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absolutebl · 23 days

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This Week in BL - Lesbians WIN & I'm excited about a Thai BL again!

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

April 2024 Wk 4

Ongoing Series - Thai

My Stand-In (Thai Fri iQIYI) ep 1 of 12 eps - Adaptation of Chinese novel Professional Body Double by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of KP was the clashing directing styles). The MDL description made it sound complicated af but actually it's not so bad. In fact it's GOOD.

Stuntman Joe dies on the job and wakes up in the body of another Joe who has an entirely different life. But our Joe just gets his new body right back into his old existence, full of friends, enemies, and one troublesome ex. Poom is absolutely killing it in the lead. Mek is perfectly cast as the Actor du Jerk. I’m not sold on Up’s bratty brokenhearted rich kid... yet. The show though, I like it. I like a one (two) night stand starting things off and I like a lot of morally gray characters. Fun fun!

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 8fin - The lesbian moms are the cutest thing in the world and my favorite thing this week. Bar none.

Summation:

It's about a host club and all the gay boys in it and some stuff that's not important because... PEOPLE OF EARTH WE HAVE A HONEST REP OF POLY IN A BL. Stand up and raise your hands in prayer to the Thai BL gods because sure as shit no one else was ever going to give this to us. For that alone this show gets 8/10 from me. Bonus Lesbian moms and great kisses.

Two Worlds (Thurs iQIYI) ep 7 of 10 - Say what you want about MaxNat all these years that they've been paired makes them great onscreen boyfriends. And you know me, I'm a total sucker for linguistic negotiation. Makes my heart go all mushy. That said, now that the leads are together, I’m really uninterested in all the drama around the ex-boyfriend/triangle. I'm glad this is only 10 eps.

1000 Years Old (Thurs iQIYI) ep 11 of 12 - They gave me the tiniest teaser for the kinky vampire BL that I have wanted my whole life. And now I'm just fucking annoyed with the rest of the show.

We Are (Weds iQIYI) ep 3-4 of 16 - Q & Toey are the only interesting thing going on. I actually didn’t like this pair in My School President, but I’m enjoying them here. The others are all fine but these two have my heart. I have questions like: did Phum ever get his shopping bags back? And why is Phum driving a different colored car half way through the ep?

Only Boo! (Sun YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - The quality is good (it’s GMMTV) but the acting is... not. Still I loved that Moo just made the confession for both of them. Very in character. Does this plot remind anyone else of Footloose? Just me? Side couple was cute but now a bit too stalker for me.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues YouTube & Viki) ep 10 of 12 - It’s fantastic. Such a great show. We are so lucky. This is basically Taiwan’s The Eights Sense. I didn’t know they had it in them, but I’m really glad that they did.

Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 3 of 10 - As JBL’s go this is way more my speed (than Alaska). It’s just so sweet and awkward but charming about it. The confession was so earnest.

Blue Boys (Korea YouTube) 2 of ? No MDL link - It’s very sexy this one. Not sure what Korea thinks it's doing, but I’m not mad about it.

Gray Shelter (Korea Thurs iQIYI) ep 5fin - summation: About a slacker nursing a crush on the (brief) older stepbrother who abandoned him. Upon finding him again he moves in with him, upends the mans lost suffering life. A dark gritty piece with confusing subs making it too chewy to really grok. It's trying to do too much for its length. The tension is real and the acting is good, it's just everything else stymied clean execution of the core concept. Frankly I spent this show expecting (and wanting them) to just fall into bed together - in a kind of desperate fight sex. It didn’t happen, and I’m disappointed by the non-ending we got. (Whether it’s going to have more in the series or not.) 7/10 I'm open to changing the rank if a part two fixes this one's flaws.

Boys Be Brave AKA Roommates (Korea Thurs Viki) ep 1-2 of 8 - Oh dear. Terrible hair. Jock nerd pairing. OCD baby cakes. Cohabitation trope. Killer side couple. Def unhinged.

At 25:00 in Alaska AKA 25 Ji Akasaka de (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - I’m still genuinely not sure about this one. It’s just a little too awkward for me in the wrong way. I expect all Japanese BL to have a certain aura of awkwardness so I don’t know what it is about this one turnign me off. I do enjoy that we’re getting both stories, the one between the actors, and a little bit of the roles that they’re playing on screen but... yeah

Love is like a Cat (Korea Mon Viki) eps 7-8 of 12 - The leads finally had a moment but there is negative chemistry. Why am I watching this?

It's airing but...

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Memory in the Letter (Thai WeTV) - 6 eps, when it's done, tell me if I should bother?

In case you missed it

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) 6 eps - finished its run but I won't be finishing it. Stays dropped.

GMMTV announced the second half of their 2024 line up. I got excited and picked my favorites, details + trailers here. Basically my ranking is:

The Heart Killers

ThamePo

Revamp

Sweet Tooth

Perfect 10 Liners

The Ex-Morning

Ossan’s Love Thailand

Next Week Looks Like This:

What happened?

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous pairing) and Best, news here. But will it actually air this month?

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

I have adopted him. He is MINE. I love him, your honor. (The Stand In)

I love them SO MUCH. (Deep Night)

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are a pain.

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire

If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy.

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sleepdeprivedsimp234 · 9 months

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How I think different natural disasters (a long with other forms of severe weather) affect the states cuz why not:

Wildfires/fires in general (not house fires tho @simpyfrog i was mostly joking about that lol. Pls give me my fire privileges back pls pls pls-)

They will get burns all over their body, and the worse the fire, the worse the burns. Also the bigger the fire, the bigger the burns. The West (+Texas) have the worst burns/burn scars. Also sometimes breathing is a no and they will choke on smoke. And their vision will be kinda blurry and from the outside their eyes will look a bit cloudy (how cloudy depends on the amount of smoke).

Earthquakes:

Balance is a no. The state affected will be VERY shaky and be in a lot of pain. Along with bruising, they will have a long gash across their back. Alaska and California have the worst of this.

Severe Thunderstorms:

The states don't get too affected by them, but sometimes they will receive a big enough shock from the lightning that they get knocked out and are left with some burns that look like lightning streaks. Also sometimes if there is power outages, let's take Texas for example, he wont be able to use certain electric things, such as light switches, microwaves, electric stoves, ect...(tho he found a way around it and wears leather gloves if he needs too). Also, I'm gonna do a silly and say that they can shock people to tease them.

Hurricanes:

Throwing up water, sometimes blood. The state will be very cold and kinda clammy and will feel like they are drowning. They will be VERY dizzy and throw up a lot. They will most likely pass out at some point and wake up covered in bruises, lightning-strike burns, some cuts, and other various small injuries. Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and basically any Gulf Coast state has had the worst of these. (Texas and Loui tho- the Google machine told me that Galveston, Harvey and Katrina were the most costly ones-)

Tornado

Dizzy yes. Balance no. The affected state will be covered in bruises (the bigger the damaged area, the bigger the bruise.). Blurry vision and a migraine also will occur. Texas, Oklahoma, and the Midwest have the worst of these (Tornado Alley).

Acid Rain:

Again, they don't really get too affected by this, they will just have some pretty rough looking burns. NY (haha this fool thought he would be safe from me-), NH, VT, and ME have the worst burn scars from this.

