#Loving touches 1st anniversary event

[kodydrs]

- make ‘em jealous

a/n : WHERE MY BLUE LOCK BABES AT?? This is a one-shot I wrote abt 2 years ago and it was originally on Wattpad but got removed 😭 I do hope it gets love on here

warnings : cheating!reader, cheating!Rin, aged up!Rin, oral (m. receiving), p in v, riding, cheating, unprotected sex, multiple orgasms, not proofread, I’m bad at tagging

Y/n & Rin had dated for nearly a year when she caught him. 1 week off their 1st anniversary. She just wouldn't have expected such a thing to happen with Rin.

'Rin?' Y/n called from the door. After dating for 11 months, Y/n had learned it was usually OK to let herself in. Rin's parents had even gone through the extra work to get her an extra key. 'Rin?'

She took off her shoes and left them at the door, walking onto the carpet in her socks. The house was silent, except for the Itoshi family cat which brushed against her legs.

'Hello, hun.' Y/n cooed, picking up the black feline. 'Where's daddy at?' The cat meowed quietly and headbutted her chin. 'Well, that isn't very helpful.'

Y/n laughed, kissing the cat's head before putting it back down on the carpet. The cat meowed again and walked down the hall towards Rin's room. Y/n smiled, following the animal. As she got closer to Rin's room, she could hear the quiet shuffling of fabric and that confused her. 'What's he doing?' Without a sound, she peered through the crack of his door, her heart dropping and blood running cold. F/n? F/n with Rin? Y/n grabbed her mouth to prevent noise from coming out and she watched silently. Watched as her best friend made out with her boyfriend.

She felt sick. It wasn't until she saw F/n straddle his waist that she finally looked away.

'Fuck. Fuck. What the fuck is going on?' She shook her head as if it would erase what she saw. As if it was just something she was imagining.

'Fuck… Rin~' Y/n's whole body froze hearing her friend moan.

'That dumb bastard.' Y/n looked up, seeing Sae standing at the bottom of the stairs. 'I told him she had to keep her out today.'

'Y-You knew?' Y/n whispered. Sae nodded.

'She's been coming around for a few weeks now. Usually when you're away for school trips or he's at some soccer event.'

'So this isn't the first time?'

Sae shook his head. 'Nope.'

Y/n sworn you could've seen her heart shatter. But she stood up, wiped her face, and with every intention of interrupting them, she turned to their door. She didn't make it because Sae grabbed her waist and pushed her against the wall on the other side of the hall.

'S-Sae? What are you doing?' She still whispered, but a hint of urgency in her tone.

'Don't let them know you're here. Let Rin do his thing. It's his problem.'

'So you think I should just let them have sex as if I'm not even here?! That sounds like a mighty fine idea.'

Sae leaned down till she could feel his breath on her ear. 'Make him jealous.' A shiver spiked down her neck.

'W-what do you mean?' She stuttered.

'You know what I mean.' He whispered, gently kissing her neck. She sighed, her back arching so her ass pressed against his crotch. The soft groan that came from his mouth was ecstasy. 'Let's go upstairs.'

Y/n nodded, following him quietly. Sae's room was different from Rin's, although it had the same design. While Rin's room was overloaded with soccer, Sae had minimalistic posters of artists and movies. Y/n noticed 2 posters in particular that she liked the most. It was a poster of the band, TV Girl, and one of Howl’s Moving Castle. Sae wasn't exactly the type of person you'd expect to have photos of bands and films, but it was a nice touch.

'Do you like their music?' Sae asked after noticing her staring at the poster a little too long. She nodded with a smile.

'They’re an amazing band. And Howl is a beautiful boy.' She smiled. Something about this room made her forget about her problems downstairs.

'Do you like beautiful boys, Y/n?' Sae leaned against his door frame while Y/n was on the bed. She blushed pink but nodded.

'I think most people are pretty in their own way, but there's a few that cut above the rest. just happens to be one of them.'

'Mhmm. Is Rin a pretty boy?'

She hesitated, thinking about what she saw downstairs. 'No. He was, but people lose their beauty if they lose their respect.'

Sae nodded, walking over to Y/n and caging her between his arms. 'So am I a pretty boy?'

She didn't have time to answer before he pressed his lips on her. She reciprocated his movements, both falling into sync. Y/n gripped the hem of his shirt, pulling him closer to her. She could've sworn Sae smiled.

They parted eventually and Y/n looked up at the red-head. 'Do you want me to blow you?' Sae's expression remained calm and he shrugged.

'If you want to.'

Y/n nodded, switching positions with Sae so he was sitting on the bed and she was in front of him. She patiently sat in her knees with her hands gently resting on her lap while Sae undid his jeans.

Y/n swallowed hard when his erection sprung out. He was longer than Rin, but they were about the same in girth.

'It may seem embarrassing to admit, but I do live with Rin, so I know I'm bigger.' Sae said, the usual softness to his voice as if he were talking about the weather.

She nodded, a sign she was agreeing with him. She shuffled forwards and placed her hands on either side of his pelvis before sucking on his tip. Sae watched, admiring her when she started taking more of him.

Y/n hollowed out her cheeks and relaxed her throat each time she took more of Sae's member into her mouth. She could already tell it would hurt her gag reflex, but she could ignore that for now. All she could focus on was Sae.

He moved a hand down to the side of her head and tucked the fly-aways behind her ear. He left his hand there, not forcing her to take more, but to steady her.

Her nose skimmed his crotch and she started moving back and forth. Sae sighed at the feeling of his cock moving down her throat, hot and wet.

Y/n wasn't your typical off the streets whore. She knew how to give a proper blow job. Sometimes she gets creative, going in different rhythms or humming at exactly the right time to send the vibration. She was changing up this time. Instead of constantly taking as much of him as she could, she would slowly reduce how much you had until she would just be lapping at the time before thrusting herself back down and starting again. This was driving Sae mad.

'Y/n…' He groaned. 'You're such a pretty girl.' She hummed, the vibrations making him flinch. 'Such a pretty girl.'

He gently pulled her off, leaning down to her level. 'Will you be a good girl as well and ride me?'

She stared at him, her lips glistening with saliva and pre-cum, but nodded. Sae moved back so he was leaning against the headboard and watched Y/n remove her sweats.

She stood at the end of the bed for a minute before moving next to Sae and straddling his waist. She clenched her lower areas when his cock hit her ass. She carefully lifted herself above him, then slowly let herself down. Her pupils dilated and she bit her lip to suppress a moan.

'You alright?' Sae asked, cupping her face. She nodded.

'It just hurts a little.' She winced. 'So just give me a minute.' Sae was patient. He didn't make her move or do anything she didn't want to. He just waited, pressing a kiss to the back of her hand.

'You're doing amazing, Y/n.' He whispered. She smiled and began moving. A jolt sent her whole body in shock when she went down.

'It's too fucking big.'

Sae threaded their hands together, continuing to kiss her hand while she squeezed his.

'Fuck~' She sighed, playing with her shirt hem with her free hand. 'It's hot.'

Sae picked up what she'd put down and shimmied his hands up her side. Her shirt followed, the male tossing it somewhere in the room.

'You look pretty hot like this, Y/n.'

'Mhm?' She hummed. Her stomach felt so tight. She looked down at Sae. 'Take your shirt off. It's unfair that I'm here ass-naked while you still have your clothes on.'

Sae laughed. It was a rare sight to see either of the Itoshi brothers laughing, but it was even rarer for Y/n to see Sae laugh. He obliged, pulling off his shirt and throwing it with hers. She took a minute to admire his anatomy before moaning loudly when he hit her sweet spot.

'Hmm? There, is it?' He grunted, gripping her waist. Y/n wasn't prepared when Sae thrust up into her, making her moan loudly. She was quick to cover her mouth, hoping that anyone else in the house hadn't heard.

'Are you embarrassed, Y/n?' Sae smirked. 'Are you embarrassed that Rin might hear you doing it up here with me?'

She shook her head quickly. 'N-No. He deserves it if he hears me.' Sae chuckled softly. He held her waist tighter and flipped them so he was on top of her.

'You won't mind me making you scream then, will you?' She gulped.

Sae Itoshi was known for his flawless appearance and cold personality. Y/n had realized after not long being around him that his personality was more of a lukewarm temperature. But seeing and hearing him now. The words that came from his mouth. Suddenly he was as hot as the sun.

Y/n leaned up, kissing him slowly while he thrust into her cunt. Rough moans and grunts mixed in their mouths, both feeling their climaxes building. She'd long forgotten about her boyfriend fucking her bestfriend downstairs. Now, her attention was only on the male inside her.

Sae had caged her in, one hand on the headboard while the other was beside her head. She'd wrapped her legs around his waist to help him focus on that one spot, and her nails scratched at his back, leaving marks that'd be red for the next few days.

Her back arched off the bed as she whimpered into his mouth. She pulled away. 'Fuck. Fuck. Sae. I'm gonna cum.' She moaned.

'Just a little longer, OK?' He asked, stroking the side of her face. She nodded shakily.

'P-Please don't cum inside.' Y/n begged. He nodded.

'Of course not.' She smiled lowly, resting her head on the pillow and focusing on delaying her climax.

She gathered handfuls of the sheets beneath her, her whole body being shaken from the inside when she came. She felt Sae pull out and cum on her stomach a few seconds after. Her vision went white momentarily, but when she came to, she stared up at him with hooded-eyes. He kissed her slow and gentle before getting up and retrieving a warm cloth to clean her up.

'Hey, Sae.' Y/n whispered, lying on the bed.

'Hmm?'

'You're a really pretty boy.'

He scoffed, helping her sit up and get dressed.

'Whatever you say, Y/n.'

A few hours later, Y/n and Sae sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee while talking about whatever when Rin and F/n came out laughing.

'Hey, Rin.' Y/n welcomed joyfully. Both froze, staring at her with shock. Rin looked from her to Sae and back to her.

'Y-Y/n. I thought you had classes today?' He stuttered.

