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jtl-fics · 4 months
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Fluent Freshman - Part 44
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The flight up to New York is a pleasant one.
The time in the airport itself had been less pleasant. Matt, as it turns out, is a firm believer in arriving with just enough time to check a bag, get through security, and get to the gate. He had claimed up, down, left, and right that he had it down to a science.
No matter how many times Smith had wondered about the scientific rigor of this 'science' he still kept it to himself. There was no need for Smith to voice his uncertainty with this plan because Kevin well and truly had it covered.
"You're giving us only an hour to check bags, get through security, and get to our gate?!" Kevin demands.
"Kevin, if you wanted to be there earlier then you could have asked Andrew to give yo a ride." Matt says. "We'll be fine."
"You know what Neil and Andrew get like when they have a long roadtrip ahead of them." Kevin argues.
"All lovey-dovey?" Nicky asks as Aaron makes a gagging sound.
"No, well yes, but no they always stop and buy all of the worst food too." Kevin reminds. "I'm just concerned about us missing our flight! We have barely enough time!" Kevin huffs crossing his arms.
"You're wrong anyways." Aaron says idly as he continues to text with Katelyn.
"How am I wrong?!" Kevin demands.
"We also have to park within that hour that Matt has left us with." Aaron says looking up from his phone.
"Matt!" Kevin squawks.
"It'll be fine." Matt reassures for the 2nd time.
"We all have checked bags!" Kevin exclaims, "What if we miss our flight?!" he wails.
"It'll be fine!" Matt repeats.
"No it won't!" Kevin exclaims.
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It was fine.
The only real delays they met were at security.
Smith prided himself on being efficient in the security line. He has his watch off, his phone and ID secured in a zipped jacket pocket, his backpack and electronics in separate trays, and his shoes ready to be slipped off.
So he was shamed to have been the cause of the first delay when the TSA agent wouldn't wave Smith through the metal detector since she didn't realize he was there. That had been a whole anxiety attack and a half as the line had formed up behind him all wondering what the hold-up was.
Finally she seemed to startle as she realized that Smith had been standing there waiting and waved him through.
The other delay was that Kevin got patted down after he had forgotten to empty his 'emergency' water bottle.
It was probably for the best that they didn't have to be in the airport for that long. Every announcement that it was very important to not leave your bag unattended made him worry that with every blink somehow someone had slipped a bomb into his backpack.
While it was on his back.
As he was running with the rest of his friends to their gate.
"It just had to be the gate on the other end of the terminal." Aaron huffs.
"It would have been 100% perfect if someone hadn't left their water bottle in their bag despite the, let me check, 3,820 signs that said remove all liquids from your carry-ons!" Matt says as they continues to run.
"I said I forgot!" Kevin yells back from his spot at the front of the pack. Smith was under the distinct impression that Kevin was keeping pace with them since he had seen the Striker move much faster on the court and during warm-ups.
"We could have forgiven that!" Nicky pants, "Why did you have to slam the whole thing to prove that it was 'just water'?" he asks.
"Because I wanted to prove I wasn't a national security threat!" Kevin says. "I'll be going to the Olympics in a couple years and I can't have that on my record." he continues as he rounds a corner.
"What record?!" Smith asks suddenly worried that there was a record.
"Smithy, there's no record Kevin's just an idiot. An idiot who got patted down, tested for explosives, and had his carry-on searched." Nicky huffs.
"You don't know that there's not a record! The record everything nowadays!" Kevin huffs and their gate is in sight.
"Kevin, just shut up!" Aaron exclaims as they reach the line for their flight.
"Wait why aren't any of you getting shitty with Smiths?!" Kevin asks.
"His delay was like a minute and more importantly NOT HIS FAULT!" Nicky defends.
"He should have just walked through!" Kevin argues.
"Oh it's fine if he gets a record but not you?!" Aaron asks.
"So there is a record?!" Smith asks again.
They reach the line and the largely empty area around their gate is more than enough evidence that this was the final boarding. Smith breathed a sigh of relief as he took his place in line behind Nicky.
