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ares--athena · 5 months

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Christmas Cheer

Robby x black fem! Reader x Tory

Summary- Robby and Tory have no idea what to get each other or reader and reader doesn't think she got them enough. Will their financial problems hurt the situation irreversibly?

Warnings- sorta angsty, fluffy, and the very very slight allusion to smut at the end.

December 5th- 20 days before Christmas (Reader POV)

"I ordered their gifts already." I told my friend Starr while walking down the school hall. "A little early, no?" She asked, it was 'early' for most people but not me I wanted everything to be here for them. "No, I honestly haven't gotten everything yet so I'm still a little behind schedule. It has to be perfect it's our first Christmas together." "Girl, I'm positive that if you gave those two some sand from outside they would cherish it like a million bucks. I think you'll be okay." She laughs making her way inside the classroom.

December 15th- 10 days before Christmas (Reader, POV)

Walking through the isles of the store nothing caught my eye for a good gift for them. I wanted to get Tory and Robby meaningful things and nothing was standing out. The stress of finals had been in both me and Tory stressed while Robby was fixing his relationship with his dad, so we were all white busy. I walked around the entire store twice before something caught my eye. A Lego Batman set, the one Tory's brother had been looking at. I don't think he ever told her because she does so much. So I did what any sensible person would do, I bought it with some gifts I did find for them.

December 20th- 5 days before Christmas (Tory POV)

"I don't know guys, what should I get them. Bills are tight this month and I can't make up for it." I ranted to Miguel and Sam while being in class. "Just talk to them, they'll understand." Sam explained. "But knowing Robby he'll try his best to buy what I want and I KNOW (y/n) will go absolutely overboard with gifts because it's her love language." I ranted more, what was I gonna do? "Then don't buy them anything, They love your cooking, make them Christmas dinner." Miguel suggested. "That might actually be a good idea."

December 20th- 5 days before Christmas (Robby POV)

"What the hell am I supposed to get them?" I asked Eli during practice. "You haven't gotten either of their gifts yet? Dude your real behind." He said. "You are not helping, (y/n) is probably getting me and Tory really thoughtful gifts and I can't think of shit to get for her." I almost yelled. "Okay, one calm down, two just get them both things they like, small stuff, they're both going to like whatever you get them." He said. "Yeah I guess."

December 24th- 1 day before Christmas (Reader POV)

Everything was going wrong, I wasn't finished wrapping presents, my hair wasn't done only being washed, and both Robby and Tory were on their way. "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck" I mumbled to myself as I finally finished wrapping their gifts and started on my hair. About ten minutes later my hair was in two puffs and someone knocked at my door so it would have to do. "Merry Christmas Eve baby" Tory said with a smile. "Merry Christmas Eve love. How are you?" I asked letting her in. "Great now that I see you." As me and Tory got situated we started home alone, a top tier Christmas movie, to wait for Robby. It wasn't cold in the Valley by any means but we were cuddled under a blanket for the movie. There was another knock at my door, "I'll get it baby, relax" Tory said softly getting up. "Hi pretty girl" Robby told Tory giving her a side hug with gifts in his arm. "Robby what all did you get?" Tory asked. "You will find out tomorrow. Hi beautiful." Robby smiled at me. "Hi hun."

December 25- Christmas Day (Reader POV)

Waking up in Robby and Tory's arms may be the best part of my day already. "Babe, get up." I heard Tory shake me. I groaned and turned around. "Come on beautiful wake up. It's Christmas." I heard Robby from next to me. "I just wanna sleep for a little longer." I mumbled to them. "Come one babe it's already 10 and I finished breakfast.' Tory said softly. "Mm okay." I mumbled starting to get up.

"Thank you love breakfast was amazing." I said taking Tory and Robby's plates and giving her a kiss. "Merry Christmas babe." Tory smiled. "Come on we gotta open gifts." Robby said getting up. "Yeah I gotta get all your gifts from upstairs. I'll be right back." "WHAT ALL DID YOU GET!?" I heard Tory about from downstairs. I didn't reply as I went to my room and grabbed the gifts from my closet. Or as many as I could, I would have to make a second trip. I set the gifts by the stairs and grabbed the other one before making my way back down. "Holy fucking shit what all did you get?" Robby asked grabbing some gifts and putting them under the tree. I moved next to him to put down the ones I had. "I don't think I got you guys enough actually." I said softly going up the stairs to grab the rest of the gifts. "Holy fuck babe." Tory said coming out of the kitchen. "That's what I said. And She said she would've gotten us more." Robby mocked. "More! You would have put everywhere out of business with more." Tory shouted. "Come on just open your gifts." I said sitting by the tree. Tory and Robby both took seats near me. "Tory, what's wrong?" I asked her, "You look like you're going to cry." "I'm sorry I..." she paused to take a breath. "I wasn't able to get you guys anything. Money was really tight this month and Brandon really wanted this gift and I just couldn't. I'm sorry." She finished. "Tory," Robby started before just moving in to hold her. I joined in not long after. She started sobbing, "I just saw how much you spent on us and I'm sorry I wasn't able.." I cut her off, "Tory I don't do this for something in return I get you and Robby gifts because I love you. This is just how I show that. I don't need gifts from you two because you show your love differently this is just all I know how to do." I said smiling at her and wiping her tears. "Tory we know how much you care for us by what you do not what you give us." Robby spoke softly to her. "And Tory there is one gift I really want you to see first." I got up to grab a gift I had stashed away, I say back next to her letting Tory see who it was too. "Oh my god" she whispered. "You got Brandon a gift. This is, I can't even.." she stuttered looking shocked at the package. "I saw him looking at it on commercials and I don't think he ever told you about it, so I got it for him." "This is great. Babe, I don't even know what to say to you" she smiling at me. "I say we open the rest of these gifts. And then show beautiful how much we really appreciate her gifts." Robby smiled.

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incarnateirony · 1 year

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https://ghost-of-bobby.tumblr.com/post/703587448023908352/httpsfilmneworleansorgproductions-still-says

“Still says SPNWin production is wrapping on the 15th. Does that just mean they film elsewhere if there’s more?”

“The work is done, I’ve been saying. There’s a few spare filming days left, but if there *is* super secret filming it’s just, not on the radar.”

https://ghost-of-bobby.tumblr.com/post/702907898894942208/do-you-think-spnwin-113-will-be-filmed-before-or

“Do you think SPNWin 1.13 will be filmed before or after NashCon (16-18 December)?”

“After.”

Pick one, dude.

*GASP* YOU MEAN NORMAL PEOPLE UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION AND DON'T DOUBLE DOWN WHEN THEY ACQUIRE NEW CONTEXT??????? AND SOMETHING I WAS ASKED A MONTH AGO HAS DIFFERENT CONTEXT???

THIS IS SHOCKING NEWS!!!!

this is what sane, well adjusted people do, that pursue information consistently and don't get lazy like you dumb fucks. We also don't get stubborn. WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS!!! You find new information. You integrate that information. You adjust your conclusion. This fandom should try it some time. Try actually listening instead of thinking you found a weak point. Around when I discussed updates of 12-13 filming shuffling things, that's when I Adjusted My Understanding.

Try. It. it does wonders, you friggin psychopaths. and it's the plot.

single braincell amoebas that only want to attack and halfass read things only one way and not explore, expand or adjust are about to have a REAL BAD TIME with TW.

If you actually READ, I later explained 12-13 was shuffled and signaling got confused, and we weren't clear if there was any filming reserved. Then, I got a direct message that everything I was waiting for was done!! Then, crew started going home like bianca!

So I, unlike 2po and you guys, don't try to find a way to shove this into my pre-established thought box. I listen, and I adjust, and once again I cannot insist enough: this is the plot.

It *appeared* after because the filming schedule and it still being on 12. I *listened* to what I was told and updated on and *found* that they were shuffling filming. I quickly broadcast this, including lack of clarity if complete shuffle or a few scenes. Now, I again got told, and again listened, and again updated my information. Now, take the art of assumptions and willingness or refusal to listen and update and graft that over the show's misunderstandings. Congrats, you just failed the plot trying to anonymously win an internet fight.

You'd be surprised how well the world works and how clear reality gets once you learn to function like this even when there's soulless cockroaches like you shitting in my inbox acting confused at the concept.

Abra. Hadabra. It. Is. Done.

Cope. You can't stop it.

This shit only looks like an incontinuity if you, yourselves, are incapable of understanding changing opinions to comply with updates of context and information in the real world. Then yeah, this series of posts might have lost you, if all you let yourself comprehend is letting yourself double down against reality and context, or trying to force things into fitting your previous context. Those posts must have been real scary to watch update while we talked to the crew for clarity.

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bluewinnerangel · 2 years

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Louis and Harry love The Beatles - a collection.

Felt like doing a Harry and Louis being fans of (any of) The Beatles MasterpostTM thanks to Louis’ recent mention of the documentary "Above Us Only Sky" in his foreword of Helene’s book, him wearing his Yellow Submarine shirt again, and Harry wearing All Things Must Pass merch in October. At first I had a bunch of coincidoinks and reading into things in here but I think just the collection of just indisputable instances of them just loving the Beatles is somehow refreshing in this fandom (looking at myself more than anyone else here) so I think this alone is a pretty nice thing to have. I’ve tried to go in order from newest to oldest but sometimes that failed, and there’s no way this includes everything, or many, or not even close to it... it’s just what I could find. Anyway:

Christmas 2021:

December 16th 2021 - Louis’ foreword in Helene’s book :

(it’s about 25 mins into the doc if you’re looking for it but also just watch the whole thing:)

Full transcript of that part of the doc:

Yoko: There was a piece called, uh, 'Ceiling Painting'. Yeah. And there's a painting on the ceiling, you see. And my idea was for people to climb up a long, long ladder, just go on climbing up like this, and then, finally, reaching the ceiling and you look at the painting and it says "Yes", you know.

John: It said "Yes". It made my decision to go and see the rest of the show. If it had said "No" or, you know, "Uh-huh", I would have left the gallery then! But because it was positive, it said "Yes," I thought, "OK." It's the first show I've been to that said something, you know, warm to me. So then I decided to see the rest of the show and that's when we met.

Narrating dude (David a. Ross): What John saw in Yoko's work, whether it was, you know, the ladder piece with the word "Yes" on it and that... the notion of that kind of openness to the world. You know, just "Yes", that was... that was the essential quality of living, was "Yes".

Another narrating dude (Jack Douglas): What he saw was a reflection of himself. He was an artist, but what he'd say about Yoko is, everything about Yoko ls upside-down from what we understand. Whatever you hear, whatever she says, you've got to look at the other side, always.

Third narrating dude (Dan Richter): He got it. I mean, he... Yoko touched him. You know, it's as though he was... He had something missing that he was looking for. He had an emptiness.