Dust Storms:

I don't have much for this one lol. Im thinking grainy-feeling skin and a really really dry throat, but I don't really have anything else.

Heat waves:

Fever, a lot of sweating, and dizziness that can lead to passing out. Texas, Loui, and Sippi are currently getting BAKED and not in the good way :(

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(Now take some weather quote thingys (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

(During the Great Galveston Hurricane)

Gov, coming to check on Texas: Hey Texas are you doing alright?

Texas:*looks like he's gonna throw up* Y-Yes. Don't worry about me.

Gov: *not believing him* Are you sure?

Texas: Y-yea-*throws up a bunch of water*

Gov: Thought so.

California walking downstairs to get some water during an earthquake:

California: *proceeds to fill down the stairs and lay there for 15 minutes*

(after a really bad acid rain)

Mass: New York get yer ass outta the tree and let me take care of the burns before they get infected!!

NY: No f*ck off!! They don't even hurt!!

Mass: You were literally on the verge of tears, moron!! So quit lyin' and get down here right now!!

NY: No go take care of NH and VT!!

Mass: I already did, and they weren't as damn stubborn as you're being right now!! *has already texted Texas to come get him out of the tree*

NY: I don't give a sh*t how stubborn they were!! Also I ain't stubborn-*screams when two arms randomly grab him from behind*

Texas: *is now holding him captive* Yes you are. You are a stubborn little Yankee.

NY: Texas you damn traitor!! Let me go!!!

Texas: No can do, partner. Yer comin' down and letting yer brother help ya. He's gonna be gentle, so calm down!!

NY: *sigh-whine* I give up....

Texas: Atta boy.

(during a fire)

Cali: Hehe. ✨arson✨

(during Katrina)

Loui: I'm fine sha.

Florida: *hugging him close* Sir no you most definitely are not!! You are way too cold-

Loui: *throws up blood and water* Uh sorry bout dat sha...

Florida: And you're sick, mi amor!! Go to bed right now!!

Loui: B-but-

Florida: No buts!! Bed. Now. I will drag you there if I have to-

Loui: *passes tf out*

Florida: GODDANGIT-

(during the heatwave that is currently killing us all-)

Gov: *walks into Texas's room and sees Louisiana passed tf out, Sippi on the verge of it, and Texas just laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling and contemplating on playing Russian roulette with a pistol*

Gov: *walks back out*

#welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #ben brainard #wttt #wttsh

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kazuyummy · 8 months

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🧁 dessert moodboards!

hi dear friends, i've been itching to make some moodboards and thought this would be such a sweet theme! read the instructions below and ask away!

rules: one moodboard per person (for now) so please be off anon (or stay anon but dm me what you requested - otherwise i'll delete the ask). i'd also appreciate if you gave me a follow if you request smth 🥰 fandoms: haikyuu, diamond no ace, attack on titan, hunter x hunter, jujutsu kaisen, my hero academia, tokyo revengers, chainsaw man, shokugeki no souma, demon slayer step one. give me either your self-ship or one character to make the moodboard for. if it's a character, i'll likely get a manga image of them and change colour accordingly, and if it's a self-ship, likely a generic couple picture lmao (or if you have art that would match feel free to dm it but no guarantee i'll use it if i can't fit it in the theme) step two. choose your top three desserts - i will only be doing one moodboard per dessert (first come first serve - but can do the same character multiple times) so if your top choice is taken, i'll go to the next one, etc. feel free to specify a flavour, otherwise i'll make my own choice (ex: if you say cake, i'm gonna choose a specific type like birthday cake) step three. bon appetit! enjoy your dessert 🍧💖

how 'bout some dessert ideas? you are NOT limited to this list - choose anything sweet that your heart desires!

🍰 strawberry shortcake 🍰 macarons 🍰 tiramisu 🍰 blueberry pie 🍰 halo halo 🍰 carrot cake 🍰 madeleines 🍰 sno-cones 🍰 yule log 🍰 panna cotta 🍰 creme brulee 🍰 banana bread 🍰 trifles 🍰 neopolitan ice cream 🍰 chocolate-covered strawberries 🍰 ice cream sundae 🍰 crepes 🍰 key lime pie 🍰 mont-blanc 🍰 s'mores 🍰 lemon cupcakes 🍰 baked alaska 🍰 poached pears 🍰 taro cheesecake 🍰 mango bubble tea 🍰 nanaimo bars 🍰 peach cookies 🍰 egg tarts 🍰

🧁 slots / desserts taken (those in pink are finished):

halo halo - miyuki x cee

red velvet cake - kirishima for nem

tiramisu - tendou for deru

banana bread - aki for dym

@meggsngrits - lemon cake

@ricecrispiebirb - macarons

@heroesfan101 - chocolate truffles

@ricewaves - cream puffs

open

might add more if i have the energy & time (and depending on how this goes ehehe)

dividers from here (closest i could get to credit)

#💬-ani-chats #dessert moodboards #dessert #moodboard #self ship #moodboards

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banannabethchase · 4 months

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Food competition show au!

ohhhhhhhHHHH!!!

Adam Page is originally cast as the dreamboat asshole kind of pretty boy, but he does a terrible job of delivering the lines production wants him to that make him seem like a villain. Finally they give up when he spends 20 minutes talking about how important it is for people to understand where their food comes from but also how much he loves his pet cows, Dulce and Leche. He becomes the comedy character instead, and ends up coming in fourth after a tragic souffle incident that gets him crying on camera because, "I'm more disappointed in myself, really. I could'a done so much better and I didn't." It comes out after the finale that he's dating Matt and issues a 200 word statement about how their relationship didn't start until the finale, when Adam was already kicked out anyway. Everybody is obsessed with them.

Adam Cole, on the other hand, was intended to be the puppy eyed sweet boy and instead is cut throat and makes one of the celebrity guest judges cry by insulting his recipe. He comes in second and only loses because the original celebrity guest, a movie star named Maxwell Jacob Friedman, was the surprise fifth judge and vetoed his win.

The judging panel is made up of Matt and Nick Jackson, owners of an LA fancy pants restaurant, Kenny Omega, celebrity chef, and Cody Rhodes, son of the designer of a gigantic popular fast food chain whose cooking style is elevating what's generally considered low class food.

There is an incident with Nick Jackson, line cook contestant Eddie Kingston, and Michelin star chef Claudio Castagnoli involving a misplaced ghost pepper prank, a gallon of milk, and somebody getting pantsed. It ended up so unintentionally raunchy it didn't make it on the show.

The winner of the series is Willow Nightingale, who is so goddamned charming she's able to finesse her away into making every single mistake she makes in the show look intentional. She burns the shit out of her Baked Alaska to the point where the ice cream was completely melted and turned it into a concoction of her own making to say it was on purpose in the semi finals and the judges never knew that's what she did until she giggled about it in the finale.

Send me a potential AU and I'll send you 5 facts from it!

#Why was this so fun #wtf i like wrestling now???#rosabellebelieve #AU hell #This was unreasonably silly and entertaining I had OODLES of fun #I would love another!!!

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mostly-mundane-atla · 2 years

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New required viewing for azula stans who want to ask me things about colonialism. If you're going to ask me to dig through 27 years of living as native and the generations of trauma and tradition that provided the backdrop of my experience and insight, you can sit through a two and a half hour long lesson condensing the history of oppreasion and mistreatment of indigenous peoples in the continental US as a baseline of understanding. That's not even meeting me halfway, that's like a sixteenth of the way and not even getting to Alaska, let alone King Island and Nome.

