#thank u for sending in the ask 😭

[marielschism]

Please do talk about the Marquis, all plot bunnies, how an eventual relationship with him would turn out. Any thoughts are most anticipated! 👀

FR?????????????? okay!

so i'm currently working on patron of the arts, a marquis de gramont x artist!reader fic where he is an art patron/cultural sugar daddy who is horrendously down bad for you, an artist in their flop era. i'm making an hc post for it over at my writing sideblog [@marielserif] so if anyone's interested 👀 i'll post it some time next week!

pairing: marquis de gramont x reader note: i think i made him unbearably ooc. whatever warnings: some mature themes/content; unedited; not an entirely healthy relationship (vincent has issues!!!!!!)

general relationship hcs

side note: these hcs operate under the assumption that the reader is unaware of his work.

i am deeply fascinated by yandere stuff, so every time i think of marquis de gramont, i can't help but sprinkle a bit of obsessive yearning on his part (because i honestly think he's the type to do so! he chased john wick all over the world! that should be me!). he is ruthless, ambitious, and determined, and i think this, too, translates into how he deals with his relationships.

i think that he's the type to fall hard for someone, but is also the type to deny the feeling initially, trying to stamp it out of his brain as hard as he can, constantly pretending that he is unaffected by you. he does not need you. he wants you. he has lived through most of his life without your presence, surely he can live through more.

his dedication to denying his feelings leads him into a great number of sticky situations: perhaps he dismisses you a bit too much, and it puts a significant strain on your relationship. he might even end up with you hating him.

he is used to being feared. he is used to being hunted. but he will never get used to the feeling of your hatred, so that could easily force him to act on his feelings before he makes things worse. it is a wake up call for him: he does not want to lose you because of his own pride.

good for you!

when the marquis is in it, good god, he is in it.

i think that marquis de gramont is an incredibly selfish man. if he loves you, you become an extension of himself — and in turn, he will ensure your safety and your joy. you deserve it. you're his.

he's a patron of the arts — he'll get along with you better if you have some appreciation for art and culture. your conversations with him will be longer, too, and sometimes more heated. vincent is very opinionated, and he'll defend his opinions to the death. he'll take you to museums, renting out entire scenic cultural hotspots just for you (and him) to enjoy at your own pace. he is prone to over-explaining when he is excited, so expect that you'll be doing a lot of listening.

if he senses that you're actually listening to him and he's feeling particularly generous, he'll reward you. you know what that entails.

there are times where you're feeling tired, and you're just not in the mood to listen to him ramble about his least favorite painting in the musee d'orsay. he does not fault you for it, but you feel the mild disappointment radiating off him in waves. you'll have to...make it up to him somehow.

he'll appreciate it very much.

anyway, vincent will take you to the ballet, dress you in the finest of things, and take you to the swankiest of establishments. you deserve nothing but the best.

if you inform him that you are uncomfortable with being spoiled like this, he will try to tone it down a little. the code word here is try. he will go back to sending you swarovski-embellished fountain pens in two weeks.

despite this, he's not above accompanying you to places like gas stations or grocery stores. sure, he'll take at least three bodyguards with him to ensure your safety, but he'll be there for you. he's capable of being normal!

(forgot to mention that vincent de gramont is territorial and overprotective at times. what's the use of all of his power if he can't use it protect the one he loves?)

(his brand of protection can feel almost like a prison at times. you'll have to clearly communicate with him about what you want, and you have to be very firm with him if you don't want to feel like you're a bird in a gilded cage. you have to make sure that he knows you won't just take it.)

(you need a backbone to love him. that's the truth of it all.)

vincent is also touch-starved, though he denies this constantly.

he can be an incredibly greedy kisser. he kisses you like he's starving, and he'll hold you like you'll turn into dust if he lets go.

he can be gentle, too — easy does it, and he takes it as slow as you want. languid, lazy, like you have all of the time in the world.

he's also a horrific tease. he's a smug bastard. he'll do everything except kiss you — he'll bite your earlobe, let his lips travel to your pulse, and kiss the corners of your lips. when you whine, he'll pull away with that smirk of his, and leave you to your racing heart. you're flustered as hell, and he looks unaffected by it.

