#yes ive been playing league for 10 years

[puppybog]

LEAGUE PLAYER?? UNFOLLOWED

10 years of playing league and this is probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me, and the only proper response.

[visible-disappointment]

3, 5, 6, 16, 19 for fussball ask!

thank you sasha :)

3. when did you start watching football i have been a football viewer all my life, some of my nicest childhood memories are of waking up early on a sunday to watch match of the day with my dad

5. have you ever been to a football game yes ive been to a few, i went to see liverpool play notts county in the league cup about 10 years ago, and ive also been to see the local league 1 team a couple of times

6. have you ever played football on a team yes for about five years. we were a very bad team

16. what is your favourite quote said by a footballer i dont actually have a serious answer but trents "who?" when being asked about city was pretty funny

19. what is your favourite competition i think the champions league could be my favourite and least favourite, some horrible memories but also some incredible ones

[cant-get-no-worse]

Ciene ur French so maybe u can help: what's 'Chemin du Roi' on twitter?? ive seen a lot of these guys around and understood its smth abt Neymar.

Jjajajajaaa so you have stumbled upon the Chemin du Roi... peace and prayers to you. 🙏

Let's be serious. The « Chemin du Roi » is an unavoidable piece of Football French Twitter (hereby referred to as FFT) lore. It's like a piece of furniture you're used to by now. Let's rant about it.

« Chemin du Roi » is the denomination of fan collective in the same manner « Factos FC » or « Messi FC » are used to name fans of specific world-renowned players. They're a bit different than these, though, because Messi and Ronaldo weren't playing in Ligue 1 (until 2021 for Messi) while Neymar had been in France since 2017. So unlike Ronaldo FC or Messi FC who are more global, the « Chemin du Roi » (Way of the King in English. Yes, it reeks a bit of dramatism. One would say, very on brand with the object of their affection.) is an exclusively French-originated community of Neymar fans who hold the reputation of being a bid mad, extreme or idolatrous on FFT. Which is kind of funny, given that those critics partly come from Ronaldo FC/« Mbobutu FC »/ (like Factos FC, derogatory French Twitter nickname for Mbappé, specifically playing on the dictator notion) known for their equal idolatry towards their star, or from the Ultras, PSG's collective with a formidable reputation of turning on their players faster than a windmill.

It goes back all the way to 2017. You have to put it into context: Neymar has just been sold from Barça to PSG for the exorbitant amount of 222M, setting a precedent and completely disrupting the players' market, at 25 years old, fresh off a specatular Remontada of which he was the principal instigator, and at the peak of his art. I have to stress this: in 2017, Neymar isn't just an excellent player. He's considered to be the next brand of football super-stars, set to conquer football by his talent, marketing appeal, image and brand. This transfer is supposed to make him take on the costume of successor to Messi and Ronaldo as the face of modern world football: Neymar, in 2017, IS the future of the sport.

That's how he arrives to the Parc des Princes (Prince's Park, PSG's stadium) at least. Thus, it's not unusual to hear the same phrases employed in the French news and some PSG supporters at that time, playing on the whole royalty semantic field. Neymar is the Parc's Prince, set to become a King by crowning himself with the Champion's League, ever-lacking from PSG's trophy cabinet.

The Chemin du Roi itself, though, doesn't take form until 2019. Summer 2019 is, for Paris, one messy, messy mercato. Rumors are flying around. Neymar is said to be on the verge of returning to Barcelona. Some PSG supporters are incredibly frustrated at this, call for treason, ask for his departure, and all around write incendiary diatribes against their N°10. Following this, a number of Neymar fans/sympathizers rallied their troups in a public show of support to Neymar, refuting all notion of « treason », and making #LECHEMINDUROI trend on FFT.

"The train is still on the platform. Hurry up to board, after that, it'll be too late. #LECHEMINDUROI" Note that the word « train » is broadly used on FFT to designate, more than the enthusiasm, an agenda that one will make on a player, generally: - A young prospect (15 - 21) you think will prove himself, - A new player who came in your club during a transfer window, - A kind of second chance given to a player on your team who sucked but who you think, following recent performances for example, that « the train is going to start again » (meaning: the player's going to be good again) so « get back on the train » (meaning: publicly declare in the very silly Football Twitter sphere that you're betting/will do the praises of this player — at least until he disappoints you so you « jump off the train » — so that later on, you can claim you've always said so. Once again. Extremely silly behaviour but that's Twitter for you.).

On August 21, 2019, a journalist for a French outlet writes, regarding the situation:

“Contacted by us, the Tweeps who started the movement answered “Dunno” (sic) when asked the real meaning of this fight. Powerful words, which sum up the importance of this hashtag #LeCheminDuRoi… Absolute nonsense."

If by August 2019, the Chemin du Roi was effectively nothing more than a cry of protest against those who dared speaking ill of Neymar amidst Mercato rumors, the movement, in lieu of vanishing like all Twitter infatuation, instead cimented itself into FFT. One could say it was only a matter of time, after all, before Neymar had a similarly cult-like following to the very idols he was set to surpass. Ronaldo and Messi FC's reputation was at the time unprecedented, and enough to make a grown man cry.

Thus the Chemin du Roi seemed to be just one natural step to the modern crowned super-star fate that awaited him. The only step left to this fate, though, was a problematic one: winning the UCL. This problem proved itself to give the Chemin du Roi the very purpose lots accused them of missing: now, upon being asked "So what is at the end of the way? What's the goal of it all?" the Chemin du Roi could now answer "Winning the UCL."

By the beginning of 2020, this was clear as crystal. These supporters had already forged themselves a strong reputation on FFT — some very eerie and sexuals tweets that FFT obviously couldn't wait to blow out of proportion and make a mockery of, but also all that a cult-fanbase following entails: propaganda of the player to the last degree, utter obsession, blaming of others for each bad game, etc.

In Summer 2020 though, as PSG went on to beat each one of their opponents in a Covid-rigged UCL, the Chemin du Roi and the PSG supporters seemed to have found the Promised Land: a neutral common ground. The club was doing well; PSG supporters were happy. Neymar was doing well, CheminduRoi were happy. Overall, all praised the team, having the same objective in mind: the trophy that was missing. See below, on August 11, 2020, a PSG news account:

"The Chemin du Roi Neymar must lead us at Europe's summit. First stopover on this journey: Atalanta. We count on him to galvanize the whole team. The pressure, he deals with it. Hoping that the speaker is well loaded for the pre-game. 🔥"

All is well and good in the City of Light eh? Well, it is, until it isn't. PSG famously fucks up the final. Since that, it's been pretty much a complete fall-off from both sides. Most PSG supporters on FFT can't bear the Chemin du Roi, described as being lunatics, fanatics, unbearable (funnily enough, that's the words I would use to describe most of them. How the turn tables.) . The "immature" adjective often used to describe Neymar has, by mirror effect, been passed on to the Chemin du Roi apologists, who are seen by lots of FFT as blind, weird fan boys. A beef largely reciprocated by the Chemin du Roi.

Their reputation goes beyond the PSG FFT though, since, since there's been heavy rumors of Neymar going back to Barça in the summer of 2023, Barça FFT accounts start to complain about having to endure a Chemin du Roi mass migration.

So yeah. That's the Chemin du Roi for you. Just a fancy way of saying French Neymar FC, really. But a bit weirder even by Messi and Ronaldo's standards. Funny stuff.

[oliivverwood]

winner takes it all

ten times marcus and oliver faced one another

i.

Marcus and Oliver were not friends. Even that was such a painful understatement, to even use Marcus, Oliver and friends in the same sentence. It's just the way it was, the way it had to be, and the way it was going to be.

Marcus first faced Oliver on the pitch. A spindly bag of bones, on the opposite end of the field, guarding the goals from Marcus, who was stocky and tall for a second year. The Slytherin would have laughed, had he not seen the manic glint of determination and passion and obsession for the sport that Marcus had only seen in his own eyes when looking into a mirror.

Marcus wasn't able to shake his hand after the game. Oliver Wood had been struck by a wayward bludger, courtesy of Bole, and was carted off when it had been realised that he'd been knocked out cold. He wasn't sure if he wanted to shake his hand anyways.

ii.

The last Slytherin and Gryffindor game of Marcus's school years was bittersweet.

They had lost.

Marcus had watched as the Gryffindor team had crowded Potter, who held up the snitch, an obvious gloat, to the pleasure of the cheering red and gold stands. Then, the team turned their attention to Oliver, and the Weasley twins lifted him up on their shoulders for a lap of the pitch, because Oliver Wood was a great captain, a great player, and deserved a great send off.

Marcus, somehow, couldn't find it in him to be angry about the result of the game, seeing tears stream down Oliver's face like that, gleefully holding up the cup and blissfully unaware of the ugly feeling that was latching itself to Marcus's heart. He'd had his chance with the quaffle, head to head with his rival and he'd failed.

Marcus remembered what he had first thought of Oliver, all those years ago- how they were alike in the way that they loved quidditch first, and everything else came after.

iii.

The day Marcus had shook Oliver's hand on the pitch, Montrose versus Puddlemere, it had felt like they'd gone back to the beginning again. Back to fifth year, when they'd both been appointed captains, the closest the two had ever been. Now, they'd been elected as captains in the big leagues, an unacknowledged dream that was shared between the two.

There was a nostalgia that came with the familiar game of the two of them trying to break the bones in each others hands, minutes before they faced off. If Marcus closed his eyes, he could imagine the green and silver clashing with the red and gold on the bleachers, the smell of the Scottish countryside-- hell, he could even hear Lee Jordan's commentary if he thought about it hard enough . When he finished the handshake roughly, he thought he saw the corner of Oliver's lip quirk up.