December 1st 2021 - Louis likes this video

October 15th 2021 - NY pap walk:

September 4th 2021 - November 28th 2021 - Harry’s preshow playlist:

of All Things Must Pass, What is Life has been playing before his show during LOT (there’s gonna be a whole bunch of ugly Spotify screenshots coming in this post I’m sorry):

As well as Here Comes The Sun and the cover of John Lennon’s Jealous Guy (this one’s gonna come back a lot):

September 4th 2021 - AFH documentary - but I guess this was filmed in Mexico? So in April 2021? Not sure:

This is gonna be a long one, under the cut:

(Going off order for context here) April 4th 2020 - Louis mentions Whatever Gets You Through the Night and Mind Games:

March 2021 and ongoing - And let Mind Games be that song about "Faith In The Future" (as well as its overall message being very ridiculously applicable to what I think these two have been on ok I said I wouldn’t be reading into things but eeehhhh this one I can’t let this one pass man I can’t):

And yeah... he’s trying (successfully) to make that his thing:

during AFH:

And although he hasn’t been clear about what it means, like at all, not even a little bit, he’s just been spamming this phrase wherever he can since March this year without any clarification. I guess this is all you need to know:

I’m expecting him to stay on this path of not clarifying in the slightest what this phrase means exactly because he wants it to mean to his fans whatever it needs to mean to them (which, it should, and he should) but I’m also convinced he got it from this song, from Mind Games, and whatever it means to him has to do with that, or did initially. (sorry oop went subjective again)

November 13th 2020 - Harry talking about The Beatles (And Bowie that’s a whole other breakdown skjsa) in his Vogue interview

March 26th 2020 - Harry’s Song Selections of Zane Lowe / Apple Music and quarantine playlists (putting them as one because they’re mostly the same playlist:

John Lennon’s Jealous Guy cover (which he has mentioned in 2019) + George Harrison / the Beatles cover (which flips the pronouns of the love interest, chefs kiss harry) snuggling up together there

and paul’s there too

and again

And her:

March 9th 2020 - Louis puts Whatever Gets You Thru The Night on his Tour Bus Playlist, a song which he’d mention together with Mind Games in a tweet a month later:

March 5th 2020 - Harry talks about the Beatles and Paul McCartney on Howard Stern:

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February 22nd 2020 - Louis’ takeover mix during Walls promo:

January 24th 2020 - Louis talks about reading a Beatles book

And I’ve just started reading again, I just picked up this Beatles book, so I’m trying to educate myself a bit more. I just thought I’d pick up a few books, because I realised that I don’t read at all — and for a songwriter that’s pretty criminal.

December 25th 2019 - Louis adds Wonderful Christmastime to his Christmas Playlist, how could one not:

December 18th 2019 - A week prior (on the 13th already as well) Harry had covered Wonderful Christmastime

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December 13th, 2019 - Idk from when this picture is, but it’s in the Fine Line album booklet so just dated it that:

November 29th, 2019 - Louis talks about Jealous Guy

Conceptually, I think it’s such a real, honest, song, again, something that me mom had playing when I was younger, so stuff that I heard when I growing up. And it’s only really later in life that I listened to this song properly instead of, you know, having in the background, I listen to this song properly, the words and the concept, and the passion in his voice, I think it’s just an incredible song.

Because he put it in his “Tracks Of My Years” playlist:

Same day - November 29th, 2019 - Harry also talks about his childhood and about Paul being his inspiration (2019 larries were spoiled with content sadsdsasdf)

[...]

November 7th 2019 - Louis' Best of British playlist:

September 2nd 2019 - (2019 really was the year of Louis throwing playlists around sdfsdf) Louis lists Tomorrow Never Knows among his Kill My Mind inspirations.

August 29th 2019 - Harry has mentioned this documentary Above Us Only Sky as well, talks about Jealous Guy, its cover, it’s original Child of Nature, mentions Mind Games, and the album cover of Live Peace in Toronto in an Interview for Rolling Stone:

In which he’s also mentioned Paul

and again

June 3rd 2019 - Louis was seen wearing the very recent Yellow Submarine shirt before, at Glastonbury 2019:

February 19th 2019 - Louis has Imagine in his 28 songs playlist for a bit, he updates this playlist a few times throughout the year, and Imagine stays in until the playlist is updated to KMM influences in September:

June 3rd 2018 - Harry wearing a Mind Games shirt in 2018, Harry And Louis Come Fight Me Come Catch Me Outside I aM ReADY TO FIGHT YOU BOTH.

Nevermind this whole John Lennon Fashion EraTM he had going on from incredibly roughly 2016 to 2018 orso. (falls under the Reading Into Things Catergory tho)

Okay this is pretty much where I begin to slack... as we travel further back in time, the backtracking becomes harder and I become lazier, so this is by no means anywhere near a complete collection, but eh:

(Plus I just don’t know how to fact check what songs he had on his preshow playlists 4 years ago.. I’m convinced he’d pick his own preshow played songs that’s not the issue I just have no idea if this is legit:)

May 26 2017:

2016&2017 - Another Man... eh ok here there’s a lot. For one, he’s being interviewed by no other than PAUL McCARTNEY HIMSELF.

Part of this is him mentioning his favourite songs of all times, on which Heart Of The Country is on #6:

And then there’s these:

And now we’re descending all the way into the category Old:

Matching beatles shirts:

Yes just them

Look at tHeeHHeeeEHEeeeMMMmmm

Overdoing it because they’re just they’re everything ok leave me alone

and now that we’re way back in time, one of Harry’s first posts in 2012:

So yeah ..

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swiftgronmasterpost · 3 years

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GRYLES!!!

Rebuilding the Gryles Timeline expertly crafted here because I’m always afraid of broken links and people going private and losing data.

Not only is there a ton of great evidence that these guys were dating such as Harry leaving Nick’s place in the morning wearing the same clothes as he’d worn the night before, I’ve also got a friend who works in the UK music industry and she did tell me these guys did date. Nick is 100% out as gay so it really does all add up.

Gryles very obviously takes place during Haylor, debunking Harry as the 1989 muse, and if it’s not Harry you do have to wonder... who with green eyes and an obsession with Alice and Wonderland was heavily featured in Taylor’s life and then disappeared before 1989 - a breakup album about someone with green eyes who seems to relate to Alice in Wonderland drops?

You get it.

Anyway here’s Gryles:

This is a little game I like to call "let's talk about Nick/Harry dates and how they line up with Harry leaving and entering the country".

06. February 5th 2012 - Harry and Nick go to a Super Bowl party together.

One Direction in Sweden February 12th - 14th. (Came home by train on the 14th.)

07. February 14, 2012 - VALENTINE'S DAY!

08. February 18, 2012 - Stella McCartney Fashion show with Nick's mom.

09. February 21, 2012 - Brit Awards!

10. February 22, 2012 - They attend a party together. (Nick might have been DJing?)

11. February 23, 2012 - Harry spotted leaving Nick Grimshaw's flat in the same outfit he was wearing the night before.

The morning of February 23rd One Direction flies to the US for their tour and doesn't return to the UK until April 24th, 2012.

This trip is supposedly where Haylor 1.0 happens. Harry supposedly meets Taylor at the KCA’s on March 31 and they fall for one another. Taylor supposedly goes to NYC to be with Harry (even though she spends the whole time with Dianna) during the first week of April. Then they supposedly enter into a long distance relationship that is broken up because Harry was seen out with another girl.

All the while the last thing Harry does before he leaves the UK is spend the night with Nick and then the first thing he does is goes back to him.

Yeah, I’m not buying Haylor 1.0 it seems pretty clear to me that Taylor wanted to pin I Knew You Were Trouble on Harry as a big pop anthem to support her transition to pop. I think it’s even possible they faked Harry being spotted out with that girl or perhaps he and Nick had some kind of agreement. I’m not saying Gryles was always exclusive (they may have been), but regardless I don’t see Red era Taylor being cool enough to share her boyfriend with a man.

12. April 25, 2012 - Nick and Harry out together the morning after he returned.

Harry also calls into Nick's radio show on the 25th and confirms that the first thing he did upon returning on the 24th was meet up with Nick and Matt Fincham for drinks so one can theorize he probably crashed w/ Nick that night.

Harry goes to LA by himself on May 1st and returns to the UK on the 5th.

May 5th, 2012 - Harry out with Annie Mac and Nick. (Thanks to my anon for clueing me into this little gem of information.)

13. May 7th, 2012 - Harry and Nick out with friends

One Direction goes to Sweden from May 10th to May 16th.

14. May 17, 2012 - The Sun reports Harry driving Nick to work.

Also out shopping together

15. May 19, 2012 - Nick posts a picture to his instragram from the Kanye West/Jay Z show at the O2.

Who cares right? So he went to see a show. But then.

Hey guess what happened the very next day? One Direction flew to Boston on May 20th, 2012 to start their summer tour in the U.S. They're gone from the 20th to July 3rd.

16. July 5, 2012 - Nick and Harry attend the launch of Tinie Tempah's shoes line.

There's some downtime and vacation time here where Harry disappears for a week while Louis is France w/ Eleanor, Niall goes to Spain, Liam and Danielle are on vacation, etc and then One Direction goes back to work July 11th recording and doing photo shoots.

17. July 19, 2012 - Harry goes out with Nick and Aimee and tweets this.

18. August 10, 2012 - Harry attends Nick's 28th birthday party at La Bodega Negra.

Pregaming before the party!

Outside La Bodega Negra

19. August 11, 2012 - Primrose Hill picnic

20. August 20, 2012 - One Direction visit Nick at BBCR1 to announce their headlining of the BBC Radio 1 Teen Choice Awards.

21. August 25, 2012 -

Nick and Harry go to lunch. (Would also like to point out that they are switching places and that Harry is going to the driver's side of Nick's car :333)

and then to Reading Festival

then Nick accompanies Harry to Liam's party at Funky Buddha

and then they leave together and go see Rita Ora at G.A.Y.

22. August 26, 2012 - The morning after, Nick tweets a shot of his hangover breakfast from Harry's Range Rover (Nick owns a Mercedes).

then a lunch date with several people

They spend this entire day together and this is the day the pics of them in the grocery store are taken where Nick buys Harry a banana, etc

and then Harry drops Nick off for his nighttime show and picks him up again to take him to/stay with him while Nick DJs at Wonderland nightclub.

(Although, lbr. Given what we learn from Nick's final nighttime show about how often Harry hung around the studio, he probably never left.)

Wonderland! (the only time that fucking song has any bearing on Harry and he’s off being a MLM king)

23. August 28, 2012 - Leaving Nick's flat

spotted in the studio w/ Nick at BBCR1

24. August 30, 2012 - Harry films the Breakfast Show advert for Nick's #Team Grimmy commercial and then they go to Mahiki Club that night.

25. August 31, 2012 - Harry goes with Nick to his DJ gig at Paradise

and then to karaoke afterward

The lo and behold One Direction flies to Florida the very next day to film their Pepsi commercial. They're gone until September 11th.

on September 6, 2012 Taylor has Sushi with Ed and Harry in LA supposedly signaling the start of Haylor 2.0 as if Harry is not fully boyfriends with Nick.

26. September 12, 2012 - Nick's final nighttime show. (this was a gif of them being cute and playing around but I was too lazy to bring it over, you get it they’re touchy, flirty, and playful):

Nick and Aimee go on vacation together from the 14th to the 18th.

27. September 18, 2012 - This dude says he spotted Harry Styles waiting in arrivals at the airport while waiting for his sister's flight to arrive insinuating perhaps Harry was traveling with Nick and Aimee:

28. September 20, 2012 - iTunes Festival where One Direction was interviewed by Nick and Annie Mac

29. Harry calls into Nick's first Breakfast Show on September 25, 2012. Then they meet up after to see Perks of Being a Wallflower together. I can't find the tweets from the ladies who saw them there, but Nick and Emma Watson confirm later that Harry was indeed there.

30. September 29, 2012 - Spotted at Waitrose together and then the following morning Nick regales his listeners with the tale of a Spinach pie he made for a ~friend~.

31. October 5th (or 6th?), 2012 - Preparation for Ladz FM

But also on October 5th, Taylor is on Nick’s show:

32. October 6, 2012 - Ladz FM

Supposedly on this show Nick gives Harry hell for Taylor, the Haylor timeline I like puts it this way:

“One Direction and Harry make an appearance on Nick’s show the following day, and they talk about Taylor on-air for 4 minutes straight. Nick teases Harry by saying “Ol’ Swiftyyyy” over and over again when she is brought up in the conversation.” Yup that’s right, Nick was giving his own boyfriend shit about his fake girlfriend 😭😭😭 this is why I fuck w Nick’s energy.

then they went for lunch in notting hill (no Taylor? why not Harry aren’t you so happy to be back with her and in love w her?)

33. October 7, 2012 - BBC Teen Choice Awards

One Direction doing promotion for the new album.

Paris - October 11, 2012

Ireland - October 12, 2012

Manchester - October 16, 2012

Leeds - October 17, 2012

34. October 19, 2012 - Lunch in London

October 31 - One Direction in Spain

Early November One Direction goes to the US for Ellen, X Factor USA, and The Today Show. After The Today Show Harry flies to LA while the rest of One Direction goes back to London. Harry writes a song with the lead singer of Snow Patrol and rumors start flying about him hooking up with Taylor Swift.

