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i-m-xy · 3 days ago

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W2: Self-Publishing Industry

To publish a book, writers have to pitch their ideas to publishing companies, who will then bring their stories to life. Unfortunately, companies don’t just accept any ideas. If the first company a writer pitched to responds with a negative, they have to find another company to share their idea with, and then another if the second falls out too until one comes out with an affirmative.

Recently, writers can publish their books through sites like Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Apple Books. Though the culture of waiting anxiously for the publishing firms’ good news has dwindled, self-publishing is no easy matter. Publishing firms have specialists who handle book-making, printing, and advertising. Meanwhile, self-publishers have to handle all that and more by themselves.

In an ideal future, self-publishing writers don’t have to fuss over the intricacies of releasing a book. All they need to do is create an account, link their chosen bank, and start publishing. For people who frequent fanfiction websites, that kind of freedom and ease would be the best state of publishing for writers.

Currently, the publishing process is, theoretically, simple. However, there are hurdles writers have to face that make the process difficult.

Issue One: Book Cover

Everyone knows the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. The truth is that appearance makes or breaks a person’s first impression. If your book has a lacklustre cover, it doesn’t matter how good your writing is, readers are going to skim past it.

Covers are the first thing a viewer sees. If the cover is eye-catching, they’ll likely check out the book. However, to make a book cover, one must commission a designer or create one themselves.

If you don’t have the funds, you’ll naturally want to create a book cover yourself. Applications like Canva and Krita allow for such endeavour. However, what happens if you don’t have the creative bone or knowledge to make a convincing cover?

An application that provides free templates for writers to create their book covers from would be helpful. Like Carrd or Squarespace, where users are given templates to build their sites around. The problem with Canva is some elements are copyrighted, which can get writers in trouble when they start earning money. So, an application with free stock that won’t get writers into legal trouble and also gives templates for writers to make easy but good-looking covers would save a lot of time and worry.

Figure 1.1: Screenshot of a page on Carrd; when users want to create a new site, they will be brought here to choose a template or make their own

Figure 1.2: A better view of the available templates

Publishing sites require writers to have cover images for their books before they can be published. Instead of worrying over one’s budget or fussing over how to create a cover from scratch, an application like Carrd but for book covers would tremendously lessen the workload on self-publishing writers. At least these covers can also be used as placeholders until the writer takes off and earns enough money to commission a professional designer.

Issue Two: Full Manuscript

Traditionally, writers pitching their ideas to publishing companies must present their full manuscript before their book can be worked on. The case is still the same now despite our advancement in technology. To publish an e-book, you must have the whole story written out first.

There are publishing sites that allow for chapter-by-chapter releases. Instead of the whole story, readers will receive chapter updates when the writer publishes it. However, that is not the norm, and those sites expect writers to release every week.

On fanfiction sites, writers can update their stories with new chapters whenever they’ve written them. This allows the writer to finish the story at their own pace. Publishing sites can implement this lax method of chapter releases—with the bonus that, to access the new chapters, readers have to pay an amount. This way, writers would be earning money for their work without needing to finish a whole story first.

Figure 2.1: Screenshot of a fanfiction Archive of Our Own; circled in yellow is a button saying "Add Chapter"

When writers have to finish a whole manuscript before publishing, they could feel pressured to make the story perfect. This can drag out the time of publication, which can chip away at the writer’s motivation and will. Instead of allowing the flame of their passion to dwindle with time in their search for perfection, they could publish a few chapters first, then slowly make their way to the end. That way, they can revisit the story whenever they’re free and don’t feel demotivated by the slow progress of their writing.

Issue Three: Income Cashout

On Amazon KDP, cashouts are wired or directly deposited. After reaching the minimum threshold, royalties are transferred at the end of the month. However, the “end of the month” is a whole month after the supposed cashout.

For example: January’s income will only be transferred at the end of March.

Not only does the income take too long to process, but it has to reach a “minimum” threshold to be transferred. So, if you want your money immediately, you’ll face difficulties with speed and requirements.

Instead of a “monthly” cashout, it would be easier to store the income as an asset on the site and then be withdrawn by the writers. On Fiverr, sellers can keep the money they earn on the site and take it out when they want. It's the same on TikTok, where users can exchange points for currency and withdraw it.

Figure 3.1: Screenshot of the Earnings page on Fiverr; circled in red is the button "Withdraw Balance"

This way, writers don’t have to meet a “minimum threshold” for the money to be wired, and can also receive the money whenever they want instead of waiting a full month for it to be deposited.

Conclusion

I mulled long and hard on what industry to write about next. I wanted to talk about a career path I’m interested in. As an aspiring writer, I decided, “Let’s talk about publishing then.”

I started the essay with publishing, but it was broad with challenges I can't relate to. So, I researched self-publishing as that’s how I plan to release my stories. Unfortunately, the challenges can only be resolved by the individuals facing it. I wanted to discuss limitations that those affected cannot deal with.

So, I opted to talk from my perspective and wistful wishes instead. These are my own opinions and would likely be seen as childish musings. Even so, to me, they are “challenges”, and so, they are treated as such.