'I did. But I finished and I've been here for about 3 hours.' She smiled behind him at her best friend before taking a sip from her mug.

'Oh. Ok.' Rin couldn't come up with a lie. He's put himself into a hole. 'F/n was just helping me with something.'

'Mhm.' Y/n nodded, placing her cup on the table. 'Was that something your raging boner?'

Both flushed red. Y/n just smiled. 'I'm breaking up with you, Rin.'

'What?! You can't do that!'

'I can do whatever I want.'

'Y/n.' F/n finally spoke. 'Please don't break up with him. I don't know what I was thinking. You guys are way too perfect for each other to break up.'

Y/n stood up and walked over to her friend, taking her hands. 'It's OK, F/n. You can have him. At the end of the day, I got the better Itoshi.' She winked and moved back to her seat.

Both Rin and F/n stood speechless, Rin staring at Sae. Y/n finished her cup and murmured, asking Sae if he was done with his. He nodded and she took both cups over and rinsed them.

'Anyways, I think that's me for the day. I'll let you 2 sort it out yourselves. Oh, and F/n?'

'Y-Yes.'

'Don't ever talk to me again ♡.'

Y/n left the house and walked down their street before turning back to see Sae standing on his balcony.

'See ya next time, Pretty Boi.' She shouted.

'It's bold of you to assume there'll be a next time.' Sae grinned. Y/n shrugged. She was his problem now.

[kiscon]

K/S Gazette (Jan and Feb!)

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More information regarding registration, membership tiers, as well as scholarships, can be found in the previous issue of our newsletter, archived here. 2. Submissions for the 2024 KiScon Zine are open! Submissions for the 2024 KiScon Zine are open now through August 1st!

Our editor, @1lostone, is looking forward to working with you.

We are looking for new and never before seen art and writing (both fic and meta!) focusing on the relationship between Kirk and Spock.

For a full rundown of the submission guidelines and access to the submission form, please see the zine page on our website: https://kiscon.org/zine.html

The hard deadline for zine submissions is August 1st, 2024. 3. K/S Spring Fever is in full swing!

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OMG AKUNEKO WRITER??? I LOVE YOU ALREADY.

may i request headcanons where aruji-sama comforts butlers after bad day/bad dream? if that's too much, then maybe just comforting basement butlers? they're really like a family to me, especially after reading the newest episode...

thank you!! may you have a great day!!

Hello hello! Is this an anon I see? AND THEY LOVE ME????? >:O (ily too anon >:) )

TW: OOC butlers, spoilers from butler cards, Episode 2 and 3

Aruji-sama comforting the butlers has gotten me thinking... are they touch-starved?

Most butlers lost their families and haven't felt that warm, safe feeling in centuries probably. Some were mistreated and others were not even accepted into society at all (and still are).

So Aruji-sama giving them hugs and comfort after a long day/ nightmare would definitely bring them to tears.

~ 🐸 - 💜 - 🌟- 💜 - 🐸 ~

One of which, I think our energetic and bubbly Lamli would have a full-on breakdown the moment you hug him and praise him for working hard. It's not the same feeling when Lucas praises him. It's... a new feeling. A feeling so warm, his heart aches and he smiles while crying tears. His 1st-anniversary card (I think), reveals that in the past, he had been neglected by his mother who made him work for money. Perhaps all that neglect and a pinch of the influence of Lucas (from one of Lamli's free stories) made the boy we know today.

~ 🍪 - 💙 - ✝️ - 💙 - 🍪 ~

Another is Haures. In Episode 2, can take a glimpse of how Haures and his sister Tristia lived in the past. Haures coming back home to see Tristia all healed up and waiting at the doorstep for his arrival seemed to be a daily routine for both of them (until the events from Episode 2 happened).

When you hug Haures and welcome him back to the mansion after a trip to the Grosvenor mansion, he tenses. The feeling is so nostalgic to him, he was frozen in place for a few moments before hugging you back with tears running down his face. He's been through a lot :(

~ ☕️ - 🧡 - 🥀 - ❤️ - 🍵 ~

And our newest addition to the Devil butlers, Yuuhan and Teddy! Only recently they had felt enough “despair” for them to become Devil butlers (from Episode 2 and 2.5). Even though it has only been a few months after the incident happened, waking up everyday realising your life style changed because of 1 thing they weren’t able to stop will definitely weigh more burdens upon themselves. Both wear happy smiles everyday trying to hide the ugly past chasing them everyday.

That’s where you (and Grandpa Hanamaru) come along and comfort them. Even though they may have lost what was dear to them… now they have a new goal. Protecting you from the reason why their happiness got stolen from them.

~ 🧵 - 💖 - 🌿- 💖 - 🕯️ ~

As for the Basement butlers, we haven’t seen the ending for Episode 3 yet but it is hinted and theorised that Lato may “despair” and lose control

So after when all the events come to a close, Aruji-sama is here to the rescue!! Summoned to comfort the Basement butlers!!! Words of reassurance are in need! QUICK QUICK QUICK!!!!!

All the stress weighed down upon them ever since Lato got taken away by the Grosvenor soldiers vanished, leaving a sense of relief. From the new chapters of Episode 3, we can see that the Basement butlers were the most affected, leaving us more almost-beyond-repair butlers. I think at this point, you need to have a sleepover with the Basement butlers and hug them to sleep.

~ 🌼 - 📝 - 🍩 - 📝 - 🌼 ~

That’s all Anon! I hope yo liked it 💕 (sorry for the OOC butlers 😅)

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Izzy Blossoms: an Izzy Hands Comfort Prompt event!

(I'm helping my friend spread word of this event since they don't do Tumblr! Thanks for helping me help them get the word out!)

The rules are simple.

> Keep Safe. Keep Kind. Keep Loving.

> Tag appropriately and share widely.

> Use our hashtag #IzzyBlossoms so we can find and repost your works! Art, cosplay, ao3 links, Tweetfics, whatever form you use to love on our fav first mate!

> NSFW and SFW are both welcome, just tag accordingly.

(on Twitter and bluesky @/HandsHeldFast. AO3 collection: IzzyBlossoms.)

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#IzzyBlossoms Prompt List

November 1st through December 1st 2023. #IzzyBlossoms. A month of comfort celebrating Izzy Hands.

Reassurance

Love languages

Birthday

First kiss

Hand holding

Cooking

Stargazing

Secret crush

Hobbies

Tattoos

Anniversary

Shenanigans

Beach day

Story time

Karaoke

Makeup

Flowers

Arts and crafts

Historical

Café

Mythical creatures

Concert

Movie night

Time travel

Road trip

Meditation

Massage and touch

Spa day

Lazy morning

Cuddling

Bonus: (December 1st) Rainy day

[actualbird]

4th anniversary card spoilers - I have so many questions and thoughts

- is the luke praying card set in a dream? Everything is floating which I find interesting (I wonder if it will be a flashback to when he got his diagnosis or something)

- there seems to be significance with the key. Luke never takes it off and now hes holding it in his hands. Maybe this is symbolism of accepting the past (and freeing himself from the “burden” aka the heavy metal key around his neck) and letting go. I’m sure he’ll still wear the key if this is true but I think symbolically freeing himself from his past trauma is nice

- obviously we don’t know the story BUT the last time luke and mc were in an aquarium it was to cure mc’s insomnia and a lot the story was alluding to Luke’s past. There was also a moment where luke is curled up in the corner when mc wakes up and it’s never really touched on after luke tells mc he’s fine. So maybe they go to the aquarium as part of the “freeing oneself from burdens” thing or to help luke if he’s not well physically/mentally. I hope he sees the jellyfish again and instead of being sad about their lifespan feels happier that they can live in the present (he literally talked about not dwelling on the past and living in the present in third anniversary and I was like “wow luke this is amazing growth!!!”

- if there’s a fight or conflict between luke and mc I hope they work through it together rather than luke leaving (as in what he did 1st anniversary). Because then it symbolises the growth and is really nice for him story wise. I’m down to see Aaron involved doing his “not a step dad but the dad that stepped up” stuff too!!!

- where is peanut!!!!!

- finally it’s not quite related to the anniversary but I’m still kind of sad they never really did much with the terminal illness/3 years part of luke that was so integral to him before mc and luke were dating. It looks like we’ll get it again but I hope they at least make it clear by saying “hey he IS ill but it isn’t terminal” because not only is this more realistic but we really don’t get much chronically ill representation in media, specifically dating games. Like Luke’s representation stands for a lot and I think there’s so much that can be done if they keep his illness a central part of his character!! (Think: MC takes care of luke when there’s a flare up and hey, maybe it results in a date being cancelled but the moral of the story is that love and care are more important!! Or MC and Luke go to the hospital for his routine checkup and luke brags because his ecg score is amazing. Or even luke having anxiety and doubts regarding his illness and they talk it over)

Sorry this is so long I had to word vomit my thoughts but TL;DR I hope it has the initial angst followed by comfort. Like eating something spicy and having milk to soothe it

i think it either might be a dream or it might be some kind of artistic rendition of his experience!!! because artem has a similar vibe to the 1st cg of his card, he is in the OCEAN

ohhhh thats an interesting take on the key!!! personally i dont think it represents burden, i think it represents rosa and his feelings for her because she was the one who gave it to him

what i DO think represents his past trauma and baggage are his NSB dog tags though, and they seem to be a key part of the story (since it was shown in the pv and is even his event badge) so im excited to see

YESSSSS I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE AQUARIUM, i hope returning there shows how much luke has grown, that he sees the place with a renewed perspective on his life

i really hope theres a fight between (i just love it when they butt heads JKBLSKJFLD) them but yES that they tackle it in a more mature way. luke has come a long way from anniv 1. also super down to see aaron in this card, i love aaron, i will never be not happy to see aaron

and ABSOLUTELY yes about how his illness was kinda forgotten for a while. aside from main story (which is an alternate timeline) and ssr dream of benji, his illness was just.....not brought up. im glad theyre finally FIIINALLLYYY bringing it back to luke's route, and im also in agreement with hoping that his illness transitions from terminal to chronic. the representation would be wonderful and it would be very very interesting to see how he and mc tackle it and love each other through it. also, your scenarios for this are so wonderful ;-;

im hoping for a delicious hurt/comfort anniv 4 card!!!

