#okay I’m for real done now

[steddieas-shegoes]

“You could help, you know.”

“Oh, I couldn’t possibly.”

Steve was standing in the shallow end of the pool, wearing only his tiny bathing suit shorts, attempting to do the first big clean of the year.

The water was still cold, but it had to be done so they could host the annual pool party to welcome summer.

Eddie was sitting on one of the lounge chairs, drinking a beer and eating the chips that were supposed to be for the party.

Steve was glaring at him, net in hand, visibly shivering from the chill in the water and the air. Eddie had warned him that it was still too cold at night, that the water was gonna be uncomfortable, that the breeze in the air was still too frequent and cold to get in.

But did Steve listen? No.

So instead of helping, Eddie sat and watched.

“We should push the party out a couple more weeks.”

“Ah, but you promised them.”

Eddie kept munching on the chips, knowing that the party would get pushed out because Steve would last maybe five more minutes before giving up.

Steve was a determined son of a bitch, but even his stubbornness wouldn’t get him through this, Eddie was sure of it.

But five minutes passed and Steve remained in the pool, scooping leaves and other debris from the deep end.

His lips were starting to turn blue, but he didn’t complain.

Eddie finished his beer while he watched Steve’s back muscles shift as he moved around the water.

He loved watching Steve’s muscles.

He didn’t love watching Steve freeze to death.

“Sweetheart, maybe we can call it a day. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer, the sun might heat the water up a little.”

“No, I promised.”

Ah. Eddie had been somewhat joking before; He knew the kids would understand if they had to postpone because of it being too cold.

But Steve would never break a promise to them. Not when he could instead suffer greatly.

“Steve.”

Steve ignored him.

Eddie got up from the chair and moved to the edge of the pool, only a few feet from where Steve was focusing on his task much harder than he needed to.

“Steve.”

“I’m more than halfway done. I might as well finish.”

“They’ll understand. Maybe we can try next weekend.”

“No. I can do it.”

Eddie managed to grab the end of the net when it got close to him on Steve’s next swipe through the water and tugged so Steve was forced to come closer to him.

“Sweetheart, you need to get out.”

“But they’ll be upset.”

“They’ll understand.”

“I can’t-“

“You can. It isn’t letting them down.”

“It is.”

Steve was finally close enough for Eddie to cup his face between his hands. He felt how cold his cheeks were and they weren’t even wet, he couldn’t imagine how the lower half of his body and hands must’ve felt.

“I’ll call them tomorrow and reschedule. You’re gonna get sick and end up having to cancel anyways if you stay in this water.”

“But they won’t wanna just come over to hang out.”

Eddie pushed aside the sudden heartbreak at the realization that Steve genuinely believed the kids used him for his pool as if they don’t spend at least one to two nights a week at his house all winter long for movie nights and dinners.

“They come to hang out all the time without the pool. They love you. They don’t care about your stuff.”

“But they were so excited.”

“I think that excitement would go away if you die from hypothermia.”

Steve sighed.

Eddie smiled. He won. Thank God. He really thought he was gonna be pulling a frozen solid Steve from the pool in the next ten minutes.

Eddie took the net from Steve’s hand and got up to hang it on the hook along the side of the fence while Steve got out of the pool.

Neither of them had brought a towel outside, and Steve’s shivering was getting progressively worse every second.

“Alright, strip.”

Steve snorted, but his teeth had started chattering, so Eddie just raised his eyebrow at him.

Steve sighed and removed his bathing suit, leaving it right on the ground as he rushed in the sliding glass door to the warmth of the house.

Eddie hung them on the back of a chair so they could dry and followed Steve inside.

Steve was already going upstairs, so Eddie yelled to him to start a hot bath while he grabbed his trash from outside.

When he got to the bathroom, Steve was already sitting in the almost full tub, head leaned back and eyes closed.

Eddie watched him for a moment.

He was a self-sacrificing idiot who didn’t understand his own worth without his rich-boy things, but Eddie loved him.

He loved him enough to strip down and get into the bath behind him, holding him against his chest to help him warm up more. He loved him enough to wash his hair and body because he was already exhausted from working all day and trying to take care of the pool. He loved him enough to dry him off with the softest towel in the cabinet, and dress him in a pair of sweatpants and Eddie’s hoodie. He loved him enough to call Dustin when he was asleep and tell him that there’d be no pool party this weekend, but they could still come hang out.

