#when did Thena and Gil get married?

[softquietsteadylove]

Hello love, how are you?

I know you have done a couple of this already, but may i ask for one where Thena is suffering because of her period and Gil is being a good boyfriend and taking care of her, pretty please.

Also thank you for all your works they are amazing 🩷🤍.

"Thena?"

He didn't get any response as he cracked the door open even further. Which, he wouldn't under any normal circumstance. But not only was this bathroom at an end of the school that no one ever used, he had gotten an inside tip.

"Babe, I know you're in here," he broached carefully. She wasn't in here for no reason.

"Get out."

There she was. But it didn't have her usual sharpness. Plenty of acerbic distaste, certainly, but it had a kind of morose undertone to it.

Gil pressed the door closed behind him, "come on, sweetheart. Sersi sent me."

There was a stall door between them, but he could hear the look of betrayal on her face. "That little-"

"Hey," he assuaged, pressing his palm to the painted steel. "She's at the mall with Dane--who I know damn well you wouldn't want knowing about this, too."

"Whom," she corrected him, although even that lacked her usual gusto. "And that doesn't mean you were the acceptable alternative."

"Thena," he attempted in a sweeter voice. He looked down at the feet under the stall's gap. He had some sympathy; he didn't think of it as nearly so big a deal, but there were probably few things more personal to a girl than this. "Is it bad?"

She took her sweet time answering him, and even when she did, it came out as a miserable little warble. "I can see it a little."

A little would be enough. Especially if she was wearing white jeans.

"Do you know when it started?" he asked, in he thought was a pretty calm and cool way--logical, as his girlfriend would most appreciate.

She sighed (heavily). "After, or maybe even during practice. I managed to slip away from the team."

Gil frowned. Wasn't it, like, girl code not to leave one of their own in this state of distress? "You didn't wanna ask one of them-"

"I wouldn't say I'm that close with any of them," Thena spat. He didn't think she had any real dislike for them, either. But then again, his girlfriend didn't excel at vulnerability, and maybe this was too much for her to even turn to her fellow woman.

She had texted Sersi in blind hopes that her sister was close at hand.

"Okay, here," Gil sighed, pulling up the bag he had with him. He looked up, and then down, "do these doors have hooks on the inside?"

"You think our school has the luxury of something like that?"

Okay, yeah, she had a point. He huffed, "well, I dunno, so you don't have to put your bag or purse or whatever on the floor?"

"I'm not saying it's not a good idea, Gil, but no, they don't have that."

She really was feeling like absolute shit.

"Okay," he gave in easily. He set the bag on the ground and used his foot to slide it in to her. She did snatch it away from his gaze eagerly. "Sersi didn't say which one you liked, so I got a little pack of both, and-"

"Thank you--out."

He sighed again, but there wasn't much more he could do for her at this point. "Okay, okay, but I'm gonna be right outside the door."

"You don't have to, Gil."

He made a face at the stall door again, not that she could appreciate it. "I'm not gonna leave you like this."

"You could, though."

He didn't even really have anything he could compare it to--what she must be feeling at the moment. And for someone who struggled to talk about her own discomfort like she did... "I'm sorry, Thena."

It was so, so quiet. But he caught it--the little sniffle. The telltale sign that her misery was not just mere anger or frustration.

"There's no need, Gil," she tried to dissuade him again, more genuinely and less angrily this time.

"Babe, you know I've eaten you out, right," he commented rather dryly, "it's not like I can get freaked out by your period."

"That's-!" For however strong it started, it gave way to her misery not a second later, finishing in a whimper, "different."

She was right, it was different. But he was trying! He just wanted to make her feel better.

"I'll be outside," he reaffirmed to her door, pressing himself to it as if she would know he was trying to comfort her like that. "And I'm not leaving without you, so don't even try it."

"Fine."

Gil pulled himself away from the door slowly. He lingered, in case she was going to change her mind and tell him to stay. But she made not even a sound, which wasn't even that easy to do with the crinkly plastic pharmacy bag he'd brought in.

He had even had the wherewithal to ask them to double bag it, for privacy reasons! He thought that was a pretty smart move, on his part. He had gotten both tampons and pads, which maybe was a little overkill. But he didn't want her to get stuck with one if she was more comfortable with the other. And he'd thrown in some pain meds and some chocolate, just for good measure.

Gil leaned against the wall outside the bathroom door. They were at the very end of the hall, by the door that led straight to the fields. Now that all the practices were over, no one would be down here until teachers left or cleaning staff came to do their thing.

His heart ached for his poor Thena, imagining her discovering the blood and too uncomfortable around her teammates to ask for help with it. He wasn't entirely sure where her ire with them started, or if it was for Thena reasons or something else. But the fact that she had slipped away from them to endure the misery for herself spoke to how solitary a creature she really was.

He stood up straight as the door opened and Thena emerged with the bag in the crook of her elbow. She was staring straight down at the ground. "How do you feel?"

"Humiliated."

Gil smiled down at the top of her head as she headbutted him right in the chest. He didn't mind. He wrapped his arms around her, pressing a kiss to her hair.

His first instinct was to say something to lighten her mood, maybe a joke or something. But he felt the faint but real little spots of warmth in the cotton of his t-shirt. He rubbed her back, "it's okay."

Thena had never, ever, cried in front of him. Not even when she told him about Ikaris laughing at her for being a virgin. He was still determined to kick that guy's ass one day.

She pulled away, rubbing her eyes to erase the last of her woes for herself. "Thank you."

"Of course," he frowned. Like he was doing some great thing by helping her out with this? It was pretty basic boyfriend stuff, he was pretty sure. "You know I mean that, right?"

"I know," she grumbled, and there was some of his Thena starting to emerge. She stepped away from him, her arms wrapped around herself.

"You want me to, uh," he tilted his head, "check if you're good?"

"I would rather die."

He chuckled; now that was his Thena.

"Just," she mumbled out, embarrassment written all over her. "Give me your sweater.

He did so in an instant, pulling his black hoodie off his shoulders and wrapping it around her. She extended her arms on her own, threading them through the sleeves smoothly. He made sure it sat on her shoulders and then gave the bottom a tug to verify that it did indeed cover well beyond her (cute) butt.

She looked at him as she started pushing the sleeves up.

"Lookin' good," he grinned at her with a wink.

She rolled her eyes at him, but the way she let him take her hand told him she was still feeling a little shitty about everything. "Take me home?"

"You got it," he assured as gently as he could. As much as he wanted to offer to take her out and do something fun, it wasn't about what he wanted. And if she wanted to wallow in her misery for the night he would ask and beg and plead to join her in that misery. "You know-"

Thena didn't even turn her head, just gave him one hell of a side eye.

But he smiled, braving on for the love of his young life. "As I keep reminding you, I am in this for real, babe. Like, real deal, long haul-"

"Yes, yes, you have said," she sighed, although he could see her starting to smile again.

He gave her hand a squeeze. "It's not like I was never gonna be around for...something like this."

It showed on Thena's face just how much she appreciated his delicacy with it, even after the fact.

"It's not a big deal--not to me, at least," he shrugged, hoping he was saying the right thing. All he could hope was that she was really hearing him and getting how much he meant it. "And if you ever needed help like this again--just call me, okay? Text me, email me if you have to."

She laughed at the suggestion, but all he needed to see was that cute smile, showing off her teeth. She had a cute laugh, too.