Harry arrives back in London on November 16, 2012.

35. November 16, 2012 - Children in Need benefit concert

November 30th One Direction goes back to the U.S. for one off shows and MSG show. Haylor happens.

Harry returns to London on December 8th via Taylor's private jet and plays the Jingle Ball with the rest of One Direction. Harry and Taylor tour the UK together until December 15th when Taylor leaves for France. Meanwhile Dianna heads out on a mystery 14 hour long flight on December 14th.

36. December 16, 2012 - Roast Dinner!

One Direction returns to the U.S. for the X Factor USA finale. Harry stays in the U.S. and goes on a ski vacation with Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez.

He returns to the UK on December 24th.

37. December 25, 2012 - Late night Christmas leftovers. (Yes they’re spending Christmas together, that’s boyfriend behavior!)

Harry and Nick both leave London on the 29th (Nick for Puerto Rico and Harry for NYC) Harry spends New Years with Taylor and Nick spends New Years with Pixie, Aimee, and the rest of the hipster crew. Harry and Taylor then fly to Gorda British Virgin Islands where they are supposed to vacation until the 7th. Taylor leaves on the 4th and Harry goes to Necker Island alone. Tabloids say Harry and Taylor have broken up.

And that’s it for Haylor!

Harry arrives back in the UK on January 8th

38. January 8, 2013 - Sushi lunch date! (tweet confirming nick was also there.)

and harry with the girl who tweeted it.

39. January 10, 2013 - Tinie Tempah's GQ dinner.

The party was for people on the British GQ best dressed list (Nick was on it. Harry was not.)

Jessie J puts a picture of the table cards from her table on instagram. Harry doesn't have one which, you know. I'll just be here imagining him as Nick's + 1.

One Direction fly to Ghana on the 12th or 13th and return on the 15th. On the 16th Harry calls into Grimmy’s show to talk about how Fincham DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MEMBER OF ONE DIRECTION. Finchy asks Harry when he’s back and Harry says “in a couple of days”. (Small side note here that I don’t think Finchy and Harry are at the level of friends where they keep track of one another’s schedules so the only way Finchy could have known that Harry was heading back out of town to Japan that very day is if Nick told him.)

One Direction in Japan from January 16th to the 20th.

I'm not going to count this as a time they were together because I have no hard evidence, but the night of January 20th Harry was spotted in a grocery store buying wine and Annie Mac mentions on her show that Nick ditched coming over for dinner that evening to have a friend round to his house instead. We assume it was Harry, but w/o actual proof I don't want to say it concretely.

40. January 21, 2013 - Baking for Radio 1! (Tweet confirming the friend was Harry.)

Nick tells this story the morning of the 22nd about how he forgot he had to bake, so he got up from bed, went to the store for supplies, and forgot eggs. So, he texted his friend who was coming over to bring eggs and then Nick baked while his friend yelled at him to add more butter.

41. January 22, 2013 - Watching Great British Bake Off

Do what you will with this one. Obviously there is not definite way to tell if this is Harry or not, but given the evidence of the amount of time they spend together that has been laid forth thus far, I feel comfortable saying those are indeed Harry's legs.

42. January 31, 2013 - Out for Harry's birthday at La Bodega Negra (the same place they celebrated Nick's birthday.)

Nick also went to Groucho Club afterward with Harry and mentioned on his show this morning that he hadn't slept at all. (He was still wearing the same outfit.)

43. February 1, 2013 - Aimee tweets about being in the car with Nick en route to play Laser Quest. (Can't imagine who they might be playing with.)

Nick tweeted this :)

Never

Getting

Over

This

February 19, 2013 - PreBrit Awards Dinner Hosted by Nick!

THEIR SMILEY LITTLE FACES. :3

Legit SHARING A TAXI ON THE WAY HOME

2/20/13 - At the Brit Awards together!

Leaving an after party!

taking a cab to Nick's house so Nick can change for work

hands hands hands

At Nick's flat

2/21/13 - On The Breakfast show the morning after the Brits!

Harry on The Breakfast Show!

2/23/2013 - Nick attends One Direction's first show at the O2 in London

THE DROUGHT IS OVER!!!

8/21/2013 - Nick interviews Harry, Zayn, and Liam for TBS

Then Nick and Harry hook up later for dinner.

September 12, 2013

Harry gets off the plane from LAX, gets on the tube and meets Nick at an Elton John concert

Harry and Nick's dad at the concert, posted to Nick's instagram.

September 13, 2013

This person says they saw nick and Harry at Apartment 58 (members only club) together

https://twitter.com/LightbownL/status/378610145271771136

But, Sadie Frost also posted a picture of her and Nick getting ready to go out for LFW with no mention of Harry, so the tweet could be false facts.

But then! September 14, 2013

Sadie posts this picture of Nick sleeping on her sofa

Followed by this picture of Harry posing with her daughter

And then Nick and Harry went to Henry Hollands show at LFW together

Then to a pub with Gemma, Kelly Osborn and others

Then to dinner with James Corden and his wife

September 15, 2013

September 17, 2013 - Fashion Show East in London

November 9, 2013 - Breakfast with Anne and Robin at the Wolseley.

So Anne tweeted this in the morning. You can see the Wolseley logo at the top of the plate.

Then this girl got a pic with Harry at the Wolseley during his breakfast with Anne and Robin.

and she confirmed that Nick was eating with them https://twitter.com/alexandra_imper/status/400204985222193152

Then off to Selfridges to shop!

At Alexa Chung's birthday party!

November 10, 2013 - Ladz instagram and Aimee Phillips birthday party!

LADZ VIDEO!

November 30, 2013

Harry playing with Puppy at Nick's house.

Poppy Delevingne's hen party!

Leaving Groucho club.

December 1, 2013

Primrose Hill lighting ceremony!

Nick with Daisy Lowe and his dad!

Then this girl met Nick

https://twitter.com/rpcheald/status/407224559687852032/photo/1

and saw Harry

https://twitter.com/rpcheald/status/407209332858552320

Class of '92 movie premiere

Nick and his dad on the red carpet

Harry meeting Beckham!

December 4, 2013 - London Fashion Awards

February 17, 2014 - Taking a random taxi ride?????

and leaving Nick's flat

March 29, 2014

Sleepover at Harry's house!

Nick posted this on instagram

http://instagram.com/p/mHpTBdPJyt/

At the time we weren't sure it was Harry's drive but...

https://twitter.com/cuppanarryx/status/481310537817399296/photo/1

Hiya, doggie.

Also Nick's tweet from the morning after just because.

https://twitter.com/grimmers/status/449814322399940609

May 24, 2014 - Radio 1's Big Weekend

May 28, 2014 - Barry's BC London

And link to post about the other tweets x

June 8, 2014

Nick attends One Directions show at Wembley Stadium.

June 12, 2014

Harry at Nick driving around London in a Ferrari.

and another tweet about the Ferarri sighting.

https://twitter.com/ItsJustMikey/status/477133631602065408

Then later that evening Harry went to Nick's for his World Cup barbecue and fans took pics with Harry outside Nick's house.

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Faith in BTS: Introducing Nayoung

So in my story there are 9 members in BTS. Two OCs who are Faith and Nayoung.

Name: Choi Nayoung

Stage Name: Nayoung

Position: Rapper, dancer, visual and sub vocalist

Birthday: December 15th, 1992

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Nationality: Korean

Family: Mother, Father and a brother (5 years older)

Hobbies: Song writing, producing, dancing, painting and shopping.

Languages: Korean, Japanese and a bit of english

Nayoung's Personality

She's very social and loves to talk people and get them involved in whatever she's doing.

Respects people's boundaries and will stand up to and for people.

A cheerful person.

When she is angry she is very blunt.

Loves to gossip

Predebut

Nayoung is the youngest daughter of an affluent family. From a young age her parents always tried to push her interests towards art. Although she had no interest in it, she pursued it to make them happy. She tried to study harder to get better grades but they were always average and seeing the look of disappointment on their faces always made her feel bad. Her older brother was always there to comfort her.

She always had a love for music. She went to a poetry slam in Seoul and was inspired to start writing her own poems. From there she started listening to rap more and started writing her own raps. She started performing in the underground scene and then got scouted by BigHit. Her brother helped her to keep it a secret from her parents until she was shortlisted for a new group and had to tell them. They were mad especially after she didn't make it into the new group. They didn't approve of it until they got their first nomination for first place at a music show and seeing how happy she was despite not winning first place.

Relationships

Jin: Reminds her of her older brother a lot. She jokes around with him the most besides Faith. Doesn't find his dad jokes funny at all. If Faith ain't there to calm her down then Jin is the one to do so. "I'm bored...let's go prank the kids."

Suga: Respects him a lot since he praised her raps when they were trainees. Loves to tease him as she is slightly older than him. Knows he can handle himself so she doesn't feel the need to intervene if something happens. "I'm the best right?"

RM: Has major respect for him being their leader. At first she was a little annoyed and jealous that he was the leader but as time went on she believed he was perfect for the position. Knows he's a littlemon the shy side so he sticks up for him in certain situations."That's why you're our leader. Less work for me!"

J-Hope: Thinks he's cool dude and appreciates his work ethic and attitude towards life. "Hoseok your smile is blinding me!"

Faith: Her best friend. They do everything together. They were close since they were trainees and then got even closer once they debuted. Has her back no matter what. "Did you hear about what happened? You didn't? Well sit down because it's a long story!"

Jimin, Taehyung and Jungkook: At first she used to keep her distance because she could tell that they were quite wary of her and Faith because they were the only girls in the group and they were older than them but as time went on they relaxed more and started to joke around with her more. She tried her best to look out for them at any opportunity. "Is that chocolate in my ramyun?... Where are the rascals?"

So here was a little dive into one of the ocs. I'm not writing the story anymore but I wanted to post what I had done. I didn't want my work to go to waste.

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glitchblack · 3 years

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DUDE WHAT?? let me get this straight.

I'm going into the hospital next week (7th of december) bungie releases it's 30th anniversary pack there. I can't play it bc I'm not there. all good.

the doctors think I can go home after one week. cool, gotta play it then.

BUT EFFING DIGITAL EXTREMES RELEASES NEW WAR?? ON THE 15TH OF DECEMBER?? YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME???

#destiny 2 #bungie #digital extremes #warframe #sorry to post about destiny 2 on main but #this is just a joke RIGHT????#glitchposting

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you showed me faith is not blind (miracles happen)

Pairing: Alex/Willie Words: 5,369 Rating: T Chapter Warnings: none read on AO3

Chapter Summary: "What the fuck?" Luke murmurs across the table from Alex, just loud enough to grab Alex's attention from worksheet. "What the fuck?" he says again—much, much louder. His head snaps up and his eyes, burning, land on Alex.

Alex flinches back. "Dude, what?"

(*)

Their movie night starts off as normal with the group in the kitchen making their snacks. Alex has no reason to suspect that anything will go differently than his past experiences. So when things do... change, he's thrown off.

In Julie's living room, there's a couch, a love seat, and a recliner. Luke and Julie always share the love seat and Flynn claims the recliner. That leaves Alex, Willie, and Reggie to figure out who gets the two armrest seats of the couch and whether the other wants to take the middle cushion or just lounge on the floor. They… don't have that issue today.

Reggie is the first one inside from band practice so he is the first one done making his popcorn so he gets first claim. When Alex and Willie make it out, Willie gestures for Alex to take the other, and quirks an eyebrow at him. "I'll figure something out," he says. Alex eyes him warily but takes the seat anyways, grateful for a place to set his water down. Willie stands there for a moment, staring between Alex and the middle cushion. He sets his popcorn next to Alex's feet, then sits on the middle cushion with his back facing Alex, and reclines himself back so he's lying across Alex's lap. He grins up at him. "Told you I'd figure it out."

