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Whoa, I didn’t know how long you’ve been attracted to Nate Fick! Thought I was pretty alone in having long term HBO crushes, good to know I’m not the only one. Bill Guarnere in BoB is my biggest HBO 6-year crush… Totally my kind of guy, irl and out. Hold onto your comfort character 😊
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...Yeah. It's a problem... or solution to depression, I don't know XD It's his fingers and the way they position on his rifle, resting or gripping... or just holding a pen... those long fingers that can do things... It's his puppy-dog green eyes that are always stressed and carrying the weight of the world... It's his nose...his kissable lips that, when he smiles, it's the softest thing ever... The way he swears... I don't like when men swear much but when he does it... Oof it's something happens. Don't even get me started on how he protects. .... I'll stop.
Nope. Guess you and I have been loners for a while. So hi, nice to meet someone who's got long-term HBO crushes!
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I have a weird soft spot for Guarnere. He's not my favorite...very low down on the list... Mostly because I see him as a slut XD but he reminds me of a 'family' member.
See, one side of my family is Italian. The other is British. I share equal qualities but will always choose British over Italian. My heart lies in England, and my humor is dry and that of typical British/Australian/NZ humor... But I have heavy-set Italian features... anywho - My family are friends with another group of Italian-background people, who are like an extended family. Me and this particular guy kinda had a forced friendship. Felt obligated to, to keep our grandparents happy. It was a lot of petty sibling rivalry. He'd say shit to me... But the minute someone else said the same things he would, similar or worse - he came tearing across from the other side of the room and placed himself in front of me, going face-to-face with the other person. There was a soft side to this guy. And it came out occasionally when we weren't bickering over extremely stupid stuff. TL;DR his protectiveness reminds me of Guarnere. I see Guarnere a lot like that. But that's probably also my little HC too. I don't know. I feel like I'm talking to much instead of just replying to your original ask of 'OMG SAME!'
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k-wame · 7 months
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(L-R) Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Austin Butler, Edward Ashley, Nate Mann PHOTOCALL - Masters of the Air Premiere - 10 January, 2024 Los Angeles, California
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cthaehart · 7 months
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rcbertleckie · 7 months
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ANTHONY BOYLE as HARRY CROSBY MASTERS OF THE AIR · EPISODE FIVE
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Damn you know the Velma show is bad because Velma and Daphne literally kiss and are confirmed love interests in it and you gay bitches are SILENT
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villanelleskiss · 2 years
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“she was a lot more girly” just call her a dyke joel
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r11nareborn · 2 months
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Professor Cohle...
*repost, cuz the previous one had a glitch
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wtchland · 1 month
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Summary: A long night at the grocery store, shifts itching to its end. A recent college graduate just tryna save for her big move when her former professor finds himself grocery shopping just before closing.
Paring: Prof Joel Miller x Reader
Warnings: Protect P in V, Age gap 20 year old graduate & her 50 year old professor, Teacher x Student, Pet names (Bunny, Baby Bunny), No character description other than mention of tramp stamp and a peachy ass, Flirting, A dumb romcom moment, Cursing? No proofreading cuz we don’t do that around these parts, Mentions of Drinking, Self Roasting, F oral receiving
A/N: I forgot I was writing about a college girl for a moment. So what, sue me.
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Graduation
The time for you to put on your last college party outfit and drink your night away. Except. Work waits for no one.
In addition to your graduation night it was also the night your petty bitch coworker Miranda called in sick. And you could use the extra money before you quit your job and move to Austin. So now you’re spending your Friday night bent over restocking ground beef.
“Nice tattoo”
You jumped up being greeted by a grin. Joel Millers grin. Or at least as of a few days ago Professor Joel Miller’s grin.
You pulled up your low rise jeans, not like they could go up any higher without a camel toe.
He looked different off campus. Almost hotter. Messy hair, flannel. Definitely here for a quick dinner and some alcohol. Except that’s not exactly how you imagined him outside of school..
Not that you imagined him much. Besides that one time he popped up in your head right before you squirted a few months ago.
Joel cleared his throat. Shit, you’ve been staring for a while.
“Sorry, did you need anything”
Joel raised a eyebrow looking you up and down. He liked when you wore jeans too small for your peachy ass. He really liked when you wore form fitting shirts to match and show off your tattoo.
