#Cy the Firefly

[that-student-that-has-homework]

Moot Appreciation Post

I wanna appreciate my moots a bit:

Please, please, please take a look at their work and give them some love!

I’m gonna start with @birinboom Em, my dear sweet potato moot. She’s a really kind moot and will hear you out and support you in your endeavors! She also writes really sweet fics and has a penchant for sweetheart and silly/mischievous type characters…dunno much about Hashbrowns (Hoshina Kn8) but he seems silly and mischievous to me. Very warm like a baked sweet potato! Also has a way of describing nature that puts you there. Em you already know my favorite, and it’s coming up again: she has the ability to nail the vibes of one universe but apply it to different characters.

@philistiniphagottini Nagi is so very kind. It’s the firm kind of kind, the one that encourages establishing and maintaining boundaries. Also writes really sweet pieces and for chubby readers to boot! Embodies multiple characters and matches their vibes with her narration too! I have come across some neat prose reading her work, I cannot remember them off the top of my head. Which is concerning given I meant to borrow that… Anywho Nagi is considerate! Be kind to Nagi please! She has definitely taught me a lot by being herself.

@feral-artistry : in my head you’re objectively hot. Like a Thai spicy mango salad, sweet with a kick and it’s fun! I don’t think I thought to apply traditional painting techniques to digital painting until I saw you do it. The way she hears you out and gives out solid advice and interesting pieces of information. Generally an educational experience talking with you and I would recommend it to others here. Also: pretty art. Oh and your sense of humor might just align with mine because you’re effortlessly funny in some posts I’ve seen. Also you kicked one of the things I had only ever hoped to experience off my bucket list when you made art of Ace after reading my headcanons of him. Pure joy.

@captainportgasdace an absolute sweetheart. Seriously: like 80-90% fluff and sweetness. Deeply loving (her dedication to her blorbo and her sweet characterization of him speaks volumes) has absolutely brought me brainworms and joy on the dash. Also a patient listener and just so kind? Like...imagine a whole stranger tells you about something completely unrelated to you and you just wish them well? Tell them they deserve good things? Like...lovely. Just lovely.

(Yes my mutuals are all very kind sweethearts)

@silentgravesdontexist a well-meaning sweetheart through and through. Kinda feral not gonna lie, and the spice adds a nice variety. No, not spice like spicy work, more like a bit of a warm kick-her energy? Very energetic, it’s refreshing! Also I don’t think I’m going to be forgetting Cy and the Cap having one of my all time favorite reblog convos under my fic. The dopamine high was real. Absolute sweetie pie and she's goes out of her way to be kind to you.

@throwmethroughawindow : I remember sharing something with her about my reading preferences and her responses surprised me in a really good way. No judgement, just a lot of respect and consideration. I appreciate that. Also loving, and enthusiastic about it. The fun person screaming in the tags (as I've seen and had the privilege of experiencing)

@true-deru : haven’t been mutuals long, but definitely a lot of fun! There’s a decent amount of alignment in fandoms we’re interested in and is generally a sunny presence on the dash! Haven’t gotten to reading her stuff yet, but when I dooooo. Also a lot of the YuGiOh posts throw me back to my childhood and it just brings me this sense of: yay! other people like YuGiOh too!

Thank you all for listening to my rambles, struggles, and for providing me advice and being patient with me when I don't respond promptly.

[silentgravesdontexist]

Probably late to this trend but I still wanted to try it out! I like to believe I spoil all three of them with attention... just in different ways <3

[vestsfriends]

Questions Post Penacony Finale

-Why was Sparkle here in the first place?? Why did she serve such little purpose in the end of it all?

-Why didn’t we speak to her after she set off her “bomb?”

-Why didn’t we say goodbye to anyone besides Acheron and the dead people?

-didn’t we need to wake everyone up from the dream?? There’s still a shit ton of people in it, and virtually no one really left.

-Wasn’t there memoria leaking into reality? Welt said that the influx of memoria was leaking into reality, why wasn’t it brought up again? Because I’m pretty sure that’s still an issue.

-Why didn’t we see a conclusion between the IPC and Old Oti? I know they mention it in passing, but what was the point of making such a unique model and design for Old Oti just for him to appear in two scenes?

-How do we know we’re not still in the dream?

-Why did Gallagher’s “death” happen off screen? And why didn’t we learn anything about his origin?

-Will Elio be upset with Firefly now that she’s deviated from the script?

-Is Black Swan coming with us to Ampherous?

-Why didn’t they show us what Jade was going to do to Sunday?

-Wtf ever happened to Sampo?

-Why is Jade so nonchalantly a supervillain?

-Why did Silver Wolf never appear?

-What exactly was going to occur during the original Charmony festival pre-Sparkle bomb threat? Like, originally-originally. Robin just said some thanks then gave the Trailblazer the airship.

-Why did never learn about the stuff with ‘Oswaldo Schneider?’ Boothill was pretty emotional about it but then he just mentioned it in passing with Aventurine, pushing it aside.

-Cy Yu (Alejandro Saab) said that he read the script for this quest and sobbed. But Jing Yuan wasn’t in it tho..? And sure, it was kinda sad, but in a “aw it’s ending :(“ kind of way, not in a “omg someone died” kind of way. But I just could be reading into it.

I have many questions but my main one is just: huh?? What??

[help-an-alter]

Hi first off this blog is awesome and I think this is such a cool idea. Secondly we just found out about a new subsystem of fragments and we need some help with their names and such.

It’s a Kpop/Idol group each one based on different colours of the rainbow. (Including light and dark of each colour) would it be okay to ask this all in the one ask or would you prefer separate asks for each? They’re still undecided on gender so any for names and pronouns would be fine.

Sorry if this is a lot.

Also could we claim 📼🌌 if possible?

