#IT'S FINE IT'LL BE FINE

[emilykaldwen]

The toilet was leaking into the basement and now I have to replace the toilet (and the valve on the fridge) for $1400 and I'm just

lol is this where I start gofundmes?

[spellmage]

half an hour before you're meant to be there is too late to call out of work right

[aardcinder-dragons]

well, there goes my chance of ever getting anymore dragons. /j

[house-of-mirrors]

If you see me posting like my life depends on it tonight just know that I have an intense three weeks ahead with school, medical appts, and work, and I'm pretending I see none of it

[yelenabemylova]

bloody panic attacks

[bonyfish]

yes i had a nightmare so spicy i don't want to go back to sleep, BUT that means i've got plenty of time before my lunch shift to play video games. take that!!!

[theimpossibleness]

had to send an email for work saying that I made a mistake and please pay us more money

horrible want to disappear

[springhealed-walker]

brb being verbally reprimanded in the group chat

[lunarfly-studios]

*rubs face*

i'm not gonna get into the enormous amount of mental gymnastics that was involved in coming to this conclusion but

long story short emmet and prim aren't cousins anymore

they're siblings

gonna have to edit a bunch of stuff now

will circle back to this

[plumbits]

I take my boards in a little over 2 months and I..... have not started studying

[bucksangel]

found muscle relaxers that expired 2 1/2 years ago but im gonna take them anyway

[bixels]

tarpit site.

[the-raindeer-king]

(A/N: This is part 2 to my Mama Riley au! Thanks for all the love on the first one. ❤ no content warning and I'm trying to keep this gender neutral. Enjoy!!!)

You never expected your angry rant to actually change Simon's behavior. But it has, based on Mama Riley's weekly updates. He's stopping by more, staying longer. He's actually telling her things, mainly about his coworkers, but she's just happy he's finally opening up to her.

While you believe her, you're not seeing the change yourself. Fridays are when you have dinner with Mama Riley, and now apparently Simon too. He just… stares at you, a permanent frown on his face. As if you're the one intruding.

Part of you is glad he doesn't talk much. The few sentences he does speak, the low timber of his voice makes your heart race. Behind the scars and unwelcoming attitude, Simon Riley is a handsome man. But your loyalty lies with his mom. He needs to be a better son, and some silly crush isn't going to change your mind that easily.

Ironically, it's said loyalty that makes Simon fall for you so fast. His loyalty is rock solid, a promise held steadfast, an ache he feels in his chest every morning. There's no one Simon cares more about than his mom, and to see someone else care so deeply and fiercely about her makes you so insanely attractive to him. On top of that, your concern for Mama Riley made you willing to say something to him, and Simon knows he's off-putting and scary.

What I'm getting at is that this man is so down bad, it's not even funny. He'd literally take you to the court house and marry you immediately, if you were willing. But you're not, and he's kind of clueless on how to convince you to give him a chance. He'd rather catch a live grenade bare handed than ask his mom.

His mom who clocked the crush immediately, and is trying to help him without helping him. Even if their relationship is strained (much better now thanks to you!), she knows her son, and she knows he has feelings for you. And while she's not trying to meddle, she is trying to create opportunities for y'all to interact and get to know each other.

Opportunities that Simon keeps fumbling because he clams up so bad around you. He's never been good around people in general, and his crush on you just makes it twice as bad. Plus, he's aware that you hate him, and that's not doing him any favors either.

Mama Riley gives him time to make an attempt, only to watch him struggle and usually fail. But the attempts he's making with small talk, bad jokes, bringing you small knick knacks from deployment; it seems to be working. You're both opening up to each other, growing a friendship.

But as the months pass, nothing grows beyond a friendship. You don't want to ruin things between yourself and Mama Riley. Plus, you're not entirely sure where Simon's feelings lie. He's just as weird and off-putting as he was in the beginning, just now he tells you bad jokes and calls you ‘love’.

And, while Mama Riley promised herself that she wouldn't meddle - Simon's a grown man after all, he should be able to handle this - it's almost painful for her to watch the way you and Simon dance around each other. Nobody here is getting any younger, and after almost a year of watching you two, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Simon's two months into deployment, when Mama Riley invites you over for routine Friday dinner. You're barely one glass of wine in, when she drops the bombshell on you.

“You know, Simon's in love with you.”

[theplatypusblue]

basically yeah

[mysterycubes]

This one really popped off on Twitter for some reason

[lazylittledragon]

ok i swear i'm not going to talk about my breakup forever but the thing that just keeps bothering me:

i know that not getting what you need in a relationship is a COMPLETELY valid reason to end it but also. i feel like having a very vulnerable moment where i opened up about my struggles with intimacy and being relieved that i didn't have to keep doing things i wasn't comfortable with, then being dumped a YEAR later because of my lack of intimacy. is something i should be allowed to be very hurt by???