It's also good to give a watch/listen as an avatar fan in general because there is an absurd amount of anti-native racism baked into the fandom since the original series first began airing.

And btw, unless you grew up hearing about this sort of thing from your family, it's much worse than you can imagine. The violence, cruelty, and dehumanization described in the video is hard to stomach. Like all crimes against humanity at a similar scale, it's important to know these details. You can't fight back and defend if you don't know what you're fighting or defending against.

#Youtube

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waheelawhisperer · 11 months

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oh, character ship ask, fun!

Margaret Nearl and Yang.

BOTH OF THEM WITH ME HELLO

Margaret Nearl

NOTP: Nearl x Platinum. I fucking hate it. Platinum should not be allowed on the same floor of the landship as any member of the Nearl family. Every time one of my beloved mutuals reblogs NearlPlat or BlemiPlat content I have to take a deep breath and remind myself that my mutuals are my favorite people in the world and I need to accept them, flaws and all.

BROTP: Nearl x Saria. The Healing Defenders Who Are Actually Better At Beating The Crap Out Of People Sisters. They're also self-sacrificing idiots. So much to bond over.

OTP: Nearl x Doctor. At first this was just self-indulgence, but the more I think about it, the more I think it works as an actual pairing. Nearl Alter's talk lines in particular lay such a strong foundation of mutual trust and respect and regard that I think could easily blossom into romance and it's honestly one of the few Operator x Doctor As Character Within The Narrative Rather Than Player Avatar romances I'm sold on.

Second choice pairing: Nearl x Viviana Droste

Fluffy pairing: Nearl x Doctor, Nearl x Viviana Droste, Nearl x Nightingale. I know @norondor has heard me talk at length about how cute and sweet and fluffy Doc x Nearl is in particular. Honestly, it's super easy to imagine Nearl ships being fluffy because she's just such a kind, compassionate sweetheart.

Angsty pairing: Nearl x Doctor has so much angst potential, as does Nearl x Nightingale, Nearl x Shining, and Nearl x Nightingale x Shining.

Favorite poly ship: Nearl x Shining x Nightingale (with or without Viviana),

Weirdest pairing: Nearl x Siege. A queen needs a knight.

Yang Xiao Long

Oh God this is kind of tough because my answers for pre- and post-Volume 9 are very different, so I'll give answers for both.

NOTP: Whatever the hell Adam x Yang is called. No freaking thank you.

Enabler (Ruby x Yang) is also a huge vomit moment. Incest is not wincest.

Baked Alaska (Neo x Yang) also sucks ass because Neo is an unlikable little cunt who managed to be too horrible for me to have any interest in despite her cute design and sad backstory and I don't want her anywhere near characters I have positive feelings toward.

Post-Volume 9, Bumbleby (Blake x Yang) is rapidly progressing in this direction because I am not remotely satisfied with how the writers handled it.

BROTP: Freezerburn (Yang x Weiss). Love me some Freezerbros (though I actually like them more as a romance). I adore their aesthetic and dynamic and they get some really poignant scenes together.

Sunflowyr (Yang x Ren) comes in second place because I feel like they'd be good friends if the show ever bothered to show us that outside like one hug in Volume 6. They both rely more heavily on martial arts than their fellow protagonists, though they use different styles, and I think they could have a lot of fun sparring and learning from each other. Would love to see them incorporate aspects of each other's styles.

Dragonslayer (Yang x Jaune) is a good pre-Volume 9 BROTP because Yang has always been very supportive of Jaune (despite both a rocky first impression and the FNDM's attempts to paint her as a man-hating lesbian) and they got to showcase a cute dynamic in Volume 8 in particular.

Greek Fire (Yang x Pyrrha) is my last pick here because they're both talented fighters/athletes and would probably have lots of fun working out or sparring together. Also, Pyrrha's skillset incorporates some wrestling techniques, so they'd probably be able to teach each other some cool unarmed combat tricks.

OTP: Pre-Volume 9, it was Bumbleby, but what we got out of Volume 9 was frankly embarrassing, so now it's Freezerburn. Fuck you Eddy Yang and Weiss wouldn't get divorced they'd be one of the healthiest relationships in this fucking show and frankly probably healthier than the mess y'all made of your flagship sapphic romance lmao

Second choice pairing: Pre-Volume 9, Freezerburn, and then Dragonslayer. Post-Volume 9, I don't even fuckin know anymore because Bumbleby leaves a bad taste in my mouth, I can't ship Jaune with anyone after the shitshow that was He-Jaune, Master of the DILFiverse, and I'm left picking between pairings that are decent but not overly compelling. I guess the candidates are Greek Fire, Sunflowyr, and Nuclear Winter (Yang x Winter)? Just pick whichever one pisses off the most people, I guess. Gotta break the tie somehow.

Fluffy pairing: Pre-Volume 9, Dragonslayer. Two sweet, friendly human golden retrievers. They would be so soft and loving with each other, I just know it (also Jaune would get pegged as fuck). Post-Volume 9, I feel like Greek Fire would take it but I don't really think any of the Yang pairings I like at this point would really stand above the rest in terms of fluff.

Angsty pairing: The answer to this should be Bumbleby, but this show is too afraid to actually let them address their issues beyond a cursory conversation or two so none of the delicious opportunities for conflict and pain and growth and development ever come to pass. Instead they get forced to confess by a magic fucking thunderstorm, mention surface-level aspects of each other that they like and aren't even correct about them half the time, and then kiss in a field of flowers while everyone else is busy thinking about important shit like how to get home and defeat an immortal omnicidal witch goddess. I guess I'll give it to Sunflowyr because they had actual conflict in Volume 8.

Freezerburn has potential for plenty of angst too, but it comes from external sources. They'd be helping each other through it rather than hurting each other.

Greek Fire has angst opportunities post-Fall of Beacon, I guess?

Gauntlets and Greaves (Yang x Mercury) has a lot of angst potential too, but I don't like either the ship or Mercury, so whatever.

Favorite poly ship: Pre-Volume 9? Bee's Schnees (Blake x Yang x Weiss). It has all the benefits of Bumbleby, Freezerburn, and Monochrome (Blake x Weiss), which are all excellent ships, and the additional bonus of giving Weiss two hot tops who will plow her like a tractor. As she deserves.

Post-Volume 9 I guess it's still Bee's Schnees even though neither Yang nor Blake exist as characters at this point, but this is more because a) I can't think of any other poly Yang ships I particularly care for, especially at this stage of the series, and b) I really do adore Weiss and think she deserves to be stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey. As a treat.

Weirdest pairing: Nuclear Winter. I'm not sure if the two have even directly interacted in the series outside of a scene or two in Volume 8, but they're both big sisters and self-sacrificing idiots who are hella ready to fight at a moment's notice, so that's gotta count for something, right?