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Weekly Press Briefing #65: September 17th - 23rd

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from September 17 - September 23, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

@callixton hosted The West Wing Pride Week (@twwpride here on tumblr) September 17 - 23. More details here, and you can check out the AO3 collection here! 

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from September 17 - September 23:

Dule Hill posted a photo of himself and his wife Jazmyn at the Pasedena Playhouse to see The Sound Inside. 

Marlee Matlin posted a video for the International Day of Sign Languages. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a promo for the op-ed she and Martin Sheen co-wrote for Recovery Month. They will be performing Love Letters live at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. September 28th - October 1st. 

Rob Lowe posted a date night photo of himself and his wife Sheryl out at The Roxy to see Neil Young. 

Donna Moss Daily: September 17 | September 18 | September 19 | September 20 | September 21 | September 22 | September 23

Daily Josh Lyman: September 17 | September 18 | September 19 | September 20 | September 21 | September 22 | September 23

No Context BWhit:  September 17 | September 18 | September 19 | September 20 | September 21 | September 22 | September 23

@twwarchive: September 17 | September 18 | September 19 | September 20 | September 21 | September 22 | September 23

@bestofcjtoby: September 17 | September 18 | September 19 | September 20 | September 21 | September 22 (1) | September 22 (2) | September 23

Edits/Artwork:

#CJTOBY: can’t two people reconnect? by @sapphiccjcregg [VIDEO EDIT] Portrait of CJ Cregg by @jeansmilburn [FAN ART] 

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot aired on September 22, 1999.

Editors’ Choice: 

To celebrate the premiere of The West Wing 24 years ago on September 22nd, 1999, we’re sharing some fics that were either posted on September 22 of any year or that focus on the first episode of TWW (that we didn’t already feature in our Pilot fic roundup last year!). Some of them were intended to be show anniversary fics, and others were not. Happy West Wing-versary! 

The Day On Which They Shall Give Their Votes by onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll  | Rated G | Gen Fic (Abbey/Jed mentioned) | Complete | Election Day, 1998. As the votes come in, the staff of Bartlet for America waits with one question in mind: Who will be the next President? The First Lady by GlitteringNiffler | Rated G | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Complete | Or what was Abbey Bartlet doing during the episodes she doesn't appear in. if you're looking for the girl of your dreams, she's in brooklyn with me by starsontheceiling for TheBreakfastGenie | Rated G | C. J. Cregg & Josh Lyman | Complete | “Why do you talk to me like this?” “Because you never had a big sister, and you need one.” Snapshots of CJ and Josh, over the years. When A Woman Loves A Man (Who Loves A Woman) by BeneathAnOrangeSky for heliotropic | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “You’re sensitive. It’s sweet.” She bites back a smile at the image she’s evoked. Everyone thinks they know the real Josh Lyman. Bartlet’s bulldog, political wunderkind, the man behind Washington’s curtain. But they don’t know him like this. She brushes a sweaty tangle of hair from his forehead and pretends not to notice when he leans into her touch. No, this side of him is reserved just for her. His mouth opens in surprise, voice pitching up a notch, “I am n—” “Your system,” she amends. “Your system is sensitive.” S1 E1 Pilot by JDPostEpisodeChallenge  | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Post-episode story written by lilyiseverywhere. we've been living on a fault line by sam_writes_fics for hufflepuffhermione | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Are you two close?” Kate asks. “I mean, you must be, to some extent. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have flown all the way there.” “Uh, yeah. We’re…” he gets the busy tone again. “We’ve been working together for a while.” Kate tilts her head. “She works for you, doesn’t she?” “Only technically,” he offers back, staring at the zero bars lighting up on his cell phone. // 6x02: Josh spends five days at Camp David, and every night all he thinks about is Donna.

Don't miss this week's fics, which will be reblogged onto this post!

[chibi-sunrise]

Collection of Luminaria Staff comments

Okay, so the Luminaria official twitter accounts are still up, and I think I’ve got every comment they made there. I’ve also got a section dedicated to messages from the development team and writing team here.

And this post on the anime I wrote should lead you to every comment made on the anime by the directors, two of the scenario writers, the voice actors, etc.

So what’s left? Well, after the read more, we’ve got a blog post from one of the producers of Tales of the Rays and Tales of Luminaria. We’ve also got two blog posts from one of Luminaria’s scenario writers!

Yasuhiro Ikeno’s Graduation Announcement

On September 6, 2022, Yasuhiro Ikeno, one of the producers for Tales of the Rays and Tales of Luminaria, announced his graduation from the Tales of the Rays team in this Tales Channel+ blog post. His successor is the Assistant Producer who had experience in promotion, events, and production for the “Tales of” Series. She was in charge of Tales of the Rays’ promotion, from pre-service to Book II.

In this blog post, Ikeno talked a bit about his experience as a producer and what he wanted to do when he planned for Tales of the Rays and Tales of Luminaria. He said that he planned Tales of the Rays as a personal expression of his appreciation for the Tales of Series, and he said that he planned Tales of Luminaria because he wanted as many people as possible to know about and love the Tales of Series.

There’s another paragraph on Luminaria, but I can’t trust my own handle on the JP language to not completely butcher the translation. It is comforting, though, knowing that one of the producers for Luminaria has such strong and sincere feelings about Luminaria and the Tales games that preceded it. Ikeno also touched on the topic of the official archive for Tales of Luminaria in this event stream.

Sekina Aoi’s Episode Final Blog Post

After the episode Final was released, Sekina Aoi, one of the scenario writers for Tales of Luminaria, wrote about what material they wanted to include and what material they needed to cut in this blog post.

So, massive disclaimer: I’m not that great at JP translation, so you’re going to need to take what I’m about to say with a pile of salt.

Aoi comments about how the ep Final scenario was based on material they were going to publish in Crossroads ep 3, but they had to cut out or rewrite a lot of the content to make it into an episode Final. One of the things they had to cut out was “the situation with Celia.”

I felt the need to bold that because there was a not so small group of people who accused the writers of “not caring about Celia” or “Oh, I guess Celia’s not special enough” The writers were trying. And if they were given the time they needed, they would’ve developed Celia properly like they had always planned too! Luminaria’s writers honestly treat their characters with a lot of care, so that accusation never had any legs to begin with and always bothered me.

And Aoi says that there was one more reason why Hugo couldn’t tell Leo and Celia about his situation, but since that reason was based on the premise of Celia’s ep 3, they had to cut it out. For those who believed the three should’ve sat down and had a proper conversation, this couldn’t happen due to the scenario’s lack of description. But Aoi emphasizes that the Le Sant childhood friends are trying their best to love each other, and they’re struggling to understand each other.

The staff also tried to include a bit of the Tragedy of Le Sant from Leo’s perspective, which was material for Leo’s ep 4, as well as “the situation with Lisette” in the ep Final.

Considering how pressed for the time the writers and everyone working on the game was, and considering all the things they weren’t able to include, I hope people can have more appreciation for the ep Final. It’s not easy to try and wrap up a story that wasn’t even halfway to its conclusion! But man, did they sure try their best!

Sekina Aoi’s Tales of Luminaria 1st Anniversary Blog Post

Here’s the blog post Aoi wrote on Tales of Luminaria’s 1st Annivesary. Aoi talked about how amazing it was that Luminaria seems to still have so much love and support from fans on various SNS even after the service shut down.

He also had quite a bit to say on derivative works, his roots in said works, and their importance. Of course, they would appreciate it if you comply with the appropriate guidelines for derivative works as set by the official company.

Aoi shared a personal story that happened after Luminaria’s EoS was decided, and he says that they’d be more than happy if the fans continued to love and enjoy Tales of Luminaria for many years to come.

And that’s all the commentary I could gather from the staff for now! I’m sure they and others will have more to say whenever we get updates on Tales of Luminaria.

I’ll do my best to reblog with updates when that happens too!

[goldenhands]

The Art of Gifting: Choosing the Perfect Crystal Gift Set for Every Occasion!

Do you believe in crystal magic? Have you ever felt calm or relaxed just by keeping a crystal near you or wearing it as a pendant or bracelet? If so, - you're on the right page.

Crystals have unique and vibrant energies that not only lift your mood whenever you're stressed but also help you feel more energized and active throughout the day. Different crystals offer different benefits than one can ever imagine. The more you learn about them, the more you know them.

Now, many people ask - Do crystals make the perfect gift sets? Well, of course, they do! Crystal gift sets make thoughtful presents that are appreciated by folks of all interests. They also suit a wide range of events, from birthdays to housewarmings and more. In this blog post, we'll cover how to choose the perfect crystal sets for different occasions. Keep reading out to know...

What Makes Crystal Sets Such Great Gifts?

For one, crystals carry important meanings that uplift the recipient. Each variety promotes different energies related to health, creativity, protection, and more. Giving a crystal gift set sends the message that you care about the receiver's well-being and growth. Crystals also look lovely on a shelf or desk. Their beauty adds a nice decorative touch wherever they're displayed. Plus, crystal sets offer variety within one package. Individuals gain multiple stones to utilize in different ways, like meditation, layouts, and décor pieces. This multi-use aspect provides excellent value for the money spent. Lastly, crystals make unique presents that stand out from typical fare.

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Birthdays

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[yourshiningastr]

CHAPTER 18

One month has passed and a week from now will be the 1st Month Anniversary of our relationship..

Totoo nga ang sabi sabi na kapag masaya ka, ay mabilis matapos ang mga araw. Mabilis umikot ang oras, mabilis kang yayakapin ng gabi.

Sa isang buwan na nagdaan ay kulang nalang magmakaawa ako na iextend ang mga araw lalo na kapag kasama ko si Benedict.