Hi anon ! mod firefly here ,, you can totally claim that :3 thanks for giving the blog compliments !!! We'll separate it by the colours !

names ,,,

Red themed ,,

Rouge , Red , Scarlett / Scarlet , Poppy , Rory , Reed , Ruby , Flynn , Garnet , Jasper , Opal , Rhodonite , Carnelian , Flame , Fire / Fyre , Blaze / Blaise , Poppy

Orange themed ,,

Topaz , Opal , Amber / Ambre , Clementine , Coral , Saffron , Alani , Ginger , Blaine , Ember / Embre , Peaches , Nerenxa , Aurelia , Blaine , Azahaur , Cyrus , Garfield , Daisy

Yellow themed ,,

Helio / Helios , Sol , Apollo , Xanthe , Marigold , Citrine , Elio , Casper , Sunny / Sunney / Sunni / Sunnie , Flavia , Goldie , Gildie , Gilderoy , Sunday , Erica / Erika , Aura , Zahava , Ziva / Ziv , Apolline / Apollina , Eleanor , Dahlia / Dalia , Zinnia / Zinnie , Camille / Camylle / Camyle / Cam , Clara

Green themed ,,

Shiloh , ShamRock / ShamRoc / ShamRok , Laurel , Em / Emerald , Ivy , Midori , Myrthe , Meadow , Thyme , Spring , Celadon , Hunter / Huntre , Kelly / Kelli / Kelley , Ciara

Blue themed ,,

Emily , Azure , Seafoam , Blu , Marina , River / Rivre , Cyan , Sapphire , Indigo , Marlais , Carolina , Iris , Maya , Capri , Marian / Maryan , Yves , Sini

Purple themed ,,

Cecil / Cecilia / Cecyl / Cecylia / Cecylya , Violet , Prince / Prynce , Rain , King , Heath , Heather , Martin / Martyn , Dexter , Gefen / Gefyn , Gethen / Gethyn , Jacinto , Vincio , Vincius / Vincyus / Vyncius / Vyncyus , Jasper / Jaspre , Harold , Harry / Harri , Harriet / Harryet / Harriett / Harryett / Hariette / Harryette , Louis , George , Leroy , Roye / Roy , Rex / Rexx / Rexe / Rexxe , Rey / Ray / Reye / Raye / Reyes / Rayes , Indigo / Indygo , Indi / Indy , Indiana , Lavendar / Lavender , Vander / Vender , Evander / Evandyr / Evender / Evendyr , Perry / Perri , Periwinkle / Periwynkle , Mage / Mayge , Magenta / Magynta , Jack / Jac , Jacaranda , Pru , Prunella

Pink themed ,,

Rose , Roisin , Rosa , Rosalind / Rosalynd , Rosalina / Rosalyna , Rosalynne / Rosalynn / Rosalyn / Rosalinne / Rosalinn / Rosalin , Barbie / Barbye / Barbara , Ken , Adrienne / Adryenne , Penelope , Cordelia , Coral , Elle , Woody / Woodi / Woodey / Woodie , Priscilla / Priscylla / Pryscilla / Pryscylla , Cadillac / Cadyllac ,

Pronouns ,,,

Red themed ,,

red/reds , cer/ise , cer/cerise , crim/son , crim/crimson , scar/let , scar/scarlet , burg/burgundy , burg/undy , fi/fire , py/pyro ,

Orange themed ,,

or/ange , orange/oranges , sun/rise , sunrise/sunrises , mari/gold , mari/marigold , aura/auras

Yellow themed ,,

yell/ow , yell/yellow , yellow/yellows , sun/rise , sunrise/sunrises , mari/gold , mari/marigold , au/ra , aura/auras , sun/flower , sunflower/sunflowers , fi/fire , pyr/pyro , sun/suns , sun/shine , suns/sunshine , sunshine/sunshines , sun/sunshine , bri/bright

Green themed ,,

gree/green , green/greens , li/lime , sprout/sprouts , plant/planty , grow/grows , tree/trees , for/est , forest/forests

Blue themed ,,

blu/blue , blue/blues , teal/teals , cy/an , cy/cyans , rain/rainy , snow/snows , ice/ices , sky/blue , sky/skies ,

Purple themed ,,

ind/igo , indigo / indigos , pur/ple , purp/le , purple/purples , pur/purp , vio/let , vio/violet , violet/violets , lil/ac , li/lac , lila/lilac , lilac/lilacs , orch/orchid , orchid/orchids , lav/endar , lav/ender , lavendar/lavendars , lavender/lavenders

Pink themed ,,

pink/pinks , tul/ip , tulip/tulips , ro/rose , rose/roses , pea/peach , peach/peaches , sal/mon , sal/salmon , salmon/salmons , carn/ation , carnation/carnations

I hope these help all of them !! :3

[jaspergalileo97]

These are my headcanons on the inspirations behind some characters of LPS 2012:

Penny Ling

Her name is inspired by the Beatles’ classic song “Penny Lane.” 🎶

Pepper Clark

Likely a nod to the legendary Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 🎸 The same band is a great coincidence!!

Vinnie Terrio

His name is inspired by Tony Manero, the iconic dancing star from Saturday Night Fever. Whoaaa!!!🕺

Minka Mark

The name Minka could come from actress Minka Kelly, known for her role as Lyla on Friday Night Lights. The last name “Mark” might refer to painting or “making a mark” 🎨

Zoe Trent

Her name might be drawn from:

Zoe Washburne, the strong and stylish character from Firefly.

Trent Lane, the laid-back musician from the animated series Daria. Coincidence in the musical subject?!

Russell Ferguson

Idk the inspiration behind Russell’s name yet, but it feels like the most formal of the pets’ names, aligning with his meticulous and organized nature. 🦔

Sunil Nevla

“Sunil” is a common Indian name, and “Nevla” means mongoose in Hindi. Many people in India share the name Sunil, such as actor Sunil Dutt, cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, author Sunil Gangopadhyay, artist Sunil Das and so on!!!

Sunil Dutt in the image.

Other Characters I noticed in the show

Shahrukh

Named after Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, often called the “King of Bollywood.” 🎥

Esteban Banderas

A reference to Antonio Banderas.

Dodger and Twist

Their names are directly taken from Charles Dickens’ novels Oliver Twist and The Artful Dodger. 📚

Mrs. Twombly

Her name might reference Cy Twombly, a celebrated abstract artist. This could reflect Mrs. Twombly’s own creative and eccentric nature, don't you think?

[chirp-a-chirp]

The Lion Lives On

Word Count: ~490

Fandom + Suitor: Ikemen Prince, Leon

Prompt: Let me guess…you caused this?

Description: Leon pays his respects to an important person in his life. Part of @cy-inky #1weekchl!

Implied spoilers to Leon’s route.

…

The wind stirs underneath the forest canopy. Moonlight pierces through a gap between overlapping tree branches, illuminating a worn but well-preserved gravestone. The stone is blank except for a single line.