#assignmentwriting #creative thinking #creative writing #university #self publishing #aspiring writer #aspiring author

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damn-behzinga · 5 years ago

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Flustered

Harry Lewis (Wroetoshaw) X Reader

summary - Harry gets flustered when a pretty girl comes in for a speed dating video

warnings - swearing, my terrible writing

request - Hey, could I request one where like you’re on one of their speed dating or tinder in real life videos and Harry ends up really liking you?🥺thank you x

masterlist - request here

Harry smiled as you said hello. His mouth ran dry as he saw you.

"Hi." He squeaked out to you. You giggled as the men in the separate room let out loud laughs.

"Well, Harry likes this one then aye?" Simon laughed to the other men.

"Hi, I'm y/n." You waved and went to give him a hug.

"I'm Harry." Harry pulled you into a hug. You sat on your seat as Harry sat down.

"So do we use the cards or do you want to talk about anything?" You asked.

"We can use the cards and then go off and keep talking." Harry shrugged.

You nodded and picked up. "Who's the most interesting person you've ever met?"

"Um, I'm not really sure. Could you think of anyone?"

"Um, I met Stormzy. He was actually lovely." You smiled.

"Oh, no way!" Harry exclaimed. "When did you meet him?"

"Um last year at Reading festival, I'm a photographer for festivals and I met him and like others like Twenty One Pilots and Billie Eilish." You explained.

"Woah, you're a photographer?" Harry asked. You nodded and Harry continued. "Where's the coolest place you've been to, like, take photos?"

"Um, I went to Bhutan for my wildlife photography course." You smiled. You got out your phone and showed him photos of the tigers who you managed to take photos of. "I got photos of this tiger."

"Holy shit, that's so cool!" Harry exclaimed. You smiled bashfully and put a strand of hair behind your ear before turning off your phone.

"Have you ever met anyone interesting?"

"I met Ronaldo." Harry shrugged and your mouth gaped open.

"No way!"

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The Sidemen looked around at each other.

"Wait! Why is this working out with Harry?" JJ exclaimed.

"Did we get Harry an actual fucking girlfriend?" Ethan laughed.

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You laughed with Harry and picked up another card, "Would you let me shit on your chest?" You let out a loud laugh.

"You don't have to answer any of these by the way." Harry covered his face.

You shook your head. "I wouldn't do it and also I wouldn't let you shit on my chest."

Harry laughed and agreed with you. "Maybe we should fuck around for a bit and avoid the cards."

You nodded.

"What do you like to do in your free time?" Harry asked.

"Um, I work at my gymnasium and teach kids gymnastics." You shrugged bashfully.

"Whoa! That's cool. I used to do gymnastics. Not much anymore but I want to try again." Harry explained. "And to teach the kids must be fun."

"It is. There's nothing better than seeing a child finally get a move they've been trying to get for ages." You grinned. "It's so rewarding."

"I bet. That's cool, though. You sound so hardworking." Harry smiled softly.

You giggled. "It's nothing, but what do you do in your spare time?"

"I just like to hang out with friends, play games." Harry shrugged and smiled.

"Oh cool." You nodded.

Suddenly, Kon yelled out that it was time for Harry to leave. Harry stood up and gave you a hug before saying goodbye and walking out the door.

Then Kon asked you the questions. "Who's date was the best?"

"Oh, definitely Harry." You said.

The men cheered for Harry.

"He was just so willing to hear about me and he was easy to talk to. He got excited about something that is a big thing in my life and he isn't even a part of it. That was nice. If this was real, I definitely would go on another date with him."

Harry started blushing as then men starting yelling in excitement, awkwardly laughing.

"Who was your least favourite?"

"Um probably JJ. I don't care about much money he's got, I would want to know about him. He was funny though, it's just a shame to see him use money and fame as a crutch to get what he wants." You shrugged.

"Who would you set your friend up with if you went on a double date?" Kon asked.

"Um, probably Vik?" You shrugged. "He seemed nervous and my friend is quite confident so I think they could complement each other."

You smiled and left the shoot when suddenly you heard someone call out your name. You turned to see Harry jogging up to you.

"Hi, I didn't think you were going to turn around." Harry laughed sheepishly.

You giggled. "What's up?"

"Can I give you my number?" Harry asked softly.

"Yeah." You nodded and you unlocked your phone handing it to him. Harry put his number on the phone.

"I'm expecting a text tonight." You teased.

Harry nodded. "I'll text you once the shoot is done."

You nodded and leaned in to give him a hug and you planted a kiss on his cheek. When you pulled away, Harry was blushing.

"Bye." You smiled before walking out the door, a grin making its way onto your features.

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sykokilljoyy · 2 years ago

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joints & cuddles - wroetoshaw imagine

request: none word count: 2333 warnings: drug use but casual, no angst just fluff!

TLDR: y/n and harry are distant friends who got high together and cuddled.

Bitter wind stung against your rosey cheeks as your tired eyes scanned across the London skyline. Sitting on the edge of the balcony, rolling a joint with red-tipped fingers, barely enough to feeling the paper against your skin. It was cold, very cold. A harsh October evening that you were spending at your friend, Talia's, apartment.

It had been a beyond stressful week. Bills you hadn't even noticed were due had come out before you expected them to, followed by a surprise inspection from your Landlord, then losing your favourite dress the night before a date and having to show up in an un-washed top and jeans. Fair to say, he never called you back afterwards. The joint was more than needed.

Talia didn't smoke, but loved having you over – plus, the videos of you high are always hilarious to watch when she's sad. Faintly from the kitchen you could hear her humming to a song on her laptop, a moment of pure excitement filled you as you remembered that she was cooking up your favourite dinner. Smiling to yourself, you raised the joint to your lips and lit it, breathing in the tainted smoke.

