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Roommate Needed

I wrote this for Nalu Day but I never ended up posting it. It's my first oneshot, which I found harder to write than multi-chapter fics. But anyways, here is my first oneshot.

Rated T for language.

Summary: AU. Lucy is in need of a new place to live and stumbles across a sketchy flyer from someone looking for a new roommate. Little did she know at the time that the sketchy flyer just so happened to be one of the greatest things life had given her.

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Roommate Needed!

Lucy Heartfilia stopped in her tracks and snatched the flyer off of the library's bulletin board. The simple, white piece of paper with those two words and a single phone number at the bottom-right corner was like a gift sent from the gods. The girl had been searching for months for a new place to live that was in her budget- her low budget, mind you.

Her current apartment was in her budget but didn't have enough amenities. The place had no air conditioning, her bedroom was cramped, there was no on-site laundromat, and water, electricity, and trash were not included in the rent. Worse than that, however, was the fact that there was no bathtub. Instead, there was a standup shower.

But worst of all was her roommate. While her roommate, Brandish, was a nice girl that Lucy considered a friend, she was a terrible roommate. Brandish was a tad lazy, saving off chores and forcing Lucy to do all of them herself. She also skimmed out on some of the rent every other month. Too kind to say anything about it, the girl allowed it to continue and picked up extra shifts at the library to be able to pay for everything. But being a junior in college, extra shifts cut into her schoolwork. Having to end working overtime, she was left unable to continue paying for so much.

Which led Lucy to where she was now.

Lucy frowned and flipped the paper to the other side to see if there was any more information. Unfortunately, it was blank. The flyer only contained a phone number, not even the name of the person renting it out. Was it sketchy? Definitely. But hey, she was desperate. It wouldn't hurt to make a call, right?

After clocking out and saying goodbye to her boss, an old man named Crux, Lucy slung the straps of her backpacks over her shoulders and ventured outside. The sky was dark and full of twinkling stars, stars that she had loved staring at. She was able to see her breath as she exhaled due to the chilly air.

Walking home took about twenty minutes for Lucy- had it not been night, it would've been closer to thirty. The walking distance to the school was one of the few good features about her apartment. Admittedly, it did make her question moving. But there was always the bus considering it was free for students enrolled at Magnolia University.

With a heavy sigh, Lucy opened the door to her apartment, ready to see what kind of mess Brandish had made while she was gone. As always, dishes were piled in the sink and food was left on the counter. The scent of weed filled her nostrils, which wasn't surprising. Brandish was an avid stoner. Lucy was offered to take a hit when she first moved in with the green-headed girl but turned her down. She wasn't into all of that stuff.

Brandish, who was lounging only in her underwear and an untied robe, lifted a hand and greeted, "Hey." Her eyes were dull, just like her voice. Though she seemed uninterested, she was actually a curious girl. Nice but strange.

Lucy waved back and smiled. "Hey, Brandi. How was your day?"

"Boring. You?"

Remembering the flyer that she stuffed in her bag, the blonde replied, "Boring so far, but we'll see."

Lucy then excused herself into her room, closing the door behind her. As any other good roommate, she had told Brandish months in advance that she was planning to move. Brandish took it well, saying that she could have another friend of theirs, Cana- a spunky brunette with a love for all things alcoholic- to room with her.

Grabbing the flyer from her bag, Lucy dialed the number into her cellphone. Biting her lower lip anxiously, the blonde listened as the phone rang until finally somebody picked up.

"Hello?" someone called out. It was a boy with a voice that wasn't deep nor too high. In Lucy's opinion, it was just right.

"U-Umm, hi," Lucy stammered. "I am calling about a flyer posted in the library about a needed roommate."

"Oh, that's awesome!" the boy exclaimed. "When do you wanna check the place out?"

"Check the place out? Don't you think you should tell me a bit about it first? Your flyer wasn't too informative."

"Well duh. That's because you're supposed to look at it in person."

Lucy scoffed. "What if your place isn't what I'm looking for? That means I would've driven there for nothing. Just tell me about it first!"

"Alright, alright. It's got four bedrooms. One is mine, one is the Stripper's- pretty much Juvia's too since she's always here- and another is Lug Nuts'. We're looking for a fourth roommate since Erza moved out."

Lucy wondered about the strange names and thought about hanging up right then and there. After all, one of their aliases was Stripper. She wasn't sure she was comfortable living with someone known for stripping. Hell, she wasn't sure she was comfortable living with a guy in the first place.

"Umm, got anything else to tell me about it?" Lucy asked, temporarily pushing those thoughts to the side.

"There's two bathrooms. Stripper and Lug Nuts share one and I would share the other with you if you decide to move in."

"About the bathroom, is there a tub?"

"Huh? Yeah, there's a tub. Why?"

"Nothing. How is the living room? And the kitchen?"

"Living room is pretty big. And the kitchen is alright but none of us really use it much. We usually eat fast food."

"You eat fast food every day?"

"Well none of us know how to cook, so yeah."

Lucy decided not to mention that she was a decent cook. She didn't want to get the boy's hopes up when she wasn't sure she was going to move in. In fact, it wasn't looking too good at the moment. Perhaps if the price was good, she would consider it. But she doubted it would be enough to change her mind about living with a stripper.

"How much is the place anyways?" Lucy inquired, expecting the worst.

"Three hundred," the boy answered.

Lucy choked on her spit and began to sputter like a fool. There was no way she heard that right. "Three hundred?"

"Yep."

"What is that, per week?"

"What? No way! It's per month!"

Lucy nearly fainted from happiness. "I'd love to check it out! Can I come by tomorrow!?"

He gave a boyish chuckle, which sent a faint heat throughout the girl's body for some reason she couldn't explain. "Yeah!" He gave her the address, which she jotted down on the flyer.

"Alright! I'll swing by after my three o'clock class. Sound good?"

"Yosh! I'm all fired up!"

Lucy was about to hang up the phone before his voice called out to her again.

"Wait!" he shouted. "What's your name?"

"I'm Lucy."

"Got a last name to go with that?"

The girl frowned and chomped down and her lower lip. She was hesitant about giving the guy her full name when this whole thing could be a scam. "Nope, just Lucy."

The boy laughed, much to her relief. "Well alright then, Just Lucy. I'm Natsu! See you tomorrow!"

With a wide grin, she replied, "Okay! See you then!"

With that, Lucy squealed to herself and hugged her favorite plush toy, a snowman she named Plue. She couldn't wait to check out the apartment. But for now, she had a lot of homework that needed to get done.

"Do you want to hang out since you don't work today, Lu-chan?"

Lucy frowned apologetically at her best friend and shook her head. "Sorry, Levy-chan. I can't hang out today. I'm checking out an apartment."

Levy was Lucy's first and best friend since she enrolled in college. She was a petite girl with bright, messy blue locks of hair that stood out among the sea of students. Well, it would have if she wasn't hidden due to her short height. She was a junior as well, though she was majoring in Linguistics while Lucy was majoring in Creative Writing. She also happened to be one of the smartest students at Magnolia University and was offered a full-ride scholarship.

"You found a place?" Levy asked, a wide grin forming on her face.

Lucy mirrored the expression and nodded giddily. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out the flyer and handed it to her friend. "I did! Get this, it's only three hundred a month!"

"You're kidding! What's wrong with it?"

"I don't know, that's what I'm going to find out today. The guy that's renting it out made it sound nice though."

Levy stopped and stared at the blonde as if she had grown another head. "Whoa, whoa, wait. The guy?"

Lucy chuckled and rubbed the back of her head. She was hoping Levy wouldn't catch that. "U-Umm, yeah. Guy."

"You're planning on living with a boy!?"

"Don't say it so loud! And I don't know… We would have our own rooms, we would just share the bathroom. And he seemed the least strange of all the people that live there."

"Who else lives there?"

"Someone he calls Stripper and another one called Lug Nuts."

"That is weird. Is that where you're heading to now?"

"Yep."

Levy furrowed her brows and gave her friend a skeptical look. "You're going to a house where a boy and his friends are waiting? The house with the sketchy flyer? By yourself? When you're a cute girl?"

Lucy groaned and dragged a hand over her face. "What is this, twenty questions? Yes to all of them."

"Are you sure that's a good idea? You know what, you don't even have to answer that. I'm coming with you."

"No, Levy-chan. You don't have to do-"

"I'm coming whether you want me to or not, Lu-chan. So we can either argue all the way there or you can accept it now."

Lucy gave a long sigh in defeat. "Well then, let's get going."

The walk was longer than they expected, taking them a little over forty-five minutes. The bus would have to be her method of transportation if she moved there since she didn't have a car and didn't intend on buying one soon.

To Lucy's surprise, Natsu's place wasn't an apartment. It was a white, one-story house in a not-so-decent condition. The paint was chipping in many different spots, there wasn't much of a yard (only a small patch of grass in front of both windows), and worst of all, there was something that looked a lot like dried blood on the front steps.

Lucy and Levy shared a glance and contemplated turning around and never coming back. Yet the cheap rent had the former hesitantly approaching the door. Raising a loosely formed fist, she was about to knock on the green door when it was suddenly thrown open, revealing a boy that appeared around their age.

Lucy admittedly thought the boy was strange looking at first, solely because she had never seen a boy that looked like him. Despite this, her heart still thrashed around her chest at the sight of him because damn was he hot. With tanned skin, the boy stood a head taller than her and peered into her eyes with his own onyx orbs. A wide grin was etched over his face, revealing particularly sharp incisors. His clothes brought a bright red hue to her cheeks as he was adorned in baggy white pants and a weird vest with only one sleeve. He wasn't even wearing anything underneath and was showing off a perfectly chiseled set of abs. The strangest thing about him, however, was his pink hair.

"Yo!" the boy greeted. Lucy was immediately able to recognize his voice as Natsu's. "Is one of you Lucy?"

"U-Umm, that's me," Lucy answered, taking a step forward. "And this is my friend, Levy-chan. You're Natsu, right?"

"That's me! Wanna check the place out now?"

"I have two questions first," she replied. "First, were you looking out the peephole or something, waiting for me?"

"What? Of course not! That's creepy! I just have really good hearing."

"You're telling me that you heard us coming? Are the walls thin?"

"Nah. Metal Mouth and I have good hearing compared to everyone else. Ice Pick never hears it."

Lucy briefly wondered about the new nicknames but decided not to question it. "Okay, fine. Second, is this dried blood on the cement?"

Natsu chuckled and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Yeah. But it's nothing weird, I promise! Stripper and I just got into a fight. Happens all the time."

"Yeah, because that's reassuring."

"C'mon, Luigi! It's no big deal, just a couple of brawls!"

"It's Lucy!"

"Ehh, whatever. You guys coming in or not?"

The two girls shared a look before shrugging. They already came this way, they should at least check it out. They followed Natsu inside the house. The design of the home was simple. Upon entering, they were in the living room. Going forward led to the open kitchen and to the left were two doors, which Lucy presumed to be two of the bedrooms. On the right were two other doors, which of course were the last bedrooms.

To Lucy's relief, the house was well-kept. There was no trash lying around, no dirty dishes, and the place didn't smell like weed. Already a huge improvement from her own place.

"You have a nice place," Levy mused, strolling around the home to get a feel of it.

"Thanks," Natsu replied, giving the short girl a grin.

"Where's the nearest laundromat?" Lucy asked.

"There's one on-site so you don't have to drive anywhere."

Lucy wanted to squeal from excitement. Taking the bus to the laundromat was one of her least favorite parts of her week. Carrying a laundry basket on the bus was embarrassing for her and perverts would always unashamedly stare at her undergarments.

"Can we see the room?" Levy asked, her eyes shining with curiosity.

"Sure," Natsu said with a shrug. He led the way towards the door to the right closer to the kitchen.

The room was decent sized, bigger than Lucy's current room. She could picture all of her stuff here. Her bed would go in the corner and her desk would be pushed in front of the window. That way, she could use natural light when she worked on her stories. So far, things were looking good. There was just one thing left to see.

"Can I see the bathroom?" Lucy asked. Upon Natsu nodding, the girl headed for the door that had to lead to the bathroom. Opening it, she found that the bathroom had another door connecting to Natsu's room and was a little cramped, but it didn't matter because there was a clean bathtub to make up for it. She absolutely loved taking long baths. Whether she was happy, sad, angry, or just bored, she would take an hour-long bath filled with bubbles to relax.

