me pray)" 🔒 (M) by softnoirr | 8,567 | He fell in love with his best friend. He fell out of love with the thing they did together. He broke like a puppet crumbling under its strings.

"freight train running" 🔒 (E) by adeleblaircassiedanser | 1,607 | Right now he cares roughly zero about anything except Leon’s warm hands on him, the way he smells and tastes like he showered and used Listerine and shaved just to be waiting here, waiting for Connor. “Sit down,” Leon says. “I want to blow you. You look so fucking money.”

"The Great Escape" 🔒 (E) by marmolita | 6,809 | Sometimes you just need to drive across Canada with your girlfriend, your girlfriend's girlfriend, your girlfriend's girlfriend's boyfriend, and a couple of dogs.

"circle the drain" 🔒 (T) by blaahaj | 3,431 | “Listen.” Connor leans right up to the mic. “If there’s any kind of—anybody, studying time travel out there, I’m stuck in a time loop, okay? I’m stuck and I don’t know what else to do, take me off to a lab or whatever but I’m so fucking sick of—” “What the fuck,” Leon says, too loud.

"in the spaces no one looks" 🔒 (M) by anonymous | 18,873 | When the lights come back on after the Pride Tape presentation and the boys start to stir, Connor looks at Ebs, sitting on the floor in front of him, and he says, without thinking, "Is this about me?" Everyone within earshot freezes.

"All In" 🔒 (E) by marmolita | 29,414 | The website is simple and straightforward. The header reads Black Forest BDSM and there's a tasteful banner showing a set of leather handcuffs laying on elegant sheets. There's a photo on the side of a solidly built man in leather pants and a tight fitting shirt, cropped so that his mouth is visible but the rest of his face isn't.

"tonight we're gonna drown the sound out" 🔒 (E) by winglavender | 1,970 | Some days Leon still can't believe he gets to have this: Connor, his hair fluffed up from Leon's fingers, all his teeth showing, easy and relaxed in a way he isn't anywhere else.

"older, younger, both" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 1,875 | "You look really young this year." "I look the same," Connor says.

"living by the hour" 🔒 (M) by notthequiettype | 1,233 | "Good birthday?" Leon hums, and starts opening up Connor's slacks.

"the weakness of wanting anything" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 6,323 | "I can't believe you didn't tell me you had an exit strategy," Leon says, and taps the lit button to keep the doors from closing. "I didn't," Connor says, and steps in. "I just got tired."

"this year" 🔒 (NR) by notthequiettype | 409 | Connor had been saying, this year this year this year for so long now, a prayer that had lost specificity a long time ago.

"green in your love" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 6,151 | How it could have, should have, and did.

"green as weeds" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 6,671 | Connor knows he shouldn't go, that even if Leon's been nice enough to him, gone out of his way include Connor in team stuff more enthusiastically than Connor was used to, it was still different than going to his house, going to a party, going to a party at his house.

"love me mercilessly" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 2,309 | It's not usually like this.

"the consensual reality of ordinary life" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 3,779 | Two years ago, the bland domesticity of a routine would've sent Leon into a spiral.

"show me how to be your boy" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 3,535 | "I'm good," Connor says, when the hot surge of it settles into an ache for more. "You're always good," Leon says, smirking against Connor's mouth.

"universal properties" 🔒 (NR) by stridents | 7,950 | The video has 400k views already. Or at least, this version on Twitter does, which seems to be a repost of an already-deleted account. The caption is just two eyes emojis, a shocked face, and Connor’s fucking Twitter handle.

"a brief, unauthorized guide to tending an exit wound" 🔒 (NR) by stridents | 10,121 | In the ten months between March 2021 and January 2022, Connor McDavid gets swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, initiates a breakup, and is hit very hard on the head.

"legs and limbs" 🔒 (T) by stridents | 757 | “You’re unglaublich.” Connor says it soft and haltingly, because it’s new and unfamiliar and Leon’s. His mouth is refusing to cooperate, tongue sitting too close to his new teeth. “Very good.” Almost true. And besides – Leon loves him.

"The Sexual Adventures of McDavid (or How Connor Learns To Relax)" 🔒 (M) by carissima | 6,546 | Leon’s heart is racing as he steps into the shower and flicks the water on. It’s hot and the pressure is too high, his skin prickling as the water flows down his body. He ducks his head under the spray and tries to get his breathing under control. Connor just checked him out, he’s sure of it.

"(a kiss) to encourage" 🔒 (T) by carissima | 1,023 | “I don’t mind running,” Leon says, stepping off the machine and grabbing a bottle of water that he downs in one long drink. “You just need some motivation.” Connor groans and gets to his feet. “Nope. Nothing could motivate me to run.” Leon pats his shoulder. “We’ll think of something.”

"push and pull" 🔒 (T) by carissima | 5,415 | “Say you want it then,” Leon says, skating backwards and keeping his gaze locked on Connor. “Say you want the fucking trophy, Connor.” “I want the trophy,” Connor yells. It echoes weirdly in the empty space around them but he doesn’t care. “Are you happy now?” “Not yet but we’re getting there,” Leon says.

"dragging myself back home" 🔒 (T) by blaahaj | 4,021 | Connor doesn’t go to Cologne on a whim. He’s been thinking about it for a long time—since Leon announced his retirement from the NHL more than a year ago. Connor meant to go watch him play, told him so even, the handful of times they’d talked to each other. But the NHL season was what it was, and even when they were teammates Connor never followed Leon home for the offseason.