"I'll be there, Thena," he finished, pouring his heart into it. "In a heartbeat."

"I know, Gil." Well, that was the end of that. It wasn't up for discussion anymore, and he would be pushing his luck to try and continue it.

But he happily let her release his hand, only so she could wrap her arms around his one and press her face into his t-shirt sleeve. "You gonna let me carry that bag for you?"

"No."

"Okay, fine," he chuckled. Whatever she wanted--needed. Anything at all. He looked down at her as they continued down the hall, taking their good, sweet time. "Thena, I-"

"I hope," she prefaced, giving his arm an extra squeeze, "you're not about to say something I wouldn't want to hear on arguably the worst day of my life."

Okay, so not the time for an I-Love-You. Their first, he had to keep reminding himself, no matter how many times he had already imagined saying it to her.

"Yeah, no, totally," he mumbled, resigning himself to keeping it in again.

"Just-" Thena pressed herself even closer to him. "Just wait a little longer."

He looked down at the top of her head again (since she wasn't up to looking at him yet, apparently). But she didn't have to ask; he was going to wait for her until the day he died, he had already decided.

It wasn't even really up to him. Somewhere along the way, he had fallen beyond the point of no return, and he would do anything - literally anything! - for her.

Thena let him kiss her forehead as they continued shuffling along, the hum of the fluorescents and the crinkling of the bag offering a soundtrack to their quiet moment.

"Y'know, I heard baths are good for cramps. We could-"

"Not a chance, Gil."

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[zafirosreverie]

The M word (Ajak x F!Reader) part 3

part 1

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"Fuck off! Sersi is mine!" you yelled, smiling as you ran down the halls.

Ajak's laughter followed you, and you knew the woman was hot on your heels, so you quickened your pace. You knew you were being childish, and the other would probably complain later that you made her lose her straightness, but at that moment you decided to enjoy seeing her so free and happy. Plus, giving Thena a little blackmail material never hurt.

"You already have Makkari and Druig!" she protested but you could hear the amusement in her tone

"And I'm going for Phastos and Kingo!" you yelled back

"We agreed to leave Kingo last!"

"Then I'm going for Ikaris!"

You laughed again as you took a sharp turn down a hallway. You turned your head so you could stick your tongue out at Ajak, not noticing that a door opened, causing you to enter the meeting room and crash directly into Gilgamesh. At least the man didn't seem affected by it.

"Are you alright?" he asked you, helping you to your feet

"Yes" you laughed "thank you"

"She touched him, does that count as having him on our team?"

You looked around to realize that the rest of the Eternals were also in the room, most of them looking at you in confusion as Druig and Makkari smiled knowingly at you. You returned the gesture and hugged one of Gilgamesh's arms just in time for Ajak to enter the room. She tried to look serious and demure as always, but you knew that everyone had heard her laughter in the halls, and the beads of sweat and her heavy breathing gave her away.

"I just took Gil away from you" you told the woman with a grin

The prime eternal simply rolled her eyes fondly and crossed her arms, smiling at you in amusement. You stuck your tongue out at her again and pressed a little closer against Gilgamesh, you could hear Druig giggling and you didn't have to look to know Thena was smiling too.

"Well that leaves Phastos for me then" your girlfriend said

"Over my dead body!" you said, letting go of the man and pressing an accusing finger into the woman's chest.

"Uh, did I miss something?" Kingo said "what's going on here?"

You looked at your family, feeling truly lucky to belong to such a special group and to be seen as an equal by them despite everything. It had been years since you had felt anything like it and you could no longer imagine a life without them.

"Oh, don't you know?" you asked mockingly

"Know what?"

You shared a look with Ajak, almost as if you were silently asking her permission, to which she nodded, her smile never leaving her lips. You turned to the Eternals, ready to drop a bombshell that only Makkari, Druig, and Thena knew about.

"We're getting married" you smiled.

The following seconds were deathly silent, where everyone seemed to try to register your words as if they were foreign to them. Kingo was the first to react and from there it was all screaming and chaos. Warm and familiar chaos.

"What?!"

"FUCKING FINALLY!"

"AND WHY DID I NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?!"

"We found out this morning"

"No, no hold on, why did they know before ME?!"

"Because Ajak loves me more"

"No, no, I get you, Thena, I was talking about Druig"

You and Ajak looked at each other for a moment before sharing a laugh as Druig and Kingo got into a little argument. Sometimes it was hard to remember that these people were in charge of watching over and protecting humanity, especially when they behaved like kindergartners.

"Congratulations" Gilgamesh smiled at you.

"Thank you" you replied

"And who asked who?" Phastos asked, approaching you.

"Oh, none have" Ajak replied.

The room went completely silent again and you had to bite your lower lip to keep from laughing at everyone's faces. You really wished you had the camera that Phastos had given you at that moment.

"Excuse me, what?"

"Well, we talked about it some time ago and we both agreed that we'd like to take that step" you said, blushing when Ajak linked her fingers with yours "But there hasn't been a formal proposal."

"And that's where we come in" Thena smiled.

"What do you mean?" Ikaris intervened

"Ajak asked me this morning if I could help her plan something to propose to Y/N" the blonde replied.

"And Y/N heard it, so she asked Makkari and me to help make her proposal to Ajak better" Druig added.

"So here we are" you said "recruiting you all to help us"

"Oh, proposals war! I like it" Kingo smiled "what's the prize?"

"The winner chooses where we spend our honeymoon and the names of our future children"

You laughed as Ajak choked next to you and blushed so deeply that even her dark skin couldn't hide it. She looked at you with wide eyes and you had to place a quick kiss on her lips to prevent her from scolding you. You knew that was not part of what you had agreed to, but it occurred to you at the moment. You weren't even sure you could (or that she wanted) have kids, and it was definitely something you had to talk about later, but for now, you pretended it was all part of the plan. It worked if the way everyone was looking at you with interest was any indication.

"Oh, I'm so into it!" Kingo said loudly "which team I’m in?"

"Mine" Ajak said, taking the man's hand before you could react.

"Hey! That's not fair, we said we'd leave Kingo last" you complained with a pout

"What? And why me last?!" he asked indignantly

"Because you're the one who already has the entire wedding planned" you said "and we both want that wit on our team"

That seemed to calm the man, who stood a little taller with pride, not noticing the sarcasm in your voice, Ajak's eye roll, or Thena's wicked grin. Always go for the ego.

"So what about the rest of us?" Sprite asked

"I want Ikaris" you said

"No, we don't want Ikaris" Druig protested.

"Yes we do" you replied

"No, we don't want him, we want Phastos"

"Phastos belongs to me" Ajak said

"Why?!"

"Because Y/N already took Gilgamesh"

"Sorry, weren't you fighting over Sersi?" Thena asked smiling

“We weren’t fighting” your girlfriend frowned

"Yes we were, and she's mine" you said, taking Sersi's arm

"No, no, if I'm going to be on Ajak's team, I need Sersi too" Kingo said, taking her other arm.

"Then I want Ikaris!"

"We don't want Ikaris!"

"ENOUGH!"

They all jumped up and looked at Ajak with a bit of embarrassment. You had to hide your smile and squeeze your legs a bit to calm the growing heat between them (that woman was fucking sexy when she got bossy, ok?!) while the prime eternal looked at them all with amusement.

"Obviously we need a peaceful solution to this. I don't want wars in my marriage proposal" she said, sounding a little too proud about the last words.