They had a show, of course, Marcus's jaw-dropping, calculated skill against Oliver's unbridled, raw talented passion. Slytherin versus Gryffindor. Chaser versus Keeper. Marcus versus Oliver.

It always came down to the two of them, really.

iv.

The World Cup Stadium was unlike anything Marcus had ever experienced before.

One of the record youngest ever appointed to the English National Team, the nerves he felt when flying the introductory lap around the stadium had been indescribable. The lights were blindingly bright, the stands cheering and stomping with all the volume of a baby Mandrake. His blood rushed with adrenaline, seeing some familiar faces in the crowd as he whizzed by.

And then Scotland came, to do their lap.

And there he was.

The World Cup Final, the pot of gold at the end of Marcus's grueling, long, seemingly endless rainbow of training, working out, and lacking a social life.

Of course Oliver was there, because Oliver was always there.

The whistle blew. The crowds roared. Marcus glanced across the pitch, eyeing the figure clad in purple, an obstacle.

He kicked off.

v.

'Terence is a good friend.' Marcus had chanted to himself, in his mind. 'Terence wouldn't let me sit through a terrible dinner with another boring date.'

Under the delusional premise of finding their dear friend, Marcus, love, his friends had taken to setting him up on blind dates. Adrian, Draco and Cassius had all chosen abysmally, each date ending on Marcus giving them a fake floo number and praying he'd never see them again.

Terence was a good friend. He would pick wisely.

(If he knew what was good for him.)

So Marcus sat, in the quiet restaurant, silent only because it wasn't proper if customers spoke too loudly.

To say he was shocked when Oliver Wood appeared in front of him- hair still damp at the ends from a recent shower, smelling too much of grass and leather and too little cheap deodorant- was a garish understatement.

"Flint." He said, lightly, as if this wasn't fucking with Marcus's head at all, as if this was expected. He sat down and drank the wine that was in Marcus's glass in one swallow.

'Terence is nasty friend. Terence is a horrible friend-'

vi.

Terence had been a good friend, Marcus realised almost entirely too late.

Exactly year after that fateful meeting, Marcus and Oliver were sitting in the same restaurant, facing each other, and bickering.

They were a couple that bickered. Worse than Malfoy and Potter. Worse than Terence and Adrian.

But nobody took care or notice, because it was quite obvious that--while Oliver snapped at Marcus about player stats and took his hand, and Marcus flicked Oliver's forehead and kissed it better right after--they were sickeningly in love.

Oliver had decided to splurge tonight, their one year anniversary, and bought some fancy champagne. It was much too bubbly for Marcus and much too sweet for Oliver but they drank it all anyways till their heads and a pleasant buzz and they were unfortunately not allowed to apparate home on their own.

Terence was a good friend, Marcus had realised, because the former had come to pick them up from the restaurant at 10 at night and took them home. He may have tucked them in fondly, but that would remain a secret Terence would take to the grave.

vii.

Real fights with Oliver were agonising.

Snarls, glares and raised voices would be a result of a furious tension between the two. Over serious things, like future plans, that Marcus thought about too much, and Oliver didn't think about at all.

Marcus faced Oliver in their kitchen and scowled, while the other man yelled about Merlin-Knows-What and flailed his arms about like a fucking nut. His Scottish brogue always got thicker, to the point that his speech became a garbled stream of nonsense, and Marcus couldn't get a word in at all. It wasn't for lack of trying. Normally, by the end of their fights, both would scream unintelligibly just to make a point, until one of them pushed the other and snogged them senseless.

They always went too far. That's how it was with Marcus and Oliver--zero to a hundred and never an in-between. That's what made them great athletes.

In moments like these, Marcus wished he knew how to calm down, but when it came to Oliver, he could only see red.

viii.

Marcus had come back to the school twice after he graduated.

Once, to fight in the battle, dragging the dead from the debris and settling them in the Great Hall.

The second time, with Oliver. He wouldn't reveal to Marcus why he'd taken them there, and why they were on the pitch. Even so, Marcus appreciated being there--the place where he first fell in love with a sport.

It was evening, the sun setting on the horizon and washing the field and the school in a pale orange light. Marcus could hear the faint chattering of the students eating supper in the Great Hall. His heartstrings jerked at the memories of his time at Hogwarts.

When Oliver got down on one knee, pulling a velvet box out of his pocket, it tipped Marcus over the edge- and he hadn't cried since the war ended, but now he let go.

"Yes, you prick." Was all that Marcus was able to get out, through hiccups and coughs. Oliver laughed at him.

ix.

The celebrity matches were always fun, Marcus thought. It made him feel like a student again, playing quidditch with his old rivals, Lee Jordan commentating to the horror of McGonagall.

"Oh, how times have changed since our days, folks!" Lee rumbled into the microphone. "Once notorious rivals Flint and Wood, our team captains today, announced their engagement yesterday."

Terence hooted from the stands. Of course, he hooted.

Lee continued to chatter about their engagement, about Draco and Harry's honeymoon arrangements, how Angelina and Viktor Krum were getting on. Marcus tuned it out, watching Oliver Wood floating on his broom on the other end of the pitch.

He saw him looking. He winked.

Yes, Marcus loved the annual charity matches. It felt like he was back at the start, doing it all over again.

x.

On a normal day, Marcus would laugh uproariously at the sight of his friends crying. Each one of his teammates, from school, from Montrose, from England, were sitting in Flint Manor, tears streaming down their face. Terence had sniffled through half a pack of tissues, while Harry Potter had used the rest.

But today was not a normal day, and Marcus was crying too, while Oliver choked through his speech while casting a spell over the ring he'd put on Marcus's finger. He swore loudly when he'd begun to cry, to the amusement of his friends and family.

"I love you." Marcus said at the end of his speech. When they finally sealed the deal with a kiss, something inside of Marcus clicked, slid into place, and he felt like his entire life, against Oliver Wood and with him, had lead to this moment.

[ofelvie]

joe keery. cis male. he/him.  ／  elvie croft just pulled up blasting spooky boy by danny gonzalez  — that song is so them ! you know, for a twenty - four year old youtuber, i’ve heard they’re really scatterbrained, but that they make up for it by being so loyal. if i had to choose three things to describe them, i’d probably say 80s horror, buckets of halloween candy, and blurry photographs of mysterious figures in the woods. here’s to hoping they don’t cause too much trouble ! ( sam, 23, est, she/her )

hey there demons! *ba dum tss* my name is sam and i’ll be writing elvie, a brilliant harvard law graduate who threw away any shred of credibility he ever had in order to make silly videos on the internet. more info under the cut. feel free to message me if you would like to plot!

i. stats

𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: elvin tupelo croft

𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘: el, elvie, the ghost guy

𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓: salem, massachusetts 

𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖇𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖍: october 31, 1995

𝖟𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖈: scorpio

𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓: demisexual

𝖔𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓: lawyer youtuber

𝖕𝖔𝖘. 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖘: loyal, open - minded, exuberant.

𝖓𝖊𝖌. 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖘: scatterbrained, obstreperous, impulsive.

𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞: shawn spencer, psych ; fox mulder, the x files ; stiles stilinski, teen wolf.

ii. history

elvin tupelo “elvie” croft was born in salem, massachusetts ( yes, really ) on halloween day ( yes, really ). an only child, his father is the district attorney for essex county, massachusetts while his mother owns a store in town that sells witchcraft supplies such as crystals, herbs, grimiores, etc. fun fact: she’s the descendant of an accused witch, meaning that elvie is as well.

as it turns out, beneath of the surface of the few tourist attractions that it has to offer, salem has a small town, stuck in the past vibe. it’s the sort of place where everyone knows everyone all their lives because no one ever leaves and no one ever moves in. he grew up in this...eccentric...environment, living in the same house all his life and only ever leaving to visit his grandparents in boston. 

he was five years old when he saw his first horror movie ( an apathetic teenage babysitter let him stay up long past his bedtime to watch nightmare on elm street ) and from that moment on he was HOOKED.

when he started school, two things about him became apparent: 1) he was highly intelligent and 2) he struggled greatly with tasks such as sitting still and staying focused. he was tested, and it turns out that he has a through the roof genius level iq and he also has adhd, which he was put on a few different medications for until something finally seemed to work for him.

he could have been one of those child prodigies who finished high school at the age of ten and then college at the age of fourteen, BUT his parents decided that they didn’t want him to miss out on the experience of going through school with people his own age.

as the smartest kid in class with glasses and braces and an insatiable obsession with all things horror and halloween, he…was picked on. mercilessly.

so, he didn’t really have any friends...............................at all.................................but he didn’t mind. he was perfectly content to go right home after school and spend the rest of the day reading comic books or watching horror movies or researching local urban legends and paranormal stories.

he started his youtube channel when he was a teenager and it was…trash honestly. it was basically buzzfeed unsolved if buzzfeed unsolved consisted of one ( 1 ) dorky teenager yelling at the air in the middle of abandoned house at 3am, but it turned out that people found it entertaining. his first few videos were flops, but he would soon start amassing subscribers in the hundreds, then thousands, then hundreds of thousands.

so, when he got to his senior year of high school, he was a shoe - in to be named class valedictorian ( he was ) and he was even getting ivy league offers. at the same time, his youtube channel was starting to gain momentum. his parents mainly his father were really pushing him to attend college and elvie, genius level iq and all…didn’t want to go. he wanted to focus on his youtube channel, but his dad was absolutely not having it.

he attended harvard for both his pre law and law school studies, breezed through classes, graduated with honors at the top of his class and once he passed the bar exam there were countless job offers waiting for him. elvie ignored them all and moved to los angeles so that he could finally focus on his youtube channel.

it’s been almost two years since he moved and he likes it in california!

iii. extras

his name is elvin but basically no one ever calls him that. his own parents don’t even particularly like the name. long story. most people call him elvie and some who are super close to him just call him el.

while he is the “ryan” aka the believer of his youtube series, he’s definitely NOT a scaredy cat like ryan the poor guy. in fact, all his life there’s been this running joke that HE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE SCARED OF ANYTHING, and who knows? maybe he isn’t.

has the most cartoonishly exaggerated boston accent that one could ever hope to hear, except he doesn’t seem to realize it at all. 