"four years, no calls" 🔒 (M) by blaahaj | 4,241 | Connor takes a swig of his beer and waits until Leon’s a safe distance away. This won’t be pleasant, but some things need to be said. “He’s not gonna fuck you, just so you know,” Connor tells Tyson, gently as he can.

"got the ceiling with the stars" 🔒 (E) by eversincewefellapart | 5,655 | “That’s so dope. You got a sugar daddy, huh?” Connor’s face goes hot extremely fast. “I — what? No?” Kailer finally looks up. “The rich older guy you’re dating drops thousands of dollars on gifts for you and takes you on vacations?” he says, and Connor hesitates before nodding. “Congratulations! You got a sugar daddy.”

"the most remarkable thing about you" 🔒 (T) by winglavender | 6,719 | "I was never going to get in the middle of what you and Connor have anyway. You know what I mean," Darnell waves a hand. "The dynamic duo, the two top scorers, the All Star legends, carrying the whole team on your very impressive shoulders. And that crush Connor had on you for years." Darnell shakes his head. "I just can't compete with that kind of bond." Leon is sitting down, but he feels like his skates just slipped out from under him. "What?"

"memory that beats like a drum" 🔒 (M) by notthequiettype | 1,581 | "You lead, I'll follow." Leon says it like it's easy. "Yeah," Connor asks, his voice kind of reedy from yelling on the ice. "That simple?" This doesn't feel simple, suddenly. It feels huge and complicated and maybe almost scary if Connor wasn't too tired to feel anything resembling fear. He wants it anyway. "Anywhere."

"the years of love's past" 🔒 (NR) by notthequiettype | 2,169 | Connor sent a gift. It was what you did when you were an adult and an invitation was extended to you, even if it was one you wouldn't accept. Couldn't.

"Can't Change The World (But Maybe I'll Change Your Mind)" 🔒 (M) by puckinghell | 11,006 | Leon knows he should maybe try to contact Connor, but he doesn’t really know what to say. The thing is, if it was anyone else, he’d text. He’d tell them it’d be okay – even though he has no clue – and to get through it and that he’s there for them. He’d then expect to not hear from them again. But it’s Connor, and everything is different, with Connor.

"the perfect blend" 🔒 (T) by carissima | 5,714 | “This your first time here then?” Darnell asks, reaching below the counter to pull out a loyalty card that he dangles in front of Holy Fucking Hottie. “Ten visits gets you a free coffee.” “I guess it depends whether the coffee’s any good then,” Holy Fucking Hottie says, his gaze flickering over to where Connor is sliding the lid on his espresso.

"if we make it through december (we'll be fine)" 🔒 (M) by softnoirr | 15,610 | “Are you uh,” Connor takes a breath, “Are you doing anything for Christmas?” Leon pauses, his hands stilling on the laces of his skates, but he doesn’t look up. Connor’s starting to develop a paranoia that he’s going to forget what Leon’s eyes actually look like.

"tonight the sky's alive" 🔒 (E) by anonymous | 2,371 | Leon grabbing his hand while they were out shopping in the city had been a new thing. Weird but nice, which basically described all of Connor’s friends. He guessed that was a consequence of focusing on hockey for so long.

"kiss me with your mouth open" 🔒 (E) by winglavender | 12,920 | "Why, are you offering?" Leon's still smiling, ready to make a joke of it again. Connor swallows. "What if I was?"

"take me back to places i feel loved in" 🔒 (T) by fishfoods | 1,637 | They'd had a conversation after that last doctor visit, a mess of words and comfort, hands held too tight. Connor could see it in Leon's eyes then. He wasn't going to ask. Connor should've known. He'd never, ever, ever ask. Someone else would've. Not Leon. Connor has one year left. One year. He's going to play, and then he's going to come back, and they'll figure things out from then.

"i know you're something else" (E) by littlelocaldreamer | 4,274 | Connor’s never had a friend like Leon before.

"door number two" 🔒 (M) by blaahaj | 5,919 | “You this nice to all Hallsy’s hookups?” Leon asked. Connor shook his head. “You’re the only one I’ve met.” God, he really was new.

"came to win" 🔒 (M) by revanchist | 400 | Because he’s drunk, and because he’s not thinking with his head, and because it’s always harder at the scene of the crime to pretend the crime didn’t happen in the first place, he says, “Sometimes you’re so good I want to slap you.”

"be the one to set me free" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 31,327 | Connor tips his chin up and Leon's mouth is on his in the same breath, something slow and new and careful, exploratory, cautious, Connor's hunger for it simmering low and then roaring to life, hot and heavy in his belly. It's different than kissing Amanda, or Leslie, or any of the girls before or in-between, like it's touching something new. It feels like an itch being scratched that he didn't know was there at all.

"I'm not a sailor, I'm a captain" 🔒 (E) by LizzieMack | 1,940 | so connor mcdavid has a hot tub

"for control, grip" (E) by brinicles | 3,330 | Everything Leon does is foreign and fantastical. He comes back every fall and feels like something from another dimension all over again, something new, novel, a whole different hemisphere of frost boiled down into his blood, a frame that Connor can study endlessly: can watch and scrutinize and never really figure out, never get a handle on. This isn't that, though. This is just Leon being a little shit.

".500" (T) by brinicles | 4,647 | "Fuck," he mutters. "Hey," Connor says from the doorway. He stumbles again. "Fuck," he says again. (Mar 9 2020, EDM vs VGK: You can keep the game alive, but the season dies fast as the year goes on.)