"Okay, okay, I have an idea" you said "Since it's evident that hunting them down one by one didn't work...how about you have the thinkers and I have the fighters?"

"I like it, except for one problem" your girlfriend said

"Which is?"

"I want Thena"

"Yes, as her best friend, I'm going with Ajak" Thena said

"Okay, then I'll trade her for Phastos" you said.

"You talk about us as if we were trading cards" the inventor said amused

"And I want Gilgamesh" the blonde said

"Give me Sersi" you crossed your arms, making the young woman smile at you, probably grateful for not only being taken into account but apparently being one of the most coveted.

"Didn't you want Druig?" Sprite asked 

"I don't want to be on the same team as Ikaris" Druig replied

"I'm not even going to pretend that it hurt me" the flyer smiled

"Give me Sersi and you have Gilgamesh" you said

"Done" your girlfriend smiled

"But we are 5 and you are 6" Sprite intervened

"Ikaris and Sersi are on the same team, they'll probably get lost in each other's eyes, and Kingo and Y/N are a mess together, we're really only up against Phastos and Makkari" Druig sneered.

"Pfff, that's because you haven't seen Kingo, Makkari, and me drunk and wanting to embarrass Ajak" you smirked

"We have this won!" Kingo said, giving you a high five

"No one is going to get drunk!" the prime eternal said, a little worried and blushing

"I don't tell you what strategies to use with your team!"

She tried to give you a serious look as she crossed her arms as well, but it only lasted a few seconds before she laughed and shook her head affectionately.

"So, is it agreed?" Sprite asked, oddly enough, she looked quite invested in this.

"No, wait, how much time do we have?" Phastos asked

You and Ajak looked at each other, you hadn't thought of that. If you were being honest, you really didn't even expect your girlfriend to go along with the silly game, or that the others (besides Kingo, Makkari, and Thena) would actually want to participate, so you hadn't bothered to think of a date.

"Well...in two months it's the anniversary of having met you" Ajak smiled at you

You smiled back and took her hand to kiss her knuckles gently. The heat that she aroused in you (and not just the sexual kind) was immense and despite all the games and jokes, you really looked forward to marrying her.

"Okay, before you get too cutesy and I get diabetes" Thena scoffed "we're all in agreement, we have two months to plan the best proposal"

"And the winner has honeymoon rights and future baby names" Kingo smiled

"Yeah, it's a deal" you said

"Will you ever tell us how you met?" Sprite suddenly asked

You looked at Ajak and wrapped one of your arms around her waist, pulling her close to you as she placed a hand on your shoulder and gazed at you lovingly.

"Nope" you both said at the same time

The other Eternals complained and you and your girlfriend laughed. You put a lock behind her ear and caressed her cheek softly before giving her a sweet kiss. 

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Eternals incorrect quotes part four: Thenamesh Edition because I love these two

Gilgamesh: What would you do if you were being robbed?

Thena, without hesitation: Blast them into the atmosphere.

Gilgamesh: Wow, great work on the Halloween decorations. Where did you get the fake skeletons?

Thena: …

Thena: …Fake…?

Thena: How are you going to carve that gigantic pumpkin?

Gilgamesh: The same way I make onion rings.

Gilgamesh: *Grabs a chainsaw*

Thena: …

Thena: I can’t argue with that. You make amazing onion rings.

Thena: YOU MEAN A LOT TO ME!

Gilgamesh: Wha-

Thena: YOU'RE ESSENTIAL TO MY EXISTENCE!

Gilgamesh: Why are you screaming?!

Thena: I HAVE DIFFICULTY EXPRESSING MYSELF, IT HELPS TO SAY SENTIMENTAL THINGS IN AN AGGRESSIVE TONE!

Gilgamesh:

Thena: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Thena: Hey, Gil, can you do the thing?

Gilgamesh: What thing?

Thena: The thing that makes me happy.

Gilgamesh: Oh. *Smiles*

Thena: Thank you.

Gilgamesh: *Mindlessly flirting with Thena*

Thena: *Actually flirts back*

Gilgamesh:

Thena:

Thena: You're not going to say anything?

Gilgamesh, panicking: I don't know. I didn't think I'd get this far.

Thena: I don't need to go to bed. I'm not tired, I'll be fine.

Gilgamesh: But, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.

Thena: O-oh. Well. Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns??

Gilgamesh: Is it working?

Thena, pointing: May I sit there?

Gilgamesh: But that’s… my lap?

Thena: That doesn’t answer my question.

Gilgamesh: *Yawns*

Thena: I guess being pretty is tiring.

Gilgamesh: You must be exhausted, then.

Thena: *Gets overwhelmed*

Gilgamesh: Is something burning?

Thena: Just my love for you.

Gilgamesh: Thena, the toaster is oN FIRE-

Gilgamesh: Why does everyone assume we’re a couple?

Thena: *Sitting on Gilgamesh’s lap, playing with his hair*

Thena: Beats me.

Thena: Come to dinner tonight. I can’t cook, but I’ll brink plenty of free wine.

Gilgamesh: Marry me.

Gilgamesh: Are you trying to seduce me?

Thena: Why, are you seducible?

Thena, to the Eternals: Alright, listen up you little shits.

Thena: Not you Gil. You’re an angel and we’re thrilled you’re here.

Gilgamesh: Wait a minute, how did this happen? We're smarter than this!

Thena: Apparently, we're not.

Gilgamesh: What is the one thing I told you not to do?

Thena: Burn the house down.

Gilgamesh: And what did you do?

Thena: I made dinner.

Gilgamesh:

Thena:

Gilgamesh:

Thena: And burnt the house down.

Thena: Gilgamesh taught me to think before I act.

Thena: ...So if I smack the shit out of you, rest assured that I thought about it and am confident in my decision.

Thena: I wasn’t that drunk.

Gilgamesh: You colored my face with a highlighter because you said I was important.

Thena: BECAUSE YOU ARE!

Gilgamesh: Everything’s fine, Thena.

Thena: Gil, I know your relationship with the English language is strictly casual but you- I- *deeply inhales* ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU WHAT’S NOT FINE-

Gilgamesh, to Thena: How do you tell someone politely you want to hit them with a brick?

Thena: One wishes to acquaint your facial features with a fundamental item in building walls.

Thena: Repeatedly.

Gilgamesh, tearing up: That was beautiful.

Gilgamesh: Are you mad?

Thena: No.

Gilgamesh: So sharpening your knives at 3 in the morning is just a hobby?

Gilgamesh: Nobody can be THAT bad at cooking.

Thena, walking into the room: So um…

Thena: I stabbed a knife with a toaster…

Gilgamesh: That’s not physically possible…

Thena: Who hurt you?

Gilgamesh: *Snorting* What, do you want a list?

Thena: ...Yes, actually.

Thena: My assistance will be an act of beneviolence.

Gilgamesh: ...Don’t you mean benevolence?

Thena: No.

Gilgamesh: When's the last time you slept?

Thena: Uh... a few days ago, I think.

Gilgamesh: A few- how many?!

Thena: Uh... *Starts counting on fingers* I need more fingers...

Gilgamesh: What you need is sleep!

Thena: Sleep is the body’s best safety mechanism.

Gilgamesh: How so?

Thena: It keeps you from fucking up for 8 hours.

*At a zoo*

Thena: What are they in for?

