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ladylexi-of-wind · 10 months
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Suddenly thinking about Ben Drowned. Jadusable did a fantastic job!
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bogkeep · 2 years
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so Alex Stewart's name is basically DEFENDER GUARDIAN and the irony tastes so good
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mpreglover225 · 26 days
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In the sterile dormitory of Echo Camp, a surrogacy retreat, Jamie strode through the aisle with a buoyant step, fresh from his successful checkup. The room buzzed with the low chatter of fellow surrogates, their bellies rounded and lives momentarily intertwined in this shared journey of creation.
“Hey, Jamie, how’d it go?” called out Marcus from his upper bunk, a book resting unattended on his chest.
“Smooth as silk,” Jamie replied, patting his stomach with a grin. “The dads were over the moon. Looks like I’m on track for a natural delivery.”
A chorus of supportive cheers rose from the bunks. From a few beds down, Alex chimed in, “That’s great, man! These little ones have a way of making the world feel right, don’t they?”
“Sure do,” Jamie agreed, settling onto his own bed. “What about you, Alex? Thinking of going again after this one?”
“Absolutely,” Alex laughed, hands resting on his own pronounced curve. “It’s like a badge of honor now, isn’t it? Can’t imagine going back to a regular job after this.”
The room filled with knowing nods; many were veterans, already considering their next surrogacy term.
Suddenly, a sharp gasp cut through the camaraderie. They turned to see Elliot, clutching the side of his bunk, his face etched with surprise. “Guys... I think my water just broke.”
Instantly, the room sprung into action. “Nurse! We’ve got a situation here!” Jamie shouted down the hall.
Two male nurses hurried in, their efficiency a comforting presence. “Alright, Elliot, let’s get you to L&D, stat,” one said calmly, slipping supportive arms under Elliot’s shoulders and easing him into a waiting wheelchair.
As they whisked Elliot away, his face a mask of concentration, the remaining surrogates exchanged glances of excitement and empathy.
“Guess it’s showtime for Elliot,” Marcus murmured.
“Just the beginning,” Jamie replied. “Before we know it, that'll be us heading off to the delivery ward.”
“Yeah,” Alex said, a contemplative look crossing his face. “It’s wild, isn’t it? We’re all here, in this place where life starts. Makes you think about the little ones we’re all going to meet soon.”
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batwritings · 7 months
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Kinktober Day 20 - Sex Work
We! Support! Sex workers! In! This! Household! :D Enjoy!~
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To say this mission hadn’t gone as planned, was a gross understatement. It wasn’t exactly that things had gone wrong, no. But you getting absolutely railed by the enemy certainly wasn’t part of the plan. Not to say that wasn’t just as enjoyable as a mission well done, but you digress.
You’d been sent undercover to dig up some information for your boss. Nothing special, save for the scenario and identity you had to assume. It wouldn’t be your first time up on a pole doing various erotic dances for a crowd. Part of you hoped it wasn’t the last; the pole could be so freeing at times.
The difference this time was that you had to offer…a few more “services” this time around. Now of course your boss kept you safe, both physically and sexually. But you were certainly getting paid more for this kind of thing.
“God you’re so fucking tight,” the American man pounding you groaned. He had one of your legs up over his shoulder while your other was tucked behind his knee to pull him in impossibly closer. “Feel so fuckin’ good.” His words were slurring from the litany of drinks he’d had no doubt. Some kind of celebration from what you’d overheard.
You moaned in time with him; normally this would be a falsity, an act to make your prospective prey feel as if they were actually pleasing you when they weren’t. But you couldn’t lie, this man’s cock was absolutely divine. He stretched your walls to what felt like their limit, the sensation adding to the delicious drag of his cock in and out of your hole.
“Th-thank y-ou…! Mmh!” You whine, head tilted back to let the whole of the hotel hear just how much pleasure one man brought you. You felt his free hand slide up your stomach, all the way to your chest and rub over one of your pierced nipples. The additional pleasure and slight, almost metallic chill had your mind so fuzzy, you nearly forgot this was work related. 
You could feel the head of his cock kissing against your sweet spot, making stars dance behind your eyes. “Fuck sweetheart I’m coming…!” you heard him groan, but you did nothing to stop him. With a long moan, the soldier finishes inside you, hips stuttering as he fills you.
You’re not far behind, and the man can tell that. He twists you a bit, before the hand that had been holding onto your hip starts to pleasure your sex. “C’mon pretty little thing, come for me,” he urges, breathless as he rubs and touches in all the right places. You fall apart with a cry of pleasure, hips bucking up and milking his already sensitive cock.
The two of you heave breaths of exhaustion as your peaks begin to subside. You feel the man rest his head on yours and kiss it softly. The gentleness felt…so odd. Not that it was out of place, but…aftercare wasn’t exactly a situation you’d been in before. “You doin’ alright sweetheart?” he asks, his words still slurring a bit, but less so now.
You nod slowly, eyes wide and unsure how to proceed. His name populates in your head suddenly; right, Alex Keller. His cloudy blue eyes smile when he does as he slowly pulls out of you, gentle as he brings your leg back down to the bed. 
You sit up and watch as he walks to the hotel room’s mini fridge, providing you with a bottle of water. “I know I paid for this and all, but…” the American blushes a little, alongside his already flushed cheeks. “That doesn’t mean I’m cruel.” 
You take the drink and open it, sniffing it tentatively like you’d been trained to. You smell no immediately poison and take a few sips. It sits on your tongue and you realize that no, this was just genuinely water. Happy with your response, you watch the brunette slip down the hall towards the door, only to come back with one of the room’s spare blankets. 
It’s there that you catch a glimpse of the prosthetic he has on. “Lost it a long time ago,” he tells you, draping the blanket over your shoulders. What you wore over wasn’t exactly modest either, so this was probably meant for when you eventually depart. “I can tell you about it if you’re really that interested.” 
Alex sits beside you on the bed with a patient smile. “I know who you are you know,” he tells you softly. Your blood starts to run cold; how did he know? You were supposed to be getting the drop on him not the other way around! A warm hand on yours breaks apart your thoughts.
“We could use someone as dedicated as you are to a cause,” he tells you, blue eyes far more focused than you had paid attention to. The man slips an envelope into your hand. “For your services tonight. You should probably get going before your boss questions where you are.”
Your body moves on autopilot, scrambling your things into your arms before rushing out the door. You try not to seem too urgent or suspicious as you rush back to your employer. Only back in the safety of your own room after a stumbled briefing of what happened do you open what the soldier gave you. It has money, as promised, but also a note with a name and a number.
Maybe it was time for you to put in your two weeks.
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doodle-girl · 1 month
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The Monsters of Eastridge: DOAI Playlist
Description: At this point, might as well make a playlist for everything. Welcome to my own personal demon-filled hell, this is mostly based on lyrics, vibes, or both 🎃 (Edit: Due to recent fixations, this now also includes some sitcom au stuff.)
(Yeah this is made mostly for @spookmuth but also just anyone else who’s interested in my music taste/how my thoughts work. Will update the post whenever the playlist updates, have fun! Also footnotes will be in brackets because I like footnotes)
Edit: Now on spotify! Courtesy of @witheredallium <3
“Happy Face” by Jagwar Twin [I have had an animatic for this jangling around my brain for actual several months oh my god]
“Turn the Lights Off” by Tally Hall
“A1 - It’s just a burning memory” by The Caretaker [Yeah idk how well this actually fits since it’s based on a song from like. The 30s. But I think it’s obligatory for any analog horror ever lol]
"I Can't Decide" by The Scissor Sisters [This one I got inspo from havoc-bloom's playlist/clip of Pastra finding it. A few of these are, actually, lol] [Edit: I have now realized just how well this fits Clyde in the sitcom au and I am once again plagued by art ideas 👀]
"I'M Sane" by Axie [Me when I torture the innocent with horrid monsters and become one myself. but I'm a little silly about it teehee~ 😜]
"The Circus" by Toby Fox [This popped up on shuffle when I was drawing Clyde once and my brain refused to let go of the vibes™ ever since]
"Animal Cannibal (Possibly in Michigan)" by Buckshot Princess [I would've put the one by Karen Skladany but it's not on apple music 😔 sad. This cover's really nice tho]
"The Dismemberment Song" by Blue Kid [Same reasoning as "I'M Sane," nyehehe. Also this song really feels like it's ripped out of a musical number. If you told me it was I'd believe you.]
"The Mind Electric" by Miracle Musical
"Horror Show" by K-Modo [You ever just. Think about why Lankmann does the things he did? Like what's his game here?]