"Better Than I Ever Even Knew" (E) by Lewsy | 13,185 | Connor gets it, has made his peace with the fact that most people find him painfully boring, but he’s managed to keep Leon around, so maybe it’s not that bad.

"and just for this moment (as long as you're mine)" 🔒 (E) by adoringsolitude | 5,815 | He digs his nails into his forearm in a desperate attempt to ground himself as he strains to catalog every sensation, knowing with absolute certainty that even if he manages to ask someone else for this someday, it won’t be as good as this.

"we’re only alive if we bruise" (M) by snowinthestars | 1,916 | Leon and Connor don’t really have personal space with each other.

"no dawn, no day" (T) by jalebibaby | 1,784 | Later, when his heart rate shoots up, and his lungs are on fire, trying to keep up with him pushing so hard to get back on the ice, he counts to twenty-nine.

"even when i lose i’m winning" (NR) by allthatsings | 1,109 | Connor helps an injured Leon get ready for bed during Round 3 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"impulsivity" 🔒 (NR) by notthethequiettype | 791 | connor goes to germany

"the way things have a double life" 🔒 (M) by notthequiettype | 3,777 | connor decides to try playing it fast and loose. leon isn't handling it well.

"Two Minutes for Hooking" 🔒 (E) by Helenish | 5,271 | It used to bother him, being looked at, picked apart, but he’s used to it now. Part of the job.

"what we've made" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 6,683 | "Come to the house." "Aren't you sick of me?" "Not as sick as I'll be of the quiet."

"miracle summer" 🔒 (T) by Helenish | 2,748 | “I thought,” Connor says once, tucked in next him, drowsy. “When I first saw you coming off the Ferry, I thought you were summer people.”

"cherry bomb" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 2,469 | "Cherries are a little on the nose." Connor hums again, the end tilted into a question. "Fruit," Leon says, and lets his fingers graze higher, the soft skin of Connor's inner thigh.

"sure as the sea" (E) by littlelocaldreamer | 3,698 | They don’t do this. But Connor looks so happy, so carefree like he never is, and before he can stop himself Leon asks the girl, “When are we leaving?”

"if i'm not what you hoped" 🔒 (E) by winglavender | 10,425 | "Heard the Leafs lost tonight." "Yeah." Mitch pulls an exaggerated face. "Leading the whole game and then Connor's guy ties it up with a disgusting pass, absolutely filthy, and then scored the overtime winner." "That's rough. You want another one?" The bartender tips her head at Connor's half-empty glass; he shakes his head. "Who's your guy?" "Draisaitl, obviously." Mitch taps the rainbow-patterned 29 on Connor's arm for emphasis. "He's not my guy," Connor says.

"orbit" 🔒 (E) by withfeathers | 2,000 | Leon was one draft spot away from being on the other side of the ice. Not that he thinks about it much.

"when you find out" 🔒 (E) by nymhciv | 10,779 | It takes Connor a moment, blinking, to realise what Yamo is showing him. He sends work out pictures in the team group chat sometimes, they all do, a check in system that had been well established when Connor joined the team. Connor thinks that’s what Yamo is showing him, at first, wonders if he’s about to get shit for his form. Then the Connor on screen moves, sinks further into his lunge, brings his heel up towards his ass. They don’t send video in the team chat, but the team chat isn’t the only place Connor shares his work out routines. And Connor does post video on OnlyFans.

"love casts a shadow" 🔒 (NR) by notthequiettype | 645 | Leon thinks, after seven years, he should be used to it.

"cover to cover and unbound" 🔒 (M) by lighthousetowers | 24,659 | “That’s not the ending, is it?” Connor asks. “Uh,” Leon finds the spot where he stopped reading, “yes, it pretty much is. Last sentence: ‘Not made for each other, they are making each other.’ The end, I guess.” It takes a couple beats for Connor to speak. “Is it? The end? They’re still there. They’re still making each other.”

"say it, say it again" 🔒 (E) by lagerlout | 4,157 | “Where are we going?” Connor asks, lips brushing against Leon’s ear as they hit a speed bump. “Don’t know,” Leon says, eyes on Connor’s mouth as he brings a water bottle to his lips, “Don’t care.”

"but close ain't close enough" 🔒 (E) by lagerlout | 6,363 | “How come I have to be the girl?” Leon asks. Connor’s too disorientated from the heat and the blood rushing south, liquid fire in his veins with Leon’s breath ghosting over his shoulder so he blurts out, “Cause you’re the pretty one.”

"keep the bullet" 🔒 (E) by cuprun | 19,132 | “It’s not about the sex part. Like, that’s fun and it helps, but it’s more about, like,” Lauren pauses, really thinking about it, “giving up control. Letting someone else be in charge. Letting them figure out what he needs and give it to him without him having to ask.” She raises one shoulder in a delicate shrug. “He could probably explain it better.” Leon doesn’t get flustered, as a general rule, but he might now, at the idea of having this conversation with Connor himself. “And he’d want to do that with me?” “He trusts you,” Lauren says simply.

"Choke" 🔒 (E) by Helenish | 8,635 | “Maybe I don’t want my dick sucked,” Connor said reflexively, as Leon racked the barbell with a clatter, heaved a breath, a half laugh, and said, “Speak for yourself.”