Alex quite literally has no idea what to do or say. What comes out is: "I'm going to drop so much popcorn on you."

"Cool. More for me."

He's thankful for his friends, because over the next hour, every single one of them sends him a look when Willie's attention is elsewhere, which lets him know that he's not just being dramatic. This… this is new and this is—

Alex doesn't want to call it weird.

He's actually quite enjoying it, once the initial awkwardness has faded away. He likes the weight of Willie in his lap. It's grounding. And Alex has an arm across Willie's abdomen, and Willie is absentmindedly playing with Alex's hand that's resting on Willie's side, and Alex likes the feel of Willie's fingers on his. Still, it's all overwhelming, but Alex finally has his proof that he needed to refute Willie: he's wide awake and doesn't fall asleep at all through the second movie, which Willie teases him about from his lap.

He spends the rest of movie night trying not to wonder what this could possibly mean because he knows the most likely answer is that it doesn't mean anything.

Days blur together for Alex after that—he doesn't have an off day (he doesn't have an off hour). Honestly, he likes that. He likes the constant going, the constant moving, the constant action in his brain. It keeps him from lingering on one thing for too long, from letting one thing manifest and grow into something beyond itself and gnaw away at Alex until he's a shell of himself.

He has his prince lessons, therapy twice a week—which his grandmother had offered to bring to the consulate after he had a panic attack in front of her on Sunday—, school, band practice, his new Friday "date" with Willie after prince lessons, and then on Saturday the 13th, Julie and the Phantoms play Camelot, a wildly popular nightclub that they'd worked their entire high school career to book. They're excited about it, and Alex is even more excited about it because his grandmother has actually booked the VIP suite, which, as Alex had expected, hadn't been reserved. She invites Alex's parents to come as well, so they hire a baby sitter for Ava and Austin and make a night of it, and Alex plays his heart out (not that he usually doesn't, but this feels special). The next day, at his shortened Sunday prince lesson, he catches his grandmother humming along to Finally Free a few times, though he doesn't point it out. He doesn't need to bring attention to it. Just… knowing is enough.

Somehow it's already Monday the 15th, two weeks into his prince lessons. He is getting more used to the routine now. He still does his homework at lunch, but he doesn't focus quite as hard, as he has learned that he has enough time left at the end of each day to do it. Still, sometimes it is nice to watch Netflix instead of doing homework. That's his hope for tonight as he sits at their lunch table, bent over his math homework. Reggie and Flynn are lost in conversation and Willie is talking about some skating competition with Greg and Shawn, while Julie and Luke are on his phone.

"What the fuck?" Luke murmurs across the table from Alex, just loud enough to grab Alex's attention from worksheet. "What the fuck?" he says again—much, much louder. His head snaps up and his eyes, burning, land on Alex.

Alex flinches back. "Dude, what?"

Julie is leaning into Luke's space, reading whatever is on his phone that's made Luke so upset. The rest of the table is silent, even Greg and Shawn. Alex is just… waiting, at this point, really, but Luke seems too angry for words. Alex can see him literally shaking. So instead he turns to Julie to gauge what to expect from Luke based off of her reaction. The way her eyebrows are halfway up her forehead and her lips are parted, he guesses it is something big. And then her eyes flick to him. "Alex," she starts, but Luke cuts her off.

"So, what," Luke hisses leaning over the table, dropping his phone like he's completely forgotten it. "You were going to drag us along for as long as you could and then drop us at the last minute to go live in some castle in a country you didn't even know the name of a month ago?"

"Luke," Julie whispers, grabbing at his chest to pull him back.

"Thought maybe you'd get one last hurrah, but oh, no, don't even bother to mention it to us," he spits, spinning in his seat fluidly, standing up, and storming out of the cafeteria. Julie sends Alex and apologetic look and then chases after Luke. Flynn sighs and gets up from the table, chasing after her best friend.

Reggie is staring, wide eyed, shell shocked. "Uh… what?"

"I… don't know," he says even though he has a guess. But he's not sure how Luke would know or how his phone would factor in. Alex reaches for the phone that Luke had left abandoned and freezes. One of his instagram pictures is on the screen, but it's not on instagram, it's on a news site. Beneath it, there are several blocks of text.

Prince Alexander of Beasiga, 16, is a student at performing arts high school Los Feliz High School in the Los Feliz District of Los Angeles, California. The prince is in a popular pop-rock bank with three other members (Julie Molina, Luke Patterson, Reggie Peters). The band is called Julie and the Phantoms and they were last seen playing at the popular nightclub Camelot, November 13 th where sources confirmed his identity. The prince is the band's drummer and a back up vocalist.

Alexander has been on the honor roll at his high school multiple times throughout his schooling career and is in the highly renowned music program at Los Feliz High School. He is close with a small group of friends who mostly keep to themselves. According to all sources the prince is currently unattached romantically and has never been linked to anyone, not even close friend Julie Molina.

Sources say that Prince Alexander will be presented at Beasiga's annual Independence Day Ball on December 21 st , accepting his role as future ruler of the small but mighty country.

Alex drops the phone to the table after that, completely uninterested in anything else that it has to say. He doesn't need to read a news article to know about his life. He is living it. Except he certainly isn't planning on accepting his role as future ruler of Beasiga on December 21st.

On either side of him, Willie and Reggie lean in to look at the phone. Willie's hand immediately comes up to his shoulder and squeezes while on his other side, Reggie snorts.

"Dude, what?" he laughs. "Is this news article calling you a prince?"

Alex looks at Reggie. He feels his knee start bouncing under the table, and Willie must too, because his hand goes from Alex's shoulder to Alex's knee. "Uh… yeah. It is." he says. He takes in a deep breath when Reggie laughs harder and lets it out. "Reg. It's right. I—I am."

"Oh, sure," Reggie laughs, elbowing Alex in the side. When he looks over to Alex and sees his face though, Reggie pauses. Slowly, the longer he looks at Alex, the more the smile on his face fades. After a minute it's nearly gone. "Dude, seriously?"

Alex swallows. "Yeah, Reg." He reaches for the phone and holds it up shaking his head. "But—but this isn't—I didn't—I've made no decision. Well, yeah, I have—I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna be a prince. Two weeks ago I almost passed out during my public speaking midterm. Do you really think I'm planning to throw away the band to be a public figure for the rest of my life? Do you think that'd go well for any of us?"

"Of course not," Reggie says, seemingly offended that Alex thinks Reggie could share Luke's thoughts. "You love our band. I know that. Besides, even if you were going to move and become prince, we'd find a way to make it work."

Alex stares at Reggie for a long moment, and then feels a small smile form. "Thanks, Reg."

Reggie shakes his head. "That's not something you thank me for, man. That's just how we work. We're a band. That doesn't stop just because you're royalty now."

"You're taking this surprisingly well," Willie says from Alex's other side. "I knew Luke was gonna freak—didn't realize how much—, I said Julie's gonna try and find a way to fix it in her own way—probably offer to talk with his grandma—, and I guessed Flynn was gonna reference Prince Charming, William, and Harry all within twenty-four hours of finding out, so there's still... twenty four hours left for that. But I really wasn't sure for you. And yet I'm still surprised. Huh."

"I don't really know how you're supposed to react when you find out your best friend is a prince, to be fair," Reggie points out. Alex and Willie both laugh. Reggie narrows his eyes. "Wait. You knew?"

Willie grins. "Oh, yeah. From day one."

"We've been best friends since kindergarten, Alexander!" Reggie gasps, dramatic and exaggerated, in a way that lets Alex know he's not really upset.

"Yeah, well," Willie leans into Alex's space and rests his chin on Alex's shoulder. "What we have is stronger."

Alex feels his heart pick up into overdrive and his face heat up, all while Reggie raises his hands in surrender. "Whoa, okay, I know where I'm not wanted."

"Who said we didn't want you?" Willie asks in a deep voice.

"Okay!" Alex yelps, shifting so Willie's chin falls off of Alex's shoulder. Willie starts giggling, and Reggie falls into laughter, and Alex just feels like he's about to combust. He stares at the table while the two of them get this out of their systems, which leads to staring at Luke's phone, which leads to thinking about the article, which leads to—"Oh, my god."

"What?" Willie and Reggie ask at the same time, both still laughing.

"The news published a story about me."

"Uh, yeah, we were just reading it," Reggie laughs a little more, but Alex notices Willie go silent next to him.

"Yeah, I know, Reg," Alex says. "But—this is supposed to be a secret, at least from the public. I admit I didn't tell you guys for reasons that don't matter anymore, but—they're not supposed to know I exist yet."

"Oh," Reggie says, slipping from laughter to serious just like that. A lot can be said about Reggie not taking life in general seriously, but a lot can also be said when it comes to him taking the lives of his friend's seriously. "That's not good."

"No, it's not."

"When was it published?" Willie asks.

Alex picks up Luke's phone and unlocks it—eleven years of being his best friend having earned Alex that privilege—and looks at the publication time. "An hour and a half ago. Why?"

"Hey, Alex?"

Alex turns in his seat to find Flynn standing behind him. "Yeah?"

"Principal Lessa wants you in her office."

"What?" he frowns. "Why?"

"Your… grandma? is coming. There's a lot of news stations outside the school waiting to talk to you," Flynn explains.

Willie sighs. "That's why."

"Fuck," Alex says. He twists in his seat to get up, but Willie's hand on his arm stops him. He looks at Willie.

"Hey. See if you can get out of lessons today. I think you deserve it. If you can, text me and I'll wait for you after school, we'll go do something that will get your mind off this shit, okay?"

Alex feels so overwhelmed with relief and love and joy—with Reggie's reaction, with Willie's care, with their friendship. He nods at Willie, and then stands up and collects his things. He leaves Flynn with Reggie and Willie and makes his way to Principal Lessa's office, which is on the other side of the building. To get there, he has to pass through the front wing, and through the front doors he can see multiple news vans parked in the normal student pick up lane. He groans to himself and carries on faster to the front office.

His grandmother and John make it to Principal Lessa's office within five minutes of him, and they quickly get down to business. They discovered that it was a leak from one of the college interns at the consulate—that she was at the Julie and the Phantoms show at Camelot and was talking about Prince Alex once she recognized him on stage. Unfortunately, one of those people she had spoken to had been a journalism student with a job at a local paper that had looked into the story, which—likely to the student's surprise—had actually checked out.

Through all of this Alex is surprised that he keeps his fragile composure, even though he can feel his heart pounding in his chest. It's just… the news breaking means eyes on him. And, well. He has to admit now that Julie was right, at least partially. He might still suck at giving speeches (but also probably not because he got an A on his speech when it was one on one with only him and Mr. Kullins) but really, the truth is he can't have people looking at him because he's scared of what they'll see. He's scared he'll let them down. He's scared they'll notice everything wrong with him. Fuck, he's scared they'll be able to know what he's thinking, just by looking at him. Half the time, he wishes he didn't have to listen to his own thoughts, so even just the thought of other people knowing what he's thinking…

So, yeah. No surprise, Julie was right. She usually is, even if Alex likes to pretend that she's not at first. She knows it too, so at least he doesn't have to admit it to her.

It's been just about an hour since they all gathered when the bell rings to signal the end of what would have been Alex's public speaking class. His grandmother looks at Alex and clasps her hands together. "Well. Shall we see if police have escorted them away and get you out of here? We can get an early start on the 1800s history."

"I was actually gonna talk to you about that," Alex murmurs. "Uh—my friend wants to know—you know with. With my anxiety this has been a lot. So he suggested maybe skipping lessons today?"

Her face softens. "Oh, why Alexander, of course. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I'll call your driver and have him take you straight home."

"Oh," Alex frowns, "well, he actually—we actually thought we might. Just hang out a bit? Get my mind off of today? So he was going to drive me."

There's a long pause. "All right," she says. "As long as you don't go out anywhere too public, at least today, not without any security. Please, Alexander, for my peace of mind?"