10/31 blaze it he’s a HUGE stoner.

he’s got jokes. stay vigilant.

he’s OBSESSED with all things horror, halloween, and 80s. he makes a lot of film references that are often so obscure that most people don’t even catch them.

he is legally permitted to practice law in the states of massachusetts and california, so basically: he’s a lawyer! however, this is not at all common knowledge because...

most people don’t know how smart he actually is because he intentionally plays dumb and he’s really good at it. being high all the time and his natural chaotic energy is quite helpful in hiding his intelligence. he just doesn’t like to be seen as smart, so the whole once - brilliant law student thing? not common knowledge whatsoever. he tries not to mention the college he attended by name at all, but if he has to then he lies and says that he went to salem state.

and yes, he has SO MUCH chaotic energy. he’s the kind of person who will stick a fork in his microwave just to see what would happen out of sheer boredom. he has two pet mexican redknee tarantulas that probably aren’t even allowed on campus named freddy and jason who he just…fucking loses track of every other day. his favorite drink is literally black coffee mixed together with a can of monster energy and 5 ( f i v e ) teaspoons of sugar. he is c h a o s. he has absolutely NO IMPULSE CONTROL whatsoever. 

he has slight Daddy Issues™. slight. when he was born, his dad was hoping that he would get a star athlete kid who would go on to follow in his footsteps and one day become a successful, respectable lawyer but instead he got…elvie. he’s never outright said that he’s disappointed but he didn’t need to. elvie’s a really difficult person to rattle but every time, without fail, he ends a phone call with his dad and he’s in a bad mood for the rest of the day. 

his car is this PIECE OF JUNK giant turquoise van that he painted to look like the mystery machine. her name is laurie strode.

even though he makes constant pop culture references about horror movies and the 80s, but outside of those areas he’s completely clueless about pop culture. like, he can recite the entire scripts of the shining and empire strikes back and ferris bueller’s day off word for word, but if someone tried to talk to him about the new post malone song or the latest marvel movie he would just stare blankly.

he has a HUGE sweet tooth. his favorite food is halloween candy and his favorite candy is black licorice disgusting i know.

he takes adderall for his adhd and he’s usually good about keeping up with it. started keeping them on his person in college because he realized that his meds were getting stolen and it’s a habit he's held onto that doesn’t really keep his shit from getting stolen.

.he’s good at…A LOT of things because he’s a really fast learner. he can play the guitar, he can draw, he did drama in high school. he just has to watch someone do something once and then he can usually immediately do it himself. this skill doesn’t extend to physical activities such as sports, however. he’s terrible at those.

he’s basically a cartoon character

iv. wanted connections

friends

cousin  ( their grandparents would probably be from boston but otherwise anything really goes for this )

his weed dealer lmao

smoking buddies

people who don’t like him / find him annoying

has stolen his adderall

maybe someone who knows how smart he really is

exes and flings

( these are just ideas and i’m trash at coming up with these, so please don’t feel limited by what’s listed here. )

[elviefm]

is that [JOE KEERY]? no, that’s just [ELVIE CROFT]. [HE/HIM] is [TWENTY-FIVE] years old and is a [NIGHT JANITOR AT CURTAIN CALL]. rumor has it they’ve been in town for [ONE MONTH]. on a good day, they’re [JOCUND & PERSPICACIOUS]. but watch out! they can also be [SCATTERBRAINED & OBSTREPEROUS]. [SCRAWNY BY WALLOWS] plays in my head whenever i think of them. can’t wait to see them around Springhill! [sam, 23, est, she/her]

hey there demons! *ba dum tss* i’m sam and this is one of my favorite muses ever so without further ado, character info is under the cut and please message me if you would like to plot!

i. stats

ｆｕｌｌ ｎａｍｅ：elvin tupelo croft

ｐｒｅｆｅｒｒｅｄ ｎａｍｅｓ：el, elvie, spooky guy

ｈｏｍｅｔｏｗｎ：salem, massachusetts

ｄａｔｅ ｏｆ ｂｉｒｔｈ：october 31st, 1994

ａｇｅ： twenty - five

ｚｏｄｉａｃ：scorpio

ｏｒｉｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎ：demisexual

ｏｃｃｕｐａｔｉｏｎ：night janitor at curtain call movie theater

ｐｏｓ． ｔｒａｉｔｓ：jocund, perspicacious, loyal, open - minded.

ｎｅｇ． ｔｒａｉｔｓ：scatterbrained, obstreperous, flippant

ii. history

elvin tupelo “elvie” croft was born in salem, massachusetts ( yes, really ) on halloween day ( yes, really ). he's an only child and his father is the district attorney for essex county, massachusetts while his mother owns a small local business that sells witchcraft supplies such as crystals, herbs, grimoires, and more. interesting fact: she’s the descendant of an accused witch, meaning that elvie is as well.

as it turns out, beneath of the surface of the few tourist attractions that it has to offer, salem has a small town, stuck in the past vibe. it’s the sort of place where everyone knows everyone all their lives because no one ever leaves and no one ever moves in. he grew up in this…eccentric…environment, living in the same house all his life and only ever leaving to visit his grandparents in boston.

he was five years old when he saw his first horror movie ( an apathetic teenage babysitter let him stay up long past his bedtime to watch nightmare on elm street ) and from that moment on he was HOOKED.

when he started school, two things about him became apparent: 1) he was highly intelligent and 2) he struggled greatly with tasks such as sitting still and staying focused. he was tested ( a few times, much to his irritation ) and it turns out that he has a genius level iq and adhd.

he could have been one of those child prodigies who finished high school at the age of ten and then college at the age of fourteen, BUT his parents decided that they didn’t want him to miss out on the experience of going through school with peers his own age.

HOWEVER, as the smartest kid in class with glasses and braces and an insatiable obsession with all things horror and halloween, he…was picked on. mercilessly. he never had many friends, but he was content to go right home after school and spend the rest of the day reading comic books or watching horror movies or researching local urban legends and paranormal stories.

so, when he got to his senior year of high school, he was a shoe - in to be named class valedictorian ( he was ) and he was even getting ivy league offers. of course, his parents mainly his father were really pushing him to attend college and elvie, genius level iq and all…didn’t want to go. he had a van ( a turquoise monstrosity painted to look like the mystery machine ) and he just wanted to drive. alas, his dad was absolutely NOT having it.

he attended harvard for both his pre law and law school studies, breezed through classes, graduated with honors at the top of his class and once he passed the bar exam there were countless job offers waiting for him. elvie ignored them all and finally embarked on that road trip he had been meaning to take.

he’s been on the road for about a year now and he’s traveled all over the country. he often breezes into a town or a city, lives in his van, and takes up some odd jobs to squeeze a few dollars out of before he inevitably gets fired for messing up or not taking the work seriously or getting high on the job. he arrived in springfield a month ago, continuing his pattern or having fun and exploring somewhere he’s never been before.

iii. extras

his name is elvin but basically no one ever calls him that. his own parents don’t even particularly like the name. long story. most people call him elvie and some who are super close to him just call him el.

BIG RYAN BERGARA ENERGY. a huge believer in the paranormal and urban legends, and one of his favorite things to do when he goes somewhere new is check out the local cemeteries and haunted locales. unlike ryan, the poor guy he’s definitely NOT a scaredy cat in fact, all his life there’s been this running joke that he doesn’t seem to be scared of anything, and who knows? maybe he isn’t.

has the most cartoonishly exaggerated boston accent that one could ever hope to hear, except he doesn’t seem to realize it at all.

10/31 blaze it he’s a HUGE stoner.

he’s got jokes. stay vigilant.

he’s OBSESSED with all things horror, halloween, and 80s. he makes a lot of film references that are often so obscure that most people don’t even catch them.

he’s a lawyer! at least in the state of massachusetts. however, this is not at all common knowledge because…

most people don’t know how smart he actually is as he intentionally plays dumb and he’s really good at it. being high all the time and his natural chaotic energy is quite helpful in hiding his intelligence. he just doesn’t like to be seen as smart, so the whole once - brilliant law student thing? not common knowledge whatsoever. he tries not to mention the college he attended by name at all, but if he has to then he lies and says that he went to salem state.

and yes, he has SO MUCH chaotic energy. he’s the kind of person who will stick a fork in his microwave just to see what would happen out of sheer boredom. he has two pet mexican redknee tarantulas named freddy and jason who he just…fucking loses track of every other day. his favorite drink is literally black coffee mixed together with a can of monster energy and 5 ( f i v e ) teaspoons of sugar. he is c h a o s. he has absolutely NO IMPULSE CONTROL whatsoever.

he has slight Daddy Issues™. slight. when he was born, his dad was hoping that he would get a star athlete kid who would go on to follow in his footsteps and one day become a successful, respectable lawyer but instead he got…elvie. he’s never outright said that he’s disappointed but he didn’t need to. elvie’s a really difficult person to rattle but every time, without fail, he ends a phone call with his dad and he’s in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

his car is this PIECE OF JUNK giant turquoise van that he painted to look like the mystery machine. her name is laurie strode.

even though he makes constant pop culture references about horror movies and the 80s, but outside of those areas he’s completely clueless about pop culture. like, he can recite the entire scripts of the shining and empire strikes back and ferris bueller’s day off word for word, but if someone tried to talk to him about the new beyonce song or the latest marvel movie he would just stare blankly.

he has a HUGE sweet tooth. his favorite food is halloween candy and his favorite candy is black licorice disgusting i know.

he takes adderall for his adhd and he’s usually good about keeping up with it. started keeping them on his person in college because he realized that his meds were getting stolen and it’s a habit he’s held onto that doesn’t really keep his shit from getting stolen.

he’s good at…A LOT of things because he’s a really fast learner. he can play the guitar, he can draw, he did drama in high school. he just has to watch someone do something once and then he can usually immediately do it himself. this skill doesn’t extend to physical activities such as sports, however. he’s terrible at those.

he’s basically a cartoon character

iv. wanted connections

best friend from salem who travels with him *will probably submit as a wc

friends

cousin ( their grandparents would probably be from boston but otherwise anything really goes for this )

his weed dealer

smoking buddies

people who don’t like him / find him annoying

i know there are a lot of business owners so : people he worked for who have since fired him for being an all around awful employee.

has stolen his adderall

maybe someone who knows how smart he really is

romantic connections!