"Dance of Corpse (feat. Hatsune Miku)" by Kikuo [this might also spiral into an animatic lol. Anyway do me a solid and go look up the music video, turn on the official english subtitles and come back to me.]
"The Nowhere King" by The Centaurworld Cast
"Nothing Changes" by Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad [this musical makes me feel. so many things. And I just think the vibes/lyrics of "why try when you'll only end in misery" might fall into the category of vibes here idk idk]
"Murders" by Miracle Musical
"Kitchen Fork" by Jack Conte [I don't remember exactly why I put this here rn but I just know this is an Alex song. It's so beautifully haunting and passionate stg] [Edit: yeah definitely an Alex song]
"Meet Me in the Woods" by Lord Huron ['kay I know the vibes are probably off but look at the lyrics and tell me it shouldn't go here]
"A Crow's Trial" by Vane Lily
"You're F****d" by Ylvis [Yeah I put this one here as a joke song. Every single character in here is SO doomed by the narrative, I'm sorry Alex but it's true. teehee~]
"UNCANNY / ft. KAFU" by kian [I actually couldn't find this one on apple music but galactinqq was right about this being an Alex song and I'm putting it on the post]
"Raising the Dead!" by Jessica Law [Styx, you madlad, this is SUCH a Lankmann song oh my god]
“Hymn for a Scarecrow” by Tally Hall [“Simon isn’t even in the series yet, though” My guy it’s called Hymn for a Scarecrow and it’s Tally Hall what else do you want me to do. I love Simon so much I miss him already <3]
"Destroid 8 Annihilate" by Excision and Far Too Loud -- Destroid - The Invasion ["But Doodle, wha-" do not question my playlist decisions. Sometimes I listen to one of my other 30 (yes it's that many) silly little playlists and the vibes just come to me. I am right about everything and my brain is huge /lh]
“Break My Mind” by DAGames
“In the Mood” by Glenn Miller [this one was in Vol 1! So I found it and I’m putting it here <3]
“Pictures” by Kyle Allen Music [I mean technically the series is videos but whatever. This song fits sue me]
“Ruler of Everything” by Tally Hall [I saw the words “mechanical hands” on a DOAI fanart once and it jumpstarted an idea that refuses to leave me. Turns out it fits VERY well holy crap]
"I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends)" by The Rembrandts [shoutout to froggydrawz's own sitcom AU playlist for more material for me eheheheh ✌️ I'll be putting a few of those here]
"I'm Still Standing" by Taron Egerton [sitcom exclusive because canon Alex is fucking dead /lh]
"Digital Silence" by Peter McPoland
"How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty [another sitcom one nyehehehe. This AU has me by a chokehold unlike any other AU I've been into istg]
"Who is She (Reprise)" by Kimiko Glenn [I apologize for those who came here for a normie-ass DOAI playlist, I promise it started out that way but y'know that's fixations for ya. Anyways I added this one on a whim because it gave off veldigun!Alex AU vibes. Might fit with other stuff idk do with that what you will ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
"Soft Bitch" by Rio Romeo [pretty sure it was spookmuth that made a sitcom AU art inspired by this song and I love it]
"Runaway" by AURORA [secret-spirit if you see this at all just know this was your doing (/pos). This is like, my favorite AURORA song and seeing you do an Alex art in the whiteboard to this song sparked a primal "holy shit" moment in me]
"Lose Control" by Teddy Swims [I was doodling in the DOAI whiteboard when my mamá started playing this in the other room and my brain immediately went "oh my god what if Clyde and Winfrey"]
"Soft Apocalypse" by Charming Disaster [Once again, everybody give it up for Styx's music taste, this is making my brainworms go mad with art ideas 👏👏👏 sitcom AU song, btw]
Side note, might hit a word limit here? So Imma have to continue this list in a reblog, just look through those for more if ya want✌️
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allamericansbitch · 2 years
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based on this thread, here is a list of famous people who have supported johnny depp and/or made fun of amber heard. fuck all of them:
Aly & AJ
Alissa Violet (Influencer)
Anitta
Ann Coulter
Ashley Benson
Ashley Park (actress from Emily in Paris)
Auli'i Cravalho (actress from Moana)
Bailey Muñoz
Bella Hadid
Ben Shapiro
Booboo Stewart
Chase Hudson (Lil Huddy)
Chase Stokes (actor from Outer Banks)
China McClaine
Chris Rock
Cierra Ramirez (actress from The Fosters/Good Trouble)
Cody Simpson
Connor Swindells (adam groff on sex education)
Cazzie David
Critical Role
Dakota Fanning
Dakota Johnson
Daniel Ricciardo
Diana Silvers
Dillion Francis (DJ)
Dominic Fike
Dove Cameron
Elle King
Emma Roberts
Florence Pugh
Gabby Douglas
Gemma Chan
Halle Bailey
Henry Golding
Ian Somerhalder
Jaime King
Jamie Campbell Bower
Javier Bardem
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Coolidge
Jeremy Renner
Jessie J
JK Rowling
Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
JoJo Siwa
Jordan Fisher
Julian Kostov (actor from Shadow & Bone)
Justin Long
Kali Uchis
Kat Von D
Kelly Osbourne
Kelsea Ballerini
Kyle Rittenhouse
LaKeith Stanfield
Lance Bass
Lennon Stella
Lewis Tan
Lucy Hale
Madelyn Cline (actress from Outer Banks)
Maren Morris
Matthias Schoenaerts
Michael Clifford (of 5 Seconds of Summer)
Molly Shanon
Nicholas Braun
Norman Reedus
Nyane (popular instagram model)
Olivia Jade
Paige (from WWE)
Paris Hilton
Patti Smith
Paul Bettany
Paul McCartney
Penelope Cruz
Perrie Edwards
Phillip Barantini (director of Boiling Point)
Pokimane (Twitch Streamer)
Reeve Carney
Robert Downey Jr
Rian Dawson (Drummer of All Time Low)
Riley Keough
Rita Ora
Ryan Adams
Sam Claflin
Samantha Hanratty (actress from Yellowjackets)
Samuel Larsen
Seth Savoy (Director)
Shannen Doherty
Sharon Stone
Sia
SNL cast and writers
Sofia Boutella
Sophie Turner
Stella Maxwell
Tammin Sursok
Taika Waititi
Tony Lopez
Upsahl
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Morgan
Vanessa Paradis
Vincent Gallo
Yungblud
Zachary Levi
Zedd
Zoe Saldana
Zoey Deutch
People who publicly support Amber:
Aiysha Hart 
Alex Winter
Alexa Nikolas (actress from Zoey 101)
Amanda Seyfried
Amy Schumer
Anna Sophia Robb
Bianca Butti (Amber's ex)
Busy Philipps
Chace Crawford
Chloe Morello
Christina Ricci
Constance Wu
Contrapoints/Natalie Wynn
Corey Rae
Dana Schwartz (journalist and writer)
David Krumholtz
Dolph Lundgren
Edward Norton
Elizabeth Lail (actress who played Beck from you)
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizaberh Reaser (Esmé in Twilight)
Ellen Barkin
Emeraude Toubia (actress from Shadowhunters and With Love)
Emily Ratajkowski
Evan Rachel Wood
Finneas
Howard Stern
Ira Madison III
Jamelle Bouie (NYT columnist)
Jessica Taylor, Dr
Jon Lovett (podcaster & former White House speech writer & fiance of Ronan Farrow)
John Legend
Julia Fox
Julia Stiles
Julianne Moore
Kate Nash (singer, actress from Glow)
Kathy Griffin
Kristen Bell
Lauren Jauregui
Lena Headey
Lindsay Ellis (YouTuber)
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsey Gort
Mia Farrow
Michele Dauber (Stanford law professor)
Millie Brady (actress in The Last Kingdom)
Mel B
Melanie Lynskey
Melissa Benoist
Monica Lewinsky
Nathalie Emmanuel (actress on Game of Thrones)
Neil Gaiman (writer of Caroline, American Gods, Good Omens, etc.)
Nikki Glaser (comedian)
Patricia Arquette
Rachel Riley
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (creator of Bojack Horseman)
Robin Lord Taylor
Rian Johnson (director of Knives Out)
Ryn Weaver (singer)
Samantha Bee (comedian)
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Steele
Selma Blair 
Sophia Bush
Uzo Aduba
Willa Fitzgerald
Zach Kornfeld (from the Try Guys)
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aleksa-sims · 26 days
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RL Story
CW: Divorce, addiction
It was a Friday, October 13th to be exact. Daniel and I are getting a divorce today. After weeks, he finally signed the divorce papers. I was devastated. It was so hard for me to take this step. But I had to finish it, for my Baby and also for myself, to finally forget Daniel. We met near the city hall, where we had an appointment with a divorce-case officer and judge.