"accessory to the rockstar" 🔒 (E) by unsay | 5,318 | It’s not a competition. Leon has seen nature documentaries, he knows about that; he and Lauren evolved to fill different ecological needs.

"the lightning on your breath" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 18,073 | Connor says his name, this low, soft, "Leo," that's going to haunt Leon for the rest of his life, a moment pinned, and he leans in and presses their mouths together, slow enough that he gets to watch Connor's eyes drop shut, his fluttering lashes, to know that Connor knows exactly what's happening, not moving or backing away, laughing or shoving at Leon, just kissing back, opening his mouth against Leon's, and it's better than what happened when they were young when Leon was too cowardly to learn the shape of Connor's mouth against his, better than most of what Leon's had since.

"just the touch of your hand" 🔒 (E) by lagerlout | 3,463 | Connor's limbs slacken under Leon’s grip, brain short-circuiting, all systems fried except for a white-hot buzz of yes.

"better put that business to bed" 🔒 (E) by lagerlout | 2,870 | “Get it, Leo,” Connor rasps and fuck. Fuck, his voice. It’s almost completely gone, a throaty rumble two octaves lower than usual and Leon’s dick goes from mildly interested to rock-hard in three seconds flat.

"two strangers in the red light" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 14,937 | Connor looks up, derailed only momentarily by how good-looking the guy is, slacks and a button-down open at the top like his pictures, and a nice wool coat. Connor clears his throat. "Is it better if I tell you I didn't request it, at least?" "And ruin the fantasy that I just found out that Connor McDavid's an absolute freak? No way."

"polite fiction" 🔒 (E) by blaahaj | 3,651 | If Connor thinks it’s worth asking about, he thinks he can make it good, and he’s probably right.

"the best thing that hasn't happened yet" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 36,209 | "It's Connor, right," Leon asks, as he approaches. "It is, yeah. Nice to meet you, Mr. Draisaitl."

"leech" 🔒 (E) by blaahaj | 2,220 | Connor had been holding his breath since May, since Vegas. He didn’t say anything. Let his chest hurt.

"one pitch" 🔒 (NR) by notthequiettype | 533 | Connor's always liked the sound of the crowd, but tonight it feels like being smothered.

"i'm gonna tell you right now, they're all i'm thinkin' about" 🔒 (E) by lagerlout | 7,012 | Connor understands it now, why Lauren takes her time to pick her little outfits, to make sure she looks her best and preens when he compliments her. He wants to be adored too.

"bones in the foundation" 🔒 (M) by cuprun | 8,623 | connor & leon show off their magic disappearing act. it would be great if they did it on purpose. sometimes the haunted house is just your own house.

"Home by Now" 🔒 (T) by ClaraxBarton | 2,769 | There are brats, and then there are brats. Leon had grown up safe and secure in the knowledge that he was good. It hadn’t really been a question - if Leon would be a sub or a dom or a switch or adynamic. Draisaitl boys were always subs, always had been - always, his grandmother had once smirked, would be. So. Leon was a sub, but Leon was good.

"lean on my mistakes" 🔒 (T) by blaahaj | 4,287 | “So why are you two normal?” Leon asked. Kailer rubbed his chin. “I can still feel it,” he said after a second. “It’s just that I’ve had a crush on you for like three years now so it’s not a big deal. You do look really good though, man,” and he patted Leon’s chest. “Thank you,” Leon said, and looked at Connor.

"to think I almost had it going" 🔒 (NR) by bluenorth | 1,109 | There’s a ringing in Connor’s ears. It’s a never-ending crescendo, it drowns out the red mass of people that gets more agitated as the final seconds of the game run out. It feels personal and what can anyone do when time and luck are not on your side? When nothing you do is ever enough? When the thing you want is within your grasp and someone takes it before you can?

"bend and break this fever dream" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 7,019 | Connor McDavid Goes to Kink Class

"if i could make a wish" 🔒 (M) by lagerlout | 2,884 | “People can see us.” “It’s just the team,” Leon mumbles, lips brushing against his shoulder, “Any of them would want to take care of their captain.”

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"did all of this sober" 🔒 (T) by blaahaj | 2,344 | “Yeah, I mean.” Connor’s hands are on his hips. He’s wearing the gross underarmor Leon always tried to get him to throw away, with padding over the collarbone. “Leo is…you know, we work very closely together off the ice. Worked. What happened is behind me and I just want to move on with the season.” Nobody has the balls to ask Connor about the other rumors going around. Leon figured they wouldn’t.

"Scoring Effects" 🔒 (E) by Helenish | 30,196 | One constant of NHL hockey is that teams that are losing, on average, dominate play. They have the puck more, they take more shots, they take more risks, they score more goals. These effects are broadly called "score effects.”

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[eretzyisrael]

by Aaron Sibarium

Administrators at Columbia Law School stood by for hours on Thursday as anti-Israel protesters took over the law school's lobby, refusing to shut down an unauthorized demonstration that disrupted nearby classes for nearly three hours and violated several school policies. The law school has said nothing about whether the demonstrators will suffer any consequences.

The protest, part of which was captured on video, caused such a ruckus that Menachem Weiss, a third-year law student, left class to see what was going on. Standing beneath a banner that read "ceasefire now," which had been hung from a second-floor balcony, student protesters used a megaphone to broadcast their demands to the university.

The students, members of the Columbia Law Coalition for a Free Palestine, called on administrators to announce an economic boycott of the Jewish state and acknowledge that "students of color are endangered by Public Safety and law enforcement." They also demanded the establishment of a "Center for Palestinian Legal Studies" and a "task-force to protect students from Islamophobia."