"Oh, no, totally," he agrees. "We're probably just going to get tea and maybe get food. Sit in his car and talk about how this sucks."

His grandmother simultaneously pulls a face and laughs, and that's how he knows that he's growing on her, improper language and all. "All right then. I hope your afternoon with your friend helps," she says sincerely. She stands and turns to Principal Lessa. "Thank you greatly for allowing us to visit your school and use your office today."

Principal Lessa shakes her head. "It is not a problem. I am just sorry this happened. Please know that we will do everything we can to ensure that he is as safe as can be."

His grandmother smiles at her and then walks out of the office, followed closely by John. Alex is left sitting alone with his principal which—awkward. She gives him the choice of going back to class or hanging out in the front office for the last period of the day. Since his last class of the day is biology—which first, he enjoys and second, means he could potentially be missing something important—he opts to go back to class, but not before sending off a quick text to Willie, promising to meet him at the end of K wing after class.

Biology goes by quick and it's clear that no one in his class has seen the news yet, because not a single eye turns to him the entire class, aside from his late entrance. He can't say the same for the rest of the school, as he can feel a few eyes on him as he makes his way through the halls after class has ended. It's not the majority, not even close, but it's enough to be noticeable, enough to make Alex's skin crawl, heat creep up his throat, and spots dance in his vision. He tries his best to ignore them, but it's hard, especially when he hears his name a few times.

K wing is a reprieve. It's the least crowded wing in the entire school, and even though it leads to the student parking lot, since people who drive themselves don't have to rush, the flow of students leaving is slow and not all at once. Alex is grateful for the lack of stares, and pulls out his phone as he waits for Willie. Swiping through his phone, the typical list of suggested articles pop up and he freezes when he sees when he's not in not only one but three of them. So, people in his biology class may not have known today, but they definitely will tomorrow, along with everyone else in all of his other classes, and everyone else that he passes in the halls. Alex felt sick dealing with the few stares he got today, how in the hell is he going to manage the entire school looking at him tomorrow?

Or, maybe he's just being really self-absorbed. Maybe they won't care. They might see it, read it, think 'oh, ha, what a nerd,' and write it off. They'll pass him and won't look at him because why would they care that he's a prince? It's not like they live in Beasiga. It's not like him being Prince of Beasiga impacts them in any way. So, yeah. Self-absorbed.

"Hey, hot dog."

Alex clicks his phone off and pushes it in his pocket, pushes his thoughts away. "Willie. Hey."

"You ready to go?"

"Yeah, I'm ready."

Alex figures that this is going to be like their Fridays, where Willie picks him up and sort of just—wings it as he goes, but as soon as he gets in the car he has a purpose. He drives them to Alex's favorite tea shop and, before Alex can even begin speaking to the cashier, asks for the order to go. When their tea is ready they start driving again, a fifteen-minute drive until they're at one of the hiking trails just outside of Los Feliz. Alex supposes it's just to give them something to do, or to keep them away from other people, he's not sure why Willie chose this, but he doesn't think Willie factored in the tea to the hike. The tea is hot in his hands while they walk so he has to keep passing it back and forth between them.

"See, with invisibility you could skate wherever you wanted within reasonable distance, but with teleportation you could skate in a lot more places legally by just popping away," Willie explains, answering Alex's question about his reasoning for his choice of super powers. "So like, it'd have to be one of those two for me, I'm just… I don't know which one."

"I feel like you'd get more added benefits beyond the skating perks with teleportation," Alex says. "Go on vacation whenever, break in places, no rush hour traf—"

"I'm sold. No rush hour? Down."

Alex watches Willie make an exaggerated motion with his hands and then kicks at the trail dirt. He smiles and turns away.

"What about you then?" Willie asks. "What's your super power?"

"I don't know," Alex admits. "Is there a super power where you just… don't get anxious?" Next to him, Willie laughs. "No, I… I'm not sure. Indestructibility might be nice. I… I, like, wanna die of old age. Not in a car crash or some freak accident."

"Nice. Fits with your brand."

"What brand?"

"Anxiety."

They keep talking—they talk most of the time, about weird encounters they've had in Downtown LA, about whether or not ghosts are real, but never about the news article—sorry, articles. And when it's silent it's nice, too. And then sometime later—he's not sure how much later because he hasn't looked at his phone once, but their teas are gone and thrown away in trailside garbage cans—they make it to a peak. They take a seat in the dirt right off the trail and in the distance he can see Downtown LA. Alex's legs are stretched out in front of him and he leans back on his hands, and Willie sits next to him, cross-legged. They're close enough that Willie's knee is pressing into Alex's thigh and Alex is trying not to think about that, because he still can't make sense of what has changed the past couple of weeks, of how it's changed and why it's changed—of the touches of the hand holding of the dates of the—this was actually my parents first date, too—of the too.

"So what'd your grandma and, uh, her people say about all of this today?" Willie asks after a few minutes, finally broaching the subject.

Alex shrugs. "They weren't happy, obviously. It was, uh. An intern from the consulate who did it. I feel bad, but it's just… I mean… it was just… everyone knew that the press wasn't meant to know, right? They had a briefing over that. And I don't know if she wasn't there for it or wasn't paying attention or if she just didn't care… But, yeah, a journalism student got her first published article in LA Times because of it, at least." Willie's eyebrows shoot up, mirroring Alex's exact initial reaction. "But, um. Grandma's really mainly concerned about my safety, you know? Lessa had to go over our school's security with her a few times for her to feel secure, and John asked to have someone from his security team in the front office for anyone who visits throughout the day so they can vet them, which Lessa agreed to, but… I don't know. It feels over the top, but… you didn't get to see it, but there were so many news vans outside the school today, man. It was wild. So maybe it's not over the top. It's—just. Man, this is just like the prince thing all over again. It feels like a joke, or like a dream, you know?"

"Yeah," Willie says, nudging Alex's shoulder with his. "How's your anxiety dealing with it?"

"Honestly? Not that great," he admits. "Julie made me realize that it's not so much public speaking I'm bad at as it is people… noticing me. And now? So many people are going to notice me and I don't know how to handle that. I've always been anxious, and then I became a prince. Which did not calm me down. Now, to add to that, the world now knows I'm a prince. What do you think that's going to do for my anxiety?"

"Huh," Willie huffs. He looks over at Alex, tongue poking in his lower lip. His eyes drift from Alex out to looking at downtown LA, and then his entire demeanor changes. "I bet I know something that will help," he says, and in one quick motion hops to his feet. Alex watches him from where he's still sat in the dirt. Willie stares down at him with a maniacal grin on his face. "Yelling. on. a mountain." And then he throws his head back and screams.

Alex drops his jaw, whipping his head around. "Willie!" he gasps, reaching over and grabbing at the other boy's leg. "Willie—shh!" Willie stops, laughing, and looks back down at Alex. Alex stares up at him. "We're okay! Everything's okay!" Alex calls out as loud as he can.

"C'mon, man!" Willie encourages. "Ah!" he screams, much shorter than his first go. He nudges Alex with his foot.

Alex huffs. "Ahhhh," he breathes, sounding more like he's sinking into a hot bath than he is dropping off the top of a roller coaster.

Willie laughs, loud and open, and reaches down to grab the front of Alex's hoodie. "No, dude. You're doing this. Come on. Stand up. Spread your feet, brace yourself, take a deep breath. Ready?" Alex does everything Willie says and then bites his lip, hard. He can already feel the scream welling up inside him, ready to burst out. So when Willie screams at him, Alex screams back, and feels a pressure release somewhere deep inside him. When he cuts off, he already wants to do it again, so he does, and for much longer this time—this time, he screams until his lungs are screaming in their own way for air, and Willie screams right along with him. Tension that Alex didn't even know he had snaps and he feels like some lock inside of him has been broken. He's breathing hard and feels himself beaming at Willie, who has grabbed on to him at some point and is still holding him in his grip. Alex, in his current state of mind, really doesn't want Willie to let him go. And yet, Willie flashes his eyebrows and takes a step back, dropping Alex's shoulders in the process.

"Feels good, right?"

Alex grins. "Yeah. It does." And then. "Oh, my god." He looks around them again and yells, "we're okay! Everyone's fine!" In a normal voice he says, "there's going to be a news article later tonight about the search for two hikers who were screaming for help, isn't there? Because that's how my life is going."

Willie tosses his head back and laughs, and falls back to the ground. Alex joins him a second later, hesitating only because he's not sure if he should sit as close as they were initially sitting or not. He settles on a middle ground—sitting close enough that Willie could brush against him, but that he wasn't pressed against him. When he's settled back into the dirt, Willie starts the conversation back up. "I am excited to see what rumors might pop up about you though," he says with a waggle of his eyebrows.

Alex has a sudden thought. "What if they find out I'm gay?" Oh, god.

Willie frowns. "I thought you were only out to us?"

"I mean, technically, but there have been rumors at our school for—for how long now?" Years. There have been rumors for years. And all it took was one person like that intern talking to the wrong person and passing that rumor along and then Alex will have to—have to ask Flynn to pretend to date him or something and—no, god, no he can't do that, to himself or to her. "And like you just said, rumors are all the news need—and I don't—I don't want to have to deal with a fake girlfriend to get those rumors to go away, or, or—"

"Alex," Willie coos, gripping Alex's bicep tightly in his hand. "Alex, calm down. It'll all be okay. You won't have to. Okay?"

"But my parents," he says, realizing. Oh, god. It's not just the public he has to worry about. "My grandma—they don't, she doesn't—she doesn't know."

"That's okay," Willie says.

"She should know though. I'm just—I'm not… brave enough…" …but he can be.

He just screamed at the top of a mountain for the hell of it. It's not a very tall mountain, it's really much more of a hill, but that takes away from his point.

"Alex, what, of course you—"

"Willie?" Oh god. Whatever that lock that broke inside of him was, it was really, truly broke. And there was no going back.

"Huh?"

He closes his eyes. Okay. He's doing this. This is a thing he's going to do. He's going to be brave. He's going to do this, and then he'll be brave enough to tell his grandmother, right? If he can do this he can do anything. He's going to do it. He is. Just in—3, 2, "I like you," he blurts out, and… it's out there. He did it. Some pressure in his shoulders releases but—but that's not all he has to say. "And like, before you say something dumb like 'I like you too, dude.' I just. I mean in the way that's probably closer to the way that means 'I'm in love with you' than anything else. So like. Maybe not I like you. Maybe I love you. I don't know. I'm not sure how that's supposed to feel but I've felt it for a long time, specifically towards you, and it's never gone away, and it's only gotten stronger, so maybe that's love, but maybe I just have a really big crush on you? I don't—"

He's cut off by—

Huh.

He's cut off by Willie kissing him.

Without hesitation, he kisses back, hands automatically reaching up to hold Willie's face, his thumbs tracing over Willie's cheekbones as their lips move against each other. Willie's knee presses way too hard into Alex's thigh, probably hard enough to leave a bruise, and Alex can feel Willie jostling back and forth, can feel his hand sliding along the dirt as he shifts his hand to change his position. It's a little awkward, but it's—

It's good.

Willie pulls back far too soon, but Alex can feel the grin spreading on Willie's lips against his, before they even part. Willie doesn't lean all the way back. He pushes their foreheads together and bumps their noses together. "Maybe I just have a really big crush on you, too," he says.

"Oh."

Willie laughs, and sits back then. "Alex?"

"Huh?"

"You know that means I love you too, right?"

"Oh. No."

"Alex?"

"Huh?"

"I love you too."

