During the first year or so of college, after a long, joyful, irresponsible, hot gap year, Lucas and Kes started to have the first moment of distance between them. And that does not say a lot because they were basically glued to each other until this point so that distance was even mockable to any other human that didn't have a relationship like they had.
But it was noticeable to them, obviously, and to the ones closer to them. Everyone knew it was a phase because Lucas and Kes belong together, everyone says, but it felt very weird to see them not as close as they used to be. And it wasn’t big fights or things that could change their relationship forever either. But by going to different courses in college, they met new people, different mindset, some that connected them to these new people in areas that Kes and Lucas didn’t connect.
So, there were long months of small, frustrating arguments because they had different points of views about important, general society matters. They obviously had different mindsets before, especially about their relationship but anything else, they would just push aside because it didn’t matter more than they did.
And in this first year of college, it started to matter. Lucas became a tiny bit more extrovert, he went on a few different trips around Europe with some college people and Kes became even more extrovert, but also more introverted if that makes any sense.
Kes was always like that, though. He can easily be social and the center of attention when out and about, meeting new people, drinking, and smoking at some random house party. He was just more closed off when it became about Lucas and what their relationship was, the fine line between the best of friends and passionate lovers. It was a very private relationship and he liked it that way because in his mind, it was a selfish way to keep their bubble intact from the outside world and its opinions. And this new introverted version is not so private about…well, being private. Kes very much enjoys his free time alone, most of the time, thinking about where Lucas is now, or painting while high as a fucking kite.
As months slipped by, the long arguments became less occurring again, and they slowly slipped back into the position they always had in each other´s lives. They didn’t live as close as they did when they were kids or teenagers, but they found the time to glue themselves back together. It took another handful of months for the first kiss after that weird phase. They were almost drunk, just got back to Kes’ place after a summer night out and Lucas went to take a shower first and crawled into bed completely naked and not ashamed of it.
Kes was a little shocked, but he was sweaty and a little too drunk – he wanted to enjoy that night like they used to do, and he wanted to be a little more sober to remember it with details in the future – so he forced himself out of bed for a quick cold shower too. Lucas is way too proud to give in to their drunk-young-adults hormones so Kes knew nothing would happen tonight, so he took his time in the shower. He wasn't obnoxiously loud but he was aware of the slight open bathroom door, and he was aware that his ears were ringing and that he wasn't hearing himself properly because of it. Maybe Lucas fell asleep, the bed did feel extremely comfortable after a night walking up and down the city drinking every possible beer they could afford.
Kes brushed his teeth and opened the door completely, hoping it wouldn't creek too loudly. Lucas opened his bright blue eyes and smiled, still a little drunk.
“Took you long enough.” He whispered, his voice was a lot lower after so many hours talking, not drinking a single glass of water. He turned his back to Kes, getting comfortable in that one position he’s always slept in since they were kids: facing the cold wall, one hand in between his cheek and the pillow, the other holding the sheet against his chest, waiting for Kes to hug him so they can go to bed already.
But Kes was still buzzing – just a tiny bit – and he missed Lucas. So he put on some underwear and finally got comfortable in bed, holding the sheet to get as close as possible to Lucas still very slim, and naked, body, putting his arm around Lucas’ waist, just lifting his own torso a little bit, kissing Lucas’ neck and ear until he finally moved a little and kissed Kes on the mouth after what felt like an eternity of lives without that touch.
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you fill my lungs with sweetness, and you fill my head with you
by lavenderpillowcase
Robbe knew his best friend. He could see when he was sad, sense when he was angry, feel when he was happy. It was a skill he prided himself on. So when Lucas came along, Robbe could tell that Jens was in love.
He saw the looks Jens gave the new boy from across the courtyard, full of awe and yearning, but every time Jens turned back to their lunch table, Robbe pretended he didn’t notice.
Robbe also knew how scary it was to recognize that what you felt was love. So he didn’t tease, or laugh, or judge.
He knew it was what Jens needed.
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Or, Glimpses of Jens and Lucas' relationship, through the eyes of Robbe.