"It was so loud I couldn't focus," Weiss told the Washington Free Beacon. Along with four other students, he tracked down the law school's associate dean of student services, Yadira Ramos-Herbert, and asked her to restore order.

Instead, Ramos-Herbert—who this month was elected mayor of New Rochelle, N.Y., with an endorsement from the Working Families Party, which opposes military aid to Israel—brought up the virtues of free speech, according to Weiss and another student present at the meeting, and suggested that intervening would make pro-Palestinian students feel "unsafe," according to a third student. The protest came after an Israeli student was assaulted on campus in what prosecutors deemed a hate crime.

Ramos-Herbert did not respond to a request for comment.

The dean-cum-mayor-elect was unwilling to take action even though the protest violated several university rules. Columbia bars behavior that disrupts class, including the indoor use of amplifiers, which the protesters on Thursday were using, and prohibits signage except on designated bulletin boards. The school also requires students to obtain advanced approval for large gatherings, which the groups organizing the protest—including the Middle Eastern Law Students Association and Columbia Law Students for Palestine—appeared not to have done.

Pre-approved demonstrations generally have administrators and security on hand when they begin, students told the Free Beacon. But in this case, no university personnel arrived until the disruption was well underway. A spokesperson for the law school declined to say whether the protesters had obtained permission to use the lobby, which they occupied from 2:30 to 5:30 PM.

"We were asking Columbia to enforce its own policies," Weiss said. "And we were basically told, 'Sorry, no can do.'"

Ramos-Herbert did eventually ask the protesters to go outside, according to Weiss and another student who witnessed the encounter, but the protesters refused and the mayhem continued inside the law school for another hour. The protesters also declined to remove their banner despite requests from the administration.

"There was a blatant violation of university policy, and essentially nothing was done about it," a second-year law student told the Free Beacon.

Columbia Law School declined to say whether the protesters would be disciplined, stating only that demonstrations "must not disrupt or prevent classes." Gillian Lester, the law school's dean, did not respond to a request for comment.

The incident illustrates the reluctance of some universities to crack down on anti-Israel protests that violate viewpoint-neutral rules about student gatherings. Harvard went so far as to offer Twizzlers and burritos to pro-Palestinian students who occupied a campus building overnight, for example.

And Columbia stood by for weeks as two undergraduate groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, repeatedly held unauthorized demonstrations, only agreeing to suspend both groups after one of their rallies almost turned violent.

The unwillingness to shut down these protests may stem in part from the large number of foreign students participating in them. MIT said it would not suspend protesters who took over the university's main entrance this month because, according to MIT president Sally Kornbluth, doing so might cause "visa issues."

That could be why the Columbia protesters, who published their demands ahead of Thursday's gathering, called on the school to prevent its security officers from "collaborating with ICE, the IDF-trained NYPD, and other law enforcement entities." They also called on the law school to demand a ceasefire and provide free mental health counseling to "doxxed" students.

Students at the protest included Aya Hashem, a leader of the Middle Eastern Law Students Association; Deen Haleem, a leader of Columbia Law Students for Palestine; and Eric Wilcox, a board member of the Suspension Representation Project, according to a student who reviewed footage of the disruption. All three groups signed an open letter, "Oppression Breeds Resistance," that blamed Israel for Hamas's atrocities on October 7.

Hashem, Haleen, and Wilcox did not respond to requests for comment.

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Snippet Sunday

Tagged by @monsterrae1 for a six or seven sentence sunday… and sharing again a bit of the andromeda re-write due to circumstances 🙃. thanks for the tag lovely!

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Banner by radio chatter, chapter art is mine.

Title: An Andromeda Tale, Book One, Chapter One—rewrite edition (DRAFT).

Fandom: Mass Effect Andromeda

Pairing: Endgame MRyder (Reyes Vidal/Scott Ryder) various others

Fic Summary:

Scott Ryder never saw his life going this way, not that anyone ever asked him his opinion. Now he's pathfinder with too many people depending on his young shoulders and trying to figure out what he actually wants for himself. Reyes Vidal, man of mystery, former pilot and now sometimes smuggler. Who knows where he came from or his motivations but he's come to Andromeda to change his destiny. What neither Scott nor Reyes could have predicted is what their lives would be once they came to Andromeda.

Tags/warnings: this is a revised first draft—meaning that things are probably still going to change further. I’ve aged up both Reyes and Scott for this fic by a few years (not hugely).

2818 CE July 2nd

Reyes Vidal, Shuttle Pilot, callsign Anubis 

Location: Andromeda Initiative Shuttle

Status: Increasingly concerned about Initiative short and long term viability

Things were not going as they were supposed to. It's been six months since the engineering and transportation crews awakened to find that the planned arrival in Heleus had not gone according to plan. This was followed by more awakenings than were reasonable, given the dire supply situation. 

A major blow was dealt to the Initiative when the Nexus crashed into the Scourge. Jien Garson and several other high-ranking administrators had all perished in the accident, leaving the Andromeda Initiative without an experienced guiding hand to see them through what had been anticipated to be a critical moment. 

The current administration had made the questionable decision to awaken more and more people than they should have. The resources available with the hydroponics farms were significantly reduced as the entire section had been damaged in the collision that had halted the Nexus—or perhaps the awakenings were not part of the administration's plan if rumors were true about the unauthorized awakenings. 

