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big Fan of this new rule i just created it’s called everyone Has to be nice and kind to me forever starting Now
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isafrin measurements comic based off this post of mine; bc someone asked, and I am a lady of my word (sometimes) <3
#this is so stupidly corny but I spent like 20 hours on this thing. so#isafrin#isat#in stars and time#isat siffrin#isat isabeau#art#digital art#featuring: my Isabeau glasses hc. becuase I think it’s fun!!!#the dialogue is a bit stilted bug this was mainly a way to practice paneling#I hate them can someone crush them with a comically large rock? thanks in advance#more of a chibi style here bc I couldn’t keep them consistent looking :weep:
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Part 1/?
#the rings of power#gil galad#orc#baby orc#elven King#this is a made up story#nothing canon about it#scroll away if you don’t like it#don’t ACHTUALLY me#i know what I’m doing and I don’t want to be 100% faithful to the lore#thank you in advance 💛💛#comic#Raising an orc#procreate#digital art#my art
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A visit to Epictale
Did this on a whim, just exploring how I think Epictale would look like, how the universe is like generally
#we interrupt your regular schedule to bring you environmental concept#Cyberpunk technologically advanced cities-esque with a touch of corruption and military bullshit and a sprinkle of post apocalyptic#can you see the Transformers and Stary infulence yet?#will do a refined concept of it at some point#that ask the characters thing definitely brought so much motivation back hell ya thanks guys :)#anothers art#nightmare sans#killer sans
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Leverage + How To Tell If You're In A Raymond Chandler Story
#leverage#leverage redemption#eliot spencer#parker leverage#nate ford#sophie devereaux#alec hardison#breanna casey#my posts#why did i make this#ah yes a leverage edit of an iconic article from 2016#well done me!#...thanks in advance for my 4 notes.#look this show named it's FINALE after a raymond chandler novel#i couldn't not do this
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What Happened to GIW Site-13
So! One day, in the middle of a random field in Illinois, there is a Spacial Anomaly that is picked up by the Watchtower's Sensors.
They send a team to investigate, and find a strange facility having suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The Terrain around the Facility seems displaced, like it was dragged along by whatever dropped the Facility there, but the Flora around the Facility matched its surroundings so it couldn't have come from too far away? Where did it come from?
The Justice League doesn't pay too much mind to it at first, busy dealing with their usual mess of problems to do more than contact the local government and send a few Heroes to help with the investigation. It didn't seem to be an active threat at the moment, so sending a few superpowered Heroes are a precaution was seen as a good enough response for the time.
When the first Expedition Team went missing, they took a bigger interest.
They made contact with the Agency that was leading the investigation, a smaller agency known as the GIW that was focused on studying Supernatural Anomalies. They usually wouldn't have been the first choice, given their niche focus, but this was a special circumstance.
The Facility that had been discovered both markings stating that it was "GIW Research Site 13", however the Records they had stated that this Facility was never actually built. There were Plans to build it, but the Agency was hit with Budget Cuts after they failed to provide adequate evidence of the Supernatural, and it was scrapped. They had no explanation for how a Facility that never existed suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
They decided to send in another Team as Investigation and Rescue, this time equipped with the latest technology they GIW had developed called "Ecto-Tech", as well as a Magic User from Justice League Dark for insurance. They managed to maintain Video Contact with the Team thanks to the Ecto-Tech Cameras they had, and what they saw did not sit right with any of them.
The entire Facility was built like a Prison.
Prison Cells, or to be more accurate, Cages, lined the Walls of the section they had entered. Evidence of previous inhabitants Littered the Cells, scratches on the metal and green glowing blood staining the floors were just some of the things they found in those Cages. One of the Technicians on the Team identified the Cages as having been built with Ecto-Tech, despite the fact that the Ecto-Tech they had spent years developing was nowhere near as advanced as this.
As they continued they found Walls covered in more Glowing Green Blood, spelling out haunting messages. "They never wanted to Investigate", "Guys In White", and the most common "What F̷E̴N̸T̴O̸N̷ happened to Site 13"
Delving deeper into the Facility, they eventually found a working Computer Terminal and downloaded as much information as they could, sending it back up to the surface wirelessly, before turning around to begin searching for the other Expedition Team. But when they tried to follow they path back to their starting location, they found that it had changed. The Hallways they had just passed were missing, there were new branches in the path that never existed, and their equipment suddenly told them that they halls they were standing in didn't exist according to the Blueprints they had.
