johnny cannot find simon anywhere, not even in his office when he doesn't bother to knock on the door before opening it and entering the room to call for his name. he looks around with a soft smile on his face and is about to leave when he notices a little, dark blue box on the desk and cannot mind his own business to save his life.
so he closes the door behind himself, reaches the desk and picks the box up. it's soft at touch and the blue is not as dark as it seemed from afar. johnny takes a breath and opens it, slowly. the ring pops up almost immediately, it's a thick, white gold one, entirely plain if not for a tiny diamond on the center of it that glimmers so much johnny thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen.
he looks at it for a bit, before his mind clicks and he realizes what he just saw. he knows simon wants to marry him, they've talked about it, he just thought the proposal would happen in a few years and he was okay with that - he's okay with it happening in a few days too, though. more than okay.
the sgt closes the little blue box and places it exactly where it was on the desk - if simon finds out he snooped around in his office only to ruin the surprise of his proposal, he's gonna kick johnny's ass. he doesn't wanna ruin it for simon, though - and he definitely didn't ruin it for himself, that's for sure. he's the happiest man alive right now -, so he's gonna pretend he never saw anything, keeping his mouth shut for once in his life.
he leaves simon's office without even knowing that would've been the last time he would've seen it, nor that he would've never worn that ring and that's because it all happens before johnny's last mission, the one in which makarov takes his life away from him.
he doesn't even know how these kind of things work, but when he realizes it all is coming to an end - and the realization plus everything that comes with it only last a few instants -, the only thought his mind is able to form is about the only thing he really cares for in that moment: he should've let simon know. he had thought about the ring for the entire time before the mission and, at some point, he had wanted to write down a note to leave on simon's desk, under the ring box;
"be careful where you leave your things, lt. not everyone is scared to enter your office.
yes, simon. you know i've always wanted to"
he didn't. he didn't, because he wanted to wait until he could tell the so important "yes" to his lt with his very own voice. it was never about ruining the proposal for simon, actually - the lieutenant would've been lowkey grateful for not having to kneel down and all those things, even if he would've done it without hesitation for johnny -, it was about making simon aware of how truly happy he was to become his fiancé.
johnny should've written it down and left it there, though, because now he is dead and simon will never know
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woah. actual thought out reference?
Completely disregard wtf the reference from a couple weeks (a month?) ago looks like. Completely inaccurate. not sure what I was thinking w/ that one. This time I thought this one through, lol. wahoo!! Ive been kind of lazy and totally leaving out features the past few times Ive drawn him and I dont want that to happen again because he loses all the fun features.
notes written out for those who need it (glances behind my shoulder at the mobile app) under the cut. be warned, its long, lol.
starting from the top left, going across to the right side in rows.
-TURN-AROUND
-opt grey hairs/grey stripe. he keeps it evenly colored with car oil.
-eyebrow crease opt.
-head lifted for convenience (for the pose. Also spelt that wrong on the image whoops)
-5" when slouched.
-neutral expression. Teeth always visible.
-eyebags NOT opt. (Except in certain circumstances.)
-"Tail" not usually visible
-HORRIBLE posture*
-black bottom lip pokes out a little
-hands reach knees in reg. posture
-Gnarly mullet
-Overbite
-Constant slouch.
-Warped lens/frame
-Sweaty & jittery a lot
- \___ misc. extremes ___/
-BJD body
-Motherboard cover
-Plush tummy :-)
-wears heart boxers underneath. Not shown.
- |dissociating-----|-------disconnected|
-sensitive eyes w/o glasses. Squints.
- :arrow: Sparratically ejects
-overdramatic
- *except when actively interacting with someone
- 5"1 when standing straight
- |forced--|genuine--|?----|???---|
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A character i designed in class today, got the assignment to make a character and for some reason i was thinking about bells
I realized while making her that she'd actually fit into my oc world pretty well and add some really interesting stuff
Have not come up with a name for her yet unsurprisingly, so lets just call her Bell Goat(sheep? cow?) Grandma for now
Also heres the sketches from when i was trying to come up with ideas, first i drew the bells in the corner, then the person in the top right, and then the sketch i ended up refining
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we need more of the 'Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies' energy that they have at Standing Together protests, I'm endlessly frustrated by the growing anti-Arab sentiment and islamophobia coming in response to the horrific increase in antisemitism, it is never acceptable to treat people that way all it's doing is playing into the current anti-Jewish narrative and making things worse for everyone
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