Decisions coming from the top were slow and of questionable value. Tensions were running at an all-time high between the security and administration teams and everyone else as supplies continued to run low or go missing. Hoarding was starting to be reported, and two humans had been punished severely by security last week for hiding rations.  

Reyes had been one of the first pilots awakened to run exploration teams to and from different planets and had a first-person view of how bleak things were on that front. He'd been the pilot of one of the eight expeditions to explore worlds to see if they were habitable. The system and planet he'd been sent to was a barren wasteland without a breathable atmosphere. 

Two days ago, there had been an announcement from the administration suggesting that people needed to start volunteering to be put back in cryosleep or there would be mandatory re-entrants. 

No one had volunteered, and the atmosphere on the Nexus had been balancing on a knife's edge since. 

Supplies would run out within two months at current usage rates, and selective rationing and meal skipping had been in enforcement for the last two shipboard weeks. Sloane's security forces had been harassing the scientists, who were barely restrained as Corvannis and his cohorts spread malcontent and disagreement with the admins among the other personnel.  

Repetitive threats from the "professional" security staff run by Sloane Kelly had encouraged him to keep his head down and out of the trouble brewing as a valuable pilot with a military background. It wasn't hard to read the tea leaves that a power struggle was going on way over his head. 

The scientist team he'd just picked up from Eos had a defeated air around them and were quiet on the transport despite attempts from the administrative analyst to engage them in idle conversation. Not all of the team had left—three scientists insisted on staying no matter what the analyst had said. 

Leaving the three scientists behind had left a bad taste in his mouth. Reyes wondered if he was leaving them to die on the planet. The last attempt from the analyst to get them to get in the shuttle—that he'd overheard—had been a threat that no further help would be coming and that staying was a death sentence from either the environment or the hostile alien raiders. 

That threat finally got the scientists and engineers to mostly pack it in. As they boarded the shuttle, every one of them refused to make eye contact with Reyes or his co-pilot, Kenax.

He wasn't supposed to have heard what the analyst said. He wasn't supposed to have heard a lot of things lately. 

Scuttlebutt had it that the administration was going to employ the Krogan as mercenaries if things got worse. Reyes had never had a problem with a Krogan and didn't want to find out how painful a disagreement with one could become. His limited interactions with Kesh aside, he'd rather not get anyone's attention that way. 

Entering the course corrections for the Nexus, Reyes takes a deep breath before making eye contact with Kenax. For a Turian, Kenax is a solid pilot with an eye for barely staying on this side of trouble and a penchant for discussing the merits of different sniper rifles. Reyes hasn't worked with many Turians before Andromeda, but it appears that Turian stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. 

Kenax taps on Reyes' wrist as he finishes inputting the course correction. "Be careful when we get back," he says while glancing significantly back toward the hold where the analyst is trying to get the most senior scientist to engage with him in discussing his favorite types of cheese loudly. 

As if there is any more cheese to be had left on the Nexus to dream about eating.  

Reyes would consider crime if it got him some cheese instead of another chalky protein bar that claimed to taste like chocolate. 

"I plan to stay out of things," Reyes murmurs back.  

"Before we left, there was talk of a meeting to discuss things without admin present—I'd stay away if I was us," Kenax returned his attention afterward flight display. "Us pilots need to stay out of the gunfight when it starts. There'll be enough of a mess to pick up afterward."

"I thought all Turians were genetically inclined to trouble and gunfights…."

Kenax's mandibles flare in the turian version of a smile, stretching the three vertical black lines of his colony marks on the right side of his face until they are crooked. "Us Turians like odds in our favor and keeping our friends at our backs. Kaetus—Sloane's pet—has been implying something will happen soon."

"I'm glad it's you referring to him as her pet and not me," Reyes says with a mischievous and flirtatious wink that he knows Kenax won't take seriously. "I'm going to stay out of things. I plan on helping out the engineering teams with the hydroponics repairs when we get back since the life support repairs are mostly done. It's not like there's any shortage of repairs that a part-time mechanic can't help with."

Not taking the bait, Kenax flares his mandibles into an even bigger smile that resembles staring at a friendly shark. "Yes, your tendency to get completely covered in grease and oil while repairing all things mechanical should keep you out of trouble. It's a good thing I'm not your type. But stay out of the levels below Operations for the next few days."

Exchanging knowing looks, Reyes focuses on the nav panel as they make multiple small jumps to navigate around the odd dark energy tendrils that ensnared Heleus back to the Nexus. 

Reyes trusts that Kenax's connections as a Turian are probably a lot more accurate than the reluctantly forced camaraderie that exists between the three human pilots he shares quarters with. he generally spends more time with Kenax than with the other humans as they have been hot racking until 'more resources can be secured' and more living units provided with power and water. 

Neither Reyes nor Kenax speaks further. They worked well as a team despite never having met before arriving in Heleus and being assigned co-pilots. 

When they reach the limits of Nexus flight control, Reyes hails the flight deck and gets assigned a docking bay which they then guide their shuttle into with minimal fuss and effort. 

As they unstrap from the pilot cradle, Kenax gives Reyes one more significant look before darting his eyes to the human analyst in the back, who was now escorting the scientists out of the airlock and into the bay. "Stay out of trouble, my friend. There are dark clouds on the horizon."

Feeling a forbidding chill that causes a shiver to run down his back, Reyes nods and clasps hands with Kenax in farewell. "And you stay out of it as well, my friend." 