"It's perfect!" Lucy exclaimed, clasping her hands together.

"Really?" Natsu asked, arching a brow. "It's just a bathroom. And the paint is chipping off the counter, you know."

"I don't care. There's a bathtub and that's all I need."

Natsu stared quizzically at the girl. "You're weird. I like it!"

"I feel offended even though it was supposed to be a compliment."

The boy laughed, patting her on the shoulder. "C'mon, I'll introduce you to everyone else."

Lucy and Levy followed Natsu back out and watched in horror as he banged loudly on one of the doors, doing the same with the next.

"Open up, losers!" Natsu shouted. "Come meet our new roommate! Oh, and her friend!"

Lucy didn't bother telling him that she hadn't decided yet. She had a feeling it would go in one ear and out the other with him anyways.

Both doors were thrown open, bringing Lucy out of her thoughts and revealing two other boys. One was bulky with long, untamed black hair. His eyes were a deep and somewhat frightening shade of red. He wore all black and his overall image was that of a delinquent, especially with the multiple piercings on his face.

The other boy was leaner rather than bulky and his skin was paler. He had spiky, raven locks of hair and had equally dark eyes. Lucy could faintly see a scar hiding underneath his hair and over one of his eyebrows. A large necklace with a sword pendant hung around his neck. However, the most prominent- and unsettling- thing about the boy was that he was clad in nothing but boxers.

With that, it wasn't hard to tell who was Stripper and who was Lug Nuts.

"Don't bang on my door like that, flame freak," the shirtless boy said, his brows slanted in annoyance.

"What's this about our new roommate?" the other asked, crossing his buff arms over his chest and giving a hard stare to both girls, making them feel uneasy.

Natsu gestured towards Lucy and said, "This is Luigi-"

"Lucy!"

"And this is her friend, Levy. Lucy is thinking 'bout moving in with us. Oh, the Stripper is Gray. And that piece of scrap metal over there is my cousin Gajeel."

Lucy and Levy gave small bows while the boys dipped their heads. The shirtless one, Gray, continued to glance between Lucy and Natsu. The blonde turned to her friend to see how she was holding up only to find her in an intense staring match with Gajeel. Much to her surprise, Levy's cheeks were painted red and her mouth parted slightly. It wasn't hard for Lucy to tell that her friend was smitten.

"So you planning on moving in, Luce?" Natsu asked, bringing Lucy's attention back to him.

The blonde thought about correcting him again but decided she didn't mind her new nickname. It was much better than Luigi, after all. Instead, she focused on the more pressing matter. Should she move in with them?

She didn't know much about them and there was still the possibility that they were murderers or something. On the other hand, the rent was insanely cheap, her bedroom was nice, there was a laundromat, and the place was clean. What else could she possibly need?

"You know what? I'll take it," Lucy said, beaming at the boy.

"Really?" Levy questioned, finally tearing her gaze away from the boy that had her heart beating wildly in her chest. "You aren't even going to take some time to think it over?"

"Nope. I hate my apartment. I like this place. What more is there to think about?"

Levy had plenty in mind but chose not to push her friend. If this was what Lucy wanted to do, who was she to lecture her? Besides, though she found the boys strange, she had a good feeling they weren't evil or anything like that.

"Congratulations then, Lu-chan!" Levy said, wrapping her friend in a tight hug.

"Thanks, Levy-chan!" Lucy replied, her smile growing even wider. "When can I move in?"

"Whenever you want!" Natsu answered with a fanged grin. He went to his room and retrieved the contract for Lucy's lease. It wasn't anything too serious. After all, he made it himself. The main point of the contract was that he reserved the right to kick her out at any time if she didn't pay the rent or was a terrible roommate. But he doubted it would come to that.

Lucy stifled a squeal as she signed her name in neat cursive on her contract. With that, she had finally found her new home.

The next morning, Lucy eagerly got ready for her day. She didn't bother showering, knowing that she was going to work up a sweat that day. Instead, she got dressed into a pair of gym shorts and a loose tank top, slipping her feet into some tennis shoes.

It was time to finally move out.

Everyone decided yesterday that they would come help. Well, Gajeel complained at first but complied once he heard Levy was going to join in. Lucy wanted to tease him, for it was so obvious he was just as smitten for her tiny friend as she was for him.

A knock sounded at the door. Lucy quickly finished tying her hair up into a high pony before rushing to answer the door.

Levy immediately tackled her into a hug and greeted, "Morning, Lu-chan! You ready to move?"

"Yep!" Lucy answered, returning the hug. "The boys aren't here yet though. I barely slept at all last night because I was packing all of my stuff into boxes."

"It's not good to do a lot of manual labor without a good night's sleep!"

"I'll risk it just this once. Do you want to see my room? It looks a lot bigger now that everything is packed!"

Levy nodded eagerly, prompting them to rush into Lucy's room. Just as she had said, her room did look bigger. Her bed was still there along with her desk, but everything else being packed up left more space.

Not only did the place seem bigger, it was also cleaner now. Lucy was a normally tidy girl, never letting her room- or any room in her apartment for that matter- become dirty. She always washed her dishes, she never left clothes on the floor, and she even dusted every other day. But of course, there were some nooks and crannies that went unbothered. But now that she was moving, she cleaned every inch of the place so that she could ensure her security deposit.

"You're lucky Gray has a car," Levy said, situating herself onto the other girl's bed. "Otherwise you would've had to rent a moving truck."

"I know," Lucy replied, leaning against the wall. "And I'm sure Gajeel is going to be a great help. Did you see those arms of his? I'm sure he could lift all of my stuff without any trouble at all!"

"Oh believe me, I saw them," Levy answered, her cheeks turning pink. "What about you? You weren't discreet when you were checking out Natsu's abs!"

"Oh please! I barely even looked at him!"

"Whatever you have to tell yourself, Lu-chan!"

Lucy was about to retort when there was a loud knock at the door. With an eager grin, the blonde rushed out of her room again and opened the door to find her new roommates standing outside, their hands shoved in their pockets.

"Yo, Luce!" Natsu greeted with a fanged grin. "Ready to move out?"

"Yep!" Lucy answered, beaming at him. "I don't have that many boxes. But I do have my bed and my desk. We'll have to disassemble it but I don't have the manuals anymore."

"I'm on it," Gajeel said gruffly, stepping past her and strolling into her room as if it was normal. He stared at Levy, a blush spreading over his cheeks. "Move it, Shrimp. Gotta take apart the bed and I can't do that with you on it."

"Who are you calling Shrimp?" Levy shot back, glaring at him and crossing her arms. If he wasn't so damn cute, she would be yelling her tiny head off for his rudeness.

Lucy chuckled nervously, glad that it didn't escalate any further. With that, the group went to work packing everything. Lucy and Levy handled the lighter boxes while Natsu and Gray carried the heavier ones. Gajeel worked by himself, taking apart her bed and her desk with some tools that he brought over.

It took them three hours, but eventually they had finally finished. Lucy's room was completely empty and spotless after some last minute tidying up. The group of five sat in a circle on Lucy's floor, digging into the sandwiches Lucy had made for them.

Lucy and Levy deadpanned as they watched Natsu and Gajeel stuff sandwich after sandwich into their mouths, chomping into them like animals. Lucy was glad she laid a blanket underneath them in case of one of them making a mess, for food was flying all over the place thanks to their barbaric behavior. Luckily, the supply of sandwiches ran out, putting an end to their eating-spree.

"So why don't you tell us about yourself?" Gray suggested, leaning against the wall as he cracked open his can of soda. Lucy blushed from the attention she received as everyone turned to look at her. And she wasn't blind. Her new roommates were no doubt attractive, all in their own ways.

"Umm, I'm a junior at Magnolia University," Lucy said, her eyes glued to the ceiling as she tried to think of anything interesting to say. "I'm majoring in Creative Writing… That's all I can think about."

Natsu laughed from beside her, gently nudging her side. "What about any hobbies?"

"Well I like to write," Lucy admitted, her face turning red. She was embarrassed about her works and was reluctant telling people that she liked to write mostly because they usually asked to read her stories. And that was terrifying in her opinion.

"I'm going to be her first reader," Levy added with a wide grin.

"What about you, Shrimp?" Gajeel asked. "What are you majoring in?"

"Stop calling me that! But I'm majoring in Linguistics."

"She is fluent in ten different languages," Lucy added with a light laugh. "She's a genius."

"I guess you could say that."

Lucy and Levy shared a quick smile before the former turned her gaze onto Natsu, her stomach tingling just from looking at him. "What about you?"

Natsu gave her a face-splitting grin. "All of us go to Magnolia University, too. We're seniors, though. I'm trying to become a pyrotechnician."

"A pyrotechnician!? Wait, do you do experiments and stuff in your room?"

Gray scoffed. "All the time. Sometimes he does it in the living room too. Why do you think the paint on the door is new but the rest isn't? It's because we had to paint over it thanks to Flame Freak over there leaving scorch marks on it."

"That's not safe!"

"It's fine, Luce!" Natsu said, patting her on the back. "My experiments don't go wrong most of the time!"

"That's not reassuring!"

"Well you signed the lease already, so."

"Oh no," Lucy whined, leaning her head on Levy's shoulder. "I'm going to die, Levy-chan. My body is going to be blown to bits."

"My experiments are the least annoying thing you have to deal with," Natsu muttered. "Gray always keeps the damn place cold so that his stupid ice sculptures don't melt and Gajeel is always working on car parts. So it's always loud and cold thanks to them! I only cause occasional explosions."

"Oh Mavis, what have I done now."

"You'll be fine, Luce! Now c'mon! Let's get your stuff back to our place!"

Moving all of Lucy's stuff to her new home took hours and multiple trips. All of the compartments of her bed took one trip, her desk pieces took another, and her mattress required a trip of its own. Not to mention the trip it took for her boxes. But after a day of nonstop work, she was finally moved into her new home.

"Thanks for all of the work today, Levy-chan," Lucy said, hugging her friend tightly. "Are you sure you're going to be alright?"

Levy nodded. "Gray is going to give me a ride home."

"What about Gajeel?"

"Well… He'll be there too…"

Lucy smirked elbowing her friend lightly. "You're head over heels for that guy."

"Oh hush," Levy replied, glaring at her friend. "I better get going now, I have a lot of studying to do."

"Okay. Goodnight, Levy-chan!"

"Night, Lu-chan!"

With that, Lucy closed the door to her room and headed straight for the bathroom. She made sure to lock both the door to her room and the one to Natsu's as well. With an excited grin, the girl turned on the faucet and let the tub fill with hot water and poured soap into it to create a thick layer of bubbles.

Once the bath was ready, Lucy stripped and submerged herself into the hot water, hissing as it turned her skin red from the heat. Though it stung at first, she preferred her baths to be scalding hot. It helped them last longer.

Natsu paused from tinkering with a new firework he had been working on and turned his gaze to the bathroom door when he heard the faucet turn off. It didn't take a genius to deduce that Lucy was taking a bath. He swallowed thickly as fire coursed through his veins and electricity jolted within him. His new roommate was absolutely gorgeous with her golden locks of hair, chocolate brown eyes, and a curvaceous body. He couldn't help but picture her taking a bath in the bathroom he just so happened to share with her.

Shaking his head, Natsu forced himself to get his mind out of the gutter. So what if Lucy was attractive? All of his female friends were attractive! Besides, he had only known her for barely over twenty four hours. He had no right to be thinking about her in such a way.

His new roommate wasn't just pretty, however. There was so much about her that had him curious to know more. She was funny, kind, and weird. Speaking of weird…

"She's been in the bath for half an hour now," Natsu thought, sporting a frown. "I have to pee."

He waited another thirty minutes until his bladder felt like it was going to explode. He hopped towards the bathroom, his legs crossed while he bit his lower lip in an effort to keep from wetting his pants. He hadn't gone to the bathroom in hours, having worked on his project the moment he helped Lucy getting her things.

Knocking on the door, Natsu called out, "Lucy? You good in there? You didn't drown, did you?"

"Of course I didn't drown!" the girl shouted back.

"Oh. Well you've been in there for an hour and I really gotta pee."

"It's only been an hour! You can wait a bit longer!"

"Only?" Natsu asked in shock. "Wait a minute, is that why you were so curious about the bathroom? Do you usually take hour-long baths!?"

He heard Lucy groan. "Yes, okay? I love taking long baths. My apartment didn't have a tub so this is my first bath in a while!"