“Yeah bunny, wheres the beers”
Bunny.
Imagine that voice calling your bunny while he pounds your pussy 6 ways to Sunday.
You pointed to a cooler in the back and he nodded with a grin. Ever the southern gentleman
You watch him walk away while you bite your lip and squeeze your thighs together feeling your pussy throb. If he was any other regular hot man you would've bent over immediately no question but he was your professor he probably didn’t even remember your name let alone your face.
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10 minutes till closing. You sat at your register when Joel comes up with a case if beer, a wine cooler and small groceries. Along with a pack of condoms. You stand up and start scanning.
“Got a hot date?”
Joel started bagging his groceries “Sunday Night with a thing called Television Football” You smile and roll your eyes scanning.
“So why aren’t you partying bunny?”
You looked up surprised. He did know you. He did know you were his student. You help him bag his groceries slowly “Well I’m moving more into the city plus someone called into work late so i figured hello extra money.”
Joel nodded with a small hm in a acknowledgment before asking another question. “No one should have to work and sleep on their graduation night.”
You shrug and ring up his total. Joel hands you the cash “Though, your night doesn’t have to be boring. You’re young, hot and have ass for days. Sex saves people bunny. Go have some”
You don’t know if it was the fact that your professor just told you to go have sex or it was the fact that you decided you wanted to have sex with him that baffled you the most.
But you’ve never closed up a register and clocked out so fast in your life. You searched the parking lot for him before you saw a chevy starting.
You asked yourself what dumb bitch runs in a parking lot for some middle aged dick like it’s a romcom. Apparently you. But that would just have to be your secret.
You knocked on the driver window before he could pull off and he rolled his window down with a confused eyebrow.
You didn’t even know what to say. Let’s have sex? Weird. Do you wanna have sex? Shy. Let’s go fuck. Absolutely the fuck not.
“You forgot your receipt.” The fuck? What fucking receipt.
Joel looked at your hands “Did you loose it”
You nodded immediately just going on with whatever so you could just run away and never see him again. Joel unlocked the truck door.
“Unless the receipt is a metaphor for please fuck me I don’t think you ran all the way out here to give me a receipt”
Did he speak incoherent 20 year old girl? This man was a damn dream. A perfect salt and pepper heaven. You did the slut of shame walk all the way to his passenger door climbing in.
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Joels loft wasn’t the messy bachelor condo, pool table in the middle of the living room and panties hanging on the wall place you were expecting. It was earthy almost, neutrally brown with real watered plants and books for days. It was pretty.
Could this man get any hotter. No sexier. Is there even a word? You walked around his living room while he puts away groceries.
“Hungry?”
You shook your head. You just wanted your panties pulled down and your pussy on his dick asap. Joel pulled out his phone. “Pizza okay.”
This man. Feeds you. Teases you. Needs to bend you over.
Joel on the other hand was having fun. Watching you squirm. Smelling your arousal in the car the whole drive. Watching as you let out little whimpers every bump because you’re thong had accidentally rolled inside your pussy lips rubbing your clit. He knew when he got you there you were gonna be a mess.
“Wine or Beer bunny?”
You’re gonna need something stronger than both if you have to put up with anymore teasing.
You flop on his leather couch.
“Whiskey”
Joel walks over with two glasses. You down yours immediately looking over at him. You envy how collected he is. How he isn’t uncomfortable and squirming. Joel sets yours and his glass on the table before pulling you on his lap. Ge smells of whiskey and cologne.
Joel lifted your chin kissing you. It was everything you could dream. Sweet, demanding.
You moaned wrapping your arms around him. You felt that grin against your lips as her pulled you closer. The friction of your jeans against his your panties and your jeans against your clit.
You reach down unbuttoning your jeans and joel grab s your wrist pulling away and tutting. “Patience Baby Bunny. Patience.”
Screw him and patience. You needed him immediately.
Joel lays you down on the leather sofa slowly pulling your jeans down. “You smell so fucking strong baby”
In that moment all the slowness escaped from his body and he snatched your jeans down. His big thumb rain across the bow of your panties. Admiring them for a moment before snatching them off.
His hands roughly hiked your legs up and he plunged two fingers inside your snatch. Your breath hitches and your back immediately arches.