As expected, Dustin (and everyone) loved Steve enough to show up regardless of anything else except being able to spend time with Steve.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #headcanon #domestic fluff #okay I’m for real done now #gonna put all these together in one chapter for ao3 tumblr drabbles #and add them to the masterlist now

[jeyneofpoole]

dan simmons did ONE thing with theterrorbook that was better than the show and it was having the men model carnivale after the masque of the red death because they thought it sounded cool. licherally this

#okay i’m done terroring for real now (lying) #the terror #the terror amc #terrorposting

[hawnks]

I really think Utahime is one of Gojos favorite people. The glee he exhibits whenever they interact is hard to overlook, even when he’s bullying her. And I think it has to do with the fact that she does err on the side of tradition (obviously) BUT she is also willing to listen to reason, and she cares very deeply about her students. She’s like Gojo’s hope for the future, about what they can become, that they can be ruled by logic rather than “this is the way it’s always been”.

#I think that’s why he loves nanami and that one window so much too #they submit to tradition but they have their own moral compasses and opinions #gojohime means so much to me actually; gojohime can be so personal #okay now I’m done FOR real #I actually got a few hours of writing done tonight despite the gojo brain rot 🥳 #squawk tag

[cha1cedony]

Btw 9855 days is 27 years (exactly), and S2 started 25 years after the end of S1, meaning Ron told Terry he loved him every day for at least a year before they even went to the Forgotten Realms in S1 :’)

#unless my math is horribly wrong #and also as Ron said himself #I do not think time is real (in the sense that it’s relevant to this podcast anyway lol) #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads spoilers #dungeons and daddies spoilers #okay I’m done now #disappearing back into my Google Docs hole with all my WIPs

[demisexual-eddie-diaz]

GUYS I’M GOING TO THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX

THE SPRINT RACE AND QUALIFYING

THIS TIME NEXT WEEK I’LL HAVE SEEN THEM

#formula 1 #formula one #miami grand prix #sprint race #charles leclerc #max verstappen #best birthday ever #my birthday is technically the week after #I have the same birthday as #yuki tsunoda #this is #I can’t #I’m so #ahhhhh #how is this real #how is this my life #I liked a Charles leclerc reel last July and now I’m going to an F1 race #thank you #instagram reels #and #charles leclerc edit #i love you to the core #lestappen #i’m actually losing it #i’m crying #sobbing #like ahhhh #okay #im done #no im not

[pm0]

me when i’m literally sooo chill and nonchalant about being trapped inside a computer till the end of time like i literally do not care at all seriously idgaf I fr don't I really couldnt care less

#can I be so real with y’all I almost lost faith in this drawing bc of its fucked up composition like I almost gave up… #it’s okay now though we pull through 🫡 #my art #the amazing digital circus #tadc #ragatha #tadc ragatha #sorry ​I keep drawing characters inaccurately on purpose for no reason I can’t stop myself.. #mfw I’m in a drawing characters off-model contest & my opponent is me<3 #ok I’m done talking I’m too tired to talk anymore. ok bye

[simgerale]

me after attempting to get back into sims and realizing i had a lot more to do than play the game

#hi everyone #I’m going around hugging you all #okay now that we are gathered here today #i will simply acknowledge that i have been gone for a very long time and then also acknowledge that maybe it was for the best #i relied on sims to be my only creative activity even if i tried to write a book at the same time #and also. i prioritized sims over real life responsibilities. that’s just a deadly combination lol #but I recently noticed I just replaced sims with Netflix. with YouTube. with anything that gave me quick dopamine #literally became addicted in a sense. still am but I’ve been cut cold turkey from most everything #I get off work and go. okay I’ve done the dishes and the laundry……..I could read or write or bake…. #I try to write and sometimes i get a good hour #then I read for a few hours and then get tired of it #and I made cookies Tuesday so I’m waiting for those to be gone before baking again #I’m just so pitiful that I feel BORED and don’t know what to do #so I said….. okay what if I do sims for an hour. #I downloaded some new cc Tuesday and tried to play yesterday #y’all ……………….. I can’t find the energy anymore to set up elaborate scenes and pose my sims and plan posts #I said wow… this is boring without my intervention and fake story #I said wow…….. all this for what? for tumblr? yes I created cool things and provided joy. but is that inherintly important compared to my #own joy? my own everyday activities I should be doing? #y’all I do not leave the house unless we got out to eat or shop or travel to our parents #.. I have little desire to. I’m trying to find that desire #but my husband is busy with grad school and work and I don’t want to do anything by myself #I’ve found myself in one heck of a slump #I didn’t want to be human for awhile. just had no desires no interests no ambitions #I was slacking off SO HARD at work. I just had no drive to do well #I’m still working on it. I’m still trying to get caught up. I’m still trying to force myself to move every day. #but I am struggling y’all. and I can tell you that sims… sims isn’t helping rn but I want it to so bad. I want to get back into it #I didn’t mean to disappear on everyone. I got married and then life got busy and then I fell into this hole of nothing #I didn’t even WANT to crawl my way out. but my husband has helped a lot. I feel like such a child!!!! #I reached max tags. 🙃 bye love you all. till next time