#arknights #ask game #rwby #nearl #margaret nearl #yang xiao long #wife

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a-tad-bit-obsessed · 2 years

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Ice cream in bake off will forever give me bake Alaska / bingate flashback

#gbbo #gbbo 2022 #great british bake off

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professortennant · 1 year

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14! Sounds very fun and cute

14. when one of them has never had a proper birthday party for whatever reason, and their lover makes it their mission to give them the best day ever, followed by “you didn’t have to do all this for me. just being with you is enough.” “i know. but i thought you deserved ?’’ and their lover smiles, a kiss is shared

i tweaked the prompt a smidge, it’s more ~inspired by

He knows she's got some hang ups about celebrations. On a teltak headed for Netu all those years ago, he'd slid down the wall to sit beside her while she worked to calm shaking hands, thoughts trapped in the past.

"Cookies," she tells him, voice quavering. "I was baking cookies for my mom's birthday that weekend when my dad told me she was gone."

"Ah." He doesn't know what to say--it doesn't feel like the right moment to share his own hangups about water pistols and grilling hamburgers some days because those are what preceded the loss of Charlie. Instead, he lets his knees fall apart just a little, just enough that it could be an accident, and rest against hers.

She presses back and he knows she understands it's all he can do right now. She rubs a hand over her face, scrubs at it like she can erase the thoughts in her head, before turning to face him. "I haven't really been able to do birthdays after that, not mine or Mark's or anyone's. Not that dad was ever--"

Sam sighs, stopping herself. "It doesn't matter now."

Jack nods, lips pursed, caught between the knowledge of what it is to be a father hurting for your own losses, your own child and his affection for the woman in front of him and the scars of childhood pain.

"I make a pretty mean chocolate cake," he says suddenly, not quite looking at her. He hasn't quite figured out how to get a hold on his changing feelings for his second-in-command and he doesn't want her to get the wrong--or right--idea. She sits up a little, eyes clearer, knee pressing back into his slightly.

"Yeah?"

He nods. "Yeah."

"Maybe birthdays wouldn't be so bad if I didn't do the baking."

This time he can and does face her because teasing Samantha Carter about her cooking is low-hanging fruit. She's burned water off-world and he hadn't even known that was possible. "Well, I think a lot of occasions would be better if we just left you out of the kitchen, Carter."

The half-smile she hides behind a ducked head is enough to let him know she's okay, that they'll be okay. They just need to get through this mission, rescue dad, and make cake.

Easy.

They don't make cake after Netu, though. Sam disappears to Alaska with her father for a week and he disappears to his cabin and tells himself it's pointless to do so, but he stocks his cabinets with flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking staples. Just in case.

They don't make cake after Edora (even though he really, really wants to bring her some cake after he realizes what she's done for him--gratitude cake, he'd call it). They don't make cake after they spend a week on an alien planet sleeping beside each other and staring at the stars, letting lines and boundaries fade gently away (it's for the best, he tells himself, neither of them is ready to...eat cake...together). He tosses the candles he'd bought for her after the zatarc tests. No point in those now. Cake and candles and everything else left inside a room in the SGC.

He can't even bring himself to ask her about wedding cake when he sees the engagement ring on her finger years later.

They continue to not make cake or go fishing or all of the other things they once told each other they'd do. It's all starting to feel like a metaphor, which in his book are only a step above a cliché.

And then--

And then she comes to his cabin with a bare ring finger and slings her duffel down onto the porch and stuffs her hands in her pockets like she doesn’t know what to say or where to go from here. He thinks about handing her a fishing pole and having her sit on the dock beside him, but changes his mind. He knows exactly what he wants to do.

Her birthday is three months away but he can’t wait that long. He hands her a beer, picks up her duffel bag over his shoulder, and tells her to follow.

She does (and the sight of her duffel thrown atop his beside the couch sends tiny tendrils of warmth down his spine).

“Jack--” He likes that he doesn’t have to tell her to call him that, that she knows where this is going just as much as he does. It’s never that they’ve been bad at communicating, per se. It’s just restrictions limiting how and what they communicate about that always got a little dicey.

But her questions stop when he pulls out a bowl and a whisk and baking ingredients that may or may not be out of date. It’s not the point, though. He’ll make her a spectacular, show-stopping cake in three months if that’s what she wants. This is more than birthdays; a different celebration all together.

“We are making a cake, Carter.” Then, “Well, I’ll make the cake. You’re on ingredient retrieval.”

“Cake?”

He nods sagely. “Cake.”

She tilts her head, searches his face and likes what she finds there: resolve, excitement, trepidation, meaning.

“Okay then,” she agrees softly. “Cake.”

It’s a dance after that, one they’re surprisingly good at. His kitchen isn’t small, but she makes it smaller by filling in all the empty places where he’s always imagined her to be. Where she could walk around the island, she steps in closer to him instead, her shoulder brushing his. Her fingers linger on the back of his hand when she passes him the bottle of vegetable oil she’d dug out of the pantry. She leans on the counter to watch him carefully measure and level off flour and rising agent and sugar, eyes straying to the flex of his wrist and the tendons in his forearm in a way she would have stopped herself before. She wrinkles her nose at the explosion of cocoa powder and espresso granules on the counter.

It’s a type of foreplay, he supposes--a gentle entrance into intimacy. He’s pretty sure she wouldn’t mind jumping from nothing to everything based on the way she scoops up a fingerful of batter and sucks on it thoughtfully, eyes never leave his. “It’s chalky.”

He scoffs. “It’s not cooked yet. Trust the process.”

She looks skeptical, but when he turns back around to face her after putting the cake pan into the oven, she licks the remnants of batter off her finger anyway.

They’ve got 20 minutes and he’s got nine years to catch up on. He snags her wrist in his fingers, pulls her closer and settles their joined hands against his chest, his free hand at her hip.

“I’m glad you’re here.”

“Me too,” she whispers, voice thick with the things unexplained and unsaid. The big things, though, the big things he knows. He brushes her hair back from her face, fingertips drifting over her jawline and against her temple.

He rests his forehead against hers, breathes her in: sun and coconut and the faint aroma of cocoa powder from earlier.

“We waited a long time for this cake,” she says, pressing her forehead back against his in a playful nudge before pulling away. “It better be good.”

“I told you it would be the best,” he reminds her, hand drifting down her back. He can’t stop touching her, never ever wants to stop touching her.

“You did,” she says thoughtfully, eyes sparkling with unshed tears, voice tinged with a little sadness, a little wistfulness. “I’m sorry I doubted.”

“No, no, hey.” He crowds against her, gathers her into a hug and tucks his head into the crook of her shoulder, his lips pressing just so against her neck. She shakes in his arms and he holds her tighter, lifting his mouth to her ear: “We got here in the end. That’s all the matters.”

She nods, nuzzles her cheek against his and wraps her arms around him tighter, swaying slightly from side to side, breathing him and his assurances in.

(Later, they spend the weekend eating through the cake. He feeds it to her in bite-sized pieces while they’re tangled on the couch watching bad action movies from the 80s. She wraps her tongue around his fingers and sucks each crumb and oh god, he’s going to have a fetish by the end of their cabin stay. She brings the plate out to him one evening on the dock, barefoot and wearing one of his old, threadbare academy sweatshirts. They eat cake and watch the stars and listen to the ripple of water lapping against the shore. He draws the line at cake in bed. “No way, Sam, no crumbs in the bed.” She’s certain she’s changed his mind when she scoops a bit of frosting off the top of the cake and drags it in a line down his neck, her mouth working diligently at licking every last bit up.

Turns out, she’s pretty fond of some celebrations after all.)