The Lion Lives On

A horse whinnies as it trots on a barely visible forest trail. A man with warm amber eyes and thick dark hair steadies the mare as she stops at a nearby clearing. The man dismounts and walks reverently towards the gravestone, fireflies lighting his path.

“We’ve done it.”

Sounds of celebration are faint but clear, even this deep in the woods, Rhodolite rejoicing their new king’s coronation. The man kneels on the ground, wiping leaves off the stone. “I know it’s been a while since we last spoke, but I’ve been kinda busy.” His bark of laughter is brief. “You understand why.” He points to a golden crown peeking from a satchel slung across his shoulder.

“You can thank Yves for these.” Leon reaches inside the satchel, grabbing a small bag. “Sugar cookies, your favorite. Don’t tell Licht I took them.” He places the bag next to the gravestone. “Yves has grown so much. Still cries a lot though. This time due to Clavis’ traps. And maybe the state of the domestic faction office,” Leon admits, laughing quietly.

“Jin watches over everyone like always. When he’s not flirting with pretty women, that is.” The smile on Leon’s face turn soft as he continues. “But now your brothers have someone else watching them. Especially me.” Leon’s fingers graze his cheek, tracing the last place Emma kissed him.

“You would have liked her. Everyone does. Even Chevelier, though he’ll never say it.”

“No, that doesn’t do her justice. You would’ve lov—“ Leon’s voice cuts off, choking with barely suppressed emotion. Would the real Leon be with Emma now if he had lived? Leon bites his lip, embarrassed at the flickers of jealousy scorching his heart. He grips the side of the gravestone.

“I’m sorry. I just love her so much. I can’t—” Leon stops speaking as the fireflies congregate around his chest, their light glowing brightly. The darkness that penetrated his heart dissipates as the fireflies move in unison towards the gravestone. Leon blinks in astonishment.

“Let me guess…you caused this?”

Leon nods at the fireflies. He feels as if the spirit of the boy is speaking to him, giving his approval of Emma.

“I’ll bring her here next time, I promise.” Leon stands up, picking stray twigs off his knee and lower leg. “You should not be mourned alone and forgotten.” Leon begins walking away, but not before adding,

“With her, I remember who I am. I hope you’re alright with that.”

The fireflies float back towards the path, lighting the way. “I’ll take that as a yes.” Leon mounts the horse, taking one last look at the grave. He peers at the crown in the satchel.

“Now, the real work begins.”

[knuiui]

〣 the seeds of sakura's sown, must one day bloom..

he'd been your childhood sweatheart since forever, you're the sweetest thing he's ever seen. it's been many years but surely your heart still has him as your first love right? after all first love never dies

pairing: thoma x reader

cy's annotations: I had a dream of our blonde haired housekeeper ♡ here's some slight yandere thoma for brainrot (ㅅ˙³˙)♡

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he first saw you under that tree, happily dancing and chasing around the anemo fireflies that lingers a little too close to the ground. he thought you were beautiful.

you turned to him and smiled, eyes curling into cresents. your [h/c] locks framing your face unbothered by the blowing winds, it's so sweet, like one of those cecilia nectar he accidentally tasted once, only yours is much more addicting. he wanted to see you smile at him everyday ever since.

"you're not actually leaving are you?"

it hurts him to see you cry, your hands balled into fists gripping his wrinkly vest hard, as if he'll disappear at any moment. your hair in messy tangles, it's obvious that you rushed just to catch up to him so early in the morning. his father is already talking to the coachman that will drive them to liyue harbor. he's leaving mondstadt for inazuma.

"I'm sorry [nickname]" he coos, trying to console your crying which only resulted in your tears falling harder. you gripped to him like a vise, like he's your only lifeline. he would've loved to stay like this forever.

"I'll write to you everyday [name]," he gently placed kisses on the crown of your head, chaste but sweet and full of admiration, soft like the petals of the [favorite flower] he'd weave unto a flower crown for you.

"promise?" you hiccup amidst your sobbing, tears still wet on your cheeks, the corner of your eyes still burning. "promise me you'll never forget." you look cute even while bawling your eyes out.

"promise little love, I promise." he hid whatever dark thought is churning inside him as he smiles at you, placing one last kiss on top of your head as a goodbye. and a promise that the next time he'll see your tears is the day you finally become his.

twenty years since then. twenty years and five hundred messages in a bottle. twenty years since he's situated in inazuma. he knows it's a bit of a delusion if you still felt the same after he left you on the gates of mondstadt that day. but he can't help but hope.

that you'll still greet him with your sweet smile, that you would hug his arm as you two would walk down inazuma's busy streets. to say he missed you is an understatement, he craved to see you, that itching spot in his soul that he can't seem to scratch no matter what, not until he sees your beautiful face again. he missed you very fucking much.

inazuma is quite peaceful now, unlike the unease and the looking threat of the dark clouds that threaten to rain lightning down on anyone. the sky is clear today, the first or many more glimpse the people of inazuma had of the azure blue skies.

thoma is running an errand today, accompanying the esteemed kamisato siblings on a stroll to buy some things in the marketplace, and ayato's boba of course. thoma trail behind the blue haired siblings whose dress sense for today is more of the simple attire to blend in. it doesn't work of course, the siblings still get stares from the people due to their elegant mannerisms and the fact that they are surrounded by ten guards aside from thoma, makes their stick out like a sore thumb.

"you don't have to trouble yourself accompanying me ayato-sama, hime-gimi.." the blonde sweat drops from the stares people are directing towards them, "really! I have it all handled." he chuckles nervously.