( these are just ideas and i’m trash at coming up with these, so please don’t feel limited by what’s listed here. )

[glorywaited]

GET TO KNOW THE BLOGGER.

can be used for RP  &&  non-RP blogs to get to know a bit about the person behind the screen  !

1. FIRST NAME  :  miyeon

2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF  :  i have ridiculously long hair tbh u can just call me asian rapunzel !!

3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON  :  eyes, face shape, legs  (  im weak i just rly love thighs okay but also t-tiddy....n chest....  )

4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF  : kimbap n dak galbi with cheese !! n i’ll never get tired of rice in any form tbh but i looove spicy spicy food i’ll never tired of spicy !!

5. A FOOD YOU HATE  :  raw onions

6. GUILTY PLEASURE  : oh on here it’s...eugene/cass ships lmao

7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN  :  i have usually cute pyjama sets n soft short shorts but i often lose my shirt especially when it’s too hot but i also have very cute comfy fluffy blankets i like to curl up in completely !!

8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS  : oh i don’t mind both types !! when i’m serious tho i am very serious but when i’m on my own i like some flings but not incredibly often i usually stick with friends i trust for those thing much more often n daily !!

9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE  ,  WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE  :  many thing but i won’t feel comfortable to share such personal thing

10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON  :  mmmm depends !! culturally it’s weird to hug so much especially people u don’t know but i do become much more affectionate when i trust someone n am close !! i like to be physically close to people i love !! n i like making people happy it makes me very happy too !! but initially i keep distance from people lil bit

11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN  :  into the spider-verse !!

12. FAVORITE BOOK  :  i can’t think of ones people will kno here but i dont read too often for pleasure rly ?? my most recent favourite book from past year i guess is the lo.st lag.oon tho !! its not rly canon but i liked it a lot n take headcanons from it anyway that i’ve had since i start this blog last year !!

13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE  :   i have always want specifically a snowy owl since i was very little !! they’re so beautiful n elegant n i just have always adored owls, i have owls on my pants rn !! && ive always want !! bunnies !! i have a kitty rn !!

14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS   (  IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG  ,  YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL  )  :  for cass in canon !! i rly adore eugene && cass, raps && cass, lance && cass, adira && cass, stalyan && cass, eugene/cass/raps OT3 !! for this blog outside of her canon muses i rly love some  ships i have with elsa && cass, anna && cass, honeymaren && cass, hiccup && cass, bh6 fred && cass && OCS && CASS !! i have...a lot of wants for crossover ships too...i can list so many lmao...i cheated on this one bUT !!

15. PIE OR CAKE  :  pie, i rly love fruits n fruit flavours most !! but i prefer other sweets than cake or pies tho

16. FAVORITE SCENT  :  sweet peas, rose, lavender && fresh cherry blossoms !!

17. CELEBRITY CRUSH  :  oh !! chungha... n sunmi !! the entirety of kard...

18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO  :  oh i love paris && want to go to hawaii in america !! so pretty. but i love most singapore n want to go again !! i rly love travelling n have travel several places !!

19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT  :  introvert but i will become more open with people i trust !!

20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY  :  i don’t at all it’s kind of a funny thing with my friends try to scare me but i just stare them back lol !! but i can become startle easier because of ptsd but i wouldn’t count much as...actually scare

21. IPHONE OR ANDROID  : iphone

22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES  :  yes always !! i played league a lot when i was younger && now i play a lot of ove.rwa.tch. i like a lot of fps games now rly but i like to play more casual stuff on my spare time too. rn i’m replay the biosh.ock games n i’m on the second one now !!

23. DREAM JOB  : professional dancer or film or photography

24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS  :  make better life for me n my friends n make sure i’ll be stable n fine for the future !!

25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE  : i dont ?? think i hate many if i don’t like things i just kind of...ignore n go about my business but i have had characters ruin for me from bad people

26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER  : i was in the league rpc n ovw rpcs until recently but i wouldn’t say i rly left them ?? i have verses on here for both too n i have a ovw ashe blog i need to be more active on....n a nee.ko blog.... i’ve just been so depress lately it’s hard to write anywhere hh i miss them sm :’(

tagged by  :   @stormdive​​  (  thank u so muuuuch ily !! ♡  )

tagging  :  im not sure who have done this yet so....pls say i tag u n do it so i can see aa !!

[calumcest]

Went to bed at 11, which is really good for me! Then I woke up at 4 am, which is less good, but on the bright side I made banana bread and mulberry muffins so really it all balances out. Also, did not know you were a football (yes I am really American but the word soccer doesn’t make sense to me either) fan! Haven’t kept up w the premier league as much as I used to when I actually played, but I still have some opinions. Who’s your team?? Who’ve you seen play? -arbor day

omg...early morning baking you are literally too powerful i cant even remove myself from my bed before 10:30am at the very earliest even thoughi. wake up at 9 every day it takes me ages to get the motivation to get up so to be BAKING at that hour? truly incredible scenes 

I AM!! i support my local team who actually havent been in the premier league since 2007 (rip...) we’ve been bouncing between the championship and league one but we’ve had like . the most dramatic situations ever happening at our club theres been so much shit going on with the owners since the early 2010s which culminated last year in someone involved in the club trying to hire a hitman on someone else. seriously makes up for the horrible football we’ve been playing we’re literally this close to being relegated again and we have no money and its all really stressful and depressing and i try not to think about it because i dont want to see my local club shut down we almost got bought by the guy who bought man city but then the fa were like your funds are dodgy PLEASE SAY SIKE we need the funds no matter how dodgy but anyway not to rant i’ve only really ever been to home games! so i did see a few prem league matches when i was a kid (honestly cant really remember who) but i’ve never seen any of the Big Name Clubs i’ve been to some other games though like i went to a lot in the 2012 olympics (including one in wembley which was great) but yes pretty much everything i’ve seen has been a home game i’m looking to branch out and go to other clubs but no one eve rwants to go with me and cant lie i dont wanna be the one young unaccompanied female at a football match BUT! hopefully next year sorry ive completely ranted on here because i do love football especially when im not invested mate the world cup causes me too much stress i literally have to leave the room sometimes PLEASE talk to me about football 

[starsandstormyseas]

tagged by @iron-parkr, thanks!! 1. do you make your bed?

when i feel like it lmao. but usually no

2. what’s your favorite number?

7 :D

3. what’s your job?

does being a masters grad count? bc otherwise i’m basically a freelance artist with no commissions lol

4. if you could, would you go back to school?

ive been in college since 2012 and I waNT OUT

5. can you parallel park?

lol once upon a time. I avoid it if I can

6. a job you had which would surprise people?

uhhh not really. i mostly interned, and my first job was a cashier at my undergrad university. working on my parents farm might also count idk

7. do you think aliens are real?

mmmm no comment

8. can you drive a manual car?

nope

9. what’s your guilty pleasure?

reading mean reviews of books i dont like 

10. tattoos?

nope. maybe someday. If i did, it’d be a watercolor kind of tattoo, of a flower or a bird.

11. favorite color?

light pink or green. 

12. things people do that drive you crazy?

leaving the lights on in the house at night, when everyone’s gone to sleep (like the hallway light outside my bedroom door? UNGER). 

13. any phobias?

uhhh that phobia that has to do with holes, ya don’t like that lmao. The way some porous textures look ignite some sort of reptile brain prey instinct and it just freaks me out and I just have to look away or close my eyes

14. favorite childhood sport?

i was made to play little league and i hated it. Same with skiing. Water tubing was fun, tho. 

15. do you talk to yourself?

Ya. All the time. Too much. 

16. what movie do you adore?

i cant possibly list them all, but the ones i can watch any time, any where, would be Treasure Planet or Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

17. do you like doing puzzles?

Yes lol, although I haven’t done many in the past few years. I used to love those I Spy computer games when I was younger, and quiz games like Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego. My grandmother also got me into Sudoku, which i was pretty good at. 

18. favorite kind of music?

Rock, indie rock, folk, that kind of stuff, although I have a collection of songs from all sorts of genres. Game and movie soundtracks are great, too. 

19. tea or coffee?

Neither, although I prefer tea a little bit more for the taste. (I usually drink coke or water). 

20. the first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up?

Astronaut. I always wanted to go to space lol, until the Columbia shuttle disaster happened, and then I found out how much math it takes to get to that position.  I tag @sleepy-gold, @charmanderisacutie, @princess-marida @swiftly-heart @water-writings @pen-in-hand and anyone else who sees this and would like to do it (feel free to tag me if you like :)

[pixel-fried-shoestrings]

Tag 11 people you’d like to get to know better!