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Once there, I saw Daniel coming towards me. I honestly didn’t want to divorce him. I loved him, still, so much. 😥But... that's just the way life is. 😞... He looked at me... I wanted to hug him but instead I just said sadly, hi. Daniel seemed absent for a moment, staring at my belly. 🩵👶
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He had this... empty look. Not sad or angry, rather.... emotionless.
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With my eyes lowered, I just stood there. I struggled to hold back my tears. Exactly a year ago we moved together. I was so happy with him and now this. 😞
Me: I'm so sorry. I never wanted this! And I still don’t want it. I wish we could just go home together.
Daniel: Same, but...let's not get into that now. Relax and think about your Baby.
Me: What?
Daniel: It's gonna be okay. Trust me.... C'mon, let’s get this over with.
Me: Yea,,...whatever you say. 😞
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Um.... well! Daniel and I didn’t get divorced today. The judge asked us why we wanted to divorce? D.'s & my statements left some question marks with the judge, I think? We have to wait six months, before we get divorced.... Daniel said that my jealousy (Tina, Irma...) & insecurity were the biggest probs for him in our relationship.😠... However, the real reason for postponing our divorce was bcs Daniel inherited Dominick’s plot & house. (division of property) Although I refused any claim to Daniel’s property!!
Me: Did you really, seriously mean what you said to them?
Daniel: I answered all questions honestly.
Me: Why didn’t you just give the real reason for our divorce? You took off!!! I didn't know where you were!! And my Baby isn't yours. This fact is the reason for our divorce! You can't handle that I'm pregnant. Or that we are both addicts, which would have been a good reason why we can’t stay together! 🤦‍♀️
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Daniel: The juge asked me WHY, I left! You got it?.... You and my borther, your secrets drove me crazy. That fucking shit about Tina. I was overwhelmed with my shit, our drugs you and your delusions. I kept trying to make you happy! I only loved you and I only wanted you. But you just didn’t believe me. Be honest, it wasn’t my fault, just yours!! You don’t know what you want! And you can’t make decisions! But I’m not like N.! I don’t want to tell you what to do or how to live your life. You are responsible for yourself! Finally get it, or just stay with your soccer player and let him control you.
Me: What kind of shit are you talking?? Nico doesn’t do any of this to me.
Daniel: I talked to him! He said, you won’t be the same after he’s done with you. He told me this to my face!! And btw, I can’t stand Alex calling you Lexi!! 😠
Me: You must have misunderstood N. He isn't like that! He was just upset, bcs I confessed what I wanted from you the other day. Besides, you’re jealous too!!! Anyway.... I-.. I just can’t stand it around you anymore. And I’m sorry I was so jealous. I loved you so much. I wanted to do anything for you. I was terrified to lose you. I’m sorry. Sorry I was such a freak to you. But I didn’t do anything wrong with your brother, D.!! There was NOTHING between Alex and me!! IDK how many times I’ve had to say this damn sentence. Finally get it!....
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Me: It hurts so much and it just doesn’t stop.... I don’t want to love you anymore. I wish you’d never married me. 😢
Daniel: Damn, I-... I'm sorry. I still struggle with that... stress disorder. Either I feel nothing-... or I boil with rage.🤦‍♂️
Me: It's ok.. I'm leaving.... See you in 6 moths. And.. stay off drugs, just... take care, Daniel. 😢
Daniel: Wait!
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Me: I gotta go. Sorry. Bye!.... 😭
Daniel: I-...... love you.
I just wanted to get away from there. Far away from.... him.💔 Not really, but.... agh, you know what I mean. And I’ll see Daniel again sooner than I thought. Right after delivery. It was about that annoying name change. D. and I were officially still married, but I didn't want to give my Son his surname. D. is not his Dad, but N. Such a mess!!
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gumnut-logic · 17 days
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Talk No.1 (Bit 2)
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Alexander Sweetapple series | Talk - No. 1 - Bit 1 , Bit 2
Here is some more :D I was willing and ready to keep writing but I have work today ::pouts::
I hope you enjoy.
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The morning sunlight was glaring but warming in the cold brisk air. Around him the Māhia facility was a buzz of activity, mostly workmen hammering and hollering at each other as the new labs facility emerged where his former workspace had crumbled. It was an energising atmosphere. Change, for good or bad, was still change, and it offered new points of view and new inspiration.
And, of course, it didn’t hurt to return to Māhia with such a big change in his own life.
In all honesty, he was just really happy.
He trotted across the grounds towards the main offices, at one point glancing off in the direction of the landing strip to see if he could spot a Thunderbird.
No such luck, so he guessed Mr Tracy…Scott…had arrived in one of their private jets. He briefly wondered why he had dropped in and why he wanted to see Alex. Virgil had called him last night, with only a hint of checking up on him. He was learning that Tracys were much like Tracy Industries, a bunch of caring people who did their best to look after those close to them.
Close.
He grinned a little goofily.
He was close to Virgil Tracy.
It was with that wonderful thought that had him almost skipping into the offices and down the hall to Tia’s.
He was brought up short, however, when instead of finding Tia’s PA seated outside, another familiar and efficient woman sat there instead.
“Hello, Mr Sweetapple. It is nice to see you again.” Carly, Mr Tracy’s PA, smiled at him knowingly.
Well, it seemed knowingly. There was a sparkle in her eye that just said, ‘I know what you’ve been up to, Mr Sweetapple’. Whether she approved or not was not clear, but she knew.
Everything.
“Hi.”
“Mr Tracy is finishing up with the Director. Please take a seat and he’ll be with you in a moment.”
Alex blinked. This was the first time he’d seen Mr Tracy in a formal setting since leaving Tracy Island. On Tracy Island, Scott appeared to shed the ‘Mr Tracy’ persona and relaxed.
Alex had seen him joking and laughing, messing with his youngest brother’s hair, and there may have been a prank involving blue shampoo and Gordon.
To be honest, Alex wasn’t sure if Scott had been the victim or the perpetrator. After all, Gordon had also ended up with blue hair and because he was blond, the blue stood out much more than what had taken to the few silver hairs Scott sported.
That morning had been interesting. A little eye opening to see both brothers running around in towels yelling at each other - the athleticism had definitely been an eyeful. It had taken Mrs Tracy to bring the ruckus to a halt. Alex’s mum had been giggling so much, a presence the two Tracy men had obviously forgotten and there was a lot of red face to match the blue hair.
Alex himself had been curled up on the sofa with both his breakfast and Virgil, and had kept quiet in order to not remind them of his existence. Though his eyes had nearly fallen out of his head in the process.
The situation was not one he thought he would ever encounter.
Virgil had just rolled his eyes and smiled at Alex, probably at Alex’s expression, and kept on eating.
Let’s just say that Scott Tracy at home was vastly different to Scott Tracy in a professional capacity.
He swallowed and settled into the chair as Carly returned to doing whatever it was she was doing with her tablet.
Alex tried his best not to wear the corner of his tablet cover off with his fidgeting.
TBC
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superherokisser · 5 months
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my f/o list :D
ok so bolded means i’m uncomfortable sharing them but it is (probably) ok if we are mutuals/friends and if you have them as a platonic/familial f/o!!!
also it is a long ass list😭 i have a lot of love to give. alssooo group tag for all my kids is kiddos <3 bc im lazy and some f/os i feel rlly strong about and some are just for fun yk!!!
-lloyd garmadon from ninjago (it’s complicated but i love him dearly)
-michael afton from fnaf (romantic) tag: terchael <3
-henry emily from fnaf (parental figure/dad)
-espresso cookie from crk/cookie run (romantic) tag: esence <3
-jeremy fitzgerald from blueycapsules/fnaf (romantic) tag: jerence <3
-thoma from genshin impact (romantic) tag: teroma <3
-aether from genshin impact (romantic) tag: terraether <3
-sammy from my mind/oc (kid/familial) 
-gregory from fnaf (kid/familial)
-charlie/charlotte emily from fnaf (sister/familial)
-maven calore from the red queen series (romantic)
-alex from stardew valley (romantic)
-christopher lightwood from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)
-princess peach from nintendo (platonic)
-peggy carter from marvel (romantic) tag: every girl has her rose <3
-daniel sousa from marvel’s agent carter (queerplatonic)
-logan howlett from marvel (romantic) tag: logence <3
-natasha romanoff from marvel (platonic)
-diana prince from dc (platonic, maybe romantic??)