[sexynetra]

I’m just having a lot of big thoughts and feelings about this Sasha look okay

#she’s just so ????????? #yknow what I mean #especially those first two photos I literally gasped #the sun is a real homie for these too she looks like a goddess #her eyes???? her skin??? her lips??? her makeup???? #your honor its all giving #drag race #rpdr 15 #drag race 15 #rpdr #rupauls drag race 15 #rupauls drag race #sasha Colby #ALSO #the blue on her skin #god okay I’m done now #no I’m not but

[inkyboyo]

this makes me so emo, look at how they’ve grown :’))

#they’ve come so far 😭😭 #i’m so happy they’re together doing smosh again #it was always meant to be this way #the universe had (and has) a beautiful plan for these two boys #they went from two teenage boys in a bedroom to full grown adults coming back together and healing and doing what they love the most #my heart 😭😭😭 #i could talk about them for hours #i hope the universe treats them well from now on #THE EMOTIONS I’M FEELING RN #UGHHHH #i seriously always have the urge to pour my heart out about these two #their story is just so beautiful and is a real representation of real life relationships #there are tears in my eyes #i just want them to be happy always #okay i’m done #😭😭 #anthony padilla #smosh #ian hecox #ianthony #flashback with smosh

[that-was-anticlimactic]

one of the worst feelings ever is wanting to write but your hands hurt too much or the words just don’t want to work so you just sit there staring at a half finished doc with tears in your eyes bc you want to write and you need to write but everything is telling you that you can’t

#and that you’re a terrible writer and that no one cares aaaaaaand imposter syndrome kicks in and you just feel like crap #bc all your friends have been wriying recejtky so why can’t you??? cause they’re bETTER THAN YOU #lol idk why my head is so bad today #the feelings of inferiority and emptiness and idk worthlessness are strong and i hate it but i can’t stop it #i just wanna write!!! and like what i write!!! #but i Can’t and i haven’t liked anything i’ve written in Months and ugh i hate not being able to d something i wanna do #oh and now i’m crying??? why the frick am i cRYING litetally why is typing this making me Worse #sorry guys needed to rant #the inadequacy was strong today #something something students keep telling me how much they dislike me or how i’m whiny for asking them to be respectful and like #i Know i shouldn’t compare myself to my friends but gosh it’s hard when they’re all like. so much better than me. #and i don’t have a lot of time to be on tumblr bc of work so i just feel like i’m watching everything from afar and it’s no one’s fault but #my brain’s like no one is Doing anything it’s just my brain being dumb and i can’t stand it and I want to stop feeling empty and like i’m #missing a part of myself and like the words i write don’t matter gOD why can’t i just feel happy with where i am and not care what the kids #who hate me say or realize that no one cares that i’m not on much like i’m still Here and trying to interact it’s not like everyone hates me #for being busy or for liking side characters more than the main characters and just— #sorry #that felt good actually #idk what came over me #imma just. imma shower. then maybe delete my tags #sorry if anyone got this far aT ALL grace is either asleep or trying to sleep so i don’t wanna bother them since they slept poorly last nigh #okay done now for real sorry delete tags later sorry if you saw this and how freaking messed up ky freaking brain is

[crybaby-bkg]

booie🥺i'm sorry if this is random and u don't have time for it, no worries!!! but y'know what i'm always thinking abt???

your fic, "in every lifetime" GOD, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES EVER, but i've always been on the edge of my seat when it comes to villain bakugo showing up at the end. did you have any thoughts on what his life is like with you in another reality? I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED IF YOU HAVE BABIES WITH HIM TOO??? and if it's hard bc he's a villain

(i've always imagined that seeing you in another reality makes villain bakugo wanna get better for u and his daughter in his own reality, bUT THAT'S JUST ME!!) what are your thoughts??? only if you want to explore, ofc!! 🩵🩵🩵

i love u berry much in general!