He became sweeter. We are helping each other with the acads and I even found out how smart and good he is at planning.

I remember when we had our first-ever event in the Youth organization. It's exhausting and nerve-wracking especially on my part since I am in charge of the program committee. I was so stressed and had a cultural shock at how complicated it is to manage an event.

What makes it even more stressful is that someone tried to sabotage our event. Ang host na nilagay namin ay bigla nalang sumakit ang tiyan, ang ilang mga decor ay nag kasira sira at maraming changes na nangyari.

Good thing I have experience at hosting at sobrang inaral ko ang buong flow ng eveng that's why mabilis namin naayos ang parte na yun at mabilis kaming nag improvised ng mga decor for that.

"Yung mga ganitong pangyayari ay hindi maiiwasan. Dapat magsilbing aral sayo at sa organization ninyo ito. Sa susunod dapat hindi lang plan A ang meron kayo. Try your best to accumulate at least 3 plans so if ever hindi successful yung isa may back up plan kayo agad." Benedict said.

He helped us with the decorations. He said his family has a catering business. I was amazed at how he just folded some part of the fabric and then it already became a flower. Nagbiro pa nga ito at binibigay sakin. Kinukuha ko naman.

Good thing I have a handsome and reliable boyfriend, the decoration became even better than before.

"Bilib ka na sakin niyan? Decorations palang ito sa event niyo ah, paano pa kaya pag sa kasal na natin?" I laughed and lightly hit his chest.

"Hindi na pala natin kailangan gumastos for decorations, then?" He smirks at me and I just shake my head.

We celebrated a successful event. I thanked everyone who worked hard for that and treated them all for dinner.

Indeed it was stressful but the experience was priceless as well. It makes me look forward to our future events more. But now, just like what Benedict said, I need to have a lot of backup plans. I told myself to create Plan A to Plan Z, just to be sure.

"Alam niyo na ba kung sinong sumubok sumira nung event niyo?" 

I sipped on my Iced tea and looked at him. Benedict and I are having a date in Out of The Box cafe in Mandaluyong. I just found this place while I was scrolling on Instagram and it looks cute so I asked him to have lunch here.

"No." Nag angat siya ng tingin sakin.

"Do you need help? Baka makatulong ako sa pag iimbestiga." I shook my head.

"No. Hindi na kailangan pa hanapin kung sino yun. Pinatigil ko na din sila sa paghahanap." Benedict tilted his head and looked at me in confusion.

"Huh? Pero bakit? Pwede niyo isumbong kay Dean kung sino yun." Umiling ako dito at nilaro ang Pesto Pasta.

"It was them." Benedict furrowed his brow

"My enemies." I looked at him and I saw how his reaction changed from confusion to enlightenment.

"Pero bakit? Program ng school yun, ang daming pwedeng gawin sa buhay tapos pinili pa nilang pakialaman yung sayo. Gusto mo igaganti kita. Magsabi ka lang." I chuckled and shook my head.

"Nah. I know better now. I already expected it, they will do any length just to drag me down."

"At hindi ko hahayaan yun. Dadaan muna sila sakin." Benedict's hands turned into fist and glared at his latte. I smiled and touched his hands to ease the tension in him.

"It's fine. They don't have any power to hurt me anymore. Matagal ko na silang inalisan ng karapatan na saktan ako, so don't worry. I can handle them myself." I gently smiled at him to assure him that I am fine and that I will be fine. As long as there are people whom I love around me, everything will be fine.

I have already taken their rights and access to me. Kaya kahit anong gawin nila ay balewala na lang sakin. Nasaktan nila ako noon dahil nabigyan ko sila ng puwang sa puso ko, dahil naibigay ko ang tiwala ko sa kanila. Ibinaba ko ang depensa ko sa sarili ko kaya madali nilang nagawa ang bagay na yun.

But it's different now. They are nothing but ghosts from the past. At anong magagawa ng multo kung hindi ang magpaalala lang ng kahapon at manakot?

"So, you said you have good news for me? What is it?" He smiled and held both of my hands

"I have been applying for a part time job at natanggap ako sa Bazin cafe. May work na ako!" Masaya nitong sabi.

I hug him back and congratulate him. Though he didn't tell me before that he was applying or even looking for a part-time job. But I guess that wasn't important as he just want to bear me a good news, siguro ay mas gusto niya sabihin yun kapag may trabaho na talaga siya.

"But how about your studies?" He lightly messed up my hair.

"It's fine, kaya ko naman sila pagsabayin." I smiled when I saw how delighted he was.

"I'm proud of you, Babe! Fighting!" He hugged me again at sabay kaming pumasok ng unit ko.

"Thank you, Babe! Ayan, para hindi na ikaw lagi ang nanlilibre, ako ang lalake dapat ako ang nag poprovide ng mga kailangan mo." I furrowed my brows and faced him.

"You're not telling me that you were applying for a job just because of that." He looked at me with guilty eyes. I sighed and held his arms and made him sit in front of me. I stood in between his thighs and caressed his cheeks.

"Babe, you don't have to do that. I don't care about those stereotypes. It doesn't matter who is buying who. What matters is we have each other. Kung yun ang dahilan mo kaya ka may work ngayon then you should resign now, you're still a student. I don't need someone who will finance me, I can do that Babe." He pouted and encircled his arm to my waist.

"Alright, alright. Hindi lang naman ito para sayo. Don't worry. Hmmm?" I nodded and responded to his light kisses.

"What are you going to do on sembreak? May plano ka na ba?" It took me too long to answer as I am too occupied with his lips.

"Hmmm.." I slightly moaned as I felt his tongue teasing my mouth.

"Babe, your plans?" I can feel his smirks through our kisses. I rolled my eyes and stopped myself from responding to his kisses. He chuckled as he saw my frowning face.

"Aww tampururot na naman ang bebe." He pulled me and made me sit into his lap.

He buried his face into my neck and I can feel his light wet kisses there. I sighed and tried not to be too carried away.

"I don't have any plans yet. Dalawang linggo lang naman din kasi yun so maybe I'll just stay here. How about you?"

He looked at me with dizzy eyes. "Ang bango mo."

I smirked. And kissed his cheeks.

"Oh how about, let's go to your hometown? Your parents must've missed you, and I wanna meet them too." I smiled at him and saw how his reaction changed from drowsy eyes to attentive and panicky responses. I furrowed my brows.

"Why? Hindi ba pwede?" I bit my lower lip.

Though, I understand. He hasn't met my parents as well, I am yet to decide because I am afraid of their reaction. He must also be afraid of his parents' reaction as well.

"Uh ano kasi, uhm.." Before I could ever speak to tell him that it was fine, my phone suddenly rang and I saw Manang calling me. I answered the phone and slightly walked away from Benedict.

"Manang? Hello po, may problema po ba?" Manang is not the type of person to call so it's kind of new to me, though baka gusto lang akong kumustahin.

"Ija, wala naman.. Eh gusto ko lang sana malaman kung kumusta ka diyan." I smiled.

"Maayos naman ako dito, Manang. Kayo po? Sila Mommy po?" Simula din kasi nung nakauwi ako galing bahay ay wala pa akong naririnig uli sakanila. Hindi din naman kami nagkakamustahan kaya ginamit ko na din ang oras na to para matanong kung maayos ba sila.

"Eh, mukhang ano.. Okay naman sila dine." Nahimigan ko ang hindi pagiging siguradong boses ni Manang kaya napakunot ang noo ko.

"May problema po ba, Manang?" Paninigurado ko.

"W-wala naman Ija. Sige, ako'y napatawag lang para mangamusta. Matulog ka na at baka may pasok ka pa bukas." I furrowed my brows.

There's something wrong or am I just the one who's thinking about it? May problema ba sa bahay? Pero I'm sure lagi naman ay problema doon, at hindi na yun bago. But Manang called me so it must be something more than a problem.

"Uy, okay ka lang?" Benedict held my waist and looked at me worriedly.

"Change of plan." Benedict then tilted his head and furrowed his brow.

"Uuwi ako samin this sembreak. I think there's a problem."

"Bakit anong nangyari?" I shook my head

"Manang called me and I don't know but I feel like there's something off and I need to find that out. Pakiramdam ko may problema sa bahay." I sighed

"Do you uh.. Want to come with me?" His eyes widened and shook his head.

"Kung may problema nga sa bahay niyo, I think maganda kung ayusin niyo muna yun. Baka makadagdag lang ako kung sakali." I nodded. He's right.

"Wag ka mag alala, kung ano man yan ay maayos din yan." Hinaplos nito ang likod ko para pakalmahin at ngumiti lang ako dito.

"Tara kape?" I smiled and nodded at him. 

Kahit hindi ako nagkakape ay pumayag ako. I guess I needed something to ease my worries away. And its with Benedict.

We are at the cafeteria. I am reviewing some of my notes while Benedict is feeding me Fries.

"We have an exam later, aren't you going to review?" I asked without looking at him. I was too busy memorizing some keywords on my notes.

"Nag review na ako kagabi. Say ahh, Señorita." I frowned and opened my mouth to welcome the fries from his hands.

"You're calling me, Señorita again." He chuckled

"Ang cute kasi eh." I frowned even more.

"Anong cute doon?" I pouted and eat the fries again na sinusubo niya sakin

"Ikaw, ang cute mo." He lightly messed my hair at pinainom ako ng tea sa tumblr ko. Baby na baby ang datingan ko ngayon sa kanya. Kaasar, gusto gusto ko naman.

Matagal pa kaming nag asaran doon nang makita ko si Yna na naglalakad papasok sa cafeteria. I was expecting her to sit at our table so I was surprised when she walked past our table and acted as if she didn't see us.

I furrowed my brow. I saw Benedict looking at Yna as well.

"Nag away kayo nung Bestfriend mo?" I frowned.

"She's not my Bestfriend." Benedict shrugged his shoulder and chuckled

"Sabi mo eh. Oh ito pa, kanin ka ng marami para manaba ka naman." I glare at him.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked as I saw how Yna avoided my gaze.

