#like until i was probably 21 or so id say i was shy. very very shy. but now im like was that even true? was i ever shy bc im not now | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

meltwonu · 4 years

Text

| 🍒 CH-CH-CHERRY BOMB! 🍒 | [CHAPTER 12]

pairing; dom!seungcheol x camgirl!reader

this chapter’s notes; camshow, sex toys, overstimulation, tiniest mentions of daddy!kink, a lil bit of a filler chapter!, this is the most btsvt chapter that it’ll ever get so i’m sorry if you dont like that!! 😭😭, a bit of a lighthearted chapter too tbh to ease everyone back into cherry bomb! 💕 I know its been like two fuckin weeks since the last update which is honestly insane to me! I almost couldnt remember where we even left off lmao kdjfhds 😩💕💕 Thank you for being so patient with me and waiting it out while we had two weeks of Monster Mash! Starting Monday, I’m gonna be going back to my normal posting schedule! 💕 have a great rest of the weekend, yall! 🍒

chapters; 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - ?

“Wait, seriously? You want to work here? But--but I thought you were from out of town?”

Jun’s eyes light up with excitement; fingertips crushing the resume you passed to him moments prior. “Um, well, there was a change of plans… and I’d really like to work somewhere where I have a friend! If you guys are still hiring, that is...” You reply back meekly.

It’d taken you all morning to write up a resume, blushing a little when you realize most of your income had been from camming. It’d also made you pause for a moment when you realized that it meant Jun would also know your real name too; as well as everyone who came through the diner and all of your coworkers.

“Yeah, of course! I, um, just give me a second to pass this to my manager, okay? I’ll be sure to put in a good word!” Jun shoots you a wink before he turns to leave.

You take the opportunity to sit down at a nearby booth, fishing for your phone to text Seungcheol.

‘I think I might be getting the job!!’

cheollie ✨: oh? Not that I doubted you, but is it confirmed already?

‘Mm… Jun is trying to put in a word for me! But I’m confident!’

cheollie ✨: thats my baby ;)

You hear someone call your name hesitantly, only to find Jun standing a few feet away looking at you sheepishly. “Um, sorry, your name’s on the resume so I figured…”

“Oh! Yeah, it’s fine!” You awkwardly giggle. “I figured writing ‘Cherry’ as my name wouldn’t be too smart when you need to cross-reference my ID if I get the job.” Jun laughs as he takes the seat across from you in the booth, papers in hand.

“Well, I convinced my manager to let me interview you. Told him that if we’d be workin’ together that I’d want to scope you out for myself! He bought it, can you believe it!?” Grinning, he sets your crumpled resume down next to a small stack of papers. “I don’t doubt you’d pull your weight around here but I do have to ask… Why here of all places? I thought your, uh, other job was enough? Or I guess I assumed...” You bite your lip, flip-flopping on whether or not you wanted to let him know exactly what happened that led to your sudden decision.

“Um… There were just some big life changes I had to make on the fly and I’ll be living around here now! I’m trying out some new things… I also figured if I worked with you, then you’d know my schedule the best too! And you seem like a really nice and cool guy.”

Jun nods, smiling back at you.

“You got that right!”

“You’re seriously going to start working there?” Jeongguk raises a brow, cables in hand as he sets up the extra PC in his streaming room. “And the guy working there knows you? That doesn’t bother you?”

Seungcheol laughs under his breath, “Yeah and he knows me now too. And knows I’d kick his ass if he tried anything.” You pout from your place in the expensive gaming chair; eyes focused on Jeongguk who shimmies under the desk to start plugging in the cables.

“Well, yeah he does know me, but he’s also one of my regulars and knows the schedules I’ll need, so I think we can trust him!” They both nod and Seungcheol is quick to cross the small room until he’s right behind you.

“He seems like a nice guy though, I don’t think we have to worry.”

Jeongguk slides out from underneath the desk, dusting off his pants as he stands. “And if he does end up being a weirdo, there’s always a place for you at the roller rink!”

Seungcheol rolls his eyes, hands gripping onto the backrest of the chair.

“No.”

“Hey guys, welcome back to Golden Closet Gaming! I’m JK, your regular host! Today, we have a suuuper special guest! Why don’t you introduce yourself, pretty lady~”

You take a deep breath as you lean in close to the mic; somewhat nervous and a little out of your usual element. “Hi everyone~ I’m Cherry! Some of you may know me from, um, the other side of the streaming-sphere but I’m joining my friend today in hopes of boosting our channels together and having a ‘lil bit of fun!!”

Seungcheol sits at the side as he watches the two of you; a small smile painted on his lips at the way the two of you seem to fall into your characters easily despite the somewhat different platforms and influx of different viewers.

The sound of donations and comments pour in a lot quicker than Jeongguk, himself, is used to; eyes wide and eyebrows raised as he pauses to watch them flood the screen.

sleepy_wonu has donated $100

xcaliburDK has donated $100

sleepy_wonu: never thought i’d be donating here but here we are

xcaliburDK: i was always a silent watcher but u kno i had to donate for my favorite girl!

seokGENIE: i feel like i’m entitled to something for taking your shift so i wont be donating, sorry pretty girl

j__min: can’t believe this kid got a collab with you before i did :(

j__min has donated $200

dtsug__a: i dont normally watch streams either but im curious

Jeongguk laughs, still in disbelief as the donations continue to pour in from a combination of your viewers and his. He always made a decent amount from his viewers but he couldn’t deny the pull you had from your viewers as well. “Wow, um okay, my donations are adding up a lot quicker than they usually do. That’s… Hey, whaddya say to streaming with me regularly?” He jokes.

A shy laugh bubbles up your throat; ears and cheeks burning hot at the idea. You had never collabed with any other streamer before and despite your initial hesitance and unsureness, you too, were shocked to find how well the two of you were doing without your usual content.

“Erm, I’m not very good at gaming though… I don’t think your viewers would like it very much...”

seokGENIE: thats ok jk sucks at gaming too, it wouldnt be too different

j__min: lmao fkjdhf

dtsug__a: does he get roasted often on this channel? If so i’ll be tuning in more often

dtsug__a has donated $100

dtsug__a: for your troubles, pretty gal

“On second thought, let’s let this be a special occasion, huh? Maybe collabs for the holiday, Cherry?” Jeongguk grumbles and Seungcheol has to bite his lip to keep in his laughs from his side of the small room. You start to feel more and more comfortable at the lighthearted atmosphere; tucking a stray hair behind your ear before you lean in towards the mic again.

“Ah! Speaking of, don’t forget to tune into my camshow tomorrow~! JK and I will be gaming on there as well but… with some added fun to match my channel~! 21 and over only~” You blink at the computer screen, still a little unused to the idea that you weren’t technically being filmed. Although, it was a nice change for once; not needing to be all done up for a show and simply just talking to your viewers and reading comments.

sleepy_wonu: is dom daddy gonna be on the show too?

“Dom daddy? Oh you mean Se---”

“Yes! Kind of!” You cut off, laughing nervously. Nobody knew Seungcheol’s name except for Jun and you were trying to keep as much of him private as possible, until he was ready. “In a sense, he’ll be there! You guys will just have to tune in to find out!”

Jeongguk laughs into his own mic, scooting in closer to his desk as he loads up the game.

“I think that’s enough chatting for now, huh? Let’s get started! Tonight we’ll be playing Phasmophobia! We’ll be playing something more lighthearted on Cherry’s channel, as she requested. So tonight we’ll be playing something I picked out. You ready, baby?”

Seungcheol narrows his eyes, quietly taking a sip of his water.

“Ready when you are!”

“I gotta say, sweetheart, for someone who doesn’t play video games too often, you’re not too bad.” Seungcheol comments, nodding his head in amazement as the three of you exit Jeongguk’s PC room. He’d had a hard time keeping in his laughs as he watched from the side and he had to admit, you were even cuter when you were outside of your usual element.

“I have to agree with hyung, but maybe it was also the adrenaline and screaming that kept you goin’.”

The two males share a laugh as you pout and plop down onto Jeongguk’s living room sofa. “Hey, how were the numbers for tonight, by the way?” You ask quietly.

“Honestly? I think we made almost triple of what my channel usually sees. I know I don’t really make a ton off of my streams since I don’t really do anything, like, crazy but shit… Even I’m shocked at how much we made.”

Seungcheol’s lip ease into a smirk; Jeongguk really had no idea how much the two of you had made off of a couple videos alone.

“We still have one more stream to do and then we can just pool up the money and split it down the middle!”

Jeongguk nods, stretching as he sits himself down onto the other end of the sofa. “I’ll bring my spare PC stuff so we can set up a little early tomorrow, if that’s cool with you two? Maybe have some food before we get started too ‘cause god knows I’m gonna be starving.” You look to Seungcheol who nods and checks his phone for the time.

“Yeah, we need to set up the cameras and lighting a little differently too so we’ll probably start earlier. Just text me before you drive over so we know when to expect you.”

You yawn next to Jeongguk; adrenaline having worn off as the tiredness finally sets in. “It’s so weird, usually I’m only just starting my stream right around this time but I’m so exhausted now...” Seungcheol’s eyes from cute crescents as he smiles down at you, stepping closer as he goes in to smooth down your hair.

“You really were screaming a lot, to be fair. How about we head home and you can sleep in the car?”

“Okay~”

Seungcheol lets you sleep in on Saturday morning, watching as your chest rises and falls with soft breaths.

He takes a moment to think over the last few weeks of his life and he can’t help the disbelieving expression that crosses his features when he realizes just how much had changed over the course of just weeks.

When the two of you had met, he wasn’t expecting much. He expected the two of you to hang out for a few days before you went home and forgot he even existed outside of your camshows and the comments section. But now that so much had happened between the two of you, Seungcheol felt a deeper connection to you and felt the need to protect you even moreso than ever.

He sees you shift slightly, sleepy eyes blinking open as you peer up at him. “Good morning, sweetheart.”

“Mm… g’morning ‘cheol…”

You grimace sleepily at how hoarse your voice sounds, “Ew, I sound so… gross.”

Seungcheol moves to get out of bed, leaning in to kiss your forehead before he shuffles towards the bathroom. “I’m going to wash up but you can stay in bed if you like. I’ll make you some tea for your throat, okay? We have a long day ahead of us and I don’t think you wanna sound like that later tonight.”

Nodding sleepily, you lay back down as you yawn and let the sleep take over once again.

“Are you really sure ‘bout this?” Jeongguk takes a bite of his pizza as he watches Seungcheol pull the desk closer to the bed.

“What do you mean?” You ask; readjusting the light that was closest to the younger male. “Like, I dunno, I’ve never been on a cam show like this so… I mean do I have to do anything different?” You laugh lightly as you go in to pat Jeongguk on the shoulder.

“No, just be you. And we went over it already earlier, the only thing that’s different is going to be me! No weird tricks or anything, I promise.”

Seungcheol places another monitor on the tabletop, grunting as he goes. “Yeah, and in all honesty, I would hate to have to watch you get off, ‘Guk.”

“Oh shut up, hyung. You say that like I don’t know what you’re packin’ under those sweats. I think it’d only be fair! Just two bros getting to know each other.” Seungcheol pretends to gag just as you double over in laughter. “No, absolutely not, ‘Guk. And also, nobody told you to watch those videos!”

Jeongguk pauses, lips pressing into a firm line. “You right, you right…”

You leave to get changed just as Jeongguk starts to help Seungcheol set up the last few bits of equipment. He leans in close to the older male, eyes glancing around the space to make sure you were completely out of earshot. “Hey, hyung, honest question.”

“Sure.”

“Are you really okay with all this?” Confusion crosses Seungcheol’s features as he raises an eyebrow at the younger male. “What’s ‘this’ exactly, ‘Guk?”

“Y’know, her living here and you camming all of a sudden, among everything else really… And the question if you’re in love with her which, by the way, we still all know that you are.”

A blush coats Seungcheol’s skin, fingertips almost losing grip of the camera he was about to mount to the desktop. “Listen, yes, okay, I do… like her a lot. But she’s going through a lot right now too and I don’t want to freak her out either. There’s a lot of life changes we’re going through so I’m just going to ...wait.”

“You’re a good man, hyung.”

“Hi everyone!”

You wave to the camera, winking and blowing a kiss to the camera propped up between the two monitors on the table. “I know, this setup is a little wild and not my normal but this is part two of my collaboration with Golden Closet Gaming! Do you want to introduce yourself to those who missed our other stream?” You turn to Jeongguk who nods; this time a little nervous as he stares directly into the camera.

He’d said he was okay with being filmed since he wasn’t actually part of any sexual acts, but he still found himself a little camerashy now that the two of you were live.

Seungcheol sat directly behind the monitors and cameras; his phone open to your cam show to watch from a different angle.

“Ah, hello! I’m JK of Golden Closet Gaming! I’m a friend of Cherry’s and no we won’t be fuckin’.” Jeongguk ends with an innocent smile that has you holding back your laughter.

therealchan99: i dont think dom.cheol would like that very much anyway

universe_WZ has donated $100

universe_WZ: unless he’s into watching

dom.cheol: no

alphagyu97: oh shit hes back

angelhan: huh, so hes not there?

“Oh, he is! He’s behind the camera~” You gesture beyond the camera to where Seungcheol sits and he leans over to quickly wave upside down in front of the camera to prove his existence.

j__min: ah, of course~ we know your daddy would never let you play with anyone else~

j__min: he likes you too much ;)

emerald.tae: oh? also hi new watcher!!!

emerald.tae: ur videos were great!!

emerald.tae has donated $200

therealchan99: im gonna need to start fighting ppl for ur attention i swear

gentleman_josh95: implying u had it

chwenon: yooooooo lmao

“You guuuuys, be nice! Just for that, I’m gonna be sending you a special private pic, okay ‘therealchan99’? You guys pick on him too much!” You pout.

therealchan99: hahaahhAHhhahaHAAHAA FUCKIN LOSERS SUCK ON THAT

tangerine_kwan: bruh

chwenon: damn guess we should can it

You respond to a few more comments as Jeongguk sits by and watches the way you interact with your viewers. He also takes note that you had a donation minimum before you started actually doing anything on your channel and that you’d already hit it pretty quickly.

“Okay! I think we should start now, huh? Oh, I should explain what’s going on!” You giggle cutely, settling into your space on the bed. “So JK and I will be playing this stilt man game! We have to get our character to the finish line without falling or the level restarts! JK has to get to level 30 and I have to get to level 20 and whoever reaches their goal first, wins!”

“I have a higher level to reach ‘cause our skillsets are different and we all know I’d smoke her if we both had to reach the same level.” Jeongguk grins.

seokGENIE: sure

seokGENIE has donated $69

sleepy_wonu has donated $100

hoshi_tiger_xx has donated $100

“And the reason why ‘dom.cheol’ is behind the camera is because...” You pause, eyes twinkling with playfulness as you stare directly into the lens. “In order to get me to do my best, he’ll be controlling a special toy I’m wearing~ Hehe, if my character falls, he’ll raise the vibration setting each time as punishment and leave it on until I cum…”

“Which we are assuming will be a lot. Unfortunately, no medic on standby.” Jeongguk jokes. Seungcheol rolls his eyes as he laughs from behind the camera.

“We have a safeword, don’t we, sweetheart?” You nod in response, “Mmhmm!”

“Let’s get it!”

It takes all of four stages before your character falls for the first time.

Seungcheol turns the vibrating panties on and you immediately jolt as you try to keep your character upright on screen. “Oh, f-fuck!”

kitty_junjun: uh ohhhh it begins

artist8hao: i don’t think she’s gonna last.. babygirl is so sensitive, she’ll probably cum soon

xcaliburDK: i’m giving it until level 6 before she cums

emerald.tae: oh are we placing bets

“Noooo~ Don’t place bets on me, I’m weak!” You whine; already squirming as the vibrations attack your clit. Seungcheol grins from in front of you as Jeongguk laughs from your side, already on level 7 on his own screen.

You had to admit, it was a little weird for someone else to be in the room with you while Seungcheol basically used a toy on you, but the younger male seemed to not care about it at all. Although, he had already seen most of you and Seungcheol at this point.

Your fingertips are shaky on the keyboard and computer mouse; already fearing the way Seungcheol’s eyes almost become darker the longer you struggle.

“What’s wrong, sweetheart? Is the game too hard?”

“A-ah, n--no, it’s not that b-bad…” Squirming, you grind down a little harder onto the bed just as your character falls on screen and Seungcheol raises the setting to the second highest in the blink of an eye. “Ngh, fuh---fuck!”

“Uh oh~ Should I slow down to let you catch up?” Jeongguk teases.

“N-no, I can beat y-you!”

The donations and comments pour in as you struggle to keep your calm and get your character to the finish line; letting out a sigh of relief as you finally enter the fifth level. You let out a choked sob as you already feel your panties starting to stick to you like a second skin from how wet you were getting and Seungcheol can’t help but chuckle.

“You know, you’re technically allowed to cum whenever you want. It’ll just… slow you down, is all.” Grinning, he watches as you look beyond the camera towards him as you pout.