-pepper potts from marvel (platonic)
-sam wilson from marvel (romantic) tag: tersam <3
-steve rogers from marvel (romantic) tag: red white and irish blue <3
-magnus bane from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)
-apple white from ever after high (queerplatonic) tag: whipped apples <3
-bruce wayne from dc (romantic) tag: batarangs pierced my heart <3
-clark kent from dc (queerplatonic) tag: 💙❤️
-simon lewis/lovelace from the shadowhunter chronicles (queerplatonic i think)
-sharon carter from marvel (platonic/shes my niece technically)
-damian wayne from dc (familial/kid)
-jason todd from dc (familial/kid)
-dick grayson from dc (familial/kid)
-cass(andra) cain from dc (familial/kid)
-barbara gordon from dc (familial/kid)
-steph(anie) brown from dc (familial/kid)
-tim drake from dc (familial/kid)
-duke thomas from dc (familial/kid)
-laura kinney from marvel (familial/kid)
-sue richards/storm from marvel (platonic)
-alfred pennyworth from dc (platonic)
-selina kyle from dc (platonic)
-gabrielle kinney from marvel (grandkid💔)
-patrick bateman from american psycho (romantic) tag: 🎧♥️
-terry mcginnis from batman beyond (familial/kid)
-harper row from dc (familial/kid)
-johnny cade from the outsiders (hes my nephew<3)
-darry curtis from the outsiders (romantic) (fine with sharing but not like. in canon ships yk)
-t’challa from marvel (platonic)
-sodapop curtis from the outsiders (basically my kid/familial)
-ponyboy curtis from the outsiders (basically kid/familial)
-coriolanus snow from the hunger games (romantic) tag: 🖤❄️
-luke fox from dc (platonic)
-lucius fox from dc (platonic)
-mar'i grayson/nightstar from dc/titans (MY GRANDKID!!!!!!!)
-conner kent from dc (nephew)
-jon kent from dc (nephew)
-cassie from fnaf (niece)
-fred from the muppets christmas carol (nephew)
-herb cookie from cookie run (nephew)
-willy wonka from wonka 2023 (nephew)
-cullen row from dc (kid)
-daken akihiro from marvel (kid)
-dex poindexter from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: terdex <3
-abdonis from ringfit adventure (romantic)
-hank hall from titans/dc (platonic)
-dawn granger from titans/dc (platonic)
-karen page from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: 🤍📰
-amora (the enchantress) from marvel (romantic) tag: enchant me with your love <3
-sally jackson from percy jackson (romantic) tag: 💙✏️
-poseidon from percy jackson (romantic)
-percy jackson from you guessed it, percy jackson (kid)
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🔎 YA Under the Radar 7 🔍
I have been working on this list in the series all year 😂 it just took me that long to read a decent amount of underrated YA - but I got there in the end and I'm pretty happy with the recs on this list 🥰
there are rainbow flags next to LGBT+ rep, wheelchair symbols next to disability rep and koalas next to Australia YA simply because there's a lot of that on this particular list
so take a gander and maybe consider picking up a title or two (or ten) in 2024 to support lesser-known authors and books 😊
Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven 🏳️‍🌈
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 🏳️‍🌈♿️
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 🏳️‍🌈
To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames 🏳️‍🌈
It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames 🏳️‍🌈
Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson 🏳️‍🌈
Grace Notes by Karen Comer 🐨
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch 🏳️‍🌈
Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew
After Dark With Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis
Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison 🐨
Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan 🏳️‍🌈
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest ♿️
What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick 🏳️‍🌈
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey 🏳️‍🌈
The Lightness of Hands by Jeff Garvin ♿️
Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E Girard 🏳️‍🌈♿️
The Buried by Melissa Grey 🏳️‍🌈
Because of You by Pip Harry 🐨
The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl 🏳️‍🌈
Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson
Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈
Out of the Blue by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈
Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko 🏳️‍🌈
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala 🏳️‍🌈
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh
Extasia by Claire Legrand
Ryan and Avery by David Levithan 🏳️‍🌈
Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier 🏳️‍🌈
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo 🏳️‍🌈
We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough 🐨
Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby 🐨
None Shall Sleep series by Ellie Marney 🐨
The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh ♿️
Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️‍🌈
The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️‍🌈
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
Mask of Shadows duology by Linsey Miller 🏳️‍🌈
Sugar by Carly Nugent ♿️🐨
All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy by Caroline O’Donoghue 🏳️‍🌈
The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton
Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton
The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton
Accidental by Alex Richards
Some Kind of Animal by Mar Romasco-Moore
Luminous by Mara Rutherford
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford
The Midnight Lie duology by Marie Rutkoski 🏳️‍🌈
Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore 🏳️‍🌈
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw 🏳️‍🌈
If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So 🏳️‍🌈
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon ♿️
Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester ♿️
Cold by Mariko Tamaki 🏳️‍🌈
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi 🏳️‍🌈
The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas ♿️
Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas 🏳️‍🌈
The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride by Hayli Thomson 🏳️‍🌈🐨
The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️‍🌈
Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️‍🌈
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall 🏳️‍🌈♿️
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 🏳️‍🌈
This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde 🏳️‍🌈♿️🐨
Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈🐨
Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong🐨
Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia
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BD - winners where are they now (incomplete)
I think someone requested this somewhere
Most females and recent males because there are just too many to do rn
At companies:
Miriam Gittens (s2013): Gibney Company
Alyssa Allen (s2014): Ballets Jazz Montreal
Brianne Sellars (s2014): Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Ashley Green (s2015): Alvin Ailey American dance Theater
Payton Johnson (j2012, t2015, s2017): L.A. Dance Project
Vivian Ruiz (s2019): Ballet BC
Kelis Robinson (t2018, s2020): The Batsheva Dance Company; The Juilliard School
Kiarra Waidelich (m2016, j2018, t2020): Royal Flux Company
Quinn Starner (t2017): New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet
Emma Sutherland (j2014, t2016): MashUp Contemporary Dance Co.