(it's a lot harder for him to keep his composure if you're the one teasing him.)

he reaches out for you in his sleep, even if he is alone. a tired vincent will always reach out for you, no matter what stage of sleep he's in. in his sleep, he'll end up wrapping himself around your entire body like a boa constrictor no matter your size. one time, he fell asleep on top of you, and you had to elbow him awake because he was suffocating you.

(he owns a weighted blanket for when you're not around.)

if you play with vincent's hair, he will complain about you messing up the handiwork of his treasured coiffeur, but he won't say a word. when you pull your hands off his hair, he'll actually whine, and place your hands back. you have to clear your schedule if you want to play with his hair; he will not let you out of his presence until he's dead asleep.

if you really want to see a very stressed vincent, you can deny him your touch for weeks on end. but why would you do that? 😊

he's prone to taking drastic actions to get what he wants. a desperate vincent de gramont is someone you do not want to meet; a desperate vincent de gramont gets results.

so god help those who will try to take you from him.

plot bunnies

i really need to finish this because i have a 7-page paper due in 42 hours

i desperately wanted to write a ballet dancer!reader x patron!marquis de gramont instead of an artist!reader but im going to be completely honest with you i have zero knowledge of the world of ballet and i would NOT be able to do the idea justice.

(your rival dancer goes missing because of your patron. you investigate. things do not go well.)

also another plot bunny: leverage!reader

the marquis keeps an eye on you as leverage over your father, who is under his employ. think caine and his daughter.

he threatens your safety to keep your father in line constantly — but he's grown fond of you, strangely. you have a harmless hobby. it is soothing to watch you work. he is not going to hurt you.

(vincent even has his men protect you from harm. their presence in the area deter would-be muggers. you do not know this.)

at one point, your father grows stubborn, and vincent has to take a very drastic measure to ensure his cooperation.

he kidnaps you. of course he does.

strange things happen.

assistant!reader! you are his faithful assistant, and you get hurt in the line of duty. oh noooo. what happens next??? :OOO

#marquis de gramont x reader #jw4 #marquis vincent de gramont #hello anon thank u for sending me this ask 😭 i desperately want to talk about him more #you unlocked something in me #anon #so little MVDG fics im gnna be sick. i had to add to it! i had to! #even if i am terrible at writing! #vincentposting

[hella1975]

hiiii haha. hello. exceptionally awkward introduction bc idrk how to start something like this so let's just jump right in. im taking a break from this account for a bit. i know i said i wanted taob out before halloween and currently im fine sticking with that deadline, but if i decide i need longer away then i will take longer away. every time ive reassured people that id never abandon a fic and updates will always come eventually i never once considered that my writing and ability to feel safe and comfortable on this site would be actively taken from me, so im not even going to apologise. i dont want this either and more importantly i dont fucking deserve it. i dont know what it is in the past year, if ive hit a certain amount of followers or 'popularity' that's made it so the natural ratio of positive to negative interactions must in turn go up, but there's been a serious uptick in weird asks for me. the annoying part is that a very small amount of them are actually objectively mean and hateful, the rest are just weird and invasive from people who seemingly dont realise that's what they're being. ive reached a point where i dont care if the intentions are good. it's not my job as a 20 year old tumblr user of all things to defend the morality of someone who couldnt even bother to come off anon. unfortunately, after blocking only one or two anons, the weird asks have decreased substantially, which says all you need to know about the fascinating and exhilarating lives led by these people, but ive also gone on to turn anon asks off entirely. this is something i actively fought against doing and had to be pushed into by my mutuals (who have been the coolest people on planet earth during this entire thing). turning off anon was a big deal to me even if it sounds silly. i felt betrayed and like id been backed into a corner because it was so vehmently something i DIDNT WANT that to feel like i had to do it anyway for my own mental health??? that sucks. so even though ive 'fixed' the problem, im still kind of reeling and uncomfortable every time i come on tumblr. i hope it's just something i need time to ease because i'll truly be devastated if this becomes 'ruined' for me. tumblr exists as the only place in the world where i am honestly every facet of myself without shame or hesitation; losing that would be insanely harmful to me. and to the people who cant appeal to the actual human behind the post, let me put that in words you can understand: we wouldn't get any more writing 😦😦😦 riots and fires and sirens, i know. so yeah. to anyone who has sent me an anon ask and you're now wondering if you were part of the problem, im firmly of the belief that you'll know if you are. when i say 'weird asks' i dont mean 'you sent me a para about your personal life just to vent or ask for advice' or 'you sent me a really deep emotional compliment about the impact me and/or my writing has had on you' - i love asks like that, so much that i put off taking a break and turning off anon solely for the joy they bring me. im sorry that it might feel like you're being punished too bc of the actions of what in reality is a HANDFUL of weird people, but this is what i feel like i have to do to feel safe and not go insane every time i log in. love you guys, hopefully ill see you soon x