Gilgamesh: Thena, this isn't prison.

Thena: So they can leave?

Gilgamesh: No, but-

Thena, pointing at a meerkat: I bet that one murdered someone.

Gilgamesh: Why aren’t you asleep yet?

Thena: I’m too busy plotting a murder to sleep.

Gilgamesh: …

Thena: …The nightmares…

Gilgamesh, wrapping his arms around her: Awww, sweetheart-

Gilgamesh: I made tea.

Thena: I don't want tea.

Gilgamesh: I didn't make you tea. This is my tea.

Thena: Then why did you tell me?

Gilgamesh: It's a conversation starter.

Thena, laughing: It's a horrible conversation starter.

Gilgamesh: Oh, is it? We're conversing. Checkmate.

Gilgamesh: That’s the key slice of truth we need to complete the entire truth pie.

Thena: Ooh, can we get some actual pie?

Gilgamesh: I like the way you think.

Gilgamesh: Hey Thena, I’ve got an idea for how to solve this.

Thena, materializing a spear: Yeah?

Gilgamesh: Wh- No! That’s not the idea, Thena!

Gilgamesh: I made this necklace for you.

Thena: Thanks, but you know I’m not really a jewelry person.

Gilgamesh: You don’t need to wear it…

Thena: No. I’m going to wear it forever. Back off.

Kidnapper: We have your wife.

Gilgamesh: Why are you informing me of your death?

Kidnapper: …

Gilgamesh: You fell into her trap.

Gilgamesh: Thena… You’ve been cuddling me for over an hour now…

Thena: *muffled* Mm hmm :D

Gilgamesh: …

Gilgamesh: Fuck, I should be annoyed but you can’t annoy me.

Thena: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-

Gilgamesh: I wrote you a poem.

Thena, already crying: You did?

[taylorkellyreporting]

i hope no one minds if i liveblog this bitch: eternals

BEAUTIFUL MAKKARI

oh shit ikaris and sersi got married??? i thought they just dated and then broke up

druig’s just like me 🫂 (always eating)

thena ☹️

i get where druig’s coming from but obviously mind controlling people is not the answer

“my friends from college are here!” 😭

sooo ikaris definitely killed ajak right?

“one time i turned a rock into air! :D” oh i love her

tony stark you will always be famous

“ajak didn’t even choose you to lead us.” 🗣GET HIM

gil is so funny i love him

“druig sucks!” “he does sir.” pls

I’D DO IT AGAIN ON ANY PLANET

sprite is in love with ikaris? oh wow

i really thought makkari and phastos were in the entire movie not just bits and pieces 🥴

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IKARIS

“i’ll remember. i’ll remember.” I HATE IT HERE

“he gave up on humans a long time ago.” ummm isn’t he married to one??? 😭

phastos has a beautiful family 🥺

“fall collection. ikea. ass.” lmfaooo

his goodbyes to his family ☹️

did they just forget makkari’s existence??? they haven’t mentioned my girl once this whole movie

MAKKARI THERE YOU ARE MY LOVE

“at least my boredom will end.” she’s just like me

DRUIG REALLY GAVE UP TWINKIES(is that what they were) FOR MAKKARI OH HES DOWN BAD

“MY BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL MAKKARI DID YOU MISS ME?”

i hate sprite

HE KNEW???!!!? glad my hate for this guy is valid

THAT’S WHY HE REACTED THAT WAY WHEN KONGO SAID THAT TO HIM. BC HE SAID IT TO AJAK BEFORE KILLING HER

IKARIS IS NOTHING BUT A COWARD

need ikaris GONE immediately

i hate how almost none of the eternals sign when talking to makkari

“i already gave that speech! ✋🏻" i love thena lmao

oh God makkari’s cry for druig i am not doing okay

MAKKARI KICKING IKARIS ASS IKTR

WACK HER AGAIN DRUIG

IKARIS DIED? WE ALL CHEERED

SHE FELT HIM

“it’s okay. it’s okay.” CRYING

sprite doesn’t deserve to be human

“stand behind me, actually.” 😭

“don’t go anywhere near him.” lmfaoooo

oh shit sersi

oh there’s definitely a sequel coming

so the movie was good i guess? i liked the characters a lot more than i liked the plot if i’m honest.

i’m gonna need a shit ton of makkari and phastos scenes in the next movie bc the ones we got in this one weren’t enough

[annamarielabeau]

MCU Phase 4 ships I hope to see have some outcome.

Druig/Makkari-My favorite Marvel ship EVER!!! Like, seriously I want someone to love me the way Druig loves Makkari. Barry Keoghan and Lauren Ridloff just have amazing chemistry, need I say more. Whether it’s in a movie sequel or prequel series I just hope to see more of them being a power couple, working together more, I just want them to have more screen time than they did in the first movie, they’re so sweet! 

Sersi/Ikaris and Thena/Gilgamesh-If there’s ever more Eternals content, I would like to have a prequel series about the Eternals time on Earth to better understand the characters and the relationships. Ikaris and Sersi included. I was moved by their little moment at the end of the movie but I just want more of them to understand the severity of the scene a bit more. Thena and Gilgamesh, I tbh only see as a purely platonic friendship, but if it wasn’t that works just as well. Again with a prequel series of some kind we could see more of them together and understand the reason why Gil chose to take care of Thena. (Plus Don Lee did say he signed up for more than one Marvel project so.....)

Sersi/Dane-They were very cute together, whatever is in store for them I’m on board 100%!! 

Xu Xialing/Katy Chen-I don’t really ship these two but I can see it work. One’s the love-able dork and the other is just a bad-ass. Friends to lovers, yes! 100%

Maya Lopez/Kazi Kazimierczak-Like Gil and Thena this could very well be a platonic friendship or a romantic relationship. (The scene when Kazi is patching up her wounds tho and how Maya dressed up when she went to fight him like?!) Either way they definitely have a history together. As shown in the deleted scene for Hawkeye, I’m not sure if he’s actually dead. (95% sure he is) Whether or not he is blah blah I want to see maybe one flashback scene of them in the Echo series or how his death affects or affected Maya. 

Thor/Mighty Thor (Jane Foster)-Love and Thunder wasn’t one of my absolute favorite phase 4 movies ever but I liked this “remedy” of their relationship. The “Our Last Summer” monologue was so funny and served as a great way for the audience to understand the importance of their love etc. Jane is obviously dead, died a warrior’s death, she’s now in Vahalla. I don’t know how but at some point I just want Jane and Thor to reunite, even if it’s just for a moment. 

Wong/Sara-Not too many people know about this one I’m sure and Sara for those who don’t know Sara is the one who destroyed the Darkhold, then sacrificing herself. Again with the platonic or romantic relationship question. I think it can be seen as either of them. They might have had some history together. But the moment they had together before Sara sacrificed herself and how she touched Wong’s cheek, so sweet!

Doctor Strange/Clea-I don’t know anything about them in the comics other than at some point they get married and Clea is Dormammu’s niece. But if they get together, I’m down, I kind of just want Stephen to be happy. 

Peter Parker/MJ Waston-These two are so cute!! They deserve the world. I don’t think they’ll ever be together again which is probably for best since for the moment, they seemed to have set up a Tobey Maguire Spiderman self discovery arc for Peter. But somehow I’d love to see MJ and Peter reunite. 