"The lines pretty slow, I'm going to go get a water." Kevin says and before any of them can say anything he is off towards a busy looking Newsweek store.
"I cannot believe him." Aaron huffs.
"All that water he just drank and is about to drink? He has lost window seat privileges." Matt pants wiping sweat from his brow.
"Agreed." Nicky says.
Smith laughed between panting breaths. His stomach hurt a bit from the stress of running but it was fine.
They get on the plane without Kevin and head to their seats. Most of the overhead storage is taken up at this point but Smith slides his bag under the middle seat in front of him after Matt
In the end, Kevin barely made it onto the plane in time since he got caught up in deciding on water. "You're in my seat." Kevin says as the only man not yet seated.
"I am not about to spend this flight getting up every 2 minutes because you have to pee." Matt says, "Abby didn't used to need to take all those pitstops when we're on the bus." Matt adds.
"I hate the aisle, the cart could hit my legs." Kevin argues.
"Then you can sit in the middle if Smith's willing to move." Matt says.
"You can have the middle Kevin." Smith offers actually preferring the aisle seat since then he doesn't have to ask anyone to move for him.
"I hate the middle seat, there is no room." Kevin crosses his arms.
"Smith is like only 3 inches shorter than you and he's not complaining." Matt continues.
"It's an important 3 inches."
"I bet it is."
"Nicky, are you serious?"
"What?!"
"There is an uninvolved member of the public, right there."
"He's wearing headphones it's fine!"
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It's fine.
Eventually Kevin takes the middle seat if for no other reason than Matt stubbornly pretends to go to sleep but absolutely does not want the aisle seat either.
Smith gives it up and ends up with his own preferred seat while Kevin pointedly takes both of the arm rests, as is his right. The plane ride progresses smoothly from there. Smith has always liked flying. There is always a sense that the second that he gets onto the plane and the door closes he has absolutely zero control over what happens afterwards.
That is a nice comfort.
He pays attention to the safety briefing, finds his nearest exit, and that he should secure the bag over his own face before securing it on Kevin's.
He puts his headphones on and tries not to think about the anxiety of meeting the 'girls'.
He has heard much about the 'girls'.
Allison Reynolds. Allison was someone who's legacy existed even outside of the team. Smith didn't know much about fashion but a Reynolds bet remained a solid practice within Palmetto. She was, undeniably, absolutely gorgeous and if Kevin was to be believed 'kind of a bitch'. Nicky had swatted his arm but had said that it was not entirely inaccurate but like 'in the best way'.
Dan Wilds. He met Dan. Dan was nice. Also, if Matt was to be believed, the best human to ever walk the planet earth. The reason the sun rose in the east and set in the west. The gravitational pull that held the universe together. If Andrew is to be believed, she's fine.
Renee Walker. Renee was the one who taught Andrew how to use knives. His friend has talked warmly of her, in the way that Andrew talks warmly about anyone which is mentioning them at all. She was the one that Smith was the most anxious about meeting.
Kevin turns his nose up at the ginger ale that Smith gets but he's allowed these now per his actual doctors orders.
1 hour left until arriving at JFK.
He hopes this ginger ale is enough to calm his stomach since he's still not allowed Pepto.
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MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU
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Like this post if you've ever moved
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orchid-tea · 5 months
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Guess who's back :)
The more things change the more they stay the same
Call me Luna♡
Latina
30y/o 👵
Digital artist (2D & 3D) and sculptor
🚫 If you're an AI artist I'm blocking you on sight 🚫
TAKEN
I'm gonna try to keep it sfw, but I'd rather 20+ to interact
Demi/ shy bi/ not interested
Into videogames, especially indie games
I'm down to chat, just be respectful (i dont reply to blank blogs) ♡
I STAND WITH MY TRANS SISTERS SO TERFS FUCK OFF, SAME FOR RACIST AND BIGOTS IN GENERAL
#cara de luna = selfies
#ask luna =asks
#luna.txt = vent posts
#my art = self explanatory
#minocore =pics of my pup Mino "the meano" taur :)
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dk-thrive · 3 months
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Rumi Said, There is no proof of soul. But isn't the return of spring and how it springs up in our hearts a pretty good hint?
