#I’m an aromantic

[eternalowl]

Day 1 - Modern AU

Posted on ao3 with the title “Christmas Trees and Engagement Rings”

It was the morning of the 25th of December and the smell of hot chocolate was present throughout the entire house.

Thena had just woken up. She was still trying to open her eyes, and it was hard for her because of the light pouring into the room through the window. The snow that fell the night before wasn’t helping with the brightness at all. She finally managed to open her eyes and she looked next to her, only to find that the bed was empty beside her. Much to her disdain, she pried herself out of bed and dragged her feet along the floor to the kitchen. Once she got to the kitchen, she was greeted with the sight of Gilgamesh making hot chocolate. Once she saw him, it was as if she gained an instant boost of energy.

“Good morning, Thena,” Gilgamesh greeted as he pressed his lips against her forehead. “Here. Powdered peppermint and mini marshmallows, just the way you like it.” Gil then handed Thena a cup of hot cocoa.

Thankfully, it was already cool enough to drink, so Thena took a sip and let out a hum of contentment. “Just for this I’ll forgive you for not being in bed earlier.”

“Could you really stay mad at me though?” Gil asked, leaving trails of kisses from Thena’s forehead to her lips. Occasionally, he would lay a kiss on Thena’s nose just so that he could watch it scrunch up in that adorable way that it does as she laughs.

“I guess not,” Thena replied, still chuckling.

Gil then took his cup of hot chocolate and walked over to the Christmas tree with Thena. They sat down on the couch and Thena let her head rest on Gil’s shoulder. Gil let his head gently rest against Thena’s.

They stayed like that for a while, not speaking a word and just enjoying each other’s company.

“I got you something,” Gil informed as he walked over to the tree, pulled out a small, rectangular gift, and sat back down on the couch. He handed the gift to Thena and she ripped the wrapping paper off of it, revealing a small box. Thena opened it to see what was inside. The box contained many different colors of acrylic paint and a myriad of different brushes. “About a month ago you said that you were getting into painting, so one day I saw this and thought that you might like it.”

Thena wrapped her arms around him. “Thank you,” she said as she stuffed her face into his neck. “I got you something, too,” she said when she pulled away. She walked over to the tree and pulled out a bigger package. Not only was it larger in size, but it also weighed more. “Well, I guess I can’t take all of the credit. The others pitched in as well.”

Gil carefully undid the wrapping paper and revealed a fair-sized book, but this wasn’t just a regular book; it was a scrapbook. Well, an extremely glorified scrapbook.

Gil flipped through the pages, seeing photo strips from photo booths, small little quotes, and even aesthetic and mood boards for each of them; those were probably Makkari and Sersi’s doing. As he flipped through, he saw the memories that everyone cherished the most about each other. Whether it be someone shoving Ajak’s face into her cake on her birthday, Druig and Phastos trying to beat up Ikaris while Makkari cheers them on, Sprite pranking her favorite target who is better known as Kingo, or something as mundane, even though nothing with any of them involved could exactly be considered mundane, as a selfie of the group, it was there.

“In the back, there’s still a bunch of open pages, so we can still add to it,” Thena threw in, her head resting against Gil’s shoulder once again.

“I- I love it.” He truly meant what he said. “I have one more gift for you.” Thena hummed in confusion. Gil then stood up, holding Thena’s hands and bringing her up along with him.

“What gift? You didn’t need to get me anything extra.”

“But I did,” Gil said, caressing Thena’s cheek. She leaned into the touch. “I remember that, a few years ago, on this day, I fell almost hopelessly in love with you,” Gil chuckled and shook his head at that statement. “so I think that if I’m going to ask you this, it has to be on Christmas.”

“Ask me what?” Thena asked.

“Thena, you are the only one I can ever see myself being with. Years ago, I never thought I could ever feel this way about someone, but then you showed up.”

“What are you…” Thena was practically whispering to herself. Her hands then slowly drifted up to cover her mouth in surprise as Gil got down on one knee. Tears of joy started to shed from her eyes and clung to her eyelashes. Gil then reached into his pocket and pulled out a velveteen ring box.

“Thena, will you marry me?” Gil said as he opened the box, showing her the ring on the inside. The ring was a golden band adorned with a beautiful diamond.

So many tears had clung to her lashes that her vision was being blurred to the point where she could barely see.