“But I--I wanna win!” You cry; palms clammy as you try to rush through the fifth stage, only for your character to fall almost immediately. “Nooo~”

Seungcheol clicks the vibrator to its highest setting and your body goes rigid as the vibrations wreck your body. You start to grind against the toy as you chase your orgasm and forget about the game almost completely. In a perfect world, Seungcheol would have his cock snug between your walls, but instead you clench around emptiness as you crave his cock.

artist8hao: ah shes already cumming lol

seokGENIE: on level 5? Fuck

universe_WZ: her cute lil cunt cant take it, poor babygirl

seokGENIE has donated $50

emerald.tae has donated $75

alphagyu97: cum baby, u kno u wanna

alphagyu97 has donated $75

A small choked whine is all you can manage before you do cum; eyes clamped shut and fingers wrapped tight around the computer mouse as the waves of pleasure crash down onto your body. Donations and comments flood the side of the screen from a combination of your viewers and Jeongguk’s as they watch your face contort in pleasure.

“Ah, sweetheart, you’re really falling behind~ JK is going through the stages so quickly while you’re sitting there cumming~” Seungcheol teases. He licks his lips, simultaneously wishing you were sitting on his cock while you played your game.

That’d have to be for another time, he thinks.

It takes a second for Seungcheol to turn the toy off and your body immediately slumps forward as you catch your breath. “Ngh, d-damn it…” You grimace when you re-adjust yourself and find your panties soaking wet.

“I’m already on level 17, babe. You gotta catch up!”

You can only groan in response, flexing your clammy fingers before you try to focus on your own screen again.

kitty_junjun: oho looks like our princess is focused now

tangerine_kwan: u got this baby

j__min: show ‘em who’s boss, babygirl

You tune out the sounds of the comments and donations as you manage to get yourself to level eight without falling, but level nine proves to be just a little too hard as your character falls and Seungcheol turns the vibrator back on to its lowest setting again.

“Be careful, baby. Wouldn’t want to fall behind again would you?”

Seungcheol feels his cock throbbing in his sweats as he watches you bite your lip. And for the first time all night, he wishes that Jeongguk would just win and go home so that he could have his own private time with you.

“I’m on level 22 already. D’you think she can even catch up?” Jeongguk teases. He spares you a side glance, taking in your form slumped closer to the table as you try to fight the vibrations.

Your body was already extremely sensitive from your first orgasm and you quickly losing your confidence as you struggled to keep your character upright. If you came even just one more time, there was no way that you’d be able to beat Jeongguk with how quickly he was going through the stages.

therealchan99: she’s cumming just as quickly as JK is getting thru the stages hfdsf

gentleman_josh95: shes so cute when she cums tho

angelhan has donated $50

angelhan: thats the real prize angel

“T-thank you…” You whimper out, fingertips twitching against the keyboard and mouse as you focus your attention to the game to the best of your ability.

You manage to get to level ten with no more issues just as Jeongguk gets to level 25 and you let out an exasperated sigh as your character falls over again. “Uh oh~ I think I’m gonna win!” Jeongguk cheers; giddiness washing over him as he works to get to the end.

“Nooo~ That’s n-not, ah, fair!” Whining, you grip the mouse tighter as Seungcheol raises the setting on the toy again, watching as you rub your thighs together at the feeling.

hoshi_tiger_xx: sadly nothings fair in the gaming world babe

hoshi_tiger_xx has donated $50

dtsug__a has donated $50

dtsug__a: cute for thinkin so tho

“I don’t th--think I can, hah, c-catch up...” You moan. Your character on screen falls over one more time and all you hear is Seungcheol’s small ‘tsk’ under his breath as he sets the vibrator to the highest setting and leaves it there.

It doesn’t take long before the vibrations prove to be too much for you and you let go of the keyboard and computer mouse as your hands ball up into fists on top of the table.

The pleasure washes over you in sharp pin pricks; small whines and whimpers falling from your lips as your eyes completely clamp shut.

Jeongguk lets out a surprised noise at the way the donations and comments almost make the screen lag and for the first time, his character on screen falls over at his split second loss of focus.

“Ah, fuh--fuck!” You start to squirm once the pleasure starts to bleed into overstimulation and Seungcheol is quick to respond, “You’re gonna cum one more time as punishment for giving up, sweetheart.”

alphagyu97: ooo she's in troubleeee

gentleman_josh95: ahhh daddy still has to punish you after all

seokGENIE: damn is this what this channels abt? this is hot

artist8hao: babygirl always misbehaves

chwenon: she seems to like it too much 😏

dtsug__a: hooooo shit, thats hot

“It’s n-not my f-fault, hah, JK is j-just good at g-gaming...” You mumble.

Jeongguk manages to get to level 30 within the time you sit and grind against the toy; small noises of excitement falling from his lips as he cheers for himself!

“Aww, poor baby. Maybe you’ll focus a bit better next time, hmm?”

You nod frantically as a small tear slips down your cheek and your lips part in a breathy moan. “God, I--I’m c--cumming!”

Your body locks up, ears ringing as you cum one more time. Seungcheol wishes he could work you through it; hands massaging your skin as you take your pleasure or thrusting his cock into you as he chased his high with you.

Instead he watches from across you as your body twitches as your face contorts in unadulterated bliss, licking his lips the entire time with images of what could’ve been dancing behind his eyelids.

Jeongguk watches as the donations far surpass what the two of you made on his channel; brows disappearing into his poofy head of hair. “Wow, uh, y’all seem to really like it when she gets punished, huh?” He mutters under his breath.

“Don’t you?” Seungcheol teases.

“Truuuuue.”

A garbled moan has both of their attention on you as you try to shy away from the toy still vibrating against your overly sensitive clit. “Ah, ‘m too sen--sensitive now...” You cry.

Seungcheol turns the toy off completely as your chest heaves in deep breaths; pouting at the fact he wasn’t able to enter the camera frame to take care of you.

Jeongguk grimaces slightly at the way your body sways in tiredness next to him, unsure of what to do next now that he’d won.

“Haha, um, medic?”

#cherrybomb!cheol #seungcheol smut #scoups smut #seventeen smut #svt smut #scoups scenarios #scoups imagines #seungcheol imagines #seungcheol scenarios #seventeen scenarios #svt scenarios #seventeen imagines #svt imagines #svt fic #seventeen fic #scoups #seungcheol

377 notes · View notes

mudhornchronicles · 3 years

Text

dreamboat | greaser!frankie morales | part two

diner cred to @thatretrobitch

pairing: francisco “catfish” morales x reader; 1950’s greaser!frankie x reader

warnings: swearing, drinking, smoking, ya know… 1950s stuff + death and war, and being rude af

a/n: part two of dreamboat

masterlist

dreamboat: part one | part two

“If I didn’t know any better, Francisco, I’d say you were teacher in a past life.” You look up at him and smirk. He looks over to you and gives you a crooked smile. He adjusts his jacket and runs his left hand through his hair.

Frankie taught you a lot more history than the teacher. Frankie had a lot more patience and explained each topic that was covered in much better detail and simply enough to understand. Like when Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. Frankie compared it to the demonstration of the first long distance telephone service between New York and San Francisco in 1913 – surprising but needed.

You didn’t have Frankie for a third period, just first and fourth, but he made sure to meet you out each of your classes and walked you over to your next class. He had conversed with the boys about asking you to Rosie’s Diner on Friday night. Everyone knows when a guy takes a little darlin’ down to Rosie’s, she’s unavailable. Frankie knows you probably don’t know what going to the diner with him means but he assumes if you did, you wouldn’t go. So he decides that the less you knew the better – well at least that’s what Tom decided.

“Ya know, doll. I like the way you say my name, but how ‘bout ya just call me Frankie, huh? I don’t use the entire thing anymore.”

You cock your head to the side and your smiles turns into a slight frown. “Do you not like the way Francisco sounds?”

He tucks his hands into his jean pockets, shrugs, and looks down at his dirty Chuck Taylors. “Thanks, I do like it, but it don’t… it don’t sound cool, you know? I got a reputation to keep up – all the guys do.”

Frankie stopped using the name Francisco at the start of freshman year. Pope stopped using Santiago around the same time. Their teachers would call them Francis and Saint because they found it difficult to pronounce the boys’ names correctly. Frankie was too shy to say anything and Pope was still unsure about his accented English, so when Will laughed and told the teacher, “Ain’t that a bite? You got a degree, but can’t pronounce an ABC name,” the boys knew Will was going to be a great friend. The boys thought that would be the end of it, but then Benny decided to join his brother and say, “How ‘bout, since ya feel so high and mighty, you call ‘em Frankie and Pope? We got Francisco like that city on the west coast, so call ‘em Frankie. Then we got Santiago. You wanna call ‘em Saint, then give ‘em the highest honor.”

“Well, if it makes you feel better,” you stopped walking and placed a hand on his arm. “I like your name. I think it suits you very well.”

He smiles and nods. He doesn’t know if he’s nodding because he’s convincing himself he likes it too or if he’s nodding because he’s glad you like it too. He liked your company because you weren’t too invasive, but he could also tell that you wanted to get to know him. He knew he wasn’t the most open to people, he has his father to thank for that.

As young 19-year-old – about a year older than Frankie – his father was drafted and fought in World War 1 in 1918 as a US Army soldier and was then sent off to France a few weeks in to fight with the AEF, the American Expeditionary Forces. Because of this, Frankie’s father wasn’t the most expressive when in public but was easily the most caring when it came to his family. When Frankie was growing up, his father had spoiled his baby boy and made sure he worked hard as a welder so that Frankie wouldn’t want for anything. Frankie remembers his father coming home from work late at night, oil and bits of metal stuck to him, and always turning his frown into a smile when he laid eyes upon his son.

His father’s closure to the world only grew when he saw his family in danger. Frankie figured that by growing up within a military family, it would lead to him serving in the military as his father did before him. When Frankie was coming to the age of enlistment, he told his family about him wanting to go off to the military, but his father was very much against it. All his father wanted for his son was for Frankie to live his life the way he wanted to, so Frankie didn’t enlist. One day when Frankie was at school, recruiters came to the Morales home and were knocking the door down. Frankie’s father had informed them that his son would not be serving. He was told that because Frankie was able, male, and was soon to be of age, he had to enlist whether he was needed or not. His father complied; except he wrote his own name down instead of his son’s.

His father never regretted going to war. He still had nightmares, which Frankie knew all too well. He had met Frankie’s mother when he came back home in 1921 and after years of trying, he was blessed with a son in 1935. All was good in the world until the year 1950 – Frankie was 15 years old. In August of 1950, a letter came in the post reading the following:

SIR: FRANCISCO MORALES SR.

You are hereby notified that you, on the 21 day of August of 1950, have been legally drafted in the service to the Armed Forces of the United States of America. You are to report to the Armed Forces station below and will be transported to Daejeon, Korea.

Frankie’s father never came back.

His body was never recovered – just his ID tags. Frankie’s mother was told that the last transmission received with the whereabouts of Francisco Morales Sr. were near the Nakdong River in South Korea. Frankie always carried his father’s ID tags around his neck no matter where he went. Those tags always reassured him of himself knowing that he was doing what his father wanted him to do.

Frankie walked you down the steps of school building and stopped at the sidewalk. “Ya know, if ya need a ride, I can take ya home – aint no trouble.”

You smile and shake your head. “I appreciate that. I told my mother I’d take the bus back home.” You knew your mother would have a fit if she saw you get dropped off by a boy, but she may still be at work. You looked back at Frankie and saw that he had a slight frown on his face as he played with a necklace hidden in his white t-shirt. You weren’t sure the reason behind it, but he didn’t want to pry. “Actually, I’ll take a ride.”

His eyes lit up and nodded. “Great but I do gotta warn ya, doll. I gotta take Ironhead and Benny back to their place. Pope usually goes back to mines.” A ride home in a car full of teenage boys – what can go wrong?

The pair of you walk down to the school’s parking lot and there you see students laughing in their cars – 4 to 5 in a car – all while having a smoke and others are drinking from beer cans. You have no doubt that it’s beer cans when one gets tossed towards you with left over beer splattering over your white skirt. Frankie takes notice of the yellow stains and the grimace growing on your face. He looks over at the teenagers in a beat-up Chevy.

“Aye watch where ya tossin’ shit, birdbrain.” The teens look over at Frankie and walk over to him. You place a hand on his arm and look up at him.

“Frankie, c’mon. Let’s just go to your car, huh?” you plead. His arm tightens and as the teens arrive in front of him, Frankie protectively put you behind him and adjusts his jacket – a tick of his you’ve taken note of. The three boys who walked over to Frankie look over at you and smirk.

“Well shit Frankie, pal.” One of them takes a smoke and blows the out towards his side. “You already smashin’ up this little new betty? Don’t you work fast… first Michelle, then Tiffany, now this one?”

Frankie’s jaw tightens and his hold on your arm shifts. “How ‘bout you stuff it, Jack? You know you ain’t even supposed to be here. This ain’t your turf.”

Jack removes his hat, a cowboy hat he’s become fond of, and fixes his hair. He puts it back on and laughs. “You’re right, but I clearly don’t care. Oberyn ain’t out the can ‘till Friday, so I call the shots. My boys wanna be here and screw all these chick-a-dees, then they will. I know you ain’t gon’ do nothin’.”

“He will,” you hear a click and quickly turn your head to see Pope and the boys, Benny holding up a pocketknife. “But he ain’t doin’ it alone either.” The Bandits circle the three men and puff up their chests.

“Alright,” Jack holds his hands up. “We’re gone but trust me when I say that Oberyn ain’t gon’ be too happy to hear this.” With that he snaps his head over to his boys directing them back to their car. They turn to leave and Jack walks away backwards. When he’s satisfied with the distance between himself and The Bandits, he turns on his heel and runs to his car. He jumps in the driver’s seat, gives his girl a smooch, and revs the engine – with that he’s gone.

Pope looks at you and gives your shoulder a quick squeeze. “You good? Hope those bumrats ain’t spook ya too bad.” You shake your head and smile shyly. You look down at your ruined skirt and shrug.

“Just a ruined skirt but that’s okay. I wasn’t fond of it.” Will laughs at your comment fluffs yours skirt from the bottom, earning a nudge from Frankie.

“Let’s get her home, huh? I gotta drop off everyone else,” Frankie says. Tom tells Frankie that he’s got detention and to go on without him. Tom goes back towards the building while everyone piles up in Frankie’s Cherry Red 1945 Mustang GT – his father’s gift to him for his 15th birthday, also his last gift.

Per usual, Benny and Will leans the driver’s seat forwards and get in to sit in the back while Pope goes to sit in his usual spot as shotgun. Frankie tuts at Pope and points to the back. Pope scoffs but shoots Frankie a wink. He gets in and sits in between the brothers, being the smallest of the three, and Frankie runs over to open the door for you to sit up front. He grabs your books and hands them to Pope. As you situate yourself and buckle your seatbelt, Frankie gets in and turns on his baby. He revvs the engine and backs up out the school’s parking garage, but not before revving his engine one more time for the freshmen per Benny’s request.

On the drive to the brother’s house, Benny grabs your notebook and looks through your notes of the day. He looks through the math notes you took during 4th period and immediately closes it. “You sure are smart if you’re taking this angle stuff. I’m guessing it’s college prep?”

You look over your shoulder and nod. “I’m currently taking college preparatory trigonometry. They unfortunately didn’t have any other advanced placement for me here.”

The boys let out a harmony of “ohs” and Will shakes Frankie’s shoulder. “Frankie! She’s smart like you, buddy!”

Pope smirks and joins in on the teasing. “Lo vez, hermano! Being smart doesn’t make you un-cool. Being you does! No te hagas ver como el tonto porque no lo eres.”

You see, brother… don’t make yourself seem dumb because you aren’t.

You look at Pope and smile. “I agree with you, Santiago. Frankie is very intelligent so he shouldn’tdumb himself down because he thinks that’s what people think of him.” Pope stops and looks at you. “You know some Spanish, angel face?” You eagerly nod. “I’m very familiar with the language. They had us choose electives at my old school. I took Spanish, Italian, and French. I had a lot of a free time.”

Pope looks at you in shock but happily hollers. “Well sugar you sound pretty good speakin’ ‘em”

You couldn’t explain it, but you felt giddy. You felt happy to be around the boys and you knew you wanted to continue to be around them.

With Frankie getting out of the car and moving his seat forward, Will and Benny get dropped off first, but not without teasing him about “asking the chick.” Frankie flips them off and Pope lets out a belly laugh. Frankie apologetically looks at you and mouths sorry. You blush and mouth that’s okay.

Once leaving the brothers, Pope tells Frankie to turn up the radio. Frankie looks at Pope through the rearview mirror and narrows his eyes. “Switch to 12,” Pope says with a wink. Frankie rolls his eyes and turns the knob so the needle hits channel 12. Once Frankie hears the recognizable melody from “Takes Two to Tango” by Pearl Bailey. Frankie goes to switch the channel, but you stop his hand. He glances over to you and he sees you mouthing the words. He looks back at Pope who wiggles his eyebrows and sings out loud and to Frankie’s surprise, you join Pope singing at the top of your lungs. He laughs at your attempts at dancing in your seat and looks back at Pope who was waving his hands in the air.

Frankie thought that you’d be this proper, shy little thing but here you were having singing and laughing with his best friend. You gave him the slightest nudge and smiled in his direction. “C’mon Frankie. Don’t be a sour puss. I know you know this song!” You were right. He did know this song. He and Pope sang it so much because Pope thought he could woo some girl – he didn’t really know what the lyrics meant so you can guess what happened. If you guessed he slept with her… you’d be correct.

You poked Frankie in the ribs light enough to not affect his driving and giggled as he sang out with Pope. You liked seeing this Frankie – not that big tough guy you saw at the parking lot. He seemed like he had a big heart but was scared to show it and you were determined, but you were ripped away from your internal planning when Frankie politely asked for your address.