Usually siya pa ang hahabol sa mga mata ko at uupo sa table kung nasaan ako kahit hindi ko naman sinasabi or imbitado.

Naasar ako sa kanya doon, pero mas naasar ako ngayon.

"Suyuin mo yung Bestfriend mo. Mukhang hanggang ngayon nagtatampo kasi mas love mo ako kesa sa kanya." Tatawa tawang sabi ni Benedict.

"What? Bakit naman siya nagtatampo? And, babe. I told you, we are not Best Friends. I don't have a Best friend." Benedict then shook his head.

"Go, call her. Ikaw naman daw ang maghabol." I frowned and he just smirks at me. I lightly hit his arm and he just laughed.

I saw Yna walking to the table of the so-called social elites but before she could ever sit, I sighed and called her.

"Georgyna Lazaro!" Yna then glared at me. I also heard Benedict gasping beside me.

"Luh, gagi! Yun pala yung complete name niya?" Benedict was too shocked by the sudden knowledge of her name. I shrugged. Yna then walks in rage and is glaring at me right now.

"What the hell, Avalyn Rae Trinidad!" Yna placed her tray on our table loudly. Napaigtad naman si Benedict sa gulat.

"Hi, Bestfriend ng bebe ko. Long time no see ah." Yna rolled her eyes to Benedict.

"What do you want?" I raised my brow at her as I heard her questions.

"What's your problem? Why aren't you sitting here?" Yna smirks.

"So ngayon gusto mo na ako umupo sa table niyo. Parang dati halos isuka mo ako ngayon hinahabol mo na ako. Totoo nga ang balita, kapag nawala sayo saka mo lang marerealize halaga nila." Yna crossed her arm on her chest

"Why would I chase someone unimportant like you?"

"Sheesh! Wala pasmado bibig ng bebe ko." Sabay kaming napalingon ni Yna kay Benedict at mabilis naman itong yumuko.

"Ha! Still the same old Rae. Akala ko nabago mo na ito? Bakit parang mas lumala? " Baling ni Yna kay Benedict

"Oy wala akong kinalaman sa friendship quarrel niyo ah. Wag niyo akong madamay damay diyan." I shook my head.

"Sit down, and we'll talk." Wala naman nagawa si Yna at umupo ito sa harap namin.

"Oy, Georgyna pala name mo? Grabe, tunog imported ah." Yna glared at him.

"Ano namang pag uusapan natin?" Yna is frowning and glaring at Benedict who keeps on teasing her name.

"Why are you avoiding me, Georgyna?" I arched my brow

"PFFFT! Georgyna! Haha." Benedict laughed and I smiled a bit.

"Patahimikin mo yang jowa mo kung hindi susungalngalin ko yan." Benedict then stopped laughing and looked at me. Sumandal ako sa upuan at tinaasan ng kilay si Yna.

"Try then," I smirked. I saw Benedict stick his tongue out to Yna at inis naman si Yna na tumingin samin.

"Paano ba yan, mas matimbang ang jowa." Tatawa tawang pang aasar ni Benedict kay Yna.

"So why are you avoiding me?" I asked again. Yna scoffed.

"You're overthinking again. I wasn't avoiding you."

"Oh yeah? Bakit hindi ka makatingin ng diretso sa mga mata ko ngayon?" Mabilis naman siya nag angat ng tingin sakin.

"Ehhhh ayan okay na?" Galit nitong sabi

"Easy girls. Wag mag away. Ang magkakaibigan dapat nagmamahalan." I glared at Benedict.

"Ay sorry, sabi ko nga mananahimik na ako. Akin na to, magreview nalang ako." Kinuha niya sakin ang notes ko at iiling iling naman akong bumaling uli kay Yna.

"I'm going home to Nueva Ecija this sembreak. I feel like there's a problem. Gusto mo ba sumabay?" Yna scoffed.

"Bakit naman ako uuwi doon." I arched my brow

"I was just thinking baka namimiss mo na ang parents mo doon." She chuckled a bit.

"Do you miss yours?" I frowned

"No," Yna smirked and sipped on her juice.

"Thought so." She chuckled and we smiled at each other.

"Oy oy, nandito pa ako ah. Baka lang makalimutan niyo." Nakangiting sabi samin ni Benedict.

"Pake ko!" Yna then bicker. I shook my head and let them fight. I feel like I am babysitting two immature adults. 

[gyuswhore]

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smothered 🤍

𝑫𝑶𝑲𝒀𝑬𝑶𝑴

Shut Up (don’t) [1st anniversary event] 🤍❤️‍🔥🌧️ 2.7k

𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮𝒀𝑼

[2:34] 🌧️🤍

untitled 🌧️🤍

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to have someone 🤍

[3:43] 🤍

bf texts ⭐️❤️‍🔥 (texting!au) 

How to Win Hearts for Dummies (the answer is lattes and banana bread)  🤍 🌧️ ⭐️ 13.4k

This apprenticeship was taking a toll on your self control in the worst possible way. Walking in 8 months ago, a resignation from your corporate job and a dream in your pocket, you made an oath to stay focused on the goal at hand and to enjoy what you did for a living for once; makeup. Except, you’re still stuck as an apprentice with a mentor that has no inclination for your growth.

And you’re a little bit in love with your client.

Hits Different (...’cause it’s you)  |  Part 2 🤍 🌧️ ⭐️❤️‍🔥 40k [COMPLETE]

Kim Mingyu was the first friend your brother had brought home for dinner. Fast forward a couple years, his toothy smile and pierced ears would wedge their way into a permanent place in your heart. Nail to a coffin, never to escape.

or;

in which you get rejected by the only boy you've ever loved; a rejection you can't quite shake off.

Sit down  🤍 ❤️‍🔥 5.1k  [1st anniversary event]

It isn't your fault that you feel this way, especially as you watch her hands trace over your husband's own.

It isn't your fault that you can barely go on with your day with that cursed image replaying in your mind like a broken record.

And it certainly isn't your fault that you find yourself completely naked on your husband's lap while his clay-clad hands cannot touch you.

Statistically Speaking... 🤍 🌧️ ⭐️❤️‍🔥 21k 

In all your years of academic endurance, you’ve never failed. A 100% success rate, despite you cutting it close at times. However, the line graph that is your life starts tanking somewhere around the time you began taking this hellsent Statistics in Psychological Research class. With a professor that wouldn’t know his ass from his head, and an overworked, overenthusiastic, and overcaptivating TA, it couldn't possibly get any worse than this. 

 However, statistically speaking,…it could.

𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑯𝑨𝑶

[11:35] 🤍⭐️

Untitled  🤍

Remembrance of Ice ❤️‍🔥🤍 5.3K

Xu Minghao rules over a land where the sun never rises and crops never grow, shunned by the world for their nature so ruthless it has them caged within their borders.

That is, until you land straight into the dragon's den to find the story untold.

𝑺𝑬𝑼𝑵𝑮𝑲𝑾𝑨𝑵

Tugs and Strands [1st anniversary event] 🤍

𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑵𝑶𝑵

Untitled 🌧️

Untitled 🤍

𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑶

[23:23] 🤍

[22:59] 🤍🌧️

Dahlia 🤍❤️‍🔥 4.4K

When Chan brings you a bouquet filled with promises and hope to begin your birthday, you're happy to accept them with the love they come with. Chan, however, is quick to remind you that the flowers were only the beginning. 

𝑱𝑨𝑬𝑯𝒀𝑼𝑵

[19:46]  🤍⭐️

[14:12] 🤍⭐️

reaping 🌧️🤍

𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑲

[14:57] ft. Haechan 🤍🌧️

𝑱𝑨𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑵

crystal crumbs 🤍🌧️

𝑲𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑨

[10:13]  | pt.2 🤍⭐️

[longeko]

Rolling sky candy music

ROLLING SKY CANDY MUSIC ARCHIVE

Other bonus levels that introduce a new theme are Monody, Alone Remix and Faded Remix. music, comedy, literature, film, performing arts, food, science, kids and teens and much. This is the second bonus to introduce themes, called Candy Daytime and Candy Midnight.This is one of 3 levels related to food (1st), the others being Delicacy Temptation and Fantastic Sweet House.The is the only bonus level, whose theme appeared in Happy Birthday.Candy Trees and doorway, the same kind from Tetris.Candy wheels, the same kind from Christmas. Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh We couldnt turn around Til we were upside down Ill be the bad guy now But no, I aint too proud I couldnt be there Even when I try You dont believe it We do this every time Seasons change and our love went cold Feed the flame cause we cant let go Run away, but were running in circles Run away, run away I dare you to do something Im waiting on.Jumping Cacti, which is the first thing noticed in E-Labyrinth Adventure.Popper tubes, that pop out gelatinous cubes.You can get zero diamond and crowns in this level when reaching 100%, and they are the most difficult to get among the 3-star levels. This level introduces mystery boxes, which give you either a crown, a ball or a shield.This is a shortened version of Candyland. The soundtrack of this level is remixed from Candyland, which is made by Tobu.Ĭandyland soundtrack Candy soundtrack Starting from 8Bits, bonus level becomes an easier (sometimes harder) version level from its main level for players to earn keys and practice to play the main level.Some players claimed that it is the bonus of Tetris because of the similar themes: Midnight Candy and Coloured Tetris.Although this level is named as Bonus 3, it may not be a bonus level or is known as a special bonus level.The star with the word "Bonus" is removed in Hoop Dream's update. Follow the music, dodge the obstacles, and. In the Level Select Screen, this level had a little star reading "Bonus" to indicate that it is a bonus level just like the other two bonus levels, Illusion and Monody. Stunn scenes with amazing 3D effects one-touch operation, easy to use Swipe left and right to control the ball.And the kids? The biggest smiles you’ve ever seen,” said Mayor Sheline.