Joels fingers feel like heaven. 100 percent than your toys and all you can’t think about is if his fingers feel like this you cant wait to ride him.
“That’s it bunny. Just like that”
You ride his fingers. Wishing he would pull out and replace it already. After a moment of moaning and the wet sounds of your soaked pussy Joel pulls his fingers out.
You whimper and sit up on your elbows watching as he walks to the kitchen digging through the earlier bags. You continue to whimper your impatience.
“Joelll”
Joel grins walking back over “What did I say about patience bunny? Bad girls who don’t listen get bent over the knee. Do you want to be bent over the knee bunny?”
You shake your head immediately. Though the idea of Joel redding your ass to the point where you cant sit down sounds super fucking hot in the moment.
He snatches your legs to the end of the couch and unfastens his pants unbuckling his belt with the same steady movements he’s too good at. The condom slides on just about immediately but at this point you’re so embarrassingly desperate for him you would let him fuck you raw.
Just feeling of Joels tip of his cock alone had you moaning like a bitch in heat. The leaking thick head had your mouth watering at the sight.
Joel sunk in deep. No words were said. What could be said? Thank you for pounding my pussy do well? Thank you for giving me your big cock.
Your moans were music, a song to Joels ear. The way you weathered against his ministrations made him fight to bottom out immediately.
So when Joel felt you clench him through the condom when he felt you close he knew he wanted to wait it out. Wait until his bunny got what shes been begging for all night.
You reached for his hands squeezing them to death. He grunts holding your hands above your head. “Take it bunny, take what you need. Its all about you tonight”
Three more thrust and you cum hard. Harder than the dorm room squirt session. Harder than your first orgasm. Harder than your first toy. And Joel follows right behind you.
He stands there for a moment catching his breath before getting on his knees and licking you clean. You tremble and as soon as Joel finishes he grabs you up by your waist carrying him to his bedroom. He lays you down amongst the huge windows and the king sized bed.
Joel sinks down in bed next to you pulling you in his arms and kissing your forehead before mumbling “Best graduation party?” You give a incoherent response already falling asleep.
This wasn’t gonna be the last leg shaking orgasm your former professor is gonna give you. But it’s definitely the best graduation send off you’ve ever gotten.
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Succession S4E10 / Jeremy Strong on Succession’s Brutal Finale and Kendall’s Ending
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lesbyers · 2 years
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tomgreg is truly amazing because its like. one of them is a married man who has a psychosexual obsession with his hot wife’s weird cousin. and the other is this clueless but somehow incredibly machiavellian little guy with a school-girl crush on his boss who treats him like he’s his mistress. its somehow not only insanely funny to watch but there’s this underlying sadness to it all which ends up making it play out like a modern day shakespearen comedy-tragedy.
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theweirdgoodbyes · 5 months
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just remembered that eugene signed his letter to sid with “your humble and obedient servant” and that is the gayest shit I’ve ever heard
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anaxibiaclark · 2 years
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I decided to torment myself and watch episode 5 of The Last Of Us again. My God, the ending. For those who say Bella Ramsey is not Ellie, fuck you. They do a beautiful job playing Ellie. They embodied a character who has had to endure a lot and they do it so well. I look forward to what they pull off in the next season and the first isn't even done yet. We're only half way through.
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The scene after a few rounds of Mortal Kombat where they’re like jumping and yelling and celebrating and ellie just Looks at riley for a couple seconds. Why did they have to call me out like that
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rogue-coyote · 7 months
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masters of the air » part one
"We got a long road ahead of us."
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Quiet Crushes
Summary: Joel Miller x Fe!Reader ~ You have always been nervous around Joel Miller. Ever since he came to town it's like you're a teenager again with a crush on the hottest guy in school. But, when someone unexpected turns up, it seems that even Joel has found the courage to talk to you.
Disclaimer: I haven't written in a while so there may be some spelling mistakes (I'm gonna blame the lack of sleep). Fluff, angst, idiots in love, speechless around crushes, kissing.
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You didn’t know how long it had been since you’d last slept. 12 hours? 24? None of it mattered. All you could focus on was your brother, lay on the bed in your spare room, breathing up and down, freshly cleaned and slowly healing physically. 
Joel was downstairs in the kitchen cooking something. 