“It’s a shame you ain’t hangin’ longer sweetheart,” Pope began. “I think you’d like being around us two mucks. You would definitely like Frankie’s mom’s cooking. She makes the best food in town.” You smiled as the two best friends bickered about whose mom had the best food.

“I would have loved to, but I have to be home and do chores before my mother gets home.”

Frankie looks over to you and gives you a reassuring smile. “It’s alright. Maybe next time, cool?” You smile at the invitation and nod. Frankie continues to drive as you and Pope make a conversation about the possibility of you tutoring him in math. With them being high school seniors, they are not failing one class.

You feel on top of the world, laughing and talking with your new friends, until you spot the yellow Pontiac in the driveway and your mother coming out of it. Your face drops and the boys immediately take notice.

“What’s wrong?” Frankie asks. You straighten out your top and ask Pope for your books as you ready yourself to run out of the car. You look at Frankie and offer a weak smile.

“My mother won’t be happy with me is all.” You’d ask Frankie to drop you off a couple of houses before your own, but you know your mother has already seen you. As Frankie pulls up to your house, the boys’ jaws drop. You wouldn’t say your house was big, but to the boys, it was huge. Your two-story home consisted of 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The exterior of the home was beige with dark brown trimming and the river rock pathway leading up to your home was lined with grass so green you’d think it was plastic.

Your mother, dressed to the nines in a pale pink dress and white belt, looks at the hot rod parked in front of her home and places her hands on her hips as she sees Frankie run out and open your door. Your mother would normally love seeing her daughter be treated by a gentleman, but she isn’t very happy to see that it’s Frankie. She has always dreamed of her daughter being courted by a young man in polished Oxford shoes and ironed pleated pants not a worn out leather jacket and dirty chucks.

You thank Frankie for the ride and look over at your upset mother. The boys say hello to her as she gives them the ungenuine smile of hers you have seen many times. You wave goodbye to both boys and begin to walk up to your mother. You hear whispers behind you and then you hear your mother say, “Is there something else you’d like to say, boy?”

You turn and you see Pope shove Frankie towards you. His face turns red as he sees your mother staring him down and he knows that this may not be the best time to ask you.

“On with it, young man. My daughter and I have work to do.”

Frankie once again runs his hand through his hair and clears his throat. “I- I, uh, I was wonderin’ if ya wanted to hang with us at Rosie’s on Friday. The shakes are pretty good so we could ma-“

“What’s your name, young man?” You look at your mother. You narrow your eyes at her for interrupting Frankie.

“It-It’s Frankie,” he stutters, “my name’s Frankie, ma’am.”

Your mother gives her less than friendly smile again. “Well, Frankie, you’ll understand where I’m coming from when I tell you this – you are not the kind of person I want my daughter befriending. You just don’t quite… how can I put this nicely? You don’t fit a mother’s standards.”

“Mother!”

“Quiet.” she tells you. “You will not be around these boys again, do you understand? Your father works too hard for you to just ruin your life like this. You asked to be taken out of the pristine private school we paid for you to go to and we allowed you to enroll in public school. Why are you bringing home some… some hoodlum! How can you do this to us?”

You wished this had surprised you, but it wasn’t the first time your mother disrespected your choice of friends. You huffed and you felt tears coming to your eyes as you saw Frankie’s defeated look in his eyes and Pope fighting the urge to get out of the car.

You mother calls your name, and you turn to look at her. She walks to you, heels clicking the pavement, and cups your jaw. “You will not associate yourself with these boys, do we understand each other?” You see Frankie nod to you and walk back to his car. You look back at your mother and nod. “Yes, Mother. I understand.” Your mother smiles at you and gives your cheek a pat. “Good girl. Now… get inside and put that skirt in the hamper. Your allowance is going towards a new skirt.”

She leads you into the house and you look back and see Frankie’s car is still there. You stop in your tracks and look at your mother. “Mother, may I please run back and grab a paper I left?”

“Is it school related?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Very well. Go grab it and say goodbye and come back in. We have to get dinner going.” You nod and run back to the car and your mother walks into the house.

Pope rolls down the passenger side window and both boys look at you. You smile at Pope and look at Frankie.

“Does Rosie’s Diner have sundaes?” Pope smirks and turns to Frankie while Frankie nods with a confused face. “Well,” you start, “If Friday’s invitation is still open, pick me up by the green house down the street at 6pm. She’ll be going to my grandmother’s house up north.”

“Sounds like a plan, doll.”

The light breeze surprises you as it picks up the more you walk down the street. You walk past two houses and you see the red backlights of the cherry red mustang you seemed to miss.

Your mother, thankfully, left to your grandmother’s home about two hours ago, much earlier than expected. She called not very long ago to make sure you were home and doing homework. You told her that you were planning to retire early as your homework began to give you a headache. She insisted you eat dinner and sleep as she didn’t want to see eyebags under your eyes when she got back tomorrow. She bid you goodnight and said she’d be home by tomorrow’s lunchtime. Once you hung the phone on the hook, you ran to your room and began to ready yourself for the night.

You grew giddy as 6 o’clock crept closer and closer. You had applied your blush and mascara so carefully you’d have thought you were dusting the finest of china. You did not want to wear too much makeup; you didn’t want to seem as though you were trying too hard. You picked out the pins out of the curls on your head you’d put up right when your mother left and watched as the soft and tight curls fell and framed your face. You grabbed your wide tooth comb and brushed the curls out, parting your side at a side so there was more hair and volume on one side. You sprayed a tight hold hairspray all over so you could make sure your hair stood – Frankie wouldn’t want to see frazzled hair, no man would, you thought.

As you went through your closet, you decided that a dress was the best choice as it was simple enough to either be dressed up or dressed down. You went with a white collared black dress with thin white windowpane patterned lines all over. You wore your black flats and added a black shiny belt running across the waist. You get closer to Frankie’s car and you see him get out of his car – you figured he had seen you coming.

“How ya doin’ there, doll?”

“Hello, Frankie.” You wave and get closer to him. Once you’re in front of him you fix his jacket lapel and look up at him. “Aren’t you sight for sworn eyes.”

His eyes widen then starts laughing loudly and your face goes red. He nearly falls in laughter as his hands catch himself on his knees. “W-What’d ya just say?”

“I said aren’t you a sight for sworn eyes,” you frown. “Is that not appropriate?”

He catches his breath and puts a hand on his belly. He reaches over and tucks your hair behind your ear with the other hand. “The saying is a sight for sore eyes, doll; not sworn eyes.”

You feel as if your face is about to burst as you start laughing at yourself. You just cannot believe you’ve messed up your first attempt at flirting with Frankie. “I was really sure it was sworn.”

He smiles brightly and shakes his head. “Hey… can’t say ya ain’t tried right?” You giggle and nod. He look you up and down and lets out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.

“Te vez hermosa.” You look beautiful.

Have you ever had that feeling when there’s a puppy trying to get comfortable, but it can’t so it walks over to you and lays with you – falling into a deep and peaceful sleep? You know how it makes your heart feel as if it’s grown twice in size because the puppy chose you and trusted you to protect it while it slept? That’s how you felt when those words came out of Frankie’s mouth.

“Muchas gracias, Francisco.” Thank you very much, Francisco.

He playfully rolls his eyes at you and lets out a laugh. He points to the car and says, “get in the damn car.” He runs over to your door and lets you in, as per usual, and off you two went to Rosie’s Diner.

Frankie leads you into a bright neon-lit diner not very far from your home, about 25 minutes from your place. The diner stands out from the black concrete parking lot and pine trees decorating its background. He opens the light brown doors and places a hand on your lower back as you walk in – not too low or too high.

“Howdy’ho kiddos.” You’re greeted by a woman in her late 40’s or early 50s – the grey hair and sweet smile give it away. “Hey there, Frankie. Bandits meetin’ ya here?”

Frankie smiles at the woman, gives her a hug, and a quick kiss on the cheek; a kiss she smiles at and hums in content. “Hey Ro. Boys are comin’ in a while. You know they ain’t missin’ your special tonight.”

“There’s a special night every night for my favorite bandits, Frankie. Who’s this, huh? You finally bringin’ a girl for me to meet?” Frankie shakes his head from side to side smiling. He turns to you and introduces you to Rosie, the diner’s owner and one of his favorite people. “She’s new in town and I wanted to show her the best diner in the world.”

Rosie slaps Frankie’s arm and laughs. “Stop talkin’ sweet ‘fore your teeth rot, boy. You’re too pretty to be all gums now. I knew my boys were comin; your usual booth’s open, but take the table next to it, yeah. Ya need the extra seat ‘less you sittin’ the girl on ya lap.” Frankie begins to stutter a protest as you stifle a laugh.

“It’s very nice to meet you Miss Rosie. I’m in awe of your diner and excited to try your food.”

“Well it’s very nice to meet the girl who Frankie finally decided to bring to the diner. It’s a very special moment in his life ya know?” You cock your head to the side and take a quick glance at Frankie.

“Why’s that, Miss Rosie?”

As Rosie was about to explain the beginning of courtships of 99% of the teenagers in town, Frankie dragged you away with the dramatic excuse of being so hungry he can eat a horse and how he’ll drop dead if he doesn’t get a shake.

As you make it to the table Rosie had sent you to, you’d think that Frankie would have pulled out your chair, but a couple of some teens you remember seeing at school look in yours and Frankie’s direction whispering among themselves. You took a seat and looked at Frankie to ask if he knew them but as you were about to ask, you saw his face looking back at them with a deep stare. He gave them a single nod towards the door and to your surprise, they ran. Frankie scanned the room and he knew everyone would be taking in the scene. Frankie had never taken a girl out in public – especially not a girl like you. Sure people knew about other girls he’s been with, but everyone knew they weren’t together.

Frankie sat down after everyone in the diner turned their attention back to where it previously was and he passes you a diner menu, but still tense due to the eyes that locked with his back once more.

When the waitress you learned was named Vi and was obsessed with Will, Frankie had ordered a basket of fries for the two to share, a cherry soda for him and a sundae of your pick for you. Vi was also an older woman, best friends with Rosie, and had an innocent crush on Will’s blonde self. Frankie told you about the time Will brought Vi a bouquet of flowers for her birthday and Vi almost attacked the poor kid to the ground with kisses. Vi was sweet and she made you feel very good about yourself as she fixed your collar and fluffed your hair because “her Frankie needs to see what he’s got in front of him.”

You were nearly done with your sundae as you heard the distinctive pitch that is Benny’s voice as he said “What’s cookin’ good lookin’ don’t you look like a dream,” and wrapped an arm around your shoulder. You greet each and every one of the boys as they take their seats around the table – Benny calling dibs on one of the seats next to you. Benny puts his arm around the back rest of your white chair and calls Vi over to place a new order.

As the night continues, you feel free. You feel so relaxed and at ease with the boys around you that you don’t even notice the dirty looks some girls were giving you. Benny puts his head on your shoulder and give his cheek a little pat resulting in Benny playfully trying to bite your hand. Frankie clears his throat and Benny looks over at him and smirks.

“I ain’t trynna steal ya girl, Frankie. If she hangin’ with us, ya gotta get used to us playin ‘round.”

Frankie turns red as Benny calls you “his girl” and rolls his eyes with a chuckle. He looks out the window and immediately tenses. You follow his gaze and see a 1942 black Ford with some boys in it – one of the being that Jack guy from school – revv its engine as it speeds back and forth through the parking lot. He grabs the boys eyes and directs them towards the window and Benny stands up immediately. The boys follow suit and Frankie turns to you.

“Stay here alright, doll? We’ll be back.”

You turn from Frankie to the window and back to Frankie with a worried look painting your face. “What’s going on Frankie?”

“They shouldn’t be here. This ain-“ You both turn at the sound of a crash and see Pope being held against Frankie’s car by a guy in a black tee with its sleeves rolled. Frankie runs out of the diner and you run after him. You know you shouldn’t be getting in between this, but you aren’t going to let anyone hurt your new friends.

Frankie runs up behind this guy, turns him around, and shoves him away from his car and friends. The guy smirks and nods at Frankie. “Did you miss me Frankie?”

“What the hell are you doing here, Oberyn? We already told ya friend there that this ain’t your turf.”

You had to admit, Oberyn had this strut to him that showed his self-confidence and the combination of his flirtatious smile and smoldering eyes only made him more attractive than he already was. Jack came to stand next to him and as he turned to toss some keys over to another friend of his, you caught sight of the word VIPERS with two snakes on the back of his jacket.

“Yeah… he told me ‘bout it. But ya anna know what else Jackie told me? He told me that ya got ya’self a knockout.” Oberyn locks eyes with you and winks. He tries to walk over to you, but Frankie pushes back and away from you.

“Don’t get near her.” Oberyn lets out a sarcastic chuckle and gets in Frankie’s face.

“How ‘bout ya make me, Morales?”

The next thing you knew, you were yelling and crying with Will held you away as you saw Frankie and Oberyn duke it out on the concrete while Benny and Pope tried to pry Oberyn away – Jack and some other guy pushing them away. You caught a glimpse of Frankie’s bruising cheek and Oberyn’s bloody nose. You only noticed the officer’s arrival once Will dragged you back in the diner and making sure Rosie held you back as he ran back to be by Frankie’s side when the local sheriff gets out the car.

dreamboat taglist:

@ickleronniekinsemotionalrange @funerals-with-cake @seasonschange-butpeopledont

#frankie catfish morales #frankie morales x reader #frankie morales #francisco morales #francisco catfish morales #francisco morales x you #francisco catfish morales x reader #francisco morales x reader #frankie morales x you #catfish morales #francisco catfish morales x you #triple frontier #pedro pascal characters #pedro pascal #dreamboat #catfish morales x you #catfish morales x reader

65 notes · View notes

ghoste-catte · 3 years

Note

multiples of 3 ✌🏼-sgmdrcklee

@sagemoderocklee you’re really trying to kill me lol

This got long as heck so I’m throwing it behind a cut. Read on for answers and fic recs! (Mostly the fic recs)

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

This is a tough one to answer for me generally because I tend to spit words onto the page and once I have written them I no longer remember writing them. And 2020 has stretched on so long that as I’m looking at some of the stuff I wrote in the beginning of this year, I hardly remember what’s even in it. I think at one point someone (@goblin-draws maybe?) mentioned a line in Sleeptalk with Me where the innkeeper calls Kankuro “chubby boy”, and I was like “Oh ... did I write that? Yeah, sounds like something I’d have someone say to Kankuro ...”

It might be easier to talk about this in other terms. One of the scenes I worked the hardest on this year was the fight scene in Chapter 3 of Skeleton Key. The original draft of the scene was a lot shorter, and a lot of the backstory for Misaki’s revenge quest was elided. The scene as originally written was clunky, confusing, and as my lovely wife/beta put it sounded “like a Naruto villain” was doing the dialogue, when previously she’d found Misaki sinister and intriguing. Which wasn’t what I wanted. I basically entirely overhauled the scene and re-wrote it several times. I wouldn’t call it a ‘favorite’ scene (I hate writing fight scenes generally; having chosen to immerse myself in a fandom about ninja where much of the drama comes from battle is my eternal regret), but it is a scene that I put a lot of effort into, and I’m moderately satisfied with the improved product that resulted.

6. least popular fic this year

By far my least popular fic by kudos ever is Pitch Perfect. Which makes complete sense to me. It’s a fic where I’ve written 2 characters who are men in canon as cis women, which pushes a lot of uncomfortable buttons for a lot of people. It contains F/F smut, which is something that a lot of people who choose to read GaaLee probably aren’t out there looking for. And people comment and kudos less on smutfics, I assume because they don’t want their username attached to porn or because they’re embarrassed (which I totally get, no shame there). It’s a modern AU with a sports twist, and AUs are often less popular than canonverse in my experience. I will say though that it has a surprisingly high number of private bookmarks compared to other fics with comparable hit and kudos counts. So I assume people are just a bit more shy because the premise is so ‘out there’. I will say as far as my fics go, it’s one of my personal favorites and probably one of the most intimate and true-to-life things I’ve written? So it actually is a little comforting to know that something so vulnerable has relatively little attention.

9. longest wip of the year

If we’re going based on stuff that’s partially published but not complete, my Gaara-adopts-Shinki fic On My Way Home is my longest in-progress fic at just over 20k words, although technically I started it in 2019. It will probably end up being right around 40-50k when it’s complete, which might end up situating it as my longest fic ever?

12. favorite character to write about this year

Okay, this is an easy one. I love writing Kankuro. I think he is hilarious. He is the devil on my shoulder and a creature of pure id, and every time I write a line of dialogue for him it’s the summation of my rudest thoughts about a situation put in the crudest possible terms. If there were a megaphone directly from my unfiltered brain giving running commentary, that would be Kankuro.

15. something you learned this year

I have learned SO much this year! This is only my 2nd year properly ‘focusing’ on writing fic and investing any substantial time into it. I think the biggest thing I have learned, though, is how to overcome a lot of my self-consciousness about writing stories with NSFW elements in them. Starting out, I was so extremely shy and mortified about writing fic at all, much less things like hugging or (god forbid!) kissing. So taking on the smut prompts I took this year and really buckling down on learning to write the mechanics and emotions of sex has been a massive learning experience. (And sorry, by the way, if I haven’t gotten to a prompt you sent me in January yet. I do intend to write all of them eventually!)

