#I might need to make myself a real one now....

[bluewinnerangel]

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[yousaytomato]

I'm going to force myself to leave the house tomorrow, I gotta break myself out of my current mental state lol

[captainshadowshifter]

hELLO FOLLOWERS

I work full time now so I forget social media exists some days

So, mutuals, if I spam like/reblog any of your shit at any given point, I apologise if its annoying I'm just catching up

Oh also I don't art much rn bc either time or energy evades me (srsly if I'm on a close shift some days I might not get home til like 3/4am it's so fun I get to drink lots of energy drinks)

Anyhoodle yeah that's about it

[small-plant-friends]

If I’m asleep, I can’t be anxious. ✌️

[rubberbandballqueen]

“why are YOU doing the exercises with us? you’re the counselor!!”

are you telling me that all the other counselors are sitting in the shade texting on their phones when you kids are running in the july heat?? jail, jail for my coworkers, jail for a THOUSAND years!!!

[chiritori]

good day v good day

[blackwaxidol]

i haven't felt such a ridiculously bottomless well of shame and guilt and disappointment and sadness in a long time.

[sharkieboi]

i feel so weird like i’m not stressed from work, i’m not worried about work tomorrow, and i don’t have school stuff to worry about either. like what do i spend my evening doing??? NOT experiencing emotional death yet again????? wild.

[sherlock-is-ace]

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[loptrcoptr]

Me, four days ago, chugging through this thesis draft as fast as I can make myself go: everyone works at their own pace. No one is perfect. It’s okay to not have everything together. You are not a failure for needing time.

Me, today, with a draft due, and my Annoying Smart Cohort Pal already basically finished, and my supervisor not responding to my email: e-everyone works at... no one’s perfect... it’s ok... f-failure...

[sheerioswifties]

Has anyone figured out how to still see the old merch on the store? I'm really worried I've completely missed my chance at at least a tour tee and book... and that dang pink Meredith&Olivia onesie haunts me...

[cryolyst]

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[kindacreepy-kindaugly]

He's never gonna leave me no matter how I try to run, so maybe it's time I stopped actin like a stuck up bitch and started bein thankful for what I got

[dimonds456]

Different anon but I think the thing they got hung up on was the phrasing, swinging that way usually doesn't equal type, it usually insinuates sexuality rather than aesthetic-based preference. I think thats all that got lost to simplifying thoughts to text! A miscommunication :'o

And I agree. However, it's just the fact that they immediately just assumed I'm one of the people that makes Kris masculine is the part that's getting to me. Susie doesn't have to swing towards them just because they're nonbinary and therefore not a man. She's not required to.

I like them as just pure friends. I value their friendship. I don't want them to be in a relationship.

At the end of the day, though, do I care? No. Ship them if you want. It's legal. I can't stop you. I don't mind it that much. It's just the fact they assumed I was one of the people that continues to misgender Kris on a daily basis that has me mad. Because being nonbinary doesn't mean you suddenly fall for everyone.

And I gotta be honest. If Kris isn't aromantic themself, then I don't think they swing towards Susie either.

You're right. That phrasing does usually indicate sexual preference on a "girl to man to nonbinary" scale. But I've seen it used the way I did before, and it made perfect sense to me. I guess I assumed it would make sense to everyone else, too.

Idk. Maybe this is my fault. But even then, it was a fun ask game that was asking if I ship them. I said no. No harm done. It's nothing to get angry at me over.

also read the tags.

[piscesfics]

“ PRIDE ” 

Lip finds out that you’ve been trying to apply for college scholarships on his behalf and without his knowledge (angst/fluff)

pairing ➵ boyfriend!lipgallagher x reader

 words ➵ 1.4k+ (short + sweet)

 warnings ➵ 18+ a/n ➵ 18+, usual shameless themes made light, jokes of killing future partners, implied sex (no smut), 

"You've got to be fucking kidding me," Lip's voice blared from the hallway, drowning out his charging footsteps as he entered his small, shared bedroom.

"What's wrong?" you asked from your seat on his bed.

"Don't you fucking give me that," Lip rolled his eyes, "Why the fuck do you have to always be in my business y/n?"

You sat up to face Lip, noticing the paper scrunched between his white-knuckled fist. The college application paperwork you found for Lip must of been sent to his home address and your heart dropped.

"Lip, I was just trying to-" You admitted, getting down from his bunk and down to his level and explain how you thought he could make it.

"Help? I've gotten myself this far on my own without Frank, without Monica, I don't need your fucking help," Lip interrupted.

"I know you have, I know all of it Lip. I know you're been responsible for your brothers and sisters, and so loyal to your family that I knew you wouldn't of put yourself and your future first. Just this one time you can Lip, you can do really well in college-"

"So what? So I have to be the fucking golden goose?" Lip mocked, "We can hardly afford rent, how the fuck did you think I could afford to waste time at college? We need money y/n."

"You can get out of here! You can get a degree and a good paying, real job! You don't have the be the sole provider. You might not be able to see it for yourself but you have so much potential Lip, you can break the curse, just please don't waste it here".

"You're fucking delusional y/n, it's so easy for you to say. You have good parents, but who's going to take care of Liam now that Fiona's in jail? Ian supposed to babysit during his manic episodes? Carl's going to pay for electricity from juvie? Debbie's just a kid." Lip questioned rhetorically and raised his voice.

"I can-"

"Oh fuck off," He laughed enraged, "Don't give me that shit. You want to tell me not to waste my potential here but you want to piss yours away? For what? For Me?" Lip threw his hands behind his head and exhaled with frustration. The anger coursing through him hadn't yet dissipated.