"Alright, alright." Natsu returned to his desk and resumed working on his new firework. With a small grin, he wondered, "What kind of a weirdo takes hour-long baths?"

It had been two weeks since Lucy had moved into her new place and in that short time, many things had happened. She grew closer to her roommates, especially Natsu, and learned a lot about them. She had witnessed- and also broke up- many of their brawls, which had always ended in disaster. What was most surprising to find out, however, was that Natsu had a severe problem with boundaries.

Ever since she moved in and the two had gotten closer, Natsu was always inviting himself into her room through their conjoined bathroom. When she locked it, he climbed through her window. If that wasn't bad enough, the boy would even try to sleep in her room despite his room being teen feet away. Some days, Lucy was too tired to bicker with him and even let him sleep on the floor.

Natsu wasn't the only one with quirks, however. Gray stripped just about any chance he got and somehow lost every article of clothing he managed to remove. It was as if they were teleported to another world, never to be seen again. His girlfriend, Juvia, was also a strange one. She talked in third person and seemed obsessed with Gray. She had even referred to Lucy as her 'love rival' when they first met and was hostile towards her in the beginnning. Lucy couldn't figure out what happened to change Juvia's attitude towards her, but one day when she was watching TV with Natsu, Juvia came out of Gray's room and gave them a long look before beaming and saying, "Juvia understands now!"

Gajeel was weird as well. Though he looked like a delinquent, he was surprisingly into all things cute, which explained his crush on Levy. She was the epitome of cute. He also played the guitar and wrote his own songs, which would've been cool had his singing not been terrible.

Lucy had also met their other friends. There was Erza, the Student Council President with a strict ruling but caring heart. She used to be the person living in her room until she moved in with her boyfriend, Jellal. He was the Vice President, shy but kind. Then there was Mira, a girl that belonged in magazines because of how downright gorgeous she was. She was also sweet and a motherly figure towards the group, but also had a match-making problem.

Lucy rubbed her temples as she walked into the library to begin her shift. She had barely slept a wink because Friday nights were reserved for movie nights. To make matters worse, her longest shifts were on Saturdays.

Luckily, the first half hour went by smoothly. Nobody needed anything from her and all she had to do was restock shelves. The quiet atmosphere of the library was a perfect environment for her and she had plenty of time to properly wake up.

Another great feature of working at the library was that Lucy didn't have to do much, especially since she was Crux' favorite employee. She was allowed to read whenever there was nothing to be done or work on homework.

Now was one of those times. Lucy left the front desk where Crux was working and headed towards the fiction area, passing by working students. A head of pink caught her attention and stopped her in her tracks.

Natsu was sitting alone at one of the tables, fisting his hair as he stared at the work in front of him with his brows furrowed and a frown sporting his face. It was clear that he was having a hard time with whatever he was doing.

This was the first time Lucy saw Natsu on campus. Her lips curled upwards into a smile as she approached him. Natsu was easily one of her best friends and she wanted to help him in any way she could. Not to mention that she may or may not have developed a crush for him over the past two weeks.

Lucy knew that having a crush on her roommate wasn't a good idea but she couldn't help it. Natsu was kind, funny, and interesting. There was so much she wanted to learn about him and the best part of her day was returning home and finding him waiting in her room already. She couldn't explain her feelings well, for this was her first time having such feelings.

Lucy shook her head, forcing her crush to the back of her mind as she sat in the seat beside Natsu, who raised his head to look at her. A wide grin immediately graced his face.

"Lucy!" he exclaimed.

"Shh!" Lucy scolded. In a hushed tone, she continued, "We're in a library, Natsu!"

"Sorry, sorry!" he whispered back.

"So what are you doing? You look like you're struggling."

"Because I am. I hate English."

"English?" Lucy repeated, her brows skyrocketing. "Aren't you a senior?"

"Yeah," Natsu answered, rubbing the back of his head. "I know most people take it their first year but I saved all the boring stuff for last."

"You sure are backwards."

"Shut up."

"Why didn't you ask me for help? I'm majoring in Creative Writing, you know."

"Well I didn't wanna bother you."

"You aren't bothering me," Lucy said, giving him a reassuring smile.

"You sure?" Natsu asked skeptically.

"Positive. Now c'mon. Show me what you're working on."

The moment Natsu stepped foot outside the library, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'M FINALLY FREE!"

Lucy, who was walking out with him, slapped his arm. "Natsu! Don't yell so loudly!"

The boy only gave her a fanged grin. "C'mon, Luce! Let's go pick up some food before we go home!"

Natsu slid his hand in Lucy's, intertwining their fingers and causing the girl to blush as he dragged her to the dining hall. Natsu was grateful his scarf was thick enough so he could duck his face into it, for his cheeks were equally pink.

Natsu wasn't as dense as everyone made him out to be. In fact, from the first day he met Lucy, he knew there was something different about her. Hell, he figured that out from their phone call alone. Something about her made his heart race and his body warm. Why else would he have stayed in the library for hours pretending to be working on homework after Lucy had helped him? He was just waiting for Lucy to get off.

The two picked up some Chinese food before walking to the bus stop. Usually Natsu would walk home because he had severe motion sickness, but he didn't want Lucy alone at night. So, he sucked it up and suffered for the twenty minute ride.

When they reached their home, the two headed straight for Lucy's room. Gray was out with Juvia and they had no clue where Gajeel went off. Lucy had a feeling he was with a certain friend of hers, however.

Natsu and Lucy sat down on the latter's floor, happily munching on their friend rice and chicken. They placed Natsu's laptop in front of them and watched a new show on Netflix. Lucy leaned into his side with a peaceful hum- she had long ago found out that Natsu had abnormal body heat.

Once they finished eating and their episode ended, the two shut the laptop and leaned with their backs against the bed.

"So what's your deal with the scarf?" Lucy questioned, leaning her head back against her mattress. "I've never seen you without it and it's still technically summer."

Natsu swallowed thickly, playing with the end of his scarf. He knew the question was going to come up eventually. It always did. He glanced towards Lucy, wondering if he should tell her or not. It wasn't like it was a secret or anything, it just wasn't something he chose to talk about.

"It's from my dad," Natsu finally answered. He stared at his scarf and frowned. "It's the last thing I have from my dad. Well, that and this place."

Lucy's eyes nearly bugged out of her sockets as she turned to face him. "Oh, Natsu. I'm sorry, you don't have to tell me about it."

"Ehh, it's fine. Your room used to be my room, actually."

"Really?"

"Yep. My room was Igneel's. Gray's was Igneel's office and Gajeel's was a playroom. That's where I learned to read. My dad and I also played a lot of video games in there."

"He sounds like a great father."

"He was!" Natsu exclaimed, grinning at Lucy. She could see the grief in his eyes, however, as he continued, "He got sick, though. Before he died, he got me emancipated so that I didn't have to go into the foster system and left me this place. The house was already paid off, I just have to pay for utilities every month. Which is when I started renting it out.

"Gray was my closest friend and in a similar situation, so I let him move in with me. Then after high school, Uncle Metalicana, Gajeel's old man, passed too. So then it was just the three of us. Then we met Erza and she moved in." With another smile, he faced Lucy. "And now there's you."

Lucy nodded, blinking back the tears that welled in her eyes. "Now there's me." She placed her hand over his, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"What about you?" Natsu asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you aren't the only intuitive one. You are secretive over your last name, even though we've been friends for weeks now. And we live together. Even when you sighed the lease, you gave it back to me so fast that it was obvious you didn't want me to see your last name."

Lucy gulped loudly, tearing her gaze away from him. "I-It's nothing."

"Does it have something to do with your letters?" Natsu implored, pointing to a box that was on her desk. "I didn't read them, I swear! I was just trying to find your story so I could read it but then I found those. Why don't you ever send them?"

Lucy frowned and answered, "Because my mother passed away when I was a little girl. I just write them to feel connected to her. And about my last name, it's only because my father is Jude Heartfilia, owner of the railroad company that dominates Fiore."

"That's it? I thought you were a secret assassin or something!"

"Of course not, idiot! Why the hell would I be an assassin!?"

"Well why else would you hide your name?"

Lucy shrugged, fumbling with her fingers. "Most of the friends I've made that knew about my father were only using me for his money. They didn't know that I cut off all contact with him the moment I moved out and that I don't get any of his money. My first genuine friend was Levy-chan."

"Seriously?" Natsu asked, his brows furrowing. "If I were you, I would've-"

"I know, you would've beaten them up. Not everyone is a fighter like you, you know."

Natsu smirked and ruffled her hair. "You could be if you wanted to. You have one hell of a kick."

Lucy giggled and turned her head to face him again. It was then that she realized how close they were, as their faces were only inches away. Her heart felt like it had pounded up into her throat and jolts of electricity sparked through her veins.

Natsu's eyes darted to the girl's plump lips and he couldn't help but lick his own. Swallowing his fears, he slowly leaned towards Lucy, his eyes beginning to droop closed. Before they did, he saw her start to lean in as well. He could feel her breath fan his face as their lips were just about to graze.

"Oi, Lucy. You got any paper I could borrow?" Gray asked, barging into the said girl's room. His eyes widened as his jaw dropped to the floor when he saw his roommates just seconds away from kissing. "Shit. My bad."

Lucy squeaked and jumped to her feet immediately, her cheeks set ablaze. Her head was a jumbled mess as she walked to her desk, looking for whatever Gray came in for. Which in truth, she didn't know.

Natsu growled, giving Gray the nastiest glare he could muster, baring his teeth. "You're a senior in college, Ice Dick! You don't have your own paper!?"

"I ran out!" the other boy shot back. "I didn't expect you two to be making out in here!"

"Salamander and Bunny Girl were making out?" Gajeel asked, popping into the room. "'Bout time."

"We were not making out!" Lucy denied, about ready to faint. Shoving the paper into Gray's chest, she gritted out, "Knock next time."

"Will do," the boy replied.

"I'm bored," Gajeel said. "Let's play some Call of Duty."

"I'm down," Gray replied, unbuttoning his shirt.

Natsu's eyes lit up and he jumped to his feet seeming to have forgotten about the attempted kiss. "Hey! Now that Lucy is here, we have an even number of players! Let's have a Call of Duty tournament!"

"You're going down!" Gajeel said, cracking his knuckles. "Gray and I will go set it up. Make whatever this is quick, lovebirds."

With that, the two uninvited guests closed the door behind them, leaving Lucy and Natsu alone. Lucy wanted to face-palm. She was just about to have her first kiss but it was ruined. Her eyes widened as she felt Natsu interlock their hands.

"C'mon, Luce!" he said, giving her a heart-stopping grin.

"I-I don't know how to play," she replied. Her heart thumped wildly in her chest and she couldn't help but drown in his dark orbs.

"That's okay. We'll teach you! Let's go!"

Natsu began to drag her out to the living room, never letting go of her hand. Lucy glanced at their joined hands and smiled, her cheeks rosy. So their first kiss didn't happen yet. That was okay. They had plenty of time in the world.

Four years later.

"Natsu! Let's go!" Lucy shouted as she slipped into a pair of black heels to go with her maroon dress.

"Alright, alright!" her husband called back. He left the playroom, hand-in-hand with their two-year-old daughter. He was adorned in a black tuxedo along with his sacred scarf. He left his pink locks the way they were, however, rather than gelling them back.

Nashi, their daughter, sported a pink ruffled dress and had her pink hair tied into pigtails.

It had been a little over three years since Gray and Gajeel moved out, deciding to find their own places with Juvia and Levy. Since then, Lucy and Natsu and tied the knot and got pregnant soon after, eventually giving birth to little Nashi. Lucy took it upon herself to turn their home into one that Natsu had once described when she had first moved in. The house that he had grown in with Igneel.

Gray's room had been turned into an office for Lucy to work on her novels. Gajeel's room was turned into the playroom while Lucy's was turned into Nashi's room. She now shared a bedroom with Natsu. And Natsu got the whole garage to himself to work on his fireworks.

"You two are going to make us late," Lucy muttered.

"Sorry, sorry. I was trying to teach Nashi some Call of Duty terms."

To prove this, their daughter smiled and shouted, "Camper!"

"See!" Natsu exclaimed, hugging Nashi tightly as proud tears streamed down his face. "She's learning so fast!"

Lucy sighed and shook her head. "Gray's going to kill you."

Natsu scoffed. "I'd like to see him try."