#sam x jack #sg1 #jack o'neill #samantha carter #stargate sg1 #it was my birthday yesterday so this felt appropriate to write!#the cake is a METAPHOR GANG #bc they get to have their cake and eat it too #idk

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topgunreacts · 2 years

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About Me

Read this Carrd

Now Read My Words

Give Me Money

Look at This

Bake This Cake

List of IceMav Works

Marrying the Hangman - series AlphaIce/OmegaMav Wingspan Mav the wildlife rehabber Tell Me Again Ice the Werewolf Mach 4 Mile High Club Bar trivia seduction (successful) Blackberry Pie Ice cares for Mav after a severe accident Homeward to a Harbor - series Selkie Ice A Chance Engagement - series Pro dom Mav and sub Ice Principles of Aviation AlphaMav/OmegaIce arranged marriage The Auction Mav auctions off his butt virginity (silly) Last Flight to Fairbanks Ice chases Mav all the way to Alaska The Heart is an Empty Room Soulmates with a twist Other Assorted Oneshots Silly Oneshots

Home of Softserveman

#about me #carrd #pro vulture propaganda #kofi #extremely serious demands #writing #ao3 links #aelibia

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laiqualaurelote · 2 years

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Good luck on your Crimmdependence and metaphorical key finding! I’d love to read another Steddie fic by you and I can’t think of an AU right now, but if you’ve got any little plot bunnies, I’m sure they’re golden.

I swear I had an AU idea the other day, but I promptly forgot it again…

The mission was simple: infiltrate the neighborhood, keep an eye on the man at number 37, lay low until something drastic happened, e.g. imminent threat of exposure or assassins.

“It’s too simple,” lamented Steve. “I’m not an invalid, you know. They could have given me something better than babysitting duty.”

“The Chief said you could use a break,” Dustin pointed out over comms. “You basically just spent your last three missions getting beat up.”

“Yeah, but I won those fights.”

“Buddy,” said Dustin patiently, “I hate to break it to you, but you did not.”

This was how Steve and Robin ended up as Mr and Mrs J. Smith in the leafy suburb of Mile Point, Cincinnati. Their house had a white picket fence and everything. It was like a vision Steve might have had of his future in high school, only the last girl he’d entertained that sort of vision with had been Nancy Wheeler, and the last time he’d seen Nancy, she’d nearly shot him in the throat with a sniper rifle. Granted, it was to take out the internationally wanted assassin he’d been grappling with at the time, and she’d apologized later, but it was still awkward.

Nancy was now in Dubai, probably doing some insanely cool mission that involved her having to scale the Burj Khalifa with magnet clamps, or whatever. Everyone, it seemed, had cool missions. Lucas was parachuting into the Amazon and Will was in deep cover as some kind of secret society mole and El was off on yet another of her highly clandestine operations that only former child assassins bred in a lab by evil scientists were eligible for, apparently. And then there was Steve, stuck in Pleasantville pretending to be married to his best friend. He didn’t even know why they had to watch the guy at number 37. All they knew was that the subject’s name was Eddie Munson and that he was in hiding because VECNA was after him.

“If you don’t know anything, you can’t give it up when you get captured and interrogated,” said Dustin, way too cheerfully.

“I wouldn’t give up anything,” protested Steve.

“I would,” said Robin unhelpfully. “I’d sing like my eponymous bird. Don’t tell me anything.”

Their first task was to make contact. They did this by delivering a casserole, like good neighbors should. The casserole had been baked not by Robin, who was as much of a disaster in the kitchen as she was in the field, but by Mrs Byers, before she left with the Chief on a purported vacation to Alaska. “It’s not actually a vacation, is it,” said Steve dubiously to Jonathan, who showed up in the guise of a plumber to deliver the casserole and some more surveillance equipment. “It’s totally a mission. Why else would Murray go with them on vacation?”

“Murray drove them to the airport,” said Jonathan.

“Yeah, and where did he go after that?”

“How should I know?” retorted Jonathan. “Why would I care what Murray’s up to? I’m not obsessed with other people’s missions, unlike some. There’s a tracker in the casserole dish, and you should also see if you can get these planted while you’re over there.” He handed Steve a couple of tiny bugs. “If you need any more supplies, call pizza delivery and ask for Argyle.”

“Yeah, yeah,” said Steve wearily. “I know the drill. Tell the kids I said hi.”

“We’re not kids,” said Mike waspishly over comms. “We’re handling your entire comms array, just so you know.”

Steve muted him.

“Well hey there!” cried Steve brightly when their new neighbor opened the door to their aggressively cheerful knocking. “We saw you just moved in across the way, and we thought we’d do the neighborly thing and drop by to say hi. I’m Joe, and this is my wife Mary.”

“We brought this for you,” added Robin, smiling madly like she was in a toothpaste ad.

“I,” said Eddie Munson. He was gaping at them like they were aliens. He was wearing a very questionable sweater vest and kept running a hand through his hair, which meant that he had cut it recently and was not used to having it so short. There were what seemed like the tips of a tattoo peeking out from beneath his sleeve. Robin elbowed Steve, who had been staring, said sweetly, “Mind if I just pop this in your oven?” and sailed right past Eddie into the house.

Steve stuck out a friendly hand. “Didn’t catch your name.”

“It’s also Joe,” said Eddie. His eyes hadn’t left Steve’s face the whole time. “Short for Joseph. What’s yours short for?”

“Um,” said Steve. “Joe…nathan. Johnathan. But, like, you pronounce the first ‘h’.”

“What the fuck,” he heard Jonathan say over comms.

“Hey,” Steve went on, “is that a tattoo?” He took Eddie’s wrist and turned it over. “Are those birds?”

“Um,” said Eddie in what might have been mild panic, but he didn’t pull away. “They’re bats.”

“Cool,” said Steve. “Very cool.”

Eddie was looking up at him, lips slightly parted. Steve could feel his pulse rabbiting under his thumb. Wow, thought Steve wildly, hope this mission doesn’t end up with me having to kill this guy, because that would really suck.

“Hey, honey,” came Robin’s voice from behind them. Eddie yanked his wrist from Steve’s hand like he’d been scalded and pulled his sleeve up in one smooth motion. “So lovely to meet you, Joe. We have just got to have you over some time.”

“I don’t want to be any trouble,” began Eddie.

“No trouble at all,” fluted Robin, “we’d love to have you, see you around town!” She hooked her arm through Steve’s and led him off.

“Did you plant them?” Steve said when they were out of earshot.

“Of course,” said Robin. “Thanks for the distraction, hubs.”

“No problem.”

“Oh I bet it wasn’t,” said Robin significantly, and that was when Steve realised that it was, in fact, a problem.

Despite this he tried to carry out the rest of the mission in a calm and professional way. This was made difficult by a number of things, like when Billy Hargrove showed up at the supermarket and attempted to kidnap Eddie in the canned foods and cereals aisle.

“Billy?’ spat Max over comms. “Why is Billy there? I’ll take care of Billy.”

“You will do no such thing!” Steve hissed back, barrelling through frozen foods with a laden trolley. He sent it careening into Billy, knocking him into a pyramid of baby formula. Billy’s tranquiliser dart went wide. Eddie, obliviously comparing cereal brands at the other end of the aisle, did not notice it thudding into a box of Captain Crunch. Steve dragged Billy behind a shelf of eggs and pinned him to the supermarket’s dustbunny-riddled floor. Billy grinned up at him, all teeth. “Back for more, Harrington?”