18. current number of WIPs

Ah. The call-out question. My general fic process is idea -> outline -> wip -> edit -> ready to post (where the final draft sits in my docs until I gin up the courage to actually post it). So skipping fics that are just “ideas” on the big mega-list, I have 3 fics in the “outline” stage, 13 fics in the partially written “wip” stage, 1 fic in the “editing” stage, and 2 that are complete but yet-to-be-posted. So, like, 19 total in the offing. (The “ideas” list is even worse lol.)

21. most memorable comment/review

This is such a difficult question because every single comment I get makes me do a little dance for joy. That’s not an exaggeration btw I really sit there and like bounce around in my seat for a moment before I open the Ao3 email. I am not an especially emotive person irl, but there have been times I’ve been brought near tears by comments. I’ll also occasionally show them to my wife like !! look at this nice thing this person said !! and she’s indulgent enough to actually read them. There have been a couple comments that have really stuck with me, that I starred in my inbox and return to frequently, but I don’t want to bring attention to someone else without their permission. I will say there was one person recently who mentioned (not in the comments on one of my fics) that they had found someone who does physical binding of fanfiction and they were about to ask my permission to do that, but then the person who does the binding only does certain ships that she likes ... so that, just, absolutely floored me. The idea that someone might actual want a physical copy of my stupid little ninja fanfictions is, like, so truly immense and completely overwhelming?

24. favorite fic you read this year

You can’t make me pick just one!! (For reference, I have bookmarked right around 180 fics in the past year, and that’s not including fics that I just read, really enjoyed, but didn’t think I could ‘handle’ a second time around.) So, skipping over the ones that AREN’T Naruto ... here is a brief sampling of some faves:

Silica by deepestbluest (rated E, GaaLee, ShikaTema, and Kankiba) - An absolute emotional powerhouse of a fic that manages to skillfully interweave three complex relationship dynamics, satisfactorily resolve them, and give you ALL the sandsibs feels in just over 10k words.

Childhood Not-Friends (series) by MegaWallflower (rated G, KakaGai) - @megawallflower is a KakaGai god for good reason. Absolutely adorable relationship development fics (five of them!) with the premise that Kakashi thinks he and Gai have been dating since they were kids ... Gai just hasn’t been clued into it yet. These stories will give you heart-eyes.

The Bright Side by gidget_goes (rated T, GaaLee) - This is the Buffy AU I never knew I needed, because I’ve never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But truly you don’t need any Buffy knowledge to enjoy this fic. @gidget-goes command of imagery is masterful, and the way they manage to snap from snark to tugging at your heartstrings is awe-inspiring. Gaara breaks my heart in this. And did I mention Kankuro wears a 10-gallon hat? Because Kankuro wears a 10-gallon hat.

Nature vs. Nurture by Bidiza (rated T, GaaLee) - So introspective and so poetic. This looks like a WIP but it’s actually multiple oneshots, although by the end of the second one you’ll be dying for the rest of the promised series.

I’m a Fool to Want You by BeelieveRosemarie (rated M, GaaLee) - Turns out @tuttiefruttiegaalee isn’t just an amazing artist, they’re a writer, too! Slow-dancing that will break your heart. Listen to the Frank Sinatra song while you read this for extra tear-jerking effect.

Let Love be Known (series) by TenTomatoes (rated G, GaaLee) - This is the twist on the arranged marriage trope and Beauty and the Beast that I didn’t realize this fandom was missing. I’m absolutely obsessed with their concept of Gaara as the Beast

I Could Be by LilacNoctua (rated T, GaaLee) - I know I big up @lilac-writes Worthwhile series a lot (deservedly so, because it’s so good it makes you look at the series and go “Why the fuck didn’t Kishimoto make this canon exactly like this?”), but this story made me absolutely die between the butterflies in my stomach and how hard I was laughing. There’s one line--you’ll know it when you read it--that absolutely bowls me over every time I re-read this.

And Then Continue by EgregiousDerp (rated E, GaaLee) - Obviously I’m biased because this was a gift, but @egregiousderp writes some of the the best characterized porn I’ve ever read. You will read this and go “Wow! This is exactly how it would happen!” It’s such a tender, beautiful exploration of Gaara’s insecurities and a very real feeling first time, for all its soft edges.

Cake by citronelle (rated E, KanKiba) - I don’t even know what to say about this one other than ... phew, this is extremely well written, extremely hot, and extremely in character. Just read it. I promise it’s worth it.

Saudade by YumKiwiDelicious (rated M, GaaLee) - I’ve run around reccing this to just about every person on the face of the earth at this point. If you’re in the GaaLee Discord you probably saw everyone salivating over every new update of this fic and with good reason. The twists and turns of this fic will have you on the edge of your seat, second guessing every single moment. And it will break your heart in the meantime. What more could you want?

the love potion commotion by floating_cats (rated T, NejiSasu with background GaaLee) - One of those fics where you wish the author’s sense of humor was your own. So many hilarious moments in this story, and it brought me a new appreciation for a ship I never would have even considered.

Finger Lickin’ Good by whazzername (rated E, GaaLee) - Whazz is another one of those authors where I literally want to rec every single thing she’s ever written, she’s just that good. (Speaking of which, if you haven’t read Fools Rush In and its sequel Degrees of Separation, you’re missing out on the best possible Metal origin story of all time. Don’t deprive yourself of this.) But this story is just ... so incredibly in character for a situation that reads like crack. It’s handled with the utmost straight-facedness and it’s so. freakin’. good.

heart lines by winterberry_holly (rated M, NejiTen and GaaLee) - I don’t even have the words to describe how perfect this fic is. It’s a truly beautiful exploration of Tenten’s relationship with her palmistry hobby and with the people in her life. My heart ached with every single line.

Standing on Ceremony by kuroashi (rated E, GaaLee) - This is just ... such a beautiful wedding story. So lovely, like getting the best possible warm hug from someone you love. If that love one was slightly strange and socially inept, because, well. It’s still Gaara doing Gaara-things. @baphometsss is another one of those authors whose handling of smut scenes is so stupendous it makes me wildly jealous.

Thrall by RokiRiot (rated T, GaaLee) - Idiots-to-lovers with a magic AU twist! This is such a wonderful story, and Gaara’s internal monologue is absolutely amazing. And Lee is Deaf in this fic, which I never ever get to see and which absolutely made my entire day/week/month/life.

Make-Out Consequences by LuxaLucifer (rated M, KakaGai with background canon Boruto ships) - I laughed so hard reading this that I had to take a breather to stop crying. That’s not an exaggeration. The characterization in this fic is impeccable and the humor is to die for. Naruto’s buffoonery truly shines here, and the author’s wit is just beyond anything I could even properly summarize. Hysterical. A++.

Thirteen Strokes by Luna_Lee (rated T, GaaLee) - Again, like, if you aren’t reading literally everything @sagemoderocklee writes, are you even really a GaaLee fan? But this fic is beyond even for one of Eeri’s incredibly excellent writings. The worldbuilding in this, the cultural notes, the imagery ... it’s all so lush and so fulfilling and so beautiful. It’s a story about love and it’s a story that you can tell has love poured into every single line. I can’t recommend it enough.

Checkmate by shadowstrangle (rated G, GaaLee) - The pettiness vibes ... this is so funny. Such a cute story and I love Gaara’s sense of humor here. Not a lot of writers give him a sense of humor, but I love how @shadowstrangle gives him a slightly odd, slightly left-of-center take on humor that still manages to be so funny.

To Court a Village by FanFictionEngineer (rated G, GaaLee) - Another one where my bias is perhaps slightly obvious, but the premise of this fic is amazing. I love cultural misunderstandings, and the idea of Lee trying his hardest to court Gaara ineptly is just so perfect.

affliction of feeling by theformerone (rated E, SakuHina) - One of those ships that it would never have occurred to me to seek out but that absolutely works with how the author’s set it up. The dynamics here are delicious. It’s so rare to find good F/F porn but this is one of them for sure.

Tried and Tested by twentysomething (Rated M, KakaIru with background canon Boruto ships and GaaLee) - Iruka’s narration in this story is just incredible. I haven’t laughed this hard reading a fic in ages. And the concept alone (that Naruto can’t be promoted to Hokage until he passes his chuunin exams ... as an adult ... and Sasuke gets dragged along for the ride) is just brilliant. Amazing concept, amazingly executed.

a fireside waltz by winterberry_holly (rated M, GaaLee) - I really tried not to rec a single author more than once here but for this one I had to. I got about halfway through this fic and immediately started running around ringing the town crier bell like READ THIS FIC! READ THIS FIC! An absolutely smoldering Regency AU with such beautiful, intimate dance scenes. My heart was racing every single time their fingers brushed. If you don’t read anything else on this list, at the very least read this.

27. favorite fanfic author of the year

I really can’t pick just one. I am lucky enough that @egregiousderp passes me her drafts under the table before (or without) publishing, and getting to read those is a private treat of unparalleled proportions. Some of my favorite things I’ve read this year I can’t even rec because they’re her unpublished stuff.

30. favorite fandom to read fic from this year

This is gonna come off strange because I just wrote such a long Naruto reclist, but I recently watched What We Do in the Shadows, and found an incredibly talented group of authors in that fandom with really amazingly good dialogue and narrative voice. I also read a lot of fic for the new It movies (even though I couldn’t watch the 2nd one for ~reasons~), and damn if there isn’t a talented crop of authors in that fandom, too. And finally with ATLA making its way onto Netflix, I had the chance to start watching that for the first time and found a ton of really good fic there as well!

fanfic end of the year asks!

#answered #ask meme #sagemoderocklee #Anonymous

24 notes · View notes

captainstressed · 4 years

Text

Written for Day 21 of @whumptober2020 Prompt: Hypothermia Fandom: Stargate SG1 Characters: Samantha Carter / Jack O’Neill Count: 891 AO3

note: set during 1x18 Solitudes

"Sam?"

His voice was a touch above a whisper and he wasn't even sure if she'd heard him, if she was awake or even..

"Sir?"

She spoke before his dreaded thoughts were able to get the better of him, still nestled against his side beneath their sleeping bags and trying her best to avoid his broken ribs and injured leg she shifted ever so, he could feel her cold breath against his neck and despite feeling the chill down to his bones it brought him comfort to know she was still with him, alive.

"About before."

He paused to take a staggered breath, everything hurt, breathing hurt and so did talking but he wasn't going to leave Carter without a fight, not before he got to tell her.

"I have a lot of regrets."

Another pause.

"Things I wish id done, not done, done differently."

The silence of his next pause was filled by a soft "Sir." from Sam, the title fell from her lips like a sigh. He was in bad shape, he knew that, she knew that and given the very slim likelihood that they were going to make it off the planet alive she didn't want him to spend his final moments focussing on all the things he hadn't done right when there was nothing he could do about it now.

"I'm sorry Sam."

For what felt like the infinite time since they had become stranded, Sam found herself fighting off a fresh wave of tears. She had tried her best to keep her emotions in check, crying wouldn't get them home any faster and it certainly wouldn't help the Colonel, but after exhausting what felt like all of their options shy of her leaving him to try and find help by herself it was becoming nye impossible to maintain her composure.

"No Sir, I'm sorry."

There was so much more she wanted to say, despite telling him she wouldn't have any regrets should they not make it out of the ice cave, there were things she would regret not having done, not having said, most of which involving him.

During their first meeting not that long back, they had gotten off on the wrong foot for sure. His lack of faith in her abilities stemming from basic ignorance and her assumption that he was going to be just like her previous boss which wasn't entirely unjust given his actions had them both skeptical about the success of their new team.

However, despite a few hiccups they had quickly formed a strong team and albeit a slightly dysfunctional one, a family of sorts too. Respect for the Colonel was a given but he and Sam had grown to respect each other on a personal level as well as a professional one and it only served to bring her greater pain to think that everything she could have learned from him, everything they could have become now wouldn't happen.

They had lapsed into silence after their apologies, neither sure of what else they could say to each other. Jack was aware that he probably wasn't making it out of their icy hell alive, Carter's chances were slightly better if she could make it out and find civilisation on whatever planet they had landed in. She had already refused to leave him when he had posed the idea but if they was even the slightest chance that she could get herself to safety then he would make sure she took it, be it his dying wish if he had to he wasn't going to let her give up without trying.

He would make her go, order it, soon. The feeling of his second in command curled into his side wasn't something he'd ever allowed himself to think about before now, their ranks prevented them from pursuing anything further than friendship and were their current situation not such a dyer one then it wouldn't even be happening in the first place. That being said, he wasn't about to complain about their current position.

Sam shifted again beside him and he lifted his head a fraction to meet her gaze. They stared at each other for a few moments, neither saying a thing until Jack brought his free hand to cup her cheek.

"Jack.."

There was a hint of questioning in her tone when she said his name, something she had only used a handful of times since she had joined SG1. Her glaze flickered briefly to his lips and he felt her gently fist the material of his jacket to use as leverage as she leaned in ever so, leaving enough space between them should he decide to end this moment before it happened.

He had let her take the lead, giving her a chance to brush him off should his feelings not be reciprocated. When she'd leaned in half way and pushed the ball into his court he didn't hesitate to close the remaining distance. Neither had the energy for anything particularly passionate but there was enough emotion poured into the kiss that it made the pair wish things had been different. Whether they made it out alive and had to pretend the kiss never happened or if one or both of them didn't make it back then they were both in agreement that they would have one less regret.

#whumptober2020 #no. 21 #day 21 #prompt #hypothermia #sg1 #stargate sg1 #1x18 #solitudes #whump #samantha carter #jack o'neill #sam carter x jack o'neill #sam x jack #ao3

12 notes · View notes

catmeme-moved · 5 years

Note

all of the asks! >:3

god ok

1. You woke up naked next to the last person you texted, what would you say?

😏

2. What’s going on between you and the last person you kissed?

3. If your boyfriend or girlfriend was into drugs, would you care?

i dont think i could date anyone who does any kind of drugs,, it makes me Very uncomfortable

4. Is your last name longer than six letters?

its only 4 babey

5. Was your last kiss drunk or sober?

sober...ive never been drunk

6. Have you ever wanted to have someone but you messed it up?

i guess?? it was in high school so i dnt think it rly counts since yknow, i was 16

7. What does your last received text say?

“jgdijgjfdivjdjdj me“

8. How many times have you kissed the last person you kissed?

not enough times !!! i love kissing my gf

9. Where was your last kiss at?

in the parkinglot behind my dorm building

10. When is the last time you saw your sister?

i saw both my sisters when i was home for break a few weeks ago

11. What do you drink in the morning?

coffey

12. Where did you sleep last night?

my bed

13. Do you think relationships are hard?

not rly? i think if relationships r hard then they arent rly meant to be

14. If you could go back and change something in the past 5 months, would you?

god i wouldnt have spent so much money

15. You’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, any problems?

none at all ;3c

16. Would you rather it be sunny or rainy?

i guess rainy....overcast weather is my fav

17. Do you know anyone with the same middle name as you?

my mom ! probably lots of other people too shjkdh lee is a fairly common name i think

18. Are you wearing jeans,sweatpants,or pajama pants?

jeans

19. Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 years from now?

i hope so!!!

20. Does anyone like you?

god i sure hope my gf does

21. Have you ever kissed someone with a name that starts with an S?

nop

22. Is the last person you kissed gay?

ya thats why i kissed them ghksdjs

23. Is there a person you CANNOT stand?

no one that i know personally.. there r some like celebrities and other famous ppl i dont like

24. Have you ever considered getting a tattoo?

yes i want a tattoo from a specific artist in my hometown!!!

25. In the past week have you cried?

i mean probably i dont remember though

26. What breed was the last dog you saw?

a pug...i saw him in a donut shop

27. Do you dry off in the shower or out of the shower?

i dry off as im stepping out of the shower

28. Have you ever kissed a football player?

no bc jocks intimidate me

29. Do you think you’re old?

not really in the grand scheme of things.. im only 20 i still have decades ahead of me !

30. Do you like text messaging?

31. What type of day are you having?

its been ok! i spent time w my roommates downtown

32. Have you ever thought about getting your nose pierced?

i hav my septum pierced but a nostril piercing would b nice

33. Do you prefer warm or cold weather?

cold..

34. Is there a person of the opposite sex who means a lot to you?

i dont rly think theres such a thing as “opposite sex” since sex is also on a spectrum like gender

35. Would you prefer a relationship or a fling?

relationship ! flings r nice i guess but i prefer the stability and commitment of an actual relationship

36. Are you a simple or complicated person?

i thnik im fairly simple..idk

37. What song are you listening to?

when he died by lemon demon

38. When you say you’re sorry do you mean it?

yea of course39. Is there a girl that knows everything or almost everything about you?

my best friemd emily40. What made you start liking the person you like now?

theyre hot and funny and very kind!!!!41. When did you last receive a text message?

idk maybe an hour ago42. What is wrong with you right now?

im hungry and not being held by my gf43. How well do you know the last female you texted?

its my mom so fairly well i think44. Does anyone disgust you?

men45. Would you date someone right now if they asked?

no bc im already dating someone46. Are you in a good mood right now?

i feel...neutral47. Who was the last person you talked to in person?

my roommate !48. What color shirt are you wearing?

its blue pruple n green tie dye49. Has someone recently told you something you didn’t want to hear?

ya my history professor told me i had to read books50. Anyone you’re giving up on?

no one is coming to mind51. Do you hate the person you fell hardest for?

i dont hate anyone!