ROLLING SKY CANDY MUSIC ARCHIVE

The balloons are colorful, larger than life, and no matter where you stand you have a great view. Free Music Archive has thousands of free-to-download Soundtracks and hundreds of Compilations to choose from - all original music by talented independent artists and musicians worldwide. The psychedelic 60s saw new favorites in the rock-and-roll genre of music, as well as new. This community loves the Great Falls Balloon Festival. The soundtrack of this level is remixed from Candyland, which is made by Tobu. Thursdays Golden Goodies is the Vinyl Lovers Candy Store. “After two years of being grounded, it feels really great to gather as a community in Simard-Payne Park and watch the balloons lift off into the sky. followed by a fireworks display at 9 p.m. Main article: The 4th Anniversary Event There is only one way to unlock this level you must use 120 gems to unlock it permanently ( Gems, however, is a consumable in-app purchase item. The crowds flowed from one side of the Androscoggin River to the other in anticipation for the second balloon launch at 6 p.m. The 4th Anniversary is the 44th level and the 2nd anniversary level in Rolling Sky. But our engineers aren’t your typical corporate lab-coat-wearing technicians. The lists below will give you some ideas for boy-friendly music that you'll like, too. We spend hundreds of hours designing, testing and perfecting every Skullcandy product in our Park City, Utah headquarters. Not many guys dig Mandy Moore, although Candy is a GNO classic. Parents and children swarmed the carnival area where rides twisted and whirled through the air like the smell of cotton candy and popcorn. Skullcandy power accessories are the best way to recharge your headphones, earbuds, phones, and tablets. Hello Everyone Today I'll show you Music/theme swaps between some levels and a mashup of Mechanical Power & Circus.The new Rolling Sky level is coming soon. A lot of people don’t know about All-Star Cheer and what we do, ” added Desiree Jenkins, an assistant coach. It’s important for people to come out and get to know us and what the sport is about. “They are the most positive, hard-working people we’ve ever had in our gym. A lot of people have never seen a balloon festival and they say there’s only a few around the country, and I can’t believe it’s right here in Lewiston, Maine,” said Naomah Russell, the owner and head cheer coach of Showtime Athletics. After not being able to come to the festival for two years, it’s packed I love it. “For the amount of time that we had to put this together and the 50 new athletes that I’ve gained, and only (practicing) once a week, they did an amazing job. She’s wearing a blond-bob wig, similar to the two-tone, visage. A Kora Shrine clown greets paradegoers Saturday in Lewiston during the Great Falls Ballon Festival parade. The clip, however, is simple, really: 11-year-old Maddie Ziegler dances in a spare apartment.

[mooshs-crack-headcanons]

Hello me, happy 1 year! Write Vergil and forehead touches because 👏 you fucking deserve it 👏 you mad lad of a fucking king.

Yeah I might've also mixed brief or maybe gentle touches I guess (idk maybe?) in here as well? Eh this was the first thing I write when trying to figure out the event much earlier on when planning so there's that 😅 still hope you guys enjoy!

Half asleep and still head pounding, Vergil soon discovers his vision mostly shielded by his own silvery locks the moment he wakes that early morning. Why the hell did he enable that foolish little challenge of yours when (begrudgingly, on his part) you both knew he couldn't hold his liquor worth a damn. And it didn't help that he was also damn sure his foolish brother still had that camera that would certainly remind him exactly of the consequences of this whole mess. Brushing his hair from his eyes is when he gets a better look at himself and of his surroundings; he was in your shared room, shirtless in your bed together with you with legs entangled and noses barely an inch apart. You were definitely asleep, giving the drool evidence pooling into your pillow and how your eyes seemed to dart around in dreams behind your eyelids with your light snores. You looked cute, very cute, so cute that he would actually smile if it wasn't for the nauseating pounding in his head. Instead his fingers ever so gently not to stir you awake come up to your cheek before nuzzling his forehead to your own, taking in the white noises coming from the walls around you. He lets himself relax at this point when the dull throbbing of his head eases away, letting the breath held in his upper chest lightly go as he hesitantly removes his touch from your face in favor to tuck back gently around your waist as he lets himself close his eyelids after one more gander at your sleepy face. You really are precious to him, even with everything you put him through no matter how hard splitting and pride shattering it might be. 

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[floraone]

As promised, this year I'll host it again: September is around the corner, and with it smutember, or at least the Sailor Moon fandom corner side of it, that is, if you're on-board here lol. It's open for all types of fanwork, and all ships within the fandom.

Just like the previous years, it runs alongside to the official daily word prompts on the official smutember blog: Smutember is an event that runs all throughout September for all fandoms. The following is meant as an addition, not a replacement. If you want to do daily prompts, please use the official word prompts (linked above). And while these prompts are amazing, for older fandoms such as ours, daily prompts can sometimes be a little intimidating. Because of this, and in now Sailor Moon fandom smutember tradition, I again customized an alternative weekly trope list that can still incorporate the official themes.

As always now, down below you have a list of TROPE AND THEME PROMPTS. This year, since it's our anniversary year in the Sailor Moon fandom, I've added a few of the classic tropes, as well as a remix of some you've seen in the previous years. Because they're meant to spark a variety of ideas, there's a lot of them! You can pick as many of the tropes you want and with them, post once (or if you're motivated, more times) per week, instead of daily.

Be it for fanart or fanfic or any other sort of fanwork, tropes can be combined, (and they can be combined with the daily themes too), whatever floats your boat. Also, specifically: This event isn’t Usamamo-centric only. I will reblog any Sailor Moon content of any pairing as long as it follows the rules! (See below)

The aim of this event is to create sex-positive content together that celebrates a healthy depiction of consentual sexuality. Erotic fanfiction is a beautiful art, especially in a fandom of ours so largely cultivated by women and for women, as well as a strong inclusive focus on queer and gender-queer content and their creators!

And like in 2020 previously, all entries that follow the rules will be compiled in an online-only e-zine! This also means that art that may be too explicit for tumblr can still be included in the e-zine!

Here are the weekly trope challenges:

Reinvent a trope!

WEEK 1 (September 1st - 7th): Pick 1 or 2

🍋 Bedsharing 🍋 Flirting Under Fire 🍋 You Wake Up In A Room 🍋 Huddling for Warmth 🍋 Second Chance Sex 🍋 You Talk In Your Sleep 🍋 Awkward/Clumsy Sex 🍋 Freaky Friday 🍋 Friends to Lovers 🍋 Bathhouse/Onsen/Shower/Bath 🍋 Traveling 🍋 Sex with the Ex/Break-Up Sex 🍋 Established Relationship 

WEEK 2 (September 8th - 14th): Pick 1 or 2

🍋 Fake Dating 🍋 Shunga 🍋 Battle Couple 🍋 Two-Person Pool Party 🍋 Missing Scene 🍋 Work-Out Sex 🍋 Enemies to Lovers 🍋 Blackout/Quarantine/Lockdown 🍋 Roommates 🍋 Now or Never 🍋 Sleeps With Everyone But You 🍋 Sexual Fantasies 🍋 Slow Burn 🍋 Reality TV AU 🍋 Woke Up Gay

WEEK 3 (September 15th - 21st): Pick 1 or 2

🍋 Only One Bed 🍋 Sex At Work 🍋 Pegging 🍋 Hurt/Comfort 🍋 First Times 🍋 Special Delivery 🍋 Friends With Benefits 🍋 Introduction By Hook-Up 🍋 Touch-Starved 🍋 Pining 🍋 Accidental Pornomancer 🍋 Locked In Together In A Small Space/ Trapped Together 🍋 Dry Hump 🍋 Wall Bang 🍋 Guilty Pleasures 🍋 Bad Ideas 🍋 Caught In The Rain 🍋 The Internet Is For Porn 🍋 On The Run 🍋 Stranded

WEEK 4 (September 22nd - 30th): Pick 1 or 2

🍋 Just the Tip 🍋 Accidental Nudity 🍋 Praise Kink 🍋 _____(pick whatever)___to-lovers 🍋 Mrs. Robinson 🍋 Dr. Chiba 🍋 Talking In Bed 🍋 In Public 🍋 Aroused by your___(pick a feature)___ 🍋 Mindlink 🍋 Quest For Sex 🍋 Sex Games 🍋 Online Dating 🍋 Confessions of lust and love 🍋 Teach Seduction 🍋 Practice Kiss 🍋 Coffee Shop AU 🍋 Identity Reveal 🍋 Middle of the Night Sex

In Addition to these trope themes, now and until September, I'll be posting a few sex-positive cues of the next weeks as a sort of checklist that is meant to help you generate ideas for your sexy trope fics!