"oh thoma, it's fine really! kamisato ayaka's cheerful voice responded, "it's been awhile since I- I mean my brother and I have been out of the estate, a change of scenery is often needed you know." the shirasagi himegimi giggled, a bit too pleased to get out of the compound of the kamisato estate.

kamisato Ayato let out a hum of agreement, his curved eyes scanning the stalls for his beloved sweet drink, "a change of pace is needed once in a while, plus, we are plenty curious of what dinner will be served later." he smiles ambiguously, lips curled up in pleasant grin as he spots a certain stall. "why don't we take a look that way, the merchandise laid seems quite interesting."

both the shirasagi himegimi and the kamisato estate housekeeper sweat drops at how fast the eldest kamisato speedwalked to the boba stall. "well.. he seems, eager.." ayaka's voice takes on a tired tone as she follows her older brother towards the already crowded stall.

he was about to follow when a familiar hue caught his eye. his head automatically snapping in that direction, he could swear he saw a head of [hair color] hair among the crowds. but one blink and suddenly you disappeared, he tried hard to crane his neck above the mass of colors but in the end there's none, not a a single [hair color] in sight. maybe he's really missing you a little too much? (pls pretend that your hair color is vv rare among inazuma :3)

he shook his head and followed along the kamisato siblings, the handle of the bags of groceries are gripped a little too tight in his hands. what if you're actually here? are you here just for him?

you are here. you're here. you're in inazuma. that's what keeps on replaying on his mind as he nears the entrance of the kamisato estate. ayato-sama has a meeting with the head of the minatozaki clan today, and he happen to bring his new wife, your mother, and his stepdaughter, you.

you look so pretty, as pretty as the day he left you. you've certainly changed a lot throughout the years, but he can still recognize that sweet smile. you're still as sweet as ever. smiling ever so politely to the kamisato siblings, you done a pretty [favorite color] kimono with [chosen color] accents. it complimented your skin tone perfectly.

your breathtaking [eye color] eyes lands on him, ayato introduced him and the staff that are nearby. he can see the slight crease in your forehead that went unnoticed by everyone. not to him of course. he can recognize every emotion your feeling just based on your facial twitch, even if you try to hide behind a professional smile, he'll know what you're feeling. another reason why you two are a perfect match.

he smiled at you mysteriously before heading back to his duties. you always looked so cute when you're confused, you tilt your head a bit to the right as your eyes ask him many questions, one he responds with a grin. soon little love, he'll tell you soon.

he knows you're a beautiful being. almost as if you're blessed by the beauty of the cryo archon herself. but it never crossed his mind that someday he'd come to loath that part of you, well that's technically an exaggeration. why can't he just lock you up all for himself?

you really take after your mother, appearance wise that is. you two are definitely worlds apart when it comes to temperament. you're sweet, a kind of sweet any person would crave to taste again. your mother is boisterous, one that leaves a tangy taste in his tongue. a trait he thanked all seven of the archons you didn't inherit.

but nonetheless your mother is beautiful, she managed to charm the so called tyrant head of the minatozaki clan after all. you definitely took after that, you've practically charmed everyone in inazuma with your sweet smile. it isn't even two days yet you're already best friends with the himegimi, even your own stepfather dotes on you like your his own blood. even your two elder stepbrothers do the same, always at your Beck and call. you've practically got everyone wrapped around your pretty little finger. and most definitely him too.

he knows it's a bit of a reach to hope, you're practically a noble princess now, all that's left is for the raiden-sama to confer your a proper princess title and you'll fit right in. of course this theatrics only occurred in thoma's head. he's a bit unstable and dying a little inside after witnessing not one, not two but four noble young lords propose to you on the spot. he also almost strangled them on the spot.

he's maybe a little bit over thinking it since you've always been friendly and clingy with him after the confusing incident at the kamisato estate. you two have catched up on all sorts of things, he'd learn of how a certain blonde traveler helped mondstadt defeat the beast stormterror, and swept your off your feet at windblume festival. wow he wish that was him instead. and you learned on how intense the battle was of the same traveller with the electro archon, and pounced on him after learning he almost got his own vision taken. thank celestia the traveller arrived.

you ended up on top of him on the ground, still firing numerous amounts of questions obviously worried despite how he's well and alive and holding you in your grasp. he tried to suppress a groan while underneath you. if only you'd lower your head a little more so he'd feel your lips brush against his skin.

"[name].." his voice called out huskily. you suddenly halted your rapid firing of questions, face growing hot after you realized what a compromising position you've put the both of you in. "I- I'M SO SORRY- "

you attempted to get off immediately, only for the small of your back to be grabbed by the blonde as he placed you on his lap. his upper half being supported by his left hand, his face suddenly so close to yours.

"I- uhm-.. " your face heats up almost comparable to thoma's pyro vision, if you were an anime character your eyes would visibly have swirls in them by now.

thoma chuckled lowly, tucking away the loose locks of your hair away from obstructing your face. his smile growing a little wider than usual. "you're so cute [nickname]"

your mind went blue screen, face overheating more than my laptop trying to run the sims four with two hundred plus mods installed sorry. his face is very very close to you now. his lips almost a hair strand away from touching yours.

"[Name], you may not remember what I'm talking about, but remember when we used to play in front of the anemo archon statue in windrise? " he softly tells you, voice almost lowering to a whisper. his eyes holding a tenderly fond emotion as he looks into your own.

you blinked dumbly, before getting a slight idea on what he's talking about. "yes?.. I mean it's been so long ago, I almost forgot about that place.." you trail off, however your eyes snapping alert at how his whole aura became gloomy at your words. "I- I mean, thoma, it's been so long since those days, and.. after you left for inazuma," the corner of your eyes gathers a bit of wetness at the memory. "I never visited that place again, because in my mind.. the day I return to that place, hopefully you'll be there to return with me." you smile bitterly.

his eyes soften at your words, the deep ache that started to form at his chest was immediately washed away after hearing that you regarded that place at your and his. only for the two of you.

he cradled your head, hushing your silent cries as your sobbing has started. he kissed the crown of your head over and over. wiping away your salty tears carefully enough not to smudge the makeup you ever so delicately applied at the corner of your eyes. you're always so pretty when your cry.

" 'm sorry," you hiccup amidst your sobbing, trying to hide your face behind your palms.

"Hush, little love, don't cry, " he took your hand and pressed numerous gentle kisses along your palm and the inside of your wrist.

"what are you saying sorry for [nickname]?" he fondly caresses your cheek. "even if you don't remember, I'll gladly say it again and again like it's the first time." he says as his eyes are filled with so much love, how can he have so much of such a thing?

you can't help but feel your insides tingle, he holds you with so much adoration and fondness like he's holding a fragile cecilia flower. every caress, every peck, every time he whispers sweet nothings to your ear you feel it all run down your spine in a shiver straight through your wildly beating heart. "thoma.. " archons, you're adorable.

"on that clear summer day, we were in front of the statue of the anemo archon, do you remember what I said to you that day?" he says with so much fondness his voice almost dropped to a whisper.

"mhm.. n-no, sorry." you bit your lip, eyes casted downwards in fear of making him sad once again.

he chuckled lightly, tilting your head up to press your forehead into his. "It's fine, I can repeat it word for word just for you," he purrs at your adorableness, making sure to never break eye contact.