#willex #willex fic #willex fanfic #jatp fic #jatp fanfic #ysmfinb #my writing

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foreveralwaysanauthor · 2 years

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Pause, Play, Repeat

December 15, 2021

Prompt - Christmas Playlist

Characters - Royce, Bentley, and Vivien (still Cabin Crew AU, but not everyone is mentioned)

Notes - Okay, I have no idea why this didn’t post yesterday. I had it scheduled to post for noon yesterday since I was going to be busy all day, but it was still in my drafts so I don’t know what happened but here it is! Anyway, this might tie into another prompt I do on the 19th and you'll see why. I'm not sure 100% sure it will, but either way, I'm excited about it 😊

December 15th,

Vivien came over after shopping yesterday and insisted that we have to hang out today. She says she’s missed us, even though she came over three days ago and we hung out then. It’s fine with me, I like spending time with her. She’s a great friend, we have a lot in common, and she’s one of the few people I would trust with everything I know. Though I have to say, I doubt it would be easy for her to wrap her head around the whole “other universe” thing; she’s very analytical. I just hope that, when she’s here, everyone will stop talking about me having a crush on her. I mean, even if I did, that’s beside the point. She’s a friend first and foremost.

“So, how are your guys’ Christmas playlists coming along?” Vivien asked from her perch on one of the beanbags in Royce and Bentley’s room. Royce had left to get snacks and drinks, leaving Bentley and Vivien alone to chat.

“Our what?” Bentley asked, looking up from his drawing.

Vivien sent him a smile and repeated herself, “Your Christmas playlists. You put a bunch of songs on a list on your phone and other people can check them out. Well, I know you don’t have a phone of your own yet, but still, Royce lets you use his. I figured you guys would be about done making them by now.”

“I still don’t understand,” Bentley claimed, shaking his head as he tapped his pencil on the side of his sketchbook.

“Oh, come on,” Vivien sighed, resting her arms on the side of Bentley’s bed so they were face-to-face. “Does Royce tell you anything? We’re having a teens-only Christmas party on the nineteenth, did he tell you about that yet?

“Yeah,” Bentley agreed, “he said we need to bring a bunch of music for it.”

Vivien snorted, “That would be the playlist I was talking about.”

“Oh,” Bentley said, “well, I guess that makes more sense than bringing a bunch of records to the party.”

Vivien laughed as the door to the room pushed open and Royce entered. “Yeah, I guess so! Hey, Rolls, were you seriously thinking of bringing a bunch of records to the Christmas party?”

Royce shrugged as he tossed a bag of chips in Bentley’s direction. “I mean, that’s how you bring music to a party so, yeah, why?”

Vivien stared at him in disbelief before tossing her head back in laughter. “Dude, no! That’s so old school. You can’t be serious!”

“Why not?” Royce asked again, placing a bag of pretzels by Vivien’s seat before sitting down.

Vivien’s laughter slowed to a stop as she looked between the two brothers and realized that they weren’t joking around. “Wait, you’re serious?” At the brothers’ identical nods, Vivien paused. “Do you even have Spotify on your phone?” Royce shook his head. “Wow, you guys really are in the dark about phones and stuff. I knew about that app long before I even got a phone.”

“Like we told you,” Bentley began, “our dad never allowed us to do any stuff on computers or anything.”

Royce nodded in agreement. “Yeah, and we walked to and from school so we never really had a lot of friends we could talk to about stuff like that.”

Vivien sighed, shaking her head, “No offense, guys, but your dad sounds kinda sucky.”

“None taken,” both brothers responded.

“He had his ups and downs,” Bentley claimed.

Royce nodded with a sigh, “But he was military so that was our normal.”

Vivien gave an “ah” in understanding. “PTSD is a big problem with ex-military so I guess that makes sense to an extent but, still, no cell phones? That’s a bit excessive.”

The boys shrugged in return, allowing the topic to drop as Vivien went onto her cell phone. “So,” Royce began, “what are we supposed to do for the music, then?”

“Oh, right,” Vivien said, nodding to herself as she quickly brought up her music app. “You go on here and make a list of all your favorite Christmas songs. It doesn’t matter what they are or who sings them, just make a playlist and we’ll play it at the party along with everyone else’s. It has to be on the short side or we’ll be there all night so I kept mine at ten songs.”

Royce and Bentley nodded, leaning over so they could see what to do on the app. After a bit more explaining, Vivien took Royce’s phone and added the app, taking it across the hall to where Mick was and having her add Royce’s phone to their family’s premium subscription before returning to the boys and helping them create a new playlist for each of them.

“Now, you get to have fun deciding between Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande,” Vivien claimed with a grin, handing Royce his phone before setting hers aside and chatting with Bentley.

Royce grinned at his phone, noting that she’d set his name on the app to “✨ Rolls Royce ✨” and added herself to the list of people he was following. He quickly checked her profile, finding a multitude of playlists ready to be played. She had five different playlists for Christmas alone with “I’m gonna deck your halls, bub,” “when theatre kids try to be ~festive~,” and “I’ll just be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed,” being among the lineup. There were plenty of songs to choose from on each, only a few of which Royce knew, but he had no intention of taking many songs from there as he needed his playlist to be one he felt a connection to.

He soon found the search bar, typing in a song he could barely remember his mom singing every year and adding the first result to his list. He added a few more songs from the suggestions on his home page before searching a few. He added Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, a cover of It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by a man named Andy Williams, and Blue Christmas by none other than Elvis Presley. As he added a few more songs to the list, a hand waved in front of his face. Vivien and Bentley began laughing as Royce jerked back from the hand.

“See!” Bentley exclaimed. “I told you, Viv, there’s nothing behind those eyes or between his ears.”

Between her giggles, Vivien nodded. “I didn’t think he’d zoned out that bad!”

Royce sent them a roll of his eyes before setting his phone aside and crossing his arms. “I did not zone out.”

“Dude, you totally did!” Vivien laughed. “Do you even know what we were talking about?”

Royce paused, staring blankly between his brother and friend before attempting, “The Christmas party?”

Bentley snorted before shaking his head. “Not even close!”

“Let me guess,” Royce began again, sending his brother a knowing stare. “You want to make marshmallow snowmen?”

“Nope,” Bentley said with a cheesy smile. “Well, I mean, I do, but that’s not what we were talking about.”

With a shrug, Royce sighed, “Worth a shot, I guess. What’s up?”

Vivien rolled her eyes with a bright smile and a shake of her head. “We were trying to figure out what books we should add to our reading list, but you weren’t adding anything to the conversation, so we asked you what you were up to.”

“Oh,” Royce said before taking a deep breath. “I was just working on my playlist. I’ve got eight songs already.”

“I’m calling bull on that,” Vivien claimed, whipping her phone out and unlocking it. She quickly went onto her Spotify and found Royce’s account, tapping on the only playlist he had, and scanning over the song list. Sure enough, he had eight songs already on the list. “It took me almost a week to narrow down my list, how the hell do you have most of yours already?”

Royce shrugged, earning him a shove and a scoff from Vivien. “Hey! What was that for?”

“Royce, I mean this in the nicest possible way, but, you suck. You completely suck.” Vivien scrolled back to the top of the playlist and huffed. “Like, I love you, man, don’t get me wrong, but you totally suck.”

Ignoring the feeling of butterflies in his stomach as she told him that, Royce beamed at her in return. “Love you too, Viv.”

Bentley rolled his eyes, sending Royce a teasing smirk. Vivien read the different song titles before pausing. “What’s this one?” she asked, pointing to the first song he’d added to his list.

Royce took a glance over her shoulder before smiling. “That’s a song our mom used to sing every Christmas. It’s Douce Nuit which is Silent Night.”

“So it’s Silent Night, but sung in French?” Vivien questioned. At Royce and Bentley’s nods, she smiled. “That must sound beautiful. I can’t wait to hear it at the party.”

Bentley moved to get up from his bed, reaching for Royce’s phone so he could plug it into their speaker. “We can play it now-”

“No,” Vivien cut off. “I want to hear it for the first time with everyone else. It’ll be more special, I think.

“Alright,” Bentley resigned, laying back down on his bed and returning to his drawing.

Vivien scrolled back to the top of the page and sighed, “You need to name it something better than that,” she mumbled. She took the phone out of Royce’s grasp and opened it, bringing up the playlist on Royce’s phone and hitting the edit button. “What’s your favorite Christmas movie? Miracle on 34th Street? The Grinch? Polar Express?”

Royce thought for a moment before speaking, “I like those, but I’d say my favorite is between Home Alone and that movie we watched the other day where the guy killed Santa and then became him.”

Vivien smiled. “That’s funny, those are some of my favorites too. Luckily for you, that means I have tons of quotes memorized. What about ‘I believe, I believe, I believe’?”

“Sure,” Royce agreed with a nonchalant shrug, not exactly understanding the reason behind naming a playlist something special.

Vivien hummed thoughtfully before shaking her head. “Nah, it doesn’t really make me think of you when I say it. How about, ‘Good news! I saw a dog today’?” After a moment of thought and Royce deciding she was talking more to herself than she was to him, Vivien shook her head once again. “No, that sounds more like a Bentley thing than a Royce thing.”

Bentley looked up at the sound of his name, but nodded when Royce gave him a wave of his hand, letting him know he wasn’t being talked to. “How about ‘Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal’? You know, from Home Alone?” Bentley offered as he turned back to his drawing, sketching out some details within his artwork.

Vivien’s eyes lit up as she leaned over the side of Bentley’s bed and grabbed the fourteen-year-old by the arms, shaking him in excitement. Thankfully, the movement didn’t ruin his artwork as he’d had enough time to toss his pencil aside before the shaking began. Bentley let out a laugh as he was released and Vivien collapsed back into her beanbag. “Bentley, you’re a genius! That’s, like, the most iconic movie quote in existence! I can’t believe I didn’t think of it.”

A few taps of Royce’s phone screen later and the playlist was all set and the phone was back in Royce’s hands. As Vivien went back to conversing with Bentley about movies and books and artwork, Royce stared at his screen with a smile. Not only had Vivien changed the title of his playlist, but she’d also added a few songs to it - All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson, and Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande gracing the bottom of the list. Perhaps she’d added them forgetting that they’d go onto his list and not her own, but as Royce glanced over at Vivien with a grin, watching as she and Bentley continued their conversation with emphatic ease, he told himself he’d have to have those songs memorized by the day of the party.

#nelle's christmas prompts 2021 #foreveralwaysprompts #writing #writing prompt

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toby-35 · 3 years

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Mental Health Update: The Doctor Calls.

So. As i told you all last week, i think? I said i was getting help and starting my journey to becoming mentally healthier.

Today. Tuesday 15th December. I spoke to the Doctor. After speaking for a while, he referred me to a ‘Low mood’ therapy thing, they didn't wanna give me medication as i’m ‘so young’ dude, I've been battling this for what? 3 years? idk kinda lost trackkkkkk, buttttttttt, i’m giving it a try. i already sent in my info form and i just gotta wait till beginning of January before i get anything back.

When i get the ‘go-ahead’ of maybe giving a chance for this therapy i gotta talk to the Doctor again for a check up/let him know how everything is going.

I’ll keep you all informed of my progress.

#tmg gets help #healthy tmg #mental health #on the road to getting better #depressing truths with TheMysticGay #Mr Ceely #ceelythevorta #the vorta ceely #ceely the vorta #ceelyyyyyyyyy

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cilliankelly · 3 years

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text 📱 cillian & jude.

Discord text thread featuring: cillian & @judetaylorhq

When: december 15th

Mentions: @robinscnfm @claudiafernandez96

Description: more of the usual bullshit. they discuss cillian staying with jude, cillian voices his fear of relationships, jude tells cillian he’s afraid he’ll regress, they get all mushy on each other.

Trigger Warnings: family trauma, implied internalized homophobia, discussion of coming out

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

bro i got a request.

Cillian

what is it?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Can you be at my place when I get home tonight?

Cillian

well, since you asked so nicely... i guess

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Today is just...a lot. I might be really late.

Cillian

i’ll wait up for you

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

You don't have to.

Cillian

i want to

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Thanks. How is work going?

Cillian

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.

it sucks. as per usual.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'll try to stop in if I can

Cillian

please

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'll be in that side of town later just not sure when

Cillian

got caught trying to sneak a $5 out of the door and now my manager will not take his eyes off me. it’s obnoxious.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Why?

You need money?

I'll drop off my card.

Cillian

i don’t need your card

it’s my subtle “fuck you” to the man

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Why not? You're my..