"It's Yuki's birthday and we're going to be the last ones there! C'mon!"

Natsu propped Nashi on his hip and led the way out of the house. Just as he was about to pass Lucy, he pressed his lips against her forehead and gave her a grin. With that, he headed to the car and began to buckle Nashi in. Lucy smiled as she stared at her family.

And just as she did every day, she thanked the heavens that she had called the number from the sketchy flyer.

#nalu #fairy tail #natsu dragneel #lucy heartfilia #ftfanfiction #roommate needed #oneshot

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Episode 12 - “If she wants a war... I can give her one” - Jess

After crackhead hours, the Berbagi Bir tribe calmed down for a relatively calm round before the finale. with Stoner as the obvious outsider.

Once Trent won immunity and Stoner was left vulnerable, it was relatively clear his time was up, and though he attempted a last ditch plan with a fake idol/advantage, he was sent to jury to join all his allies, and the pagonging of NuObor was complete.

MATT

https://youtu.be/lrOPJ7uLG0M

OLIVIA

So I came out looking alright. I voted for Matt so trent and Anabel can’t be mad at me. I survived. The torchsnuffers alliances is all gone except for me, as is anyone who knew about it. I hope Matt didn’t tell stoner. My goal that I’ve been doing it to just connect with people personally and let michael and Jess really do the strategic legwork and while we’re all calling the shots, they come out looking dirtier. It has to be us three at the end and hopefully with this jury I’ve made better impressions. Also apparently Trent wants me out fifth so that’s great. I have to win this next challenge. I have to.

TRENT

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT. I have literally no idea what just happened that round. All day the 5 of us were set on Matt. Ok easy no problem super simple vote. and of course 630 comes around and the scrambling happens. I get a messages from matt and it says, they are targeting you so we need to split it 3-2-2 and and vote out jess with anabel. So of course I agree. literally 15 minutes later, stoner messages me and says they are targeting you, we need to split it 3-2-2 and vote out olivia with anabel. So now i'm freaking out that my group of 5 is turning on me. So i have to worry about if I play my idol. Anabel wants to work with stoner and i say absolutely not. So shes un happy but sticks with voting matt. And then tribal was a shit show. everybody is throwing everybody under the bus. Then the votes happen and everyone is scrambling. I stand strong with anabel and olivia and vote matt. Then matt plays his extra vote which I totally called earlier in my confessional. Then the votes are revealed and they are just all over the place. Then i get a special shoutout from Matt??? about how he doesn't like me? I don't really understand why. Now anabel is mad because Michael and Jess voted her as a back up in case of an idol. Luckily i didn't play mine but i have to damage control my relationship with anabel. Hopefully this confirmed my loyalty to my group and they all want to take me to the end. Which they totally should because I for sure have 0/6 jury votes right now.

JESS

Last night was the MOST INSANE TRIBAL I've EVER been apart of ever. Matt trying to get me out? My wig. Why weren't these straight men smart enough to realize 3 is what it took and if they voted together they could have at least tied the vote? Anabel would have voted with them in a re-vote so my wig. MY FUCKING WIG. Now Anabel is pissed at me because we kind of proved Stoner's point that she is expendable. She is going around telling people she wants me out. If she wants a war... I can give her one. She won't win it though. Ask Matt.

OLIVIA

Why did we get rid of Leigh instead of stoner I’m so fucking stupid. I hate this round I hate everything

JESS

Well this is depressing. I'm not crying YOU ARE. Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to get past this vote. How last tribal played out kind of threw me into the spotlight I wasn't ready for. I'm not gonna give up. I'm gonna fight my ass off but I just feel incredibly defeated. Not taking out Stoner a couple of votes ago might just be the reason why I'm going. What is my game plan right now? I'm going to try and make everyone believe I am a bigger asset to them going forward than Olivia and Michael are. I'm going to play up the fact that the jury probably hates me and I'm the perfect person to sit next to final 3 with. If I have to (and I get desperate) I might have to fake an advantage or something along those lines. Right now I just need to rely on my relationships and hope everyone thinks I'm with them more than the others. People are self-serving and I'm going to play to that fact. They want to know what you can DO for them and NO ONE ELSE. I'm going to try and tell them what they want to hear to live another fucking day.

OLIVIA

Really dislike this round

Whenever I think about the game right now and the stage we’re at with the whole stoner predicament I get so gloomy lmao. If only stoner weren’t here like it would be a much more positive f6 experience I think idk. I hope to god he is bluffing. I want NuCahaya at the final 5. Sweet Jesus. At least I’ll be in school all tomorrow so I don’t have to spend all day on my phone spiraling and I can actually be distracted (hopefully). I hate the games he’s playing with us and I want him gone.

JESS

Olivia is driving me insane. If somehow Stoner does have an idol he would literally have the sole vote on who goes at this point. She doesn't want to be the one who throws a vote on Anabel because she "promised" her.. Ummm me and Michael already fucked ourselves over with Anabel last round you can't take one for the team right now? That's sketchy as fuck. I'm tired of it. Hopefully Stoner throws his vote at her and honestly.. if he does have an idol and it is a re-vote between Anabel and her. I'm throwing my vote her way. oops?

MICHAEL

Final 9: https://youtu.be/RILAJUXV9nE Final 8: https://youtu.be/gO7Yd4OxyAA Final 7: https://youtu.be/ryCiRPhbxHI Final 6: https://youtu.be/0Xezj7WfQdY

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The Top Ten Bad Horror Movies That I Love

Not ranked in terms of love, just listed.

10. Stay Alive: The Director’s Cut (2006)

This movie is not good. Not good at all. It’s a cheesy as shit, supernatural horror movie that was pushed heavily by Game Informer, simply due to its plot. The film tells the story of a video game (that is basically a Resident Evil/Doom clone on PS2) that kills you in real life if you die in-game. Few things are redeemable in this film. The biggest names in it are a post-puberty, mid-Malcolm Frankie Muniz and one of the McPoyle Brothers. The rest of the crew is just sort of there. It’s worth seeing once for sure, simply for the novelty of it. I think I love it because I watched it so much when it came out. I searched through so many Exchanges, Blockbusters, and Wal-Marts trying to find it. When I finally did, I wore the DVD out.

9. Thir13en Ghosts (2003)

This big budget horror movie, inspired by William Castle, was the first from Dark Castle Pictures. It had a decent team of producers, including super-producer Joel Silver.

It tells the story of a family who moves into a futuristic house after inheriting it from a sketchy uncle. Everything seems cool at first, but, SURPRISE! There’s a gaggle of ghosts in the basement. What follows is a ridiculous haunted house movie with some decent effects and a decent cast (Tony Shaloub, Matthew Lillard, F. Murray Abraham, etc), but also insanely stupid writing. My dad and I watched this movie once together. My sister and I watched it about 20 times in 3 months. They had a special feature on the DVD that was individual stories about each ghost, and we had each one memorized. If you’re looking for a fun time with a bad film, you really can’t go wrong with this one.

8. Bride of Chucky (1998)

This movie is, without a doubt, the beginning of the end for Chucky. Admittedly, all of the Chucky movies are stupid. Yet, this one has something about it. At least, they were smart enough to go with horror-comedy with this one. I was 5 years old when this came out and I fucking loved it.

Chucky is back, baby, and ready to walk down the aisle. Along the way, two teenagers in the same situation get taken hostage by the two dolls, and what follows is a stupid, plot-hole filled, campy mess. But, goddamn, it’s entertaining.

Going back a few years later, it’s clear that I was an idiot as a kid. The whole movie is stupid, but hey, at least it’s funny. That is the one thing it has going for it (well, that and seeing Jennifer Tilly in leather outfits). It gets bonus points for the first Chucky kill, in which Chucky takes out a guy who is, in no way whatsoever, a Marilyn Manson ripoff.

7. Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror (2006)

Hey, kids? You like Snoop Dogg? You like Tales From The Crypt? Well, you’ll dig Hood of Horror. This anthology film tells three stories in the Hood of Horror, each one hosted by Da Cribkeeper himself, Snoop D-O-Double G.

Each story has an urban take on common horror movie tropes, which, admittedly, is an interesting concept. It also has a decent cast of “anything for a paycheck” actors like Ernie Hudson, Jason Alexander, and Danny Trejo. However, it is not good. It was released by Xenon Pictures, who I’ve only ever seen one other movie from which was TV: The Movie (from the other Jackass guys that aren’t Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera), which I absolutely hated. But, something about this one really stuck with me. It’s stupid for sure, but man, it’s a lot of fun.

6. Rob Zombie’s Halloween II: Unrated Director’s Cut (2009)

Once again, I’m going with the Director’s Cut because it is a better film. However, this does not make it good.

As much as I love Rob Zombie’s movies, there’s no denying that the sequel to the 2007 Halloween reimagining is definitely his worst one. He decided to add a lot of symbolism and hidden themes to a slasher film. They are certainly interesting, for sure, and it’s the reason I love it. But, there’s no denying that Rob Zombie cannot write dialogue to save his life. By focusing on the symbolism and less on the brutality that the first one was chock full of, it made the film suffer as a whole and it doesn’t feel like a sequel. If anything, it feels like some kind of weird arthouse version of Michael Myers. However, when the kills finally do happen, they are the standard brutality we have grown to expect from Rob Zombie. Plus, it seems that Rob Zombie shot his symbolism wad with his 2012 film, Lords of Salem. His latest film, 31 (2016), brought us back to brutal sadistic violence that he became known for with his Firefly family movies. Still, it’s worth seeing once.

5. Tusk (2014)

As a Kevin Smith fan, I love this movie. As a movie fan, I can admit that it is terrible.

The film inspired by a phony classified ad was made for a small budget and made less than 2/3 of its budget back at the box office. I saw it at an evening showing, the day it opened, with my wife…..and no one else. Not one single soul was in the theater besides us.

It tells the story of a podcaster who goes up to Canada and gets turned into a walrus by Michael Parks. Need I say more? Add a ridiculous Johnny Depp cameo, and you got a movie. If you don’t listen to any Smodcast network podcasts, you won’t get the movie or any of the inside jokes it contains and you aren’t expected to. You will probably hate the movie, to be honest. But, that’s okay. My wife hated it because she thought it was supposed to be serious. Then, she heard the podcast during the credits and she loved it.

4. Vampire’s Kiss (1987)

Here’s a shocker. There’s a Nic Cage film on this list that isn’t The Wicker Man (2006).

Vampire’s Kiss tells the story of a big shot at a publishing company who has a night with a neck biter and slowly goes insane, believing he is one of the undead. It is an attempt at psychological horror, but it ended up being an unintentional black comedy and it is the performance that should’ve won Cage the oscar.

This movie is campy, overacting gold. Nic Cave doesn’t chew the scenery. He rips it’s heart out, drinks the blood, cooks it up and swallows it whole. The whole movie is just him trying to one up his overacting in the previous scene. It is glorious. The movie is fucking awful, but it is glorious. Buy this movie, now. Don’t hesitate. It’s perfect for a group watch.

3. My Name Is Bruce (2007)

Bruce Campbell is a gift from the heavens. The man saved the world from the Deadite plague, not only in modern times, but in the middle ages. That being said, this movie is beyond B movie status. It was made for 1.5 million, grossed just under 200 grand at the box office, and was doomed from the get go, due to the extremely polarizing fan potential.

Bruce Campbell is recruited by a small town to fight a killer demigod who is threatening their small town utopia. It’s a super meta, super cheesy, fan service comedy horror movie that is by no means a good film.

If you don’t like Bruce Campbell, which makes you a terrorist in my book, you will not like this movie. However, since I view him as the 10th World Wonder, I fucking love this movie. It’s Bruce Campbell. Enough said.

2. Knock Knock (2015)

Keanu Reeves has such a strange film career. This is probably the best example. As much as I love Eli Roth, there’s no denying that this movie is terrible.

A devoted husband and father gets stuck in the fight for his life after he bangs two flight attendants and they decided to kill him. Along the way, we get to see so much overacting that Nic Cage would be so proud.

Keanu Reeves is the reason I love this movie. Specifically, the climax, in which he delivers a monologue in an attempt to defend himself. IT WAS FREE FUCKING PIZZA!

1. Freddy VS Jason (2003)

I fucking love this movie. As a kid, I had the entire NOES collection and had watched all the FT13s multiple times. When this was finally released in my 4th grade year, it was like Christmas. Looking back, yes, it is bad. Really bad. But, man, I love it.