“Dude, I do not want a repeat of Topanga,” muttered Steve. His ribs still throbbed at the memory. “Who are you working for this time?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” said Billy nastily, and then he drove an elbow into Steve’s sternum and flipped them.

Steve almost blacked out when Billy began throttling him. There was a crash, and he blinked up as Max hauled an unconscious Billy off him. She had hit him in the head with a cast-iron frying pan snagged from the cookware discount rack.

“Thanks,” said Steve blearily.

“You’re welcome, loser. Quick, get him in here.” They wrestled Billy into an empty trolley and Max set off pushing it, just as Eddie rounded the corner.

“I heard a noise,” he began, “oh, hey Joe, fancy seeing you here – ” and Steve, in an attempt to distract him from the redhead sprinting for the service exit with her stepbrother-turned-freelance-archnemesis out cold in a trolley, grabbed him by the face and kissed him.

Eddie dropped his basket on Steve’s foot in shock. It was painfully full of canned food, which Steve valiantly ignored. “Oh, fuck it,” he thought he heard Eddie say against his mouth, and then Eddie was kissing him back, hands tangled in Steve’s hair and pressing him precariously against the egg shelf. It was, however, Eddie who broke away to say: “No, no, we can’t.”

“What?” said Steve stupidly.

“Because I’m supposed to – ” Eddie caught himself and visibly changed tack. “Because you’re married, dude.”

“I am?”

Eddie picked up Steve’s hand and ran his thumb over the standard-issue fake wedding ring on Steve’s finger. “Oh,” said Steve, “right, that.”

“Yeah, that,” said Eddie, and then he spun and literally ran away from Steve. He didn’t even pick up his groceries.

So the mission was going pretty badly, actually. And that was even before Henry Creel came to town.

(For the AU prompt game. Partially inspired by this image.)

#stranger things #spy au #secret agent au #steve x eddie #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #dustin henderson #jonathan byers #billy hargrove #max mayfield #ask game

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casspurrjoybell-25 · 9 months

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November - Chapter 27

*Warning Adult Content*

- Cooper -

As Cooper lay in his bunk, he turned on the satellite phone and read through the texts between and Oliver and himself.

He was almost halfway through his fishing job and reading Oliver's texts had become a routine for him.

I hiked to Marymere Falls today.

Our first hike together.

I thought of you the entire time and as soon as you're back we need to go on a hiking date. :)

We can relive our experience and maybe this time I can get to the top of Mount Storm King.

Annabelle and I baked confetti cupcakes today and frosted them with buttercream icing.

And topped them with sprinkles.

You would have loved them.

She promises that the three of us can make them again when you're back.

I love you and miss you.

"Thinking about you and your sexy ass.

I miss it so much.

I want to grab it and squeeze it and then fuck you through the bed.

I miss your bear hugs and all your cuddles in the morning.

I even miss your beard tickling my face and waking me up.

The next one was heartbreaking and most of the time Cooper skipped it.

But today he felt like torturing himself, so he read it.

Oliver had sent it five days ago, shortly after two in the morning.

I can't sleep.

I miss you so much.

The bed's too big without you and I want to feel your body pressed against mine and your arms around me.

I miss your smile and your big booming laugh and your eyes and your lips.

I'm counting down the days until you're back.

I love you more than I thought it was ever possible to love someone.

I miss you I miss you I miss you.

I can't wait until you're back home.

I love you so much.

Cooper had cried the first time he read it.

His heart ached and he could feel how much Oliver missed him because he missed him the same way.

Cooper loved deep sea fishing, being out on the ocean and all the hard work and the thrill of a great catch and he knew he didn't ever want to give it up but he had to admit it was damn hard to be away from the man he loved.

Oliver buying the satellite phone had made a big difference though.

Cooper worked long hours and had little free time but they texted all the time and he made a point to call Oliver every few days.

They couldn't talk for hours like Cooper wanted to but it helped to hear Oliver's voice and talk to him in real time.

Cooper got up from his bunk and made his way up to the deck for their call.

Sometimes it was a challenge to find a quiet place to talk where he wasn't in the way but he didn't let anything keep him from calling Oliver.

Oliver answered almost immediately.

"Hey, Coop."

"Hey, love. It's good to hear your voice," Cooper replied.

‘I would give anything for a hug from Oliver right now.’

"It's good to hear yours. I miss you. How's the weather? Are you getting enough sleep?"

Oliver always had a lot of questions about how Cooper was doing and how the job was going.

Cooper’s answers didn't vary much, so he spent most of their calls asking him what was going on back home.

Oliver had a lot more to report and Cooper enjoyed listening to him talk and letting the sound of his lover’s voice wash over him.

"You've got a short break coming up, right?" Oliver asked, after filling Cooper in on his family and a hike he'd gone on a couple days ago.

"Yep. We'll be at Dutch Harbor in Alaska for two days."

"What are you going to do? I'm sure you've probably been there before but are you going to go see anything while you're there?"

Cooper laughed.

"I'll be sleeping and eating. That's what a lot of us do. I'm looking forward to being in a real bed and having access to a nicer shower and different food."

"Are you going to have enough time to talk to me?" Oliver asked, a teasing tone to his voice.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world. I'll keep talking to you until I fall asleep on the phone."

"Okay. Text me the days and times you'll be there so I can clear my schedule. I'm really looking forward to talking to you for hours instead of minutes."

"Me too. I love you and miss you."

"I love you too. And I miss you more than I can say."

Cooper didn't want this to devolve into sadness, so he tried to end the call on a cheerful note.

"I'll be counting down the days until my break. Love you. Bye, Oliver."

Cooper hung up and leaned against the railing, staring up at the sky.

He didn't want to lose Oliver.

It seemed like everything was going well and being able to talk to him regularly made all the difference in the world but he couldn't shake his doubts.

The last man Cooper dated didn't make it past a month and a half into his four month fishing job.

When they had pulled into the harbor for a break two months after setting out, Cooper had turned on his cell phone to find a text from him ending their relationship.

It had been sent a couple weeks prior.

It sucked, especially having to deal with the heartbreak while he was working and far away from his family.

‘If Oliver broke up with me and went back to California, I don't think I'd survive it. Even though I'd only known him for six months, he was my best friend. He was my everything.’

Cooper hoped this wouldn't be too much for Oliver.

He hoped he'd still be there when he got back.

- Oliver -

It was a grey, overcast morning in Alaska but it was beautiful.

The rolling hills and mountains rising from the ocean were a vibrant green and contrasted perfectly with the blue of the water.

It was chilly, so Oliver pulled his jacket tighter around himself as he watched the flurry of activity on Cooper's fishing vessel.

Oliver knew the guys had to be coming off the vessel soon.

He also knew Cooper wanted to spend his two day break sleeping but Oliver hoped he'd be happy to see him instead.

When Cooper told Oliver where the vessel would be for their break, he immediately booked a plane ticket out there.

Flying to Alaska wasn't cheap or easy but Oliver would do anything if it meant he could surprise Cooper and see him in person after two months apart.

Oliver finally spotted some men leaving the vessel and his heart started to race when he saw Cooper.

Oliver pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and called him.