RULES

1. Rating: These fics don’t necessarily need to be M or, in the case of Ao3, E- rated. Obviously, they are very, very welcome to be explicit for this event, but you can also go T-rated and stay in lime or ‘blacked out’-territory if you’re uncomfortable with writing explicit scenes! Both is perfectly and absolutely welcome! This of course also goes for fanart - your fanart may depict sexy scenes, but does NOT have to be explicit! (It can, though! Be aware that for tumblr’s guidelines, when sharing your art first, you may have to clip your images as a sort of preview. The original can then be sent to me privately to include into the e-zine!) 2. Minimum Age of Characters: Since this is a community event, if you do go explicit M rated material: age them up where necessary! So that everyone can be comfortable writing and reading these, let them be 18 at the minimum if they’re going to openly and explicitly wohoo. (16-17 is the global average age of consent worldwide, and also the average age for first sex among girls in many western countries. However, since most fanfic readers are located in the US, where the age of consent is 18, we’re going with 18 so that everyone can be comfortable reading!) If you go for canon fics at a time they are below this age, where you do not want to age up (say you’re going for an episode fix!) please stay in T territory for this event. 3. Off limits: Depictions of sexual acts that contain harmful, violent and non-consenting behaviour with non-consenting individuals (or those that aren’t able to consent, for instance because of their age, or state of mind among else!). If it doesn’t fly by law or the ICD in real life, please refrain from depicting it in the context of this event. This means that dubcon and noncon will not be reblogged for the event, so that people can be safely consuming the content without being triggered. All content will be screened in this regard, and I may contact you regarding trigger warnings. This is not at all to censor content, or that this content is in any form less valid (as long as it is properly tagged and not including characters that aren’t of age), but simply to ensure a safe environment for everyone reading. 4. Tag your triggers. Except the aforementioned limitation of harmful content, nothing is off limits. Explore your kinks! But if you write something that might be offensive to your readers, please tag it. This is ALSO a good way for your readers to find exactly what they ARE looking for! On Ao3 this can be done directly on the fic tags, for FF fics and fic links you can do it here on Tumblr via the fic post tags or in ANs. This is in consideration of your readers. 5. You can obviously post art for this event too. All previous rules apply here, as well. Unfortunately, Tumblr is now against tasteful nudity. That doesn’t mean you can’t link to a deviant art or similar account though, should you want to. And, since this year will include an e-zine at the end of it, all art will still be included fully in it. Here too, please tag your triggers. If you still want to post art on Tumblr, choose a T rated image - clip them where needed, or keep them (semi-)clothed, show us a heated kiss, etc! (Obviously we would love ALL the art and the nude body is a beautiful, wonderful thing, but obviously Tumblr doesn’t agree with us anymore!) 6. Have fun! Celebrate sexuality in an open, sex-positive way with us, try to be unapologetic about your likes while you write this, and appreciate the beauty that comes in the form of content with a largely female-gazing creator-base and audience! Smut in fanfiction has been beautifully put as the subjectification of sexuality (as opposed to  objectification). So let’s celebrate this art form together! 7. Reviews: No one is forced to review. It can be uncomfortable to review a fic that contains sexual acts for any number of always valid reasons. Keep in mind, however, that much like a Burlesque dancer on stage, putting out sexual content can also be very intimidating to an author, and nothing is more discouraging than silence when baring yourself to an audience like this. That being said: Both Ao3 and FF have the option to review in anon mode. That means you have the option to remain anonymous while cheering the author on all the same. Just like the Burlesque dancer, your resident smut authors prefer to go on stage to loud cheering - it makes it all less awkward for them, and feels a little more like a big celebration!

If you’re unsure what sex positivity entails and want to read up, I wrote a post about it here.

This event is not supposed to cause harm. This means that I will screen all content before I reblog it here, and include it in the e-zine. So that everyone of age can feel safe reading the fanworks in the event, dubcon and noncon will not be reblogged and included in the e-zine, and accurate tagging and content warning will be watched. This does NOT MEAN that you cannot post this material: your own desire to write it and someone else’s desire to explicitly read this material are valid. I do not entitle myself to censor. It just means it will not be reblogged and shared through the event so that everyone may feel safe to read to the best of my ability. (But, of course, remember that I, too, might be biased, and not discover subtle forms of it, either. We’re all, in the end, a product of our upbringing and society, and I cannot be completely unbiased.)

During the event, I will be posting all Sailor Moon Smutember contributions in this format on my blog if you @ me to the post.

The official hashtag for the event is #smutember2022 hosted by the official smutember blog. Using it helps people find the content who search for it as well as those who wish to block it!

[wedreamedlove]

Happy 1st Anniversary Light & Night! The announcement of a wedding series comes with a lot of touching callbacks of everything we experienced with the men and so I thought it would be nice to point them out.

OSBORN 【Unswerving Vow】

Fun Fact: The 海誓 in the card title likely comes from 海誓山盟 which is pledging everlasting love in oaths as high as mountains and vows as deep as the sea.

Everyone has poems assigned to them and their cards and Osborn has “Put Out My Eyes” by Rainer Maria Rilke.

There are pearls sewn into the heroine’s wedding dress and she has a pearl anklet too, which is probably a nod to his summer event. One of his nicknames now for the heroine is “Little Pearl”.

EVAN 【Meaningful Contract】

His poem is “In My Sky At Twilight” by Pablo Neruda. But did you know that he also quotes Pablo Neruda in his museum date? There he reads out “Every Day You Play...” by Pablo Neruda, which some may find familiar since it has the iconic line “You are like nobody since I love you”.

In the first version, you can see him putting on the heroine’s shoes, which should remind you of Cinderella. In his birthday date and Valentine’s date, there are branches where they joke about the heroine being Cinderella.

SARIEL 【Sealed With A Kiss】

His poem is “Unending Love” by Rabindranath Tagore. Unexpectedly, this is also consistent like Evan because in Chapter 12 of the main story, Sariel quotes a line from “Stray Birds” by Rabindranath Tagore, specifically the first line since Stray Birds is a collection of untitled poems. (By the way, I really recommend this poet, his poems are so good).

In the second version, there are three birds and - including the heroine - that makes four birds in total. In Chapter 12, the heroine draws a fox on a flower pot and then Sariel draws a bird beside the fox to represent her. But then the heroine adds three more birds: one bird who feels sad when the fox is sad, one bird who gets angry when it sees people bullying the fox, and one bird who makes silly faces to cheer the fox up. All four birds are her.

Additionally, Sariel has a trend of having birds in his cards like how his winter card has two birds perched beside each other. All of these are a nod to how the heroine is his “Clumsy/Foolish Bird”.

CHARLIE 【Heart of Diamond】

Fun Fact: You cannot convince me that they are not playing with the Engish phrase, “heart of gold”.

His poem is “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns.

The caption that goes with his card (not the PV) says “I’ve won this round of Russian roulette” and it’s a callback to the first time Charlie and the heroine met in Chapter 7 and he invites her to play Russian roulette with two pills in his hand to test how far she’ll actually go for her freedom (naturally, both of them were safe).

Charlie always mentions their marriage so it’s not a callback, but his PV line of “The entire universe heard my confession, this time you can't run away” is just adorable.

Fun Fact2: If you have eagle eyes, you can spot Sherry and her boyfriend on the cake topper beside the mini Charlie and heroine!

JESSE 【Cupid Express】

His poem is “Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art” by John Keats.

He’s brought up Cupid before in his Spain date, even calling the heroine “Miss Cupid”, and talking about being shot by her arrow of love. In addition, Cupid is the Roman god of love and his counterpart in Greek is Eros and well... Jesse has tons of Greek mythology references, so this one can pretty much count as one because the Romans copied the Greek gods.

The caption that goes with his card (not the PV) says “We are perched on the golden arrow of Cupid, chasing the early summer wind” and not only is this another nod to Cupid but also a nod to the “summer” in his Chinese name, Xia Mingxing. Summer is one of his symbols!

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #52: June 18th - June 24th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more. This briefing covers all things posted from June 18 - June 24, 2023 and marks ONE ENTIRE YEAR of our briefings! 🥳 Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing.

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

We (@twwpress, the Weekly Press Briefing team) will be hosting a Wheel of Destiny drabble-writing prompt challenge on Saturday, July 1st on tumblr and Twitter in celebration of our first anniversary! Stay tuned for more details. The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Josh/Donna prompt fest (hosted by @jessbakescakes and @thefinestmuffin) revealed on June 24th. Prompt claims and submissions are still open. Details here.

 Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from June 18 - June 24. 

Allison Janney posted a photo of herself with her dad in honor of Father’s Day. 

Allison Janney posted a photo of herself thanking her hair and makeup artists. 

Amy Landecker posted a silly video of Brad along with a “for your consideration” message for the Emmys.

Amy Landecker posted some photos of herself and Brad by the ocean.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of her and Brad on a boat.

Bradley Whitford posted photos of himself and Amy attending the staged production of Transparent! at the Mark Taper Forum. 

Dule Hill posted a promo video for the second season of The Wonder Years, now streaming on Hulu. 

Josh Malina posted a photo of himself with his dad for Father’s Day. 

Kim Webster posted a funny video of herself “training” to do the Geena Davis trick shot she learned last week. 

Kim Webster posted a photo of herself the day after her birthday. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of her husband and a celebration of him for Father’s Day. 

Mary McCormack posted a TikTok of her daughter Rose singing an original song. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with her dad, along with a Father’s Day message. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself and his son Johnny in bathrobes on a boat.

Rob Lowe posted a photo of his wife Sheryl along with a birthday wish.  

Peter James Smith posted a clip from Noël in memory of Paxton Whitehead, who played Bernard.

Richard Schiff posted a photo of himself with Robert Cardinal. 

Kathleen “Bird” York posted a photo of herself and Devika Parikh, who played Bonnie on The West Wing.

Donna Moss Daily: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

Daily Josh Lyman: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

No Context BWhit: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 23 | June 24

@twwarchive: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

 Edits/Artwork:

#CJTOBY: and we build it up to pull it down by @cjcreggswifey [VIDEO EDIT]

 Editors’ Choice: 

In honor of the one year anniversary of our briefing, we picked some of our favorite fics posted during this week in years past. Be sure to share your favorites we didn’t include!

and if you wonder about the spell i’m under (it’s your love) by mikaylawrites | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “You don’t look so bad yourself,” she purrs, her fingers reaching out to unnecessarily adjust his belt buckle. “And I think you’re gonna win tonight.”

He groans, both because of where her hand is and because the superstitious side of him can’t tolerate that kind of talk. “I’m gonna need you to go outside and turn around and spit.”

“Don’t need to,” she tells him, “because I know I’m right.”

A night at the Academy of Country Music Awards with country music power couple Josh Lyman and Donna Moss.

 Friendship, Rings, and Heartstrings by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Sam feels sort of like a whack-a-mole at the arcade with how quickly and intensely the epiphany hits him. Maybe this is it. Maybe they’ll finally get it together. Behind all the flirting and banter is an incredible devotion they have to each other; one that possesses them to eat only a bite of a granola bar for nearly twenty-four hours or to hop on an international flight with whatever nonsensical items would fit in a backpack. He’s seen it for years now; he’s just been waiting for them to see it too.

 Help Me Hold Onto You by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | In which CJ has a bit of an existential crisis...

 Hell Is Other People (But Not You) by McKat | Rated T | Will Bailey/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Sam’s visiting the White House when they go into a Crash.