52. Have you ever thought about giving up on someone but couldn’t?

almost gave up on ever being able to pet the raccoons outside the dining hall but someday ill be able to earn their trust

53. Do you like rain?

yes!!! 54. Do you care if your boyfriend/girlfriend drinks?

not rly ! as long as theyre safe about it ykwim55. Have you ever liked somebody and never told them?

no i think ive told most of my crushes how i felt about them at the time 56. Do you like to cuddle?

god yes i love to hold and be held57. Are you shy?

its the social anxiety 58. Do you get along with girls?

i am a lesbian59. Have you dated the person you texted last?

we r dating !! 60. What do you carry with you at all times?

my phone and my peper spray 61. If you were paid 1 million dollars to spend the night in a supposed haunted house, would you?

id do it for 10 62. Do you think you can last in a relationship for five months?

ive been in my current one for 7 and my longest lasted 8 ! 63. Think back to October, were you in a relationship?

yes! 64. The person you like kisses you on the forehead, do you find this cute?

anything my gf does is cute65. Did anything “cute” happen in the last week?

my cat yawned when she tried to meow and made a weird squeak sound

66. How old are the last three people you kissed?

18 (or maybe 19 now idk), 19, 20

67. Would you rather pay to get your nails done or do them yourself?

i do them myself bc i hate spending money68. Which do you like better- Zebra print or leopard print?

ghgdh,....neither69. Do you have any stickers on your car?

i dont have a car yet 70. Would you rather listen to Luke Bryan or Lil Wayne?

neither...i dont rly like eithr of those music genres71. Blackberry, Anroid, or iPhone?

im samsung bitch until i die72. When’s the last time you had pizza from Pizza Hut?

its been months. maybe years. i dont like pizza73. Do you like diet soda?

i dont rly like any soda anymore tbh74. What color are the walls in your room?

plain white...f 75. Are you 16 or older?

bitche im 2076. Do you watch Pretty Little Liars?

nop i dont even know waht its about77. Do you have a job?

yes i work in a library ! 78. What are your initials?

ylb79. Did you ever have braces?

no :^/80. Are you from the south?

nope im a pnw bitch

81. What does your last status on facebook say?

something about voting82. Do you still talk to the first person you ever kissed?

ya shes my best friemd83. Are you closer to your mom or your dad?

my mom.. fuck my dad !84. Have you ever done cheerleading or gymnastics?

i vaguely remember attending a gymnastics class when i was like 5 85. What’s the last movie you saw in theaters?

uhh.. venom i think86. Do you smoke?

no never !!!87. Would you rather wear heels or flip flops?

flip flops. 88. Is your phone touch screen?

god how old are these questions. who has a phone that isnt touch screen now89. Do you normally wear your hair straight or curly?

my hair is naturally curly !90. Have you ever snuck out of your house?

no91. Would you rather swim in a river, lake, or pool?

a pool..... rivers and lakes r scary92. Have you ever made out in a car?

not yet93. …Had sex in a car?

no that seems. . difficult. theres not very much room94. Are you single or in a relationship?

im in a luvly relationship95. What were you doing last night at midnight?

sleepin96. When’s the last time you saw fireworks?

new years i think??97. Do you like the camera on your phone?

yea its pretty nice98. Have you ever had a friend with benefits?

no but ik i wanted one before i got into my current relationship skdgjhj99. Have you ever passed out from drinking?

no but i did drink half a beer thing once and went to sleep bc i got a stomach ache100. Are you friends with people on facebook that you actually hate?

i dont even use facebook101. Have you ever had a pregnancy scare?

when i was in first grade id play “family” w my friend sometimes and she’d pretend to be the dad and i was the mom so we would spoon each other bc we thot thats what sex was and i thought she actually got me pregnant bc i was 7 and didnt know anything102. Name your favorite Kesha song:

the song blind slaps103. Do you have any tan lines right now?

no its winter and i also dont go outdoors104. Would you ever wear cowboy boots with shorts?

i hate wearing shorts

#vry sorry if the readmore doesnt work sdhgjkh #clouds06 #asko

3 notes · View notes

beck-a-leck · 2 years

Text

I posted 3,397 times in 2021

396 posts created (12%)

3001 posts reblogged (88%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 7.6 posts.

I added 1,455 tags in 2021

#star wars - 501 posts

#video - 301 posts

#writing - 108 posts

#ask box games - 98 posts

#replies - 95 posts

#becky writes things - 81 posts

#rune factory - 78 posts

#rune factory 4 - 66 posts

#loki - 65 posts

#jak and daxter - 62 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#and consumers. set the example you want to see. encourage the creators and say nice things. you have to be vocal too to drown out the haters

My Top Posts in 2021

Kind of love that the New Doug in RF5 and the Old Doug from RF4 are both dwarves.

Like. You never get characters in a fictional franchise with the same name unless it's Significant (or sometimes played as a joke). And it'll probably be mentioned at least once in-game.

But until we know any actual details about the new character, I'm gonna enjoy the joke that Doug is the Most Common name among dwarves and like everyone knows at least 6 Dougs.

43 notes • Posted 2021-03-20 00:35:17 GMT

More completely implausible theories for Doug 2: The Dougening

I am rolling with this joke until Localization tells me otherwise. Fite me.

For reference:

1. New Doug is actually Old Doug from the future. Due to a time travel accident he ended up in the past and decided the only way to protect his identity was to get super ripped and become a blacksmith.

2. New Doug is Old Doug's father. Old Doug is actually New Doug Jr. Old Doug hates being called Junior. New Doug exclusively calls his son Junior. Their reunion will be extremely touching and heartfelt. (And then because we Know Old Doug, there will probably be fighting and bickering)

3. When Old Doug and New Doug meet, they will fuse to become Ultra Doug and destroy the world. Great lengths have been taken to ensure the world's only 2 Dougs never meet. This is the 4th story arc conflict of the game.

4. Old Doug and New Doug are twins, separated at birth and adopted to completely different families. They both named their new sons Doug. Neither family knew their son has a twin.

5. Old Doug and New Doug are brothers. Their parents actually named the oldest Doug and the youngest Not-Doug. Upon separation from the family, Not-Doug changed his name to just Doug, assuming he'd never see his brother and parents ever again.

6. "Doug" is actually the code name given to all drawven spies for the Sechs Empire. All Dougs have been brainwashed to forget their real names. They are only Doug now.

7. Almost half of all male (and some female) dwarves are named Doug. Centuries ago there was a great dwarven hero named Doug, and his name became very popular again in recent decades.

8. One of the Dougs is an clone which was the subject of years of experimental tests. It is your job to determine who is the Original Doug and who is the Clone Doug. One of the Dougs is Evil.

9. Due to a clerical error, one of the Doug's name was misspelled on his ID. He was too polite and shy to say anything about it and just started going by Doug instead.

10. They are two completely random guys with no connection whatsoever who just happen to have the same name, I guess. Small world, huh?

11. (Courtesy of @durotoswrites ) The whole Rune Factory world is actually just a series of DND campaigns played by the folks in Mineral Town. Doug is bad at naming characters, or remembering their names, so he just calls all his people Doug.

12. Old Doug and New Doug are actually old childhood friends turned enemies. They became friends because of their shared name, they became enemies for the same reason.

13. Old Doug and New Doug are the last in a long line of Dougs. All across the globe Dougs have been fighting each other for dominance. Old Doug and New Doug are the only 2 remaining. They must fight to the death and the voctor shall become Doug Supreme.

60 notes • Posted 2021-03-21 04:35:04 GMT

Y'all i came up with the softest headcanon at work today.

Ralph is probably the closest Olive Town has to a vet. Not that he's an expert or anything, or even trained, but sometimes he comes across an injured critter during his work and he can't just leave them there.

Basically the ranger's station is sometimes full of shoe boxes lined with scraps of cloth because Ralph is raising abandoned baby birds, or a little squirrel or injured raccoon.

The kids in town bring him birds they find with broken wings, and he always takes the bird in, promising ti help it get better and release it back into the forest.

Sometimes he just had a small critter in his breast pocket because it needs a little extra warmth today.

91 notes • Posted 2021-04-02 00:16:03 GMT

Me watching LOTR as a child: wow! I want to be an elf or wizard it would be so cool!

Me as an adult: i just wanna be a hobbit and live in a quiet town where my whole purpose in life is to eat food and grow flowers and the rest of the world doesn't matter.

95 notes • Posted 2021-05-01 14:13:18 GMT

Okay, but the real Most Important question about BOTW2.

CAN WE PET THE DOGS?????

188 notes • Posted 2021-06-16 15:31:41 GMT

Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

#my 2021 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Well this is fun

0 notes

thovoid · 6 years

Text

diary entry #2

every once in a while i will meet someone and get this all-consuming feeling that we were in love in another life. i usually only ever get to know them on a very surface level, but feel like ive known them for years. like i learned everything about them in a different world, and it was just within reach if i could only get them to see what i could see. i dont think any of them has ever felt the same.

the first was a boy that i had met when visiting my family down south. i had known him as a child during brief visits once a year, but id never really talked to him until the very last day of one of my trips three summers ago. we sat together—talking and laughing by the pool, innocently flirting at dinner, making awkward goodbyes by the car—and i bubbled with excitement and anxiety as i thought about the next time we would meet. we texted for months after that, but the distance fizzled us out and i was left with the one memory i had and the fantasy of what could be.

it was colder the next time. i only saw him once that year, and it was awkward and quick. friendly greeting, no goodbye.

last summer was different, though. i saw him a lot at first, but i was busy every minute of every day and we hardly had time to speak until the beach day. a big group of people all met at the beach, and i had a total of fifteen minutes that i was free to talk with whoever i wanted. we sat on dirty towels, burying our feet in the pale sand with our backs to the water, looking out at the snow peaked mountain that stood above. we laughed just as we had before, and it reminded me of my stupid feelings. i felt very at home in those moments, and i knew with all of my being that if we lived in the same state we would have been really happy.

i dont know if i am ever going to see him again. if i dont, im okay with how it ended.

my second soulmate was a girl that we moved in next to last year, who probably doesnt remember my name and who i have only actually had one conversation with. besides when she came by to see if we were okay when rainwater flooded our garage, or when we would be leaving as she got home and she would wave at us to ask how we were doing, or when we bumped into each other at a party and i didnt recognize her because i was just a little too fucking inebriated, or when she served us at our favorite little italian restaurant and she told me i should totally apply because she makes bank on tip money. no, this conversation was different. maybe just as trivial, but this time we were alone. she was sitting in front of her garage with a toolbox and a vape pod (i had never thought vaping was attractive until i saw her absentmindedly take a hit, and then quickly blow the vapor out and put the pod down like she didnt even realize she had picked it up) and i was just getting home from a particularly sweaty day at work. she called me over to sit with her. we didnt talk about anything important, but i could tell she had a lot she wanted to say and no one to say it to. i felt like everything i could ever know about her was right within reach, i just needed to crack open the gates. as i was trying to decide whether or not to ask something that i probably would have regretted asking, her friend pulled into the driveway. i stood up and went back home.

the third one is the stupidest. he trained me on my first day in a new position at work. he is a few years older than me, he must be at least in his twenties. i have always thought he was 26, but i dont know if that’s true. at first i couldnt tell if i just respected him in a “please accept me as good enough because my father never told me he was proud of me” way, or a “please take me seriously because i want to fuck you” way. i started checking all the time if i was scheduled a shift with him, and i remember how my fingers would shake as i waited for the page to load. i started thinking about him all the time, and what it would be like if we were together, but i was too embarrassed to admit it to anyone and was too shy to have any sort of real conversation with him, which is out of character for me. my heart hurt when he would leave the room.

i would observe him a lot, because random social functions would throw us into the same parties and day trips, and i felt like i understood him on a level that really intrigued me. just like with the others, i wanted to sit down and listen to everything he could possibly say about anything. for some reason i was still too fucking shy around him to make him think of me as anything more than a coworker, though.

the last shift i ever worked with him, i had a panic attack right before i got to work. i tried really hard to put my customer service face on, but i was noticeably spacey for my whole shift. it had me spiraling; i felt like a failure in front of him and i couldnt do anything right. no one could ever know that, though, so i kept distracting myself so i could blink back tears, and then move on like nothing was wrong. that was my last week at that job, and i am never going to see him again. its probably for the best.

the last one makes me feel icky. thinking about him now is making my chest bubble and my ears pound.

during my senior year i had to go to a college campus for one of my classes for a few months. it was a night class so it was mostly filled with adults, but there was this one really hot guy covered in tattoos, who i pegged to be around 21. he had soft blonde hair and light scruff. we wore faded jeans that fit him nicely and an oversized jumper, so the only tats visible were on his hand and the one behind his ear. it made him look tough but gentle. he asked for my number and i gave it to him. he said he was drawn to me for some reason. it felt like fate, because i felt exactly the same way.

i never really get crushes on people. i know a lot of people—i use tinder, i meet people at parties, i even sometimes go on dates—but i never really feel attracted to people. whether its a hot guy that i see on the street, or a really nice girl that makes me laugh, or someone i can sit down with and talk to for hours. that’s why when i get these feelings for these few people that i barely know, it feels like it’s something more than a crush. so when he told me he was thirty and he thought i was really hot for my age, i wanted to believe that it was still fate, and that i wouldnt just feel like this for no reason. i let him say things to me that i would normally ghost someone over, and i tried to convince myself that it was normal.

nothing extraordinary or exciting ever came of this. i quickly realized that a man that was 13 years older should not be texting like this to me, so i told him i wasnt going to work out and blocked his number in a way that required the least amount of confrontation. i brought pepper spray to school with me every day after that.

anyway. i dont know what any of this means, if it means anything. maybe these were all just normal ass crushes, and if i was just a little bit less scared of my emotions i would have a real story. or maybe people are just more connected than we think.

1 note · View note

anotherfiveyears · 6 years

Text

10: Carry That Weight

The long hallway gave him time to watch her as she walked ahead of him. She was definitely taller than he remembered her, though she was wearing heels. It was like she had grown into her body, the sharp angles were now soft curves and the young adorableness had morphed into the fox in front of him. He was staring at the way her ass moved in her tight dress when he noticed she was limping a little like she was favoring a hurt hip or leg. Had she fought off the swamp monster to get his wallet back and been injured? Maybe he needed to take her to get a rabies shot. He laughed at his own joke and she turned to give him a questioning look.

"You okay?" he asked, biting back his smile. "You're limping a little."

"Yeah, just a bit sore," she said quickly, then stopped in front of a door marked 2112. "You know it's funny, I totally thought of you when they gave me the Rush room."

"How the hell did you even get this?" She was only nineteen, there was no way they'd rent to her alone.

She shot him a wicked smile. "My ID says I'm 25."

He nodded at her but was still thinking about her limp. Had he hurt her when they... she wasn't limping before they... wait... oh fuck. Oh, fucking shit. Oh no. "Anna...," he asked carefully, his voice shaking a bit, "back there... at the club... us... was that...?"

She played dumb as she dug for her hotel keys in her bag, "Was it what?"

"Was that your first time?"

She cleared her throat and turned the key. "Sorry, I probably wasn't much fun," she said quietly.

He stood dazed in the hallway, replaying the night in his head. He had actually taken her virginity on some filthy desk in the back of a dingy dive bar and he hadn't been very nice about it. The sound she made when he was first inside of her rang in his ears, making him cringe.

"Are you gonna come in or can I close the door?" she asked.

He mechanically walked into the room, barely registering that she had lied about having two beds and slumped onto the lone queen sized bed. "Anna, I'm so sorry. If I had known..." he looked around as if the room would explain for him. If he had known he wouldn't have touched her, he would have left well enough alone and said his goodbyes then and there, let some other idiot have what he himself didn't deserve.

"Don't be sorry," she said, leaning against the bed to take her heels off. "I'm glad it's over with."

"But it wasn't... you know... romantic," he replied, feeling like an idiot when she laughed loudly.

"So it's not always like that!" she teased. "I'm gonna take a shower... unless you want to go first?"

He shook his head and waved her off, wanting to be alone with his self-loathing. The shower churned on and the sound of water splashing off skin drifted into the bedroom. He listened for a moment before thinking maybe he could make it up to her. Shrugging out of his clothes, he quietly slipped into the shower behind her. He felt his heart in his throat at the sight of her, but his stomach dropped when he noticed the wisps of blood circling the drain. She stared back at him with wide eyes, pulling her long hair off her back and over her shoulder to try and cover herself just a little. She looked scared and a little shy, but without all the makeup and tight clothes, she was his Annie again.

All it took was one arm outstretched for him and he was on her, kissing every inch of skin he could reach while she held him to her. This time he was gentle, holding her up against the tile wall and easing into her as if she were made of glass. Her nails dug into him again, though this time it wasn't from pain. He smiled against her lips, thinking he would forego a shirt at his next gig to let everyone see her scratches on his skin before remembering there were no more gigs for him. The band was done and so was he. Maybe he should forget Seattle and take Anna home. They could get married and start on those eight kids he had promised her so many years ago. But the thought of him being a washed-up musician at 21 made him falter and Anna gasped when he suddenly pulled back, setting her feet back on the shower floor.

"We should go to bed," he said quietly, unable to meet her eyes. He wanted to just go to sleep and get this hellish night over with.

"I guess I have a lot to learn," she tried to laugh it off while handing him a towel, but her smile didn't linger any longer than it needed to.

They dropped side by side onto the bed and lay staring at the ceiling for a while before Anna was the first to speak.

"Did I do something wrong?"

He groaned and lifted his hands to cover his face. "No..." If this wasn't the worst day of his life so far, it was definitely in the top five.

Clearly embarrassed, she yanked the sheets up and around her neck making him feel even more guilty than before.