You’d heard the pans clatter every couple of minutes until you heard the mugs and the plates. But you couldn’t concentrate on that. Your gaze and mind remained focused on your brother’s chest, watching it rise and fall; fearful that if you looked away, even if just for a second, he would stop and he’d be gone from you and this world permanently. 
You’d not seen him in almost four years and in that time you’d somehow convinced yourself he’d died. That a clicker or worse had got to him and killed him. He’d been dead to you for just over three years. But despite this, part of you still held hope. 
That was the only part of you that was happy. 
It was proved right. Your brother was alive…to an extent. 
Lord knows what he saw and what he went through to find you. You didn’t even want to imagine. Your mind had been so focused on getting him cleaned up, you couldn’t bring yourself to step over the line and ask the questions about his scars. 
He’d tell you in his own time, you hoped. 
The moment you saw him walk through the doors of Jackson…you felt your heart both drop and soar at the same time. He was like a drowned-rat in the rain. Both of you were by the time you left Joel’s side from the covered porch of the Tipsy Bison to run out to the muddied path in the rain and embrace your brother. 
The mud on your jeans proved to you that you’d been there to hold him in the mud when you both collapsed from the sheer impact of the hug. 
You vaguely remembered Joel telling you to get a shower…but you couldn’t remember how long ago that was. The moment they carried your brother into his room, you hadn’t so much as left his side, let alone the room. 
You patched up his wounds whilst he slept and woke him part way through so he’d finally eat something and get his strength up. 
It was only as you sat alone in the silence of your sleeping brother that you let your mind go back to the moments just before he’d come through the gates. 
You’d been talking to Joel or, at least, trying. 
Ever since Joel arrived in Jackson, your crush on him had been a burden to bear.
You never liked having crushes; they either lead to embarrassment or pain. Neither sounded appealing. 
And, so, for the first eight months, any conversation you had with him never extended past three words a day, if that. You’d remain quiet and get your work done. 
It was only after these eight months that Tommy came to you, asking you to actually try and talk to Joel. You were only one of the few that didn’t. Whilst the others seemed to have something against Joel, Tommy seemed to be blind to the fact that you actually had something for Joel. 
But Maria wasn’t. 
She saw it instantly. 
The way the blood rushed to your face. The way your breathing became unsteady and you couldn’t seem to form a single sentence in his presence. 
You liked Joel…a lot. 
As did many other women in Jackson. 
And men.
But still, no matter how hard you tried, you were just a bumbling mess around Joel. 
After Tommy’s talk, you’d been fixing a lightbulb in the Tipsy Byson when the bulb shone too bright, shocking you and causing the ladder to rattle beneath you. 
However, it stopped falling when Joel caught it, and you. 
His hands were on your waist. 
“Are you okay?”
“Yes.” you eventually managed to answer as you climbed down. 
You could only be thankful that your back was to Joel but the instant you turned around, you were met with his gaze and any human function you had in your body seemed to instantly disappear. After a couple of attempts, you managed to make your “Thank you,” loud enough for the human ear to hear before running off. 
It seemed to only get worse after that. 
And already being aware that you were a blushing mess when you even thought about him only added to that. Feeling the heat of your cheeks, and being all too aware of it when faced with Joel Miller only increased your embarrassment. 
There were some moments where you thought he was flirting with you but your conscience quickly brushed that aside. After all, why would Joel Miller be interested in you when most of Jackson was after him?
And that evening, everything felt like it was coming to a head. You were so sure Joel knew about your feelings towards him, despite the fact you wanted to forget about them. Why else would he ask you to go outside with him? You figured he’d let you down gently at least. Tell you he wasn’t interested but he’d be sure you were a lovely woman.
Instead, he’d stepped closer to you. 
If it had been anyone else, maybe you would have backed away. But not with Joel. 
He wasn’t threatening to you in his gaze or his touch but rather gentle, soft and kind. Despite all what you had heard about him, you’d never seen him be anything but kind and caring to those around him. A vastly different version that Tommy had been expecting, that’s for sure. 
You couldn’t even remember what Joel had said to you. 
One minute your mind was growing dizzy with the simple thought of him. The next, you’d flicked your eyes away for a moment only to see a lad run at full speed past the bar and towards the gates. 