The Camera's didn't last long after that, and the last images sent through the feed were of a glowing green figure slowly approaching the Team from down a dark hallway. It seemed to be dripping with blood. Non-Green Blood.
Of course some of the League wanted to immediately rush in to save them, but it would be too dangerous without knowing more about the situation. They looked at the files they had received from the Team before they disappeared.
From there, they formed a timeline of events.
It seemed that the Facility came from an Alternate History, or another Dimension, similar to their own but with a few changes.
By all accounts it seemed like the timeline of its Original Dimension followed their very closely, until one day in the 80's when the first major discrepancy appeared. On Febuary 12th, 1989 that Universes version of the GIW reported "A True Emergence of multiple Ectoplasmic Entities reported in Amity Park, Illinois, 2:31 PM".
Apparently in that universe, the GIW had been successful in locating evidence of the Supernatural. It seemed like this event allowed them to avoid the budget cuts they had experienced in their own Universe, which was the first major change from their own Timeline. Without the Budget Cut, the GIW managed to build their Facility near where they first spotted the Entity, and from there the timeline continued to diverge.
In that same small town, multiple more sightings of Ectoplasmic Entities were reported, all witnessed to be attacking the civilian population using their abilities. It was also reported that a single Ectoplasmic Entity, thereafter known as "Designation Phantom", was defending the civilain population for unknown reasons.
Eventually the source of these Sightings was tracked down to a pair of Scientists living in Amity Park, who were decades ahead in terms of the study of Ectoplasm and Ecto-Tech, who had managed to open a Portal into another Dimension they called the "Ghost Zone". The GIW Approached them for their research, and eventually hired them on as Scientists. Their names were Dr's Jack and Madeline Fenton.
A quick investigation revealed that Jack Fenton and Maddie Walker did exist in their universe, but Jack Fenton went into Mechanical Engineering while Maddie Walker went into Theoritical Physics. They had never met in the current universe.
According to the Doctors, Ectoplasmic Entities lack the ability to have Sentience, and held a malicious rage to all living beings. They stated that "Ghosts" were simply imprinted memories on Ectoplasm that acted as if it was a thinking entity, and that "Ghosts" should be eradicated at all costs.
Unfortunately, the GIW believed them to be Geniuses ahead of their time and accepted every word that came out of their mouths as absolute fact. Any researchers that protested their claims were quickly fired as to not upset their new Golden geese, and the GIW began to follow their new Mission of eradicating all "Ghosts".
From there was a series of files detailing multiple raids into the Ghost Zone, the capture and detainment of hundreds of Ghosts and "Ecto-Infected Humans", and the gruesomely detailed Experimentation logs of the Dr's Fenton as they studied their Captured specimens.
Many of the people being debriefed later on had to leave the room when they got to that point.
It seemed like the Dr's Fenton were the most proud of the Noteworthy Specimens they had managed to capture and dissect, those which evidence showed were much older and more powerful than the typical ghosts rhey captured. These were collectively designated as the "Ancients" by the Logs.
A Yeti-Entity with Ice Powers. A Shadow-Like Humanoid with Phobokinesis. A Female Humanoid with Draconification abilities. A Four Armed Female Humanoid with Extreme Strength. A Strange Entity with Chronokineses.
But what they were most proud of was one of the first Ghosts ever reported. Designation Phantom.
They particular File was completely corrupted beyond saving, but from the notes surrounding it, it had been a very exciting time for the Doctors.
But now, better informed on the situation and what they may encounter, the Justice League decided on a new plan of action. They still didn't know how the Facility had been ripped out of its Original Universe and into theirs, but for now their objective was simply a rescue mission for both expedition teams while Justice League Dark worked with the GIW on countermeasure for Ghosts. From the Files their Universes GIW had on Ghosts, they were certainly still dangerous, and allowing them to escape the facility would be a problem. So they needed containment measures.