Pausing at the end of the airlock, Reyes watches as his passengers all exit the bay under the close watch of the analyst and several security guards. There is a general lack of people in the area, which is unusual. 

Something is up. 

Kenax glances back again, wondering why Reyes hasn't followed, then turns around and follows the guards out of the bay without drawing attention to Reyes' remaining behind. 

Returning to the shuttle, Reyes grabs his old flight jacket from where he had stowed in his pilot's chair compartment during their preflight checks. It was his Uncle's old leather jacket and is frayed at the cuffs, and he could get a newer Initiative-branded one; however, Reyes swears it still smells of home even though he'd left home behind for Andromeda six hundred and some odd years ago. 

The jacket is one of his few personal possessions and had taken up almost a quarter of the limited extra weight allowance he was granted as a lowly pilot. Pulling the jacket on over his flight suit, he grabs his small flight pack and hits the latch to close the shuttle airlock, initiating shutdown and sleep mode for the engines. 

As the shuttle settles into an electronic version of sleep, he hurries away toward hydroponics instead of stopping at his quarters like he usually would upon returning to Nexus. 

Something tells him to keep his limited personal possessions on him for now and to stay out of the more populated areas where people liked to gather and discuss the ongoings of the administration.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, May 1

GILES: You understand, in my capacity as school official, this search is completely unauthorized, and I, I cannot condone it. BUFFY: Fine, your butt's covered. Wanna grab a locker? GILES: Uh, yes, yes, of course.

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Blood and dust, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, 18+) by Blackoberst

Coming Through, Chapter 61 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by hulettwyo

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⏩ Liking and Reblogging Stolen Art is Harmful. ⏪

I used to be someone that thought unauthorized reposts were not harmful. I used to be someone that thought liking/reblogging stolen art was fine. After all, I was not the one who reposted it, so it is not really my fault, right? If it has already been reposted, it does not matter how much attention it gets, right?

It has taken me years but I finally realized that liking and reblogging stolen art is harmful. Here is why:

TLDR: Please be careful not to like/reblog stolen artwork.

Likes and reblogs are notifications and attention for the reposter, which will only encourage them to repost again.

Notes are incentives. We post for engagement. We all desire attention. It is natural! When we post and get notes, that is a motivator for us to post again. This is true no matter what the content is, including stolen art. Every time someone gives a like, reblog, comment, or otherwise provides a notification, that will encourage them to post similar content again. For those who repost artwork, it is the same way. Engagement will encourage them to repost more fan art - in chase of the reward of attention. For those who use fan art in fic banners, it will encourage them to use it in future banners. For those who use it in moodboards, AMVs, icon edits, etc., the more notes they get, the more often they will repost.

Likes and reblogs tell the reposter that their actions are okay.

Not only is engagement incentivizing, it is also condoning. It is a thumbs-up to what they have done - and a green light to keep doing what they are doing. Which, of course, will lead to more art being stolen.

When you reblog stolen art, everyone who sees your reblog will think it is okay.

Engaging with stolen art not only tells the reposter that posting stolen art is okay, it also tells your followers that posting stolen art is okay. Everyone who sees your reblog now believes that you believe that stolen art is no big deal, and should even be rewarded with attention. This will lead to more people thinking that art theft is not a big deal and it may even lead to them stealing artwork as well.

When you reblog stolen art, it will "inspire" viewers to start stealing too.

"Get notes quick. Post stolen art!" As said above, we all crave attention. It takes mere seconds to find fan art, to repost it, and for the notes to come flooding in. This is a very attractive deal! However, art theft is wrong, and it is not something we want to promote. Likewise, when viewers see a fic that has a banner of fan art and a ton of notes, they will feel inclined to put fan art in their next fic so that their next fic also get a ton of notes. When they see a moodboard that includes fan art and is really popular, they will feel inspired to put fan art in their next moodboard in order to make it more popular. Ultimately, of course, this leads to more art being stolen.

When those who condone art theft outnumber those who oppose it (including artists), the creators and those who fight art theft become an ignorable minority.

Let's pretend that there is a stolen art post that has 100 notes. Any combination of likes and reblogs. Now, let's pretend there is 1 message that says in the kindest terms possible, "Hey, just so you know, this artwork is stolen. I know you didn't mean harm, but I hope you please take it down." No matter how kindly worded that message was, that person is outnumbered 1-100. Imagine if the post had 200 notes. 800. 1000. 2000+ Simply put, the person who calls out the stolen art is absolutely miniscule and easily ignorable. Not only that, but they're outnumbered. "Yeah, okay, so maybe this 1 person thinks it's wrong, but look at all these other hundreds of notes - and therefore - hundreds of people who think it's fine!" When you like/reblog stolen art, you add to that ratio and make it much more difficult for artists' voices to be heard and for stolen artwork to be taken down.

Anlian, this post hurt my feelings :( // I didn't know it was stolen at the time. // I'm not the one who posted it, so why are you blaming me? // etc.

That is totally not my intention! And I am so sorry for making you feel bad. I tried to phrase things carefully. At the end of the day, it is always the reposter who is the most harmful to artists. The goal of this post is to show that we all have the power to help stop art theft - through something as simple as not liking/reblogging. It can sometimes be tricky to find out whether art is stolen or not. I made this post which includes some things to look for when trying to determine whether the artwork is from the artist or if it is a repost. Like I said, I used to consciously reblog art knowing it was stolen. I used to think that unauthorized reposting was not a big deal, and might even help the artists (that is obviously false). This was a mistake that I regret. And I am sure that this previous version of me would feel guilt/responsibility after reading this post. The truth is: we all make mistakes and that's okay! It is about what we do moving forward. And I hope, moving forward, we will all think twice before engaging with stolen artwork. <3

[jeonstellate]

ocean waves & faded dreams — shore vi

the avengers learn more about johan collins.