"you, [name], my [nickname], the one whom I promise to cherish with my body and my soul," he tilted your head upwards. "I promise to plant seeds with every one of my kisses, so that one day those seeds will grow, and you'll learn to love yourself like I do. you're the closest thing to celestia I've ever been," his face leaned closer, "and I don't want to go home right now, because my home is not inazuma, not mondstadt, my home is with you, my little love." he finished, but his face did not move any closer it stayed in place.

"wha-" you can feel your face heating up again because of his confession. "why does that sound like a wedding vow?!" you're overheating.

"because it is, my [nickname]" his smile is growing a bit too wide especially observing your flabbergasted expression, "are you not gonna kiss your groom?ah~ we still have the first night if you want to save it for that little love~" he toots at your face. you should stop being so adorable he might just eat you up.

"THOMA!"

"hm?~♡"

cy's annote: you two held a fake wedding in front of the anemo statue in windrise, barbatos was the witness to that event. ( ͡°³ ͡°) and in his eyes that marriage is totally valid~♡

[confused-sorcerer]

*cy giggles like crazy* yes! It definitely is!! Even more so when you think about the fact that some fireflies when injured have a defense mechanism that lets them gush a ton of rapidly hardening sticky blood to stop their predators mouths from opening!! It's like opening a shaken up soda can that doesn't want you to drink it!

Hi darling, wanna have a cup of tea, bake something maybe?

@flirtyambiguouswizard

Oh! Uh yes that sounds great!

[that-student-that-has-homework]

List 5 things that make you happy, then send this to the askbox of the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers! <3

ducks

comments on my writing

learning new things!

being useful

my religion

[devil-doll13]

What moonsongs

Do you sing your babies?

What sunshine do you bring?

Who belongs

Who decides who’s crazy

Who rights wrongs where others cling?

@vincent-sinclair-deserved-better’s OC Selena, since I’ve wanted to do a moodboard featuring her for a while! Hope you like it <3

(Alternate Moodboard version under the cut)

(Taglist: @rottent33th, @slaasherslut, @the-pinstriped-hood, @goldrose-star, @soupbabe, @bluecoolr, @flower-crowned-lady, @probably-a-plant-thing, @solmints-messyocdiary, @myers-meadow)

[the-crying-workshop]

Scry 1313

[filipfatalattractionrblog]

Ok so let me see what I can provide in terms of advice.

RULES

Curret edition of d&d is Fifth Edition a.k.a. 5e. It was released in 2014 but is now getting release of revised version of the books. You can meet terms 5.14 or 5e (2014) and 5.24, 5.5 or 5e (2024) to diffirentiate them.

Let me be clear: YOU DON'T NEED THE EXPENSIVE BOOKS TO PLAY. A large chunk of the rules is avialable for free. 2024 version is still being released but a large chunk is avialable in free playtest documents (mind you, if some stuff repeats, the version with higher numbered document is one closest to what's in the books).

If you do want the books, Player's Handbook is one most important, if you want to run the game yourself, consider Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide. The latter in 2014 version is a lot of optional rules and is seen as a poorly put together product, so I wouldn't bother, 90% of GMs didn't read it either. The former has all the monsters, but I'll bo honest, monsters in official books by Wizards of the Coast are too weak and player characters from 5th level up often end just walking over level-appriopriate enemies. If you want something more challenging to thep layers, look either Tome of Beasts series by Kobold Press or Flee Mortals! by MCDM Publishing.

Which brings me to a bit of a tangent - there are lots of d&d adjecent books by other companies. I would take interest in them if you decide 5e is a game for you. Some of them have even made their own version of the game, like Kobold Press' Project Black Flag/Tales of the Valiant (free parts) or EN Publishing's Level Up! Advanced Fifth Edition (free parts). There is enough material there to play D&D without supporting directly Wizards of the Coast ever. BUT I would not take interest in this stuff until you actually tried the game and decided it is for you. Which it may not be. That is perfectly normal.

If you decide the game is not for you, some more pupular different games may scratch that inch better:

Pathfinder 2nd Edition - it is much more mechanically crunchy and tightly designed game that aims for similiar niche. It is more intimidating as an entry-level game but has a huge benefit in that ALL the rules are free online (see here) and you buy the books for their adventures and setting lore.

Savage Worlds - system designed for all kinds of genres as long as your game is fast, furious and fun. Works great for pulp/action genre.

FATE - more narrative system, siiliarly suppsoed to apply to all kinds of genres. Has two versions, FATE Core and much more simplified FATE Accelerated and FATE Condensed. Here are free rules.

Cypher System - another system supposedly able to run anything, it has a very catchy way of nailing down character concept to "I am an adjective noun who verbs".

PbtA - Powered by the Apocalypse. It's a family of narrativ, ficiton first systems that track their origins from game Apocalypse World. There are a lot of them, aiming for various niches - Fellowship is high fantasy, Masks: A New Generation is comic books like Young Avengers, Runaways, Teen Titans or Ms. Marvel, Monster of the Week is supernatural, well, monster of the week in vein of Buffy, Supernatural or Dresden Files, etc.

FitD - Forged in the Dark is a cousin of PbtA, still ficiton first but more mechanically grounded if you need mroe structure. Again, whole family of games aiming for their own niche - Blades in the Dark, the family's progenitor, is like Peaky Blinders with ghosts, Band of Blades is like Chronicles of the Black Company, Scum and Villainy is a space opera like Star Wars, Farscape or Firefly, etc.

OSR - name you may meet, short for Old School Resistance or Old School Revolution or Old Schoiol Revival, depending whom you ask. It generally takes rules from older editions of the games and remake them into new games. Some of them are avialable for free, like Swords & Wizardry.

There are also several games more tied to their own worlds (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk RED, World of Darkness, Traveller, Lancer, Dragonbane) or that expect you to make world with the players (Fabula Ultima, which is aiming for an anime/jrpg feel). There is also a bunch of new or upcoming games launched due to Wizards of the Coast pissing off the community last year - DC20, Daggerheart, Draw Steel, Nimble 5e to name a few. If none of those scratch your itch, I once again recommend excellent blog @theresattrpgforthat.

If you want to stick with D&D at begining, that is ok. If you feel it doesn't work, consider why. If you feel there is not enough rules and game is too unbalanced or chaotic, move towards crunchier games like Pathfinder, DC20 or Draw Steel. If there are too many rules and the game feels like doing taxes, move towards Daggerheart, Savage Worlds, Cypher, PbtA, FotD or FATE. If you feel PCs are too powerful and the game has no stakes, move towards OSR or Warhammer.