#seriously another shout out to my mutuals #id particularly like to say thank you to boom who's always right there for me no matter what's happening or how insane im being #and also everyone in our little discord that wound up having to make a whole new channel for venting #bc i was there so often like 'today's weird ask isssss.... telling me about my cupsize!! rip them to shreds!!!' #hannah and theo especially being there and pushing me to finally turn off anon. war is truly over #and of course rori bc the shamelessness u show when hating on my anon asks has been genuinely really cathartic #sometimes u really do just need a rottweiler mutual to tell random people online to kill themselves 😭 #okay weird oscar acceptance speechcore gratitude over. i do just rlly love my mutuals #like i went three years not telling anyone about the worse side of internet popularity for fear of looking spoiled and ungrateful #so for the first time to open up about it and be met with outrage on my behalf and people saying in fact it's MORE fucked up #than i initially realised bc ive grown desensitised to it is. yeah cathartic i guess #they are singlehandedly reassuring me of the good this cursed app still holds #so everyone thank them and send them flowers NOW #okay im done i think. see you guys soon. i truly do want to come back asap bc like i said i NEVER EVEN WANTED TO FUCKING LEAVE #SOME ASSHOLES JUST HAD TO PUT GRENADES ON WHAT I ASSUMED WERE VERY UNIVERSAL AND OBVIOUS BOUNDARIES #if you're reading this like 'ohhh fuck i defo sent something invasive lately. i thought it was a joke/we were friends' #then 1) we arent friends if you're on anon. it immediately creates a power imbalance where you know me and any necessary context #but i have no idea who you are or how much you know about me. that's already a fucked dynamic #and 2) I HOPE YOU FEEL BAD. LIKE GENUINELY I HOPE YOU FEEL AWFUL AND HAVE A GOOD LONG LOOK AT YOURSELF #okay i think that's all. ta-ra lads??? how tf do u end something like this #ive queued this to reblog a couple more times throughout the day

[longelk]

25, 12, 7, and 5 for grimora? :]

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I think i was in too much seeing-act-2 shock to form an opinion on her straight away but seeing what her whole Deal was by the end of the game made me REALLY enjoy her, especially since i have a thing for undead characters and themes! and seeing her 3d model especially bought me over because i was head over heels for a tall, TALL dead fat goth woman

she's still cemented as my favorite scrybe next to leshy after learning how interesting she really is i love her ILOVE HER

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

despite being a corpse i think she doesn't smell like one at all, she uses a lot of perfume. leshy, however, personally thinks that that unnatural scent smells bad, which is why he thinks stinkbug was the best fit. LOL

i also hc that she and magnificus were actually married or romantically close, but fell apart

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

draw her tall and old and FAT...really just drawing how she's supposed to look canonically😭

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

the traditional folk song Death and the Lady, especially this version because i can easily imagine this as a voice claim for her :3

#i daydreamed her singing that song w leshy on the guitar a few times😭 #ask #thank u for the ask!! anyone feel free to send more :3

[silentgrim]

drew my son who i stole legally from tumblr user gunthernospacemunch!

