#or her office or whatever

[softquietsteadylove]

I just read the little ballerina and boxer one and wanted to ask you if you can continue it. Maybe Gil showing up to one of her shows and invites her to dinner afterwards. And of course, he brought a single flower, because one flower says more than a thousand.

Hugs and much love! 🖤✨

"Bye Miss Thena!"

"Goodnight, girls," Thena bid her little goslings goodbye, the young women flitting out of the dressing room and already laughing about the cast party about to take place. Everyone was on their way for it, and as the newest troupe of performers making their debut, they would be the toast of things.

Thena was just looking forward to going home and getting some hard earned rest. Then, she could finally wake up to her normal life again. No more rehearsals, no more gruelling days of endless practise. She could go to the studio again.

She could see Gilgamesh again.

She hated to admit it, but she had missed even just seeing him in the hallway deeply over the past two weeks. The most intensive rehearsals required full commitment and attention, and that meant leaving classes to Sersi while she was chained up in the Eternal Theatre all day and most of the night.

She never used to think of it that way before.

But she missed the less pressured atmosphere of teaching classes with Sersi. She liked keeping a more normal schedule. She liked getting to see Gil's big, bright smile and his cute little wave in the mornings.

Thena groaned, running her fingers through her hair and throwing her scarf around her neck. She could torture herself more with those thoughts when she was home, preferably sinking into a hot bubble bath.

"Uh, sorry," he poked his head in with a sheepish smile, "door was open, so..."

Thena blinked as he walked in, one hand behind his back and the other in his brushed back hair. He looked rather dashing in a suit. "Gil?"

"Hey," he smiled at her, and the ache in her feet faded from her mind. "You were...wow."

Thena gulped, feeling her cheeks flood with warmth. She looked down, not-so-accidentally burying her nose in her scarf. "You're sweet."

"Well, you were, though," he shrugged, stepping in a little closer. He looked around him, seeing the many, many bouquets of flowers set around the counters. "But I guess you knew that."

Thena looked at the bundles of mostly red roses and arranged bouquets, shrugging at them. "It's a standard practise on the last night. Not all of them are for me, mind you."

"So a good number of them are?" he raised a brow, and she offered a more sheepish smile. He blushed, rocking back on his heels as he pulled out his hidden hand. "It's no bouquet, but-"

Thena gasped. It was a rose - singular - white in colour, clipped of thorns and leaves, bare stemmed save for a shimmering green ribbon tied in a bow around it.

Gil handed it over to her delicately accepting hands, his shyness showing through as he looked everywhere but at her. "I figured you'd get plenty, so maybe this would stand out...or something. And they offered me a white ribbon to match it. But I saw the green one and i-it matched the colour of your eyes, so I chose that one instead."

Thena's eyes were wide, bouncing between the flower in her hands and the beautiful man presenting it to her.

"I don't-"

"It's perfect!"

It wasn't the first time their words overlapped, and once again, Thena felt as if she was saying far too much within the two word sentence. But she pulled the flower as close to her as she dared, not wanting to rustle a single petal. It really was perfect, just like the gifter.

Gil flushed red to his ears, his laugh bubbling out of him. "O-Oh, good! I, well, uh-"

Thena looked up at him again from sniffing the rose gently. It was sweeter than any of the nameless, faceless bouquets around her from nameless, faceless people. "Gil?"

He tugged at his tie, clearly unused to it. "I was wondering...if - maybe - you'd, uh, wanna get dinner--sometime! Doesn't have to be tonight--you probably have a party, or something, with-"

"I'm free."

It was quieter than she thought it would be, but somehow she just couldn't get the air to stay in her lungs.

Gil looked surprised by her interruption, but he clearly didn't mind at all. He smiled, a sureness - a confidence - falling over him as he stepped closer still. He reached out, pulling her hair out of her scarf and fanning it out behind her. "I never get to see you with your hair loose."

Thena's eyes fluttered closed as he used the proximity as an excuse to kiss her forehead.

Then the flirtatious smirk faded against the brightness of his usual megawatt smile. "It's cute!"

Thena reached for her purse hung over the back of one of the chairs, hoping that maybe her blushing would subside a little (somehow, in the three seconds it took her to do it). "Well, where were you thinking of going?"

"I guess wherever you want to go," he shrugged, happily claiming her hand in his as they started to walk out of the dressing room. "I don't know if you want a big, huge meal or if something lighter would be better."