I will recommend that, if you are going to run, begin by gtting a starter adventure, often included in the game's base book or a starter set (D&D 5e has few such - Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dragon of the Icespire Peak, Dragon of the Stormwreck Isles, Pathfinder has excellent Beginner Box), quickstart (several games like Dragonbane, Shadowdark have those) or beginenr adventure included in core rulebook. You are learning to run the game, which is learning dozen of new things at once. It is perfectly ok to take off the load of also plotting the adventure and setting it up by using a module until you feel you're ready to run your own original game.

FINDING PEOPLE

There are two ways at going at finding players. In person or online.

If you want to play in person, ask around your friends, roommates or family, be prepared you will have to be running the game. If you won't find anyone, check out your LGS - Local Game Store, either they should have free games or you can host one. If you don't have any, go to your local library and ask them to help you set up a game night there, be prepared you may be running. You may need to get extra stuff to play in person - a palce to run, a table, appriopriate dice, character sheet and pens for everyone. Possibly miniatures or tokens for combat. If you're a player the GM will likely take care of that.

If you want to play online, contact your online friends. If that doesn't work, you may go to Looking For Group section in places such as D&D Beyond, or Reddit (D&D, Pathfinder, general) or related to a VTT - Virtual Table Top - of your choice or Discord servers for games of your choice. Other places to find people include online forums, I recommend RPG.net, ENworld and Giant in the Playground. If you are running, I recommend setting up Discord server and getting a die-rolling bot.

WARNING: If you end up playing with strangers, you may run into creeps or assholes, that's the sad reality. So vetting people is important, especially if you're running the game. GM should look out for such red flags as: people who scoff at the idea of a session zero or safety tools (more below), express any sort of creepy or incel views (not limited to men, but if a guy acts like a wannabe Andrew Tate RUN TO THE HILLS), poor perosnal hygiene in irl games (you'll be sitting next to this guy for 4 hours a week on average), edgelord or main character behavior (including trying to bring some overpowered bs character), immediatelly trying to be contrary to the game's premise, throwing a fit if meet with a pushback or bragging about how many game masters they "broke". As a player, look out for GMs who don't run session zero or use safety tools or who complain that their games keep falling apart and blaming the players (use the "if you've meet an asshole, you've meet an asshole. If you keep meeting nothing but assholes, you're the asshole" principle).

If you are running the game, run session zero. Here is a very good checklist for one, I would also include character creation and content checklist (some good ones here and here). Also, safety tools worth considering: X-Card (a card anyone can tap whenever something triggering happens, signaling you skip the description or the scene), Lines & Veils (lines are things you never bring up in game, veils are things that can happen but only "off-screen" so to speak). Main point of session zero is to ensure you are all on the same page and nobody will bring up Witchunter General "Women & Children Too" Pointdexter, who wants to burn every book except the Bible and Malleus Maleficarum alongside those who read them, to a Magic School game.

Running and playing the game are super complex issues and require practice, like any skill. This post is too long already to get into the it, but there is a lot of advice out there. I recommend some of the following youtubers: Matt Colville's Running the Game, Seth Skorkovsky's RPG Philosophy, Sly Flourish - Lazy Dungeon Master, How to Be a Great GM.

This post should cover the basics. If you have more advanced questions, I recommend following @ladytabletop and @thydungeongal.

Alright. I want to start playing d&d, but it’s very daunting and I was wondering if anyone had any tips? I played one very basic campaign and I am great a character building but it seems super complicated. Also, I don’t really have a group to join, which is sad. But still, I would even DM myself just to play again.

[piggypaisley]

Please open this in a new tab I worked to hard for tumblr to fucking devour the image quality like this cries

More BUG.

I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do for Belladonna. @sonftgoku and I discussed lightning bugs/fireflies as a possibility, but we decided it was much more fitting for Logan. So then I asked @tinycamembert for her opinion since I know Bella is one of her FAV faves. With her insight I decided to go with a type of arachnid (more specifically a skeleton tarantula) to keep in theme with Cy and Arnick. 

Since there was no way in hell I was gonna shove Belladonna in a dress, my options for designing her suit were pretty limited. It’s difficult to make a suit that’s both unique and good lmao. In the end I kept it simple yet distinct and relied mostly on her hair to channel the more stand out features; the skeleton spider’s legs. Her old dread hair style is actually what inspired me to choose a tarantula!

Arnick is next (if I indeed choose to do it) ho boy

[enchanted-academy]

Lucius how did you realize you liked Elise?

Lucius: Well, it's kind of a long story... I was helping Cyrus after his injury, and he insisted on checking on her every day. She was pretty cold and hated my puns at first, but Cy believed in her, and I believed in Cy.

Lucius: So she eventually moved into a real room and was enrolled at the academy. After living with somebody like Selena, it wasn't an easy adjustment. She was so confused and quiet, and everybody was still suspicious and bitter.

Lucius: But what can I say, I'm a softie. I hate seeing people struggle like that, so I just tried to spend more time with her. Make her feel at home, you know?

Lucius: There was this one night I decided I wanted her to see all the fireflies in the gardens. Dwyer gave us some cookies, and we just sat out there for hours. We couldn't touch each other at first, since she's so cold and I'm so hot. But we tried a few more times until it felt... Normal. Like touching anybody. She spent the rest of the night curled up against my arm.

Lucius: She was just so gentle- not to mention beautiful. I've had dates with plenty of girls, but I don't think I've ever felt a genuine connection like that. Looking back, I guess you could call it our first date.

[daedaluscried]

dare ya! in a couple sentences, summarize your OCs and/or Muses! the catch: you can't leave any out!

I’ll do my current active official muses + Berry, just because I don’t rp as like Coretta or Sika anymore (so they wouldn’t be useful to you) Under the cut because it is so long.

Arke - A self-righteous zealot with the ability to cause people to hallucinate and lose sense of reality. Tries to avoid her trauma by acting carefree and unpredictable.

Cy - One of my Sinchildren. Is engulfed in the sin of wrath. Very angry. Very bloodied. Essentially a feral animal in a small desperate body. Connected to Alric and Cole.

Alric - One of my Sinchildren. Drowning in the sin of Sloth. The closest thing his world has to an academic, when you can get him to work. Sassy and snarky because it’s easier that way. Connected to Cy and Cole.