I was tagged by @jadeplumbob and @prima-rina! Thank you so much to the both of you <3. I have never been tagged for anything so this is super exciting! <3333333

dogs or cats? Dogs! I have a 9 year old English lab. Wrigley, my baby. Who grouns when he eats and always wants to cuddle. But honestly I like anything floofy!

youtube celebrities or normal celebrities? Can I say both. I feel like we fall in love with youtubers because of their personalities. But regular celebrities are more of a cinematic experience that most youtubers wouldn’t be able to duplicate.

if you could live anywhere where would be? Somewhere in the mountains. Remote. Off the grid where you are just continuously surrounded by the nature that cities have forgotten existed.

Disney or DreamWorks? Disney, I like the star Wars. Love all the aliens and species in the films. I was a swtor mmo player for a long time because of it. Yes I am letting the nerd out of the closet! :D

favorite childhood tv show(s)? Duck tales the movie. Rescue Rangers, Tailspin.Oh and Winnie the poo “The land of milk and honey movie” We were poor and only had movies lol

the movie you’re looking forward to most in 2020? David Copperfeild, Mulan, Artimes Fowl, I was super excited about Zombieland 2 that just came out! I haven't seen it yet. The new mutuants look pretty darn cool too.

favorite book you read in 2019? Hmm. I haven't had a chance to read a lot this year. I’ve been so busy. But “Red Rising’ By peirce Brown was AMAZING I could not put it down. Like a dystopian hunger games. That is just uuugggg soo good. I am going to read it again now!! lol

marvel or dc? I like characters from both but Dc: Green lantern, Flash, and Green Arrow. Of course Batman and all their amazing villians. Poison Ivy. Pengin. 

if you choose marvel favorite member of the X-men? if you choose DC favorite justice league member? He’s not a member, but I love The penguin. I do think Aqua man is pretty cool though all in all. He’s a little but of both the villain and the hero.

night or day? So I wake up for my job at like 4 something in the morning, and I tend to walk up generally pretty early on my days off because of that. But I am a night owl all the way. I will get some stuff done after 8 pm! LOL

favorite Pokémon? Oh man I remember when pokemon just came out. I loved Ninetails, but the last evalution. Cubone was cute. But I think out of the total original was squirtal

Top 5 Bands? This one is hard. Cuz I love me some songs. Hmmmm ones I cant live without. Queen. Freddy Mercury is a musical genious. I love me some Bruno Mars. Blink 182, Green Day. Red Hot chilli peppers, Lady Gaga. The eagles.  Rush and some Phil collins. Disturbed, Korn. Yeah my musical tastes are everywhere. Basically anything that bops.

top 10 books? 1. The City of Bones 2. Red Rising Series 3. Divergent Series 4. Harry Potter 5. Anything Kresley Kole Paranormal romance. 6. Angels and demons by dan brown. 7. Karen Marie Monings Fever Series. (AMAZING.) 8. Gena Showalter The darkest touch and that series. 9. Planet Urth series (AMAZING) 10. The dragon riders of pern. 11. Eragon Series 12. Throne of glass (AMAZING LOL no really good.) 13. Children of Eden

top 4 movies? 1. Memoirs of a Geisha, Inception, Gangs of New York. Avatar, Zombieland, The fifth Element, Looper was cool too. Minority Report

america or europe? Id say both. Ive never seen Europe. So until I do I can’t say ^.^

tumblr or twitter? Tumblr I’ve never used anything else.

pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-choice

favorite youtuber? Daz Games, Joey Garceffa, and Devon Bumpkin

favorite author? Kresley Kole. Her whole immortals after dark series is amazing. It’s paranormal romance though (Mature ;) only though.)

tea or coffee? I love tea but lately Ive need caffine (Coffee) and my skin hates it.

OTP? Jack and Rose on the titanic. But come one she could have scooted over a little. 

do you play an instrument/ sing ? I used to play the flute, I was in marching band. This one time, at band camp..... no. I haven't played since then but I wish I never gave it up. I was pretty good!

Yes, I cannot deny the amount of geekiness in this post. But I embrace it.I am sorry I have not done this sooner. My grandfather has been very sick in the hospital, so thank you to you too for thinking of me. I needed this. <3 

I tag @gerbithats @geeky-simz @ladykendalsims @prismaticpixels @vapidsims @gladlypants @blurri-sim-kid @oasiscreek @pxelbeans @guapogato @reecey-v @sikasims

[03ric]

i was tagged by @maxielando thank uuuu jani <3

1.     what is the colour of your hair brush? i dont even use a hair brush ...

2.     name of a food you never eat? carrots jdjdjdj

3.     are you typically too warm or too cold? too cold

4.     what were you doing 45 minutes ago? scrolling thru tiktok

5.     what’s your favourite candy bar? bounty !!!!!

6.     have you ever been to a professional sports event? yea like tons of football matches

7.     what is the last thing you said out loud? “anything” to my mom bc she asked me what i wanna eat

8.     what is your favourite ice cream? salted caramel ......... amazing

9.     what is the last thing you had to drink? water

10.  do you like your wallet? YES my mom got it for me !!

11.  what was the last thing you ate? idk candy or somethign

12.  did you buy any new clothes last week? no

13.  last sporting event you watched? i dont even remember ????? champions league maybe ??????

14.  what’s your favourite flavour of popcorn? salt

15.  who was the last person you sent a message to? my friend

16.  ever go camping? no

17.  do you take vitamins? yes

18.  do you go to church every sunday? yes even tho idk if i believe in god but my family is very catholic n conservative and i cant say no lol !!!!! i HATE it here

19.  do you have a tan? no

20.  do you prefer chinese food or pizza? pizza

21.  do you drink soda with a straw? no

22.  what colour socks do you wear? white rn

23.  do you ever drive above the speed limit? the last time i drove was in june 2019 so. i dont even remember

24.  what terrifies you? life

25.  look to your left what do you see? my bed

26.  what chore do you hate? dishes ... disgusting rly

27.  what do you think of when you hear an australian accent? HOTTTT

28.  what’s your favourite soda? sprite

29.  do you go into fast food places or drive thru? go into

30.  who was the last person you talked to? mom

31.  favourite cut of beef? i dont think ive ever eaten beef

32.  last song you listened to? f1 theme

33.  last book you read? “tourism geography of poland” great book 10/10

34.  can you say the alphabet backwards? no

35.  how do you like your coffee? black or with milk and no sugar

36.  favourite pair of shoes? converse

37.  the time you normally go to bed? 1 am

38.  the time you normally wake up? 6 am when i have uni and around 9-10 am if i dont

39.  what do you prefer sunrise or sunsets? sunrise

40.  how many blankets are on your bed? 1

41.  describe your kitchen plates? white ?

42.  do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage? BEER or jagermeister or raspberry lemon vodka

43.  do you play cards? no

44.  what colour is your car? i dont have a car

45.  can you change a tire? no

46.  your favourite province? does poland even have provinces

47.  favourite job you’ve had? never had a job

48.  how did you get your biggest scar? in 2008 on vacation n i was sprinting to the hotel pool and the sidewalk was like 40 years old full of holes and i tripped and my knee was GONE

49.  what did you do today that made someone happy? nothing ... spent my whole day in front of my computer

idk who to tag but if you wanna do this go ahead !!! and say i tagged u plz :)

[turtleskane]

50 Questions You’ve Never Been Asked Before

i was tagged by @billycipher! Thank you 💛

What is the color of your hairbrush? to be honest i don’t own a hairbrush A food you never eat? enchiladas. i’ve never had a good experience with them Are you typically too warm or too cold? too cold What were you doing 45 minutes ago? finishing an essay that is due tonight What is your favorite candy bar? kitkats will forever have my heart but twix are a close second Have you ever been to a professional sports event? so many baseball games. my uncle used to be a pitcher in the minor leagues What is the last thing you said out loud? no idea? ive been writing the essay for way too long What is your favorite ice cream? honey cinnamon from my local ice cream shop. i miss it so much What was the last thing you had to drink? water. im gonna make myself a moscow mule soon though Do you like your wallet? i have nothing against it but its 6 years old What was the last thing you ate? some bomb ass pizza. my parents and i make it on the grill and fuck its good Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? i don’t even know the last time i bought clothes The last sporting event you watched? i think my 13 year old cousins basketball game like 4 months ago? maybe What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? just salt and butter Who was the last person you sent a text message to? it was to the groupchat i have with my friends and i was complaining about the essay Ever go camping? all the time! i can’t wait to go this summer if things open up again Do you take vitamins? nope Do you go to church every Sunday? nahhhhhhhh Do you have a tan? never been able to tan, never will be able to Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? pizza. did you not read about my parents bomb ass pizza?? Do you drink your soda with a straw? well i don’t like soda and i don’t like straws so this question doesn’t make sense What color socks do you usually wear? black Do you ever drive above the speed limit? rarely What terrifies you? being in an authoritative/powerful position Look to your left, what do you see? im watching old concert videos of harry styles on my phone-my nights going great What chore do you hate? dusting. and its a good thing my apartment is super dusty What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? i dont think i understand this question. maybe like wow?? idk What’s your favorite soda? as ive stated before i dont like soda Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? drive thru 1000% Favorite cut of beef? like i have any idea of one single cut lol Who’s the last person you talked to? in person my mom, on the phone my roommate Last song you listened to? eternal summer by the strokes  Last book you read? daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins reid - i fucking love this book Favorite day of the week? if we’re talking productivity monday. i get so much done for some reason. if we’re talking laziness saturday Can you say the alphabet backwards? yes, i learned a song when i was in 3rd grade and i also worked in a library for 2 years How do you like your coffee? black if its a good cup of coffee. if its the shit my parents have then i need some  cream to mask the taste Favorite pair of shoes? ones that fit. i have really weird feet so its hard to find ones that fit my feet At what time do you normally go to bed? between 9:30 and 10:30 At what time do you normally get up? anytime before 6:30 What do you prefer sunrise or sunsets? sunsets are prettier where i live, but im a sucker for waking up to the sunrise How many blankets are on your bed? only my comforter Describe your kitchen plates? white with little dots around the edge Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage? if i wanna get drunk tequila, if im just hanging out moscow mule or the butte water from the trashy bar in my town. sounds nasty but its actually pretty good Do you play cards? so many games. i love a good game What color is your car? green. an ugly green Can you change a tire? yep. when you live in the middle of nowhere, you learn early What is your favorite state/providence? i love montana so much i dont think i could even say another state Favorite job you’ve ever had? ugh my barista job on campus is soo good. i miss working so much How did you get your biggest scar? in 5th grade i broke by arm and the doctor gave me a waterproof cast (im pretty sure they took these off the market because of me). it rubbed on my forearm so bad that it caused me to get a big cut. I then went into a pool because i didnt realize my arm was cut. anyways, weeks later i could finally get the cast off. when they took it off, they found i had a really bad infection. i had to wear a brace for an extra 6 weeks because of it and now i have a 4 inch scar running up my forearm. also my body likes to form really nasty scars. for example, a cut that might not scar on somebody else would be a huge scar on me. What did you do today that made someone else happy? i called my roommate to say that im going to be coming back to my apartment after 4 weeks of being at my parents house

i nominate @aninterestingsynonym and anybody else who wants to do it!