The nu metal soundtrack, the one liners, the clearly-a-Jason Mewes-ripoff stoner character, the stupid fights, the thrown together story. My god, it’s fucking brilliant.

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#the footsteps thing for timoline bc I low-key wanna hear your ideas for baby west ngl

&. send me 👣 and i’ll talk about our muses’ child and how they are as parents.

MY BABY WEST. --- fucking hell literally like i’m so in love with this kid and he doesn’t even exist. like do they even have other kids??? is it just west? WHO FREAKIN KNOWS

pregnancy

do the parents have one child or are there twins, triplets, etc.? — one at a time.one at a time.

what do the parents name the baby(ies)? — okay, 3 kids — amelia elizabeth ( as you said, but care will always call her lizzie or liz or mia or something id ), baby west, and probably another accidental one when west is like 2, maybe named like jason? or taylor? JASON TAYLOR RIGGINS? called JT for short bc he’ll probs be the total jock of the family bc there has to be one ok

did the parents discuss other names, too? — they probably pick these on the first go, like caroline would buy a shit ton of books and then tim would be like “what about west?” and it would be like badda bing badda boom #done

how do they decide on the name(s)? — “what about (insert name)” “i like it” boom, baby named.

what would the child have been named if they had been the opposite sex? — if west was a girl, they probably would have went with like scarlett after scarlett o’hara obviously bc that’s caroline’s idol and bc he probably wouldn’t let her name a kid rhett

did the parents find out the sex during pregnancy or is it a surprise? — dude hell yes. control freak caroline forbes? she’d want to know the second she could.

were there any complications in the pregnancy? — a few. the forbes women don’t exactly have easy pregnancies, so with west she went into labor a bit early, but the hospital fixed things and she was assigned bed rest for the last month or two of her pregnancy ( which she was not happy about )

which parent carried the baby? — tim was def the one that was preggers. honestly. what kind of question is this?

how easy was it for them to conceive? — well, i mean, like lets just say that they have 2-3 kids but they never actively tried to have any kids, ya feel?

was the child carried to term? — west was a week early, which sent caroline into a panic bc they didn’t even have diapers yet ( she sent tim to get them while she was in labor )

did the parents deliver in a hospital, at home, or somewhere else? — they don’t live too far, but not too close either.

did the delivery go according to plan? — not according to caroline’s, but then again she had like a super strict ‘down to the minute’ plan that would have been impossible to keep

did the parents have any daily rituals (reading to their belly, etc.)? — probably not official ones. but he’d probably make her dinner, and they’d watch game tapes together and cute things would happen

do the parents have a baby shower? — yes. and jfc the amount of football shit they got was obscene.

what about a babymoon? — what the fuck is that

how supportive was the other parent during the pregnancy? — supportive af. like overly supportive. like caroline might have had to snap at him a few times to get him to chill tf out bc she wasn’t that breakable.

which parent worried the most and which one was chill? — neither of them are chill when it comes to their babies

which parent left pregnancy books all over the house and which didn’t touch them? — caroline left them everywhere, tim pretended not to touch them but probably flipped through when she wasn’t looking

infancy/toddler

is the child a good sleeper? — the perfect sleeper.

how often does the child cry? — only when tim accidentally lets him watch bambi, or when the stray cat they feed eats a bird in front of him.

which parent finds it easier to get them to stop? — both of them. he’d stop the second they picked him up and took him inside.

how does the child behave at bath time? — he sings songs. and talks a lot about what he’s learning in school.

what is the child’s first word? — ‘ball’

how bad do the child’s diapers smell and which parent has the misfortune of changing them? — it’s not too bad. but tim changes everything bc he’s a gent

which parent has a harder time adapting to their new role? — they both do, but it’s not too hard. it’s harder with two kids because you have less hands but with west they don’t have too much of the ‘we wanna go out but cant’ kinda thing because they probably don’t want to leave him all that much

just how terrible are the terrible twos? — not bad, which is slightly terrifying for them because they just keep waiting for the terror to hit

does the child go to day care? if they do, how old are they when they start? — yeah, he does. but daycare is more like ‘go to football practice with daddy’ because he has separation issues from both parents

if the child doesn’t go to day care, who says home to look after them? — they take him to work on the days he doesn’t wanna go to daycare

which parent babyproofs the house? — caroline. tim tries, and kinda fails.

which parents designs the baby room? — they both do.

which parent is more likely to give in to tantrums? — caroline, shockingly.

is the child spoiled with toys? — yes.

which parent does the potty training? — they both do.

which parent do they take after more? — it’s an even mix

what habits do they pick up from their parents? — when he’s older, he picks up tim’s accent ( which is also bc they live in dillon but still ), caroline’s empathy, tim’s grumpy look, and caroline’s eye roll

how often is the parents’ date night now? — every week. they make it a priority

who babysits when the parents go out? — the entirety of the dillon panthers.

child

how did the parents decide what school to send the child to? or was the child home-schooled? — there’s probably only like one school in the town

who packs the lunches? — caroline. tim slips in an extra pack of cookies when she’s not looking

are the lunches eaten by the child, or thrown away? — he eats them

which parent helps with homework? — tim tries, but then he gets all like ‘what the hell is this shit and why does my kid need to know it’ so caroline takes over

what does the report card look like? — a’s and b’s with a shit ton of teacher’s comments about him being their favorite student

is the child/ren popular, or only have a few friends? — he tries to make friends with everyone.literally everyone.

does the child play a sport? — they try him in football, but he’s not cut out for it, so no, currently he’s not in any sports.

does the child play an instrument? — no. but he loves music.

do both parents turn up to the matches/recitals? — if there are any, care and tim are at every damn one

which parent buys their clothes? or does the child pick out their own clothes?— he picks his own but care takes him shopping and has some input

what’s the child’s style? — plain. simple. flannels, jeans, t-shirts, he kinda takes after tim. caroline tries to buy him things that are more like stylish and he just shakes his head.

is the child more interested in playing inside or outside? — outside.

how often does the child get in trouble? what do they get in trouble for? — never.

does the child have any siblings/cousins? how well do they get along? --- literally everyone gets along with west. he’s deemed himself protector of all of his siblings though, and his parents. even though the feel the need to protect him bc he’s a precious cinnamon roll

what pet does the child beg for? do they get it? --- a goat. and yes. thanks to tim. knowing a guy. like tbh i feel like it would be one of those super low key sketchy things like yeah nbd tim riggins just knows like...goat dealers.

is the child shy and reserved, or outgoing and gregarious? ---- shy and reserved unless you get him going on something he likes in which case he will not shut up

does the child still take after the same parent they did as a toddler? --- he’s kind of a perfect mesh of all the good parts of the both of them

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what does the child want to be/do when they finish school? --- god ugh this little fucker probably wants to work for the peace corps or something, or doctors without boarders, or be some kind of marine biologist who would crusade for cleaning up the oceans

which parent does the child get along with better? --- both of them.

is the child out all night partying and drinking with their friends, or staying in studiously doing homework? or both? --- he does both. except they’re not all that worried about him getting into trouble because he’s the guy that will stay out until 3am making sure everyone else gets home safe and the only time he’s ever been arrested is when he punched a guy for not backing off when a girl told him to ( tim had to pick him up from the police station. both parents were super hella proud )

how does the child go on their SATs? do they make it to the SATs? --- he’s wicked smart. he passes with flying colors.

does the child go to prom with their friends, or a partner? --- he goes with his “friend” before he comes out to his parents but like...caroline definitely knows. hence why she makes them “jokingly” take all the cliche prom pictures

how do the parents feel about their first boyfriend/girlfriend? --- tim gives west’s first serious boyfriend ‘the talk’ like straight up. caroline is super excited about them dating. literally will be the biggest shipper.

what are the child’s friends like? do they get along with the parents? --- he’s friends with all types, from the good studious kids to the football team to the loner, reject stoner crowd, so whenever he has friends over it’s always a mix. he’s just that guy that wants everyone to be happy, so he’s there for everyone.

what kind of music is the child into? --- he raided tim’s old music collection, so anything that was in there, he adores.

how do the parents and child/ren go learning to drive? is it a disaster, or does it go fairly smoothly? --- it’s a mutual decision between both tim and west that caroline should not be allowed in the car for any driving lessons. so tim teaches him, and it goes mostly okay.

does the child have a casual/part time job? what is it? --- volunteers at the youth center a few miles out of town, also works at the tasty freeze bc it’s literally a rite of passage at this point

does the child hang out with their family, or are they too ‘cool’ now? --- nah man he’ll have friends over just to hang out with his family.

what’s the child’s personality like? --- tough but tender.

who does the child take after now? --- caroline says it’s tim. tim says it’s caroline.

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does the child make it to adulthood? --- he makes it brilliantly. ( wow dude i coulda angsted you so hard but i didn’t so you’re welcome. )

does the child end up in the job/lifestyle they dreamed about? why? --- no. he probably becomes a lawyer or something, someone that could have the power to help people who needed it, to make a difference.

are their any hiccups in the road? --- he gets into a pretty serious car accident when he’s away at college, driving someone home from a frat party and a drunk driver ran a red light, he was pretty banged up. a few broken bones, a couple nights in the hospital and two freaked out parents later though he was still trying to make sure the other driver was okay.

does the child move far away from their family, or stay close? --- he drifts, but he calls once a week just to stay in touch. if he’s in town, he’ll crash on the guest room and go to football games.

what would the parents prefer? --- that he be happy.

does the child have any significant others? any children of their own? --- okay but hc that west stays with the same guy he started dating back in high school and that they’ve had a rough go of it being from small town conservative texas and all that but they’re still together and basically like tim and caroline just adopt his partner as their unofficial bonus child

how do the parents feel about being or not being grandparents? --- oh my fucking god they would be the best grandparents.

#everything is west riggins and nothing hurts goodbye #brxknbxnes

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sorry this is incomplete but here’s the full list from my OCs page as far as I have it right now

In no particular order of importance or love or alphabetical name placement, here’s my OCs and a short description of each. (This list will update as time goes on when I remember to update it) Voodoopunks Nikki - Schizophrenic depressed voodoopunk. She’s Max’s best friend since she was a toddler basically. She has her bad days, but she’s still trying pretty hard. ( Lidia ) - Nikki’s main and constant hallucination. Lidia is blind, and doesn’t speak often, if at all. She is very curious, and often gets Nikki weird stares from how often she talks to Lidia. Incredibly thin and tall, and looks very ‘sketchy’ to Nikki. She and Marshall are often seen around each other by Nikki and her father. Alyssa - Nikki’s mother and Josh’s wife. Voodoopunk, taught Nikki from a young age that she’s much smarter and stronger than she thinks she is. Josh - Nikki’s father and Alyssa’s husband. Legally blind, and needs glasses. Also a voodoopunk, and also Schizophrenic. He’s a sweetheart. ( Marshall ) - Josh’s hallucination. About regular human height. Wears a cloak nearly at all times. ( Eli ) ( Nomi )

Robots Alpine - A very very old patchwork robot, whom used to help people across the alps. She new resides with her girlfriend/wife whom is also a robot, named Schmooples. They’re very in love. Shiv - A copper with silver highlights robot. A total sweetheart, with their namesake installed in their wrists. Has a shitty past, but really trying to get past it. Now lives with their flatmate, Bluenose, who if nothing else puts up with their nonsense. Genderfluid, best go with They/Them pronouns for ‘em. Elementals Robert - Space elemental. Happy and caring. Patient. Loves to teach and learn. Raum - Soon-to-be Space elemental. Caring, patient. Likes to learn. Brisa - Wind elemental. Shy and softspoken. Augustus - Earth/ground elemental. Serious. He just really misses his wife and children. Nayia - Water elemental. Cocky and loudmouthed.

“A Summer of Hope” (working title)

Hope - Depressed. Has anger issues so bad she socked a kid in the face and got expelled because of it (though her getting expelled was actually something that was long time coming tbh. This just happened to be the final straw). She’s now living with her Uncle Virgil.

Telford - Bitter. Kind of an old mn. He likes painting though. Probably an elitist or something idk. Aliyah (comes in much later in the story) - Archer, bonde soft spoken sweetheart. Very good friend of Hope’s and possibly her girlfriend in the future.