Both you and Joel’s gaze followed the lad and when you saw your brother…Joel saw the change in you. 
Most times, you were flustered. Running here, there and everywhere. Hell, you rarely seemed to have time to have a conversation with him before you were dashing off to somewhere else. 
Since he started working with Tommy again, he wanted to know more about you. 
You seemed to keep to yourself, mostly. Tommy said you were trustworthy and the one to go to whenever or if ever he had a problem whether that be with a light fixture, plumbing, cooking or even just with life. 
That day you’d nearly fallen from the ladder, he’d hoped to have a drink with you - talk to you. Get to know you. 
He’d tried for weeks after that, but again, always flustered. Part of him figured that perhaps, maybe, you felt the same way about him as he did about you. 
So, that night at the Tipsy Byson, he was hoping to ask you. 
But then you looked away and suddenly everything about you became…cool. 
You were no longer a “flustered mess” as he’d heard someone call you in the bar one night. You no longer had that light dusting blush across your cheeks that seemed to brighten every time he got closer which made his stomach summersault. 
No, instead, you became more reserved. 
You stood straight and had your arms folded. Your eyes narrowed to look at the face of the weakened man in the middle of the two brother’s helping carry him inside the walls of Jackson. 
Joel had called your name and asked you a question but he knew none of it had registered. But you had managed to answer his next question without him having to ask it. 
“That’s my brother.”
Without a second thought or care to the rain, you left the shelter of the porch and walked out and once you were close enough, you called your brother’s name and Joel watched you run to your brother, and him run to you. 
He watched the pair of you reunite before dropping to the mud beneath you both. You pulled back for a second to look your brother over before pulling him close again and holding the back of his head. 
Joel had told you to go for a shower when your brother got settled but since he didn’t hear the shower turn on, he decided to cook. You hadn’t eaten since before you got to the bar and, despite your brother needing nourishment, you’d be in need of it, too. 
“Hey,”
You turned to look at Joel who was standing in the doorway. 
“Hey.”
“Here. I made you some stew.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“There’s more in the pot in the kitchen but, I’ve got to go and get Ellie. I’ll be back later, though.”
“Thank you, Joel. But, honestly, you don’t have to.”
“If I don’t, I have a feeling you’ll sit here all day and watch him and forget to look after yourself.”
“Joel-”
“I’ll be back. I promise.”
As Joel gave you a warm smile and left you with a bowl of fresh stew, you heard your brother’s voice. 
“Well, he’s nice. When’s the wedding?”
You put down the stew and rushed to his side. “You’re awake.”
“And you’re in love.”
“Randy.”
“Y/n.”
“He’s just a friend.”
“Well, I don’t know what you’ve been doing for the last four years, but that is definitely not the look of friendship and don’t give me any of that bullshit about how he doesn’t like you. He’s in love with you.”
“Now who’s the one with the bullshit.”
“Hey, don’t forget, I have the luxury of the male perspective. He’s in love with you, kid.”
“Did you get a concussion on your way here?”
“Maybe a few. But I’m still right. And so is he. You need to eat. And stop watching me sleep. It’s both weird and creepy. It’s like when you were six and would sleep walk into my room and watch me sleep.”
“I did not do that.”
“You totally did. Do you not remember mom had to start locking my door at night so you couldn’t get in?”
“Oh, yeah.” you smiled at the weird memory.
“Go on, eat. And then go and get me a bowl. It smells good.”
“Taste’s good, too.” you said, trying not to burn your mouth on a hot piece of carrot. 
God, if that man didn’t make you fall from his looks and charm alone, his cooking tipped you over the edge. 
Hours passed and eventually Joel came back only to find you sat outside in the back garden. The window to your brother’s bedroom was open so you’d be able to hear him call if he needed you though you doubted it since he was a heavy sleeper and he would sleep all day and night if he could. 
“Hey, what are you doing out here?”
“Wanted to watch the rain fall.”
“Mind if I join you?”
You shook your head and smiled, “Not at all.”
Joel sat just close enough to you for you to feel his body heat as he covered his lap with a spare blanket you had on the bench. 
“How are you feeling?”
“Like I could sleep for a year.”
Joel mirrored your smile as you laughed and set your book down. “I just…for the longest time I thought he was gone. I’d made myself believe it and then suddenly he’s back and he’s alive and he’s…he’s here.”