Sarah Pippin (t2011): Ballet BC
Timmy Blankenship (s2017): Sydney Dance Company; choreographer
Brady Farrar (m2014, j2017, t2021): ABT Junior Company
Easton Magliarditi (t2020): Royal Flux Company
Graham Feeny (t2015): Artistic associate at Gibney Company
Logan Hernandez (t2015): Göteborgs Operans Danskompani
Zenon Zubyk (t2013): Nederlands Dans Theater
Jonathan Wade (j2011, s2016): Rambert Dance Company
Wyeth Walker (s2017): Rubberband Dance Company
Faculty/teacher/choreography:
Lucy Vallely (t2015, s2018): Broadway Dance Center, freelance choreographer
Jayci Kalb ( j2011, t2014, s2016): The Dance Centre; Radio City Clara 2010
Taylor Sieve (s2016): Jump Dance Convention
Jenna Johnson (s2012): DWTS pro, 24 Seven Dance Convention
Jazzmin James (t2012, s2015): faculty several intensives
Jaycee Wilkins (j2015): Club Dance Studio
Sophia Lucia (j2014): Dancelab OC
Brynn Rumfallo (m2014): Strive Dance Workshop (own project)
Talia Seitel (m2012): Project 21 (part-time)
Lex Ishimoto (t2014, s2016): Jump Dance Convention
at University/college:
Ellie Wagner (s2019): Ohio State University Dance Team
Ella Horan (s2021): USC Kaufman
Kayla Mak (m2014, s2021): The Juilliard School; Radio City Clara 2014, 2015
Brianna Keingatti (s2022): The Juilliard School
Julia Lowe (s2023): USC Kaufman
Ava Wagner (j2018): University of Minnesota Dance Team
Avery Gay (m2015, j2017): University of Arizona School of Dance
Leara Stanley (m2011): Duke University
Sam Fine (s2023): USC Kaufman; Young Arts 2022
Seth Gibson: The Juilliard School
Alex Shulman (s2022): New York University Tisch Dance
Joziah German (m2014, t2018, s2020): The Juilliard School
Joey Gertin (t2018): The Juilliard School
Professional dancer/choreographer:
Simrin Player (t2014, s2017): The Voice, Missy Elliot, Justin Bieber, RBD
Jaxon Williard (s2021): Rihanna, Madonna, Lil Nas X
D'Angelo Castro (j2012, t2016, s2019): DWTS troupe
Findlay Mcconnell (t2017, s2019): Tate McRace
Christian Smith (s2018): Tate McRae, NBC's Saved by the Bell
Keanu Uchida (s2014): Dancer the Musical; also a big advocate for protecting dancers and calling out inappropriate behaviour
Eric Schloesser (s2014): Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, J Balvin; choreographer, creative director, designer; Dana Foglia Dance Company
Other/a combo of things:
Bianca Melchior (s2011): actor, dancer, singer; Nick Jonas, Alessia Cara, own music; faculty at On The Floor dance competition
Tate McRae (m2013, j2015, t2018): singer/songwriter
Bostyn Brown (j2016, t2019): Professional assistant at DanceOne
Megan Goldstein (t2017); dancer, photographer
Christina Ricucci (t2013): actor, musician, dancer
Bella Klassen (j2017): The Space, vlogger
Kalani Hilliker (j2013): influencer, teaching at several places (Danceplex, MBA)
Elliana Walmsley (m2018): influencer, DWTS Junior, Radio City Clara 2019
Diana Pombo (m2016): singer/songwriter, dancer, actor; Young Arts voice 2023+2024
Morgan Higgins (t2016, s2018): dancer, aerialist
Zelig Williams (s2013):dancer/actor: MJ the Musical, Hamilton
Daniel Gaymon (s2011): dancer/actor; Broadway (Cats, The Lion King); Hamilton national tour, La La Land
Ricky Ubeda (t2011, s2012): choreographer, actor; Steven Spielberg's West Side Story
Michael Hall (s2015): Saturday Night Fever the Musical, tv dancer in Cairo, Egypt; teacher
Julian Elia (t2014): Steven Spielberg's Westside Story, working on the development of a new Broadway musical
Sage Rosen (t2016): influencer; DWTS Junior
Ryan Maw (j2015, t2017): choreographer, dancer, actor: High School Musical: The Musical - The Series
Holden Maples (j2016, t2019): dancer, teacher, choreographer
Competing/not graduated honorable mentions:
Cameron Voorhees (m2018, j2021, t2023): Evolve Dance Complex; starting career as a teacher/choreographer
Crystal Huang (m2019, j2021, t2023): The Rock Center for Dance, Bayer Ballet Academy; Prix De Lausanne 2024, Young Arts 2024, Radio City Clara 2021
Hailey Bills (m2017, t2022): Center Stage Performing Arts Studio, DWTS Junior
Brightyn Brems (m2017): DWTS Junior
Avery Hall (t2022): Danceology; Young Arts 2023
Savannah Kristich (t2021): The Rock Center For Dance; Twyla Now
Savannah Manzel (m2020): Larkin Dance Studio, Radio City Clara 2023
Kya Massimino (m2021): Radio City Clara 2023
Ian Stegeman (m2019, j2021, t2023): Woodbury Dance Center, Young Arts 2024
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actually 6 sentences this sunday
thanks to @kiwiana-writes and @tintagel-or-cockleshells for the tags so far today!
another bit from the FTH 2023 "shadow of two gunmen" au, which is now FULLY DRAFTED thanks to @cha-melodius and @celeritas2997 enthusiasm and likely posting sometime this week :D
Tonight, Henry is ready. David has been walked and fed and is content with his chew toy. The coziest blanket in the house has been judiciously relocated to the living room. He brewed a pot of chamomile to perfection. Henry settles into his side of the couch, tucks the blanket around himself and clicks on the television, already hearing strains of Vivaldi’s Winter in his mind. Clearly Alex was the last person watching in here, because Henry’s greeted with a news anchor instead of the Netflix home screen. “We go now, live, to our political reporter, on the scene where First Son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, is just now leaving the Town Hall event.”
this is an open tag for anyone who wants to share!
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emotional damage
willex | gen | 2,948 words
on ao3
thank you for hosting this event @jatpfebfanfest! it was great fun :D This is for the most lovely @floating-in-the-blue and I definitely experienced no crises writing for you <3 (she lies). I hope you like it! The greatest of thanks to @bbreaddog for beta-ing for me and @narcissusbrokenmirror for being my personal cheerleader! I appreciate you both so much!
“Ohhhh, look who it is Alex!” Luke teases as he catches sight of a familiar crew member helping them get set up for their show. 
Alex can feel the heat travel up his face to the tips of his ears. “Shut up!” he mumbles, trying to make sure his voice doesn’t carry across the stage. “I never should have told you.”
Alex crouches down to finish setting up his drum kit. 
“You should talk to him,” Luke insists as he unwraps a set of cables, laying them out as he goes.
“Not gonna happen.”
Alex feels an elbow rest on his shoulder and looks up to see Reggie grinning at him. 
“We talking about Alex’s favourite stage hand?” Reggie asks cheerily.
“No,” Alex grumbles at the same time as Luke excitedly exclaims, “Yes!”
Alex shoves Reggie off of him and returns to getting set up. He nods Reggie toward his own side of the stage, silently begging him to drop it. 
Reggie’s grin grows. He doesn’t move from his spot, calling back to Luke, “Hey Luke, how much you wanna bet that Alex can’t do it?”
Luke meets Reggie’s gaze and a grin of his own spreads across his face, “You’re on!”
“Terms?”
Alex interrupts them, voice laden with frustration, “Can you two not?” 
Both Reggie and Luke turn their most exaggerated innocent expressions on him.
“Not what?” Luke asks.
“Can you not make my personal life the center of your amusement?”
“That’s not… that’s not what we’re doing!” Reggie cries defensively. 
Alex raises an eyebrow, “really?”
“Really! We just want to see you happy.” 
“I AM happy,” Alex insists.
“Yeah but you could be happy AND have arm candy and someone to smash faces with.” Reggie’s grin is back as he finally leaves Alex to go finish his own set up. 
Alex rolls his eyes, “You’re ridiculous.”
“Guilty as charged!” Luke exclaims shamelessly before sending a dramatic wink Alex’s way.
Alex sighs as he turns back to his drum kit to ensure they’re set up properly for sound check. He doesn’t miss Luke’s exaggerated whisper to Reggie, “Loser buys pizza.”
“Mmmmm, free pizza! The best kind,” Reggie enthuses before returning to his bass.
“It’s rude of you to think I can’t do it!” Alex shouts back at Reggie and he’s simply met with Reggie’s signature shit-eating grin. 
“Prove me wrong!”
And Alex tries. He really, really does. He works himself up to leaving the green room and makes it halfway down the hall before he has to circle back. His second attempt has him almost all the way to the stage wings before he’s again fleeing to safety. Before he knows it, his time is up and they’re called to the stage. 
He gives it his all for their performance, the way he always does. If he maybe plays a little harder and sings a little louder, knowing that the person occupying so many of his thoughts is in the building and might be able to hear them, well then that’s for him to know and him alone. Though the knowing glances that both Luke and Reggie direct his way cause his face to flush. Maybe his thoughts are a bit louder than they should be. 
He doesn’t even know this guy’s name, it’s unfair that he’s completely taken over Alex’s thoughts.
Alex finds that after finishing their set, he doesn’t have the opportunity to even think about finding the stage hand. Between taking things down and interacting with fans, he completely loses his grasp on time. Before he knows it, Luke and Reggie are steering him toward their van.
“I WIN!” Reggie cheers and Luke sends a wry look Reggie’s way.
“You never set a time limit,” Luke pointedly reminds him. Reggie’s eyes widen, his face immediately falling into a pout.
Alex’s own expression brightens as he remembers their exchange. “YOU’RE RIGHT! You didn’t!” Alex claps Luke on the back excitedly. “Thanks, buddy!”
Luke grins, “Welcome! You still have to do it eventually though.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Alex grumbles as he starts the van. He’s the only one of the trio that can be trusted behind the wheel, as hard as Luke and Reggie might try to continue to convince Alex otherwise. How they managed to get their licenses, Alex will never know. “Where we going?” he asks.
“I still want pizza,” Reggie mumbles as he buckles himself up. 
Alex turns to Luke, “What’s the band account balance say?” 
Luke reaches down and digs out their cash jar, shaking it sadly.
“Not happening, buds. Unless one of you wants to treat,” he replies. What little they do have and keep in their individual accounts is normally reserved for emergency emotional support (or making bets at the expense of their friends), not impulsive pizza runs.
“Cup noodles it is,” Alex says as he steers the van toward home, grateful for the lack of traffic at this time of night. 
He doesn’t miss the way Reggie’s face falls as he glances in the rearview mirror. His heart shatters thinking about how often he’s seen that expression. Reggie might be good at hiding his feelings behind a goofy grin most of the time but Alex knows him and has learned to see through some of the cracks. The same way they have for him.