The Justice League prepared for their Rescue Operation, unknowing of the eyes watching their every move.
He had dragged that accursed Facility into this world in an attempt to get help, and now all he could hope for was that this version of the Justice League would act better than their own. And if they didn't, he could always try a different universe.
All would be as it should be. Eventually.
#Dpxdc#Dp x dc#Dc x dp#Dcxdp#Danny Phantom#Dc#Dcu#Good Guys GIW#At least in this Universe#In the other its a completely different story#What Happened to Site-13#SCP-1730#Based on SCP-1730#Basically in this Universe the GIW remained the Ghost “Investigation” Ward and didn't become evil#Because the Fentons never met and didn't build the Portal so Ghosts weren't as big of a Concern#But in the other Universe the Fentons joined the GIW really early on and radicalized them#They advanced Ecto-Tech by Decades singlehandedly#To the point where they began to capture the Ancients themselves#And Danny#They somehow managed to capture Clockwork using a machine that messed with his powers but it also ruined local reality#Clockwork dragged them to another Universe with the last of his Powers to try and get the help of the Justice League#He does not have high hopes because in their original universe the JLA didn't really care about Ghosts and what was happening to them#The thousands of Angry Ghosts in the Facility are messing with Local Reality to the point where they have trapped themselves in the Anomaly#None can escape#There are also dozens of Liminal Humans trapped in there#They can barely survive thanks to that but they are in a similar amount of Agony as the Ghosts
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lol arthur realizes with the other knights after watching merlin flirt and being hit with a wave of deja vu: holy shit you asked me out
merlin and the rest of the knights around a campfire after leaving a village bc lancelot and leon somehow started a brawl in the tavern: ???
arthur points at merlin: after valiant! you asked me to buy you a drink! you were asking me out!
merlin is busy cooking dinner and confused out of his fucking mind: what???…..valiant….oh the knight with the snakes.
gwaine who was slightly tipsy now stone cold sober and sitting up straight against a tree: wait. explain. what do you mean merlin asked you out??
arthur snaps his fingers as he recalls the memory: i apologized for sacking you and you said that if i bought you a drink we’d be even.
merlin now remembering how he had stumbled into camelot, picked a fight with a pigheaded bully which quickly turned homoerotic and flirtatious, and continued their teasing-flirting for days before merlin shot his shot and asked the prince out only to be rejected: oh yeah, i forgot i did that…..wait, you mean you didnt realize what i was asking?
arthur: no?? we argued everyday, how was i supposed to realize you were asking me out??
merlin now abandoning the dinner and staring across the camp at arthur while the rest of the knights watch their back and forth like a game of tennis: to you we were arguing, to me that was very much flirting. i thought you were flirting back so i decided to ask you. then you rejected me
arthur, mentally beating his past self up for fucking up their chance: i didn’t reject you!!! i just didn’t realize what you were asking me. how was i meant to? we fought every chance we got
leon, nudging elyan, glee and excitement riling through him: its happening!!! its finally happening!!! seven long, grueling years is finally paying off!!!
merlin, realizing the misunderstanding and acknowledging the fact that he wasn’t rejected, his flirtations just weren’t noticed - realizing he still has a chance: oh…oh i see. arthur, my dear, our fights were extremely flirtatious. need i remind you of what you said? “do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to teach you?” or “i could take you apart with one blow”
arthur, mental capabilities at an all time low: m…my dear….?????????
merlin grinning devilishly as he realizes that his flirtatious persona he had hidden away after falling head over heels for arthur can make a come back: that is what i called you. should i call you something else? say…mine?
percival gags in elyan’s ear: cheesy
elyan hides a laugh: at least they’re finally getting somewhere. better than the hopeless pining
arthur, flushed from head to toe: ah uh no um im uh
merlin thoroughly enjoying himself: oh come now, your majesty. use your words.