“You look really happy.”
“I am really happy. How’s Ellie?”
“She’s good. She’s having a sleepover tonight with a couple friends she met at school. I’m just hoping she won’t be a bad influence on them.”
“I’m sure she won’t.” you assured him. “Besides, it might not hurt for those kids to learn a couple swear words here and there.”
“God, you sound just like her.”
“Oh, come on, Joel. You can’t tell me you weren’t swearing like a sailor when you were her age.”
“Growing up is a tough gig.”
“Amen to that. Why not be able to swear your way through the rough periods?”
Joel simply smiled at you and you smiled back before turning to watch the rain pour its way down and land on the country garden you’d managed to plant for yourself. 
What you didn’t notice, at first at least, was Joel’s gaze fixing itself on your side profile. He looked at you with such wonder and kindness and love, Randy - who watched from his bedroom window - wanted to throw a rock at you just so you might, in fact, look in Joel’s direction and see that your brother was right in saying that Joel was completely head-over-heels in love with you. 
And probably had been for the longest time. 
Though, rather than interfere and have you poison his stew with some random plant you’d been growing in your garden, probably plotting his death, he quietly closed his window and left you and Joel to it. 
But not before wishing upon the highest star he could see. 
“Please. Please, please, please, for the love of God, let these two idiots be together. I don’t know how much more of the lovey-dovey eyes I can take. And I’ve only been here for 24 hours. Thank you. Amen…and all that.”
You both sat for a while, in a quiet solitude. 
It was quaint. 
It was also the first time you’d held an audience with the man and not freaked out, tripped over your words or even blushed so hard you thought your blood vessels might, in fact, break or burst at any moment. 
“You know, when we were kids, we’d spend hours outside. He’d always be playing football and I’d be with my dad in the garden.”
“Was he the one that taught you about plants?”
You nodded with a soft smile graced on your lips. “Yeah. He was a Horticultural and Agricultural Professor. He knew everything that could ever be known about plants and what they helped with, also what they hindered with.”
“And your mom?”
“She worked in Business Management.” you said. “Randy took after her more. Was closer to her, too. I mean, we were all close. And I was close to my mom, but…you know that connection a child has with their parents. One is stronger than the other? When they’re ill or they get hurt, it’s the parent they go to?”
Joel nodded. 
“For him, that was my mom. For me, it was my dad. Randy spent more time at her office - mostly because he had a crush on her co-worker Annie. Meanwhile, I’d go to Dad’s lectures and tell Mom all about them and she and Randy would sit and listen for hours. I loved it.”
“So, is that what you did? Before the world went to shit and all?”
“The world has always been shit, but, yes. Though, I studied Biology instead. It gave me more places to find a job. And, for about two years I taught High School Science. I loved it but I always needed something else to keep me busy so I’d go to the library and pick out books and I taught myself to be my own mechanic. It was cheaper and easier than dealing with those who would ask if my husband would be coming with me to drop off my car and when my ‘husband’ didn’t turn up, would hit on me to the point where I once threatened to break their nose.”
“And did you? Break it, I mean?”
“Joel Miller. I only threatened to break his nose. I broke his wrist, instead.”
Joel smiled for a moment. “Did he not press charges?”
“Nope. Luckily his sister had just come round the corner and she was some fancy lawyer in New York. She threatened to break his other and then we went out to lunch. Turned out he had a history of broken bones.”
Joel laughed and you found yourself laughing, too. 
It felt freeing. 
“What about you? Tommy told me you had your own business.”
“Yeah, I, uh, I was a contractor in Texas.”
From there, you and Joel spent over two hours talking about the past and your lives before the Outbreak. Everything; from your childhood to his, you work and eventually, children. 
Joel hadn’t meant to bring Sarah up. Hell, he didn’t even talk about her with Tommy, or Tess for that matter. Sure, there was some mention of her here and there, but he’d never told anyone of her as a baby or of the silly things she used to do as a kid that would make him laugh and smile. 
“She sounds wonderful.” you smiled. 
Joel’s smile, although still with him, faded a little as he looked to his hands, rubbing his fingers against each other. 
“Yeah, she was.”
“It sounds like she would have liked Ellie, too.”