[333kaylynn]

Deaf / g.d.

y/t/n: your twitter name

Word Count: 1950

Request: no 

here i am tagging more people that i hope will enjoy this. sorry if this is annoying lol

@olivia-m-dolan

@dolayn 

@bouttogolinkurbitch

@profanitydolan

@kara-dolan

@nomoregraydays

@chaaandlaah

@dolandreaminn

@dimply-dolan

@doltishdolans

@justanotherdolanblog

@rockstardolan

@notanotherdolantwinsblog

@sushidolans

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She was calm. A calm young girl who had her whole life ahead of her. Nothing would get in her way.

Her passion for the arts led her down a deep path of internet searching. Searching for more people who had interests like her.

Her love for two boys grew expeditiously after she saw one simple photo on Instagram. The way the photo was taken was enough to make her look through the entire Instagram account, and enough for her to look through each of the boys'.

Her love grew more and more each day, soon leading her to talk so highly of the art she had seen all over twitter.

She hadn't realized these boys were so popular. The amounts of tweets and dm's she had received were unbearable.

She didn't mind them though. People just told her who they were. People were even nice enough to ask to be friends.

Months. Months after the incident had occurred she had gotten one simple dm that changed her life so copiously.

She answered within seconds. She knew who it was, why wouldn't she. It was one of the boys she saw in the photos.

The blue verified mark next to his name proved it wasn't something fake.

The two began talking and it led to so much for each of them. He began asking her about her passion for art and she began asking him anything she really could. Asking about who took the photos, who edited them, how they got to the locations.

Her passion for photography was unreal. She loved it so much. Nobody, not even her mom could completely understand her addiction to the art. 

Her mom always supported her though. Her love started after her mom bought her a cheap Kodak camera from Walmart when she was 8 years old. As the years went on, she got better equipment, better cameras, and better things to photograph. She went from photographing her pets, to her family, to her friends, and soon to help with the school yearbook. 

She thought of it more as a hobby rather than a career up until she was about 17. Her senior year is when she decided what she’d major in. 

@/graysondolan: hey, idk if this is weird, but can we ft? 

@/y/t/n: i don’t know, gray. maybe another time

@/graysondolan: yeah, yeah. that’s fine

It’s not that she didn’t want to see him. She just wasn’t sure about how he’d feel. 

You see, there’s one thing that hadn’t been mentioned yet. A severe case of Jaundice as a child led her to grow up slowly losing her hearing. 

Her mother began teaching her ASL at a young age, she even signed her up with a specialist who would help her get through everything. 

By age 12, she had fully lost hearing in her right ear. By the time she turned 16, her hearing was fully gone. 

Days had gone by since the first time Grayson had asked her to ft, he continued to ask her if she was up for it. Each time was a different excuse. It’s not that she got joy out of upsetting him, she just didn’t want to upset him more when he saw her answering him with her hands rather than her mouth. 

Her speaking wasn’t all bad. She could still say a few words, but she couldn’t always control how loudly or quietly she would be talking. She wasn’t mute, but it was easier for her to talk in ASL than in English.

She knows Grayson is a nice guy. He probably wouldn’t care that much, but it worried her to a great extent. Her anxiousness was rising every time Grayson would ask. 

@/graysondolan: can I at least have your number? 

@/y/t/n: 878-575-3434

*read @ 3:45 pm*

370-454-3859 : Y/n?

yeah, its me

Grayson: glad I could get your number;)

very funny, trying to slide are ya?

Grayson: nahhhh. no way.

ok ok;)

Grayson: you sure we don’t have time to facetime

i’m positive grayson, i really can’t right now

Grayson: will you ever be able to

maybe. stop asking and perhaps you’ll find out

Grayson: hopefully i will. anyway, what you up to?

trying to help my mom teach my younger brother asl

Grayson: asl?

American sign language

Grayson: oh thats cool, are you fluent?

yeah, since i was about 13. 

Grayson: oh cool, all I can speak is english. kinda lame

eh, not too bad. 

Grayson: yeah but you can speak english and asl, thats way cooler

i guess 

Her brother was about 9 years old when she first lost her hearing. He’s now 10, almost 11. He began learning asl to talk with his sister a little before his 10th birthday. 

He always loved watching his sister edit the photos she had taken that day, but it was quite hard to talk to her considering they had to write everything out. 

Almost 3 full notebooks had been filled throughout the year. One of them even had writings on the front and back cover. 

A few days had passed since her last conversation with Grayson. It wasn’t like them to not talk for that long. They hardly stopped for even as short as an hour. 

Grayson: so where do you go to school? or is that weird

its not weird. im homeschooled, have been since 7th grade

Grayson: oh why’s that? 

mom had to pull me out. i wasn’t up to speed with the other kids

Which was true. She wasn’t. Her hearing loss caused her to slowly turn her straight a’s to straight f’s. It was hard for her to put mind to the things her teachers were saying. 

Her mom already had a teaching degree, and so it wasn’t hard for her mom to begin teaching her daughter as soon as possible. Her brother continued to go to public school, his mom didn’t want him to miss out on certain things and neither did his sister. 

She didn’t want to be the reason to hold people back, especially her family. Her brother’s love for hockey wasn’t something she could hold back, so she wasn’t going to be upset if he wanted to join a  public school in order to make sure he would be able to join the younger league of hockey in 5th grade. 

He’s started his first year already. His love for hockey had grown instantly after he began playing. His sister always came to his practices and games and got tons of pictures. 

Some even weren’t of her brother. The coach had asked if she would be willing to take pictures after he had seen the ones of her brother. 

The photos had gone up on the website for the hockey association. It was something she was very proud of, and many of the hockey moms had asked if she had gotten any photos of their sons. 

Word got around quickly, so more photos were being taken and distributed to the moms of the boys. It hadn’t bothered her at all, she loved taking the pictures and she loved to see the parents reactions to the wonderful photos she had taken. 

Grayson: its been a week since ive asked last, so im asking again. can we facetime yet? i just wanna see your face and talk to you. 

im at my brothers hockey game. we can when i get home, i promise

After all, if it did end up bothering him, she could easily ignore him. block him, and never speak to him again. It would be a lot harder if they had actually met in real life, but they hadn’t. Virtually talking to people can have its advantages when needed. 

She just needed to know how he’d feel. If she was being honest, she’d say she didn’t care. She didn’t care about his reaction anymore, but she wanted to know what it was. She wanted to see and talk to Grayson just as much as he wanted to with her. 

Grayson: prove it

what do you want a pic?

Grayson: a video

You laughed silently to yourself and took a video of your face and then of your brother playing hockey. You sent the video with a message

That good enough for you?

Grayson: yes very

good. we’re done soon, in case youre wondering

Grayson: thank god. I cant wait to actually talk to you

you are right now

Grayson: you know what i mean. you know. speak

right right, okayyyyy

In all reality, she was horrified. In the back of her mind she was scared. But she was ready, ready to face her fear. Ready for what was to come.

As the time went by it seemed to get slower and slower. Her mind was fumbled with the thought of if she should actually go through with this.

On one hand, she wouldn't have to worry about Grayson finding out her little secret, but on the other hand, she couldn't see herself lying to him this much.

It wasn't a healthy thing to do. To hold back. She was going through a lot. Her brain was tortured and in pain as she thought about how she would introduce herself. Would she say hi, would she sign to him? No. He wouldn't understand that.

Slowly but surely the clock went tick, tick, tick. The time was now. She was about to face her fear of abandonment. As the facetime call rang and she twiddled with her thumbs, wiping her face due to the beads of sweat drippling down her tomato red face, her brother sat beside her and comforter her, making sure she was okay. She nodded and after a few more rings, Grayson picked up. He said hi, she could see it. It wasn't hard to tell that he was excited. Your brother was signing underneath the phone, so only you could see it. Grayson kept talking, your brother trying to sign as quickly as he could. Her brother looked at the camera and then down at the screen at Grayson, who sat in silence, confused at her sudden lack of quirkyness.

"Y/n, you okay?" Grayson says, her brother signing it to her. She looks back up and nods, smiling as if everything was okay. "Are you sure, you keep looking down." Grayson says, looking at you and tilting his head as a way to express his confusion.

"Grayson, uh she-" Her finger gently pressed to her lips to get her brother to be quiet.

She looked up and waved, and breathed in through her noise before slowly breathing out through her mouth. She let her hands take control, and Grayson laughed before saying "You know I only speak english, babe." She sighed and looked at her brother before signing, "Tell him." Her brother nodded before looking at Grayson and then quickly at her to make sure. She nods and starts slowly breathing harder, her face growing redder.