Watching the grey vapour float off into the sickly cold night sky, this was exactly what you wanted – a relaxed, stress-free evening with your beautiful best friend.

Or, so you thought.

"Yo, Talia!" You heard the distant rumble of a voice call from inside the apartment. Almost finished with your joint, you placed it down onto the ashtray and hopped back onto the balcony floor, pausing so you could hear inside.

"JJ?" Talia called back, moving towards the front door, "What are you doing here?"

"We were all filming nearby, Ethan lost his wallet so we missed our rides home and it's so cold outside," Simon explained, looping his arm around his girlfriend's warm body, "If you're not busy, we wondered if we could chill here."

Silence fell and you could feel Talia's slight panic as she did mental gymnastics, trying to figure out if you would be mad or not.

Usually, you would be sorely disappointed, considering the anxiety that fills your body and mind around groups of people. However, perhaps it was the rapidly growing warmth in your chest and fuzz in your head, you grabbed your phone and joint from the balcony and pulled open the door, alerting the attention of the tenants of the room.

"Oh, shit, sorry, Y/N, we didn't realise you'd be here," Tobi called apologetically, but you shook your head and smiled.

"It's okay, as long as you don't steal the dinner she's making, you can stay."

Laughing, the boys filtered into the room and took their positions around the chairs and sofas in Talia's living-room, Josh brushing past you before wincing.

"Jesus, Y/N, you're freezing cold."

"Oh," You chuckled, wrapping your arms around yourself, "Don't worry about me, I'll warm up."

"Nah, nah," Ethan shook his head, pointing over to his friend who was putting his bag down by the door, "Harry you bought that hoodie whilst we were filming, hand it over."

Before you could protest, Harry was making his way over to you, shaking his jacket off his shoulders, "I'm too hot, anyway, take this, it'll be warmer."

With a grateful smile, you looked up as he wrapped his thick coat around your shivering shoulders, catching his eye. He smiled at you sheepishly before turning around and heading awkwardly back towards his friends.

His friends shared some knowing glances that you were certain you weren't meant to see and suddenly your chest was clamped with anxiety. Were you just paranoid, or was there something going on?

Shaking you from your intoxicated thoughts, Ethan laughed to himself, "You smell that? Someone's had a good night."

The boys chuckled at the smell of weed that lingered in the apartment from you, to which you grinned nervously.

"Ask little miss over there," Talia poked her head around from the kitchen, pointing at you and you hid your face in your hands giddily.

"Don't embarrass me, please, I'm not in the state for that right now," You giggled, your cheeks red and hot.

"No way, don't be embarrassed," Josh piped in.

"Yeah, my next question was if you had any left," Harry laughed, earning some belly laughs from his peers.

Searching through your pockets, you pulled the half-finished joint from before and offered it to him, to which his eyes lit up gladly, taking it from your hand and hooking his arm excitedly around you, bringing you into his warmth, "You're an absolute god, thank you."

Unsure whether you were high or just incredibly single, but his scent filled your nose intoxicatingly, his strong arms holding you into his chest and heart beating against your ear – you didn't want him to let go. Pulling away, Harry smiled at you quickly before mouthing another 'thank you', hopping over his friend on the floor and heading to the balcony you had been on not even 10 minutes ago.

It had been a good 20 minutes now since you smoked and the boys had arrived, and you found yourself tucked into the side of the comfiest sofa, Harry's coat pulled up against you and the smell of Talia's cooking making your head spin. Netflix was blaring from the TV beside you, everyone but Harry, Talia and Simon all bunched up together, watching a new TV show to pass the time.

Creaking slightly, the balcony door was nudged open, a gush of cold air hitting you, causing you to pull Harry's jacket up to your cheeks. Harry crept in, eyes red and tired, cheeks flushed from the biting winds.

"How are you feeling, mate?" Ethan smirked, giving him a knowing gaze as a few chuckles rumbled around the room from his appearance.

"Oh, boys, I'm feeling amazing," He giggled back, heading towards the only empty seat, next to you, plonking himself down.

It was cozy, everyone was almost on top of each other, considering Talia's living-room wasn't intended to house almost 10 people at once. Whilst Harry was getting himself comfortable, he nudged into you and interrupted your zoned-out phone-scrolling – completely failing his plan to get comfortable, as he moved to make sure he wasn't in your space.

"Sorry, Y/N," he apologised and grimaced as he struggled to adjust himself into the sofa.

Perhaps it was because you wanted the comfort, or maybe it was pity that he looked so uncomfortable and you wanted him to have a nice high, you would've never normally had the guts to do this.

"Nah, come here."

Pushing your legs out, holding your arm around his shoulder, your body invited him into an embrace. His gaze was skeptical, unsure whether you were joking or not – silently hoping you weren't.

"Are you sure? You don't have to, I don't want you to be uncomfortable just bec-" He rambled, thanking the heavens the cold has tinted his cheeks because they would've been burning red at the thought of cuddling with you without it.

"Just shut up and come cuddle," You interrupted, gently pulling him towards you into the comfy part of the furniture.

Smiling warmly, he adjusted himself so he was leaning backwards, back against your chest and your arms around his neck and laying on his torso. Softly, his hair was brushing your chin and you rested it on his head, peering over to watch the videos he had on his phone.