Part of Joel returned at the mention of Ellie from you. “Oh, completely. They’re not similar - I mean, Sarah was more…girly? But they’re also not unsimilar. She would have loved her.”
Neither you or Joel fully knew which daughter he meant when he said that; She would have loved her. Ellie? Ellie would have loved her. Sarah? Sarah would have loved her. Both? They would have loved each other. 
However, just as you both sat, looking at each other with sad yet content smiles, a light began to flicker on the porch and with a sigh, you got up. 
“This damn thing. I just changed the bulb yesterday.”
Within moments, you had your ladder and tool box out as well as a new bulb. 
“Are you sure you don’t need any help?”
“Nope. I’ve got it.”
“Okay, but, be careful. It’s still a little slippy out here.”
Joel spoke the truth. Despite being the spot where they sat being completely dry, the other half of the porch was still somehow sprayed with water. 
Whilst you got to work trying to take the cover from the light, hammering the screwdriver end in with your hand until you heard the pop!, Joel had his foot on the bottom step of the ladder, watching you from below. 
Yet, somehow, you still managed to slip once you, after a very rare struggle, managed to get the cover from the bulb off. 
Maybe it was some twist of fate, but somehow you ended up in Joel’s arms. 
At first, your back remained to him. 
“You okay, Darlin’?”
For the first time since being sat with him, you found yourself speechless again. Flustered. 
“Oh, I, uh…mm-hmm.”
“You sure?”
Turning your head, you found Joel inches from you. Your bodies were pressed so tight, you’d be surprised if even a shadow could fit between you both. 
“Yes.”
Joel swallowed thickly as his gaze flicked from your eyes to your lips and back again. You could feel his warm palm spreading across your hip, his strong forearm flush against the bottom of your back, pulling you just that little bit closer to him. And when he spoke, you found your breath caught in your throat. 
“Can I kiss you?”
Your brain felt both electric and fried at the same time. Maybe you were just hallucinating; imagining he wanted to kiss you. 
But then his other hand came up and brushed the stray hairs from your face, tucking them behind your ear. 
“Because I’d really like to, Darlin’. But I won’t unless I have your permission.”
If that wasn’t enough to make a girl melt on the spot. 
At first, all you could do was nod. 
“I need words, Darlin’.”
Good, Lord!
Swallowing thickly, you forced your voice from your throat. “Y-Yes.”
“You don’t sound too sure.” Joel hesitated. 
“Yes, Joel. You can kiss me.”
Your voice, although still quiet, was more assertive that time. 
“Are you-”
“Just shut up and kiss me, Miller.”
You saw a split second of Joel’s smile grace his face before he pulled you closer to him and kissed your lips. 
And it. Was. Electric. 
Your hand came to his collar, pulling him closer to you although you both figured that was impossible by now. 
His thumb brushed the side of your temple before he pushed his hand through your hair and drank you in once more. Meanwhile, the arm that held you securely around your back, tensed. His hand came into a fist and it scrunched the corner of your jumper and t-shirt with it. 
You moved your hand to his neck, pulling him closer still until finally you both had to stop in order to catch your breath. 
Joel’s hand relaxed for a moment before you felt his palm touch your skin beneath your clothes. 
“Sorry,” he apologised after a moment, his voice husky. “Got carried away.”
You smiled and shook your head against his. “Don’t be.”
“Mind if I do it again?”
“Not at all.”
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pixiecactus · 18 days
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something that i personally love to see in gendrya fics, is when they reunite and arya can tell that gendry is much more standoffish than before and he seems to be haunted by memories of the past (bonus points, if arya notices this because she has been observing him for a while)
what brings me to, arya has always been very curious by nature so she takes the time to find out about what caused this big change in him, because gendry has never been naturally friendly but not even back when they were surviving in the seven hells of harrenhal, he was this much of an asshole to people around him. and the conclusion she comes to: is that gendry lost someone very dear to him in the war and he's suffering from heartbreak.
but arya being arya, the only thing she thinks about this revelation is: wondering who could have been this person to impact gendry's life that much? the thought that the answer is herself, doesn't cross her mind for even a millisecond.
and i find myself nodding with my head at the screen i'm reading from, because: "geez i do wonder who could have been this person arya, i really do... it's such a mystery"
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