"Grayson. She can't hear you." Her brother says with the most seriousness in his small face.

"What do you mean? Is her phone broken?" Grayson asks, trying to talk more to see if that'll help.

Her brother tells Grayson to be quiet so he can speak, which silences Grayson. "Grayson, she can't hear you because she's deaf."

"What? You're lying." Grayson shook his head in disbelief and then looked at you for confirmation.

You sighed and started signing, your brother speaking for you.

You explained everything to him, and he sat there listening. He didn't judge you at all, and you stayed friends. 

He even took it upon himself to learn asl so when he was finally able to meet you, you guys could talk. You guys could communicate. 

[ledenews]

Buckeye Local Coach Hoover: 'We Are Not In This for Moral Victories'

Buckeye Local takes its 2-4 record on the road Friday night to face unbeaten Caldwell. Wait. What? Ten years ago, that statement would have raised a few eyebrows; not that Caldwell was undefeated, but why was Buckeye playing Caldwell. Ten years ago, Buckeye Local was in Division III and despite finishing 4-6, beat John Marshall, a Class 5A school in the OVAC and a Division II equivalent in Ohio. Caldwell? The Redskins were down in Division VI, back when the OHSAA classifications consisted of just six divisions. Now? Buckeye is back in Division IV after spending five years in Division V. Caldwell is still in the state's smallest division, now D-VII. The enrollment cutoff for D-IV is 202. The Panthers have 213. They are closer to Division V than they are Division III. Much closer. Caldwell has 101. A quick scan of the Panthers schedule will see other similarly situated schools. There are no Division IV teams on it. There are five D-V schools, one in VI, and five in VII. Yes, half of the schedule is comprised of teams from the state's smallest division. You know what else? The team's on Buckeye's schedule are a combined 42-18. Four of the teams are still unbeaten in Barnesville, Union Local, Edison, and Caldwell. Shenandoah, which just came back to defeat Buckeye 42-36 last week, is 5-1. Only two teams have losing records right now which also happens to be the Panthers' two wins thus far. But in fairness, both Shadyside (1-5) and Monroe Central (1-5) have traditionally strong programs. This is head coach Jim Hoover's second season in charge after serving as the defensive coordinator during the COVID year in 2020. The Panthers joined the Mid-Ohio Valley League prior to Hoover's first season, so the current schedule was set upon his ascension. Small schools or not, it's a good, competitive schedule. “I think it's a pretty tough schedule,” Hoover recently noted. “We have Barnesville which is undefeated, Union Local, Edison, Caldwell are undefeated. Shenandoah has one loss. Toronto has two losses. Harrison two. “That schedule was in place since I took over. We play teams like Shenandoah and Caldwell anyway because they are in the conference. But we may lighten it up some in the near future.” Rebuilding the Program It's been a slow crawl back to respectability over the last 12 years for the Panthers program. Following that final year in Division III, the Panthers had a six-year stretch with just two wins total. They finished 1-9 in both 2013 and 2014, and then went an entire graduating class' length of time, from 2015 to 2018, without a win. That's not easy to come back from because, while winning may be contagious, so is losing, and year after year of double digit losses and zero wins can start to cast a dark shadow over a program. It hurts the culture, the confidence level and, at a school with declining enrollment, it can negatively affect interest level. High school athletes who love playing football will generally come out, no matter the circumstances or status of a program - they love the game and are going to play it - but what about the good players, the average or marginal players? They may not fill the stat sheet, but they can help the program as solid, dependable starters, capable backups, and growing reserves that are waiting for their chance to shine. These average players may opt to play another sport, or none at all, as opposed to putting in all that hard work only to go 0-10 every season. That's not how you build interest and not how you rebuild a program and that's why Hoover isn't concerned at all if anyone questions the teams currently on the Panthers' schedule, nor if they complain about any potential changes to lighten the load. “To be honest, I really don't care what people think (of our schedule),” Hoover said. “I played for Buckeye North back in the 1980s. I know who we played. I know who Buckeye South played. I don't care what they think. “I'm trying to rebuild and do what's best for our program.” While Buckeye doesn't open with Martins Ferry any longer, the two rivals did meet in a scrimmage before the season started. Photo by Nessa Kae Photography Changing the Culture Hoover starred at North and graduated in 1989, going on to excel for four years at Eastern Michigan. He may not be a Buckeye Local grad, but these are still his people, hailing from one of the schools that combined to form Buckeye Local. He knows the history and the success. And make no mistake, Buckeye has experienced success as a program, the pinnacle of which was the 13-1 season in 1994 when the Ron Pobolish-led Panthers finished 13-1, falling to Chardon 17-6 in the state championship game. The last unbeaten regular season came in 2003, when Northwest abruptly and rudely ended Buckeye's playoff hopes in Round 1 via a 53-0 defeat. Buckeye didn't see the playoffs again until a two-year stretch between 2008-09, finishing 7-4 and 8-3, respectively, losing both times in the first round of the playoffs. After 2009, there's been only one winning season, a 6-4 mark in 2011. So for any of the old timers who remember Buckeye playing, and beating, Wheeling Park and John Marshall and Martins Ferry, those days are long gone. “They think we'll benefit from playing St. Clairsville, Wheeling Park, Big Red, and all that does is have us go week in and week out getting our brains beat in,” Hoover said. “We're trying to rebuild our program. Look at what Edison is doing. They watered down the schedule some, but those kids are playing with confidence and they are winning.” Edison too experienced success in the past but has also dealt with declining enrollment and success on the field. The Wildcats, however, are currently 6-0 and rated No. 5 in Division V, Region 17. The Wildcats' schedule? There is one Division III team in winless Woodward, three D-IVs, one D-V, and like Buckeye, seven D-VII schools. Hoover applauded the success current Edison coach Mike Collopy is having. They are both focusing on the now, and the future of the programs. Winning builds confidence, along with interest which, in turn, builds numbers and increased success. And that's how Buckeye will rebuild its program. It may require a little patience, but the Panthers are moving in the right direction. That's why Hoover wasn't happy following the loss to the Zeps. His team led 14-0 early and let the lead slip away. There are no moral victories, and Hoover, his staff, and players, certainly are no longer satisfied with simply playing well or keeping the game competitive. They are out there to win. They put in the long hours in the weight room, on the practice field, sweating during two-a-days, to win. Anything less is doing a disservice to all that hard work. Hoover won't have it. His players are starting to believe and feel that way too. That's progress. That's what it'll take to make winning seasons a regularity in southern Jefferson County once again. “We are not in this for moral victories,” Hoover said. “That's been the culture. Some are satisfied with that, but that's what we have to change. “We played hard, but didn't play well enough to win.” Read the full article

[untilvalhalla29-blog]

About me...

So... my name is R... yea... keeping this low key lol anyways i’m a gay dude living in the middle of the south. I’m a 29 year old country boy and i’d like to think i’m pretty masculine. I know everyone says that love isn’t everything but its what ive thought about and wanted my whole life... a soulmate. However i’m finding it excessively difficult to find anyone... like anyone at all... my last relationship was 8 years ago... and will be 9 years this valentines day... and not a day has went by that i havent hurt from being so lonely... this is literally the only thing i ever really think about, is just finding love. So yes... through my life ive dated like 10+ girls (which obviously didn’t work seeing as how i like dudes) but when your not out of the closet and get beat up for being gay in a small country town you fake it til you make it and date girls so you don’t get kicked in the ribs again by another pair of cowboy boots in a parking lot. time went on and i came out around the age of 21 and after that ive had 1 boyfriend... then began the 8 almost 9 year span of loneliness. in this time span, i’ve went to bars, got on bumble, tinder, grindr, scruff, adam4adam, and ive asked friends to try and set me up... the farthest i ever get is one or two days before i’m ghosted, blocked, ignored completely, or told to kill myself (we’ll go into that one on another post) i just can’t seem to find anyone. There have been times i’ve went on every form of prementioned social media and dating sites and thrown as many lines out as i could from guys way out of my league to the ones i wasn’t really even that attracted to but could settle with just hoping that one of them might be mr. right or even mr. for a short time... but it just never happens. i’ve tried doing like literally everyone who is in a happy relationship has suggested and just stopped trying to find someone and let them come to me... but that also hasnt worked. hell i even occasionally send things in to a radio station that plays in my area, they have a segment called “love letters to kellie” and asked for her advice (haven’t been selected for it tho) i dunno... i’m just so tired of feeling like i’m 100% alone and unwanted in this world, and have i contemplated suicide because of all this... more times than i can even count. but i’m too chicken shit to do anything like that, so no worries there, but not gonna lie sometimes it is nice to think about and does in some terribly morbid way help me feel somewhat better to just picture myself out of the picture all together. Oh well...

until next time, R

[bitsfordays]

Work Visits

Another part to my nurseydex children series! Ive offically deemed this Au “Things That Stop You Dreaming” and it can be found on AO3 under that title!

Enjoy Addy being cute af, plus an introduction to Bella! 

(pst, i posted this in two parts on AO3 but yall will get it all in one bc im lazy)

“Daddy, are we there?”

Derek sighed and looked at his daughter for probably the seventh time in the last 10 minutes he's been driving. This was the seventh time she asked.

“Addison, I know you have the route to the rink memorized, so I know that you know that we are literally in the arena parking lot. You don't have to antagonize me.”

Addison gave what could only be described as a shit-eating grin from her spot in the back seat. She swung her legs happily. “I know Daddy, but Papa says that I should mess with you more often. He says its funny”

Derek was going to kill his husband.

He pulled into one of the parking spots reserved for players families and shut off the car. He turned around so he could make proper eye contact with his daughter.

