Often times butches or studs will come into the restaurant with their girl and as I take their orders (you tap the screen with your middle, not your pointer.) I'll notice their mannerisms and how, when they're sent away, when they're met with them, the cooks respond. And how it differs from their consistent response to me. and I sit and I watch and I think, well, okay. What is the difference between me and her?
Though I do put on a bit of a front at work, it's really only for customers, and even then, mostly for teenage boys and adult men. More masculine (duh), more lackadaisical than how I usually hold myself. I smack my gum (mint, or watermelon), I shift my weight (higher than I'd like), I roll back my shoulders (wide, my fathers), and slur my words (How y'doin? What can I getcha? Fer here'r tuhgo?) and with these words I've noticed I've stopped repeating the greetings and phrases I was taught by my waitress mother and millennial boss and started parroting the oldheads and young fathers and Soundcloud rappers I share the kitchen with. It seems to be working. I've gotten more sirs, mans, dudes, and bros hurled my way in one month than I have in my whole life. the cooks laugh once they leave, or hang up, laugh at the stupid, unsuspecting customer who needs to get their glasses checked because they fell for the ruse of the tranny dyke behind the counter.
I'm not too bothered, I'm not trying to fool them. I know they're too smart for that, know that once the lobby empties, they're the only ones who see any semblance of machismo wash away, the only thing left in it's place the 20 year old theater major who sneaks off to the girl's room with the broken lock to adjust her compression bra, who giggles on the phone, texting her girl-friends in the corner. She won't eat in front of you out of fear of seeming sloppy, draws on the napkins, and she's prone to panic attacks if it gets too busy.
Someone like that shouldn't be scraping off the spare winnings that easily, gnawing at the ankles of all the hard working men we serve, lapping up the testosterone laced sweat soaking the rims of their tube socks.
But for all they know, the butch on the other side of the counter might be pulling the exact same stunt. She pays for her and her girl's meal and takes the paper bag with a headnod but maybe when her girl places it by her feet on the passenger side of the car floor the butch is busy thumbing her cds for the right showtune duet for the two to croon all the ride home. Brother, we're on a joint heist, but there's no Bond music to signal the end. Man's demise will be backed by the soundtrack to A Chorus Line.
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sorry i dont usually do oc x canon stuff its just not really my thing but i kind of think the concept of big (the cat) having a boyfriend who is an underwater mobian of some kind is kinda hilarious so what if him and shark guy kissed and held ha*i am taken out by an assassin*
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Ok km tired of keeping my thoughts to myself I'm gonna ramble about sky au (with old unfinished art) merry christmas
So for a long while I never really had a set plot, or like, a solid idea of what sky au should be (hell I'm still figuring it out now). But a while back I had talked to a friend about it and they gave me the idea to basically have the plot center around mondo and taka meeting every solar eclipse!! (chinateacups thank u sm king for the idea hehe) while I had been researching more about solar eclipses I feel like the best way for them to have actually interacted is when there's total eclipses, since those are the ones that completely finish rather than just happening partially or etc. ANYWAYS YEAG! they meet/see each other every total eclipse, and when they don't see each other they are off doing their own duties as the sun and moon guardians, as well as going around earth to explore on their own. Yes, there's a ton of yearning how did you know-
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I want to put more research into the au itself since I love space n stuff but at the same time I keep having little scenarios in my head of them meeting or learning more about earth together 😢💔 sometimes i wanna ramble about it here but then realize I didn't tell you guys about the whole ‘meeting every total eclipse part’ so YEAG! there's that,, at least now I've mentioned that.
anyways that's it for now just wanted to tell u guys that baiii
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happy cringe day wednesday here’s that future meta knight design from this thing
i wanted to change his palette so it would be more balanced with the horns and reflect his role in dreamland’s monarchy. hence, the red. and the fur. which is also just because i thought it would be nice and comfy. hard to design a cape for someone without much in terms of shoulders.
kirby’s also here, ready for a sword fight, but…we can ignore that :)
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