#meanwhile leon is praying his thanks to every god and goddess above for their mercy#his pain and suffering is so over#merlin is going IN on arthur who is red as fuck#gwaine is enjoying himself immensely#lancelot pulls out popcorn to watch the two idiots finally get their acts together#flirty merlin x flustered arthur#i think yes#listen. merlin lived in ealdor. a small village of maybe thirty people - four or five being his own age#he was thrilled to be in camelot and have new faces and people to meet#he was definitely the village tease or flirt or whatever#he was gonna be a rake in camelot but unfortunately managed to fall hopelessly in love with the prince of camelot#he burned his dreams of being a rake in exchange for arthur#the issue? arthur rejected his advances. next issue? merlin’s feelings remained and grew#so merlin is a lovesick puppy for a prince who doesnt feel the same and he cant find it in himself to look at anyone else bar a few cases#he and lancelot def slept together at least once. him and gwaine tumbled into bed a few times together#but his heart always belonged to arthur he just never imagined hed get a chance to let his affection be known#now that he knows arthur never knew of his intentions in the first place and was quick to deny he rejected him#merlin is more than happy to let that part of his personality come back and terrorize arthur is a way he hadnt been able to before#hes living his best life rn#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merthur#knights of the round table#fanfiction ideas#prompts#headcanon
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just thinking about erik making his house accessible on genosha
all the other mutants wondering why this tall guy made all his furniture low to the ground
they express their concerns about his back
then it all makes sense when he brings charles to live on genosha
“Oh he was just down bad this whole time”
bro looks like an egg. smooth ass dome
#god domestic cherik on genosha has me in a chokehold forreal#erik preparing in advance for his husband to move in#its funny he does this#and then goes ‘your always sorry charles and theres always a speech but nobody cares anymore’#crying i cant use commas in the tags#erik acting nonchalant infront of his friends#bro was about to go kill his stepdaughter#and then later he was just 😁🤗#‘whoops! silly me! wanna get married 😻😻’#GRAHSHSHAH#erik lehnsherr#charles xavier#cherik#x men#professor x#magneto#xmen dark phoenix#wish does not shut up#looking at erik in the gif and you can see the amount of love in his eyes#thank you michael fassbender WHAT#charles also down bad he can’t help falling for this man AGAIN
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KAEYA BIRTHDAY ??? ?? i love you mr alberich sir i love you oh so so so much.
uh dialogue for this one but more legible under the cut (and a messy ragbros page)
Klee: Kaeya! Come down here! Kaeya: Oh? heh. What is it, Spark Knight?
Klee: Happy Birthday! It is today? Right? I even double-checked with Albedo and everything but I don't know... Klee: It's a Calla Lily! You like those, right? Kaeya: I certainly do! Thank y- Klee: Oh. Klee: OK OK OK- Kaeya: Hm? Klee: Kaeya you have to promise to not tell Master Jean about this one! Kaeya: You can count on me to keep my lips sealed.
Klee: OK! Close your eyes- eye- and hold out your hands! Kaeya: Mhm! Klee: OK! You can open them! TA-DA~!
Klee: I made a bomb for you! It even has an eyepatch! He can look after you when I'm somewhere else. Take good care of him! Oh yeah- He explodes if you- Kaeya?
Kaeya: Thank you Klee! Thank you very much! Klee: You're VERY welcome Kaeya!
a lil ragbros too.... kaeya and his red siblings amirite (bursts into tears).. also i am so obsessed with chibi diluc saying "bring em in..."
#I LOVE YOU KAEYA#these were all drawn in the past two daysashhsdgg#i was originally planning on starting like at least a week in advance bc i wanted to do one big ambitious piece but that didnt end up happe#ing... instead he gets a little comic a bigger comic and a page and my undivided attention#genshin impact#kaeya alberich#kaeya#genshin impact kaeya#genshin kaeya#im putting em all in here f u#klee#diluc ragnvindr#ragbros#none of that kaeluc shit here alright thank you or go fuck off ok epic#my art#sona#these r all improvised. i went about the klee comic in the stupidest way possible bc apperantly i love making things hard for myself..#not like it was my fault- it was just supposed to be a concept for a finished piece and not turn into a little comic but i have no self con#rol clearly so now its here and i am jsut kinda sleepy sry#kaeya has been my genshin blorbo for over three years ok i needed to express a little of my feelings about him somehow#OK YAY ITS OFFICIALLY THE 30TH IN MY TIMEZONE SO I CAN POST THIS OK OK YEAH#HAPPY BDAY KAEYA AAAAAAAAAAAAA 😭💖💖💖#this entire post is just me sobbing over how much i adore him#is this the longest wall of notes from me yet.. idk but it might be#ok anyways i love kaeya a lot send me anything kaeya and i will love you forever and ever and i should really go to sleep now i think#... .kaeya 🥰🥰🥰
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EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS
hi everyone, my main source of income has become unreliable and i need help to cover my rent and bills this month. i'm looking for any and all support/work while i work on a long-term solution.