Thena laughed faintly, feeling his fingers squeezing tighter around hers. "If I had another show tomorrow I'd suggest something quite light. But I'm free as of tonight, so maybe something richer than usual wouldn't be the end of the world."

"If that's the case, I know this great Korean barbecue place."

"Sounds-" Thena startled as the backstage door slammed open.

"Miss Thena, are you coming to--oh!"

"Don't interrupt, didn't you see her boyfriend looking for her earlier?"

"Yeah, they probably have a date planned!"

The door closed again but the damage was done. Thena sighed; she was going to kill her little goslings for this.

#I actually might have some implications of a ballet past planned in another fic #so I wasn't sure how to go about the first one of this #but I ended up really liking it #so I'm glad to know the dynamic of it captured other people too #and for the record #Gil spent the whole two weeks #looking into the studio everyday #and being bummed when Thena wasn't there #Sersi had to tell him Thena hadn't had the chance to even come and check on them #but she was the one to tell him how to get a ticket for the last night of the show #and she was sure Thena would l o v e to see him there #Gil picked the white rose himself #and he secretly is a little curious when he doesn't see it in the studio #or her office or whatever #but Sersi tells him #entirely without Thena's knowledge #that it has a place of honour #in a vase on Thena's nighstand at home #and now Thena has to kill Sersi too #Thenamesh Ballerina/Boxer AU

[lepusrufus]

In which they're all artists working for the same animation studio (and these two still bicker like angry kittens)

#I'm sorry to inform you this AU has kinda rotted my brain #there's so much mini plots to it but no overarching story so it's just abunch of little guys having their own mini dramas #like we're in The Office but make it fantasy artsy #just snipe me already #the biggest stake here is whether or not Shadowheart will fix her posture or become a geriatric 25 year old #and whatever the fuck is going on with the moon lesbians #augh #baldur's gate 3 #animation studio AU #lae'zel #Shadowheart #shadowzel #my art

[stuckinapril]

I just know I’m gonna struggle in my later years bc I don’t wanna get married I don’t want kids I just wanna rawdog life and be a hot milf

#You might be like that’s probably bc you’re just 21 and ur values will change #And to that I say. Perhaps. But rn I don’t see it and I haven’t seen it since I was like 15 #Also you might be like Well pave your own path! Not all women end up w domestic lifestyles #And while I agree w that sentiment you have to understand I’m an Arab girl #Rn I’m chilling doing whatever and my moms cool w it but that’s bc I’m just a kid basically #Once I’m Older (age 25+) I feel like the expectations r gonna start rolling in #Though this is by no means an Arab girl problem bc god knows even here in the states misogyny #Runs rampant #I just feel like i legit reject everything that’s expected from a woman in her later years so I fully expect to be #A neurosurgeon one day forlornly smoking a cigarette from her penthouse office #p

[thermodynamic-comedian]

ok i know elias putting the information of her dad's death into melanie's head is supposed to be like. a scary and intimidating scene. but the way it's placed directly after the interaction where basira jokes about melanie making elias cry makes me think like. what if she was right and elias got weirdly insecure about it and decided the only course of action to take was to mentally torture melanie about it.

#picturing elias sobbing pathetically in his office because melanie called him cringe or whatever. mentally he's plotting his revenge like #''what's her deepest trauma?'' #ridiculous man. #tma #the magnus archives #tma spoilers #tma s3 spoilers #melanie king #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #basira hussain

[localaceken]

If Administration is really a business corp and Jay has been stuck in there for like 5 years I'm pretty sure he has lost it in the middle of year one of working there because he's Jay Walker.

He has given over a hundred 2 weeks notices "a man can fix one coffee machine too many times before snapping rebacca" he never heard back from his boss so he just kept.

Showing up at the office because he had nothing else to do.

Everyone else in the office is thankful for their boss who never fired him because for some reason Jay from Accounting is the only one who can fix the machines in the entire goddamn office.

Meanwhile Pixal throws away the 101st 2 weeks notice sent by Jay in the trash and continues searching for the rest of the gang.