"Come here," he muttered, hoping that just putting his arm around her would ease her anxiety. He was exhausted, but the moment he felt her against him he knew his body would think otherwise.

"David?" her whisper trembled a little. He answered by pressing his lips into her forehead, then wondering what in the hell possessed him to do so.

"I'm glad it was you," she breathed.

"Yeah, me too." He was glad that it was him for several reasons, most of them selfish. Tilting her chin up to kiss her lips, he wondered if there was a way to tell Craig Williams that Anna had chosen him after all.

In a fit of bravery, she threw her leg over his hips and trailed kisses down his neck to his chest. Fearing she would continue south he held her to him, mumbling something vaguely romantic about wanting to kiss her instead. Truthfully, he was scared she would show some skill in that field and he would always wonder who she had practiced on.

She surprised him again by sitting up and looking down at him with her bottom lip between her teeth. "Okay so how do I...?"

He couldn't help but laugh at her. She was so innocent, yet didn't feel the need to hide it. "Jesus, Anna," he chuckled. If she wanted lessons, he was now a more than willing instructor.

"Sorry," she giggled a little but her eyes went wide when he sat up, bringing them face to face again.

With one hand positioning himself beneath her and the other holding her arm, he guided her down until he was fully sunk in her. He watched her unsuccessfully hide the pain on her face and gently kissed her. "It won't always hurt," he promised.

Anna let out a long breath and smiled, careful not to move her hips too much. "Oh, thank god."

He shifted a little beneath her, watching her eyes close and lips part just so. He thought she couldn't be any sexier than she was right then because she wasn't trying. She let her damp hair fall in her face and he raked it back with his fingers, holding her head to pull her into a kiss while gripping her hip to guide her into a rhythm.

A shadow of a smile graced her lips as he dragged his thumb along her jaw. "Something funny?"

"Just trying not to think about what made you so good at this," her smile now a full grin. "Or who..."

"Whoever she was, she wasn't as sexy as you."

She raised an eyebrow at him, skeptical of his comment but also encouraged by it as she began to move at her own speed while shoving him back down to the bed. He watched her for a bit, letting her find a pace she liked and committing it to memory before copying her move and pushing her backward onto the foot of the mattress. Her hair fanned out around her as she giggled and a familiar sense of happiness spread through him. She might have been a virgin just a few hours ago, but he was new to this as well. He had never been with someone he actually cared about. All the times before it was a fleeting moment in some van or crash pad, once under the actual stage his friends were performing on, but they were never comfortable enough to laugh together or hold a conversation during or after. He resumed her original pace, hoping she was getting as close as he was.

"David...," she panted, her voice strained and tense like the rest of her.

He turned his head to whisper in her ear, "Relax, baby. I've got you."

She was hesitant but the moment she did as she was told, she hit her peak. Ever the heart of the rhythm section, he kept his steady pace as she rode out the storm raging inside of her. The incoherent moans gradually became decipherable and her words led him straight to his own edge. David, I missed you so much, I should have never-, I never wanted to-, oh, David. Where her words were ardent and lustful, his were sharp and needy. Fuck, Anna, I missed you too, I needed you, no one ever felt as good as this...

He didn't realize until the moment his hips ground to a stop against her that he wasn't just fucking his teenage sweetheart, he was making love to her. He waited for the regret that blindsided him earlier at the bar, but it never came. Just a sense of calm accomplishment that he was responsible for the dreamy smile on her face.

"What was that?" she whispered, staring up at the ceiling with unfocused eyes.

"You've never done that either?" he laughed and rolled off of her. Should have stuck with me, Annie. I would have shown you that years ago, he thought.

She shook her head, "Can we do it again?"

"You? Yes. Me? No," he might have been only 21, but he was spent. He curled up next to her and pulled her close, resisting the urge to kiss her again. "Can I ask you something?" he whispered. She shifted a little in his arms and he felt her nod against his shoulder. "Why did you wait so long? Why didn't you sleep with Craig Williams?" He was surprised that the name still felt like venom on his tongue. Jimmy had mentioned one night in a drunken phone call that Anna had been a few dates with him and that it looked like they were in love, resulting in David destroying his kit at a gig in Montreal.

"It just never felt right."

"And some dirty back room in a bar did?"

"It just...," she said softly. "You felt right. I didn't think this is how it would happen, but... I don't know. Maybe subconsciously, I was waiting for you to come home."

"Will you at least tell me why you never took my calls?"

She smiled sadly and traced his collarbone with her fingertips. "This is your thing, David. You're a musician and you belong out there, away from Virginia. We both know that girlfriends only stand in the way of that and we both know I won't be that girl."

"You couldn't have told me that at the airport?" he remembered how badly that hurt, pathetically waiting for her in front of his new bandmates only for them to tease him all the way to fucking Germany.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, finally meeting his eyes. "I couldn't break up with you at the airport. I thought it would be easier if I just didn't go."

He laughed sharply and rolled away from her, "Well you thought wrong."

"You've been okay though," she offered, propping herself onto an elbow. "You're in a great band, you've released an album... Dad can't keep it in stock at the shop," she added softly.

"He's not hiring is he?" he asked bitterly, staring up at the ceiling.

She was quiet for a moment and then asked, "Band break up?"

"Bassist ditched us this morning."

"So now what?"

"I have one option, but it's a long shot," he shrugged.

"I'm headed home in a couple days if you want to tag along," she offered.

"Thanks, but the audition is in Seattle," he suddenly remembered that she had retrieved his stolen wallet from the swamp monster. "Thanks to you I just might get there."

She smiled at that and leaned down to kiss his cheek, "They're going to love you."

He woke before the sun came up the next morning, wrapped tightly around Anna's heavily sleeping frame. Staying motionless as long as he could stand it, he soaked up everything about her even though he knew it would hurt like a motherfucker later. He gradually unwound himself from her, tucking her tightly into the bed among the pillows and blankets before getting dressed. It took everything he had in him, but he didn't look back before leaving and locking the door behind him.

#anotherfiveyearsfic

2 notes · View notes

terriblesportsimagines · 6 years

Note

It's cold weather time, you know what that means. Yes, that's right. Stupid cliche fanfiction tropes. Oh no, there is only one bed and it's cold so we have to share it!!! What a situation!!! Hiruma from Eyeshield 21. Headcanons or scenario ok, female pronouns ok. Thank you, ily. 💘

OH NOES WHAT WILL THEY DO?!

Just gonna say, that I loved this and you can tell, from the length alone since it clocks in at just over 1800 words lmao Cut for length!

PS. Cliche tropes are my jam lol

Hiruma Youichi

“You~ichi,” you complain, shivering like hell. Youwere seriously underdressed for the current situation, mostly because you’dbeen lied to and manipulated into said situation. You glared at yourboyfriend, trying to light him on fire with your eyes alone.

Unfortunately, he remained very much unburned.

He also ignored you. He was dressed properly ina fluffy bomber jacket. Of course, he’d known you were headed toHokkaido to scout the team you had to play in a few weeks. Hokkaido inlate October. He’d told you it was somewhere, maybe in the south,probably as some kind of twisted joke. He probably wanted to watch yousuffer, because you’d pissed him off last week by choosing not to waitfor him every day after practice in the blistering cold. Yes, this wasmost definitely punishment.

Thus, all you had was a sweatshirt – a thick one, but still– and he’d forced you to watch the very long, very boring practice ofhis target. By the end of it, you were pretty sure you couldn’t feel yourface, or your fingers, or anything else for that matter.

“I really, really bloody hate you,” you growled underyour breathe as you followed him, still shivering, into the lobby of the hotelyou were apparently going to stay at.

That too was a surprise, because you were pretty sure hetold you it was just a day trip.

You expected to be met with blissful heat, but it was nearlyas cold in the lobby as it was outside. This day just keeps gettingbetter and better, you thought sourly.

The person behind the desk smiled apologetically. “Welcome. Do you have a reservation?”

Hiruma handed over his id and credit card without aword. You were left huddling in your sweatshirt while he checked in, atleast until you couldn’t take it any longer. “Why is it so cold in here?”

The person behind the counter only smiled some more, theirexpression even more apologetic. “Unfortunately, our heat isbroken. We are trying to fix it, however, we’re told it could be as lateas tomorrow.

Oh lovely. You knew better than to complainright here, however. Hiruma didn’t seem bothered by the revelation, in fact,it looked to you like his teeth flashed in best predatory smile for a splitsecond. This probably meant he had no intention of even bothering to lookfor another hotel. Was this another part of his nefarious plot?

He was so infuriating sometimes. You had a pretty goodhandle on him all considering, but then sometimes he did things like this andyou completely floundered. It was pretty awful.

Ugh, if he wasn’t… well, Hiruma.

At this point, you didn’t even know what you shouldexpect. He’d thrown all your expectations out the window anyway, so thereprobably wasn’t much point in having them. Despite this, however, whenyou followed him into the room and found only a single double bed you just kindof stared.

Now you were starting to think if this wasn’t all someelaborate trap to get you alone together and force you to sleep in onebed. You never had before. Whenever it had gotten too late to goback to your home after spending time with him, you usually just slept on thecouch. He was so touchy about things like personal space and haddrawn very clear boundaries around that part of his life. You weren’tconcerned, it wasn’t like he left you particularly wanting physically. You just figured it was another one of this trust things.

But now, here you were, in a hotel with no heat and only onebed and you just knew it was a set up.

“Youichi, there’s only one bed,” you state, not because youdon’t know that’s obvious, but because you want to see his reaction.

“Do you think so?” He returned moving into the room to placehis laptop bag on the small table beside the tv stand. His tone wassnide, but you thought you saw a brief flash of that grin again, anddamn it, if it wasn’t the most attractive thing you’d ever seen.

Nevertheless, you rolled your eyes and pulled your purse offto place it on the bed. “Whatever, I’m not sleeping on the floor.”

He didn’t bother to answer you, which was notsurprising. He had his laptop out and was already working away, whichmeant he didn’t plan to go anywhere that night. This in turn made youwonder if he even planned to feed you, and he bloody better, because you’d putup with enough of his shit for the day.

You were still cold, and since he didn’t seem to care atall, you dismissed him. “I’m going to have a bath, I literally can’tfeel my fingers.”

You were tempted to throw something at his head just to makea point when all he did was hum, but you decided it wasn’t worth it. Howhe could type so quickly when it was so cold you didn’t know. You did,however, throw over your shoulder, “There better be food when I’m doneYouichi,” you said in a voice that told him exactly what you were feeling atthat moment.

Not that he needed told. Despite being weird,half-psychotic, and entirely too selfish, he could read you better than anyoneelse and was pretty in tune with you. Not that he used the knowledgeoften outside of screwing with you, but still. You knew very well that heloved you. The very fact that you were there right now was a testament tothis fact.

And as much as you were kind of annoyed at him right at thatmoment, you did adore his manic face to bits.

You lingered in the bath, because it was warm and the hotwater went a long way to warming up the small room. Thus, you were prunyby the time you forced yourself out, after several hot water refreshes. And even then, you really only got out because Hiruma complained through thedoor. “Fucking food’s here.”

You dressed as fast as you could, hoping to get beneath theblankets on the bed before the cold seeped into your bones once more.

You didn’t even pause to see what he’d gotten you, yousimply scampered across the thin, garish hotel carpet and dove into the narrowbed. Hiruma snorted – you couldn’t see him, but you could hear him, andit was enough to have you glaring when you popped back up. You might haveeven given him a scathing retort, except he was suddenly beside the bed,holding a bowl of what looked and smelled like udon.

Others might have admonished you to be careful, but hewasn’t one to waste words on such things when he knew you to be perfectlycapable of taking care of yourself. Instead, he waited until you gotyourself sitting up, the blankets creating a nest in your lap, before settingthe bowl of soup there and handing you a pair of chopsticks and a spoon.

You beamed at him, which earned you, at least you thought, aslightly softened look, before he disappeared off back to the table and his ownbowl of noodles. Luckily, the remote for the tv was in reach so yougrabbed it and turned on the tv.

The room was silent save for the tv as you ate yournoodles. They warmed you up a bit, but you couldn’t help but feel thecold encroach once more. Hokkaido in the winter, it wasenough to make you furious all over again. Fortunately for your boyfriend,you didn’t really have enough energy for fury.

And you were too cold.

When the soup was gone, you pulled the blankets up to yourchin, but that didn’t really help your back and it seemed to you like theblankets were doing very little. In short, you were miserable.

You did your best to bear with it and seethe in silence, buteventually it got too much for you. “Youichi.” You stated, loud.

His head rolled towards you, black eyebrow rising. “What.”

“I’m cold, so if you could enact your endgame, I’d reallyappreciate it.” Your voice was dry and you blinked at him slowly becauseif you moved even a bit, you would start shivering.

The fact that you knew something was up seemed to get tohim. He stared at you for a moment before clicking his tongue and closinghis laptop. Your eyes god really wide a second later when he proceeded tostrip himself of most of his clothing. He’d never been so bare beforeyou, and you were suddenly your thoughts about him being a little shy, werecompletely wrong. There was nothing shy in him now, nor was there shame,and there was definitely something predatory in his eyes.

You expected him to be cold when he invaded your space, buthe was the exact opposite somehow. He was like a furnace and it had yougrumbling incredulously. “How are you warm?” There was apart of you that didn’t care that you should be a little more freaked out thanyou were, or that you probably should have made it at least a littledifficult. You cared about him being a source of warmth and youimmediately searched out that warmth.

Hiruma hissed, but his arms came around you, handsautomatically diving beneath your layers to flatten his palms to yourtorso. “Your feet are cold,” he sniped, though you were pretty sure youcould feel a grin being pressed against your neck.

“Fuck you,” you replied, hands stuck to his back. Youalmost wished you weren’t wearing so many layers, but the idea of losing somemade you shiver anew.

He cackled, something wet and hot touching the side of yourneck. “Kekeke, where did you think this was fucking headed?”

You knew it! “You had to torture me just to getme into bed?” You cried, tempted to shove him clean off the bed, except he wasdeliciously hot and you weren’t risking the loss. “I fucking hate you.”

He kept cackling, even as his hands traveled further andfurther up your torso to settle over your bra-clad breasts. “There’s away you can get really warm, yahahaha.”

“Ugh, so terrible.” But you were too busy laughing toeven be upset by that point and his long, lithe fingers were already beneathyour bra plucking at your nipples and making you moan. “Mmn, if you’regoing to keep me warm, just take it off.”

Sharp teeth nipped at your neck. “Don’t complain.”

You reached up and took his head in your hands and draggedhim up to your mouth. “I’m going to kill you later,” you mumbled againsthis lips.

“We’ll see~”

#eyeshield 21 #Hiruma Yoichi #scenarios #sassy!reader strikes again

34 notes · View notes

yestxday · 7 years

Text

tag game

tagged by @kais-daddy! 💖 thank you so much for always tagging me in these 🌸💕

RECENT:

1. drink: latte macchiato, i can’t live without caffeine

2. phone call: i think it was my mom?..

3. text message: best friend

4. song you listened to: love - dean

5. time you cried: a few months ago (i can’t remember adsgdfd)

6. dated someone twice: no

7. kissed someone and regretted it: … ye

8. been cheated on: i dont think so?

9. lost someone special: not recently

10. been depressed: i dont think ive ever been not depressed

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: once…

FAVORITE COLORS:

12. light blue / pink

13.  warm red & brown tones

14.  i dont have a specific favorite color, it depends :(

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:  

15. made new friends: yes!!

16. fallen out of love:  no

17. laughed until you cried: a lot thanks to my friends

18. found out someone was talking about you:  no

19. met someone who changed you: yes, a few

20. found out who your friends are: already knew that

21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: i dont use facebook

22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: /

23. do you have any pets: yes! i have a 12 y old dog that i love more than anything her name is holly, she loves naps and belly scratches

24. do you want to change your name: no im quite happy with it, but i wanted to when i was younger

25. what did you do for your last birthday: my mom bought a rainbow cake (lgbtq solidarity), my parents made me wear a party hat, my best friend bought me a suho sweater (i owe her my soul now) and i spent the night in eating cake with her.

26. what time did you wake up: usually it depends on my schedule, today i woke up at 2pm bc i pulled an all nighter

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: netflix

28. name something you can’t wait for: this might sound cheesy but i can’t wait to move in with my best friend and have a cute little apartment full of plants, stupid stuff we dont need, maybe a dog or two and finally be at peace with myself

29. when was the last time you saw your mom:  shes sitting in front of me

31. what are you listening to right now: 11:11 - taeyeon

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom:  no?..

33. something that is getting on your nerves: nothing in particular but in general id say the world

34. most visited website: youtube

35. hair colour: dark brown with copper tones?

36. long or short hair: shoulder length, im growing it out

37. do you have a crush on someone?: kim jisoo

38. what do you like about yourself: sometimes im funny i guess

40. blood type: i asked my mom and she said a positive

41. nickname: bea, bia, beowulf (i hate this one) and bärchen (its a cute form of bear in german), if anyone comes up with better ones let me know

42. relationship status:  single

43. zodiac: ☀️  capricorn 🌕 aquarius ⬆️ cancer

44. pronouns: she/her

45. favourite tv show: brooklyn 99 or mr. robot

46. tattoos: hopefully im getting one this year!!