Alex takes a deep breath, refocusing on the road in front of him.
Luke gushes excitedly from the passenger seat, “We’re gonna make it, guys. I can FEEL it. Then you can have all the pizza you’d like, Reg!” He’s speaking in his typically amped up way that makes you wonder if he’s convincing you or himself. Apparently he’d also taken notice of Reggie’s pouting. Or, even more likely, just knows their friend that well at this point.
“Yeah,” Reggie agrees dejectedly. “It’s just temporary.”
Alex shoulder checks and moves into the right lane, slowing down to make his turn. He’s just made it to the corner when suddenly something thumps against the passenger side of the van.
“Holy shit, dude! You hit someone!” Luke exclaims, pulling himself forward in the seat to look out the window.
Alex immediately stops the van and shifts into park. He slams open his door, jumping out to see what had happened. “Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit,” he recites to himself the entire time he’s rounding the front of the vehicle.
He gets around to the front passenger corner of the van and notices a person brushing themselves off and pushing away from the van. They’re just barely illuminated by the street and headlights, still shrouded by the darkness of being just the wrong side of midnight. 
“Holy shit, I’m so sorry!” Alex rushes out as soon as he notices them.
“It’s all good, man. Not your fault. I wasn’t watching where I was going.”
Alex reaches them just as they remove their helmet, flipping their hair up and over their head as they do. As soon as Alex realizes who it is, his mouth goes dry and he loses all coherent thought. 
He’s startled back to reality by the sound of car doors slamming. 
“You hit Willie?!” Reggie cries, “Dude!”
Alex is sent reeling for a second time. 
He hit his crush. 
Who has a name. 
That Reggie knows.
“How did you-? Wha-?” Alex stammers as he looks between his friends and Willie, who hasn’t stopped grinning for the duration of Alex’s crisis.
Alex shakes his head, trying to clear his head but with limited success. He redirects his attention to Willie. “Are you okay?” he asks simply.
Willie nods, “Yep, totally fine! I’ve been through worse.”
“That’s not… Okay,” Alex runs his hand through his hair. He can feel his pulse quicken and he reaches out for the van, realizing that he needs some support to remain standing. Alex feels Luke immediately shift into crisis mode beside him. They’ve been through this enough times by now that the signs of oncoming panic are clear to his friends.
Luke guides him so that he’s half sitting on the front bumper. He starts to coach Alex through some deep breathing and grounding practices to stave off the impending panic attack. It only takes a few minutes for his breathing to stabilize and he’s able to tune back into what’s happening around then.
When Alex looks up, he notices Willie’s concerned expression and that Reggie is now holding a skateboard. He must have gone hunting for it while Luke and Alex were otherwise occupied.
Luke rubs a few more circles onto Alex’s back before standing to join the others.
“You good, bro?” Willie asks.
Alex nods. He wipes his hands on thighs and stands, “Yeah. I’m good. This is weird. I’m so, so-”
He’s cut off before he can apologize. “Dude, seriously. This was my fault. I literally skated into the side of your van.”
Alex directs a skeptical look Willie’s way so he continues, “Honest, it wasn’t even possible for you to have hit me. I’m the one who should be apologizing.”
Alex stares at Willie in with combined disbelief and awe for another moment before Willie’s voice interrupts his thoughts, “I’m Willie, by the way.” Alex looks down to see Willie’s hand extended in greeting.
Alex reaches out to shake it. “I’m-,” he starts before he’s interrupted.
“Alex, I know.”
Alex’s brain threatens to shut down yet again, “You… you know?”
“Well, yeah. You’re the drummer of one of the hottest acts in town. Of course I know who you are!”
“I told you!” Luke cries as he elbows Reggie in the ribs. Reggie grunts at the unexpected contact. Alex barely registers their activity as he continues to process everything from the last… Five minutes? Night? Day? Week? How long have they been in each other's orbits for?
“Hey, Alex,” Luke calls, “you with us?”
Alex turns to glare at Luke though he has to admit (privately) that Luke has once again succeeded in getting him out of his head. 
When he turns back to Willie, he finds he’s again met with that grin. An all-too-knowing grin. 
“Reggie owes me pizza, wanna join us?” Luke directs to Willie. Alex starts at the unexpected invitation but doesn’t have time to dwell on it before-
“I do not!” Reggie exclaims petulantly.
“You do!” Luke insists, waving his arm toward Alex and Willie. 
Alex turns to look at Willie, aghast with both the realization of what Luke is talking about and the implication that Willie is expected to engage with their chaos. “You don’t have to! I’m so sorry about them,” he says before turning back to Luke, “Are you serious right now?”
Luke crosses his arms across his chest and returns a smug grin, “TECHNICALLY, I win.”
“That is SO not what I meant,” Reggie mumbles.
WIllie looks between the three boys with confusion, “Win what?”
Before either Luke or Reggie have the chance to consider responding, Alex is between them with a hand covering each of their mouths. “Nothing. Nothing at all. Don’t worry about it.”
He feels them both lick his palms simultaneously and pulls his hands away from them. “You’re both disgusting,” he says, wiping his hands on his pants.
Willie muffles a laugh at their antics. He quickly composes himself before interjecting, “Luke said something about pizza?”
Alex turns wide eyes on Willie, “You want to come for pizza? With us?”
Willie shrugs, “Yeah, sure. Except it’s my treat. You know… for the damage.” He smiles at Alex again and Alex is sure that his brain has completely left the premises.
“Emotional damage,” Luke whispers teasingly, barely audible but loud enough for Alex to hear. He directs another glare Luke’s way. Luke’s only response is a shit-eating grin.
“YES!” Reggie whoops as he climbs back into the van. Luke very quickly clambers in after him. When Alex sends Luke a confused look, Luke simply nods toward Willie in silent suggestion.
Alex lets out a soft sigh. He redirects his attention to Willie, “Do you want a ride? We know a place that’s still open and is cheap enough that Reggie can’t eat you out of house and home.” He raises his voice toward the end of his sentence to ensure that Reggie can hear him and, hopefully, take the hint.
He does. “What do you think I am?” Reggie calls back, “Some kind of animal?”
“You said it, not me,” Alex mutters under his breath and Willie coughs out a laugh. Alex smiles at Willie before gesturing toward the van, “Your chariot?” he offers.
“My Prince Charming,” Willie says with a grin as he climbs into the van. Alex stumbles over himself in surprise as he walks around to the driver’s side. He takes a deep breath and a quick moment to calm himself before opening the door and climbing in.
Alex buckles up his seatbelt. He turns to ensure Willie and the guys had done the same before shifting into drive. After another shoulder check, he completes the turn he had started before hitting… being hit by…? colliding with Willie. 
There’s a moment of awkward silence as the four of them settle into each others’ company. It of course doesn’t last long.
“So Willie, what’s your favourite Sunset Curve song?” Luke asks as he pulls himself up between the two front seats. 
Alex groans, “Really, dude? Seatbelt!”
“Hey! My seatbelt’s on!” Luke insists as he tugs on the shoulder strap that crosses his chest for evidence. 
Alex rolls his eyes, “It doesn’t count when you stretch it out like that.”
Willie can’t help but laugh at their bickering as he turns to Luke to answer. 
He’s interrupted by Alex, “You really don’t have to answer him.”
Willie smiles at Alex, “It’s alright! I love your music. I think ‘Now or Never’ is my fave though.”
“Yeah? Why’s that?” Luke encourages Willie to explain further.
“Luke! Seriously, not everyone is as deep into music as you are. Sometimes people just like what they like!” Alex chastises Luke again.
“It’s chill, Hotdog. I don’t mind.”
Alex sputters at the unexpected nickname. Reggie chimes in from the back, as if pulling the thought directly from Alex’s brain, “Hotdog?!”
Alex can FEEL Willie’s grin from beside him. He finds his ability to focus on the road slipping away with each passing moment.
“Yeah, from that time y’all got so sick from street dogs?”
Alex groans again, “You mean when we almost died?!”
Luke reappears between them, “Do we get nicknames too?”
“Mmm,” Willie hums, “sorry, that’s a privilege reserved only for my favourites.”
Alex again feels his brain completely vacate the premises and yet somehow he can see the grin growing on Luke’s face without even looking at him.
Alex autopilots into the parking lot for the pizza place they love. He pointedly avoids looking at anyone as they climb out of the van and into the restaurant.
“Order for me!” Alex calls back to Luke and Reggie as he beelines to the restroom in the back of the building. 