@butterbunch

#my rabid dog moxi ❤️‍🔥 #my art #was going to send this to u ai but i bet ur inbox is full of more important ask so didn’t want to bother u 😭 #much love to u! #thank u for ur story on tumblr 🫡 #it’s magnificent

[akairokara]

i read ur recent cabanela posting and YOU UNDERSTAND you understand. *dreamy sigh* Cabs dragging his broken beat body up the stairs *dreamy sigh* He's so interesting in how he genuinely fucked up so badly with the interrogation. And how despite the view people had on cabs and jowd in the 5 years between the manipulators escape and almas death in practice they were more so the opposite, at least thats how i see cabs line when jowd appears. what a crazy character :^)

YIPPEEEEE ANOTHER CABANELA ENJOYER

and god YEAH. his body is busted up and his only confidant is dead and everything he’s been working towards for 5 years is lost and his only hope is the gun in his coat?? And that agony doesn’t get reset? And then his closest friends run off to finish what he can’t and he’s left behind in a quiet office with broken ribs, waiting for the paramedics and wondering if his friends will make it? *twirls hair* *heart eyes* hehe

and YES i actually love the fact that it was his fault that the culprit escaped and then jowd also fucks up by firing a warning shot. Like they aren’t beset upon by fate this was something they both had a hand in causing bc they were too rash so the guilt is real and i fucking LOVE IT

also so true i think about that a lot.. like i personally headcanon “natural genius at investigating” cabanela as a pretty cocky and impulsive detective when he was younger (as opposed to jowds thorough investigation style). and then post manipulator escape the guilt probably sets in and he starts to be more restrained and play his hand close to the chest, maybe taking some pages out of jowds book

#CABHEADS RISE UP‼️‼️ #ghost trick #sorry it took a bit for me to reply this btw 😭 i had a busy few days but trust that i was thinking about it all the time in between tasks #regenspider #cabanelaposting #ill reply ur other ask in a bit i have so much to say but im eepy #thank u so much for sending them im consumed with feelings for ghost trick now and I love all of u who let me talk to u abt it 🫶😭 #fool speaks #ghost trick spoilers

[jrueships]

Kawhi+paul georp

PAUL GEORP

#pg is the big spoon in public bcs it prevents ppl from talking to kawhi as he is currently preoccupied with cuddles #but during the night after pg is done gaming he crawls into bed and into kawhis arms after kawhi puts his crossword down #they are so old with their love.. and yet.. so young #no one knows how or why they are married. they just are #kawhi and paul are like an anemone and a clownfish to me #i refuse to elaborate #pg/kawhi #THANK U for this ask i love them #I AM STILL DOING THESE SO FEEL FREE TO SEND MORE!!! they just take longer than they should bcs i love to yap unfort #CLICK ON DA IMAGES TO SEE BETTER PLS!!!! my writing is crap 😭 #i love calling paul george paul georp.. it's so befitting #ted tumbunity things #pg: *climbing and squirming into kawhis arms all huffy* #kawhi hugging him: did another 12 year old kill you again honey . #pg: i DON'T WANNA tALK aBouT iT #pg: .... #pg: ...yes >:[ . #kawhi: aww my poor koala bear . *kisses his tiny forehead better* #pg: clearly he was cheating. but whatever 😾 . *kisses kawhis neck then tries to reach the light but his finger is too small* #kawhi has to get it for him with a chuckle

[theghoulboysblog]

hi!! your blog is so cool!! what is your absolute favorite mystery files ep?

Hi!!! AND OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :) YOU ARE SO SWEET!!! 😭

my very favorite mystery files episodes would probably be the house on fire tapes, the voynich manuscript, and the battle of loss angeles episode! i truly don’t think i can pick an apsolute favorite out of those three 😭🫶 i loved all of those episodes SO MUCH for so many different reasons!!! :)

but all the mystery files episodes are so damn entertaining and i love them all!!! 😭

#aly answers #i have been meaning to send you an ask for a while now just to chat! #cause you are super awesome! #i kept forgetting tho! 😭 #SO THANK U FOR SENDING ME ONE! 🫶 #I LITERALLY LOVE UR BLOG SM #💛💛💛

[bakugoyelling]