Whatever we are. You can use my card

Cillian

your what?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

You're you. And I'm me

Cillian

i don’t need your money, i can take care of myself.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I know.

But..

Cillian

but?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I want to take care of you or whatever

Cillian

i guess i’m not used to that. someone wanting to do that.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I mean I don't know where we go from..here, but I know I want to take care of you and all that stuff.

Cillian

gay

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Kinda yeah

Are you gonna stay on Ellie's couch forever?

Cillian

i mean she’s got a boyfriend now. not nearly as fun.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I got a spare room.

Cillian

i dunno...

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Yeah. I get it. It's fine. I was pretty much joking..

Cillian

jude

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Seriously, it's fine. You're not the only guy in KB looking for a place. I'll find someone else.

Cillian

cmon don’t do that i just

i think you’d get sick of my shit.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'm always sick of your shit.

Cillian

i think you’d regret it.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Just forget about it.

Cillian

now you’re mad at me

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'm mad?

Cillian

i don’t know

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'm not mad.

Cillian

are you upset?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Honestly? I've just been...waiting..

Cillian

for what?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

For you to regress..

Cillian

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I mean I know it's coming, I've tried not to make a big deal of all this shit because I know you. I know you're going to flip a switch and do that thing you do.

But it is a big deal.

And I really wish you'd just...let it happen.

Let..us happen.

Cillian

this is a lot.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Yeah. I know.

Sorry.

Cillian

i don’t really know what to say.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Are you mad at me now?

Cillian

no, i’m not mad at you

you’re not wrong. about me.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I love you though.

I just wish you'd accept it

Cillian

it’s not that i don’t want to i just

i mean i didn’t really believe in that stuff until. well until you or whatever.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I know.

Cillian

so it’s hard.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I want you to have the space to like... process it

I also want to be with you like, all the time.

Cillian

i wanna be with you too

i just don’t know how to do that without... being me all the time.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Just uh..if you're going to be with other people, let me know.

Cillian

what?

i mean i don’t want that

i just. i don’t know. this is all really new.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Yeah. Are you more worried about the fact that I'm a dude. Or the fact that I'm me.

Cillian

what?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I mean which part is harder for you to come to terms with?

Cillian

neither? i don’t know.

i’ve just only ever been in one relationship

not that this is that. or maybe it is. i don’t know.

but i mean that didn’t end well and i’m just.

i don’t know.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Well, then I think you should like..figure out what you want.

this stuff is already complicated without all your...complications, Cil.

I don't want to make this harder on you.

Cillian

but i want you

i just don't know how to be someone's... you know

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.BOTToday at 2:41 PM

we don't have to label it.

no one has to know.

Cillian

...

would you really be okay with that

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

not forever, but for now? yeah.

i don't need the whole world in my business.

Cillian

fuck, claudia's texting me

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

oh.

Cillian

she's asking about us

she saw that i like 'came out' or whatever..

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

satan moves fast, i guess my ex who claims to hate you moves faster.

interesting.

Cillian

interesting?

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

i thought you guys stopped talking weeks ago.

Cillian

yeah i mean. i think she's still pissed at me.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

well she obviously cares enough to text you.

Cillian

yeah, i guess. she's the only one who's said anything to me about it.

guess it's not that big a deal.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

it's not a big deal. it's just...weird that she texted you. she hasn't spoken to me in a while..

Cillian

i was talking about outing myself but yeah that too.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Oh, i mean...It's a big deal for you.

But I think people are pretty accepting about it.

I'm proud of you.

Cillian

yeah well

i just got tired of people asking.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

It's no one's business.

Cillian

yeah, tried that one on them a couple times. haven't had much luck with it.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

that sucks though. sorry you felt...back into a corner like that.

that's not cool

Cillian

it is what it is

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

i love you.

Cillian

i love you too. fuck. i wish you were here right now.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

so do i :/

Cillian

i miss you.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

gay.

but yeah, i get it.

i miss you too.

kind wish i could have been with you when you fucking CAME OUT.

like...it's YOU. OUT.

Cillian

hahaha, i KNOW. who would have thought.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

it's pretty sexy tbh

Cillian

really????????

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Very sexy. I'm totally going to let you fuck me.

Cillian

damn, i didn't know it would be such a turn on for you

should have done this much sooner

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

i like people comfortable in their skin.

Cillian

well. i'm as comfortable as i can be.

also stop this. i want to kiss you and you're not here to kiss. unfair.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

i mean you looked pretty comfortable in my bed all day yesterday

Cillian

your bed is really comfortable

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

yeah it is.

Cillian

maybe we could try it out.

me staying. if you want me to.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

of course i do. and not just as my...whatever.

i mean i wanted you to stay here before any of that, i mean..

honestly it's fucking weird we haven't been roommates this entire time

Cillian

i mean i would have come to your place when i got kicked out but

that doesn't matter now

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

so i guess your dad is gonna hate me now too huh

Cillian

shit, my dad. fuck him. i mean i'll probably never go home again anyways.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

you will. eventually. i'll help when it comes to that.

Cillian

eventually. like in 50 years from now maybe. when that asshole's dead and buried.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

hey...

for now we can focus on all the awesome stuff going on.

Cillian

right. awesome stuff. like you and me. fuckinnn.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Exactly

And kissing

Cillian

and all the mushy stuff.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

I'm gonna tell you such gay sweet things babe

Cillian

i will smother you with a pillow.

but same

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Smother me with your dick

Cillian

with pleasure *sunglasses emoji*

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Fuck.

Cillian

again, with pleasure *sunglasses emoji*

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

Stop making me wish I was sucking dick instead of working

Cillian

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫.

You're so hot and annoying

Cillian

my two defining characteristics

#discord #texts → cillian & jude

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penninstitute · 4 years

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Case #0191215-A

Statement of Eve Granger, regarding… a chatroom. Original statement given December 15th, 2019.

I don't care if it's real or not, I just need to get this out there somewhere. Because something happened, and I can't tell if it's real, or if it's like, one of those weird ARG things people make, or what. But I don't think those things can get this complicated.

I got a new phone recently. It's an Android--I'm not a fucking heathen, thanks, and it was working completely fine for a few weeks.

It was relatively normal. There wasn't anything wrong with the phone, not even a scratch or crack. It charged properly, the battery didn't drain too quickly or anything. It was fine. I put in all my information, it was fine. It was completely fucking normal.

And then, a few days ago, an app appeared on it, and I can't get rid of it.

It's terrifying. The icon is just a human eye, and it doesn't have a name or anything, and there's no files attached to it, but when I enter it, it's like a chatroom? I don't know how many people are in there, but the usernames are all full names, and there are different people in it each time. And when I first opened it, it asked for access to my photos, and camera, and all of my files, and it wouldn't let me opt out of it. There wasn't a 'no' option at all. It was 'yes' or nothing.

I was too curious. I let it, I guess, I didn't know what else to do. I couldn't back out now that I was in the app.

It was a bare-bones chatroom, honestly. White background, black text. No icons, just names, and timestamps were limited to the date, but I couldn't actually scroll back up to look at old messages. It was so weird.

The people in it were mostly just confused or paranoid. Everyone asked questions and nobody answered them. There was one dude, Mitchell I think his name was, who kept insisting that you don't click on a person's name.

I mean. I did, obviously. You can't just tell me not to do something, because then I'm going to do it.

It led to a page with the person's full name, birthdate, gender and sexuality, it was like a fucking profile, but it detailed their entire life. And I mean their entire life. Moment of birth to moment of death, in gruesome detail. Every person I read through had some terrible, awful secret, and some of them met really horrible ends.

Since I've looked in it and talked, I've felt like something's watching me. It feels like something's watching me while I write this. And I keep seeing eyes everywhere. Staring at me from my peripheral vision. But when I look, there's nothing there. I don't know what this means.

I don't know what to do with this. I can't check my own profile, it won't let me. I've tried. Every time, the screen freaks out and a human eye stares out. It gives me the worst feeling. I'm leaving the phone with you. Maybe you can do something with it?

ARCHIVIST'S NOTE: The phone attached to this statement does, in fact, have the app on it. However, a few days after receiving this statement, Ms. Granger contacted us to give us an update: she has gotten a new phone, and the app has appeared there as well. Once in my hands, the app adapted to reflect my own name. I wonder if I should inform Ms. Granger that she will go blind in an… incident, in a few days.

FOLLOW-UP NOTES

- Archivist's Note at the end is from my predecessor Natalie Hall, and while the phone was with the case file at the time of her viewing it, it is no longer in the case's folder.

- Ms. Granger could not be reached for a follow-up interview. Another dead end. How many of these statements are going to be unconfirmable?

- This is one of the most recent statements I’ve found with Natalie’s writing on it. I’m not sure if that means anything or not.

- This statement also caused a surprising amount of difficulties when being transcribed. It refused to scan in the regular way, and even typing it out was difficult, as the file kept getting corrupted, even on my own personal laptop.

#statement #0191215 #tma #the magnus archives

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whats-the-story-tc · 4 years

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13th-15th of May, 2020

"The One Where the Mask Drops"

[INCREDIBLY LONG SORRY]

Hey, I'm not dead! And to show you how incredibly not dead I am, let me tell you a story.

It's around 2 AM that Wednesday, I'm going to sleep. God knows I'm incredibly exhausted, but there's one last thing I needed to write into my diary. One last thing I couldn't go to sleep without.

"please be good to me today"

I went to sleep hoping that finally, after two weeks of feeling like shit when I thought about us, the tide would turn.

That morning, it rained. I immediately remembered a rainy Wednesday morning just like this two months ago, when the rain brought V back to me. I got very excited. Things were going to change for the better again, I felt it. Suddenly, I couldn't wait for class.

8:30 AM that morning, I'm getting ready for my 9 AM class. Google Classroom–notif. V. Private message. Uh-oh, I thought. The make-or-break moment, and not a minute too soon.

V: Thank you very much for your work!

I almost laughed out loud. "Wow, [Name], don't strain yourself!" I remember saying as I read it.

One infuriatingly boring English (as a foreign language) class later, it was time for V's class. I was ready five minutes in advance, but as I went on The Platform That Shall Not Be Named... no one was there. I found it odd. Usually, there are a couple of us by now. Anyway, I didn't enter the voice channel. I waited five minutes in solitude outside for someone to show up.

Well, V did. And I wasn't very well going to leave her alone, now, was I?

She greeted me 0.1 second after I joined. I tried not to be awkward about it just being the two of us, I immediately stroke up a conversation. I told her how I was already waiting, all the stuff you guys already know, and she asked if we had any lessons prior. I told her about one third of us having had English just now. We spent about two minutes alone together, as I rambled about the awkward and unfortunate situation and she listened, mostly in silence.

She was very audibly tired, and said very little, that much was to be expected from a 10 AM class. But... I might just be overthinking it, but I heard something there that concerned me. Something crushed and disappointed, something that told me she wasn't expecting only one person to show. There was something painfully lonely in that voice.

Bookworm Friend joined, about 3-ish minutes into class, and Debate Friend a minute or two later, but they were both muted, so I carried on. I asked V to tell us what happened in school in the past two days, what we missed out on, enthusiastically replying to everything I could, so she wouldn't feel like she was speaking into the abyss, so she'd know I was trying my hardest to be there for her. Then she brought up the tests she was correcting at the moment, even naming a really stupid mistake she encountered with a little laugh. But what really smacked me in the gut was when I brought up the small attendance, and she said: "There's nothing we can do." in this very melancholy voice, like she was giving up. She even texted the class group chat that she's waiting.

How do I know that she wasn't just simply tired, and that's why she sounded like that, so worn and discouraged, especially at first? Because as soon as the others, who don't belong in my friends' circle, started showing up, her voice and entire behaviour did a 180°, as if she suddenly woke up. But she didn't. I know for a fact she didn't. Nobody just wakes up that suddenly.