He locks the door behind him and leans up against it, trying to swallow air into his lungs. This has all been just… too much. 
Alex finally manages to slow his racing thoughts enough to push off of the door. He takes the three steps required to stand in front of the sink. He grips the edges of it and stares at himself in the mirror, unseeing. This can’t possibly be reality right now, can it? Willie is absolutely flirting with him, right? But… not directly. Through his friends. He’s not dreaming or in some alternate reality?
He splashes water on his face to try to reset so that he can go back out there and face whatever is coming next. This is good. It’s a lot. But it’s good. Willie has not only taken notice of him, but actually seems to like him? Enough to know his name and feel comfortable teasing him, anyway. Enough to explicitly tell Luke and Reggie that Alex is his favourite. Alex is never anyone’s favourite. Okay, no, he’s not going there right now. He can do this. 
He lightly smacks his cheeks to refocus.
Alex nods to himself in the mirror, satisfied with his internal pep talk. He pulls a handful of paper towels from the dispenser and dries his hands and face. He takes one last deep breath before opening the door and heading out into the restaurant.
As Alex walks up to the booth the others had claimed, he overhears Luke and Willie continuing their conversation from the van.
“That searching for tomorrow line,” Willie says and Alex can see Luke’s grin grow from over Willie’s head. Luke and Reggie are on one side of the booth, facing the back of the restaurant, and Willie is on the other side, back to Alex.
“Ohhh, that’s Alex’s!”
“I know,” Willie replies cheekily before leaning conspiratorially over the table toward Luke, “you’ve got a hot drummer.”
Alex makes a choking sound, attracting the attention of all three guys. Willie turns, resting his forearm on the back of the booth bench, Luke’s eyes widen slightly but the grin remains, Reggie lifts his eyes from where he’d been focused on taking a bite of pizza and waves at Alex with his free hand.
“Yeah, we do!” Reggie agrees enthusiastically. He takes a bite of pizza and speaks around it, “We’ve been trying to get that through his thick skull for ages.”
Willie tracks his gaze over Alex’s body. Alex can feel the flush move up his face and to the tips of his ears. 
“Cute when he blushes too,” Willie winks at Alex before turning around, sliding over to make room for him at the table.
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squidthesquidd · 5 months
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Do you have any favourite headcanons about Nightshade?
(I feel like them being autistic is a pretty common headcanon, so I’m curious if you have any thoughts on that as well)
YEAYEYWYEYYSUSY OH MY GOD YES WE HAVE SO MANY HEADCANONS ABT THEM !!!!! get ready for a fuckn infodump (also sosoos many of these are just us projecting)
warning: i sound like an insane person
okay so YES !!! nightshade is absolutely autistic. and they are stimming constantly. they stim vocally a lot, and a lot of the time its just bird sounds, but sometimes it'll just start screaming lmao. it also likes to rock back and forth a lot!! definitely a verrrry common one.
Also if youve seen how we draw nightshade you might've noticed that we draw xem with little wings in root mode! they also flap those to stim :]
also they love slime!!! this is verry much just me projecting but i like to think xey love slime and they have a huge collection of textures <33 its favorite is bingsu!!!
and NEOPRONOUNS as you might've noticed :P. (we have a nightshade alter that uses neos so we are once again, projecting) but anyway, it was hashtag that told nightshade about neos, and they immediately got into it!! they have many and love hoarding them <3 some of xeir favorites are it/xe/that/owl/web/bot/mur
bones!!! vulture culture!!!!! they collect bones. sometimes theyll go out into the forest and search for bones for hours (it has soooo many antlers) and if web finds a dead animal, web'll take it back with them to clean it out webselves :]
They also have intrusive thoughts. yeah less fun headcanon time. they can be very vivid and very graphic, and its caused nightshade to have panic attacks a few times. i hc that bumblebee also used to have them, so bees helped xem through some of the bad ones <3
also xey have severe emetophobia. yeah i know, a bit of a weird one. if someones sick, they will be avoiding that person like the plague. whenever it watches a movie with the family, it'll always check if there are emeto scenes so it knows when to look away or leave (shout out to doesthedogdie.com i fucking love that website!!!!)
this post cus i think about it a lot
and general terran hc! i headcanon that all the terrans can eat human food :D although nightshade specifically has a difficult time eating (the tism) and xey'll only eat things like noodles or very processed food. murs a huge ramen lover 😎
MINECRAFT. you cannot look at nightshade and tell me they dont love minecraft!! xey have a survival world going where xeyre completely decked out in netherite, have a hundred redstone machines scattered all over the place, and just so many huge projects going on. mur started a multi player world and got all murs siblings to join. most chaotic world ever
and now im thinking abt owls, so. they have night vision, because of course. and it also sleeps in a nest (terrans can sleep hc jumpscare) its just a pile of a fuck ton of pillows and blankets and if you touch it xey WILL bite you
also it has a very strong prey drive. if they see anything particularly small moving around on the floor they are fucking jumping it. its like xeyre the maltos mouser lmao. no small animal that shows up in the malto home is safe
oh and as for music !!! big fan of the big neurodivergent three lmao. lemon demon, will wood, tally hall. that stuff yknow? (yes im projecting) also heres a playlist that our nightshade alter made that is 100% what we hc source nightshade to listen to !!!!
LOVES STAR TREK !!!! you CANNOT convince me they wouldn’t. big fan of the non-human bridge officers <3 Spock, Data, Saru (and also big Odo fan) webs favorite is probably next gen :] also i 100% percent believe it was Alex that introduced xem to it. i look at alex and see a star trek liker. i will not be taking criticism
oh and now heres a weird one. when nightshade was a protoform, they were always very… squinty? i dunno, its just something we noticed. like why are you squinting baby, can you not see? and then when xey got their altmode, suddenly xeir eyes were much wider! and i like to think that they did actually have bad eyesight as a protoform! and becoming an owl greatly improved it :]
also they cant see glass in their alt mode <3 hashtag has a compilation of mur crashing into windows
and about the episode "missed connection", we aren't actually told how long nightshade was helping tarantulas, and while most interpret it as just one day, i like to think it actually took about a week at least or even longer. i dont really know why i hc this, but maybe its cus i need nightshade and tarantulas to be besties or i'll die
okay thats it for now <3 i definitely have more headcanons so i might make a second post abt em later
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invisibleraven · 2 months
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Imagine your OTP where Person A works in retail and Person B keeps coming into the shop and asks for help with the most ridiculous things. + if Person A loses it one day and confronts Person B about their motive feels like Willex to me, please and thank you.
Willie pressed himself up on his toes and down again, as if that would relieve the pressure of his uncomfortable dress shoes. He wished he could just wear his beat up kicks, but that wouldn't mesh well with the image Caleb wanted to convey with his store.
And since Willie worked there as a way to earn a bit of cash and avoid having to work at the club, he had to deal with the shoes. At least he didn't have to cut his hair and got to choose his shirt and tie.
The other bonus was that he had direct view of the nerd store across the hall in the mall where his jib at the suit store was.
Now Willie did appreciate the odd nerdy thing, but his main focus in that store was just under six foot, had golden blond hair, and an affinity for pink.
Willie had tried every way to talk to Alex in hopes that he would manifest the courage to ask him out.
The first time he had just gone over to introduce himself, welcome them to the mall, and ask if they wanted to hear the gossip about the other stores there. The next time was to ask if he could use their microwave in return for letting them use the private bathroom attached to his work.
But those interactions would only get him so far.
The next time he went over, holding up two ties, and asked Aled which one he should wear. Totally noticing on how his eyes were glued to the line of his throat and top of his chest exposed where he hadn't buttoned up his shirt. Points for him, and he loved how Alex stuttered through choosing the goldenrod coloured tie.
The next time he went over asking Alex for a good started Pokemon since he had just started playing the game. Unfortunately, Alex directed him towards Reggie for that since he was hopeless at video games, and Reggie could talk your ear off about anything. But it did get Willie interested in catching a Bidoof, if only because the name made him giggle.
After that it was a game of finding out exactly what Alex's area of interest and nerdiness lay. So every time they were working the same shift, Willie would come over and ask about something different.
"What class would you recommend for a beginning D&D player?"
"What's the conversion rate of sheep to wood in Catan?"
"What's the best version of Monopoly?"
"Do you guys have any idea how Magic the Gathering works?"
On and on, but every time, Alex would direct him to one of the other guys working though he did always smile and blush whenever he looked at Willie-and usually convinced him to add to his sock collection at least once a week, all while throwing his own employee discount on it for him.