Aki Hayakawa kept his relationship with you a secret from Denji and Power for a while. He didn’t want to deal with their constant teasing nor did he want them to even think about trying any of their “pranks” on you. He often snuck you into his room late at night when they were both asleep to have some alone time with you. One night, you both overslept and the two sneaked into his room to mess around with him and both cackled loudly when they see you cuddle up against him in bed. Aki gets frustrated as warns them to never pull a prank on you. They only listened to him because he promised to buy them ice cream. And they liked you for being nice to them so they didn’t want to mess with you too much lol ♡

akajsjdh hold on! an aki ask omg i was not prepared for this!! 🫣

AAA but poor aki — what if you aren’t even aware that your relationship is a secret to denji and power, you just think aki is really specific about when you two have your “alone time” (but most of the time it’s not even sex, he just like sleeping with you and you wonder why he’s so sneaky about it but you don’t think to question it)

i can just imagine his eyes shooting wide open when he hears denji and power laughing too!!! he gets up SO QUICK that you barely have time to figure out what’s happening before he’s pushing them out and locking the door. all the while they’re still cackling

#after that they’re like yeah ok AKI she’s cool but we’re still gonna mess with YOU #he can’t catch a break #aki hayakawa x reader #thank u for sending this crimson the little ask notif got me so excited!! #aki talk is rare around here bc i’m scared i can’t capture his personality 🫣 #AND I JUST SAW THE GIYUU ASK 😭 ITS MAKING ME EMO I WANT TO HOLD ONTO IT #ask #☁️csm #💗aki #crimsonkenjii-writes

[derekgoffard]

silly little headcanon:

Colin cleans his place exclusively with pink stuff cleaning products.

-they smell really nice-

!!!!!AWAHHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭😭!!!!!!!! OHHH MY GOSHH THANK YOU SM FOR THIS ASK I----- 🥺🥺😭😭 THIS IS SO SO SWEET AAAHAAH!!!! \(T_T)/

Anon you are so true! HAHA! 😭🙏 All of his favorite scents are typically colored pink- so he sees that as a double win LOL! ( his favorite scent everrr is strawberry! ☝️ but he also likes cherry blossom, rose, and candy scents alot 🤝 )

He's also the same way with perfumes...I can imagine him in the perfume selection looking at all the perfumes and deciding that "I have to smell as pink as possible" so he just...buys all the pink perfumes and just. pours them all together LIKE A PINK-CORE MAD SCIENTIST LMAO 😭 HVAHVSVH

#THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK!!!!!! :]]]]] AAWAH!!!! it means so much to me TO GET HC ASKS LIKE THIS HAHA!!! 😭😭🙏 #seriously like 😭 thank you sm for taking the time to send me this!! :'] anon u have helped me develop colin lore. he officially has a- #- scent profile of 'pink' HAHA😭😭💞💞💞 #oc.stuff #colin midland #girth.art #ask

[webslingingslasher]

i love all the AUs we’re making inside of an AU 🤩

genuinely tho, i love seeing all the different ways frat peter would interact with different love interests!! cuz while i love trouble and reading that story, i personally relate more to the virgin files gal so its easier to see myself in that writing and bond with it more! its a great move for being more inclusive and expanding the frat peter empire 👁️👁️

- cam <3

i am a business woman. u would be very proud of me at work.

marketing queen if you will.

#i am not a marketing queen. i do however really love how much you can relate to reader here!!! #there's never enough frat!peter tbh. #thanks cam! #i always think of modern family when u send me an ask 😭

[padfootastic]

So there’s this fic called Crimson River (idk if you’ve heard of it read it) it’s technically a wolfstar & jegulus, but that aside it’s quite a fantastic bit of internal monologue from Aberforth regarding James and Sirius.

“ The bond between James and Sirius is something entirely other. He has never before seen anything that could compare to it. What James and Sirius have doesn’t exist in history, and may never exist again - not just once in a lifetime, but once in any lifetime.  This is not history repeating itself, therefore it is unprecedented. Aberforth had no doubt in his mind that James and Sirius could undergo any form of torture and come out the other side entirely themselves, but he does doubt that they wouldn’t toss everything that they are, and all that they stand for, if it could mean sparing one another any bit of pain.”