Words: 2303, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: SKAM (Netherlands), WTFock | SKAM (Belgium)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen, M/M
Characters: Jens Stoffels, Lucas van der Heijden, Robbe IJzermans, Sander Driesen, Moyo Makadi, Aaron Jacobs (WTFock), Mentioned Lotte Stoffels, Broerrrs (WTFock)
Relationships: Jens Stoffels/Lucas van der Heijden, Sander Driesen/Robbe IJzermans, Robbe IJzermans & Jens Stoffels
Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Domestic Fluff, Domestic, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sleepy Cuddles, Boy Squad, WTFock Boy Squad, Out of Character, probably, POV Outsider, Robbe's POV, VDS Centric, robbe being an observant sweetheart, lucas and jens are disgustingly in love, soft, Drawing, using pulse points as a way to show affection
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Interesting Papers for Week 10, 2023
A computational model to explore how temporal stimulation patterns affect synapse plasticity. Amano, R., Nakao, M., Matsumiya, K., & Miwakeichi, F. (2022). PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0275059.
Distinct population and single-neuron selectivity for executive and episodic processing in human dorsal posterior cingulate. Aponik-Gremillion, L., Chen, Y. Y., Bartoli, E., Koslov, S. R., Rey, H. G., Weiner, K. S., … Foster, B. L. (2022). eLife, 11, e80722.
Hippocampal astrocytes encode reward location. Doron, A., Rubin, A., Benmelech-Chovav, A., Benaim, N., Carmi, T., Refaeli, R., … Goshen, I. (2022). Nature, 609(7928), 772–778.
Classical center-surround receptive fields facilitate novel object detection in retinal bipolar cells. Gaynes, J. A., Budoff, S. A., Grybko, M. J., Hunt, J. B., & Poleg-Polsky, A. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5575.
Inferring stimulation induced short-term synaptic plasticity dynamics using novel dual optimization algorithm. Ghadimi, A., Steiner, L. A., Popovic, M. R., Milosevic, L., & Lankarany, M. (2022). PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0273699.
Context-dependent selectivity to natural images in the retina. Goldin, M. A., Lefebvre, B., Virgili, S., Pham Van Cang, M. K., Ecker, A., Mora, T., … Marre, O. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5556.
Dendritic axon origin enables information gating by perisomatic inhibition in pyramidal neurons. Hodapp, A., Kaiser, M. E., Thome, C., Ding, L., Rozov, A., Klumpp, M., … Both, M. (2022). Science, 377(6613), 1448–1452.
Long‐term modulation of the axonal refractory period. Jankowska, E., Kaczmarek, D., & Hammar, I. (2022). European Journal of Neuroscience, 56(7), 4983–4999.
Flexible control as surrogate reward or dynamic reward maximization. Liljeholm, M. (2022). Cognition, 229, 105262.
Mixed synapses reconcile violations of the size principle in zebrafish spinal cord. Menelaou, E., Kishore, S., & McLean, D. L. (2022). eLife, 11, e64063.
Adolescents sample more information prior to decisions than adults when effort costs increase. Niebaum, J. C., Kramer, A.-W., Huizenga, H. M., & van den Bos, W. (2022). Developmental Psychology, 58(10), 1974–1985.
Neural signatures of evidence accumulation in temporal decisions. Ofir, N., & Landau, A. N. (2022). Current Biology, 32(18), 4093-4100.e6.
Offset responses in the auditory cortex show unique history dependence. Olsen, T., & Hasenstaub, A. (2022). Journal of Neuroscience, 42(39), 7370–7385.
Look-up and look-down neurons in the mouse visual thalamus during freely moving exploration. Orlowska-Feuer, P., Ebrahimi, A. S., Zippo, A. G., Petersen, R. S., Lucas, R. J., & Storchi, R. (2022). Current Biology, 32(18), 3987-3999.e4.
Interaction of bottom-up and top-down neural mechanisms in spatial multi-talker speech perception. Patel, P., van der Heijden, K., Bickel, S., Herrero, J. L., Mehta, A. D., & Mesgarani, N. (2022). Current Biology, 32(18), 3971-3986.e4.
Spatial distances affect temporal prediction and interception. Schroeger, A., Grießbach, E., Raab, M., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12, 15786.
Never run a changing system: Action-effect contingency shapes prospective agency. Schwarz, K. A., Klaffehn, A. L., Hauke-Forman, N., Muth, F. V., & Pfister, R. (2022). Cognition, 229, 105250.
Contraction bias in temporal estimation. Tal-Perry, N., & Yuval-Greenberg, S. (2022). Cognition, 229, 105234.
Response Time Distributions and the Accumulation of Visual Evidence in Freely Moving Mice. Treviño, M., Medina-Coss y León, R., & Lezama, E. (2022). Neuroscience, 501, 25–41.
Active neural coordination of motor behaviors with internal states. Zhang, Y. S., Takahashi, D. Y., El Hady, A., Liao, D. A., & Ghazanfar, A. A. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(39), e2201194119.
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