You were both in a world of your own, giggling together at stupid Twitter videos, making dumb jokes and taking silly pictures that you'll probably beg him to delete when you're both sober.

A notification pinged at the top of his screen that caught both of your eyes:

From Behzie to Sidemen GC

Trust Bog to get high to finally shoot his shot LOL

Harry's body tensed and the palm of your hand felt the racket of his heart booming against his chest. Another text came through;

From Behzie to Sidemen GC

Wrong chat, this is awkward now. Hi Y/N. Sorry Boggy LMAO

To say you were unsure what to do next, was a huge understatement. Not only were you probably blushing and frozen by the sheer embarrassment of the situation, you were also just confused. Did this mean he liked you? What did Ethan mean by 'finally'?

"You're such a bastard, Behz," Harry was the first to speak, his mind kicking in and jumping from your embrace, launching himself at Ethan. Throwing some playful punches, laughter filled the awkward silence of the room and everyone was jokingly antagonising the pair of them.

Missing the feeling of his body, you took the second of distraction to readjust your head. You'd always liked Harry. It wasn't often you got to see the boys, considering you were only Talia's friend and had a very busy schedule in itself, but when you did it was Heaven seeing him.

He was awkward, so perhaps that's why you always thought he wasn't too interested in you, avoiding alone time with you if he could help it. It was fine, you had learnt to keep your crippling crush under wraps in order not to ruin the friendship you had with them all. But now you were questioning it.

"Y/N! Dinner is ready!" Talia called from the kitchen, stealing you from your wandering thoughts. Excitement filled your body instantly, dreaming up the feeling of getting some food in you in your current state.

Hopping up from the sofa, you hurried into the kitchen eagerly, being met by the incredible smell of Talia's cooking.

Without words, you hugged her gratefully.

"I love you so much, Talia Mar," You thanked, making her laugh and reciprocate your actions.

"Enjoy, babe, we'll be out in the living-room."

It was incredible, every bite felt like absolute euphoria and you thanked Talia with every single morsel.

The silence wasn't long before a very stoned head peeked around the doorframe.

"Room for one more?" Harry asked, his eyes full of hope as they dart between you and the beautiful meal in front of you. Taking another bite, you push the plate towards him, "Oh my God, you're incredible."

"I know, I know, just eat up before I change my mind."

The next 30 minutes was filled with stupid, brainless high conversation about anything and everything possible, sat across from each other in the kitchen, the warm orange light creating a gentle feel in the room. Food had been demolished a while ago, and whilst you both stopped your conversation to grab a drink, the atmosphere begun to change.

"Wine or coke?" You questioned, searching Talia's cupboards for something to sip on.

"Wine, definitely," Harry replied, standing up to join you, pulling glasses from the top shelf and placing them in front of you.

Reaching for his glass, you pushed Harry's hand away, shaking your head. He gave you a confused glance. Picking both of them up, you grabbed his hand and linked your arm with his. You'd seen it in a movie once, and in your current state, it seemed like a fun idea.

Harry was giggling the whole time as you both struggle to coordinate the glasses and sip at them. A lot was spilled, a bit was consumed, but most ended up all over yourself and the work top.

"That was such a bad idea," You cackled as you scrambled for some kitchen roll, wiping the remaining wine from your face and neck.

"You're beautiful," Harry announced, stopping you in your tracks.

Turning to him, you see him watching you clean yourself, a soft and wondrous look in his bright blue eyes. "T-Thank you."

"I'm sorry about earlier, with Ethan," He apologised, and before you had the chance to speak, her continued, "I just, I don't know, it's been, I just-"

"It's okay, Harry, don't worry!" You giggled, putting down your glass and placing your hand on his shoulder, "It's only a joke between friends."

"No, you don't understand," He seemed more serious now, even slightly stressed, "It wasn't a joke."

"Oh?"

Your mind was swimming now, perhaps the wine or maybe the terrifying anticipation flooding you.

"You don't even realise how long I've wanted to make a move, to ask you out, shit even just spend some alone time with you without those lot out there," He continued, "I've just been so absolutely terrified that you don't like me or you'd think it was weird and I'd hate to lose you."

"You'd never lose me, Harry," You smiled, your hand travelling to his chin to lift his head up, bringing his eye line to yours, "For so long, I've wanted to be something more, but you never seemed interested."

"If you were in my brain you would be pissing yourself at how dumb that sounds," He laughed defeatedly, "The boys bully the fuck out of me trying to give me the courage to ask you out."

You blushed, a pure feeling of relief and excitement and pure joy and so much more.

"I like you, Y/N, like so much and it's taken me so long to say because I'm an idiot," Harry confessed, a small tremble in the hand that was on yours.

"You're not an idiot, Harry," Your body subconsciously leaned towards him, "I like you, too, dumbass."

Distance was minimal between you both, "Can I kiss you?" Harry asked, his voice low and needing.

You didn't need to reply, your lips placing themselves on his as his hands dropped to your waist, pulling you as close as he could after years of pining, years of dreaming of the feeling of your lips on his.

You didn't want to pull away, but your breath was vacant and you needed to see his face.

"So," He spoke first, not moving from the close proximity, "Can I take you on a date? Tomorrow night?"

"Of course," You beamed, ecstatic at the closeness of your bodies, "I'll be there."