Kamala Khan/Bruno Carrelli-Now Kamala Khan has a few potential love interests as she does in the comics. I’m not getting ahead of myself, there’s only been one season so far, (season 2! season 2!!!) I’m team Bruno. But if they ever get together, I’d rather see more of their backstory and more of them together. 

King Valkyrie/Captain Marvel-This ship has been around for a while and I know there has been a rumor of Valkyrie being in The Marvels because of the deleted Insta post, posted by Zenobia Shroff. I’d wouldn’t mind this at all. Kevin Feige said “Every King needs a Queen” I want to see more of Valkyrie’s bisexuality expressed.

Loki/Sylvie-I mean I don’t care either way if they end up together, I’m not uncomfortable that they’re their both Loki’s, they’re from different universes so, not that bad? When it comes to their future, I don’t see them actually end up together, for Loki season 2, they’re probably just going to ignore their history and work together, maybe flirt a bit a little on the way. 

Jack Russell/Elsa Bloodstone-I sensed a bit of romantic vibes between them, I have no idea when or if we’ll ever see them again but I kind of just want Jack to show up and see Elsa again while she’s basically creating a new legacy of her family’s name and stopping monster hunting etc. 

Jennifer Walters/(She-Hulk)Matthew Murdock(Daredevil)-Whatever happens for these two crime fighting lawyers, I’m down. They had amazing chemistry in the show and I liked it because Jen met someone who made her happy. 

Ayo/Aneka-I didn’t know this but they are a couple in the comics, this is briefly represented in the movie. Like Ayo saying “I told you not to bring the daggers” and then Aneka kissing her head towards the end of the movie. I just want to see more of these beautiful warrior women enjoying their lives in their lakefront house. Make it happen Disney Plus!!!

Shuri/M’Baku-There’s not a lot of hype around this ship, some fanfics. After seeing Wakanda Forever I just felt some romantic vibes between them. I don’t see them becoming anything. But I just liked throughout this movie Shuri and M’Baku are just these two leaders doing what’s best by their people, Shuri is struggling and receives some council from M’Baku. Even if there’s nothing romantic between them I still appreciate the respect they have for each other. 

[miss-crazy-rose]

OI HERE’S MY UNREQUESTED OPINION ON THE ETERNALS BUT LIKE NOT THE MOVIE THE ETERNALS THEMSELVES (after my second viewing)

Spoilers, obviously

Sersi: At first I thought she was a little bit bland, you know this “main character syndrome” where the creators want so badly to make you understand THIS is the main character and they are the GOOD GUY that they end up not having any personality and you fail to get attached? That’s how I felt at first. And then I thought about it and I figured what was Sersi’s personality: she is inherently human. She is the one who assimilated the best and in the end, that was the point of the movie : do the Eternals better the humans or do the humans better the eternals? The answer is both and she is the proof: the Eternals were supposed to be incapable of evolution and yet she evolved, her powers became stronger. This humanity is the reason Ajak chose her to succeed her because she knew she would put the humans first because she is the most compassionate and the most human of all. She is not my favorite but I can recognize that she is a great character.

Ikaris: bitch ass fly boy I’m glad you threw yourself into the sun. Nah nah real opinion here: I think Ikaris is equally a great character for the complete opposite reason: he completely failed to become human and therefore never questioned anything and never evolved. He was so blinded by faith and so detached from humanity he failed to recognize how wrong Arishem grand dessein was (ironically a whole lot of humans are so blinded by faith nowadays that they fail to see they are cruel. Does that make Ikaris human too? That would be a great subject to meditate on). The plot twist of him knowing about everything and killing Ajak was brilliantly executed: the promo and the biggest part of the movie presented him as mister perfect and I was so focused on finding him boring and bland that I was completely taken aback by his betrayal. I don’t like him but he is truly a great character

Ajak: I don’t have much to say because we barely saw her. She was like the mother of the group and for that I do like her but apart from that? Why did she decided to rebel specifically on Earth? You’re going to tell me that in the millions of year she lived not a single other planet seemed worth saving??? I don’t know it doesn’t make much sense to me. I would like to learn more about her though to try to figure her character better

Thena: oh my how much I loved Thena. The balance between her strength and her weakness was so brilliantly executed. The phase 4 is really bringing mental illness into the light while not making it the characters whole personality and in the mainstream media it’s a huge step forward. I also love how she is not only a warrior, she is compassionate, she loved her family. I also noticed that her suit was the most feminine looking of all and she is still known as the best warrior, femininity and strength going together (I know Athena who she supposedly inspired is often represented in modern media as tomboyish because “pretty girls don’t do war” and it’s fucking refreshing to see Thena looking so feminine). Also her relationship with Gilgamesh is everything. That is a married couple your honor

Gilgamesh: speaking of the devil! We don’t see much of him (😭) but I really loved what they did here with him. Yes he is brutally strong but he is also very very very gentle. When they meet him again with Thena in Australia and he’s basically a stay at home husband who cooks and brews alcohol all day? While taking care of his danger wife? I melted. He deserved more. Forever in our hearts Gil ❤️

Sprite: while I am annoyed to find another “I betray you all because I love the bad guy” trope, I understand where her anger is coming from (if I had to stay in my 12yo body for eternity believe me I would have snapped earlier 😅). The “I can make you human” seemed to come a little bit from nowhere but I thought it was a clever decision from the studio (so that they can bring back Lia in future movies without having to explain why she grew up)

Phastos: oh the disillusioned god trope. It always works so well. If the Hiroshima scene did not break you you don’t have a soul. I really enjoyed this character who I felt had a real evolution over the movie timeline. His family is so adorable (first openly gay character in a MCU movie and it’s not a big deal it just is yesssss). Also I loved how he used his powers in the final battle: no he’s not a fighter but he has a big brain and that’s better 🔥

Kingo: at first I found Kingo annoying. But after my second viewing I realized that this extravagant persona was mostly a facade and deep down he’s just a character who cares about his people. In fact he cared so much he made movies about them. His conversations with Sprite are always full of truth and love and you can see how much he cares about her. I was kinda disappointed that he didn’t join the final fight but now that I had time to think about it, I understand him: even though he didn’t agree with the plan of stopping the emergence he disagreed even more with the idea of hurting his family and stepping away was the best move he could make. Bonus point for the moment he tried to kill Ikaris for killing Ajak and trying to kill Makkari (I think it was Makkari?), he was really looking up to Ikaris during the whole movie but in the end he loved his family more.