It warmed his heart when he saw the smile on Cooper’s face as he saw who was calling him.

"Hey, babe," he answered.

"Perfect timing. I'm literally walking off the ship and was about to call you. How'd you know I'd be able to answer?"

Oliver smiled.

"Because I can see you."

Cooper stopped in his tracks and his head shot up.

Oliver waved and when Cooper spotted him, the young man could see the shock on his boyfriend’s face.

Cooper’s phone slipped out of his hand and onto the ground.

He quickly bents to pick it up and then raced off the ship and jogged over to Oliver, barreling into him hard enough that he almost knocked him over.

But Oliver didn't fall because Cooper’s arms were around him, pulling him into his large frame.

Oliver took a deep breath, taking in the scent of Cooper’s hair and then the large man squeezed him and lifted his boyfriend off the ground.

Oliver didn't even care that Cooper was squeezing him hard enough that he suddenly couldn't breathe.

When Cooper finally put Oliver down, he was grinning, his smile wider than the young man had ever seen it before.

"What are you doing here?" Cooper asked, slightly shaking his head.

"I can't believe you're actually here. Am I dreaming? This is the best surprise ever."

"I missed you so much that I wanted to see your face in person."

Cooper continued to look amazed.

"How did you pull this off? You have to take two flights from Seattle and it's not cheap."

Oliver leaned forward and kissed the tip of Cooper’s nose.

"It was an adventure. And like I mentioned before, my boyfriend doesn't let me pay any rent so I have a lot of money sitting around."

Cooper pulled Oliver in again, kissing him hard.

Oliver slid his fingers into Cooper’s overgrown beard so he could cup the sides of his face.

The young man was so happy to see his boyfriend and feel his large arms wrapped around him and his solid frame against his.

It was worth every second of the day of travel and the money he spent to get here.

They separated when they heard a nearby voice.

"Cooper, is this your boy?"

A few of the men who had been making their way off the vessel were standing near them.

Oliver wasn't sure how friendly they'd be about two men kissing but he didn't have to worry.

Cooper put his arm around the younger man’s slender waist.

"Yep, this is Oliver. He flew out here to surprise me. Can you believe that?"

One of the men smiled and offered his hand.

"I'm Jack. It's good to finally put a face to a name."

Oliver shook his hand and smiled back and Cooper introduced him to the rest of the guys.

"We're not going to see you at all for the next two days, are we?" Jack asked.

Cooper grinned.

"Nope. See you all again, when we're about to leave.”

After the guys walked away, Oliver turned to Cooper.

"You must be ready for a decent meal. Do you want to go get breakfast?"

"Only if the breakfast is you."

Oliver laughed.

"Hotel room it is, then."

Oliver had rented a car and as they made the short drive over to the hotel, Cooper's hand never left his boyfriend’s thigh."

I can't believe you're here," Cooper murmured.

"I'm still in shock."

"I didn't want to go another two months without seeing you."

Cooper squeezed my thigh.

"I hope you're planning on showing me just how much you've missed me."

"Oh, I definitely am. As soon as we get to our hotel room."

Cooper's booming laugh filled the car.

"I'm all for that but I need to take a shower first."

"But I like the way you smell after you've been working."

"Trust me, I need a proper shower. It's not like logging where I smell like sweat, dirt and pine needles. I smell like sweat, ocean water and fish. You're not going to like it. And I need to clean up anyway for what I want to do with you."

"Okay," Oliver laughed.

"We'll start in the shower.

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alienaiver · 1 year

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For your sentence ask game, how about “I’d love to, but only with you,” and Howard Link? Thank you so much! Hope you’re having a good day <3

KLAWDJKAFA HELLO HOWARD LINK IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE !!!! THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING HIM IM !! <33333 and im having a mixed day, theres been some bad news but writing all these scenarios are really bringing up my mood so thank you so much again for requesting !! <3333 i hope you enjoy this !! <3

Dating Howard Link doesn’t always come with the label easy. He’s very attentive to your needs and he likes to take care of you.

However, he’s also childish. Incredibly so, for a man so mature and level-headed. Alas, he has his moments where he doesn’t budge no matter the circumstance. You’re draped over his lap with him running circles into your scalp, giving you a little massage that is sorely needed after a long day of work.

Your pout deepens as you let out another dramatic sigh, signaling you’re not happy about what he’s saying. “But it’s Allen’s birthday and it’s all he wants to do!” you argue, flailing your arms in the air. You’ve been trying to plan what to do for Allen’s birthday for a few days now, everyone interested in doing different things. Lenalee assured you that she’d be happy with whatever Allen and you planned but Kanda had a long list of no-goes. Lavi was on the other end of the spectrum with a list of suggestions that frankly just overwhelmed you and Allen – how would you even be able to go rock-climbing or rappel down a waterfall?

Allen had then decided on ice-skating. They’d set up an ice rink in the local park for the winter season and you’d been so happy that the birthday boy had had a suggestion himself – it wouldn’t have been the first birthday you’d planned for him because of his humble nature.

“And I said”- Link straightens his back – “I’d love to, but only with you.”

You sigh again and look up at him with a half-hearted glare. Can’t he just cooperate with you? You let your hand run up his arm and the way a shiver runs through him doesn’t go by you. You then grab his collar and pull him down into a kiss, “please?”

His lips turn into a thin line as his brow furrow, “please refrain from seducing a yes out of me.”

You laugh and kiss him again, “will it work?”

He groans and drags a hand through his hair, obviously frustrated. “It most certainly will not.” he states matter-of-factly but there’s no real fight when you sit up and kiss him again, “why won’t you go with the others?”

He looks pointedly away, avoiding any sort of eye contact before he clears his throat, “I don’t need to divulge that information.” He’s clearly trying to will down a blush but the bright red on his ears seems to stay. You chuckle, “you’re right, you don’t. But I’m going to guess it anyway.”

He straightens his back once more as his hands leaves you. You poke his waist, “are you afraid of falling in front of the others?”

A squawk leaves him before he tries to regain his neutral composure.

Bingo.

You laugh and lean your head onto his neck, feeling the way your cheeks flush warm, “but you’re not afraid of falling in front of me?”

He sighs deeply before wrapping his arms around you, “of course not. You’ve seen me burn my hands on the stove from sheer stupidity and you’ve even watched me mess up a Baked Alaska, what more can I be embarrassed about?”

You snort, “can’t believe that’s your measure.” You kiss his nose, “but please, I promise they won’t laugh.”

He sends you a leveled look, the kind that signals he smells bullshit. You laugh a bit, “okay they might laugh a little bit but I promise I’ll bite their ankles, so please?”

Link sighs deeply, his eyes screwed shut, “will it please you?”

“Of course it will, that’s literally why I’m begging,” you laugh and kiss his forehead, straightening out the frustration wrinkle sat there. He nods then and kisses you on the lips, “but I demand that the two of us go there an hour before the rest so I can practice!”

send me a sentence + character and ill write a little scenario where the sentence’s included!!

#d gray man fluff #howard link fluff #d. gray man x reader #i swear..... link is my no 1 love of my life holy man hes sO HANDSOME AND JUST... so dreamy #also a baked alaska is a really difficult cake to make !!!! hehehe #nohr.talks #lovenote: anonymous #nohr.writing

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strangergrove · 2 years

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Ooo, been a long time since I've been tagged. Thanks @lovebillyhargrove!