The moment was scuffed by a text message popping up loudly on Harry's phone, and he pulled it out enough for us both to see.

From Behzie Are you guys finished shagging in there? We want food.

From Behzie p.s. proud of u boggy

REQUESTS ARE OPEN!

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littleminter · 7 years ago

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best night ever

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sdmnluvs · 4 years ago

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Watermelon Sugar (High) ~ Harry Lewis

Harry Lewis x female oc (but they’re both unnamed, you can really pretend it’s any of them but I had Harry in my head whilst writing this ☺️) 500 words

She’s sitting on the sand, legs pulled up to her chest just watching him. He’s the most beautiful person she’s ever seen. He exists and her heart beats that little bit faster.

And then he laughs that loud obnoxious laugh that makes her heart swell and butterflies fly in her stomach. And the smile on his face is enough to make her heart ache because they’re just so imperfect. And for a minute she questions how he ever fell for her.

She thinks of his blue eyes that she could swim in for days, his loud laughter that’s always filled with love and just him in general. He’s everything she’s not yet there he is, blue eyes shining in the setting sun.

Suddenly she feels someone sit down beside her.

“You ok?�� He questions holding her hand in his, the ghost of his laugh from whatever dumb joke Ethan told him still etched on his face.

“Tell me you love me” she says, he turns to face her, a lazy grin on his face.

“I love you,” he whispers softly just for the two of them to hear.

“Do you mean it?” She mummers, voice soft and dripping with love

“Always and forever,” and he kisses her, hands cupping her face and he tastes just like watermelon and strawberries. Like every summer night that they’ve spent together. She’s high off of the taste and doesn’t think she’ll ever come back down

She knows she’s grinning like crazy when they finally pull apart but then again, so is he.

“Can I tell you something?” He asks. She nods her head, still smiling with that dazed look on her face, kissing him will never get old

“Race you to the cake,” he whispers before taking off in a sprint towards the small table full of food. He can hear her shouting his name as what he said settles in

“You absolute prick!” She shouts running after him but the smile on her face is worth the world to see.

“I can’t believe I fell for that!” She huffs playfully hitting him, breathing in the scent of strawberries that’s still lingering around him.

He grins all proudly at her before leaning in to kiss her again. She’s on a high of his taste again, from warm summer days and the ocean. She breathes it in, wants this moment to be etched in her memory forever.

“I love you.” She says softly.

He smiles gently and kisses her forehead. “I love you even more you sap.”

“That’s impossible,” she whispers, the summer air is flying slowly past them but all she can focus on is him.

He shakes his head with a laugh before pulling her in again. And just like that she’s lost in him once more. Tastes both of them until she’s high on watermelon sugar again.

And she prays to every god that’s out there, that she’ll never have to go without.

#Harry Lewis #harry lewis one shot #wrotoshaw #w2s #harry Lewis x female oc #fanfiction #sidemen oneshot #ethan payne #sidemen #sdmnl #wrotoshaw oneshot #watermelon sugar #is this fluff?#idk #it’s cute ig #I wrote this instead of doing work

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fishytrouble1 · 4 years ago

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Sidemen Football Challenge Surprise

MiniminterxReader Fanfiction

Summary: You hadn’t felt well all morning but you couldn’t worry too much as you had 7 Sidemen to help warm-up before their football video.

You, Simon and JJ were getting ready for the day. They were meeting the guys to film a football challenge video for their channel. You were coming along to help warm-up and give the boys some pointers. They had asked you to help out as you were a youth football coach for about 10 years of your life before you recently became a teacher.

“Y/N are you almost ready? We need to get going or we’ll be late.” You hear your boyfriend, Simon, shout at you. You knew full well though that you were no where close to being late as Simon always liked being the first one to the shoots if he could.

“I’m just putting my trainers on, I’ll be out in a...” But before you can get the rest of your sentence out you feel a sudden wave of nausea that has you rushing to the bathroom.

As you’re throwing up last night’s dinner into the bathroom toilet, you hear the bathroom door open and close behind you. Before you know it you feel a hand slowly rubbing you back whilst another pulls back your hair from around your face.

You soon finish up before flushing the toiler and lean back taking a minute to breathe and calm yourself, after your sudden nausea.

“Y/N are you sure you’re alright to come today? I don’t want you to come and then over-exert yourself, if it makes you feel worse in the long run.” Simon says worry written all over his face.

“Si, don’t stress, I’ll be fine I just haven’t eaten enough for the amount of exercise I’ve done.” You smile at him.

“Only if you’re sure you’ll be okay? If you start feeling any worse you tell me, and I’ll bring you straight home.” Simon says clearly still a little concerned for your health.

You agree to his terms and he helps you up off of the bathroom floor before bringing you in for a kiss. He pulls away before remarking, “I will just let you know that your breath is a little bit bad, from all that throwing up.” You both laugh at how blatantly honest he was being, but you were thankful all the same.

An hour later you were at the field waiting for the rest of the guys to turn up. You were then about to go warm yourself up when you felt instantly dizzy and needed to sit down for a minute, you were lucky that Simon was off busy practicing with JJ otherwise he would’ve taken you straight home. You took some paracetamol before looking up and see Josh approaching you with Freya in tow smiling brightly at you.

“Hey Josh, and Frey. I didn’t expect to see you here?” You say in curiosity. You were surprised to see Freya here as these types of videos weren’t ones she usually tagged along for.