Makkari: if you don’t love her you’re a monster she is such a beautiful ball of sunshine. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize she was supposed to represent Mercury and it made so much sense! Lovable little thief. I LOVED the scene were she beats the shit out of Ikaris, we’ve never seen a speedster fight this way before and it was so impressive and efficient? The Flash and Quicksilver who? We don’t know them in the Makkari Nation ❤️. I loved how her disability was never a problem in the movie, the subject was never even brought. Yes it’s part of her but it’s not her. My only regret is that we didn’t see her much (for real I spent the movie waiting for her to come back). Also Lauren what the fuck is your skin care routine??? she looks 30 top I was shocked to discover she was 43 😳 what a gorgeous woman I absolutely love her sparkling eyes and her smile ✨

Druig: haha I left him for the end because it’s about to get embarrassing because OH. MY. GOD. Favorite character BY FAR. I admit i’m an easy target give me a sarcastic bitch with emotional trauma and my brain goes “HIM. We pick HIM. He is the ONE we will love the MOST”. My first viewing left me with the idea he was a brooding quiet boy (which seems to be the consensus among the people in this fandom), but after my second viewing I realized that… not really??? Before Teotihuacan he’s always in the background chilling, eating (the man spent the whole movie snacking something I swear he is a mood), making snarky remarks. I feel like this brooding image comes from the Teotihuacan scene where he stays in the background, quiet, until he snaps, which was probably the consequence of the build up of watching humans being violent and cruel for millennia and the genocide of the indigenous people of South America was the last drop. I think he is a very interesting character because he has good intentions but his powers make him inherently morally gray. Mind control is always incredibly difficult to handle as it questions free will and privacy, which we can see he struggles to understand. I really hope the next movies will address his time in the Amazonia and the village he had under mind control and that Druig will be able to understand that what he did, while coming from a good place, was terribly wrong. On another note: his relationship with Makkari is EVERYTHING. Oh the way I melted when he said “my beautiful beautiful Makkari did you miss me”. They both live in my head rent free since i first saw the movie. All the other MCU couples can go home now they are the moment. On another other note: the most unexpected plot twist of this movie is Barry Keoghan being oh so fine like whaaat? Was he always this fine???? I was slapped in the face by this man’s charisma. Also whoever picked his costumes knew exactly what they were doing and I am very grateful ✨

Bonus the non-eternal buddies: I can’t wait to learn more about Dane Whitman, I know virtually nothing about the Black Knight and it really picked my interest. Also we stand a good human boyfriend who is 100% supportive of his Eternal girlfriend. Karun was a treasure I loved him and his unholy amount of cameras. Ben and Jack were so adorable give them their husband/dad back Arishem 🥺

[softquietsteadylove]

Hello! Had this idea for Arranged marriage Au.

What if Thena is so busy doing some stuff at home she didn’t hear Gil and when he touches her lightly on her shoulder she flinches very hard and accidentally slaps him but instead of getting mad he just smirks and is surprised by her strength?

Thena tilted her head, examining the spread before her. Gil had given her full permission to go into his closet and purge anything she wanted to. They could shop for replacements when she was done.

While initially she had insisted that they didn't have to get rid of anything of his (none of it was 'bad' in any way), she had agreed mostly for the sake of her studies. Men's fashion wasn't an area of expertise for her, and getting to see what worked for Gil and what didn't might help train her eye more keenly.

She had helped him find a few casual pieces already, and she was quite proud to say that they did look good. Any man could look more polished in a suit, but Gil was truly able to wear a bomber jacket or a pair of jeans or a half-zip-pull-over nicely.

He didn't have much for a range of colour, but that might have been a little hypocritical, as she didn't either. But Gil had mostly all black suits, the occasional grey, oddly enough some brown. He had one that was such a dark red it bordered on black with a maroon undertone. It was nice but she didn't think it would flatter his complexion unless it was styled right. And some earthy greens wouldn't kill him either.

She sighed, stepping back and rubbing her eyes. The other challenge in this was that it completely entailed her imagining Gil in all of the selected ensembles.

Gil in various suits, two piece, three piece, in a casual jacket over a shirt and trousers. He didn't tend to wear accessories, but she had seen him wear a watch on a few occasions--dark face, leather strap. She wasn't sure if it was overstepping to suggest a metal link strap. What metals did he like?

He didn't have a wedding ring to match.

She rubbed her eyes more firmly. Gil had brought up wedding rings a few times since her first day. She had never thought anything of it; in her mind, they still weren't really...married. They were, but they weren't. For all she knew, he had some women for hire standing by to satisfy him before he actually came home to her and her frigid celibacy.

Not that she had thought about it much.

Thena huffed at herself, forcing out the thoughts of her gut twisting uncomfortably.

There was still a lot she didn't know about her husband. He wouldn't let her get too close to any of the sides of his line of work. He didn't let her ask about his day unless he could give her some excuse. She thought they were at least becoming friends in their odd roommate-like living arrangement.

There was the exception of that one kiss.

She hadn't wanted to admit that wasn't a bad kiss, really. Maybe even nice. She had gone inside and taken her seat, only to hear some women in the class whispering about the last time their husbands kissed them like that (it was a damn long time, apparently). She'd had half a mind to tell him not to embarrass her. But by the time her classes were over she was so happy to see him pick her up she had forgotten to hold onto her ire.

It was a nice kiss.

Thena groaned aloud, since there was no one to hear her frustrations. What was she to do? She couldn't exactly suggest couples counselling, and bringing up point blank in conversation that she wanted to know 'what they were' seemed trite and just humiliating.

She tried to resurrect the feelings about him she'd had in the beginning, when she found out that her father had signed both their lives away to a dangerous mob boss to whom he owed two entire lifetimes of debt. How they had signed her name on a piece of paper like a land transfer or a prized piece of chattle.

But Gil was different from how she'd first imagined him. All that time she had imagined he was some brute, waiting to make her some little doll or model he could parade around and then do something with at home--none of it was true. Gil had been true to his word, promising her a better life with him than she could ever have imagined at home with her father.

It wasn't just the gifts or the luxury or now catering to her every whim and want. Gil was just...nice. The side of him he allowed with her, at least. He was sweet, and kind, and thoughtful. He was mindful of things that spooked her and he never ended up demanding anything from her, especially in the 'wifely' department.

Well, her father was partially to blame, she thought. His last parting words to her were something along the lines of blubbering about how he had to, how both their lives were at stake and he just wanted to keep her safe. How selling her off did that was still a little unclear. But he had managed an almost fatherly sentiment when he told her that he had demanded Gilgamesh not touch her against her will in any way.

Perhaps that had set in her mind that Gil would, in fact, try something at some point. But that point never came, nor did her father's efforts to try and work earnestly and pay off his debts and bring her back home to their significantly more difficult life. And she should have known better than to believe the hollow words of a suds soaked drunkard anyway.

"Making progress?"

It all happened so fast. Thena felt the hand on her shoulder. She was so deep in her own thoughts she hadn't realised anything was happening around her. She didn't hear the door, or probably Gil calling to her as he came upstairs. All she felt was a presence behind her, and the cold grip of fear.

Gilgamesh blinked. She wasn't exactly an athlete, but she had still swung around and slapped him with the back of her hand. But he was eerily calm. He processed what happened and looked at her.

Thena's stomach dropped down to her toes. Her whole body went tense and she felt herself go even paler than usual. She gulped. "G-Gil...I-I'm s-s-s-"

"Not bad," he chuckled, his signature grin coming over him. He even touched his cheek, as if he could pull his hand back and find evidence of her strength. "You've got more in you than I thought."

"Gil?" she barely squeaked out in a whisper. Her hands were shaking. She didn't know what to expect from him. Her mind ran wild with ideas him wheeling around on her and dealing a similar blow. Or maybe he wouldn't go the physical route; perhaps all the closeness they had somehow managed to establish between them would vanish with this one incident. That somehow made her feel even worse. "Gil, I'm-"

"How was your day, sweetheart?" he asked her as if she hadn't just backhanded him for entering his own room. He bypassed the suits on the bed to walk into his closest. "What do you think of 'em?"

Thena was still trying to swallow past the massive lump suddenly stuck in her throat.

He re-emerged with something more comfortable on. He had come to put more effort into getting out of his work clothes immediately ever since she noticed some blood on him one evening. "Kinda boring, but if you have any suggestions, I'm open."