⚝༄ platonic!bucky barnes x original character (ft. platonic!tony stark x original character)

⚝༄ mentions of experimentation, therapy, & brainwashing

⚝༄ paragraph format — 0.8K words

masterlist | ow&fd masterlist

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"I gotta say, I didn’t expect her to be afraid of needles." Clint Barton shared the most peculiar observation he gathered from the last two hours.

Within the last two hours, the Avengers were informed of who the kid assassin actually was. Particularly, how she was found by S.H.I.E.L.D. in an abandoned HYDRA base and how she had been recruited to serve S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cause as they wait for all her memories to come back. The Avengers also witnessed how close she was to James Barnes. Specifically, how comfortable she was around him and how she’d rather take her own life than hurt those that were important to him.

"Yeah," Bruce Banner agreed with Clint’s observation. "At the same time, it makes perfect sense since she was experimented on as a kid."

At the present, they were all gathered in a guest room they transferred Agent Collins in after she passed out. Apparently, a side effect of her medicine included extreme drowsiness and no one wanted her to continue sleeping inside her temporary prison.

They intended to chat with P.I. Jessica Jones some more, but she refused to leave her side. She claimed that her ward dislike falling asleep alone. Since she was triggered, and was essentially forced to remember how she used to be, the detective thought it’d be best if she didn’t wake up alone, either.

Having their curiosity get to the best of them, the Avengers chose to stay in the room as well.

"Does Agent Collins go to therapy?" It wasn’t covered in the meeting they had with Jessica earlier, as the detective only covered the basics of who she was to S.H.I.E.L.D..

"She does," Jessica found no harm in indulging any of their questions about the young agent. "She hates every second of it, but she goes." As long as their questions weren’t about anything she knew S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn’t want them to know, then she figured it was fine.

James ‘Bucky’ Barnes nodded solemnly, presumably because he understood why she felt that way about therapy. "How is she adjusting?"

"She’s . . . getting better," she replied slowly, needing to think about her response first. "It’s definitely a slow process, but at least she doesn’t get as much nightmares as she used to." She then added as an afterthought, "Johan has a strong desire to be normal, so she’s really trying her best."

"And how are you supporting that endeavor? How is S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

"Luke and I let her experience the childhood she was robbed of in ways we can," her response came quicker this time, having no need to ponder it beforehand. "S.H.I.E.L.D. started a homeschool program for her, partly to keep her occupied during her off-duty days."

Bucky’s next question was loose a follow up. "Has Tide— Johan asked about her father?"

All of sudden, they were treading closely to unauthorized information. "She has, but S.H.I.E.L.D. is still strategizing how to make it happen."

When Johan came about, her first instinct was to cry. It was, frankly, strange — especially for a kid assassin who had forgotten how to.

The last time she cried was around a year after she was kidnapped, shortly after she crossed paths with Win. She figured out that her crying only served as a motivation for them to worsen her punishments, so she did her best to hold back her tears. No matter how brutal the punishments and the experiments became, she refused to give them the satisfaction of seeing her cry.

Soon after, she mastered concealing and ignoring her feelings all together. And eventually, after undergoing multiple brainwashing, she simply forgot she could even feel in the first place.

Phantom Riptide was five and a half when HYDRA saw her capability to succeed as the Winter Soldier’s apprentice.

Phantom Riptide was merely six when HYDRA succeeded in turning her obedient and mindless.

Now, at almost thirteen, Johan was barely re-learning how to acknowledge and deal her feelings.

"Johan?" The voice of her guardian was unsure and careful, yet still held some concern in it. She didn’t rush to her side when she saw the tears streaming down her face; rather, she just opted to stand by the foot of the bed.

"Ma— my cu— cube," was all she managed to reply between her tears. Being newly awakened, her voice was quite raspy as well, making her words a tad more difficult to understand.

"I’ll get it for you." Almost miraculously, Jessica still understood. Perhaps it was because she had been her primary guardian for three years now and, as such, her mannerisms had become a matter of common sense. "Will you be alright here by yourself?"

Johan remembered the memory she just woke up from. She also remembered the intense feeling that followed after it all too well. It was dark. And sad. And lonely. She didn’t like it.

Uncannily enough, that was her life until four years ago. She might’ve been used to it, but there was nothing she could despise more than.

next shore >

[mintkoko]

Picrew 16

Masterlist

1. horminum

2. yunomoto (3 Picrew)

ケモ魔女メーカー / chemo witch maker

3. Potato-Lord

4. 山山 mountains (2 Neka)

“嘘” / "shh"

5. kirikizumai.

性癖くんメーカー / Seikikun maker

6. △○□×（みわしいば） △○□× (Miwashiba)

証明々（顔）/ proof (face)

7. Indydraws

✰Cdrama Protag✰

8. Switch

Switch式女の子メーカー / Switch style girl maker

9. もなか(@m0nakA_xxx) Monaka (@m0nakA_xxx)

もなガールメーカー / mona girl maker

10. __Luscinia (2 Picrew)

ミナメーカー / mina maker