i have commission info up on my ko-fi, and will be happy to negotiate for requests not outlined over there. i'm also interested in freelance work as a comic artist or illustrator (so if you or someone you know is looking for artists, my portfolio is here)
my ko-fi's set up for a specific kind of art, but i can do portraits, character design, comics, sketchdumps, you name it, honestly. sonic characters, robots, furries, D&D characters (with armor!), real life people, heck i'll render lineart (i've done it before)! there isn't a lot that's off the table (except NSFW unfortunately). here's some examples (and you can find more in my art tag and on my ko-fi):
portraits
character design
if you've been looking for a good time to commission me, now is the time. my ko-fi is also open for general donations-- every little bit helps. if all you can do is reblog this post, thank you.
reach out to me through DMs if you're interested!!
#emergency commissions#mutual aid request#open commissions#ko fi commissions#artists on tumblr#sonic artist#dnd artist#freelance artist#i wish i could offer a quick turnaround as well#i haven't forgotten my queue and am going to lock in on those after posting this to make sure i'm ready#thank you in advance#i'm sorry if this isn't as coherent as my other commission posts#there's a lot going through my mind rn and i just need to get this posted
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Wow crazy how it’s been two months since mha ended. what the hell was that btw
#BNHA#MHA#Shigaraki Tomura#Himiko Toga#Dabi#Touya Todoroki#Shuichi Iguchi#Atsuhiro Sako#Mr Compress#Spinner#Actually so ass I still can't believe it really ended that way. like how was that written by the same guy who made MVA wtf happened#genuinely what was it all for Horikoshi don't piss me off#sorry this is so messy I saw what day it was and had to draw something. remember when the manga was good. I do#ANYWAYS I want to start posting art again but it probably wont be MHA unless its old stuff that never left drafts or if someone asks for it#i'll probably be drawing a lot of epics related stuff (iliad odyssey gilgamesh etc.) and also d. 🤢dc sorry in advance#also trigun <3 <- shoutout to good media thanks Nightow#Anyways how have y'all been#Art by me
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🐿️🎂 HAPPY 25th BURSTDAY EM @facethesuns @strayklds @hanfocus 🎂🐿️
bonus: hanji singing u happy birthday
#i hope u have a lovely day em!!!! thank u for accepting my (and thing 2's) friendship advances we lov u 🙂↕️#usersemily#han jisung#han#stray kids
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Day 3725 - 1 April 2025
♫⋆。 ♪ ₊˚♬ ゚.
.//projectTiGER
#projecttiger#commission things#thank you so much once again for entrusting me with your beautiful wol... he's so pretty!!!!#I too am converted and here to advance the beautiful Elezen agenda
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YOUR PRINCESS IS HEREEEE~ 💕💕💕
#cookie run#choco werehound brute#choco werehound princess#licorice cookie#bat cat crk#bat cat#teddy's artwork#teddy's art#digital art#I REFUSE TO TAG HER DEADNAME#EVEN IF THEY USE IT IN THE GAME#also because i totally forget how to spell it half the time#BUT MY QUEEN#I HAVE FINALLY DRAWN HERRRR#shes so beautiful#please use she/they for her#thank you in advance#sprite redraw
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👻 MY SHOP IS OPEN! 👻
come get all the haunted stickers / zines / comics / buttons / washi tape / etc your heart desires and help me raise $ for convention travel, rent, & shipping the remaining books from last year's kickstarter!
💖 reblogs to spread the word are super appreciated!! 💖 thanks so much!!