She must have been truly gaping at him like a fish. He stopped in the middle of leaving to go back downstairs to really look at her.

"Hey," he frowned, speaking more softly. He came over to her, putting his hands over hers. "Thena, look at me."

She struggled to. But eventually she managed it, still feeling a little green around the gills at the thought of what she had just done. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," he assured her immediately and gently, as he always did. She still hadn't reconciled the gap between the Gilgamesh who ran a prolific crime ring to the Gil who was always so perfectly sweet with her. "I shouldn't have surprised you like that."

She shook her head. "I was just...thinking."

Gil waited for more but didn't prompt her for it. Instead he took her hand in his, angling himself toward the door again. "Come on--you hungry? I'll make us something. Or we can order in?"

Thena managed a faint smile. He was going the extra mile to try and lift her spirits. "Whatever you feel like. You must be hungry after work."

He shrugged, happy to have her walk beside him after the aberration from a moment ago. "I may have gotten some street meat while I was, uh, working. But I'm ready for a proper meal."

Thena looked down at his hand holding hers. He didn't have a watch on. "Do you prefer gold or silver?"

"Never thought about it much," he answered immediately and honestly. "I guess gold, but I mean that's the game in the business, y'know?"

She tilted her head.

He shrugged, smiling at her, "guy with the gaudiest office has the most money, kinda thing."

Thena laughed, which seemed to cheer Gil further. "If you know it's gaudy you could simply choose a more tasteful way to display your earnings."

He raised his brows at her.

"Winnings?" she corrected, and still got a look for it. She huffed, "your ill-begotten and mysteriously attained wealth?"

"That's the spirit, sweetheart," he snickered beside her.

And why he chose to spend so much of that wealth on her still escaped her. But Thena kept her eyes on him as they entered the soft, warm light of the connected living room and kitchen. Gil gravitated towards it, so at home in front of the stove.

He looked back at her, having felt her hand pulling at his as she lingered behind him. "Hon?"

Thena hesitated for only a second. She still had that funny clenching feeling in her gut. But she leaned forward to press her lips to the cheek she had hit earlier. "Sorry."

Gil didn't hide his surprise, which only made her fluttering belly issue worse. But he still seemed entertained by it, if anything. "Slap me more often if that's what I get out of it."

"Gil!"

"Come on, sweetcheeks," he laughed, sounding more like a crime boss now. He gave her waist a little squeeze, "maybe you can use that back swing to chop up some zucchini, huh?"

Thena sighed, still feeling rather ruffled about it. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"

"So, my wife's a badass, I wanna celebrate that," he shrugged, indeed endlessly entertained about it (much to her horror).

"Don't make 'sweetcheeks' a habit," she muttered as she settled beside him with her cutting board. Her knife clattered faintly as his lips hit her cheek in return. She was suddenly rather overheated and they hadn't even started.

"Yes, ma'am."

[softquietsteadylove]

I have an idea for the lawyer au. Inspiration from Boston legal season 8 episode 9.

A girl, make her young like sprite, comes to Gil one day and asks if he is a lawyer and if he can help her. Gil thinking she is being a kid jokingly asks how much money she has and when she answers 10 bucks her father comes and wants to take her with her. But she holds onto Gil and says please help me, if I go back to Poland they’ll force me to marry a man in this country. in this moment he realizes it’s a serious matter and protects the girl. At the end of this case it’s a very depressing situation for him. Thena is there to gently lift him up

Im sure you’ll manage to do something with it

"Gil."

Gil didn't even pick his head up. He was all but sleeping in his mug of guinness. "Gil's not here."

Thena didn't let him get away with it. She did pat his shoulder with some sense of pity for him. "Come on, Gil. It's well past midnight and you have another court date tomorrow."

He groaned at even the mention of going into court again. He didn't know if he had it in him after his day today. "I'm not going back there."

Thena shuffled her purse on her shoulder and perched herself on the stool next to his. "You don't mean that."

"I do," he huffed, pushing the goblet away with distaste. All he could smell was the thick, sweet stench of it. "And I should have punched that judge in the face."

"It wouldn't have changed the ruling," she pointed out in a very Thena way. "Unless you want to be barred from practising law for a year, if not the rest of your life."

He shrugged. He wasn't sure how he felt about the law after today. He had always thought he was on the side of the good guys, as cliche as it sounded. Sure, the law was far from perfect, but he really thought he was doing some good with his job.

"You did everything you could for that girl, Gil."

He scoffed and rubbed his eyes. The dim lighting and loud music of the bar were making his vision blurry, and all he could taste in the back of his throat was cheap beer. "Is that what you call letting her get shipped back to Poland to get married to some old creep?"

She was a kid, no older than Sprite. It was a sickening 'case', no matter how sudden or pro bono it had been. She had even offered to pay with the only 10 dollars to her name, kept safe inside the birthday card it came in and everything. But none of it had done any good.

"We don't win every case, Gil."

"Well, you'd think this one would matter more!"

A few heads turned. He had been quietly sulking at the bar for hours, by this point, enough beers in that the bartender was beginning to eye him every time he asked for another.

Thena didn't even flinch.

Gil groaned again, scrubbing his face with his hands even though he'd been touching the bar that was cleaned only god knew when. He sighed, "I'm sorry."

But she understood his outburst, maybe even condoned it. "It's okay. I can't say I blame you for coming here and burying it under...how many is it now?"

More than he wanted to admit to. So, instead, he ruffled his hair and attempted to pull himself up in his seat with some dignity. "Doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure he's cut me off quietly anyway."

The bartender turned around, ears already burning and a towel slung over his shoulder. "Time to pay up, Boston Legal?"

"Very funny," Gil snarled at him. He knew it wasn't this guy's fault he'd had the worst day of his entire career, but that didn't mean he was in any mood for it. He slapped his hands over his jacket, his rumpled tie and then his suit pockets. "Shit."

"Oh come on, man, you're a lawyer, I know you've got-"

"It's okay, I'll pay it," Thena held her hand up, already reaching into her purse.

"Fuck," Gil cursed, hanging his head (as if he needed any more reason to be ashamed of himself tonight). He misjudged the distance, even knocking his forehead against the counter edge. Maybe it would be a little sobering, if he was lucky. "Thena, you don't have to-"

"It's okay," she assured him yet again, but she was still sounding more like 'work' Thena than the Thena had come to know and prefer.

Gil watched as the bartender took her card to close out his tab. He couldn't get any more pathetic anyway--what was a little more humiliation? "What are you doing here? Are the girls okay?"

Thena finally smiled at him, and it was the real Thena he saw, no matter how blurry. "They both asked to have sleepovers tonight. It's rare, but tomorrow is a half day at school, so I dropped them both off. When I asked how you were, the response wasn't all that clear, so I figured I would try here."

Gil made a face. He didn't remember talking with her. He felt around again for his phone, which he didn't so much pull out as clumsily drop it onto the bar. He blinked a few times, really trying to focus on reading his messages.

She had texted him, asking if he was doing okay and where he was. His response was a jumbled mess, but he unfortunately could make out something resembling him telling her that he was going to drown himself in beer and that she could join if she wanted.

He couldn't even remember reading, let alone responding to it. He really did need to be cut off for the night. He wasn't young and in college anymore--he would probably have a hell of a hangover tomorrow morning (afternoon).

Thena nodded as her card was handed back to her, Gil's debt settled. She turned back to him, "think you can walk?"