CAITIEEEE MY BELOVED :D 💜💜

omg thank you so much!!!!! I always beat myself up over that fic bc I was literally like 85% done with it when I thought about villain bakugou and was like. ITS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW cause that would’ve added another 3-5k words aksjdkd

but I’ve never thought about his life with you much???? but I do believe that once he comes in and gets acclimated with the others, he becomes the odd one out, instead of your Katsuki even tho you guys don’t even have kids yet!!!!

but it’s bc villain bkg does have a daughter (just one which already earns him a few scoffs) but he doesn’t….have her as much as the others do. his entire life isn’t revolved around her, he doesn’t take her hunting or show her how the world works. he doesn’t smother you in affection back home (mainly bc you won’t let him anymore) and he just becomes so isolated from the others in that sense.

but when he goes back home to his own universe, he’s a little different. he was hesitant to see his daughter often, didn’t want her to look at him in disgust and horror when he picks her up with his bionic arm, even tho the cold metal is all she’s ever known from him. he’s scared that she’ll be scared of him, that she’ll recognize his destruction on the news when she looks at him for too long. that she’ll run away in terror if he were to smile at her.

he comes over to your house the night he returns. asks if he can see her, even though its past midnight, but you let him in anyway. watch how he stands at her doorway, the soft kiss he presses to her forehead. he sits on your couch in silence for the longest moment before he speaks, his voice quiet, whispering that he wants to be there. that he wants to do better and be better. that he can’t be both a shit person and a shit father.

you give him the benefit of the doubt, but you do start to see improvements in him. he drops off her favorite snacks more, and takes her to secluded parks where he won’t be recognized. he buys her too much ice cream, but it’s only a weak apology for not being there for her beforehand. he doesn’t cause as much destruction in the city anymore, too preoccupied with showing up to parent teacher conferences, ready to cuss out her teacher for giving his baby a 92 instead of the 100 she deserved.

I think bc of his competitive nature, and especially the way the other Bakugou’s damn near cussed him out for being an absent parent and how he must be a defective version of them because none of them are this shitty—that he changes, just a little. it’s not drastic and it’s not overnight, but he realizes that he has to be better. if not for himself, than for his daughter and maybe—maybe a little bit for you too.

#pls. get out of my house. #UR MAKING ME THINK THOTS NOW!!!! #AND NOW I WANNA MAKE ANOTHER PART!!!!!! #what a tragedy 😞 #LMFAO IM KIDDING!!!! #I saw your message before I laid down last night and it was all I could think of #it almost makes me kinda sad for him bc he wants to be there but just doesn’t know how to ☹️ #the other bkg’s chew him up and spit him out and it’s SUCH a reality check #and you pull him aside one day and tell him that you know that you’ll love him in every universe #that he just has to be better anyway that he can #and that’s like the REAL turning moment for him #omg MY HEART!!!!!! #okay I’m done rambling aksjdkdj I WUB YOU!!!! thank you for sending this in and loving my lil fic 🥺🥺🥺🥺 #—another happy customer! 🍭 #counter fav caitie #bakugou treats! 🍬

[tintedglasses]

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#I think I��ve decided to book myself a 90 minute massage for Saturday to celebrate being done with the internship match process #(I’ve never had a massage before and I have chronic pain/anxiety so it’s very exciting!) #and I’m a little nervous because there’s only one slot available for the next two weeks #so I want to book it now #but I won’t know if I matched or not until Friday at 9am #and if I don’t match I might not have the time or be in the right mood to do a massage #the place has a 24 hour cancellation policy and the appt would be at noon though #so I would be able to cancel before that #I just also would feel slightly guilty holding that appt time if it ends up I can’t go #but what are the real odds of someone looking to book during the now-9am Friday window #probably not high #mmmmm okay maybe I just should do it

[rotomartsblog]