— Mary Oliver, from "Whistling Swans" in "Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver" (Penguin Press, October 10, 2017)
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reshramlove1ob · 1 year
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Reblog to put a little candle by a cold tombstone on Christmas eve to let the ghosts know that they're still loved even after they're dead.
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koreanaswego · 4 months
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Korean Word of the Day
감동해
I'm touched/moved
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wiirocku · 5 months
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Psalm 112:6 (ESV) - For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
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alwayssacred2 · 5 months
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@starrysky-97
Moved here. @starrysky-97 now.
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yn-barnes · 11 days
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OKAY!!! I'm finally started to write again, but it may take some time lol. I've lost all motivation, not just in writing, but it everything so be passion babes x
Idk how many people, if any, are here waiting on me, but if you are just hild tight a little longer I'll tried I've just had alot going on that I didn't even no were possible so I'll try but noone knows what's ahead x
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inactiveoaks-cafe · 3 months
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so uh
not me moving accounts again 😶
my account is soft-milktea
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How to write a Haiku (Essay)
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Are you having a hard time writing a Haiku? My advice is that in order to write a haiku, you need to be moved. It doesn't have to be a big impression. All you have to do is find something that is ``A little surprising''. Because Haiku is a small form of literature. There is no need for a far-reaching philosophy. For example, my previous haiku
In the wasteland
Blooming little viola
Charming figure
(2023.04.12)
I wrote this because I was impressed by the unexpectedness of the delicate viola blooming in the desolate wilderness, and I had nothing else difficult to think about. The first step in writing a haiku is to discover something that is the ``core of emotion.'' Then, connect the words.
苦労しているね? アドバイスだけど、俳句を書くためには、「感動」が必要だ。大きな感動でなくても良い。なにか、「はっとする」ものを対象に見つければ良いんだ。俳句は小さな文芸だ。遠大な哲学は要らない。たとえば私のこの前の句
荒地にて
咲くやビオラの
艶姿
は、荒れた荒野に咲く繊細なヴィオラの意外性に感動したわけで、他に難しいことは考えていない。何か、「感動のコア」となるものを発見するのが、俳句を書く第一歩だよ。それから、言葉をつなげていけば良い。
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phraohs · 2 years
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HIATUS  / MOVED !
/ To start fresh ( but keep everything going..) I decided to move blogs. Been considering this after the hate (about just shipping)  and now i just don’t want to log in here anymore.
Like this post if you want to be followed / stay mutual(s) on my new account <3 Just know i’ll be selective..
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thesoulofasurvivor · 10 months
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BAILEY IS BEING MOVED TO MY MULTIMUSE @uncxntrxllable
why? I've been extremely inactive on this blog, putting off drafts for months because clearly I cannot run two blogs properly.
by moving Bailey to the multimuse, I will be better able to put replies out for her and continue writing her with you guys! but some threads MAY be dropped.
there is no obligation to continue the thread when or if you are tagged in a reply.
I may message some of you guys to get confirmation if you would like to continue writing on my multimuse when she is settled over there!
you can follow there just to write with bailey! no obligation to write with other muses
THIS BLOG IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I have over 400 posts in the queue, now set to post 4 times a day to cycle through them so that I can use this blog as a resource blog for my multimuse for Bailey.
this post will be reblogged several times to catch as many people as possible!
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dk-thrive · 6 months
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A page, turning, is a wing lifted with no twin, and therefore no flight. And yet we are moved.
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Books, June 4, 2019) (via Alive on All Channels)
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I’ve moved from here to @thedoctor24-ships and to @roboticpawbs
Follow those if you’re A selfshipper or Fictionkin/therian/otherkin!!!
@xavierslittleman is my agere sideblog:3
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howifeltabouthim · 2 years
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All this called up what seemed to me to be a new love, a hundred times more profound than the old one. I was deeply moved. Yet at the same time I took the thing with a grain of salt. I had often known myself to be moved in the past, and little had come of it.
Iris Murdoch, from Under the Net
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