“Well Josh told me you were coming along just to help them beforehand so I thought I might tag along and when you’re not helping the lads we can sit and catch up.” She explains with a big grin on her face.

All the other boys turn up, most of them looking like they were dreading the next couple hours. You didn’t waste any time though and gathered all of the boys onto the field for some quick warm-ups to avoid any of them getting injured, whilst giving them some useful tips and tricks when it comes to the challenges.

You’re halfway through the warm-ups when you feel your stomach beginning to turn. You freeze in place for a minute before running to the bin, on the side of the pitch, and throwing up into it for the second time today.

Simon had noticed you stopped and as soon as you took off running he followed. Freya was at your side first, holding your hair back whilst Simon held you up and rubbed your back.

“Y/N this is the second time you’ve thrown up today, maybe I should take you home so you can rest. If by tomorrow you still feel the same I’ll take you to the doctors.” Simon says in a hurry as he’s obviously concerned.

“Simon, calm down. I’m fine, like this morning I just haven’t eaten enough. Let me go and clean my shirt in the changing room while you guys film your video and I’ll come out after I’ve had some time to sit and eat something.” You say hoping it will calm him down, which it does to some extent.

“Are you sure?” He asks.

“Yes. And anyways, Freya’s here to help me. If I feel worse she can take me home. Please Si, don’t worry about me and go film a video with your boys. Plus I know you’re going to kick those boys’ arses at those challenges.” You say making both of you laugh.

A few minutes later you and Freya enter the changing rooms and you take your shirt off as you start running the taps to fill a sink with water and soap. From leans on the sink next to you with a raised eyebrow.

“Is there something you want to tell me Y/N?” Freya asks. “No, what makes you think there is?” You frown in confusion.

“Y/N you’re throwing up, you told me earlier you were getting dizzy and honestly don’t be offended but I’ve noticed that your boobs are slightly bigger than they normally are. Is it possible that you could be pregnant?” The question she’s posed makes you stop as you think back to when you last had your period and if you had unprotected sex sometime before that.

After thinking about it, you realise that it is more than a possibility and you quickly turn to Freya in panic.

“Frey what do I do? Me and Simon have never even broached the subject of kids. What if he doesn’t want it? What if he doesn’t want me either?” You start rambling in panic but Frey quickly interrupts you.

“Y/N calm down. I’ll run to the corner shop and find some reliable pregnancy tests. you just sit here, take a deep breath and don’t panic until you have a definitive answer.” You nod at her plan as she leaves the room to go and get you a stick that will give you an answer.

20 minutes later and Freya comes bursting through the doors and instantly hands you 3 tests. You go and pee on them before heading out and placing them beside the sink before sitting down and waiting for the result that has the potential to turn your whole world upside down.

When the time was up, you had to take a deep breath from how badly you were shaking from nerves. You got up and went to look at the result that was displayed on the test. You had tears in your eyes as you turn to Freya before telling her the outcome of the tests.

30 minutes later, you head out of the changing rooms and onto the field to see the lads setting up the next challenge. You instantly spot Simon and head over to him, you were nervous about telling him was has happened in the last hour.

“Y/N, how are you feeling now?” You were so in your own head, you hadn’t noticed that Simon had seen you walking towards him.

“Yeah but, I need to talk to you.” You grab his hand and pull him a little way away from your friends, to give you some privacy.

“So Frey and I had a chat and well... It’s probably easier if I show you instead of tell you.” As you see confusion become prominent on his face, you pull the tests from your bag, that you had taken with you, and hand them over to Simon.

“Y/n are you serious? Does this mean what I think it means?” You nod hesitantly at his question but are surprised when he suddenly picks you up off your feet and spins you around, gaining the attention of the lads and Freya.

“I’m so glad you’re happy about this. I honestly thought that you wouldn’t want either of us when you found out.” You admit to him.

“How could you think for one second that I wouldn’t be overjoyed at this news? I want to share every experience life has to offer with you.”

He turns around to face the boys as he shouts, “Guess who is going to be a dad?”

The boys’ jaws drop to the floor and you can’t help but giggle at the sight of it. It’s soon followed by laughter and celebration before they finally finish their football challenge video.

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flippin-flick · 3 years ago

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omg hi if you like minishaw well do i have a treat for you.

i posted a minishaw high school au fic!!

you can read it on ao3 here! ⬇️

or on my wattpad! ⬇️

as i've said before i'm a slut for minishaw and high school au's so i combined them and did the job myself:) hope you enjoy!!

#minishaw #sidemen #simon minter #harry lewis #jj olatunji #vikk barn #josh bradley #tobi brown #ethan payne #miniminter #w2s #ksi #vikstar123 #zerkaa #tbjzl #behzinga #high school au #fanfic #fanfiction

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carobear16 · 23 days ago

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CHAPTER 6 OF HAPPY ACCIDENTS OUT NOW! 900 words

Go read!

Once again, i apologize for such a short chapter, updates might be spread out now, and no longer daily.

@marvelouscaroline on wattpad !