47. right or left handed: right

48. surgery: as in cosmetic surgery? then no

50. sport: i like running ?? does that count

51. vacation: recently portugal, id love to travel to japan once

52. pair of trainers: nike air max

 MORE GENERAL  

53. eating: desserts and fruits! they can’t be too sweet though

54. drinking:  water or tea

55. I’m about to: prepare a guitar lesson for tomorrow

56. waiting for: the exo repackage

57. want: money, so i can buy a huge house and take in stray animals

58. get married: mhhh, im not a big fan of the concept of marriage?? but id love to wear a pretty dress for my beautiful girlfriend and have a huge party where we can be disgustingly cute and in love

59. career: this is a tough one bc i have no idea what to do with my life but maybe  music/film production, media design or anything creative

WHICH IS BETTER 

60. hugs or kisses:  hugs!! im not a very touchy person BUT i love cuddling when im sleepy 🤧

61. lips or eyes: eyes

62. shorter or taller: tbh i dont care

63. older or younger:  older

64. nice arms or nice stomach: ??? no preference (cute tummies tho)

65. hook up or relationship: neither

66. troublemaker or hesitant: a little bit of both

 HAVE YOU EVER:  

67. kissed a stranger: no

68. drank hard liquor: …yeah

69. lost glasses/contact lenses: glasses, im shortsighted

70. turned someone down: yes

71. sex on the first date: no, im too shy for that

72. broken someone’s heart: yes

73. had your heart broken: yes, last year

74. been arrested: no

75. cried when someone died: yes

76. fallen for a friend: yes, a lot of my relationships started out as friendships

 DO YOU BELIEVE IN:  

77. yourself: i try to

79. love at first sight: no, that’d be superficial

80. santa claus: not anymore :(

81. kiss on the first date: if its consensual why not?

82. angels: exo and girlgroups are angels so yeah

OTHER:  

84. eye colour: brown

85. favourite movie: probably kill your darlings, idk i like everything that isnt a romantic comedy or by nicholas sparks

i tag @hvvangminhyun @yeah-itsyixingright-here @sunshineyeols @hobibi and everyone else that wants to do this!!

#this was so long asfdgf you dont have to do it!!!!!!!#there might be a few errors in this but im too tired im sorry #😭#about

2 notes · View notes

votingdog · 7 years

Text

i wanted to do a thing

1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged? i would, yeah 2. You talked to an ex today, correct? i have, like three of them lmao? 3. Have you taken someones virginity? i have not 4. Is trust a big issue for you? definitely 5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently? i did!! it was really nice aaa 6. What are you excited for? hanging out with my friends? always? im lonely 7. What happened tonight? nothing really? ive been on tumblr mostly 8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted? nah bitch me too just pls be careful 9. Is confidence cute? so cute!! but so is being shy?? everything is cute everyone is cute love me 10. What is the last beverage you had? tea 11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? three, id say 12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans? all my jeans are skinny jeans 13. What are you gonna do Saturday night? saturdays are for the boys 14. What are you going to spend money on next? probably a charger tbh 15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed? am not. relationships are scary and i need to figure shit out before i can be in another one 16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months? it wouldnt surprise me 17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? noah and xavier 18. The last time you felt broken? eeeeeeeeeeeee 19. Have you had sex today? nope 20. Are you starting to realize anything? im cute and worthy of love okay 21. Are you in a good mood? yeah i mean? yeah. weirdly. 22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? maybe 23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s? what dad lmao 24. What do you want right this second? cuddles 25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy? “were they cute? tell me about itt” im very poly y’all 26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? yee 27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh? probably not, then again it isnt hard to make me laugh 28. What was the last thing that made you laugh? honestly probably noah being a goof 29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now? y e s 30. Does everyone deserve a second chance? not everyone, but most people do 31. Honestly, do you hate the last boy you were talking to? absolutely not!! i love him sm 32. Does the person you have feelings for right now, know you do? i express it like,,,,,all the time so i really hope so? 33. Are you one of those people who never drinks soda? i only drink the clear ones? like sprite and ginger ale are my shit. everything is is,,,not 34. Listening to? jezebel by iron & wine 35. Do you ever write in pencil anymore? not usually. i mostly use pen bc i clearly never make mistakes 36. Do you know where the last person you kissed is? i mean, im 99% sure he’s at his house but idk he could be in a graveyard for all i know 37. Do you believe in love at first sight? nah. curiosity and crushing(ish) at first sight, yes, but love takes a bit 38. Who did you last call? xavier. i usually do to sleep 39. Who was the last person you danced with? my ex. we didnt get to go to prom together and he was sad he didnt get to dance with me, so we danced in my bedroom 40. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed? because he’s a huge cutie!!! 41. When was the last time you ate a cupcake? i dont remember?? pls give me a cupcake?? 42. Did you hug/kiss one of your parents today? noo. i dont see my mom much rip 43. Ever embarrass yourself in front of a crush? always??? i embarrass myself in front of everyone?? 44. Do you tan in the nude? i dont tan? not purposely at least. i just go outside sometimes and i guess i tan easily bc my tan line is r e a l 45. If you could, would you take back your last kiss? of course nott i wanna kiss him like all the time 46. Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night? maybe? i dont remember. i usually do tho 47. Who was the last person to call you? xavier 48. Do you sing in the shower? if no one’s around 49. Do you dance in the car? ive done the macarena in the car 50. Ever used a bow and arrow? yee 51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? school pictures? other than that when i was like real little bc my family was that suburban white family who got them every year (at walmart) 52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? duh but i love them so much 53. Is Christmas stressful? y e s 54. Ever eat a pierogi? pardon? 55. Favorite type of fruit pie? i? uh? apple? 56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? oh jeez that’s a heavy question. sky diver, wizard, vet, and a teacher 57. Do you believe in ghosts? yes theyre real and one sucked my dick behind an arby’s 58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? a lot actually 59. Take a vitamin daily? my unhealthy ass? i laugh 60. Wear slippers? no, usually jsut socks 61. Wear a bath robe? no, im usually just in a towel after the shower for like 20 minutes while i dissociate 62. What do you wear to bed? t-shirt and underwear unless im alone and then just underwear 63. First concert? black veil brides, falling in reverse, and set it off 64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? targett 65. Nike or Adidas? shrugs. i wear off brand vans every day 66. Cheetos Or Fritos? cheetos! 67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? peanuts 68. Favorite Taylor Swift song? mary’s song, dear john, and december. i unironically love her old stuff 69. Ever take dance lessons? i did ballet and tap c: 70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? shrugs. whatever they wanna do i support 71. Can you curl your tongue? yee 72. Ever won a spelling bee? i got fifth place one year and third another 73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? last night 74. What is your favorite book? the trylle series 75. Do you study better with or without music? with 76. Regularly burn incense? ive never done it on my own accord actually 77. Ever been in love? oh have i 78. Who would you like to see in concert? um? iron & wine? idk im listening to him now and i lov 79. What was the last concert you saw? ,,,,,,,,,,refer to number 63 80. Hot tea or cold tea? cold! 81. Tea or coffee? teaa 82. Favorite type of cookie? peanut butter ^^ 83. Can you swim well? i mean, i guess? i dont much idk 84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? yee 85. Are you patient? mostly, unless im like breaking down and/or splitting. then i freak 86. DJ or band, at a wedding? shrugs 87. Ever won a contest? i dont believe? i got second in one once for a collage i made of photographs when i was in kindergarten 88. Ever have plastic surgery? nah 89. Which are better black or green olives? green!! 90. Opinions on sex before marriage? i personally dont care. it’s important to some people and not to others. just respect each other yo 91. Best room for a fireplace? anywhere im around. i lov 92. Do you want to get married? aaaaaaa gotta find someone who would actually marry me first bitch wtf

#yoyoo #leigh what are you doing with your life

3 notes · View notes

det-vackraste · 7 years

Text

Okey, so you're really supposed to be tagged by someone to do this, but since I don't have time to wait for that, imma go ahead and tag myself

1. selfie I’m on mobile, so… sorry, but check my “me” tag 2. what would you name your future kids? jeez, I don’t know.. If I have a boy I think I want one of his names to be Finn, cause that was my grandpa’s name plus it’s a cute name. If a girl, maybe give her my middle name Märta, just to pass that on down, but other than that I don’t know.. 3. do you miss anyone? Hmm.. maybe one of my friends who’s been away backpacking since January, and isn’t getting back home until June 4. what are you looking forward to? My mum, sister and I are planning a spa trip, so I’m looking forward to that 5. is there anyone who can always make you smile? My boyfriend, my dog or my best friend since 11 years 6. is it hard for you to get over someone? I haven’t really had to get over someone before, so I don’t know, but I can imagine I either don’t give a fuck or have a really hard time, no in between. 7. what was your life like last year? Real good. Last semester of school, so everything was chill, fun and exciting 8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed? Well, I’m a crier when I’m angry or frustrated enough, so yeah probably 9. who did you last see in person? My boyfriend, who’s sleeping next to me 10. are you good at hiding your feelings? I can be if I want to 11. are you listening to music right now? Nope 12. what is something you want right now? grapes and cash 13. how do you feel right now? Pretty good. Chilling in bed, a little sleepy. A tad bit too warm, cause Sebastian is clinging to every inch of me in his sleep, but I really don’t mind 14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you? If his current clinging counts as a hug; my boyfriend 15. personality description I can come off as a bit bitchy/boring/shy, but if I find you funny I’ll open up and be more fun and crazy. If I like you enough I’m also probably the most loyal bitch on this planet. 16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t? Yeah I have. Two of my friends who dated for a year had a nasty breakup, and quite soon after that the guy had sex with someone else. I promised him that I wouldn’t tell his ex. That was hard. But I didn’t… 17. opinion on insecurities. Not sure what this question wants, but… Insecurities are shit, and I’m doing pretty good with ignoring mine 18. do you miss how things were a year ago? On one hand yes, cause I had a clear routine and somewhere to be everyday, and everything was so chill and exciting since it was a few months before graduation. But on the other hand I’m okey with moving on with my life. I still have the people from a year ago that I care about, and I’m starting to get a clearer view of my future life choices so it almost excites me 19. have you ever been to New York? No I haven’t, would like to go though 20. what is your favourite song at the moment? Man, I don’t know… I’m a junkie for “Balladen om herr Fredrik Åkare och den söta fröken Cecilia Lind” by Cornelis Vreeswijk 21. age and birthday? 20 years old, January 7th 22. description of crush. Except for my boyfriend I don’t have a crush atm. But when I do, they’re pretty much always the same type of guy(my boyfriend included.. I have a very specific type, okey?); * Dark, a lil longer, curly-curlyish hair * Tall, lanky * (Harry Styles, Kit Harington, Robert Sheehan, Sirius Black) *Skinny jeans in legs for days *Big hands *Tall 23. fear(s)  I’m scared to death of spiders, no joke. Also scared of darker things, like the future, being lonely and such 24. height 167cm, whatever that is in feet 25. role model Uhh… don’t know really..? 26. idol(s) Harry Styles is a really good human being tbh 27. things i hate Cold places, brushing my teeth (it’s the most boring fucking thing I know) 28. i’ll love you if… You love me, probably. I’m trash for affection 29. favourite film(s) Man I don’t know… I’m not at all picky with movies, and usually like every movie I see, so….? 30. favourite tv show(s) Game of thrones & friends 31. 3 random facts * I’ve seen every season of “RuPaul’s drag race”. Pearl is my babe. * I’m basically CONSTANTLY moving/jerking/twitching at least one of my feet or toes in some kind of way. Don’t know why, but I’ve done it for like 8 years now, feels weird when I don’t * I don’t eat sauce. Not on burgers, or pizza, or Kebab or anything. Basically only eat ketchup. 32. are your friends mainly girls or guys? My closest, closest friends are mainly girls, but among all (lol, makes it sound like a lot) of my friends, it’s quite evenly divided 33. something you want to learn More languages, although I hate actually learning it, so I doubt it’s gonna happen.. I would also like to be better than I am at piano 34. most embarrassing moment ?? I’m an embarrassing person so… don’t know 35. favourite subject I like English and Swedish (my 1st language) cause I enjoy writing. Other than that, biology 36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? * Want to find my dream occupation * Want to go to Australia * Want to share an apartment with either bestie or boyfriend 37. favourite actor/actress Leonardo DiCaprio is nice, I don’t know 38. favourite comedian(s) Asså mannen, Johan Glans 39. favourite sport(s) I don’t really do sports… but like… figure skating? (Eller gång, det är nog min favvo) 40. favourite memory I have a few: * Front row on One Direction’s where we are tour concert at Wembley. The whole 24 hours prior to the concert itself was amazing, and then being in the front row was just unreal. And then Harry screaming “köttbullar” (=meatballs, cause we had a Swedish flag) at us. Best day. * Like the entire week before graduation was great. Prom, chilling in the sun, graduating. It was all really nice. We bought a big, inflatable pool, so when the rest of the students were still in school, all of the graduates had pool parties in the school yard * One time when my boyfriend was playing some game on his computer, to gain his attention, I climbed up into his lap and latched myself around him like a backwards backpack, and then I accidentally fell asleep there. Slept for about an hour. Best nap of my life. 41. relationship status In a relationship since three years 42. favourite book(s) I’m such an embarrassing sucker for the entire Harry Potter series and that entire universe. Other than that I loved “the Book thief” by Marcus Zusak 43. favourite song ever God…….. I don’t know 44. age you get mistaken for I don’t think I’ve been mistaken ever… But quite often my friends have to show ID at bars, but I don’t? 45. how you found out about your idol My best friend showed me this boy band she had discovered, and well there he was 46. what my last text message says “Where’s the lie tho” in response to a screenshot of a funny text post I was sent 47. turn ons Oh god, where do i start.. * cockiness, but not in a gross way, but just a smug, confident way..? Making sense? * Hands. Long, slim fingers; hands of a pianist * Long, slim legs in skinny jeans * Jaw lines * Tiny man butts * Veiny forearms * Tall people * Smoking..? I don’t know why? I don’t even like smoking? It’s just something aesthetically pleasing with long, slender fingers holding a cigarette * HAIR, dark, long luscious locks * Kissing. Anywhere but the lips (lips too tho) * Biting * Teasing * Hands, grabbing, groping, gentle slapping. You name it, it probably turns me on 48. turn offs Like…. pissing? And snus (snuff). So fucking gross 49. where i want to be right now Somewhere with a lowest temperature of 25 degrees Celsius 50. favourite picture of your idol I’m on mobile, man, but probably like… messy bun, a flimsy shirt that’s really out there, and some sparkly boots 51. starsign I’m your typical Capricorn 52. something i’m talented at Like… music stuff.. I have a really good ear for keys and such in music..? 53. 5 things that make me happy * Sunshine * Dogs * Travelling * My boyfriend and best friend * Reading/drawing 54. Name something you’re currently worried about The future; what do I want to do for a living, and hence; what do I want to study at uni? 55. tumblr friends I’m not really tumblr active in that way.. I just reblog nice pictures of nice things and that’s that. One time TT answered one of my asks 56. favourite food(s) Tacos. 57. favourite animal(s) Dogs Foxes, because they’re extra pretty dogs 58. description of my best friend Real smol. 59. why i joined tumblr Facebook was so 2010

#me

1 note · View note

rpf-bat · 7 years

Text

I’m Really Just Asking To Leave

Pairing: Gerard Way x Reader

Genre: Fluff

Summary: You’re a recovering alcoholic, but, because of your sister, you wind up having to reluctantly set foot in a bar. There, you meet Gerard, the only soul in the room who understands what you’re going through.

It was your sister’s twenty-first birthday. Of course she wanted to celebrate her birthday at a bar. You couldn’t, reasonably, be upset about that. It was the expected thing to do. It was also expected that you attend your sister’s party. It wasn’t that you didn’t want to see her on her special day. You loved your sister very much. But, there was just one problem.

You were a recovering alcoholic.

Your sister knew this, of course. Part of you was (irrationally?) angry at her for putting you in a situation where you would have to face so much temptation. But, what was she supposed to do? Disappoint all her friends who wanted to party and drink with her, just to make life easier on her fuckup sibling?

“Y/N, you’re going to party with us tonight, right?” your sister’s friend from college asked you obliviously as you climbed out of the car in the bar parking lot. She didn’t know about your addiction, and you didn’t want to tell her that whole, sordid story.

“Uh, I think I’m going to wind up being the designated driver,” you said vaguely.

“Oh, c’mon!” the party hat-wearing woman coaxed. “You won’t even have one drink with us?”

You thought about it. If you only had one, and nursed it for most of the night, and didn’t go too crazy……

No. You knew better than that. Last time, “just one drink” had turned into a month-long relapse, which had resulted in one of the worst fights you and your sister ever had. You couldn’t go back there again.

“Leave Y/N alone,” your sister defended. “C’mon, let’s go.”

You passed through the bar’s front door with trepidation. You couldn’t shake the image of the last time you’d been here from your mind. You’d gotten horrifically wasted, and thrown a tantrum when the bartender tried to cut you off. Your sister had had to come get you and drag you home. It had been extremely embarrassing, and you’d gotten sober a week later.

That was over a year ago now. You wondered if the same bartender still worked there, and if he would remember you. You prayed not. There were few things more humiliating than facing the consequences of actions you’d taken when you were still addicted.

Fortune smiled at you, and the man behind the bar was an unfamiliar face. “Hey, ladies,” he greeted jovially. “What can I get for you?”

“A round of tequila shots!” your sister ordered, grinning with the newfound joy of buying legally. “You want to see my ID?”

“Please,” the bartender nodded, and checked it. “Oh, wow, you just turned 21 today, huh? Happy Birthday!”

“Thanks,” your sister smiled.

“Alright, lemme see, there’s one, two, three, four, five of you,” the bartender counted. “Five shots, coming right up!”