No story Mimsy Roslynn - Ferris - Russ’s husband. Owner of a small diner. Great cook. Open to learn. Stubborn and holds grudges for a long time sometimes. Also a kinky little shit. Russ - Motorcyclist. Gay. He works in a store but I’m not exactly sure what he does. Probably a little bit of everything kinda guy. Unloading supplies, checkout, helping around, etc. Demi-boy. Ferris’s husband. A bit of a crybaby depending on the situation. - Wenge - Nervous, anxious, and a little scared more often than not. He’s overcoming some bad things that happened to him still. Cotton Candy’s adoptive father. Cotton Candy - Just as sweet as her namesake. Wenge’s adoptive daughter. Goofy kiddo. Hooker Green - Stoner. But a nice stoner. Pretty chill and really kind. Never smokes around kids. Sunglow - Queen in the streets, queen also in the sheets really she’s beautiful and badass basically no matter what. Sweetheart though, sometimes impatient with Hooker Green, and has all the patience in the world for Wenge. Long time friends with them. - Netty - About 22 I think. Very nice. Owner of a candy shop. T-Jay - Black 10th grader. Works at Netty’s candy shop. Good friends with her, Russ and Ferris. Bigender. He likes learning about science and history. And his name is actually Terrence James.- - Ramone - Very sweet. Loves to bake even though he’s blind. Terrence’s husband. He has a guide dog.

Terrence - Very smart. Is a Lepidopterist (butterfly/moth scientist). Sometimes he’s away for some periods of time, but he loves Ramone very much and always wants to help him when it comes to his disability. Douglas - Old man. Probably around his 60s/70s. Smart, but not a smartass. Writes in a journal everyday. I don’t have much on him. Virgil - Hope’s uncle. Is a florest and a hippie. Grew up in the 70s but was born in the 60s so he’s getting about his early 50s. Open minded and patient, good for Hope’s temper. - April - Great Pyrenees anthro character. Friends with Keket, and generally helping her get used to her place in the present now. She’s.. Patient. If nothing else.

- The Conductor - Very creepy. I think he’s some sort of spirit. Definitely dead though. He also has four arms. He was inspired by Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train”. The Cattleman - Scared easily. Loves horses. Also a spirit dude/thing who is definitely dead. He and The Conductor spend a lot of time with each other. He also has a horse. Her name is Lonicera (it’s her favorite plant. Bonus points if you tell me the plant at some point).

Mortimer -

Sorrow the Scarecrow -

Chandler - Robotic trapeze artist in a circus. Color is red. French. Loud-mouthed and stubborn and tbh kinda rude? Throws shade a lot. Is the older twin between he and Bijou. Bijou - Robotic trapeze artist in a circus. Color is green. French. Less loud-mouthed and stubborn, but still is loud-mouthed and stubborn. Also kinda rude. Somehow throws more shade than his brother. More sarcastic. Is the younger twin between he and Chandler.

Willow - A Honey/Bee witch. Very beautiful, and she knows it. She lives alone, somewhere where she can take care of her bees and not be bothered unless she wants to be.

Lucinda - Cajun. Beautiful. Queen of Snapchat and Instagram tbh. Pole dancer. Cutie with a booty. Absolute southern sweetheart. In a poly relationship with Caius and Rufus. Also really good at eyeliner like you should envy her tbh.

Caius - Very smart. Good with kids.

Rufus -

Shared OCs Jaclyn - Excitable half-dragon girl. Works out.

- Riley - Excitable Agender. In a polyamorous relationship with Brently and Kenneth. They often get off topic, and are definitely the most enthusiastic of the three, they help bring a good balance to the three though. Kenneth - Extremely calm 1/3 of a polyamorous relationship with Riley and Brently. He’s very loving, and the tallest of the three, definitely a ‘Gentle Giant’. Is Hope’s cousin, their shared relative is Virgil. - Steve Soldado - A sweet gay man who’s Max’s boyfriend and works at a petshop. Recently adopted into a new family, and he’s very happy there. He now has a mom, a dad, and 2 brothers and loves them all.

Daniel -

#they might not all have descriptions but as I can remember they're all here #of of them their tag on my blog is their name #my ocs #bt double babbles

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Episode 9 - “Sharks Can’t Survive in Boiling Hot Tea” - Sarah

How is Jordan Pines still in this game?!

WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL IS

I AM PISSED BECK LEFT. I AM GOING TO SLAUGHTER THEM, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. My main target is Landen. You're gonna be a butt hurt baby cause I sniped Juls then it's war, and I'm coming for you, because I doubt anyone else would target me for that reason so he needs to go NOW. I can't wait for the moment where I get to write his name down and him leave because he's so narcissistic. This round went exactly how I wanted Stoner won the gold medal in the arena and Sonkei wins immunity, easy way to get to Final 14 and the person I'm worrying the most for on the other tribe has immunity. The only way this gets better is if Miraitowa has a messy tribal tonight. Also if Darcy, Kevin, or myself are able to volunteer for the arena before Pete gets the chance tomorrow to avoid Pete winning immunity because he is the target if we go to tribal just because of who he's connected to on the other tribe. I think next round will either be the last tribal immunity before merge or a double tribal council before merge so it is super important that Pete does not get to play in the next arena, if Pete makes merge idgaf if he competes in the arena he wouldn't even be my target anymore but if I end up having to vote him and he has an idol I'm going to have to work against him because he won't trust me anymore. I'm also getting weird vibes from Caeleb and I'd actually like to get Caeleb out when we merge because I straight up don't trust him. I rather keep Sammy, and to a lesser extent Eve around because people know they are a strong pair and they already votes against Kevin/Jacob/Nicole so they will probably have tension between each other. Stoner I'm not close with but for me it doesn't make sense to go after him first, because our relationship is just okay. If sonkei doesn't end up going to tribal I like Pete and wouldn't mind the idea of building our relationship during the merge. I'm hoping Jordan Pines gets voted out if I'm being honest he has connections to my tribe and I think he's most likely to get people to flip from my tribe so him going this round might be beneficial to my game in the long run, however if he makes merge I need to start building a relationship with him right away because I guarantee he will be an important connection to have if he makes merge. Sarah would probably be one of the people I'd like to see leave as soon as we merge, if we don't go for Landen, I think Sarah would be a good option because Emma would be on board, she doesn't have a past with anyone else in a negative way so I could see people wanting to work with her long term which is not good for me long-term because I want there to be a divide for as long as possible to I can keep myself in a majority spot. So primarily for this upcoming merge I'd like to get out Sarah or Landen, maybe Caeleb. I really am starting to not trust Nicole, I know she's a winner but I think she's gonna flip maybe not right away but eventually I see her wanting to flip and maybe make a move against me, Darcy, or Jacob C. which would be super problematic, so I think I need to socially somehow ingratiate myself with Nicole, that way if she does flip it won't be on me and if she does plan on flipping she might prolong it to where it won't matter if she does flip.

To start off my confessional for this round, I lost who was pretty well my main ally throughout the game in Beck at the past Miraitowa tribal, which then left me as the last original Yushu remaining. So, here on out, I am not only doing this game for myself, but doing it for Beck as well. Anyways, my tribe won Immunity once again, which is nice, so I am officially in the top 14, which honestly, I did not expect to make it this far, so I am very proud of myself. Now, get to witness Miraitowa tribal once again, but this one probably will be a bit more interesting than their past tribal, as Stoner is immune due to the gold medal win at arena, so that just leaves the vote options on Miraitowa as Sarah, Landen, Evelyn, Sammy, Caeleb and Jordan for this round. Honestly got no idea who is going to go out from those people, as advantages or idols could come in play, so one can never make a full on prediction to who they think the boot will be, as anything is bound to occur.

There are too many angles going on in this game right now for me to even articulate it through a confessional. I think, at this point, people who are taking the route of being blatantly dishonest to everyone are going to be found out, and voted out. You can't just make an alliance to cover your own ass, then expect nobody to privy to your deception... 👀 Sharks can't survive in boiling hot tea, so stop adding fuel to the fire *cough cough certain someone cough*

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I hate how quiet my tribe is and would not be surprised if I were blindsided tonight. Stoner literally does not speak so it’s so frustrating. I think I have gained caeleb, Jordan, and eves trust but it’s just so hard to talk and formulate plans when literally everyone is dead. I think we are blindsiding landen tonight but i could be wrong...I’m just hoping I’m not the one going home and if I am well...shit. I just don’t like this idea and paranoia surrounded with landen in the game he’s given me several red flags and I’m just not sure what his logic is.

This vote is touuuugh. I'm not going to go into specifics because like, due in an hour! But let's just give a brief recap of where the war lines have been drawn: 3 people from Sonkei 2.0, Jordan/Chris/Sarah. Jordan earlier invited myself to a big Anti-Premade alliance, and I was all on board. When we got to this new tribe structured around this idea, I asked Eve if she'd heard about this alliance and if she was interested in it. She gave me no clear answer yes or no and I assumed she was waiting to make a decision. Chris then asked me to make the group chat. I tried to wait on a yes or no from Eve, but you know how she is. Vague. Safe. FUCKING ANNOYING. So anyway I made the group chat without her... well later on when asking her the very important question of whether she wanted to side with the 3 Sonkeis, or with Caeleb & Sammy, she made me feel like the decision was allll on me. My responsibility. That shit is fucking annoying. I can tell when you're trying to get me to take the game-blame and it's obnoxious... That being said with all the other 3 Sonkeis wanting Eve in the group and with Eve now implying she wanted to be with the group, I had no choice but to add her to the group chat. I did my best to explain why I hadn't added her before but she took it as sketchy sketchy sketchy which I Sort of understand but now it's making me spiral and I'm very confused about it all. We planned to lie and tell Sammy/Caeleb both Sarah, but Eve told Sammy the truth. Which is a possible reason for why shit is going to blow up tonight. But knowing he knew, I also had to be truthful so Sammy still keeps trusting me going forward and doesn't side with any kind of plan to strike me after this. Which is something I'm actually pretty concerned is going to happen. I'm always nervous there's a plan to get me out, it's Survivor, but it's especially bad this time with how Sarah is weirdly quiet with me and the group, annoyed with being the name... The way Sammy/Caeleb are catching onto my side playing... The way Eve is trying to drag me under the bus... I just have a very bad feeling. That being said, I'm trying not to trust my gut, but to trust my head, which says logically, everything you've heard from everyone perfectly lines up. Caeleb is going home unanimously. Unless he plays a power in which case it will probably be Sarah or Eve, but it will not be you... There's a part of me that says to trust my heart, which says Caeleb and Sammy believe me. Still, as much as I know these things to be true, and the reality appears like I'm safe, I can't help feeling like everything I'm standing on is a cracked illusion and it's all going to come crashing down on me at tribal tonight as they laugh in my blindsided face. I truly hope my anxious gut is wrong about all this, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see, and be proud of myself I made the bold move to be honest with Caeleb and Sammy which may help me later. For now, all I can do is wait and see. 30 minutes to go.

Bye landen yuu were crazy too much has yiu been calmer you would have stayed wish you weren’t crazy

This week is gonna be hectic, we’re blind siding landen allegedly. I just hope it’s not me getting played for the clown. If so, good on em!! I got played. But if not, bye landen. Babe u played to hard tbh

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Up In Smoke

Stoner+Suicidal Cas fic I never posted bc it is WAY to graphic for Wattpad. Like seriously huge ass fuckin trigger warning. I was in that place when I wrote it so I’m really stressing this it is REALLY graphic with the self harm. Please dont read it if that is triggering at all for you. I’m posting it now bc the non graphic parts are pretty good.

***I'm just sayin no drug dealer is ever gonna act like Crowley okay this is unrealistic af it's a fanfic not real life okay They will charge you every penny for what you buy I'm establishing that Crowley and Cas have known each other for a while and Cas has done many favors for Crowley

**also uh Moe's is the south east's version of Chipotle**

This has been a disclaimer.***

Cas slammed his truck door closed behind him. He tried to hold it in, but couldn't. He bawled into his stearing wheel. He rubbed his eyes, hoping no one in the school parking lot had seen his break down. He grabbed his phone and texted the contact "Crowley." Hey, it's been a rough couple days, and I just got paid. Can I stop by and fill up? Cas flipped the ignition and pulled up some Hollywood Undead on his iPod, waiting for a response from Crowley. He checked his phone. Sure, darling, mind grabbing me some smokes? Cas didn't bother answering, he just pulled out of the parking lot and headed towards the nearest gas station.