Then one day, Willie moseyed into the store on his break, veering right towards Alex. "So did you get a cavalcade of Funko pops based on the new anime adaptation yet?"
Alex whirled around, glaring at him. "What is your deal?"
"What?"
"Every day, or almost, you come in here, and it's always something inane or weird or I dunno... do you get some sick joy of making fun of the nerds or something?" Alex exploded.
"No!" Willie exclaimed. "I'm a nerd! Or well, kind of one, given the love of cartoons from my childhood and obsessive sock buying."
"Then why do you keep coming over here and asking me about all this other stuff?" alex asked, shoulders still stiff as he looked at Willie.
"Because I like you dummy!" Willie said with a laugh. "I've been looking for any excuse to come talk to you in hopes you might engage in conversation with me and then maybe we could go out sometime."
"Oh... oh!" Alex replied. "I like you too!"
"Then how about we get an Orange Julius and you can tell what nerdy stuff you are into?" Willie asked, offering his arm.
"Through in a soft pretzel and it's a date," Alex replied, looping their arms together.
It turned out that Alex wasn't much of a nerd, but Reggie needed staff, Alex needed money, and he did like dancing games and Trivial Pursuit.
"Sounds like a fun idea for our next date," Willie said with a grin.
"Only if you're in the mood to get your butt whipped," Alex teased back.
"Oh it's like that is it?" Willie stated. "Challenge accepted."
Alex beamed, but then looked at his watch and scowled. "My break is almost up."
"Well then let me bring you back and on the way I can catch you up on the latest happenings with th jewellery store guys."
"Man, fuck those guys," Alex said as they walked back hand in hand to their hallway.
"I know right?"
From then on, Willie didn't have to find excuses to come talk to Alex any more. But he did come by with gossip, kisses, and a choice of tie. Because there was nothing better than making his boyfriend blush-even more than a discount on funky socks.
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innytoes · 3 months
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33 for callexie (caleb/alex/willie)? ;D
Willie had the perfect plan, okay? It didn't matter that maybe he'd taken one too many Benadryl. He was sure Tomorrow Willie would absolutely agree with his flawless decision making skills.
Like that time he painted his entire kitchen red. Like sure, the next day he'd been kind of confused, but then a week later he tripped while holding a bowl of tomato soup and you couldn't even see the stains! Benadryl Willie was brilliant.
So of course he wouldn't regret crawling across the fire escape, jimmying open the window of his very cute neighbours' place, and all but throwing himself and his laptop (very important!) through.
"Oh hey, you're having dinner, perfect!" Willie beamed at the surprised faces. The lights were all off, except for some candles on the table, which was perfect. That would mean they could see his presentation all the better.
Alex looked positively angelic in the candlelight, his eyes wide and his hair like liquid gold. The shadows made Caleb's jaw look even more perfect, and his eyes seemed to be sparkling with amusement. Probably amusement, right? Willie was a funny guy. Which was point seven!
Focus.
"Anyway, you can keep eating while you listen," he said, dragging over one of the bar stools from the kitchen to their table. He propped the laptop on top, flipping it open so they could see the first slide.
"Anyway here is my Powerpoint on why you should date me," he started, jabbing the button. The first slide wooshed away with a fun sound effect. "Number one, I am very pretty. Case in point." He clicked again, and some shirtless selfies appeared.
"What the hell is happening," Alex whispered.
"Point one b, I also have very pretty and pettable hair. And abs. Unless I just ate pizza or something." The next slide showed off both. "And a cute butt." He hadn't been able to take a proper picture of that, but he turned a little so they could see his butt anyway. "See?"
"Let him finish, darling, he obviously put work into this," Caleb whispered back.
"Thank you," Willie said, before clearing his throat. "Point Two. You both keep inviting me over to dinner and smiling at me and when we bump into each other in the hall we can talk like forever and we just seem to click and vibe.'
The last slide with his abs disappeared, replaced by one that said VIBES in comic sans. Because that was supposed to be the most easy to read font out there. Or something.
"Number three, I am an excellent boyfriend. I will remember your birthday and get you flowers except I won't because I know Alex is allergic but I'm learning how to make origami flowers except don't tell Alex that it's a surprise for his birthday which by the way is July 19th," he rambled. He clicked the button again, because he was pretty sure there were more reasons he was a good boyfriend.
"Oh, right! I make a mean breakfast in bed and also I totally believe in fair division of labour meaning I will do the dishes because I know Caleb secretly hates them because they make his hands wrinkly but also you can't just put wine glasses in the dishwasher."
"You're absolutely right," Caleb agreed.
"Don't encourage him!" Alex hissed.
"Point... um..." He clicked the power point again. "Five. Right. I am amazing in bed. Ten out of ten ex boyfriends agree. Or they would if I had ten. I have four. They're all great, except for Joey Keaton, but I never slept with him anyway because we were both twelve and he dumped me because I wouldn't give him my shiny Charizard Pokemon card."
A picture of his shiny Pokemon Card, which he still owned (suck it Joey!) popped up on the screen.
"You skipped point four," Alex pointed out, and Willie blinked. He went back a slide. Then forward again. Then back.
"Okay point four is your eyes are very pretty and I want to kiss you," he said resolutely. "Anyway point six! If you date me you will always have a tie breaker. If you can't pick a restaurant? TIE BREAKER! Not sure what movie to watch? Tie breaker! Also you need like three people to play Twister which is also very important. Point seven is I'm very funny and eight is... oh that's a picture of the raccoon who comes by the dumpster sometimes to see if there's pizza. We're friends. He can vouch for me. Point nine is I'm great in bed and also very cute."
Was it just him or was the room getting all spinny? He swayed a little, and Caleb caught his arm.
"You're strong," he said, smiling. "That's not a point, though. I mean it's a point on why I wanna date you, but I didn't get to that PowerPoint yet."
"Why don't you sit down," Caleb said, gently settling him down in his chair. Alex looked even prettier from across the table.
"You're even prettier from this angle," he told Alex.
"I- thank you?" Alex said. "Are you okay?"
"Peachy!" Willie said. Oh man, this food smelled so good. He took a bite. "I'm not done though. I still have to get to point twenty four, which is super important. I give really good hugs. You like hugs don't you?"
"Willie, did you take something?" Caleb asked gently. His hand was on Willie's back and it was warm and he leaned into it. That was nice. He was kind of cold. And shivering a little. Haha.
"No, I don't do that anymore, I have a real job now," he said. "And an apartment. And I can buy my own food and clothes and treats for Throckmorton - that's the raccoon by the way, I'll introduce you if you want."
"Did you ingest any substances?" Caleb tried again.
"I took some Benadryl," Willie said. "And some of this pasta. It's really good, have you tried it? Anyway, point... point ten. I'm a good cook. I know how to make eggs like five different ways, and that's not even including French Toast!"
"How about you come lie down on the couch for a moment?" Caleb asked.
"I feel like you’re not taking this PowerPoint presentation about why you should date me very seriously," Willie pouted. He'd worked very, very hard on it.
"How about we go sit on the couch to look at the rest, huh?" Alex said. Alex was so smart. "I'll carry your laptop, okay?"
They sat down on the couch, and Alex put the laptop on the coffee table. Willie nodded, ready to go back to his presentation, but then Caleb wrapped a blanket around his shoulders and kept his arm there, and Alex gently brushed the hair off his forehead - and rested it there for a moment, which was nice. He leaned into the touch.
"You're burning up," Alex said.
"Yeah, I'm hot, that was like point one, do I have to start over?" Willie asked. He tried to reach his laptop with his foot. He hadn't bothered to put on shoes, so his fun socks were showing. "Oh, I didn't even include that on the PowerPoint. I have lots of cool socks. See, these are of cats in space."
"They're very nice," Alex agreed, gently tipping him over into Caleb. "Why don't you tell us all about your socks? How many pairs do you have?"
"Well, I have the cats in space, and dogs in space, and raccoon socks, and skateboards, and little hotdogs, and..." Slowly, his brain started to shut down, but that was okay, because Caleb was warm and comfy, and Alex was holding his hand, and he was pretty sure the sock argument was winning them over more than point twelve (I give great head!) and thirteen (I'm great at keeping plants alive! Look at my spider plant!).
And okay, when he woke up twelve hours later feeling like death, on a couch that was more comfortable than his own bed, with two very handsome and very doting neighbours willing to feed him soup and nurse him back to health, he had to admit that maybe Benadryl Willie had been right about something.
Because he did leave that apartment with two boyfriends.
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