“Four,” you corrected. Your sisters’ friends looked at you strangely, and your cheeks burned.

“Oh, you want something different?” the bartender asked with a raised eyebrow.

Maybe you should just order a soda, you considered. Nah, you wanted to stick to your diet. Juice was probably a better idea. Bars always stocked tomato juice, to put in Bloody Marys, or cranberry juice, to put in drinks like vodka and cranberry. Cranberry sounded good, you decided.

“One cranberry juice, please,” you ordered.

“….Oh,” the bartender replied.

“What?” you snapped, hoping he wasn’t about to ask a bunch of invasive questions about why you weren’t drinking.

“I was just thinking, that man over there just ordered the same thing,” the bartender explained, pointing to a fair-skinned, dark-haired man seated in the corner.

“Really?” you asked, interested. You saw that the man was seated a little ways away from a group of guys who seemed intent on getting obnoxiously drunk. He seemed to have entered the bar with the group, but was frowning at them awkwardly from the next table like he didn’t really want to be there.

As your sister’s friends educated her on how to shoot tequila (no longer paying any attention to you), you took your juice glass and decided to walk over to where the attractive stranger was sitting.

“You, too, huh?” the man commented immediately, pointing to the juice in your hand.

“Yup,” you shrugged. “I’m just here for my sister’s birthday party.”

“I’m here for my brother’s bachelor party,” the man replied. “That’s him over there, with the glasses, spilling a beer all over himself.”

“Geez,” you sighed. “Well, congratulations to your brother.”

“Happy Birthday to your sister,” the man replied.

“Thanks,” you said politely. “I’m Y/N, by the way.”

“Gerard,” the man introduced.

“Nice to meet you, Gerard,” you smiled.

“Likewise,” Gerard replied. “I gotta say, it’s a big relief to not be the only person in the bar who’s not drinking tonight.”

“Yeah, maybe you can help me stay on track,” you confessed.

“Tempted?” Gerard guessed.

“Of course,” you admitted. “I’m surrounded by a lifetime supply of all my favorite poisons.”

“I know how you feel,” Gerard frowned. “I’m really shy, so I used to get drunk as quick as possible at social gatherings like this, to reduce my anxiety.”

“That’s kind of how it started for me, too,” you confided. “I would drink until I couldn’t feel the emotions I didn’t like anymore.”

“I’m a musician, and I also used to use it to cure my stage fright,” Gerard added.

For a moment, there was an awkward silence, as Gerard seemed to be mentally asking himself why he was telling you all this. Maybe it was just nice to have someone, for once, who understood.

“….Have I met you somewhere before?” Gerard wondered after a moment.

“I don’t know,” you blinked. “Have you?” You hoped he hadn’t seen you out partying back in the day. Hell, you could’ve hooked up with this guy already, and not remembered a damn minute of it. You hated yourself for all the nights you had little memory of.

“Did you ever go to AA meetings on 110th Street?” Gerard asked softly.

“I did,” you whispered. “They have good coffee there.”

“Sure do,” Gerard agreed.

“I haven’t been in a few months, though,” you shrugged.

“I dunno,” Gerard replied. “I like having the support.”

“Maybe I’ll start going again soon,” you suggested. It wouldn’t be so bad to have an excuse to see this cute guy once a week. You didn’t know why you found yourself opening up to him, when you barely knew him. You supposed it was just comforting to have someone with you who was in the same boat.

“I know buying you a drink drink is out of the question,” Gerard said candidly, “but would you let me buy you a Shirley Temple?”

You realized, after a moment, that he was flirting with you. You blushed. You still weren’t used to trying to talk to guys without the help of a little liquid courage.

“If Shirleys don’t float your boat,” Gerard grinned, “there’s always virgin daquiris. Or chocolate milk! You can get that there, you know. I already asked.”

“Chocolate milk?” you repeated, giggling.

“Well, since you’re out celebrating, you might as well have fun, and drink something you wouldn’t normally drink at home, right?” Gerard pointed out. “Since I quit drinking, I’ve had to find other ways to still have fun. Lately, my brother and I go to ice cream parlors and order milkshakes, or coffeeshops and get lattes, the way we used to come here and get a few beers.”

“But, tonight, you couldn’t avoid coming here,” you figured.

“Yeah, my buddy Frank planned this whole surprise party,” Gerard explained, pinching the bridge of his nose. “By the time I knew about it, it was too late to back out. Maybe I should be grateful that I at least talked him out of taking us all to a strip club.”

“Yikes,” you said sympathetically.

“Frank and Mikey are over there, making complete asses of themselves,” Gerard complained, watching a man in a mohawk sloppily try to dance with the friend of your sister’s who had been bothering you earlier. He looked like he was about to throw up on her hat.

“I sit here, and I wonder, is that how fucking stupid I looked when I used to get wasted?” Gerard muttered bitterly.

“I did a lot of stupid things back in the day, too,” you commiserated. “But, those days are behind us now.”

“Damn right,” Gerard agreed, holding up his glass of juice. “To sobriety!”

“To sobriety,” you smiled, clinking your glass with his and then downing the contents. “And now, I think I’ll take you up on that Shirley Temple…..”

#gerard way x reader #gerard way imagine #alcoholic reader

225 notes · View notes

science-b0y · 7 years

Note

All the evens! >:D

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

i am quite shy actually lol

4. Are you easy to get along with?

i’d like to think so!

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

well usually people who i fine cute, personality wise too. but if were talking about like, interests and stuff, id say i go for the nerdy one lol

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?

um…well 2 people cause im currently texting both lol

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

um the 2 people i text often lol

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

shit man…i dont even know. probably some nicole dollaganger lol

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

id like to….

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

yes actually…

20. Do you like your neighbors?

eh….

22. Where would you like to travel?

oh a lot of place! id like to travel the world on day :)

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

crying to sad songs lol

26. What do you do when you wake up?

cry. then pee, then brush my teeth and lay back in bed lol

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

probably my one friend, aaqib. i literally talk to him about my poops, but i have someone very close to i talk about emotional problems so id say a tie

30. Do you ever want to get married?

id like to!

(but i doubt anyone wants to lol)

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

um…the guy that plays Aragorn and natalie dormer 34. Do you play sports? What sports?

i used to do horseback riding and rugby, but no longer….rip

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

YES OMG.

me right now

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

cute and will love me regardless of my mental illnesses.

40. What do you want to do after high school?

i really dont know…death seems like a good options

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean?im probably having a mental breakdown or its not me

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?

space!

46. What are you paranoid about?

people hating me for my mental illnesses and loosing the few close people to me

48. Have you ever been drunk?

the better question, is when am i not?

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?

gray and black

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?

my weight or my DID (rather everything but)

54. Favourite store?

torrid?

56. Favourite colour?

black or green

58. Last thing you ate?

nutella…

60. Ever won a competition? For what?

pie eating, ive gotten first place! (that explains why im so fat tho)

62. Been arrested? For what?

lets just say someone made up a fake charge against me and i might still want them dead :))))))

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?

FUCK. well i mean, i probably sucked ass because i (still dont) know how to kiss, but my heart was racing and ultimately i enjoyed it…. and rip because the person might read this so :)))))

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?

i have 4 irl friends and 3 tumblr ones so….i think im just happy to have all of them lol

68. Twitter or Tumblr?

i dont even have a twitter

70. Names of your bestfriends?

uh…idk what if they want me to tag them, but y’all know who you are (people who dont have a tumblr, ben and aaqib)

72. What colour are your towels?

purple~

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

i have one…

75. Favourite animal?

hmm…i love too many animals to name one! (but ill go with wolves lol)

76. What colour is your underwear?

um….im…not wearing…any…right….now……

78. Favourite ice cream flavour?

MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP. ALL Y’aLL HATERS CAN FIGHT ME.

80. What colour pants?

………..i feel personally attacked but none right now, i have a big shirt and a sweater

82. Favourite movie?

hmmmm probably princess mononoke

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?

sorry i don’t really like either….

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?

that starfish lol

88. Last person you talked to today?

ummmmmm…idk cause i just said brb so we still chatting??

90. Name a person you love?

i love our lord and savior Raphael

92. In a fight with someone?

nah, but ill kick some ass if i need to

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?

around 3-4

96. Favourite actress?

Rupaul

98. Do you tan a lot?

HAHAHAHAHA. i burn. so bad :))))

100. How are you feeling?

im sick (and suicidal)

102. Do you regret anything from your past?

everything up until 4 seconds ago

104. Do you miss anyone from your past?

yes, actually. i do. but whatever, theyre never coming back.

106. Ever broken someone’s heart?

i mean …i dont think so?

108. What should you be doing?

dying

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?

when havent i? lol

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?

um…probably aaqib lol i dont cry infront of many people often lol

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?

yes but not very far

116. Are you listening to music right now?

shell yea dude

118. Do you like Chinese food?

yessss

120. Are you afraid of the dark?

nope!

122. Is cheating ever okay?

never. BUT i do support open relationships/poly so as long as everyone in the relationship is ok with it, you do you

124. Do you believe in love at first sight?

possibly…

126. Are you currently bored?

yes.

128. Would you change your name?

maybe…maybe to like, Drathadrious, ruler of the void.

130. Do you like subway?

ive actually never eaten there :0

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?….you know who are.

134. Can you count to one million?

if i really wanted to…

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?

closed

138. Curly or Straight hair?

does wavy count?

140. Summer or Winter?

winter!

142. Favourite month?

november, my bday monthi

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?

shit i love chocolate, i dont pick faves

146. Was today a good day?

well i didnt die yet so.…maybe?

148. What’s your favourite quote?

in the wise words of Rick Sanchez, “get riggity riggity wreacked, son!”

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first linei just have a box of cheese itz….

3 notes · View notes

famedubaitravl · 4 years

Text

The Olympian who turned her back on basketball for cricket

INTERVIEW

Most self-help books highlight the habit of planning your day beforehand as highly effective. Suzannah aka Suzie Bates is a compulsive planner. Not only does she plot every single day of her regular life, but she even has time slots for activities on holidays.

New Zealand may be out of lockdown after declaring themselves COVID-19 clear, but what did a planner of that degree do during a pandemic that brought the world to a standstill? Improvise. Bates over-nourished her bibliophilic tendencies during the lockdown. Not just in terms of reading, but her journal has seen just as much of her. A fitness fanatic with a large appetite for the outdoors, she ventured into the spiritual and ascetic space of yoga, practising Vinyasa four times a week, and opting for Yin when she pleased.

“Everyone who has played (international cricket) in the last two years has just appreciated the slower pace,” Bates tells Fame Dubai. “Not travelling, not living out of a suitcase, and actually spending weeks at home doing the simple things like laundry and cooking every night. I’ve just enjoyed it a bit more for the time it takes, and just not being in such a rush.”

A coffee-lover who has a loyalty coffee card for an occasional freebie, she brewed herself a cup of Allpress’ filter coffee from a plunger every morning, ran a virtual fitness bootcamp for her friends and has just ordered Alicia Keys’s autobiography, More Myself, after having completed the holocaust-based Cilka’s Journey. She had also taken to complementing her singing skills with some guitar strumming, jamming with her father – who played in a band in his younger days – and spending time with the family.

The enforced break due to the pandemic may have affected cricket in general, but New Zealand were fortunate to avert the full impact of it given that it was at the end of their season. New Zealand’s men team had just hosted India in a full-fledged series, roping in a large part of New Zealand Cricket’s broadcast rights and putting them in good stead.

“We had a tour to Sri Lanka which obviously got cut, but probably it saved New Zealand Cricket in the long run and we weren’t playing until September against Australia. Fingers crossed that might still be able to happen. The timing for New Zealand Cricket… we’ve just been really lucky that it hasn’t affected us but if we can’t get started by our summer, things will look slightly different. But for now, nothing has changed so far,” says Bates, validated by New Zealand Cricket handing out contracts earlier in June. Training has also resumed in phases in the country.

On the home front, Bates admits she has cooked more in the last two months than she has “in a very long time”. It’s safe to assume that period stretches back to her younger days, when she likely had little time for domestic chores as she juggled two sports, playing basketball in the winter and cricket in the summer. At one point she favoured basketball, moving from Dunedin to Christchurch to train with the national basketball team after being picked to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“I was starstruck by all the athletes there. It was amazing!” she says of her Olympics experience. “I remember walking into the village and just feeling like I had to pinch myself that I was actually there. The food court was unbelievable! It was the biggest food hall I’d ever seen and it was open 24 hours and it had a McDonald’s that was free for 24 hours! We used to go to the food hall as a team and try to spot the most famous person we could see and then try and sit near them to have conversations.

“We were huge fans of the basketball players, so the Dream Team, the USA basketball team were there. They didn’t stay at the village because they were obviously too famous, but the team did get to meet Lebron James and Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Dream Team. That was something I’d never forget. Also getting goosebumps when the Chinese national anthem was playing and the whole crowd was singing, it was a real special experience. It made me want to be an athlete even more after it finished.”

“That’s been the story of World Cups recently when it really mattered, we haven’t been able to step up for whatever reason.” ©Getty

Bates loved both cricket and basketball to a fault, but it was only so long that she could play both at a high level. She was already the captain of the Under-21 basketball team, but Gary Stead offering Bates the responsibility of captaining the cricket side after Aimee Watkins’ retirement call proved to be the game-changer.

“I juggled both and didn’t really want to decide as I loved both. But around 2011 when Gary Stead asked me if I would captain, I really had to think about it because I wouldn’t be able to lead effectively if I had to do both and not attend all the camps. I took a couple of weeks to decide and then committed to cricket, and although I still played (basketball), cricket became the priority. From there, basketball slowly just fell away and I tried to be the best cricketer I could be.”

At the time, women cricketers needed to shuffle jobs on the outside to sustain their cricketing careers. There were policewomen, teachers, lawyers and students who played alongside Bates and cricket was just a hobby, with touring occupying just two to three months of the year – in contrast to the current day. Bates considers herself lucky to grow up in that era.

“Everyone was so excited to tour because it was such a novelty. Getting away from their everyday jobs and playing cricket for your country was pretty cool. It slowly started to change where contracts were offered and people were not doing full-time jobs as much, and were focusing on cricket more. Now we’ve got players whose full-time job and profession is cricket. Someone like Amelia Kerr will have 15 years of being a full-time cricketer. Looking back, if cricket hadn’t been amateur I wouldn’t have been able to do all the things that I’ve done with basketball. It was kind of a blessing that I grew up in the time. Nowadays you sign contracts and people have control over what you can do, but I didn’t sign with New Zealand Cricket until I was maybe 25 or 26.”

Bates is now 32, and one of the most respected all-rounders in the women’s game. A lot of that ability comes down to her being able to maintain her fitness to the level that she has. It was sparked at the age of 15 by a coach who told her she wasn’t fit enough for international basketball. Fitness has subsequently become a way of life. “If I stopped cricket tomorrow, I’d still stay fit and healthy. It’s just ingrained in me and I feel better when I do it,” she says.

Six years into the role, Bates relinquished the captaincy to focus more on her performances, passing the baton on after leading the White Ferns through a period of evolution in women’s cricket. Amy Satterthwaite took over initially, but the birth of her first child had Sophie Devine in charge of the side for the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year. Devine was flush in the middle of a spectacular purple patch, and Bates had a strong lead-up to the tournament before falling short in the midst of it – just like the White Ferns, who once again had a disappointing tournament, where they were knocked out just shy of the semifinals.

“We had a tough pool, so we knew we had to play well from the start. We played really well in T20 cricket leading into that. We had a good series against South Africa, we had Sophie Devine in the best form of her life and we had a really balanced team. I guess, in summary, we just weren’t good enough, probably with the bat when we needed to be against India and Australia, who ended up going through to the final. That’s been the story of World Cups recently when it really mattered, we haven’t been able to step up for whatever reason.

“The exciting thing is that we weren’t far off and we had some young players really step up. We’ve got the 50-over World Cup and I know there’s a lot of resources put into that by New Zealand Cricket. The girls are going to be more driven than ever. After that, who knows, there’s meant to be the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa and Twenty20 in the Commonwealth Games too. I hadn’t thought I could necessarily be a part of that, but with this prolonged break, it might allow me to play a little bit longer, so in my mind there’s three really good opportunities for this team to do something.”

From a bird’s view, not much has changed for cricket in New Zealand or for Bates, who describes herself as “pretty boring” despite her omnifarious interests and skills. She’s as basic as they come; she enjoys a good night’s sleep, getting outdoors and being active. She spends a lot of time with her younger sister, who once played netball but is now a teacher, and their family Maltese Poodle, Murphy. It doesn’t take a lot to entertain her if left alone with her books and Netflix, but in an ideal universe, she would be part of a musical. One of the first things she does when in London is try and attend musicals, especially The Lion King – which she has already seen twice. She’s not particularly a beer person, but loves Japanese beer, New Zealand red wine, and bubbles to celebrate. Otherwise she’s quite happy with her mug of coffee. In all her modern ways, there’s the side of Bates who is as old-school as they come. Simple. Uncomplicated. And with an undying zest for life, who has through faith and love, found her place in the circle of life.

CBQueue.push(function(){ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.async = true; js.defer = true; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v6.0&appId=30119633160"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); });

The post The Olympian who turned her back on basketball for cricket appeared first on FameDubai Magazine | Your daily dose of Lifestyle, Shopping & Trends in UAE.

from WordPress https://famedubai.com/the-olympian-who-turned-her-back-on-basketball-for-cricket/

#Sport

0 notes