He parked his truck behind a rather sketchy looking apartment building. Crowley was already outside, a cigarette in hand. He was short, dark, almost black hair. He wore a leather jacket and black t shirt with worn jeans, Stereotypical motherfucker. "Got my Pall Malls?" He asked, blowing smoke. "Yup. Hope you know, I can smell it from here," Cas walked up to Crowley and gave him his smokes. "Landlord buys from me, he doesn't give a shit. C'mon," he led Cas inside. Once inside, Crowley pulled out a freezer gallon bag rolled up, out of his inside coat pocket. "And because you're such a delight, half off." Cas pulled out his wallet. "Only $40," Crowley smiled. "$40 is not half of what I ordered." "Over or under?" Crowley unrolled the bag and examined the contents. "This is $120 so.. dude, I'm really baked, I'm sorry, whatever half of $120 is." Cas laughed, "I can tell, your apartment reeks, dude," Cas fumbled with his wallet, "here's half of $120 is $60, plus $10 for rolling." Crowley refused the extra $10. "No, Cas, rolling on me, okay?" Cas took the $10 and the now rolled up gallon bag. "Thanks, Crowley," Cas pocketed his wallet. "Cas," Crowley pulled him into a hug, "I love ya, buddy." Crowley wouldn't let go. "I'm really baked." "Get some rest," Cas urged, Crowley laughed.

Cas quickly grabbed an empty cigarette box from his center consol and gently placed in 20 joints, shoving the rest of gallon bag in the trash bag behind his seat. He pulled out an actual cigarette, Marlboro silver, and grabbed the lighter from the glove box. Cas quickly inhaled half of the cigarette before even turning his car on. He drove home finishing his cigarette.

Cas had smoked 3 joints and was pretty baked by midnight. "I'm sorry," he kept whispering to himself. His roommate, Gabe, had bought a pack of disposable razors, he had one in his hand. He'd shaven it down enough to expose the razor part. Cas just stared at it. He got up and took off his pants, and walked into the bathroom. Gabe won't be back until Friday. He's at Sam's.

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Cas didn't really notice what he was doing until he was covered in his own blood. His thighs sliced up in dozens of places, his boxers were soaked, if he'd been wearing a shirt, the bottom portion would've been, too. A few more slices and he fell asleep.

That morning he woke up in a pool of blood that had began to clot. It was going on 7, his first class was at 10. Cas went into his room and grabbed a pair of clean boxers, somehow without getting blood on anything.

Cas stepped around the large puddle and found hydrogen peroxide under the sink. He poured almost half the bottle around the blood and let it set, going to the kitchen to get a roll of paper towels. Between the paper towels and the peroxide, almost all of the blood was soaked up by 8:30. Cas peroxided the tile to get any dried clots up. Cas hopped into the shower and his legs extremely angry about it.

Cas tried to ignore his burning thighs as he sat in his psychology class. He wore a tank top and black jeans. Despite the jeans he still felt like they were bleeding through and everyone could see and they were all secretly making fun of him. He scribbled down notes and tried not to space out, despite still being kinda high.

Another week of getting stoned and smoking and cutting blurred by. He stopped by the gas station near his apartment to pick up a new box of smokes. He walked in and took out $14 "Two Marlboro please, silver," Cas didn't look up from counter. "I'm gonna need to see some ID," an unfamiliar voice said from behind the register. "There is no way you're over 18." Cas looked up, the man behind the counter smiled and winked. "A-a-are you hitting on me?" Cas was taken aback. He pulled out his licence and handed to the man. "Yes, I am," he looked at Cas's licence, "Castiel Novak." "Cas," he handed the man the $14. "Change is 88 cents," Cas stared down at his wallet. The man chuckled. "Here is your 88 cents, your two Marlboros and," he grabbed a pen, circled his name at the top of the receipt and scribbled down 10 digit number. "My name is Dean and I get off work at 7." Cas blushed, "O-okay," he quickly hurried back to his truck.

At 7:02 Cas dialed the number Dean had given him. He quickly took another hit off the joint he was working on as his anxiety spiked. Dean picked up. "Hello?" "Hi, Dean, this is Cas, two Marlboros, from earlier today," Cas hated phone calls, he was shaking, he took another hit. "The cute one, Castiel Novak, 88 cents," Dean responded. "Yes, you said you g-got off work at 7," great now he was stuttering, he took two more hits. "Yes, sir, how would you like to have dinner?" Dean asked. "S-sure, w-where at?" "Moe's? D'you like Moe's?" Dean asked. "S-sure, meet you there at 8?" "Moe's at 8, see you there." "You too," Cas squeaked, hanging up.

Cas hit lock and his truck beeped in response as he walked toward the Moe's, his jacket billowing behind him. Dean stood outside, staring at the door. "Hey," Cas called over to him. Dean turned to him and smiled, "Hi, cutie, so they close at 9 so I'm thinking we get food to-go and eat at the park or your place or my place?" "Sure," Cas smiled.

"So where'd'ya wanna go?" Dean asked. Cas thought about the state of his apartment, reaking of weed and cigarettes and blood, a plastic laundry hamper with clothes covered in blood was somewhere in the hallway. "I have a couple blankets behind my seats, we can lay in the bed of my truck somewhere," Cas suggested. "Lead the way to somewhere," Dean unlocked his car.

Cas pulled into the parking lot of a park that was definitely closed at 8:45pm on a Saturday, Dean parked next to him. Cas grabbed the blanket from behind his passenger seat and hoped there wasn't any weed rolled up in it. Cas locked the cab behind him and jumped up in the bed, unfurling the blanket. "TARDIS blanket? Bonus points," Dean smiled, jumping up into the bed. He sat his bag down and sat down next to Cas.

"Good ass burrito," Cas said, breaking the silence. Dean chuckled, laying down. "Do you smell weed?" Dean asked. Cas was thankful he wasn't facing Dean as he went white. "God, I haven't smoked in forever, ugh what I wouldn't do for a hit or two." "Oh, thank God," Cas sighed. "What?" Dean sat up. Cas unlocked the cab of his truck and jumped out of the bed. He fished around in his coat pocket for his cigarette box. Without locking the cab, Cas jumped back into the bed, sitting directly in front of Dean, he placed the two boxes in between the two. "Cas, I meant weed," Dean chuckled. "I know," he responded, picking up the small box wrapped in duct tape, opening it to reveal 15 thin joints and a lighter. "This is Issac," Cas clicked the disposable lighter with an eye on it, "get it? 'Eye'sac? He's my best friend. I have more conversations with him than I do most other people. I was scared you'd be one of those people who look down on people like me, I'm really glad you're not, you seem really cool, but I'm also really stoned, so I could be wrong about that," Cas rambled. "You-you smoke a lot?" Dean asked. "Yes. I hope that won't be a problem," Cas frowned. "No, no, just curious, I wanna know more about you, I haven't learned much so far," Dean brushed some hair away from Cas's eyes. "Well, I'm in college, a lot of debt, I smoke a lot, both cigs and weed, I haven't had a boyfriend since sophomore year of high school, I've tried to kill myself 13 times this month, my roommate, Gabe, is-" "Wait, hold on, go back, you've tried to kill yourself? 13 times? This month?" Dean questioned. "Uh, yeah, I'm obviously not very good at that, or maybe I'm just not trying hard enough, I dunno," Cas rubbed his burning thigh. "My roommate, Gabe, is also gay, he's at his boyfriend's for a while, I've been avoiding making another appointment with my therapist, for obvious reasons, and if slash when we do sexy times stuff I'm going to do my best to not even look down at my legs at this point," Cas stopped and took a deep breath. Dean leaned forward and firmly kissed Cas. As Dean pulled away Cas took a deep breath in, "I have really bad anxiety issues I shouldn't be allowed to live on my own, there has to be at least half a gram of just pure THC currently in my body at this point, we can't go to my place, there's too much tobacco and weed and blood, I'm going to make stupid desicions tonight, and your eyes are really pretty," Cas grabbed Dean's face, pulling him back into a kiss.

#destiel #suicidal #tw self harm #drugs #supernatural

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kittykatb00m-blog · 7 years

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The Glory Hole

My first job in Portland was a convenience store called a Plaid Pantry. It's probably best described as the Pacific Northwest equivalent to a 7-11. They're everywhere up there. The year was 1996, I was 19 years old. A fresh faced punk kid from Aledo. My first shift was a graveyard, and this cat named Doug came from another store to train me. Doug looked like a younger Jon Stewart with some sort of orthodontics. We got on pretty well, and he was a very patient trainer. About halfway through the shift, I asked him if he smoked weed. I was a pretty big stoner at the time. He was all like, "yeah, you wanna get high?" Welcome to Portland. We smoked a bowl outside the store. We finished the shift in tthe morning. Said our goodbyes, and parted ways. Maybe a month or two later, I was headed downtown on a bus. It was my day off, I was high, and was going to go buy some records. I heard my name, it was Doug. I sat next to him and shot the shit. He suggested that we get off the bus and smoke a bowl. We hit up this park off of Hawthorne, and blazed up. Then Doug starts telling me about his girlfriend, and all the stuff that goes on with their sexy time. At this point in my life, I'm not super comfortable with sex, or talking about it, especially with someone I barely know. But I just shrug it off. We're very fucking high, and Doug suggests we go downtown and "fuck around". We hop back on the bus and head downtown. We walk past this ultra sketch adult book store. It's called Hart's Adult Books. Doug asks if I wanna go inside, and check out some magazines. Now don't get me wrong; I'm a 19 year old dude, living in a house with a bunch of other horny teenagers. We had a pretty impressive cumulative collection of porno mags. Mind you this is the era of dial up, and internet is not as ubiquitous as it is now. Analog porn was still in. However, I'm already weirded out with this dude talking about his sex life, now he's taking me to a porn shop? But, I'm high, and dumb, so I says ok. This place is so skeezy. There are just portable folding tables like you would see in a classroom with stacks of mags on them. I start flipping through a couple, high as fuck, thinking how awkward all of this is. There are a few random balding dudes milling around adding to the sketchiness of the place. Doug comes over and asks if I want to check out the arcade... Now, up until this point, I had the idea that an adult arcade was exactly what it sounds like. X rated video games. It's not. In case you're not sure what they are, they're jerk off booths. Did I mention how fucking high I am? But I'm here. Let's see what this is about. We head back towards the back of the shop. There's a man in a glass ticket booth. He looks like he lives in there. He looks like an uncle that isn't allowed near schools. He looks like the Cryptkeeper. We sheepishly ask how this works. He says, whilst smoking his budget cigarette, in a horrible 90 year old smoker's voice, that we exchange cash for tokens. Then we go "in the back". There are booths to the left and right. You go in, you put in your tokens, watch a movie, have fun. He explained that the booths on the left were just for watching the movie. The booths on the right, well, for something a little extra. He also explains that once you put your tokens in, a light above the door goes on. He says that if we're in a booth, without a light, we're fucking out. I'm high. I'm naive. This goes way over my head. Doug and I get tokens from the scary man, and we go into the back. It's like a bathroom, with particle board stalls. There are probably 5-6 stalls on either side of the room. In the middle, a couple of stand up ashtrays. There are 3 men standing, smoking, waiting. There are a few lights above the booths lit up, many not lit. What are these guys waiting for? Doug and I light up cigarettes. These dudes are fucking staring at us like we are pork chops. I'm so high and so uncomfortable. What the fuck am I doing? Then, the token creep comes back and reiterates, left for normal time, right for "extra". Doug goes to the left. I went to the right. I entered the stall. It's just like a bathroom stall without a toilet. There's a tv screen in the wall with a series of buttons beneath it and a coin slot. The screen is streaked with dried cum. There is a wastebasket on the floor with used tissue in it. And on the right wall panel, a hole. Not like a tennis ball sized hole, a big fucking hole. One you could easily put an entire ass through. Then I understood what a mistake I made. But I'm here, let's go through with this. I popped in some tokens. The screen fires up. I'm toggling through the stations. There's a lot of gay porn on here. I'd never seen gay porn (or really been with a guy) yet. I found something suitable, and went to work. That's when I heard the door open and close next to me. This is what those guys were waiting for. "Pssst. Pssst. Hey" This continued as I continued with the most awkward wank ever. In the dark, a mans eyes are watching me masturbate through this hole. Hey kept going.... "Pssst. Hey." Finally, I said "NO!" But I kept jerking off. He watched me the whole time, and when I came, I heard him pressing against the wall, feverishly masturbating too. Instantly, a flood of regret, guilt, and shame washed over me. I put my messy parts back in my pants and hightailed it out of the store. As I passed the man in the booth, he yelled at me "had enough had you?!!" And laughed like fucking Vincent Price at the end of Thriller. I went out to the street. Lit up a smoke; hands shaking. Three minutes later, Doug emerges, no clue what had happened. We said an awkward goodbye, and never saw each other again.