#Pixal saw Jay has no idea who the Ninja are and just went “I need to keep a eye on him” #Yes Pixal just started a coporation from ground up She's Pixal Fucking Borg she can do whatever she wants #So she hired him for her totally real coporation and it went downhill from there #Pixal made it so all the machines in the office responds to Jays powers thats why only he can fix them #She has no idea Jay is in a hell of her own making though shes busy girlbossing #jay ninjago #pixal ninjago #jay walker #pixal borg #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #office worker jay

[zer0point5ive]

silly little details i suppose but i love how diana’s room is a mixture of so many things like i’m truly obsessed with the way it didn’t end up just being a generic pink princess sort of bedroom with bare walls and no clutter and instead she’s got some castle-y snowglobe and a picture with an extra funky frame on her bedside table, a massive snake toy across her headboard and teddies and dolls and a fancy little vanity, tons of horse riding awards and pictures she’s drawn hung on the walls and i just love how real it is to be honest

#space on that unit thing for adam to win her a big fuckoff animal teddy at the fair nd lawrence to put it on there at dianas request. just a #little thought whatever #say what you want about her parents but they love her #scratch that say what you want about lawrence any tongue that rises against alison will fall. btw #maybe its because i had to have a pretty pink bedroom as a kid nd hated it but it’s just fun to me that shes so fleshed out like its kinda #insane when you think about it #same way you see adams whole apartment nd the details go crazy #lawrences study office whatever w that massive picture of him holding diana makes me want to cry. shitty husband but he really does love his #kid it has to be said #thinking now about all the rooms we see #or dont see #i just know the alison lawrence bedroom was in shambles. this 🤏 far away from separate beds #not that theres anything wrong w that but in their case. well you know #📹

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

So i finally listened to The Magnus Protocol and uhh holy shit, yall mind if i

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#the magnus protocol #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #In the tags #My favourite case has to be the 2nd one Daria girl you are so fucked up!!!! You are so fucked up girl get help!!!! #And i am loving the absolute toxic work environment it is hilarious all the characters are great!! #Alice Gwen and Lena have three way situation of snide backhanded remarks and office coworker hate going on #Colin hates everyone but especially the puter and is this close to murder #Sam is just trying to do whatever the fuck he is doing. He is new here. He is over qualified #Teddy my man saw his place workplace comedy swerving towards horror genre and immediately ditched ship good for him!!! #(Unless Lena brutal pipe murdered him in which case girl i am so sorry) #And just character in general. Like Alice is trying to vibe her way through life #while also saying some death flaggy 'oh this is def foreshadowing' shit every episode #Gwen has the same surname as the shows previous antag #but also just after Lena's job and just wants to be taken seriously and thinks everyone is against her #she also may or not have discovered that her boss is murderer but oh well #Sam is like this sweet nice guy who is also so fucking nosy and the only one actually curious about fucked up shit cases magnus institue #And everyone is telling him to stop Girl! Turn away girl!! You are gonna get fucked up girl!! Look away!! #Colin is just so fucking angry and feral but also IT is just like that. He is crawling on the floors. He is growling at people #Lena is so fucking tired with all these bitches in her office Head Bitch incharge of all these Bitches #And i am 80% sure she murdered that guy Klaus #Anyway love all of this. Cant wait to hear them get killed in brutal tragic ways

[chuckyray]

everyone wants my jelix thoughts until i say jack rubs coke on his gums before forcing nearly unconscious drunk felix to make out with him.

#or that mr kranken likes it when mr walten slaps him with his wedding ring hand and busts his lip open. #or that linda has asked felix way too many times how jack's hair ended up on her pillow while she was out of town #or that jack tried to fuck felix in the bathroom on his wedding night. which one? both of theirs. #or that jack has strung felix along for all 20 years of their friendship. how they were so happy in college and the week before graduation #he told felix it was all just for fun and meant nothing to him and now he has to start his life and how he was getting married. #and yet he never lets felix stray too far. hes still his. and felix allows it because hes selfish and despite loving rosemary and the kids #hed never give up whatever he has with jack on the side. and he tells himself it isnt hurting them despite how jack never leaves work #and spends hours in his office on the phone with felix at night instead of seeing his kids. #i could go on and on but yeah #twf #jelix #jf

[homosekularnost]

gaslight gatekeep gblackmailyourboss

#in this house we support womens rights womens wrongs women being servants of whatever the eye looks like in this universe etc !!!! #the magnus protocol #gwen bouchard #also @ lena uhhhhhhh. sorry for assigning you someone with several salome paintings in her office #if you get beheaded in the future episodes i Will assume it is my fault. etcetera etcetera #my art

[telephonicsonnyboy]

Cringe is dead, All The President’s Men self insert sona.