Blake - Obsessed with wolves and kidnapping women? A very very very bad dude to the extent that joking about it feels a little weird. Connected to Calondra.

Suri - Essentially my rendition of little red riding hood. Does deliveries for her family’s bakery and is desperate for an adventure. Wants to do something GREAT with her life.

Mitexi - Part demonic vessel, part soldier. She is trained to kill and she enjoys it. Is very sensitive about her missing eye and she will attack you for asking. Can be connected to Astin and Deion.

Deion - A revolutionary who seems to think he is God. You have no proof he isn’t God. Has an obsession with ugly flip flops and drinks to forget.

Castiel - A princess cursed with an engrossing illness, which can only be solved by true love’s kiss. Dont’ actually kiss her!!!! Don’t trust her.

Esau - Werewolf, currently on the run with his sister. Is trying to escape his guilt. Connected to Nadie.

Nadie - Werewolf, currently on the run with her brother. Regular thief at gas stations. Down to fight. Connected to Esau.

Darius - One of my Darklings. Has the ability to control shadows and nightmares. Part time caretaker for his sister, part time violent criminal. Connected to Luna.

Bea - Technically a OUaT OC. Reborn spirit of Belle-Belle. Genderqueer and ready to attack you with a bat if you insult their best friends.

Cole - One of my Sinchildren. Is starving with the sin of Gluttony. Sort of a prince in his world, but that doesn’t mean much. Tries to make the most of his life while he can. Connected to Cy and Alric.

Calondra - Has hardcore mom energy. Wanted once to be a singer, but is now just trying to make the most of a simple life. The best revenge is surviving. Will adopt your muse if you let her. Connected to Blake.

Ari - Lionborn. She speaks to the dead and sees the future. Very spooky but is a warm loving person. Not as stupid as people believe her to be. She deserves love. Comes from the same apocalyptic world as Graham, but not connected

Astin - Demonic Vessel. Just trying to keep that down so he can live a normal life. It’s not working. Extremely nervous and shy, hates himself. Loves music, especially the piano. Can be connected to Mitexi.

Ghost - Essentially a very powerful god in a child’s body. Extremely bored and will cause so much chaos in order to relieve her boredom. Loves to draw, scream, and find dead bodies.

Davina - A companion robot who holds a deep dark secret about the company that created her. Just wants to make people smile. Doing her best.

Nirav - Deaf in a world that criminalizes disability. Will do anything to hide his disability, including creating a persona of someone who really really likes heavy metal music.

Luna - One of my Darklings. Has the ability to move things with her mind, along with take control of people. Is just a little creecher who hates her abilities. Wants to be a space librarian. Connected to Darius.

Graham  - Diere person. Trying his best, but always failing to do so. Wants to find a place where he belongs. Comes from the same apocalyptic world as Ari, but not connected.

October - A child raised in a religious cult who has no knowledge of the outside world. Dreams of becoming a butterfly.

Eirena - Sea Nymph. Prone to depression and anxiety. Constantly compares herself to her sister, who everyone favors. Is too soft for this cruel world.

Vilayna - Essentially Vilthuril from Watership Down, but like... human? A new agey soul who acts strange and speaks even moreso. Constantly distracted.

Antigone - A manic revolutionary born from a family that seems cursed to make all the wrong choices. Seems to have a better handle on her morality than she really does.    

Charlotte - A “superhero” incapable of dying and is trying to make most of the life she doesn’t want. Has serious daddy issues - and I do mean serious.

Sophocles - A manipulative game player who is and always has been willing to do anything in order to win. Is always planning his next move.     

Cain - Like THE Cain. Taken and expanded from Biblical lore, along with inspiration from Paradise Lost. Trying to move past his actions, but can’t lose the guilt.

Berry - Firefly-based fae. Empty head, no thoughts, but her body glows so that’s pretty cool. Needs constant attention or she will die! - Not really.

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Cyrus and TJ's relationship can be described as ‘almost-something-not-quite-there-yet” and has been at that stage for a rather frustrating six months. He's not sure why it's taking them so long to do about it, but Cyrus is certain that TJ must have also acknowledged the tension between them because there have been a few near misses so far where he's thought 'this is iT, he's going to tell me how it feels’ only for TJ to break off what he was saying and turn it into some unrelated ramble. Thanks to this, it's becoming more and more common for him to feel like he's about to tear his hair out when the two of them spend time together. He doesn't want to push TJ to do or say anything he's not ready to do or say, but Cyrus figures it's time to take matters into his own hands or they might actually be stuck at this glacial pace of romance for the next fifty years. He doesn't think he can take fifty years of longing looks and heartfelt texts that lead to nothing. He'll go insane.

The opportunity to make a move arises when Bex and Bowie finally settle on the date of their wedding. At first there's a little hesitation, the engagement has been called off and called back on more than once now and they're all starting to wonder if they'll actually ever do it, but when it's only about a month away Cyrus figures they're finally safe from any drama and starts concocting a plan.

“I need to book dance lessons,” he says offhandedly when they're all lazing around Buffy's house one day. He's sprawled dramatically across one of the couches with his feet up on TJ's lap and a bowl of popcorn on his chest. It's a movie day but the horror flick they're watching is so terrible that nobody's been paying attention for the last forty five minutes. “For the wedding. There's going to be waltzing, right? I don't know how to waltz. Andi, do you know where Bowie's getting his?”

Andi eyes him suspiciously. She's well aware that Cyrus knows how to waltz. He had taught her to waltz when they were twelve. His mom had made him have lessons as a kid. Cyrus is fantastic at waltzing, even if he does say so himself. However, TJ doesn't know that. He gives her a look that says 'play along I'm begging you've and she sighs.

“At the dance studio on second street, I think,” she says. He's so blessed to have such good friends. “Bex knows one of the girls that runs it so she's giving him a discount.”

“You don't know how to waltz?” TJ asks curiously, perfectly on cue. “Don't you do dance for your P.E classes?”

Cyrus shrugs. “It's not ballroom.”

The thing is, he's concocted the perfect plan. TJ doesn't know Cyrus knows how to waltz, but Cyrus knows that TJ does. TJ had surprised them all with this knowledge a few weeks ago at a school dance. Jonah wanted to impress a girl he liked, TJ offered to show him how to dance and everyone got their happily ever after. Except Cyrus. TJ had not waltzed with Cyrus. He's still a little bitter about it.