#kaylee.txt#shop#art shop#support artists#sticker shop#horror art#spooky art#cute art#stickers#washi tape#sticker sheets#zines#zine#buttons#button shop#store#i know the timing on this is less than ideal what with everything happening in the world right now#so if you can't buy art at the moment don't worry about it!!#thank you so much in advance to everyone who grabs something!!
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hello 👀♥️ for prompts, free choice out of the following (can be combined too): 3, 67, 68, 70
3. “Could you be happy, here, with me?” & 67. “Don’t look at me like that.”
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The sun hangs low in the sky, rays throwing shadows across the trees and vegetation in the field beyond the house. Buck’s beer sweats in the heat, condensation running from palm to elbow and staining the wood under his arm.
He doesn’t mind. It’s nice in the thick Texas heat, sweltering even this late in the day. Even better, Eddie is next to him, the two of them swaying on an actual porch swing that Buck helped him install only a few hours ago. He’d spent all day teasing him for being a cliche, but he can’t find it in himself to poke fun at him now. It’s nice, sitting on the porch after a hard days work, watching the sun set in shades of soft orange and brilliant pink — taking in the sounds of humming cicadas, the whoosh of cars passing by. The occasional horn blaring from the train a few miles from Eddie’s house.
And then there’s Eddie himself, lit up golden and beautiful in the sun, a contented smile curled on his face. If this were a movie, and if Buck wasn’t already painfully aware of his feelings for him, this would certainly seal his fate. The sight of Eddie at dusk is devastating, otherworldly.
Or maybe he’s just in love.
“Gotta say,” Buck says, breaking the comfortable silence at last. “I see the appeal now.”
“Yeah?” Eddie asks, smiling over his shoulder at Buck. He lifts his bottle to his lips, and Buck holds his breath watching him take a long pull.
“Yeah,” Buck agrees. “The splinters and bashed thumbnail were all worth it for this. Good old southern porch-sittin’.”
Eddie hums and glances down at Buck’s left hand. Buck watches him reach over and brush his own thumb over Buck’s bruised finger, and Buck has to remind himself to exhale.
“Still hurt?” Eddie asks, eyes fixed on his thumb pressing gently against Buck’s.
“Nah,” Buck says. He wonders if Eddie would keep touching him if he said yes. “Not so much anymore, the ice did the trick.”
“Don’t know why I assumed you’d be able to handle a hammer. Should’ve known after the bathroom sink incident,” Eddie teases, taking his hand away at last.
“That was a wrench, and it got the job done, didn’t it?” Buck says.
Eddie barks out a laugh. “If you say so. We’ll see how well it works when Chris brushes his teeth later.”
Buck snorts, and they share a look — of mingled relief and joy — that Chris is where he belongs, back in a familiar routine that they both helped establish.
Buck had booked a ticket almost the minute that Eddie told him he was back home — when it no longer felt like overstepping, when Chris had not-so-subtly hinted at missing him and Eddie had not-so-subtly mentioned that Southwest was having a sale. And Chris throwing himself into Buck’s arms at the airport after nearly a year apart definitely ranks among the top ten moments of his life.
“Sucks that tomorrow is my last day,” Buck says with a heavy sigh and a sip of beer. “Should’ve put this up day one. I’ll be missing out on some major porch time back home.”
“You could stay longer,” Eddie suggests with a half-smile aimed at his lap. He twirls his bottle around, presses it into the knee of his jeans until a ring of water appears in the fabric. “You’re welcome for as long as you want.”
“Yeah,” Buck says noncommittally.
He feels Eddie’s eyes on him, burning into his temple like a brand, and keeps his own trained on the horizon. He’s spent three perfect days here, full of home repairs and dinners and exploration of Eddie’s hometown; of movies and video games and a trip to the planetarium. He hasn’t wasted a moment, soaking up every second he has with Eddie and Chris while he can. The idea of having to board a plane roughly forty hours from now and leave them again makes him nauseous. Makes him want to fuse himself into the very foundations of the house so he can’t leave.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Buck says, eyes still fixed on the sky.
“Like what?” Eddie asks. Buck can feel him still looking.