“Yes,” she managed to get out between her sobs of joy. “Yes!” Gil slipped the ring onto her finger before she pulled him back up to his feet and passionately kissed him. When he returned the kiss, she let out a moan of contentment. Her arms wrapped around his neck and he let his hands drift to her back and the back of her head. She let one of her hands make its way into his hair.

They continued to kiss each other for a few more minutes before Thena spoke.

“The others don’t know about this, don’t they?” she asked, her lips still centimeters away from Gil’s.

“They don’t have a clue.”

#thenameshweek2022 #thenameshweek #thena x gilgamesh #thena and gilgamesh #thenamesh #as a South Dakotan #I can confirm the snow can be a bitch #in the morning sometimes #I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH #forfit all mortal possessions to Thenamesh #ive been waiting in my cave to post this #I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT DAY IT IS ANYMORE #I’m an aromantic #trying to write romance #Thena liking hot cocoa #with powdered peppermint and mini marshmallows #is all I need in life #eternals gilgamesh #eternals thena #eternals

[bluestonewings]

ACES!!! Look at this Scientific American article!!! It makes me genuinely so happy to read. We’re making it!!!!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/

#asexual #demisexual #ace pride #queer #lgbtq #aromantic #aroace #GUYS READ IT PLEASE IM SO HAPPY!!! #update y’all check notes for the time traveling! I’m very honored ppl think I’m some ace time traveling god though. just for science article

[arodabi]

“Sadly there’s a chance this character could be aromantic :(”

Well sadly there’s a chance you’re dying by my blade :(

#void screams #aromantic #aro #I’m looking at twitter again #cesspool

[thriftdyke]

it really does bother me how no one can seem to answer the question “what even is romantic attraction, really.” like some people are like “it’s who you wanna kiss and cuddle <3” and I’m like ok well kisses and cuddles can be either sexual or platonic depending on context. “It’s who you feel passion/desire/arousal for” well that just sounds like sexual attraction which you can have without even knowing somebody so I fail to see how that’s romantic. “It’s who you want to go on dates with” I go on dates with friends all the time plus “date” is a social construct anyway there’s really no innate difference between a date and hanging out. “it’s who you have deep feelings for” great news for you that can be literally any type of relationship. my friend told me she defined it as “who you wanna give roses to” and I’m like do u hear urself??? like the more I talk to people the more I’m convinced romance and romantic attraction is an elaborate socially fabricated illusion that has no real defining characteristics. and like there’s nothing Wrong with it being a constuct but why people are so attached to defending the supremacy of it is something I cannot for the life of me figure out

#like reading this u might be like ‘sounds like ur just aromantic sis’ but I’m like. listen. #ur missing my point. which is that I literally think romance Does Not Exist #at least not in this bioessentialist way people like to pretend it does #the desire for companionship and the desire for sex are biological drives. everything else is a social construct #which doesn’t mean its bad! or not valid! or anything like that! #but I’m just genuinely do not understand Why we are so bent on treating it like gospel

[gemsandjunk]

tbh, sometimes the “platonic explanation for this” is the more interesting one

#this isn’t in reference to anything I’m just thinking #aromantic #aro tag #nifty’s junk

[labcoated-lunacy]

eroticism of the machine this, eroticism of the machine that. what about the AROMANTICISM of the machine. what about the electric comfort of looking at a beautiful turbine engine and knowing that it is just like you. what about the urge to cut open your chest to prove your heart is made of wires and your ribs are made of steel. what about that

#but ily eroticism of the machine people I’m glad you are enjoying your machines #anyways. sure ALL aro(/ace) rep shouldn't be robots #but i personally LOVE the trope #my love for robot characters and machinery imagery is intrinsically linked with aromanticism #(asexuality too in my case) #(but ‘aromanticism’ flowed better in the post) #robotposting #machineposting #aromantic

[an-absolute-trainwreck]

(If you like specifically the diet or sugar free version of any of these, just vote for that option. Same thing for specific flavors, eg. cherry coke, or mtn dew red, etc.)

#I have a prediction as to how I think this will go #so rbs for a larger sample size are helpful :) #idk how to tag this but I want it to get votes #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #trans #transgender #bisexual #asexual #aromantic #nonbinary #pansexual #lgbtq community #I’m just genuinely curious and this is kinda like science since I have a hypothesis

[thattheater-kid]

I am an aroace aplatonic agender autistic ADHD person with anxiety, which means I’m winning. I collected the most A’s. I got the high score.

