ASH BEGINS TO FALL | A High School AU
↪ Ace and Nancy meet for the first time at Keen High, while he's still a senior and she a sophomore.
He doesn't notice her at first. Frankly, it looks like she'd rather not be noticed. Unless it is normal for sophomore girls to hide in the farthest corner of the library during class recess hours. He's arranging some of the students' returned books on shelf ZA when he finally catches a glimpse of her through a gap in the stacked tomes. And of course, he immediately recognizes her—The girl who made the volcano erupt.
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He doesn't notice her at first. Frankly, it looks like she'd rather not be noticed. Unless it is normal for sophomore girls to hide in the farthest corner of the library during class recess hours. He's arranging some of the students' returned books on shelf ZA when he finally catches a glimpse of her through a gap in the stacked tomes. And of course, he immediately recognizes her—The girl who made the volcano erupt.
Only now she's slumped against the wall, head buried between her elbows. And from the way her shoulders are trembling, he knows that she's crying.
He hesitates at the adjacent aisle, his eyes rounding, as a surge of protectiveness waves through his chest. Ace doesn't understand it. Even though he does have a crush on her. But he's had many crushes in his seventeen years of life and he barely knows this girl for it to be any different. For the time being, though, he's willing to attribute it to the fact that he's a cop's son. Granted, former cop. But the protective instincts must be an inherited thing.
He doesn't mean to check her out, the details rather register on their own. The way her jeans curve around her hips, and the green color of her top flatters her pale skin, and her unique shade of red hair curls around at the edges.
For several seconds, he just stands there, arguing with the idea of going near her. It's obvious that she's chosen this setting for the chance to be alone. So the prudent thing to do is to grant her the space.
He almost does that, tucking the books back into their gap, and turning away. But in his haste, he's done a lousy job of the placement. The volumes tumble back out. He barely has time to throw his hands out, as they cascade to the floor with noise—A thunderstorm would have probably been quieter.
The girl raises her head with a soft gasp.
"Who's there?" she demands, her voice clear and firm, despite its dampness. It almost sounds as though she expects something really scary to be there.
Ace stumbles out to the start of her aisle, palms raised. "I'm sorry, didn't mean to disturb you."
Or maybe he did. Considering how his heart flutters at entering the radar of those sharp, perceptive eyes. She gapes at him quietly for a while, all red eyes and wet cheeks. And despite everything, he thinks that she looks adorable.
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bruises on both my knees for you
tanger/dumo au featuring fuckboy beach bartender kris.
just filth, inspired by these photos which fried my brain.
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“This is a time of mourning for all Autobots. The Decepticons, in their endless cruelty, have snuffed out one of the brightest Autobot sparks in generations.”
I've been absolutely, totally, inexorably captured by @glyphwrites ' fic Lion's Den. The characters development, the world building, the incredible detailing and attention put in Decepticon culture, the super slow burn of two (2) gay robots...
My hand itched and I absolutely needed to draw some scenes from it. This one is one of my fav, but there are at least two more I hope to be able to draw hgfdsafd -The intro of this song is what I imagined playing in the background, found it fitting for the situation with the vibes and text❤️
What happened here I cannot say, make yourself a gift and go read it!
Textless version below the cut so you don't necessarily have to see my ugly handwriting c:
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I won’t say that Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian have the the most normal sibling relationship because there is literally nothing “normal” about these two codependent weirdos (affectionate) but out of all the siblings I would say they probably have the most typical and perhaps easily recognizable sibling dynamic. Like the Lan and Nie siblings are obviously very close but there’s an element of parentification and also just the age gap that affects that dynamic (and the same goes for Jiang Yanli and her brothers). But with Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian it’s just like - “I’m going to tease you mercilessly but if someone else is mean to you I’ll kill them” and “I won’t share my soup with you but I would give you my kidney” (Or golden core as may be the case). And it’s just like yeah they’re brothers all right.
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i'm painted in colors here and there
and you, too, are painted in colors everywhere
i'd like to personally thank @brofightiscancelled & @awittlebabbyboy for giving us the most glorious yanaichi feast they've been giving us with their postgrad plan au, ( also for just giving us the au in general, it's so freaking interesting and i love so much about it oh my god?? )
anyways, fellas, is it gay to happily wear the color you associate with your totally platonic roommate?
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