i do know the fic!! i think it’s impossible to be in certain fandoms w/o hearing about some fics and this is one of those. the whole thing sounds amazing but it’s just,,,the ships lol (although,,,if i’m hearing it right,,,zar might be…dipping a toe into j/s soon so i need someone to ping me if that happens bc i’d run so fast—i love their entire energy so much my god)

and this really sums it up why bc it’s so, SO accurate for j & s. they have a bond that’s so unique and so codependent, it’s hard to separate where one begins and the other ends. and zar gets it ykno? no matter what romantic ship they might be a part of, the other is an integral part to them and this passage captures it so brilliantly. esp that last bit about enduring anything for their own self but if anything happen to the other, they’d go feral. like, i firmly believe that sirius is a bit broken not because of azkaban but bc he lost james. if for whatever reason (not that it’s possible lol) james was alive & he still ended up going thru 12 years in azkaban, i don’t think he’d be as he was. james’ death is so fundamental to who he is post halloween, it’s just !!!!!! i don’t even have words lol

thank u so much for sending this to me <33

#prongsfoot #the worst part about being so picky about characters and how they’re written #is u can objectively appreciate writers who’re fucking amazing #which wolfstar and jegulus has in SPADES #but ur unable to read it 😭😭 #and what’s even worse is that i wasn’t like this earlier right? #i could read literally anything under the sun no problems #but now i’m just !!!! no !!! #when i really want to lol #i love when people send me j/s stuff from other fics #esp the wolfstar and jegulus ones #bc i wouldn’t ever find ur on my own #it* #so i always rly appreciate it #thank u!! #pen’s asks

[stick-by-me]

how many new follower stickers do you have to do at the time of me asking? i admire the dedication and personalization of each one!

Thank you so much! I'm glad y'all appreciate them, they're super fun to do :] And at the time of you asking? Oh gosh golly XD. I have 7 prepped and ready in the queue and 14 more I need to investigate/pick out right now.

#If I didn't have my Halloween queue I'd probably be queuing two a day just to get them out faster #But I think 2 og posts a day is enough xD #Because i post them in order too I tend to get Stuck on certain blogs #and even if ive picked out some later ones I can't actually. Add to queue until I figure out the missing one 😭 #I'll figure it out tho I always do 😌 #alSO I KNOW I HAVE SOME OTHER ASKS RN BUT I HAVENT HAS TIME TO LOOK THROUGH MY COLLECTION LATELY #I SEE U AND I LOVE U AND THANKING YOU FOR SENDING ASKS I THINK ABOUT ANSWERING LIKE 24/7 #I want to try and answer them this weekend but. A H. Human responsibilities #We'll see 👍 together #Not stickers #Asks my beloved #anonymous #Anon #It brings me so much joy that yall like the nfs seriously thank u :] #I had a massive influx of new followers from my Mrs. Grossman's anniversary bear stickers and I haven't caught up yet xD #Plus I've posted some other decently popular stickers since then (Winnie the pooh stickers break the bank every time I swear...) #I don't normally have this many to do I swear XD

[rattkachuk]

30 or 33 with mceichel? <3 <3 <3

30 ‘this is my husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/partner etc.’ + 33 ‘I love you.’

ao3 link

Summers in lake country in Ontario were Connor’s favourite. Warm and sweet and everything he associated with home, everything that Edmonton wasn’t.

Edmonton was for work. It was for drive and digging his heels in and finding a way to win. For himself, for his team, for passion, ultimately. But there was a different passion to be found here, too. A longing, more-so, for slow things. For a simple life that didn’t expect so much of him. He could see glimpses of it, and even though he loved what he was doing out west, and the people he was doing it with, he still had to hold on tight to the moments that kept him grounded in a life outside of hockey.

That didn’t mean distancing himself from the sport for the off season completely, though. As the years had passed, slowly the media loosened its relentless grasp on the ideal of Connor McDavid. Of course, not completely, he had accepted at the age of 16 that his name would always be topic of contention within hockey circles. There were other top draft picks since then, though, other guys who approached numbers he’d managed, and that softened things a little. With that, there was an ease in interacting with people, it didn’t feel so monumental every time he stepped foot in public.

Where he would have preferred to run away to places that didn’t give a shit about hockey before, now it felt good to be here in the same place he spent summers as a boy. He volunteered some time for a couple weeks in July for some hockey camps, and it became one of his favourite parts of the summer.