#it’s because I’m a former gifted kid #I have to get the most As #more As in my identity and mental health than my report card #aroace #aromantic #asexual #aplatonic #adhd #actually adhd #autism #autsitic #actually autistic

[twomanyfandomshelp]

My friend @shellywith2ls found this on Pinterest during our homeroom today, and when she showed me I started dying laughing.

I asked her to send it to me and she just saved the photo and texted it to me, so I can’t properly credit the person who made this. If you see this, hi, I love this, let me know so I can properly credit you 🙃

Edit:

Thank you @voidisnthere for helping me out with the credit!

#aroace #asexual #aromantic #tumblr please add colors for the aroace hashtag #asexuality #ace #ace spec #ace pride #aromantism #aro #aro spec #aro pride #aroace spec #aroace pride #bisexual #bisexuality #bi #bi pride #i’m aroace and making it everyone’s problem #aroace memes #bisexual memes #lgbtqiia+

[opossums-in-a-trenchcoat]

I can’t stand forced romance in media. You’re telling me this man and woman who’ve barely spoken to each other, have not flirted at all and have barely been together for three scenes are in love??? Like am I just too aroace to see it?? I always feel so surprised

#i’m watching Andor and there’s two characters who have no chemistry but everyone keeps making jokes about how they’re so into each other #aro #aroace #ace #aromantic stuff #asexual stuff #aromantic #asexual #forced romance #aro pride #aro problems #ace problems #aro ace #queer #lgbtq #aro culture is

[aaaroace]

aphobia is so funny to me. like. you’re mad just bc i refuse to have some bitches and just wanna do my thing?

#it’s so incomprehensible to me #and the ‘that’s how it works. you’ll be lonely blah blah blah’ comments. #how abt u shut up #i could’ve had written something coherent and actually serious but I’m too tired to think abt aphobes rn #aromantic #aroace #aro #asexual #ace #aspec #aroace memes #aphobia

[knifearo]

you can literally just be aromantic. it’s free and nobody’s stopping you :)

#PSA!!!!!!! #this is a ‘being aromantic is so awesome and you can do it whenever’ post #like. i love being aromantic and i get to do it all the time. #but also if you’re questioning whether you’re aro. you can just be aromantic. it’s free and nobody is stopping you :) #questioning aspecs come be aromantic with me i’m kissing you tenderly on the forehead #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aro positivity #aspec #chitchat #(<— thinking ab a talking tag. need one of those) #talking

[silvermoon424]

Honestly as much as I love Tumblr now, I’ll never forgive this site for the “ace discourse” era that nobody has ever fucking apologized for. Irreparable damage was done to aro/ace people and our communities and now that shit is being recycled on TikTok. And then aphobes have the gall to say “well it’s not like you guys have ever faced any hardship in your lives” as if they still don’t bully and discriminate against aro/ace people to this day.

Go rot.

#aphobia #asexual #aromantic #not even tagging this with anything else because when I do I’m guaranteed to gross bigoted anons #I probably still will #1k #5k #10k #most popular

[desperatecheesecubes]

Growing up asexual is actually so funny because all of a sudden people all around are like ‘oh my god what if I don’t know how to kiss??? I have to practice!’ And start doing unhinged things and the whole time you’re like

#mine #asexuality #and also the wanting to get with someone thing #and also to an extent the wanting a romantic relationship et all but I haven’t decided if I’m aromantic or Demi romantic soooo #i can’t believe y’all got this to 1K #oh good lord now it’s at 1.5k #holy fuck we’re at 2K #I’ve really loved reading everyone’s ace experiences #very comforting to remember I’m not alone

[tesco-finest-aromantics]

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#caique posts #aroallo #alloaro #aromantic #arospec #aspec #safeforaro #i’m just tired of all the erasure tbh

[starkitten101]

Made this in like a minute out of frustration over a couple memories. Is this anything

#Mixed race #aromantic #asexual #split attraction #nonbinary #multigender #trying to cover all groups who’ll relate but can’t list all of them from the top of my head #I’m both btw #It’s even worse when I can only select “mixed/multiracial” on a survey but can’t specify WHICH RACES I AM #JUST LET ME SELECT BOTH SOUTH ASIAN AND WHITE DAMMIT #Edit: hold on let me add a few more to the tags #Bigender #queer #genderfluid #multiracial #biracial