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toastypeachy · 3 years ago

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Things We Don't Normally Do - ONE (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1082381042-things-we-don%27t-normally-do-one?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=embracethewitch&wp_originator=SXNFYO0M1%2F6ksSpfOdFs32SCQmZkvd0LBVwJqdpQWwrex006NDcVQdKP49mwcTCSfJJ0y95Yn51%2BdSx5tK3kVGRFFDVXEN%2Fe0b062g5io2ZDBs%2Fvxw1%2BimSEfpRyoIYw

// A W2S Fanfic //

Alex feels like she as been going through the motions for way too long. Like she had been stuck living as a supporting character in someone else's story-- often playing roles like the less attractive friend, the older hardly-present sister, the annoying younger sister, the girl you go out with before you meet the love of your life.

Feeling like an extra in your own life is not fun, but she realized that there is only one constant in her predicament and it was her. If anything was going to change for her, she would have to change.

So she made a resolution: to do the things she won't normally do. It was when she started on this quest to push herself to do things she normally wouldn't that she meets Harry. An awkward chance encounter that quickly grew into an undeniable attraction.

And Harry, with his outrageous stunts and youtube popularity, that something Alex would've never thought she'd go for.

Official Playlist for Things We Don't Normally Do: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Cpvm1BF7VOr9MKMENF5Z6?si=NXxapirgSFyWuOIAsYUGAQ

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raggedy-dxctor · 5 years ago

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Could you please write a soulmate au The world is black and white until you meet your soulmate with either Harry or Simon from the Sidemen

Colour | Harry Lewis

The world was uneventful and boring before you met your soulmate. Shades of black and white clouded your vision, until you met them.

Most people had already met their soulmate by your age. Your friends exoressed such joy and excitement, not only because they finally met "the one", but because they could finally see colour.

As you walked down the street, with your best friend, she was ranting about how beautiful and amazing her soulmate's eyes were. She described them as allurring, beautiful, vibrant green orbs stared at her with such love and adoration.

You envied her for this, she described the world with such beauty and raww emotion. She had always been like this, she met her soulmate from a very young age, at around four years old.

As you zone out and look around, you see a group of nine boys, all laughing together, wide grins adorning their faces as one of them held a camera.

You stare at them for a few seconds and before you can pull away, someone catches your eye and the world bursts into colour.

His boyish grin turns into shock as the colours start to settle around the two of you. His messy blonde hair blew in the wind as his jaw drops. You drop everything you're holding and stand there, stiff.

"Y/n??"" Your best friend asks, slightly concerned at your behaviour. "His eyes. They're... so blue!" You gasp, not breaking eye contact with him as your best friend squeals. "It's him isn't it! He's your soulmate!" She grinned excitedly, doing a small dance as you nodded absently.

"Harry!" His friend shouted from a good distance away, jogging back to him to see why he stopped. "What's wrong, mate?" His friend's voice sounded concerned, almost curious.

"Vik, i can see... colour" He mutters, hesitating as he tries to make sense out of the situation. "Harry! She's your soulmate! Go get her, tiger!" "Vik" laughed, pushing him towards you, causing Harry to stumble over his own feet. After he regained his composure, he nervously ran over to you.

Your best friend had already wished you luck and ran towards Harry's large group of friends that were gathered a fair distance away, listening to "Vik" with excited expressions on their faces.

"So um, hi, i'm Harry" He stutters out, nervously scratching the back of his head. "I'm Y/n" You beam, causing his nerves to instantly vanish as he finally takes the time to check you out. God, you were perfect

You snorted, taking the time to pull out your phone and pass it to him. Gesturing for him to put in his number, he blushed, but happily obliged.

"Do you want to go out sometime?" You ask casually as he grins. "Of course" He laughs, embracing you in a loving hug.

You both pull away and he offers you his hand. "This is probably a lot to ask, but do you wanna come meet the boys, you are my soulmate and you'll probably be seeing them a lot from now on" He explained nervously, a hint of hope and excitement laced in his voice.

"Don't be so nervous, hun. Of course i'll come meet them" You laughed, placing a hand on his cheek and quickly giving him a peck on the lips. He practically swooned as you grabbed his hand and lead him towards to boys.

He couldn't wait for a future with you.

a/n: thanks so much for the request! sorry if you did want Simon more than Harry, i don't really feel comfortable writing for Simon atm.

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#harry lewis #wroetoshaw #w2s #harry x reader #sidemen fanfiction #sidemen x reader #sidemen #soulmate #sidemen soulmate #soulmate alternate universe #soulmate au

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sidemenimaginesss · 5 years ago

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requests are open :)

welcome to my account! i wanna start writing sidemen imagines so please request some if you’d like one. there’s a few prompts you can use in your request, but you can also request something else / specify it yourself. for now, i’m only accepting requests involving the sidemen, not their friends etc.

also please reblog, i would love to find some more sidemen friends on here <3 thank you!

1. “how do i even put up with you?”

2. “they didn’t just find out, they already knew!”

3. “you’re not as quiet as you think you are”

4. “hold my hand so they get jealous”

5. “are you crying? what happened?”

6. “you look pretty hot. wait- i meant like not you it’s just- the temperature is very- uh- it’s very warm and you could be overheating.”

7. “you’re so important to me”

8. “you know you want it”

9. “i’m your boyfriend. it’s my job”

10. “don’t touch me, we’re fighting!”

11. “i didn’t know we were keeping track”

12. “one of them’s missing”

13. “oh, fuck off”

14. “come over here and make me”

15. “we’ll handle it”

16. “you’re competitive and so am i, this is gonna lead to a fight”

17. “mind if i join?”

