#unreal and yet right there

[javierduffy]

“uh … it’s a bit girly … no?” javier examines himself in the reflection of his knife’s blade, looking this-a way and that, the dark blue of a large silken bow now peeking sheepishly around his neck as it sits gently in his hair. next to him, kieran clams up a smidge, hands still held close to his chest nearby his completed ribbon project on javier’s head. he finds it in himself to wring his hands a time or two rather than immediately undo his work as javier seems to continue to formulate his final opinion. “you … think so? look at me?” kieran asks, politely as a mouse. javier easily complies, turns at his hips and looks behind, up at kieran where he sits on the stump above him.

kieran, as he peers over, can’t help the meadow of flush that blooms over his neck, then his ears, then his nose and his cheeks. he can tell javier is deep in thought by the look on his face, mouth twisted just a might sideways, cocking his mustache awry, and the deep wrinkle sat between his brows. the ribbon he used matches javier’s vest perfectly, and the shine of the silk warms bright in the sun, just like every piece of jewelry and metal javier has adorned himself with. with this ribbon, javier’s hair sits lower on his head, ponytail draped down his nape and more hair framing his face in his bangs. kieran resists an urge to tuck one side back behind his ear.

kieran thinks that he looks like a painting, a muse, a love letter so heartbreakingly full of adoration that the only language it could be written in is bright swipes of pigment on a canvas. as he makes eye contact with the silk squinting around the red of a necktie, he thinks that javier may be right, if ‘girly’ could sum up ’poetry written in effeminate reverence’.

kieran always did think women made better art, wrote better books- found a better way to love. softer. warmer. prettier. like javier.

the world sounds like it’s underwater.

“i think … it’s very pretty. it suits you real well.”

earnest to a fault, the look in kieran’s eye dances gingerly with javier’s internal voice. it dips and sways him, and javier, despite his instinct, finds himself charmed by its rhythm.

“-b-but! i could take it out! if you don’t-“ javier looks down at himself in his knife again, the sunlight filtered through the leaves glinting a yellow green around his dark features, and kieran hands him patience on a silver platter. a rich blue makes friends with bright green quite easy, javier thinks. this is how he must look through kieran’s mossy lens.

“pretty … yes. you know, i think you may be right. i’ll keep it. gracias.”

[november-rising]

I attempted to read a Carmy x Reader fic. I barely made it a paragraph before I felt dirty.

I felt like the other woman.

I was pissed that Carmy dare cheat on Sydney with me.

The absolute gall that I showed thinking I could read a Carmy x Reader fic. I've never been so bold in my life! LOL!

[rosykims]

hes such a girls girl <3

[kanronotatsu]

something something noh sangcheol, a complete outsider, a cop with serious anger management issues and prejudice against criminals, who never knew high schooler golden boy goh jeongwoo and has met him twice before learning he's a murderer still noticing that something is *wrong* and working through his bias to come out on jeongwoo's side

vs

jeongwoo's father's closest friends & jeongwoo's closest friends, who have all known him since childhood, some of them probably even held him as a baby, and has known him more than anyone else apart from his parents not only betraying his trust and destroying his life completely, but also doing everything to divert blame back to jeongwoo by all means necessary

i think about this dichotomy a lot

[murdleandmarot]

@emimii per your request! (There’s one more under the cut)

[steamworksfairy]

Name: Laurel

Age: 73

Status: Deceased

Overview: The mother of Reborn and Cecil. She's been many things in her life; a hitwomen, Daniela's first Sun Guardian, [Spoiler], and a mother. Roughly around the time she was pregnant with Cecil she cut off all ties with her past (except Reborn) and went into hiding in a small town in the northern part of the United States. There she would raise Cecil as a civilian, watch him grow into a good man far from the friends and family she once treasured, and ironically cultivate his desire to become a detective.

Tw: Character Death (aka the section where I talk a little bit about the details of Laurel's death.)

She died in a fire.

The official report from the investigators state that fire was caused by faulty wiring. She lived in an old house after all and who knows how many things needed upkeep. Laurel was found near the entryway of her home, presumably trying to escape when a beam must have fallen down on her. They ignore how the door to her home was found wide open when they arrived on the scene. Cecil doesn't. That lone detail will be one that haunts him all the way to Namimori and for months after as he unravels the secrets of his mother's death.

[katzirra]

Just want to pop in here and wish you a Happy New Year! You've brought so much light and joy into the world this year! Reminder that you are loved and cared about and you mean so much to so many people just by being yourself. It's not what you create or do, just you as you are matter so much. Here's to an amazing new year!!!

I wish I had more enthusiasm to respond to this post right now, but thank you darling anon.

I'm not sure about all that, but I'll take your word for it lol I hope you have a wonderful new year, and then any hardships and nonsense you had to deal with this year stay behind you!

THANKS for trying to pass some positivity and light to me today lol I'll keep it close to the vest as I Go through my little mental gymnastics today.

💜💜

[daincrediblegg]

I hope the technology connections guy on youtube understands that I want him carnally

[anormalkidingotham]

for anyone curious, the joker is still playing his stupid circus song and i'm pretty sure it's getting louder

[vee-lociraptor]

i should get back into welcome home

[wrylylichen]

This might be the Hoziest thing he's ever done

[thecubes]

im buzzing bc i got suggested some jobs i actually want to do

[astrxealis]

good morning my personality for the day is that i'm uncontrollably sobbing on the inside about ff9 and ff10

[benetnvsch]

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[codecicle-archive]

HOZIER FULL ALBUM??? OHHHHHH MY FUCKING GOD IM GOING ON LOCKDOWN NOBODY TOUCH ME

[tuniversed]

You and I burned out our steam

Chasing someone else's dream

How can something be so much heavier but so much less than what it seems....