Your eyes began to sting, you didn't want to cry but you just wished he could see himself how everyone else did. His siblings admired Lip as the closest thing they had to a father figure and you could understand the pressure that followed, but they wanted him to do well too.

They understood sacrifice more than anyone. Banding together as a unit since Fiona was only 9 years old, the Gallaghers saw the opportunities and life she gave up to raise her siblings and there are still no guarantees on how they would turn out.

It was so hard on everyone to see Fiona fall, you couldn't take the thought of anything close happening to Lip. Not just for everyone's sake, but also his survival. His subconscious to self-sabotage broke your heart after you'd seen him take shit from Karen more times than he deserved.

Getting out of the south-side just while he studied could be just what Lip needed to catch a break from dysfunctional life and never ending pain.

"I'm not a fucking broken thing for you to fix y/n," Lip spat, his blue eyes poisoned with temper, "You need to fuck off."

"Fuck you Lip, I love you just listen to me-" you began to reason.

"Fuck me?" He spoke under his breathe trying his hardest not to blow up any further. As Lip ran a hand through his hair in frustration, you could notice the protruding veins that stuck out of his henley, peppered with worn out holes.

“Yes fuck you! How many of the kids that we hate have you set up for college but you won’t do the same for yourself, the one who actually deserves it?”

“They don’t have a fucking functioning brain cell but they have money. If you haven’t noticed the world is set up for them to win, I can’t get that far with nothing. How would I afford fucking tuition?”

"Your intelligence is a fucking gift okay, more than you realise. You're lucky to have it and you set the curve so don’t give me that. Lip you can get places with a scholarship, you don’t have to believe me," You held his arms, "If that means I take your place here for the mean-time I’d jump at the chance. It's what you do for people you love, you've done it for your family forever. Let me just lessen the load."

"I can't leave them like our parents left us," Lip whispered in anger. His deepest fear became realised. Whatever he did, he didn’t want to turn out into the thing that burdened his siblings for their whole life like his parents had. Just speaking the words was too much to bare, he didn’t even want to risk it becoming manifested somehow.

He was now leaning his forehead down against yours. He was so tired of barely surviving. So tired of the cycle he felt stuck in, no matter how hard him and his siblings tried to better their lives. Their reality became impossible to escape and began to feel like any way out was only a dream.

"You aren't leaving Lip. You can come home and visit on weekends, for movie nights and birthdays. Everyone would love to see you do this, just for you and if you do this now you can set yourself up for forever.”

You tried to draw Lip’s eyes back to your own. Those sea blue eyes were your safety house, and much like yours to Lip. Sometimes words weren’t as powerful as the look of love that you’d shared within many hard moments you’d found yourself in, like whenever Monica came back or seeing your almost shared family fall.

“Who knows, it might inspire them to do the same and make it out after only seeing Frank fail them so many times, you've given us all so much hope since just achieving your diploma." You gently pleaded, not giving up so easily.

You brushed Lip’s jaw and held the back of his neck, giving him comfort and support the way only you knew he liked best. Placing soft and gentle kisses over old scars from fights within his hair line and forehead.

"Do you really think I can do this?" Lip muttered, he'd never been one to question himself so you both knew he was seriously considering this.

“Even college professors think you’re a genius easily Lip. You don’t have to just take it from me, but if it helps I’ve always known you could do it.”

Lip held your hands in his. A gentle gesture as if to say thank you without needing to mouth the words. He’d never felt so loved. Your approval was all he needed now, and growing to trust and believe in himself was a journey he’d only began since knowing and loving you.

“You know what else,” you smiled up at your boyfriend after Lip kissed you passionately, “You’d only have to share your room with one other person at college.”

“Oh is that right?” Lip smirked.

“Mhm,” you agreed, “Perhaps more time alone for me with a hot college boy.”

“No more little brothers and Debbie’s daycare kids around all the time huh? Not that you’re quiet now, but we can really make some noise whenever we wanted there hey?”

Lip pulled you closer to him and peppered you with more kisses. You tried not to laugh and give into his dirty mind too early as you finally had some power in the argument.

“Oh so now I have your attention Gallagher,” you teased him smartly, “I should have started with this point all along.”

“You know me so well,” Lip whispered into a kiss.

“Oh I definitely do. If I ever catch you with a little, trashy, blonde sorority chick I will have cut your dick off though,” you joked, landing your hands on his broad chest.

“Lucky for you I’m over those kind of blondes now. But if you run off with some dumb college football jock I’ll kill him on sight, you’re stuck with me forever.” Lip bantered with you.

“I’d like to see you try,” you teased him back and he grabbed your ass playfully.

“What the fuck did I ever do to deserve you.” Lip admitted, looking at you with complete adoration. Taking in every inch of you as he swayed your smaller frame between his arms.

"You're not so bad for a Gallagher" You winked before kissing him lustfully.

"Hey smart-ass, one day you’ll be one too,” Lip breathed, “I’ll make fucking sure of it.”

Your boyfriend couldn’t wait another second, his hands roamed your body lasciviously. Words weren’t enough to show you his adoration and passion for you. He was going to love you harder than ever.

He didn’t even know he could be the type to make love or go to college. It seemed like everything in his life he endured had lead him to this. As corny as it sounded, since loving you Lip had learnt both were possible. Everything you’d tolerated from him in the past hadn’t phased you, you passed every test of Gallagher life with Lip. He wondered what else could become possible in the future with you beside him and he didn’t want to leave it up to chance.

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[ninjayuri]

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