It took me until that afternoon to realise that I'd just spent 5 minutes with the real V, the same V I spoke to in early December, who didn't try to hide her emotions. Not from me.

If you only heard the next thirty minutes of class, you could never tell she was feeling sad to begin with. And there was a LOT to be heard. Starting with how she mispronounced "cheat somebody out of sth" as "EAT somebody out", which is... well... all I'm saying is, I fell on my knees and tried to laugh as silently as I could. Prime moment.

She said something along the lines of "We're all very sober here", after which I just texted my friends:

S: "Darling, you tell us drinking stories every two weeks, would you mind if I didn't believe you?"

and sometime after, this text was also sent, for which I will not be offering context:

S: "[Name], that was enough sex for 10 AM, I'm gonna pass out"

And, of course, after all that went down, V saying "you can't satisfy everyone" sounded VERY different.

At some point, I attempted to joke around, but as she was reading a message in the chat that was sent at the same time, I got quite the half-assed response. But what happened in the last five minutes? Oh, that changed everything.

Art Friend knew how upset I was that V didn't reply at all to my assignment, and I told her I wanted to talk to V about it. During class, she texted me if I still wanted it, and I told her no, because I'm no longer upset with her. And what does this madwoman do? SHE ASKS ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENTS.

V is absolutely enthusiastic, she goes on about how much she liked what she saw and how creative we were. Art Friend asks about hers. Then comes my leap of faith. It's now, or never.

"I hope I didn't go too far..." I said, a bit nervous, not knowing how she'd react. She never did like me trying to undermine myself. And you guys... she chuckled. Incredibly soft and warm and just what I needed to feel at ease. That already threw me off, but then, she followed it up with: "No, I really-really liked it." I could tell she was smiling on the other side of the screen and that she was completely honest. I had to sit down after that, because I just couldn't believe what I heard. That I really just witnessed all that, that I got a reaction I couldn't overthink and/or misinterpret, because I heard it with my own two ears, in real time. I felt like I could do anything in the world.

And yet, the next day, I didn't do my usual notes for her test. Because what did Specs do all evening instead? I was fucking singing. I couldn't deny being a goddamn theatre kid if I tried.

Friday. The day of the test. I'm restlessly taking notes in the morning, but I don't have the time to get into the analytics of poems, only the basics of the dude's life and works. It makes me incredibly frightened, because V's tests are only easy if you come prepared — if you have no clue what she's talking about, abandon all hope. I had absolutely everything open for cheating that I could open, and you guys? I lucked out. Most of the test was just "Explain what [insert quote] means in 2-3 sentences", and if there's something I excel at, as you've probably noticed, it's talking. It was easy as could be.

The only thing making me anxious were my classmates. They were all trying to ask for help, constant questions and begging, everyone is hopeless, because they couldn't give two shits about preparing beforehand. They were all assured some loser was gonna give them the answers. And the some loser was me. I gave it to them, everything except for the final, longer essay. That was private, only meant for V to read. After all, how was I supposed to show them my essay, that ends like this?:

"Even if our existence is finite, it's always worth fighting for happiness."

And yes, yes it is. Always. Look at me. I powered through weeks of a shitstorm, where every single day felt like years, where I no longer knew or cared what was going to happen. And let me tell you, the sun always shines beyond the clouds. You just can't see it yet. But GOD, you will. You will.

I needed time to write this. There's loads going on at the moment, not necessarily V-related, and I'm trying to work my way through it gently enough that I can make it the end sane and healthy. Currently, it's three weeks since all this happened. One and a half weeks left until school ends. I might get to see V in person again, but we'll see how it goes. All I know is that whatever happens, I can do it. Because even if my existence is finite, it's always worth fighting for happiness.

~ S ♡

[Every story I share here, no matter how specific I get with my wording, depicts actual events from my own life.]

#tc #tcc #teacher crush community #female tc #female teacher crush

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sloanepearson · 4 years

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[ to Ben Park | December 26th, 2019 at 11:43 pm | UNSENT DRAFT ]

Ben,

I know you always say I can tell you everything. I know I’ve said I understand and I would tell you when something is bothering you - and there is. I haven’t spent the holidays with my family in years. They don’t really know where I am, or what I do. I just send vague updates. I know they would be disappointed with what I am doing.

Do you ever just feel like a failure? Sometimes I look at your life, and I’m jealous. You’re a successful doctor, you know? I guess that’s why it’s so hard to talk to you about it, because you intimidate me in that why... I know I act really pleased with my live, and living the way I do, it is my choice. I could try to go back to school, but I have shot myself in the foot by living in a van, which is still technically considered ‘homeless’. I don’t know, I just needed to vent. I’m not going to send this, but I can imagine you would have words of wisdom.

[ to Ben (aka hot doctor) | May 15th, 1:12 am | UNSENT DRAFT ]

Hoooooly hell. Ben, what the fuck? How are you that hot? You lifted up Henry and Eduardo like they weighed nothing?? Like, Yoba, dude, what else have you been hiding from all of us? You should wear a shirt far less

edit at 2:30 pm: Yoba, Sloane, calm yourself.

[ to Ben | May 28th, 2:29 pm | UNSENT DRAFT ]

Ben,

I know you’re going to fight me on this, but I am going to find a way to pay you back. Even if I have to have Henry or Koa hide the money somewhere in your clinic so you don’t know it’s me - wait that’s an idea that could actually work, shouldn’t let him know....

[ to Ben | June 21st, 1:12 am | UNSENT DRAFT ]

Hey Ben,

My mom is in a coma, and I’m freaking out. She was hit by a car and all I can think about is that I haven’t been a part of her life for years. I’m at a gas station in Zuzu City, but I’m going back to Boston...for a while. Could I call you? Should I call you? I feel like I should talk to someone about this. My head is spinning right now.

[ to Ben | July 18th, 8:14 am | UNSENT DRAFT ]

BEN! SHIT I TOTALLY FORGOT YOUR BIRTHDAY! I AM THE WORST. I:M GONNA MAKE IT UP TO YOU

[ to Ben | August 13th, 11:00 am | SENT ]

Ben,

I have missed our tea times too. I’m excited to try these blends. I totally forgot to pass along the packet I had for you...a belated birthday gift of sorts. Lets not let too long pass before we have tea again, okay?

Sloane

#benjpark #( * answered * )#( Ben & Sloane )

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“Ending the year with a card that starts at 2 and features a makeshift main event” UFC in South Korea preview

Joey

December 15th

Fights: 13

Debuts: Omar Morales

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 3 (Brian Ortega OUT, Frankie Edgar IN vs Korean Zombie/Veronica Macedo OUT, Miranda Granger IN vs Amanda Lemos/Sabino Mazo vs Ji Yeon Kim CANCELLED)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 5 (Korean Zombie, Frankie Edgar, Volkan Oezdemir, Doo Ho Choi, Aleksandar Rakić)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: Dong Hyun Ma, Seung Woo Choi,Marc-André Barriault, Doo Ho Choi

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: Aleksandar Rakic, Matt Schnell, Said Nurmagomedov, Raoni Barcelos, Kyung Ho Kang, Cyril Gane

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 18- 16

Korean Zombie- 2-1 Frankie Edgar- 2-2 Aleksandar Rakic- 4-0 Volkan Oezdemir- 4-3 Doo Ho Choi- 0-1 Charles Jourdain- 0-1 Mike Rodriguez- 1-2 Da Un Jung- 0-1 Marc Andre-Berriault- 0-2 Jun Yong Park- 0-1 Pingyuan Liu- 2-1 Kyung Ho Kang- 3-1

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Featherweight- 3 (64) Bantamweight- 3 (62) Light Heavyweight- 2 (46) Lightweight- 1 (76) Women’s Flyweight- 1 (35) Heavyweight- 1 (40) Middleweight- 1 (50) Flyweight- 1 (17)

Welterweight- (76) Women’s Bantamweight- (23) Women’s Strawweight- (30) Women’s Featherweight- (8)

2019 Number Tracker

Debuting Fighters (43-62-1)-

Short Notice Fighters (33-42-2)- Frankie Edgar, Miranda Granger

Second Fight (59-41)- Da Un Jung, Charles Jourdain, Jun Yong Park, Tanner Boser, Suman Mokhtarian, Amanda Lemos, Heili Alateng

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (24-41-1)- Amanda Lemos, Ryan Benoit, Doo Ho Choi, Suman Mokhtarian

Undefeated Fighters (46-41-3)- Ciryl Gane

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (13-11)-

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (33-27)- Ryan Benoit, Amanda Lemos

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- Let's begin with the obvious and point out that the reason that the UFC keeps coming to places like Mexico, Korea and China is because that they feel like they're one move way from having a champion from that region. From the debut back in 2014 until now, the move to do consistent shows in China was to finally find a way to get what inevitably come out of with Weilli Zhang (and perhaps maybe even Yadong Song in time). They've been grinding away in Mexico to try and found a Mexican champion (Cain was already in the UFC) so far to no avail. You have to assume they figure their odds in Korea were pretty good going into their first foray there. Since that point though it's been pretty rocky with Doo Ho Choi hitting the skids and a group of the women they brought in from South Korea not really clicking either. At this point you have to wonder if the UFC's going to go as far as the Zombie and Choi are able to take them. This entire card feels lika pseudo rebound attempt for the market as the UFC are pitting a bunch of talented Koreans coming off losses against opponents in worse shape than them outside of the very good main event. So how far off are we from a Korean challenger for a title?

2- Is there anything on this card you'd feel compelled to wake up at 3 am for?

3- Is Frankie Edgar the one guy who in theory is best suited for a short notice fight? His style is basically the same regardless of opposition with a base gameplan that exists regardless of who he's fighting. He may tweak it here or there (more wrestling vs smaller guys, more striking vs slower guys) but Edgar's going to do what he do. The UFC is almost certainly hoping for the Korean Zombie to get a big stylish finish for the home fans and I'm just left to wonder if it's setting itself up for some disappointment. Edgar could absolutely stall out the Korean Zombie enough to escape with ad ecision win.

4- Worth remembering; the few times Holloway actually threw with conviction vs Edgar, he hurt Frankie pretty badly. We also saw Ortega finish Edgar and Frankie's trademark durability may be on the decline at a time where he's fighting one of the divisions best marksmen. This is not the sort of guy you want to test your chin strength against.

5- Anybody still on the Doo Ho Choi bandwagon or did back to back finishes and two fights in four years get you out of that phase?

6- Volkan Oezdemir vs Aleksandar Rakic is a GREAT fight at 205 lbs. Oezdemir has had a somewhat surprising 2019 after a really bad 2018. H gave Dom Reyes his toughest fight en route to a tough decision loss and then beat the hell out of Ilir Latifi badly. Oezdemir seems to be rediscovering his pop and his pressure game at a time where there's a lot of fluidity at the top of 205 lbs. Aleksandar Rakic came out of nowhere and has morphed from a really good wrestler and patient striker (vs Barroso and Justin Ledet) into a violent fight finisher with insane offensive versatility (vs Devin Clark and Jimi Manuwa). Great proven guy vs prospect fight.

7- If Rakic finishes Oezdemir, where does he go in this LHW clusterfuck?

8- Could anybody tell me who Da Un Jong and Jun Yong Park fought in their last fights? Yes, both dudes fought in the UFC.

9- The plans to run a show in France probably knocks Cyril Gane off of the expected progression path the UFC had for him but maybe that's a good thing since it'll buy him some more time to devleop. He gets reliable Canadian HW veteran Tanner Boser in his third fight in the organization.

10- Dong Hyun Ma vs Omar Morales has big insane fight potential if that sort of thing is your bag. Two wacky strikers who throw a lot of funky shit.

11- Alejandre Pantoja vs Matt Schnell is a great flyweight fight. Give it a good look as Schnell has gone from an 0-2 start in the UFC to winning his last four fights.

12- Suman Mokhtarian may be in the discussion of worst UFC fighters on the roster BUT naybe he's gotten better after being off for a year.

#MMA #UFC #Zombie #Korea #Edgar #Fights

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