#I WISH I COULD ENJOY THINGS NORMALLY. I REALLY WISH I COILD. #I just thought making myself a little fashionista journalist persona who watches watergate unfold from across the office was a cute idea #she plays scrabble with Bob cause there’s a scene in the segretti part of the book where Bob is playing scrabble with a friend #and I was like. that could be me. #she’s not a secretary but she gets Bob coffee cause she has a crush on him. and by association she has to bring Carl coffee too. #for her design I did just draw myself but 4 years older (she’s 24) #this is what I aspire to look like in a few years #whatever I’m gonna go write about her #all the president's men #I guess

[rotyolk]

simple cool down sketchie

#digital art #didnt feel like doing her makeup pretend she's wearing some kind of 2000s office siren look #or whatever it is the girlies are into these days #sketch #id in alt text #clip studio paint

[governmentmandatedryujinstan420]

letting this breach containment.

#hand jumper #juni chang #ishaan cha #do people even use his first name or is he relegated officer cha for now and forever #the way i forgot i had tumblr #THE WAY I FORGOT I HAD HJ MEMES ON MY COMPUTER. #THE WAY THE SAYEON BIRTHDAY POST WAS NEVER POSTED ON HER BIRTHDAY. #well on discord yeah but now the joke is lost. #still debating on making this a meme acc or a hj rambling acc #if you have any constructive criticism #questions or just wanna make sure i'm alive just ask me ig #the masses aren't ready yet for these two i'm afraid #me neither tho tbh #s2 is gonna kick my ass if ishaan finally gets his 1/16th of internal monologue #give him the instructor sang treatment and i WILL explode #sayeon shitpost next ig i'm so mad at myself now actually #but their queerplatonic situationship bewitched me #or their situationship swag whatever floats your boat i don't discriminate #also if anyone understands what ishaan's handle means i will give you a hug i was giggling making it #if no one gets it my lame ass will cry

[acourtofquestions]

Chaol. friggin. Westfall. My old love, who I thought got “unjust treatment” that I would never agree with — WHY oh WHY did you have to go make me change my mind??? Cause I’m sorry but CHAPTER 7 of QoS— SIR what was THAT little stunt!?! IM SORRY but “UNPREDICTABLE” …oh no-no-no sir… I THOUGHT BETTER OF YOU! But oh boy, the tides are changing!

#Chaol Westfall #Aelin Ashryver Galathynius #Queen of Shadows #QoS #TOG #Throne of Glass #Throne of Glass series #Maasverse #first read #currently reading #read with me #no spoilers please #current thoughts while reading #reading reactions #Chapter 7 #I can’t even #you did not just say that #Aelin is a literal queen #THIS IS MY REASONABLE HEAD TILT #Wanda Maximoff gif vibes #that doesn’t seem fair #my new origin story #unpredictable #and after she didn’t slam you for what you did #I know your hurting and scared and angry but sir that was uncalled for #this is different then my initial anger with Rowan see Rowan didn’t know her Rowan picked sore points but it still wasn’t personal #but Chaol after EVERYTHING you did not just say that to her NOW because your mad or whatever that THAT was uncalled for and a camels back #Dorian mom and dad are fighting again *kevin office analogy voice* but seriously that fight THE FIGHT OWowOW at least Fleetfoot is happy #I said good day #literally gives me anxiety just reading it

[seduceme-lovestruck-thearcana]

Reminder to myself: Write a fic about AFK MCs mom and MC cleaning out her drawer/locker/office bc once she died H.E.R.A. let her children have whatever was left there.

#Astoria fates kiss #Astoria fates kiss MC’s mom #afk mom #my writing #the gods may be messed up but I truly don’t believe they would just throw MCs mom’s stuff away. #they’d most likely let her children get access to it or whatever she left at HERA. If it’s a locker #and a drawer at some desk or some stuff in an office. they would definitely get access to it #it’s gonna be happy but sad fic bc my fics are always like that lol #remember Sarah when you wake up

[recycledraccoon]

#thinking about them #anyway in my last fic where they kiss in the rain this is what happens immediately after #oisin picks her up and swings her around in the rain and they are bith DRENCHED #they also miss out of whatever lecture or event they were going to #nobody finds out their offically dating for months because they act NO DIFFERENT #inkblade #art wip #fhjy spoilers

[paperpeachy]

mimi's office kind of a gateway into her weird lil brain. that cat demon she's printed everywhere. looks like an energy (rubee) conversion chart next to the windows . copen foreshadowing.

#pmtok fans when they walk into an office etc etc whatever #oh yeah also the prison cell yeah #shes so weird i love her #super paper mario