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Episode 8: “the proof is in the parchments” - Olivia

After Lorelei was voted out, there was an immediate witch hunt- who voted Lorelei and who voted Matt? Owen/Stoner and Anabel/Trent both accused each other, but aided by Olivia’s parchment comparison theory, Stoner & Owen were exposed.

In a shooty shooty gun challenge, Olivia won having not received a single shot all challenge, while Owen/Anabel publicly had a disagreement that they worked out quite nicely in the tribe chat during the challenge.

In the build up to tribal, Owen quickly emerged as a potential vote for being as clearly big brained as he is, with Stoner thrown out as the misdirect vote, which Owen got on board with, in an attempt to save himself.

At tribal, Owen tragically decided to hold onto his idol and was sent out holding onto it, leaving Chris,Chris & Leigh squarely in the minority, and a king joining the two legendary previous jurors.

OLIVIA

I’m assuming anabel played her idol because the newbies had a little chit chat and concluded that because of jess’s rumor all the vets would be voting against her so she played it and they dumped their votes on Matt, completely going against NuCahaya. I assume they thought we were lying when we said we’re voting Lorelei LMAO but jokes on them. We WERE lying but not about that hehe. So now they’re gonna feel bad because we were honest. Which is funny because like what a way to psyche someone out- tell them the real vote lmao. So all I know is that a newbie ain’t winning this challenge

OWEN

THAT WAS SO BAD THAT WAS SOOOOO BAD OMFG KJASDFHKSJD FUCK TRENT AND ANABEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ESPECIALLY FUCKING TRENT WHY WOULD HE DO THAT TO ME???? LITERALLY WHY??? I WANT HIS ASS OUT OF THIS GAME RN THERE'S NO WAY HE GETS ALL THE FUCKING POWER AND THE SWING VOTE LITERALLY FUCK MEEEEE!!!! straight men deserve to burn in this fucking game and i'm gonna make it happen i got my idol and my thots to back me up so FUCK ALL THIIIIS literally nobody is saying anything to me now it's so freaking awkward i feel like a dead body nnnn olivia and jess like are acting like that didnt just happen and I bet trent ratted me the fuck out on the off chance they think i voted with them happy halloween

ok on second though maybe trent isnt so bad because he just apologized and told me it was last minute. do i believe him??? a little bit because im a whore for a good straight man but also like...he's still sketchy lmao maybe im bein dumb

OLIVIA

Chris O, Trent, and now stoner... another one bites the dust DA DA DUN DUN DUN

MICHAEL

https://youtu.be/EjX8G1aj8M8 (for before Merge TC)

OLIVIA (these are six confessionals in a row)

I WON IMMUNITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I had a feeling from the jump I’d win idk like I just couldn’t picture anyone shooting me and no one did? Now if that’s good or bad for next round we’ll see 😂

So this morning I could see how it was gonna play out and knew it would come down to Jess or I and I knew it would be Matt or Leigh, Matt I knew would shoot jess and not me and so I spent this morning talking Leigh up (plus she’s cool to talk to so I was just enjoying talking to her) and whaddaya know, it came down to Leigh and she shot jess not me! Also a factor was Jess won last time so I’m sure they didn’t want her to win again but imma just pretend it was all my social skills 😂 So stoner is saying he never threw matt’s name around and Owen is mad at anabel for spreading rumors apparently. So they’re def trying to make it seem like they voted Lorelei and Trent and anabel are lying and Trent and anabel are tryna make it seem like stoner and Owen are lying. Maybe my new buddy Leigh can help me figure out what really happened

I am worried because now there’s like fighting between anabel and Owen apparently. I fear this is the round I’ll have to turn on one of my alliances. Unless we miraculously get like Chris o out I just don’t see how it can happen where I don’t turn on one of them

Leigh, absolute queen of strategy, refuses to call anyone to bond and when she comes to me asking to be saved this round and I asked her for some info, quid pro quo, she refused to give anything away! Super smart babe, super smart

Dear anabel, STOP SAYING IM POPULAR AND PEOPLE LIKE ME OR I WILL GET YOU OUT. AINT NOBODY SUPPOSED TO CATCH ONTO THAT! Thank you kindly, Olivia

SO TRENT’S THROWIN AROUND MY MOTHERFUCKIN NAME HUH? WELL FUUUUUCK YOU BUDDY

Me Owen and Matt: in a secret alliance Trent: there’s no way Matt and Owen would EVER work together Me: SWEATING

JESS

So I just took a melatonin pill so it's time for another late night rant. So to start off.. I'm really regretting the whole "I DON'T WANT IMMUNITY" thought I had earlier today. These will be my famous last words if I go tomorrow so that blows. I think for the FIRST time in this game I'm actually really nervous for a vote. This vote is GOING TO BE HUGE. I honestly think this vote is going to be the deciding factor in what direction this game is going to go....A HUGE player like Stoner or Owen will go making the path to the end a little more clearer for people OR I GO. I see no in-between here. Here is a little bit of background........ After the vote Chris O approached me begging to give him at the very best 7th. The way he broke down the alliances was extremely accurate and it really spooked me. However, I think he is smart enough to want to put a dent in it. Based on my conversations with everyone else..... I have guess I have the worst connection with him and Leigh. So by default that would leave me as a big juicy option for them to want to take out. I've tried SO HARD to try and connect with Leigh. I just feel like she's incredibly smart and knows how to redirect a conversation into a place which won't incriminate her. She constantly does this with me but I also can't blame her.. We haven't found ourselves on the same side and we haven't been able to build trust in past votes. It just blows because I honestly thought she was going to be someone I would have so much in common with so... I'm majorly disappointed. I won't burn the bridge JUST YET but god damn. I'm getting to my point.. I swear.. This leaves the whole "GET OUT OWEN PLAN". I'm all for it. I'm just scared of snitches, advantages, and idols. The snitches part is simple. If someone leaks the plan then I can see Stoner and Owen realizing the vets is over and taking a shot at a vet. Seeing as they'd want to appeal to their buddies Leigh and Chris O.... that would be me. I'm going to try and talk more with Stoner and Owen and make them feel REALLY comfortable but... rip. Then there's idols and advantages. Can't do anything about fucking that. Can I? I don't have any because I have no luck and the hosts hate me. I doubt anyone would play an idol on me so there's that............ I'm just incredibly paranoid right now. I can accept that. I should have the votes to AT LEAST tie and hopefully to sink this... BUT idols and advantages might be the end of me. I guess my goal for tomorrow is to try and reach out to as many people as possible. Make myself visible, make myself a part of a POSITIVE dialog, and make sure bitches know I'm on their sides enough to NOT want to take me out. Hopefully people realize I'M NOT A BIG MOVE. Sure I have connections but I really haven't done much in this game? There's way bigger fish to fry and I want to keep it this way. I mean sure.. I've kept Trent/Anabel safe and may have been a MAJOR reason why Lorelei went? BUT nothing WORTHY of getting a shot taken at me RIGHT NOW. 10th won't look good on me. My lucky number is 9. I just don't want to be a casualty of a war that isn't mine.

TRENT

This past round was unnecessarily messy. For about 47.99 hours everybody was completely silent about the vote. And at the literal last second, people started to scramble. Half (Chris O, Leigh, Lorelei, Owen, Stoner) wanted Matt out, then the other half (Jess, Olivia, Matt, Michael) wanted lorelei out. Which left me and anabel to have to make a choice. Our newbie alliance or our Nuchaya alliance. Now also add a little extra drama, Anabel with ahead and told Chris O that she wanted stoner out, and Chris O immediately told Owen who immediately told Stoner. I finally convinced Anabel to drop the stoner idea. We decided to vote lorelei out with our Nuchaya tribe. BUT i told Owen i was voting Matt. When the votes were read, both sides except myself were shocked. Owen and his side thought for sure that Matt was gone, and Nuchaya thought for sure it would be a wider margin because Stoner and Owen agreed to vote with the returnees. So then scrambling happened. I had to tell Owen that I was lied to and I thought he knew the vote and that I was told majority would be on Lorelei. I then told Leigh I was completely played and lied to and I felt so horrible. I THINK both people believe me because both keep talking about the future vote with me. So either they are now lying to my face because they caught on, or they truly believe me . I actually think it's the second one, because Leigh right this second is trying to convince me to vote with her, Stoner, Owen, Chris O. Now for tonight's vote. I'm about 80% sure Stoner or Owen have an idol. and we (NuChaya) want one of them out before they slip through the cracks and make it to the end. So i came up with the plan that we use the returnees connection with matt, and my connection with leigh and leak that they want stoner out, knowing full and well leigh will tell Chris O and Chris will tell everyone else out. NuChaya then votes owen. Our plan is that they use and idol to try to save Stoner but in fact just waste it and we get owen out. I'm using Matt as a shield though and going to be telling everyone that he's the one who said Stoners name. So i need to have a conversation with him and make sure he says that. This is an incredibly risk move because if anyone on Nuchaya leaks the real plan, then I will be going home tonight.

STONER

https://youtu.be/6zQsyt71aVM

JESS

So my plan for this vote is a rather.... unique one? Actually it isn't. But...... I'm going to try and act paranoid enough to where people might think i'll use an idol on myself OR enough so people want to see if I'll be a crackhead and flip. This could backfire against me. People might think "Let's get rid of the paranoid bitch" but... I can't just sit here and die.

OWEN

Hehe I popped off on anabel yesterday then she called and cleared the air..,,, I didn’t rlly believe her tho shen she said she wasn’t coming for me. It’s been hella fucking quiet. I’m kind of mad this comp came at this time because I wanted a shot to win. The vets aren’t confronting me about last vote and I’ve been lying and saying I voted lorelei and that maybe stoner voted matt lol Either way nothing concrete is being said other than stoner tossing out anabel’s name. Idek what to do I feel like honestly I used all my energy last round for literally no result so maybe tonight I play my idol and move on and pick up the pieces next round I don’t want to give up but lookin around rn I can’t be making a big scene by campaisgbing

I have an idol and I ODN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.... I talked to Matt and Olivia for a while and it seemed a good conversation. I'm playing like I'm not sure whether or not Stoner or Anabel voted Matt, but I really don't think these people will believe that I voted Lorelei, especially after Michael and I took each other out in the challenge... But like, here's the thing. If I play the idol now and cancel votes against me at least I guarantee myself another round to make something happen + win immunity. And I think since this comp was basically whoever is in the majority wins, and the first one was fl*g m*king, the next one can be something I potentially pop tf off at... But if I do idol this round and don't need it, I don't think I'll make it much further in the game without that idol :((((( ppl are gonna be like wtf why'd u play that... so idk. It's like, am I playing for ninth or playing for first? And right now I can't tell. I put myself in a good position premerge and a bad one this round. Unless Jess/Olivia/Matt really believe me and not Anabel/Trent.... god. I don't know what I should do. Part of me says use it and give yourself a chance to keep playing. Part of me says gamble, save it, and if I survive I have a chance of surviving longer.

OLIVIA

Owen, Matt, and I had a call in our alliance chat today and it was so sad bc it was so comfortable and like fun and it’s sad knowing he’s just playing us and he voted Matt last time and he’s just playing us again this time. Hopefully Owen goes bye bye this time and Matt and I can form an even stronger bond.

OWEN

Continuing to be the messiest bitch in the game. Fucking shook rn. I voted for Stoner which will probably bite me later but right now its what I have to do to build trust with a majority again. Maybe he won’t even leave and I will. I don’t k ow. I really feel like if I play this idol at least it’s a guarantee I’m here but I don’t want to make people think I don’t trust them. I don’t want to seem like an idiot. God idk what to do I have fifteen minutes to play this idol or not :))))))$ who knows what could happen!!! I’m having like my third meltdown of the game

CHRIS O

if they let me stay they’ll regret it I’m gonna win every non-social non-creative challenge WATCH THIS SPACE

OWEN

Saving my idol. Worst that happens is I get to reunite with queen Lorelei and I get drunk either way xoxoxo. See y’all on the flip side.

#whenyourfiresout

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