#FOUR TIMES

[infiniteeight8]

Love your stories. Literal highlight of my days!!!

Prompt: “So what if you’re not my soulmate! I don’t care!”

Thanks so much! 😀

-

Stephen just stares when Tony pulls out the ring and asks the question. Tony’s nerves transmute into a terrible dread when the silence goes on and on and Stephen’s answer becomes clear. By the time he speaks, Tony is cold all over.

“Tony, I can’t,” Stephen says, quietly. He looks broken. Why does he look broken when Tony’s the one whose proposal just got turned down?

“Why not?” Tony asks desperately. “I love you. I know you love me. No one ever really made me believe they loved me before, but you did!”

Stephen closes his eyes for a moment. When he opens them, he only looks more determined. “Because I’m not your soulmate,” he says.

Tony surges up off his bent knee and stuffs the ring back in his pocket. “So what if you’re not my soulmate?! I don’t care!” 

“You’ll care when you meet them,” Stephen says, looking up at him from his seat on the couch. “Tony, somewhere out there is someone who is perfect for you. Someone who will make you happy like I never could. You deserve that.”

“Perfect for me.” Tony snorts. He paces for a moment and then stops in front of Stephen, jaw set. “I have the most famous soulmark in the world, right? You’ve seen the fakers. Everyone knows what it looks like.”

“They won’t all be fakers—”

“Yes or no!” Tony snaps. “Everyone knows what it looks like, right?”

Stephen frowns. “Right. Yes.”

“Which means that my soulmate knows that I’m their match,” Tony says. “They know I’m their match and they decided they didn’t want me. They didn’t want me before Afghanistan, they didn’t want me after, and they don’t want me now. And if they ever change their mind? I don’t care!” Tony realizes he’s shouting and stops, takes a breath. “Nothing they could say could ever make up for the fact that they chose not to be here when I needed them most. Like hell I’m going to let fate stick me with someone like that. I want someone who chose to be with me. I want someone who decided to be with me because they like me, not because some,” he flails for a word for a moment, “some fucking birthmark said they should be.”

Stephen is staring up at him. Hope surges in Tony’s chest. He drops into a crouch and takes Stephen’s hands in his. “You’re right for me because you’re blank,” he insists. “You picked me. Even when everyone told you it was a bad bet, you picked me. That’s what I want. I want us to choose each other, over and over again.”

Stephen is flushed now. His eyes are shining and… yes, Tony thinks that might be a smile. “Give me my ring,” Stephen says.

Tony blinks. “What?”

“You offered me a ring,” Stephen says. “Give it to me.”

Laughing, Tony fishes the ring out of his pocket again. “Is that a yes?”

Stephen beams when Tony slides the band onto his finger. “That’s a yes,” he confirms, and pulls Tony into a kiss.

[anguishmacgyver]

[refractionfish]

i've been watching ashita no joe 2 recently, and it's truly something to watch this guy slam his head into the metaphorical wall over and over instead of going to therapy. spoilers for a 50 year old series ig?

after realizing that he can't hit people in the temple anymore because he accidentally killed his rival/shonen gay lover with that move, joe goes "no i can do it. just watch me!" and panics so bad that he throws up. afterwards he goes "no let me fight the boxer ranked below the last guy. i promise i can hit people in temple" and he throws up in the ring again.

now no one wants to challenge him to a match because he keeps throwing up when he punches a dude in the temple, so he goes to a rival gym and says "someone fight me right now. i'll punch them in the temple" and guess what happens. he throws up.

the rich girl who inexplicably has a crush on him invites a boxer from venezuela, hoping that he'll replace joe's rival/shonen gay lover. joe talks his way into being this guy's sparring partner, and during their fight they go all out, so joe punches him in the temple. and then, of course, throws up.

in fiction, loosing a fight FOUR times for the same reason is a lot. we are fully past the rule of three. but the strategy never changes from "this fight will be different." i know this is a series from the 60's but like. men will do literally anything instead of going to therapy.

[angll-c]

FIRST PAINTING OF 2023 !! Thank you meru for coming home on both of my accs <333 SGHJDFGHD

[theflikchic]

Dude, imagine having an aftershave so bad that you get roasted about it four different times in four different universes by four different variants of the same guy.

[aarafox]

Obsessed with how during their meeting with Nojiko and Sanji tries to persuade her the camera pans to Zoro like four times. Like why is that if not for homosexual reasons

[sobredunia]

Number of people i met as guys who later figured out they were trans women: ////

[ifuckinghatebriansella]

just found out they did funny you should ask in boston. brian sella count your fucking days

[iamunabletothinkofablogname]

We're no strangers to love

You know the rules and so do I

A full commitment's what I'm thinking of

You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've know each other for so long

Your heart's been aching

But you're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling

Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Repeat Chorus

Give you up, give you up

Give you up, give you up

Never gonna give,

Never gonna give, give you up

Never gonna give,

Never gonna give, give you up

Last four lines repeated

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

:O

[happinessoncorneliastreet]

Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in VMAs history to win Video Of The Year four times.

[brycesfav]

HE REALLY HATES THIS NIGGA DRAKE

[raayllum]

I’M GOING TO KEEP YOU SAFE. I have to. I love you too much not to.

I have to go. I love you. I wish I could say that we will see each other again, but I don’t know if we will. I hope so.

Know that that piece of your heart isn’t missing. It’s not missing at all, Callum: I’m carrying it with me! Always. I love you.

I love you so much.

[actuallysaiyan]

Me watching Astro Boy at work, watching him get hurt: NO NOT MY LIL BABY

[sideshow-tornado]

I’m putting up teenage me numbers so far on this first day of 2024. No shame in solo mode, although I’d greatly prefer a team game.

And now I will continue anxiously horny posting while I watch my Texas Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl.

Yeah, I need to fold those towels too.

[randommultibi10]

ALRIGHT I WENT AND SAW THE MOVIE AND HOLY SHIT

So basically, I cried four times, almost cut off the circulation in my friend’s hand because I was squeezing it so hard, and was shaking as I left the theater.

I loved the way they ended the movie with everyone going off to do their own things: Peter going back home, Gamora staying with the Ravagers, Nebula and Drax staying to rebuild the city, Mantis going off to find who SHE wants to be, and then Rocket and Groot recreating the Guardians.

I LOVED the closure they gave Rocket and they way they did his backstory. And can I just say that y’all FUCKING DOWNPLAYED THAT SCREAM BECAUSE THE WAY I JUMPED AND IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO TEARS. BRADLEY COOPER NEEDS AN AWARD FOR THAT SHIT THAT WASNT EVEN ACTING THAT SCREAM WAS GUTTING HOLY SHIT.

Anyways, I’m giving this one a 100000000000/10, this was a great comeback from Marvel in my opinion. I hope the future movies are all like this one… minus all the painful portions 😅

[mocha-gladiator]

me, staring at the ceiling at midnight, thinking how nobody will know she hit him with a book.