He and Will get stuck together.

Maybe there are worse places to be.

 Champagne by arborealstops | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Kate Harper | Complete | “I got you a present.”

 please linger near the door by cmbing | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | They’re definitely not dating when there is a presidential dinner and they don’t think to invite dates. Instead, they assume they’ll go with each other. Him in a black tux, her in a red dress. Their arms are interlocked as they enter the ballroom, and Donna even goads Josh into dancing with her. It’s friendly, nothing more.

They’re just having sex. That’s it.

 the weight of love (in your arms) by joshllyman | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | He steals a glance at Josh and sees that his face is carefully blank, intentionally wiped of all emotion.

“Just tired?” Sam asks quietly, and Josh looks up at him.

Josh shakes his head. “Something like that.”

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Josh/Donna

Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Wonderful in a Loathsome sort of Way by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

GOVT 3420: Campaigns and Elections by lunedecroissant | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Balcony Break by TemperanceCain for thefinestmuffins | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

3pm on a Thursday by KindaTea for Chinesepapercut | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

can’t help falling by sam_writes_fics | Rated M |  Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

and i'll love you more than anybody can by JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

When it Rains, it Pours by onekisstotakewithme | Rated G |  Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Fragments of Days Gone By… by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Children of Mortals… by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

she was a burst of colour, in his typically monochrome life. by katereadsandwrites | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

 Sam/Ainsley

Adorable, Yet Ill Adored by HotchkissRoyale | Rated E | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | In Progress 

Sam and Ainsley Get Marriedby Hackney123 | Rated G | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | Complete

 C.J./Danny

Off the Record by  onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, Luppiters, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg2C Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | In Progress

12 Months by Jxjxjx |  Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

 Other Pairings/Gen Fic

it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

Figures of Speech by Darsynia | Rated T | Toby Ziegler/Original Female Character | In Progress

Master of Improvisation by Antumbra | Rated G | Sam Seaborn, Jed Bartlet, C.J. Cregg (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

The Language of Tomorrow by silasfinch for justdreaming88 | Rated T | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress

Where The Hell…? by dumbchemist | Rated T | No Pairings Listed | In Progress

someone like you, a desperado like me by popmart (tambsi) for onekisstotakewithme | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete

 Multiple Pairings

Operation in the Desert by mlea7675, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Will Bailey/Kate Harper, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | Complete

Yes, You are better than my old boyfriend by Proportional Response | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Dr. Freeride/Donna Moss | Complete

at the dark end of the street by hell_to_breakfast | Not Rated | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete

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Fools in love [George Weasley x Reader] - Requested

Title: Fools in love Pairing: George Weasley x Reader Word count: 1.5k Published: 13 July 2021 Author: Heloise Daphne Brightmore Summary: Your best friend, George has been gone for 3 months, but when he finally decides to come back, you welcome him in a warm embrace which none of you can step away from. Request: [x] [x] Prompts requested by @georgeweasleysupremacyyy for my celebration event.

"we haven't seen each other in two months and i'm at the airport to pick you up, then i see you, and i sprint over to you, and jump into your arms, with such force i almost knock you off your feet" from @/screnwriter's prompt list

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It's been three months since you've seen George. He decided to travel to North America, to visit one of his aunts. If you tried hard, you could have recalled her name, but with their family tree being enormous, you often found yourself forgetting even some of their closest family members' names. Rushing through the doors of the airport, you hurried your already quick steps and headed to the terminal he was to arrive.

Excitement bubbled deep within you, needing your best friend's warm, tight hug around you, a kiss on the cheek, forehead, wherever just to be able to touch him. You have never been apart longer than a couple of weeks. It's been like that since your years in Hogwarts. But as he decided to travel and see more of the world, you found yourself craving for his presence beside you, his reassuring palm resting on your back, his playful wink starting off tiny little butterflies in the pit of your stomach.

The feeling wasn't new, nor was it unusual. You have been hopelessly in love with George for as long as you could remember. You watched him date other people, but never dared to say a word. As a good friend, you stayed beside him and supported him. At times, you scolded him when he and Fred went too far with their pranks or newest concoctions, but you couldn't stay mad at him, not even if you wanted to.

As you arrived at the right terminal, standing behind a corridor, you stared at the automatic doors, huffing as you waited for them to open. Tapping your foot against the white tiles of the ground, you impatiently played with your fidgeting fingers, locking them and unlocking them in your nervous state. Your stomach was a mess, butterflies enjoying a warzone in your tummy, heart thumping heavily, the sound audible even in your own ears. Trying to calm your nerves, you took deep breaths, but each attempt came out shuddered and shallow.

The doors opened, letting out a sea of people, some with groups, others one by one. When you saw a boy with ginger hair, your heart picked up the pace and started hammering against your ribcage. But it quickly died down as you realised the boy wasn't the one you were looking for. Your head fell forward as you waited, anxiously picking on your fingernails to pass time and focus on something other than your dangerously pulsing heart.

It's only been three months since you have seen him, but words couldn't describe how much you have missed him. When he announced that he was coming back, that he wanted you at the airport, you jumped from your bed, ready to go and pick him up, even though you had another two weeks before he was to come. It was the excitement that drove you for the next two weeks. To your surprise, none of the Weasley siblings or parents have joined you, which you felt was somewhat odd, but if anything, you found positivity in the situation. You had more time for yourself with George without others stealing him away from you.

When the doors opened again, another group of people exited through the corridors as your eyes fell on the ginger boy. You knew it was him without second guessing yourself. He didn't have to look at you, he didn't have to lift his head and meet your gaze. His silky hair, his broad shoulders, the way he walked, his hips swaying slightly and the lazy movement of his hand as it ran through his hair, messing it up even more, was a give-away. Your legs moved on their own, your feet meeting the ground in heavy thumps as you sprinted towards the boy.

George lifted his head, eyes meeting yours as a wide grin spread across his face. He dropped his bags on the ground and opened his arms for you, ready to catch your body in his embrace as you launched at him with a fit of giggle leaving your lungs. Wrapping your arms around his neck, you closed your eyes and hid your face in his neck, busking in his scent and tight hold around your waist.

"I missed you so much," he whispered into your ears as he lifted you up and hinted a small kiss on your temple, before pressing another on the soft skin of the crook of your neck, burying his face in your shoulder.

"Not more than I did," you chuckled. He placed your feet on the ground, but he didn't let go. You tightened your arms around his neck, wanting to remove any gap between your bodies, needing his touch more than you knew a friend should have. But it seemed, George didn't want to let you go either, not just yet.

"I doubt that," he hummed against your skin, tickling your shoulder. Dozens of people walked past you, but you couldn't care about anyone else but George in your arms, his scent filling your nostrils and your body lost in his embrace.

When he loosened his arms around you and you pulled away, he lifted his hands and cradled your cheeks, gently stroking your skin with his calloused thumbs. Your cheeks warmed up at his soft touch, your heart thumping hard in your eardrums, your stomach having a tiny festival somewhere deep within. He leaned his forehead against yours, his eyes searching for something in yours, something you couldn't understand. Your shallow breathing caused your mouth to dry out, forcing you to lick across your lips, George's eyes following the movement of your tongue as though he was mesmerised.

"I really want to kiss you," he whispered, his breath tickling your skin. Though the terminal was loud and busy, you could hear it clearly. Your focus was completely and utterly captured by George.

"What?" You breathed weakly as your gaze fell on his lips, slightly parted in anticipation. His words felt like a dream, one that you couldn't possibly believe, but had no intention of waking up from. You rose to your tiptoes and pressed your lips against his, closing the unnecessary gap between you. For a moment George hesitated to kiss back, but as he felt your arms sneak around his neck, he wrapped his around your waist and pulled you flash against him, returning the kiss in haste. It wasn't gentle, nor was it slow. It was hungry as though he was desperate for more of you, as though he was incapable of having enough of you.

"I love you," he breathed against your lips as he tilted his forehead against yours, eyes closed blissfully, his long lashes casting a shadow on his cheeks. Your eyes widened, tears blurring your vision, slowly escaping. George opened his eyes and removed the tears with a soft smile across his lips.

"I love you too," you smiled back at him through your tears, the joy his confession made you feel, overwhelming your senses.

"I'm sorry for leaving," he said as he leaned back and straightened himself. "I was a coward."

A deep frown sat across your brows as your tears stopped and looked up at George with a puzzled expression. "What are you talking about? You were visiting your aunt," you shook your head as you squeezed his arm reassuringly, not needing an apology for such a thing.

"I was, but I also wasn't," he replied as his eyes fell on the ground. "I visited her indeed, but I decided to leave because I didn't know what to do with my feelings," he scoffed at his own words. "I was so scared of losing you, imagining my life without you, if I was to ever tell you my feelings. I thought if I left it would help me clear my head, and maybe— maybe to get over you and be your friend again. But it just made me even more desperate to see you," he huffed. You tilted your head, trying to catch his eyes, but he refused to meet yours. Placing your index finger under his chin, you lifted his head and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

"I've always loved you for your dumb and even dumber ideas," you giggled, tying to lighten the mood. "Who else would run away from his feelings just to come back even more desperate if not you?" You grinned happily as you wrapped your arms around his waist, locking your fingers behind his back. "I love you George and believe me, you are not a coward. I didn't dare to confess my feelings for the very same reasons," you said as you offered him a reassuring smile.

"We are just two fools in love, aren't we?" He asked with a mischievous smile growing wider across his handsome face.

"I would argue with you only for the sake of arguing, but you are right," you snickered, earning an eye roll from George. "On a side note. I'm guessing, you had something to do with your family waiting for you at home instead of coming with me to pick you up, am I right or am I right?" You chuckled with a questioningly arched brow.

"Maybe?" He said with a playful smirk, though it was more of a question, earning another fit of laughter from you. "For Merlin's sake, I missed you," he grinned proudly as he took your jaw between his thumb and index finger, tilting your head for better access as he pressed his lips against yours, this time meeting you in a slow, but sensuous kiss.

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