sunday snippet!
i've been dodging tags for this game for like months bc of my self-imposed fanfic ban but i can only ignore my darling @colgatebluemintygel for so long and also i'm addicted to writing infidelity so i was Called by our earlier discord chat oopsssss ban broken
It’s Sirius’ giant long-eared owl, tapping at the window impatiently. James looks at the clock on the wall and sees the time: nearly midnight. Well, that can’t be good. An owl from Sirius this late on a Friday night…James sighs and lets Flavius in. Flavius sticks his leg out impatiently, turning his beak up and away from James.
“Little shit,” James mutters to himself. Flavius doesn’t like anyone but Sirius and maybe Regulus, on a good day. James has given the wretched thing somewhere north of a thousand treats since Sirius got him, trying to win his favor. No luck.
Carefully, James takes the parchment off the impatient owl’s leg and unrolls it, scanning the letter.
Prongs –
Fighting with Rem again, he’s gone off in a strop. Think we’re broken up at the mo. Come over? Could use comfort…
Yrs always and forever,
Padfoot
James snorts. Comfort. Right. Because ‘blowjob’ is what you find when you look up ‘comfort’ in the dictionary. He turns the letter over and grabs his quill to write back. Pausing, he holds the quill over the parchment, a blob of ink threatening to drip down. He shouldn’t go over to Sirius’ flat. He should let Sirius and Remus work it out without the in-between JamesandSirius stopover this time. It’s only going to hurt his feelings tomorrow morning, when Sirius makes him climb out the window because Remus is coming in through the front door.
Flavius squawks impatiently, pulling James out of his thoughts. The owl sticks his leg out, giving James a knowing look. They’ve both been here before.
“Yeah, yeah,” says James, scribbling his answer on the back of the parchment and tying it back to Flavius. He gives the owl another treat and sends him off to Sirius’ flat. James won’t be far behind.
tagging @pancakehouse @magswrite @greyeyedmonster-18 @mblematic what's everyone working on lately! no pressure but also yes pressure show me show me show me (unless it's too secret lol i know we're all wrapped up in BBs these days oops)
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My media this week (7-13 Apr 2024)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
🥰 If This Is As Far As We Go (BeauRadley) - 124K, stucky no-powers AU - after a year of being phenomenal hookup buddies, bucky ends their arrangement & throws steve into a tailspin - slow burn, angsty, oblivious steve slowly realizing his true feelings, good supporting cast
😊 Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid (Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert) - cute graphic novel about art students forming a softball team to exploit a financial aid loophole
😍 Death in the Spires (KJ Charles, author; Tom Lawrence, narrator) - historical murder mystery set in 1905 Oxford - another KJC absolute banger: incredible sense of place, fantastic characters, perfectly done 'whodunnit' tension and a HIGHLY SATISFACTORY resolution. Loved every word
💖💖 +76K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
The Man, the Myth, the Legend (sparklyslug) - Check Please!: gen, 2.9K - Holster's beatboxing skills brings all the a capella groups to the Haus - a short, fun, funny, outsider POV fic
Say it louder for the people in the back (redhook) - MCU: shrinkyclinks, 14K - reread, forever fave - sometimes you just get a yearning to reread the best glory hole fic ever written
In Focus (sparklyslug) - Check Please!: zimbits, 6K - Jack's photography eye knows what's up before his conscious brain does
Entering Orbit (museaway) - Star Trek AOS: spirk, 30K - good post-AOS canon-divergent fic where Jim goes home to Iowa to escape the press & Spock joins him
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Hot Ones - Conan O'Brien
QI - series S, ep 13
Game Changer - s6, e5 {Bingoception}
Um, Actually - s9, e4
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Dawn of Justice" (s21, e14)
D20: Adventuring Party - "We're Running on 200%" (s16, e14)
Death In Paradise - s11, e4-8; s12 e0-8, s13 e0-8
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Working - How to Be Both a Critic and a Creator
Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #10: Of the Reaching Green
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep10 "Of the Reaching Green"
Short Wave - How Climate Change And Physics Affect Baseball
Consider This from NPR - Bad Omens Or The Cycle of Nature? How The Ancient World Viewed Eclipses
⭐ Armchair Expert - Anna Kendrick [Rerelease from 1/9/23]
Today, Explained - Is college still worth it?
The Sporkful - Jewish Food Is More Than Matzoh Balls
WikiHole - BEYONCÉ (with Zoë Chao, Nat Faxon and Poppy Liu)
⭐ All Songs Considered - Songs to make you laugh, with 'Weird Al' Yankovic
In Defense of Fandom - Season 2 Episode 2: Putting my theory to the test
Dinner’s on Me - Orville Peck
⭐ Switched on Pop - Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" with Joe Keery
⭐ 99% Invisible #577 - The Society of Ambiance Makers and Elegant Persons
⭐ Vibe Check - A Special Conversation with Ada Limón
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Brown Mountain Lights
Short Wave - The Order Your Siblings Were Born in May Play a Role in Identity and Sexuality
⭐ Code Switch - How Frederick Douglass launched generations of Black and Irish solidarity
⭐ Decoder Ring - Can the “Bookazine” Save Magazines?
⭐ Imaginary Worlds - African Sci-Fi Looks to a Future Climate
Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #11: Promises Promises
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep11 "Promises Promises"
What Next: TBD - Does Google Suck Now?
Short Wave - What To Know About The New EPA Rule Limiting 'Forever Chemicals' In Tap Water
Code Switch - Reflecting on the legacy of O.J. Simpson
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Atlas Obscura Live: Two Places And A Lie
Dear Prudence - I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I Enjoy Being a Mean Girl. Help!
It's Been a Minute - The car culture wars; plus, the problem with child stars
Endless Thread - RIP Lil Miquela
Shedunnit - You Probably Imagined It!
Armchair Expert - John Cena
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - [One Shot] A County Affair: Prologue
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Presenting Bonnie Raitt
Lowrider Oldies
Huge House Anthems
Djo
Classic Soul BBQ
A LA SALA [Khruangbin] {2024}
Presenting Khruangbin
Happy Beats
'80s One-Hit Wonders
Feel-Good Classic Rock
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