Buck squints against the light of the dying sun, against the tears pricking at his eyes. “The way you’ve been looking all weekend. Like — like you want me to…”
“Want you to what?” Eddie asks, so soft he almost can’t hear him over the cicadas.
Buck drinks, to buy himself time. It isn’t enough.
“To stay.”
It stretches, the silence — taut like a rubber band ready to snap. Eddie watches him, and Buck watches the sun. He blinks and the imprint of light is still there, burning and blotting out Eddie from his peripheral, but he can still feel him.
It’s the way he’s looked at him since he arrived — he can feel it in the way his skin prickles with it. He’s felt Eddie’s eyes on him the entire weekend, and while Buck usually craves Eddie’s undivided attention, there’s something different about the way he does it now. A longing Buck recognizes from the mirror, from photos — the way he looks at Eddie reflected back at him. A curve to his smile that Buck rarely sees directed at anyone else; a warmth in his eyes that sets his blood on fire.
“I always want you to stay,” Eddie admits, hushed in the thick silence.
Buck swallows hard and doesn’t reply. He takes another sip of beer, lukewarm now and bitter on his tongue.
“Buck. Look at me?”
Buck sighs. He closes his eyes briefly, and the light sticks behind his eyelids. It’s still there when he looks at Eddie, distorting his features into something unreadable.
“Hi,” Eddie says when their eyes meet, and Buck smiles despite himself.
“Hi,” he echoes.
Eddie’s mouth twists, then relaxes. He asks, “What are you thinking?”
Buck’s eyes clear, and he can see the same smile that he has privately come to think of as his. A piece of Eddie that belonged only to him. The one that sparks a dangerous flicker of hope in his chest.
“You don’t want to know.”
“I asked, didn’t I?” Eddie says, knocking his bare shoulder against Buck’s. He keeps it there, presses their over-warm skin together. It sticks slightly in the humidity, and he has the insane urge to superglue himself to Eddie’s side.
“I’m thinking it’s hot as shit out here,” Buck says, and Eddie huffs out a laugh.
“It’s only April, this is nothing. You’ve been in Cali too long.”
“Maybe.”
“What else?”
Eddie nudges him again as he speaks and takes a swig of his beer. Buck watches his throat as he swallows, watches the droplets drip down his fingers and feels too warm. A drop of sweat trickles down his temple and Eddie’s eyes catch it, follow it down until it disappears in the neck of Buck’s tank.
“I’m thinking I don’t want to leave,” Buck admits, and Eddie’s eyes snap back up to his. “I’m thinking none of this is fucking fair, and that I must have pissed someone important off.”
Eddie smiles, but it doesn’t quite reach his eyes. His voice is hoarse when he says, “Yeah. They’re not too happy with me either, I think.”
Eddie looks down at their laps, hand reaching out to touch Buck’s injured finger. He wraps his fingers around the digit, pushes gently at the bruise, barely enough to hurt. The throb of it ricochets up his arm and into his ribs anyway, makes him reckless.
“And I’m thinking — I’m thinking about how badly I want to kiss you.”
Eddie pauses, goes completely still. He glances up, eyes falling to Buck’s mouth for a split second before meeting his eye, and Buck knows he isn’t misreading this. His heart sits like a stone in his throat anyway.
“But I’m also thinking that I can’t lose you. Not again.”
“You won’t lose me,” Eddie is quick to say. His fingers twine with Buck’s, squeeze hard. “You haven’t lost me. I’m right here.”
“For now.”
Eddie exhales shakily, the warmth of it hitting Buck’s cheek, and he just looks at Buck — the same way he has all weekend, the same way he has for years. The same way that Buck knows he looks at him, has always looked at him. The way that they were both too scared or too deep in denial to face until separation forced their hand.
“Buck are you,” Eddie starts, stops. He lifts his chin and looks Buck square in the eye. “Could you be happy, here? With me?”
“That’s — Eddie, I can’t,” Buck says. It feels like gravel in an open wound, like razors in his throat. “Don’t ask me that.”
“Why? You don’t have a monopoly on big sweeping confessions, you know.”
“Is that what this is?” Buck asks. He’s dizzy, even sitting down — lightheaded from the heat and the alcohol and Eddie, always Eddie.