18. “i might’ve accidentally lost the keys”

19. “i’ll take care of it”

20. “am i scaring you?”

21. “trust me”

22. “did they hurt you?”

23. “you’re cute when you‘re mad”

24. “how could you?”

25. “please... please don’t shut me out”

26. “don’t be an asshole. asshole”

27. “do you really think i could ever replace you?”

28. “stop saying that, you could give someone the wrong idea”

29. “i let you win”

30. “why are you blushing?”

31. “how long have you been standing there?”

32. “i just like proving you wrong”

33. “take. it. off.”

34. “everyone keeps telling me you’re bad for me”

35. “forget it. you fucking suck”

36. “if i die, i swear to god i’m gonna haunt your ass”

37. “looks like we’re going to be stuck here for awhile”

38. “move your hand or i will rip it off and beat you with it”

39. “not here! anyone could catch us!”

40. “stop saying things that make me want to kiss you”

41. “oh my god! you’re in love!”

42. “i love you to the moon and back but my god you do some stupid shit”

43. “you make me nauseous” “it’s called love. you’ll get over it”

44. “my god, are those abs REAL”

45. “honestly, it is no surprise that things have turned out this way”

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damn-behzinga · 5 years ago

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Tranquil

Harry Lewis (wroetoshaw) X Reader

summary - harry and you are soft when others aren’t around

warnings - swearing, my terrible writing

a/n - been feeling soft for harry so here you go :)

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Harry sighed contently as he brought his knee to his chest. You let out a soft hum as you lifted up your knees and balanced on your elbows. A calming tune played in the background of your flat. A few candles were placed around the flat and your yoga mats laid on the ground.

After the video where Harry learnt some basic yoga, he realised how much he enjoyed it and wanted to continue it in his spare time. You used to do yoga before you started cooking you offered to teach him what you know. It quickly became a thing where every Mondays and Thursdays, you would get together and do yoga. It was usually at your flat since you lived alone and the chances of someone walking in were slim. Unfortunately, your building had to be shut down due to a gas leak, so you decided to stay at Harry's flat with his roommates.

What you hadn't expected was his friends to walk in. You heard a snort and a chuckle and both of your heads shot up. Lux and Freezy were creasing up and filming the two of you together. Harry immediately stood up and flipped them up, exclaiming "Fuck off you two! Don't post that anywhere!"

They laughed at Harry and you let out a giggle. You quickly pulled Harry down to a kiss and smiled lightly. He laughed in the kiss and moved his head onto your shoulder, his cheeks turning red as he hid his face from his friends.

"If we have to deal with this kind of shit for any longer, I'm gonna vomit!" Freezy exclaimed, throwing his hands up and wandering out the room. You let out a loud laugh as Lux followed him out the room.

Harry pulled away from you and looked guilty. "Sorry, they saw that. I thought they weren't going to bother us."

You smiled softly and placed your hands on his cheeks. "Harry, I love what we do, so what they walked in, we were enjoying ourselves weren't we?"

Harry reached a hand up and slowly stroked your hand, he leaned into the touch and moved his face to kiss your hand.

"Do you want to go do something else?" Harry asked softly.

"Like what?" You asked.

"I don't know." Harry shrugged, standing up straight and pulling you up with him. "Maybe watch a film, or go out, or do something else?" He winked suggestively.

You shoved him playfully and scoffed. "Don't be a nob!"

Harry let out a laugh as you rolled your eyes. He quickly entrapped you in a hug, spinning you around slightly as you laughed. You gripped his hands tightly as he aggressively spun you around, jumping slightly.

"Harry!" You squealed out. Harry continued to laugh as he put you down.

"Let's watch a movie, yeah?" You smiled at him.

"Yeah, I'm going to change first." Harry sighed softly.

"Me too." You whispered. You both walked up to Harry's room and you pulled out your most comfortable clothes. After you threw them on, your brushed your hair and turned around as Harry pulled on his top.

You smiled at him and he leaned down to give you a kiss. He quickly pushed you on to the bed, making you let out a small squeal. You quickly grabbed his top and pulled him on top of you. You both laughed and Harry tickled your sides, you wiggled underneath him, trying to escape from his grasp.

Harry stopped and moved so he was lying beside you. The two of you calmed down and only small giggles were coming out of you alongside huffs of breath. Harry pulled you to his chest, smiling contently.

Can you believe it's almost been two years of us together?" Harry whispered.

"I know right. Next week is going to be so much fun." The two of you had planned to go away to Italy for your second anniversary, neither of you had been so you wanted to go and explore. You had been learning basic Italian to help you along the way and Harry had a friend who lived in Italy who would help guide you to places.

"Do you ever think about moving out together?" You asked. "Think about it, I spend most of my time at yours anyway so what's the difference."

Harry smiled, "I'd love to move to yours, I love your flat!"

"Let's just hope that the gas leak gets cleared up!" You giggled. "Do you actually want to move into mine?" You asked, voice quiet.

"Of course I would! I have a key to your place already and I see you every day," Harry said. "I'll pay rent and we could do weekly movie nights, maybe we could take Herb with us!"

"I don't think the other two would be too happy if we took Herb with us!" You laughed.

Harry chuckled and the room fell into a soft silence.

"I love you." He whispered after a few moments. You smiled softly and looked up at him.

"I love you too." You reached up and kiss him on the lips.

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