“Mr. McDavid, check out my stick handling!” One of the kids' voices yell out to him, bringing him into the present and back to the group of kids he’s in charge of. It’s nearing the end of the day, so the kids are mostly doing whatever they want before they go home.

He skates over to the young boy leisurely, watches some impressive hand work from the kid and thinks to himself that hockey kids these days really are on some other level, “Nice job, Miles.”

There's some excitement from one cluster of kids near the boards that gets Connor’s attention. He looks to see what’s up and follows their gaze to the small set of bleachers set up on one side of the rink.

He can’t keep the smile off his face once he makes eye contact with Jack. He offers a little wave, mouths a hello and nods at him to make his way round to the player benches.

“Just a sec,” Connor says to the kids and the other adult nearby.

Most of the kids take it upon themselves to abandon what they’re doing to follow Connor anyways, like ducklings to a mother duck.

“Who’s that?” one of the girls asks point blank at Connor’s hip.

“Uh, that. This is my…he’s my boyfriend,” Connor says, and Jack is well within earshot now, words a little tripped up a little in his mouth as a blush finds the high points of his cheeks, “Jack.”

The kids giggle and one of the boys makes a joking motion to throw up at the mention of relationships, but his excitement at meeting another NHL player keeps him around.

The kids were all ecstatic once they realized who the newcomer was. They’d all gotten to know Connor this week so he was old news, Jack was exciting and new and he couldn’t blame them. He felt the same way.

“How’s it going, you guys?” Jack leans on the boards and grins at Connor as the kids start bombarding him with questions.

Another kid comes from another of the little groups out on the ice and leans on the boards in front of Jack, dangling his arms over as he looks up at the other hockey player. He’s wearing a Vegas jersey.

“Excuse me,” he squeaks, “Are you Jack Eichel?”

Jack bends down so he’s level with the kid, “I am.”

“Woah,” The boy’s eyes widen, looking up at Jack like he might not even be real.

Jack indulges them all, asks about how many goals each of the kids have scored, and offers to sign the boy’s jersey while taking in the jumble of questions from all the kids. He’s calm and patient, and every so often flashes an amused smile Connor’s way.

Connor’s heart flutters in his chest. Usually in times past, he’d opt to meet Jack outside. It was easier and didn’t get as much attention. This time, he had texted and asked if he’d wanna come earlier and come inside. In the last year they had decided to come out, and it was still new knowing they didn’t have to worry about pretending anymore.

He finds he likes this, likes knowing that everyone knows this is his boyfriend Jack, and not just hockey player Jack. He even catches a few smiles from the other coaches that show him it was a good call.

It materialises as another glimpse into the future that Connor has been building in his head. Jack is key to it all, the central heartbeat that made Connor's imagination for things to come seem real.

A couple of the girls pull Connor’s attention away from the small swarm of kids (and adults alike, now) in Jack’s vicinity.

“McDavid,” the one addresses him with ease, “Are you and your boyfriend going to get married?”

The question catches Connor off guard, a startled laugh on his lips, “I–um. I don’t know, maybe.”

“Well. I think if you do,” one of the others says confidently, “You should invite us.”

“Yah! I’ve even been a flower girl before.”

Their conversation takes a detour after that into how many weddings they’ve been to and they quickly forget Connor’s even there, but he’s left with the kids' random input rattling around in his head as he watches Jack fondly.

After all the kids are off the ice and they are making their way into the parking lot, a pretty orange sunset setting into the clouds above their heads, Connor shifts his skate bag over one shoulder and holds Jack’s hand with his other. He swings their arms a little bit between them, and that makes Jack laugh.

“You’re in a good mood.”

“I am,” Connor hums, “I like you being here. I like sharing things with you.”

Jack sighs happily, “Yah. I like it, too.”

They get to the car and Jack takes Connor’s bag to toss it in the trunk of the car, and before he can slide in the front seat Connor catches his wrist, pulling him close.

“Some of the kids asked if I was gonna marry you,” Connor says.

“Oh,” Jack’s eyebrows shoot up, hands resting on Connor’s hips, “What did you say?”

“Maybe.”