1. Do they get together before the mindflayer possessed Billy or after shit goes down (or maybe during 😲)?

I've written fics for every variation (kinda?) I'm not sure I have a favourite, but I usually lean toward before. The one I'm finishing up right now is kind of during/immediately after.

2. Who kisses who first?

While I think neither of them is shy about going for what they want, I think Billy would be more comfortable being the first to go for it in this situation because I've always hc'd this being Steve's first queer relationship.

3. Where do they have their first sex? (Location) (HJs and BJs count)

First place for non-penetrative sex? If they hook up circa s2, I'd honestly say the locker room after everyone else leaves. As for anal and hooking up post s2... Probably the Camaro, otherwise Steve's house when his parents are inevitably out of town.

4. Who says 💖 I love you 💖 first?

I honestly think Steve would be wary of being the first to say it because of the "bullshit" thing with Nancy. I think that hurt him pretty badly and he wouldn't be keen to open his heart up without fully believing Billy truly loved him.

5. Bottom!Steve or bottom!Billy?

Whichever fits the vibe I'm writing. I like the idea of top!Billy 'cause I just like me some tops hahaha. But I could see them both being vers.

6. Do they give gifts to each other?

I see Steve buying Billy things because he doesn't know how to make anything, and Billy making Steve things because he doesn't have money to buy anything. I also think they'd both be insecure about it, thinking the other one's way of gift-giving is superior, but in reality Billy loves the obscure, thoughtful gifts Steve finds and Steve loves the shit Billy makes him.

7. Where do they end up living? California, Chicago, Hawkins… idk. Alaska?? Any other location?

I usually write them moving to Cali but lately I've really been into the idea of them living in Minnesota. Granted, I'm extremely biased because that's where I'm from, but I like the idea of it. Steve gets to stay in the midwest and Billy still gets to surf, even though he'll be very cold doing so haha.

8. What are their future jobs?

In the 80s? I could see Steve being a coach of some sort. He loves sports and has taken a liking to looking after and teaching kids, so I think it would fit. I can't see him in any sort of job like what his dad does, and although I love the idea of him and Robin working together forever, I don't think they'd actually be interested in the same kinds of jobs. Billy I could see either being a mechanic or a lifeguard/swim instructor/surf instructor. He knows his way around a car and he loves his Camaro, but I think he'd be a mechanic moreso out of a financial need than a passion. Water is his passion.

9. Who’s a better cook?

At the time of the show, I think Steve would be awful because he's never had to cook in his life, and Billy wouldn't be great but he'd know how, because his dad made him help Susan sometimes, or cook for Max while they were out. However, I think Billy would get more into cooking healthy meals and Steve would maybe get into baking.

10. Steve Hargrove or Billy Harrington?

As much as I love the last name Hargrove, I have a very strong feeling Billy would jump at the chance to bury it forever. He wouldn't let that cursed name anywhere near Steve. So, Billy Harrington.

11. What’s Max’s reaction when she hears they’re together?

She would lovingly tease the absolute shit out of them, but she'd be so happy Billy found someone who loved him, especially since Steve's influence would calm the raging fire in Billy.

12. Describe in one sentence Hopper’s reaction when he hears the names Hargrove and Harrington mentioned together.

Just utterly distraught, thinking about the havoc they'll wreak.

13. Does Robin like Billy or does Robin hate Billy?

I'm thinking she doesn't meet him until after he and Steve are together, when he's less volatile and angry, and she adores the shit outta him. However, if she met him in school she'd have hated him at first.

14. What about Dustin?

It takes a while, but once Billy apologizes to Lucas and starts making up for everything, Dustin starts to like him.

15. Fave harringrove AU?

Fuck if I know 😂

16. Billy + Camaro =…?

That's his baby. His Camaro comes second only to Max and Steve.

#billy hargrove #steve harrington #harringrove #billy x steve #steve x billy #Tag game #No energy to tag anyone cause I've been away for aeons

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Nice!

What other kinds of food do the tribes make?

haha, admittedly, i'm not well versed in any of the foods across all the tribes. frybread is just a bit of a special case in that it's something we all tend to share. the foods from east coast tribes, to west coast tribes, to the tribes in the plains, and even tribes from different parts of alaska all vary so much.

one thing i know that links most coastal tribes is fish, salmon in particular. east and west coast! (though in my opinion, pacific salmon is a million times better than atlantic salmon-- atlantic salmon tends to be way more fishy than pacific haha)

but then there's differences even within tribes depending on if you grew up on the reservation or in a village, or outside one. my family is all "city natives". my uncle who grew up in the village loves to give the family grief for being city natives, even though the city in question was sitka, alaska and like........it's not a City-city lmao

the only tribe i'm comfortable saying anything regarding food is my own, and even then, only more "modern" methods from my family specifically. if i were to ask my family to give my friend a "tlingit meal experience" it would absolutely include fresh (or only recently frozen) salmon and halibut. the salmon itself would depend on whatever is running, pinks, kings (chinook), coho (silvers), or sockeye. I personally don't have a preference, but my family insists king salmon is the best. the salmon would be grilled, and the halibut baked. if they thought i was trying to "impress" my friend, they would probably even serve halibut cheeks (the best cut off of the fish, and the most expensive cut). if the family was lucky with the crab pots, probably some king crab or snow crab depending on the season. herring eggs, which is one of my absolute favorites but ONLY when it's hot and fresh. the second they start cooling down they're disgusting lol. it's hard to describe the flavor, since the eggs are harvested by putting hemlock branches in the water for them to lay the eggs on, then boiled and like. doused in butter. it's a very mild fish and herb taste, and the texture is pretty fun. moose meat of some kind. usually my family does moose burgers, but sometimes moose sausages. reindeer sausages are usually made with breakfast, but i don't really care for them since my uncle always overcooks them and they're dry. rice with all of it. probably dried seaweed, too, but that one it always hit or miss for me. idk what it is about the different places my aunties harvest it from, but sometimes it's super fishy and strong, and other times it's nice and i enjoy it. and then berries. Salmonberries and blueberries, usually. Salmonberries are a type of wild raspberry. i love picking them in the summer, the family usually makes a whole day of it. in the summers we have them fresh in a bowl with sugar and evaporated milk, or on top of salads. most of it goes to making salmonberry jam, though. super sweet and one of my favorites. if the berries are frozen, they'll make this...jell-o salad? it's like, raspberry and cherry jell-o, and a few other things. i'm. not sure. i've only eaten it, never made it lmao. my REAL favorite is when my auntie makes a cheesecake that's topped with a salmonberry reduction. the blueberries are so interesting bc like...store-bought blueberries just do not taste the same. wild blueberries taste so much better. we usually just make them into jam, or have them fresh on salads.....or my aunties torment me by making blueberry pancakes (which is a post for a different day lmaO)

other foods that i know i've seen during different potlatchs would be fish stew, fish head stew, fish heads, (we don't waste any part of the animals we consume lol--like basically every tribe, we value being stewards of the land. we never owned the land, we belonged to the land) seal, seal oil, clams, oysters, a million different ways to prepare kelp, and just about a million different ways to prepare any of the meats i mentioned, along with plenty of other things that are maybe more family specific haha

#red gekkouga

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