Half the reason FNAF lore is so complicated is because every time we’re given a simple answer theorist will be like “but what if it wasn’t like that” and come up with the most convoluted shit ever to explain how

#like miketrap #and ucn being mike’s hell and not william’s #and now it’s ‘Andrew is the toysnhk in the games’ #even though it was widely accepted andrew was just a cassidy parallel #and there’s no evidence to suggest andrew exists in game #but now he’s apparently some seventh victim that hasn’t ever been mentioned #‘oh toysnhk is referred to as he it can’t be Cassidy’ #be for real you know scott used he in a generic sense and was a dumbass with no foresight to use they for a gender ambiguous character #which he confirmed the vengeful spirit is supposed to be btw #I swear to god one of the arguments is ‘cassidy doesn’t seem vengeful in the logbook’ #like hey guess what! characters can have complex personalities and not defined by one trait! #especially since she wasn’t even talking to or about william in the logbook she’s talking to cc #we know cassidy is important! she has a whole screenplay written about her! why do you keep trying to take that away #okay I’m done now but I could say more #rotomtalks #fnaf #five nights at freddy's

[givemebishies]

Don’t be ashamed to be “basic”. Society just loves to shame girls/fem people for being happy and finding joy in simple, harmless things. There’s nothing actually bad or lame or embarrassing about enjoying a tasty Starbucks drink, or wearing fuzzy socks or leggings, or whatever else people call basic

Tbh I am making this post for myself because I’m rly trying to unlearn being embarrassed for doing completely normal things, but I think it’s important for us all to unlearn lol

#when I’m excited about getting a drink and I take a picture of it I sometimes get embarrassed for a moment #cuz I think uh oh I’m being basic I can’t post that or people will think I’m basic or will make fun of me #I’m done doing that #I’m owning it for real now everyone look at my starbies #basic #basic bitch #basic white girl #basic girl #okay but maybe don’t be ‘basic’ in the homophobic conservative racist way #I know there’s some aesthetic overlap between basic white girl and republican girls but they are NOT THE SAME AHDKAGDKABAO #chatterbun

[cicadaknight]

Rehashing a pain point with the Horizon franchise…

Why is there no mention of any real tribal nation in the game? No reference at all. The erasure of APOLLO didn’t remove the visions at the Grove, or any of the artifacts Aloy finds in her exploration. You’re telling me it makes narrative sense to have 30 minutes of Dutch artwork analysis and its historical significance, but not a single mention of any indigenous society? There are ZERO datapoints or ruins related to native people throughout the entire world that could have influenced Horizon-era culture?

😒 SIDE EYE 😒 It is that way because the devs made it so. Everything in a narrative is a choice.

#idk i love this game i’m just thinking thoughts #there are so many positives about horizon but i really want them to have more nuance in the 3rd game #not having ANY mention of the history of tribal nations in the US in a game specifically about fictional tribes is just… egregious #and there were so many opportunities to contextualize manifest destiny and our very real history of genocide #(ex. the red raids and the significance of the tenakth successfully defeating the carja i mean come on) #and on that note how about the ickiness of a tribal nation worshipping a US ex-military group #like… yes i love the tenakth and the world building #but………… imagine if the jtf-10 weren’t ex-military soldiers funded by a corpo rat? #what if they were a united front of native tribes of the southwest? #it’s such a simple change but it would give so much more depth to the tenakth and their traditions #also… the fact that you can just wear any tribe’s armor and paint as a cosmetic… grosses me out #they establish from the start that the clothing and paint from each tribe is rooted in tradition and meaning #treating it like a cosmetic is weird?? i get it for the Sake of Gaming but it seems so tactless #specifically that aloy gets tattoos that come and go when you wear tenakth armor #i feel like it wouldn't be as weird if there were quests where tenakth characters invite her to get tattoos after certain deeds #and then they stick with you on any armor #same with the utaru seed pouches #i digress #hfw #okay i'm done editing this post now lmao #my notes

[ghostpunkrock]

just because they’re a company doesn’t mean their a corporation jfc 😭 they’re not big netflix they’re not big walmart THEYRE NOT BIG BUZZFEED they’re just 3 guys who founded a YouTube channel!

#like. you can say you don’t wanna pay to subscribe w/out talking out of your ass about the evils of capitalism like hello? read a book. #you can get them free from your library #okay I’m done hate-reading FOR REAL now