“Maybe?” Jack scoffs and makes a move to pull away from Connor, a smile on his face, “I can’t believe I’m a maybe.”

Connor laughs and holds tighter, doesn’t let him go so easy, “Jack, you’re not. It’s all the other details that are maybes. You’re a ‘for sure’.”

Jack relaxes in his grip and leans back into Connor, still a quip of amusement in his tone, “See, that’s reassuring. Thank you.”

“I mean it,” Connor reiterates, “ I didn’t think much of a life outside of playing hockey for a long time. Now, everything I see making sense in the future, you’re there. Whatever we do, wherever we are, I just wanna be with you for all of it.”

“God you’re sappy, McDavid,” Jack breathes with a shake to his head, hands cupping either side of Connor’s face, “-and I love you for it.”

Connor smiles and catches Jack’s lips with his own in a soft kiss, the evening wind ruffling past them in the warm glow of the evening sunlight.

#mceichel #hrpf #my fic #my writing #thank u for sending a mceichel prompt nonny #and hey its actually seeing the light of day!!! #everything else i've ever written about them #is tucked away in drafts bc i never felt it was good enough to post #sgdfjlfhdlj #but i still like to write them 😭 #asks #anon #prompt fill #fluff

[jamjoob]

how dare your art be so good 😭😭 I'm trying to decide which print to buy (either the poison ivy or batman movie poster) but both are absolutely stunning <33 I love everything sm

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#THANK U #For some reason tumblr never sends me notifs so idk how old these asks r 😭 #Ask #Asks

[sukugo]

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[archersartcorner]

what kind of inside jokes do you think norman and skip have? are they good at making each other laugh at weird times? (thank you for all the recent art in the tags btw, i just finished starstruck and it’s keeping my obsession fed)

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I appreciate that so so much 🥺

I imagine for a few days there, Norman needed some rest after the Rubian V battle, just having gone so long without pain receptors on and Skip doing Insane Fuckin Flips N Shit in a 50 y/o man’s body. While he’s resting, Skip is catching him up on all the shit that happened cus I don’t know exactly for sure, but I imagine it’s a few weeks of just lost information, and Norman seems to have a bit of understanding about some of it in the finale, but I think could benefit from a full run-down. That time of simultaneous resting and being caught up on events forms a lot of their inside jokes, where sharing that headspace kind of tunes Norman into more of Skip’s thought process during it all. Stuff like “Wait, you thought you were totally undetected? You were so for sure that you hadn’t been made? Skip, bud. You were chewing popcorn and spitting it out. THEY KNEW!!!!” And then cut to Skip showing him later events and gets to when Sidney offhandedly mentions it was obvious and Skip got so damn offended despite. The Symptoms LMAO that Norman has to mentally pause for a minute to laugh. Sometimes Norman will just mutter “Are you kidding me right now. Are you kidding me,” when shit’s going sideways cus the way Skip said it just lives rent free in Norman’s head (literally in a way)

AND YEA I think they’re VERY good at making each other laugh at silly times!! A lot of Norman thinking of/referencing something Skip said or did, and Skip gets some genuine delight out of The Thoughts Norman Will Not Say Out Loud. The crew gets in the habit of getting on their ass whenever one of them just laughs seemingly out of nowhere cus THEY WANNA KNOW MAN!!!!!

(IDs in ALT!)

HAVE RAMBLED A BIT, but ye I’ve enjoyed making art of them! Zac’s characters in general have a Grip on me but this slug and his shitty host are on another level I tell ya, (and I’m happy to see n hear when folks enjoy my stuff!! I don’t ever wanna feel like I’m tag spamming or overposting my stuff, I Just Love These Guys So Much Fr)

#my art #ask post #described #a starstruck odyssey #norman takamori #skip takamori #AGAIN THANKS FOR SENDING THIS IN!! I wanted to answer it when I first saw it but I’ve been sick af for the past week and am just now- #-gettin to it 😭😭 THANK U!!!! #I feel like I have such a specific version of these two that I enjoy depicting so when other folks also enjoy it I get excited!!!!! #*points at Norman Takamori* I am going to fix him. whether he likes it or not WHDHSJGSSJ