In response, Eddie tilts forward and brushes his lips over Buck’s. A ghost of a kiss, the briefest taste of tangy sweat and beer and skin before Eddie pulls away, too soon for Buck’s heart to even finish skipping in his chest.
“Yeah, Buck,” Eddie says softly, still close enough Buck can almost feel the vibration of it against his mouth.
Buck drops his chin, presses forehead against Eddie’s. He tucks the empty beer bottle between his legs and cradles Eddie’s face in his hands, thumbs skating along his jaw. Eddie shivers at the shock of his cold fingertips, slants his chin up, and then Buck is kissing him properly.
He takes his time, savoring each drag of Eddie’s lips, the way he twists closer and brushes their noses together. Eddie lifts his own chilled hand to Buck’s neck, sends a cold shock into his heated skin, then trails it down to fist in Buck’s shirt. Buck nips at his lower lip, soothes over it with his tongue, and Eddie makes a soft sound that Buck knows he’ll hear in his dreams.
Buck pulls away to breathe before they end up flipping the swing over — he’s not sure he trusts his handiwork well enough to support climbing into Eddie’s lap. Eddie has a faint flush on his cheeks, eyes tracking over Buck’s face before meeting his eyes.
“Yes,” Buck answers him. Eddie furrows his brows, question long forgotten, and Buck can’t help but chuckle. “Yes, Eddie. I could be happy with you anywhere.”
Eddie smiles and tucks his hand back in Buck’s. “But.”
“But,” Buck echoes, and says nothing else. Eddie already knows.
Eddie nods and rests his head on Buck’s shoulder, a comforting weight that settles his racing heart. They watch the sun sink lower, Eddie’s thumb tracing patterns on the inside of Buck’s wrist. His hair sticks to Buck’s sweaty neck, and they listen to the music of the fading day.
“I can’t promise anything,” Eddie says when the sun has almost disappeared. “It’s — it’s delicate, right now. With Chris. I think he’s ready to come home, but until he says something…”
El Paso is beautiful in twilight; the heat starts to give way to the evening chill at last. Buck shivers and presses a kiss to Eddie’s hair. “I know. I can’t either.”
“I know.”
“I love you.”
Eddie looks up, and Buck swears his heart stops at the way Eddie smiles at him — arresting even from the weird angle.
“Buck, I—”
“Don’t say it back,” Buck says. Eddie frowns and straightens up to face him properly, and then Buck is laughing at the look on his face.
“Don’t say it back yet,” Buck corrects, smoothing over a frown line with his thumb. “Not until — until this can be real.”
“But I do,” Eddie says, a bit petulant, and Buck gets honest to god butterflies about it. “And this is real. To me, anyway. You’re not just — some fling.”
“I know. It is to me too, baby, trust me,” Buck says, and Eddie visibly softens. “But I’ve wanted you for so long, I just — I can’t have you halfway. You’re forever for me, and I want — I have to do this right. And if you can’t come to me, if this place is your new forever, then — then wait for me. Please.”
Eddie stares for a long time, expression unreadable. Buck’s heart beats wildly, irregular enough that he might need Eddie’s defibrillator to shock it back into rhythm.
And then Eddie sighs and drops his forehead to Buck’s shoulder. “Okay.”
“Yeah?”
Eddie squeezes his hand. “Of course. As long as it takes, I — yes.”
“Okay,” Buck says, and drops a kiss to Eddie’s brow.
“I do, though.”
Buck huffs, smiling against Eddie’s skin. “I know.”
“Don’t make me wait forever, Buckley.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it.”
Eddie lifts his head, presses a soft kiss to Buck’s mouth, and says, “We still have tomorrow.”
Eddie settles back into the crook of his neck, and Buck wraps an arm around his shoulders, tugs him close.
“Yeah. Tomorrow.”
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#my fic#buddie fic#drabbles#thank you lovely!!! 🫶 this one got away from me again#loved writing this though i hope you like what i did with the prompts 🥰💕#also if you are a tswift enjoyer i listened to labyrinth a few times while writing this and it def fits the vibe of this#sorry in advance for spelling errors i wrote most of this at work and only looked over it once#wernerherzogs
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