He grumbled. If he wasn't already, he would flush with guilt at the insinuation. "I'm not that bad, Thena, really."

She was kind to say nothing about him wobbling a little as he got up at first. But he made it to the door easily enough with her behind him. Maybe he did need a little hand on his back, but as soon as he was out in the cold night air it was at least a little better.

Thena pulled her jacket tighter around herself. She should have been at home, relaxing during her kid-free-evening. She could have been curled up reading or watching that funny ghost show she liked with a glass of wine or a mug of tea or something. Instead, she was picking up his drunk ass from a dive bar a block away from work.

"I'm sorry, Thena," he began apologizing, for the first time of many, he told himself. He owed her plenty more, and that was beyond his bar tab, which he would pay back with interest, too. "I just...that kid-"

He pushed his nose deeper into the soft material of her white turtleneck. The cotton or cashmere or whatever it was soaked up his tears. "She was just a kid."

Thena probably didn't consider herself a hugger, but she gave really nice ones. She was really gentle, and soft, and even if she was small boned, she still felt warm. Even in her boots, she was up on her toes just slightly to wrap her arms around his neck, pulling his face into her shoulder. "I know it's terrible. But you did everything you could, and we're just going to have to live with that."

"I know." Thena did know--she had sat in for the final leg of his plea. She had witnessed his loss and she had been the one to restrain him from mouthing off to the judge presiding and possibly losing his license. "It's not fair."

"What are we doing?" he asked, even hiccuping faintly as he closed his arms around her as well. He was a mess, probably stank of beer, and he shouldn't have been here in the first place. But he melted into Thena's good graces, letting her absorb some of his misery for him. "What good is any of this if I couldn't protect her?"

"That wasn't your job today," Thena whispered to him, and it felt as if it was right next to his ear. "Your job was to argue for her in her place, and you did that. You fought with all you had. But the law wasn't on our side, today. And there will be more days like this."

He knew that. He'd had hard cases before, lost cases before. But never anything like this. He'd had his faith in the judicial system and the court system and the social work system waver before--it came with the job. But now he wasn't sure how he was ever supposed to go back to work again.

"You lost a case, and it's never easy. But what that girl's parents are enforcing is not your fault."

It sure fucking felt like it was. Gil could still remember the look on the kid's face as it sunk in that it really was over, that they had lost and that her parents had every right to drag her back with them. He had handed her back the card with her birthday money in it, unable to accept it after their defeat.

"Come on," Thena leaned back, putting a hand on his cheek, probably checking his eyes to see if he was sober enough to make it back to his car. If she even called him an uber and watched him slump himself into it, it would already be more than he deserved.

"Yeah," he cleared his throat, swallowing the lump in it. He looked around the parking lot, increasingly empty by this time on a work night. "I, uh, left my car back at work. It's probably where my wallet is, a-actually. I should-"

"We can get it tomorrow, Gil," she cooed in that melodic voice of hers. She insisted it was like cold, hard ice, but he thought it was gentle and elegant, like a curtain dancing in a window.

"I've gotta get home," he all but whimpered. What a wet blanket he was being, but whatever. He pulled out his phone again, attempting to find an uber she could toss him into and be rid of him.

"I know, come on," Thena pulled at his arm gently. And when he stumbled anyway she leaned closer, letting him rest his big, meaty shoulder against her little one. "I'll get you home."

He just stared. She looked really pretty in the streetlight glow, all blurry at the edges like it was a dream sequence in a movie. "You didn't have to come and get me."

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Was I to leave you drowning in your beer?"

It would be a fitting end, at least. But he shrugged, leaning on her as little as he could afford as they made their way to her car. "You shouldn't have to deal with the aftermath of my shit."

But she shouldered him easily, getting him to the passenger door first and unlocking it with her fob. "We have the same job, Gil. Same job, same shit--I know what it's like to want to dive head first into a pool of cheap wine coolers and forget everything we've ever learned."

But she didn't, that was the difference. Because Thena had other obligations and responsibilities. And took them seriously, unlike how he had come over here without even his wallet somehow.

Gil leaned against the top of the car before letting her elbow him in. She was supporting him under his other arm, tucked into his side. He would rather be supporting her, like he had after she broke her arm. "Thanks, Thena--even if you're seeing me make a huge ass out of myself."

She gave him a really sweet smile as she separated herself from him at last, letting him get into the car seat. "Quite impossible."

She even closed the door for him, being a real gentleman to his drunk ass. Gil crossed his arms, tilting his head as he looked out her windshield. "I don't think that's true."

But she climbed into the driver's seat without a word, not wasting any time as she began backing out. "I've only picked you up a few times, but I believe I remember the way."

"You'll be fine," he murmured, still with a slight slur to his words. He would let her go and if he really had to correct her, he would. "Just look for a depressing bachelor complex and I'll be on the left."

Thena let out a laugh, which added at least some levity to the night.

She had a cute laugh. He looked at her again, although hopefully with her focused on the road she would just think he had a sore neck or something. "Y'know, maybe we should change firms."

"What makes you say that?"

He shrugged, his eyes getting fuzzy again. He was tired. "I mean, we're not allowed to do any pro bono work, which sucks. I know it's a small firm but come on."

"I do agree with you on that one," she muttered quietly. She could act all 'ice queen' if she wanted to, he knew she also had a soft spot for the kids they ended up working with.

"And the guys at the office," Gil made another face, but Thena was driving so she couldn't appreciate how funny it was. He made a noise to accompany it. "I don't like the way they look at you."

Thena didn't answer for a few minutes, probably trying to actually focus and navigate amidst his yapping. "I didn't think you noticed."

He blew a a raspberry, although with his dry lips it really sounded more like a wet fart. "Please, those pigs think they're being subtle when they look at you like--well, they're not, is what I'm getting at. And they wonder why I don't like them."

Thena let out a faint laugh again as she made a turn. She was driving a little slowly, but that was probably because she was afraid she would jerk him around too much and risk him hurling on her nice off-white interior. "I figured you were just too nice for their crass tastes in drinking buddies."

"Not disgusting enough, more like," Gil huffed again. He had to reel himself in and keep from divulging anything else. He didn't ever want to have to repeat to Thena the kind of language he'd heard them use to refer to her when they thought no one was listening.

And it didn't matter how many times he told them not to talk about her like that. All it ever did was get them convinced he was sleeping with her and beg him to tell them all about it.

"You would leave the firm just because of them?"

He slumped down further in his seat. He wasn't paying nearly enough attention to direct Thena if needed, but it was kind of nice just being in the car with her. Just them, a quiet drive, not even Sersi or Sprite or the loud, bouncy pop they liked to listen to between them.

Well, he did like some of the music they made him listen to.

"It wouldn't be just for that reason, there are more," he sufficed to say. But then he dragged himself up again and looked at her. "But I wouldn't leave without you."

Thena, driving, spared him a quick glance. She seemed surprised. "You wouldn't?"

"Of course not," he scoffed more lightly this time. Because that question was actually funny. "If anything, you're the reason I stayed past my probation period."

He wasn't supposed to tell her that. Well, he hadn't wanted to admit it to her, and certainly not like this. Whoops.

"Well," Thena began as they pulled into the parking lot of his building (unfortunately). Her voice really was like a lullaby. He had to wonder if he would even make it inside, at this rate. "If you decide to leave...then so will I."