“I could teach you,” he offers. “Save you the money.”

“Really?” Cyrus says, grinning. “Awesome. Yeah, that would be great thanks.”

Cyrus mentally marks phase one of mission ‘get TJ to admit his feelings’ a success.

*

TJ comes over on Saturday. Cyrus’ mom and stepdad have gone out to some barbeque with friends and won't be back until later so he's taking advantage of an empty house as much as he can. He makes sure to run to the store in the morning to grab some of TJ's favourite chips and soda (Baja blast Mountain Dew because what else do you expect from a teenage boy), and does a rush job at tidying up even though TJ has definitely seen the house in a much worse state than it is. He's been over during family events - he knows how wild they get. There's an odd nervous sensation thrumming in Cyrus’ veins. He has no reason to be on edge. It's just TJ. He tells himself this over and over, trying to calm down, but still jumps when he heard the front door opening and TJ yelling a greeting through the house. He's been letting himself in since they were fourteen now. It's a standard.

“I'm down here,” he yells back. They're going to be practicing in the basement so he's moved the ping-pong table out the way and set up the stereo so it's ready to go. TJ's socked feet thud down the stairs and he beams at him when he comes into view. He pulls Cyrus into a sideways hug and quickly releases him, making a beeline for the Mountain Dew. Cyrus rolls his eyes - typical.

“So how do you wanna do this?”

Cyrus shrugs. “You're the teacher.”

“You got music?”

He hands him to remote to the stereo. TJ fiddled with it for a moment before switching it on to a rhythmic rock beat with a grin. He puts it down, shrugs off his hoodie and walks towards Cyrus.

“You ready?” He pulls Cyrus towards him, positioning them both carefully.

“We're really just jumping into it, then?”

“Of course. I'm gonna lead and I'm gonna explain the steps as we go, okay? Try not to step on my feet.”

Cyrus does step on his feet, several times, quite deliberately. Each time it sets them both off in a bout of giggling and they have to pause for a moment. The afternoon continues in much the same vein, Cyrus pretending to be terrible and making TJ laugh and feeling like his whole world is complete everytime he catches TJ smiling softly at him. His heart thumps when their faces get close together and he hopes and prays that his palms aren't too sweaty where they're clasped in TJ's. It feels right, the two of them together like this.

There's a moment, when they're coming to the end of a song and slowing down where Cyrus thinks this might be it. TJ might say something. They're looking into one another's eyes, the world around them faded slightly, and he's holding his breath waiting for him to say anything. Then TJ coughs, ducks his head and pulls away, announcing they should take a break and get some lunch, and Cyrus kind of wants to scream in frustration. This plan is going to take longer than he expected.

*

As it turns out, the plans takes much longer than he expected. TJ gives him three more dance lessons before the wedding and nothing comes of them. It's the most irritated Cyrus has ever been with him, which he realises isn't technically fair because TJ isn't a mind reader and can't possibly know Cyrus is losing his grip on reality as a result of all these pent up emotions between them, but he can't help it.

The evening of the wedding is a beautiful one. It's being held in a large white tent in the park which is lit up with beautiful handmade lamps dotted around artfully, illuminating the flowers and chairs that have been set up for the ceremony. In the dark outside, fireflies flicker in and out of existence. The stars above them are almost unusually bright. It seems like there's a certain amount of magic in the air.

Cyrus may or may not cry during the vows. He and TJ sit together, knees pressed up against one another like always, the edges of their hands touching ever so gently stop them. He thinks he might have heard a sniffle or two from TJ as well, but he doesn't comment. TJ is sensitive about those kinds of things. Bex and Bowie are so obviously in love, they both nearly sob during their vows, and for a moment Cyrus envies them with everything he has. He wants that one day. To love somebody so much it consumes him, but it makes him happier and a better person in the process. He thinks about the boy sat next to him and how it feels like he's pretty close to that already.

In typical Mack fashion, they throw a stellar party for the reception. There's a live swing band and a lot of loud laughter. Champagne flows freely and a disco ball that he suspects was Andi's idea glitters above the makeshift dance floor. Cyrus watches in amusement as the guests get drinker, the dancing gets worse and the jokes get dirtier. Everyone's having such a good time. When the first waltz comes on, he catches TJ's eyes across the room.

It seems like time stops as he walks towards him. TJ meets him in the middle with a wide smile and pulls them both on to the dance floor, taking Cyrus’ hand and placing his own on his waist. Cyrus forgets all about pretending to be terrible but TJ doesn't seem surprised in the slightest.

“I knew you were faking,” he laughs.

“I don't know what you're talking about,” Cyrus says, but he can't hold back his own smile. “... How'd you figure it out?”

He rolls his eyes. “I know you better than anyone, Cy. You're my best friend. You think I don't know you can dance? Your mom's shown me the pictures of your ballroom classes before. I'm not totally stupid.”

Cyrus prevents himself from saying 'that's debatable’ but it's a close call. TJ seems to read his mind and laughs anyway.

“I don't get why you needed to pretend, though,” he says. “You don't need to come up with excuses to hang out with me. You could tell me we're going to go sit in a field in silence for four hours and I'd still come because you'd be there.”

Cyrus sighs. “I know… it's just. I don't know. It's stupid, never mind.”

“No, what is it? Tell me.”

“I think…” he takes a deep breath. “You say you're my best friend, and that's true, but I also think you're more than that. And you have been for a really long time.”

TJ just keeps looking at him, saying nothing. Cyrus continues.

“Maybe it's just me that feels that way… but I don't think it is. I was hoping maybe if we got some one on one time doing something romantic maybe… maybe you'd say something?”.

“You pretended you couldn't dance because you wanted me to admit I have feelings for you?”

“Yes.”

“Well, obviously I do. Even Jonah knows that. Why didn't you just ask?”

Cyrus gapes at him. He can't believe it was that easy. TJ hadn't even hesitated to admit it. “... I didn't think of that.”

“You know, for the smartest guy I've ever met, you're kind of dumb,” TJ says with a fond look. “You could've told me how you felt too.”

“Oh… hush,” Cyrus says. “Stop smirking it's not funny.”

“It's pretty funny,” TJ grins. Cyrus pushes himself up on to his tiptoes to reach him, and just to wipe the amused smile from his face he presses a gentle kiss to his lips.

TJ makes him want to tear his hair out sometimes, but it's in the best way possible.