“Okay Addison, Papa is playing against Uncle Jack tonight. Uncle Bitty was in town already for his book tour and so he brought Bella with him and we’ll be sitting with them in the family section. Do you remember the rules for when Uncle Jack plays against Papa?”

“Boo when Papa gets checked but don't cheer if someone on Uncle Jacks team gets checked, unless it's by Papa.” Addison explained neatly.

“Anything else?”Derek prompted.

“Don't curse?”

Derek couldn't help but laugh. Addison had learned her fair share of curse words, despite only being 6 years old. It's what happened when a child had an uncle whose name was literally Shitty.

“Not quite, lovely but that's a good one. I was actually going for ‘don't heckle Uncle Jack.’ He needs to stay concentrated on the game ”

“Oh.” Addison shrugged her little shoulders. “I can do that. Can we go inside now?”

Derek laughed. “Yes, Addy. We can.”

They got out of the car and made their way inside, not even bothering to wave their passes at the security guards, who they knew by name and had for years now. They went to their seats in the family section, directly behind the glass and found their family already there.

“Bella!” Addison tore her hand from Derek's and ran to greet her best friend/pseudo-cousin. They hugged tightly in the way that only young kids could.

Bella was a year older than Addison but that didn't stop them from being as thick as thieves. They lived three hours apart so they didn't see each other often but they adored each other just the same. Bella was more soft spoken than Addison was,

“Nursey!” Bitty grinned and pulled Derek into a tight hug.

“Hey Bits.” Derek laughed and hugged the other man back, just as tight. “How was the book tour?”

“Oh, you would not believe...”Bitty launched into a story about his time touring for his newest cookbook and Derek let his thoughts drift as Bitty rambled on.

“Oh, there they are!” Bella interrupted her father, pointing down at the ice as the players skated on for warm ups.

Jack and Will  were both easy to spot. Even from under his helmet, Will’s ginger hair was easy to spot, just as Jacks distinctive blue eyes were easy to spot behind his face guard.

“Papa!” Addison jumped up and down in front of the glass and waved her arms furiously. “Papa! Papa, over here!”

Derek could see Will’s grin from the other side of the ice. Will waved at his daughter, who waved back energetically. Derek could see Jack’s shoulders shake as he laughed and saw Jacks mouth move in some chirp. Will grinned and said something back before they skated their separate ways to warm up with their teams.

Addison kept waving her arms, trying to catch her father's attention again until Derek had to put a stop to it. “Add,let Papa warm up in peace. You dont want to throw him off his game, do you?”

“Its preseason, Daddy, it doesn't effect the season.” Addison responded, not looking away from the ice. Bitty chuckled from his seat.

“Addison. Leave him be until after the game, okay? Then you can harass him as much as you want.”

“Fiiiiiineeeee.” Addison backed away from the glass and sat down between Derek and Bella with a pout but Derek couldn't help but chuckle. There were times where he wanted to do the same thing.

Addison kept pouting and Derek took pity on her. “Hey Addy, how about you tell Uncle Bitty how your skating classes have been going? Im sure he would love to hear about them.”

Addison perked up immediately and Derek smiled.

This was going to be a good evening.

Rangers beat the Falconers 4-3, with Dex getting the game winning goal at the end of the 3rd period. Jack clapped Will on the shoulder during the handshaking and from the stands, Derek could see him say something and Will laughed before they both went on to shake more hands.  

They met Dex outside of the Rangers locker room. He was sweaty and gross but he still beamed when he saw his husband and daughter. It made Dereks heart do flips, the same way it did when they met in college.

“Papa!” Addison tore her hand from Dereks and did a flying leap towards her father. Will dropped his hockey bag to open his arms as his daughter slammed into his chest. “Hi Papa! You played really good tonight!”

“Thanks baby.” Will hugged her tightly. “Did you enjoy watching the game with Uncle Bitty and Bella?”

“Yeah! Did you know Bella is taking figure skating classes? Im gonna have her show me all the stuff shes learning there and Ill teach her everything Im learning in my hockey skating class!”

“Thats wonderful, Addy-Girl.” Will smiled. He set her down and looked over at Derek. “Hey babe. Did you enjoy the game?”

“You know I did.” Derek smiled and kissed Will on the cheek. “Nice check on Jack during the 2nd. Had him rattled for a second there.”

Will shrugged. “He got me back in the 3rd, twice as hard. I felt my brain rattle.”

Derek frowned. “How's your head?”

“It's fine, Der. They got me all checked out and I'm fine.”

“Good. I like you better with your brain intact.”

“Same.”

“Quit being gross!” Addison jabbed Will in the leg to get his attention.

“Ow, Addison. That's not how you get people's attention.” Will chided.

“Sorry. Can we go see Uncle Jack and Bitty and Bella now?” Addison said.

“Sure. Lead the way.” Derek said.

Addison lead them around to the visitors lockers, just in time to run into Jack, Bitty and Bella, who was currently asleep on Jacks back.

“Nice game, Cap.” Derek said with a smirk.

Jack sighed. “I havent been your captain in over a decade, Nurse. Please stop.”

“Ah, but you were the best one Ive ever had. Sorry Bits.”

Bitty and Jack both rolled their eyes.

“We would love to stay and chat with you two but we gotta get headed towards the airport.” Bitty said. “Especially since Bells already asleep. Shes been up since 6am with me and is just bone tired.”                                                             

“Okay Bits. We’ll see you in a few weeks for the Falconers home opener. Wanna get dinner before hand, while our husbands do their thing?”

“Sure. We’ll see you then. Have a safe flight you three.”

“See yall later!”

The Zimmermann-Bittles walked away, leaving the Poindexter-Nurses on their own. Addison tugged on Dereks hand. “Are we gonna go home now?”

Will grabbed Addison's free hand and smiled. “Yes, Addy-Girl. Home for now.”

“Okay.” Addison gave a tired smile. “It was a good game, Papa.”

“Thanks baby.”

Together, the three of them left the area at the end of another good day.

Derek Poindexter-Nurse hates writing. Its difficult, its time consuming and tedious to do. He hates writing with an undeniable, fiery passion.

Which is why he does it for a living. Obviously.

When it comes to writing, Derek’s been lucky. Hot got published only a few years after college and he quickly made it onto the bestseller list. He has hordes of teenage fans who would probably commit many crimes if he asked them to, all of them clamoring for another installment, another book, another bonus story, another anything. He could give them a five hundred word shit stain and most of them would probably be content. Literally anything.

Which is of course, how Derek found himself holding down the ‘H’ key for ten minutes, thumping his head continuously on his desk, as if that will make the ideas come faster. Usually when Derek gets into a slump like this, he just goes and talks to Will but its early May and the Stanley Cup playoffs are looming in front of the Rangers, so Will’s at practice and will be for another four hours, meaning that Derek is stuck stewing in his own mind indefinitely.

Indefinitely doesnt last for long. Dereks stewing is interrupted by a knock on his study door and it being pushed open to reveal Addison in all of her 13 year old glory.

“Are you okay Dad?” Addison said, looking at her father with a mixture of concern and vague disgust.

“No.” Derek sighed. He thumped his head aginst the wood again.

“Um..” Addison walkedd ina nd leaned against the desk where Derkes head currently was. “Maybe stop hitting your head against the desk? I dont think getting a concussion would be very good for you. Besides, Papa’s gotten enough for the both of you.”

Derek leveled a glare at his daughter but he lifted his head off the desk and sat up. He rubbed the red mark on his forehead. “Ive gotten my fair share of concussions too, ya know. I did play hockey for a lot time.”

“I know, I know, all im saying is that Papa had a concussion like, a month ago. “ Addison shrugged. “So his might be a little more relevant.”

It was true. Will had gotten a harsh check and was out of the game for a while because of it. It was rough on all three of them, just as it always was whenever Will got hurt during games. It always made Derek worry, usually about how much longer Will could play in the NHL or if they should continue letting Addison play in her junior league. It sent his head in swirls and him and Bitty and Caitlin have spent hours talking about the stress of being married to three of the top players in the NHL. And Derek knew that their children have had similar conversations about being the children of NHL stars.

“Dad? Hello?” Addison waved her hand in front of Derek's face to get his attention. “You still with me or did you actually give yourself self a concussion? Do I need to drive you to the hospital?”

“You can't drive yet, Addison. You're 13.”

“I know but I figured that if you had a concussion you would let me try anyways.” Addison grinned.

“And that's where you're wrong.”  

“Worth a shot. So what's wrong?”

Derek let out a long sigh. “Writing is hard, Addy. Don't do it. It isn't a viable career. “

“I mean, it wasnt on my list. I was more thinking hockey.”

“Huh?” Derek stared at his daughter and his heart thumped extra hard. “Really?”

“Well, yeah.” Addison shrugged. “Its what makes sense and I like it a lot. Is there…..something wrong with that?”

Derek let out a breath. The idea of his daughter, his pride and joy, one of the two most important people in his life, playing a dangerous game that both him and his husband loved made him feel nauseous. He knew first hand how dangerous the game was and while he knew that Addison took after her fathers in her love for the game, part of Derek wished that she didnt.

“Just..be careful.” Derek said carefully. He didnt want to admit to her how much it scared him. “You have time to decide. Most kids your age have no idea what they want to do. But, me and Papa will support you no matter what, okay?”

“Okay Daddy.” Addison leaned over and hugged him tightly. Derek hugged her back, putting all of his concerns and hopes into that hug.

“So, how can I help you get past your writing block right now?” Addison asked, pulling away from the hug.

Derek glanced at his laptop, which was just showing a word document full with the letter “H”. An idea tickled at the back of his brain. Something about an over-do meeting between a main character and their parent. A nice conversation about fears. Derek grinned

“You've already have.”