#don't mind me just gonna go melt again /pos

[limey-self-inserts]

if ur taking that list as prompts for something, I am officially requesting #17 with Ani because I'm choosing violence ❤️

17. holding the other’s chin up

art tag crew: @atlas-parcae @bugsband @rexscanonwife @operni and dryad bestie @carbo-ships:

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Attention

It was, on the whole, a lazy evening. Winter storms were breaking to mixtures of snow and cold dry winds, ushering anyone and everyone indoors. The forest bowed inwards, folding itself away, flowers remaining quiet underground until the snow might eventually melt away. The windows of the tree were somewhat clogged with piles of snow (although the windows didn’t actually exist in the material realm), making the interior seem darker than most days. But the fireplace crackled away with light and warmth, and Aniketos’ lanterns chased away any remaining shadows into the far corners of the rooms throughout. It made the receiving room of the tree very cosy indeed. No wonder most of the residents congregated in that spot.

Sprawled back on the main sofa, Avon’s focus was drawn in fully into the book on their lap. ‘A History of the Courts’, a special tome that Aniketos had gifted them, written by a fae themselves. As someone who was so keen on learning more about dryads and the rest of the fae and their customs, it was indeed a graciously received gift to Avon. They’d spent several hours now reading through the tome, a few times going back and forth on certain chapters to make extra notes in the margins or underline particular passages. It felt like they were treating this as a study work, but at the end of the day they were a mortal and Aniketos was a fae. Much as he was a fountain of knowledge for how the fae interacted with mortals, he didn’t hold all the information that he particularly wanted to bestow on Avon. 

Fae were not always good. That much the mortals knew well.

If nothing else, it was nice to be able to speak to Aniketos over history and various events that had happened and were to come. Galas, wars, funerals, societal gatherings of all sorts. Aniketos had mentioned at some point that one of the Summer Court galas would be summoning attendees in due time, so they would both need to be prepared for that. 

Avon’s thumb brushed over the next page, pushing it over with a soft rustle. Tucked by their hips, Muffin dozed away, two squirrels nestled into the pocket between raccoon and humanoid. Every now and again, Avon reached down to scritch the small divot on Muffin’s forehead, hearing them chitter in comfortable peace. In their periphery, they could hear and see Aniketos moving around, murmuring quietly. 

Words rolled over their eyes, attention fully drawn in on the book in front of them. Another murmur echoed from behind them.

“Avon.”

Aniketos’ hand appeared between Avon and the book, gently taking hold of their chin and pulling it up and to the side, physically drawing Avon’s gaze up to Aniketos. His eyes were crinkled in an amorous delight, and his lips drew into a particularly amused smile as he saw how Avon’s eyes widened, their mouth going slack with surprise.

“I was asking you if you desired a new pot of tea. Although I fear that I may have continued to delay your response,” he teased with a laugh. “If I had known that this was all I needed to do to get your attention quickly, I would have started doing so much sooner.”

“....I really want to kiss you right now,” Avon blurted out. Immediately blood rushed up to their cheeks, the shock of their own boldness running rapidly from the sudden flush of heat that had accompanied Ani’s casual manhandling of their face. Their words certainly managed to catch Aniketos off-guard also, his eyes widening also. However his pause was only momentary, as he braced one arm on the sofa to lean down, still holding Avon’s chin up as he pressed his lips against their’s. Book discarded, they tilted their full body into the kiss, arms wrapping around Ani’s shoulders. In turn Aniketos grabbed hold of them too, managing to draw them up from their comfortable seated spot until they were kneeling on the sofa arm and both of them level enough to take pause to draw breath just for a moment. Noses brushing against each other, bumping into cheeks, lavender stared into blue for a few seconds longer before Avon chuckled and Aniketos laughed softly, and then their lips met again in joy. 

A good evening indeed.

[sugar-omi]

(swiftie asker) OH MY GOD YOU GET IT. YOU UNDERSTAND. THIS IS ... EVERYTHING??? THIS IS THE MOMENT????? THIS IS ALL THAT EVER WAS AND ALL THAT EVER WILL BE???????? HELLO???????????? your english teacher is so based for that btw i know damn well i'd be digging claw marks into that desk DKJNCFJ

IF THERE WAS EVER ANYBODY WHO UNDERSTOOD BAXTER WARD IT WOULD BE YOU. BECAUSE YOU FUCKING GET IT, YOU UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT AND YOU RAN WITH IT LIKE THE GODDAMN WIND. "promises oceans deep, but never to keep" OUGHNGGFJGH IT'S SO BAXTER . ESPECIALLY SINCE ANY OCEAN MOTIF OF ANY KIND IMMEDIATELY ROLLS IN THOUGHTS OF COVE....... FUCKKK DUDE

dude. LOML /IS/ BAXTER CODED HOLY FUCKING SHIT ARE YOU SERIOUS??? "you cinephile in black and white", "in your suit and tie, in the nick of time", "MR. STEAL YOUR GIRL, THEN MAKE HER CRY"... how did i not see this before what the fuck . ???!?! i'm a fake fan fr /j ...

no but seriously. THE WAY THE SONG HAS REFERENCES TO ILLICIT AFFAIRS, YET ANOTHER BAXTER/MC CODED SONG??? the connection between illicit affairs's "they lie and they lie and they lie a million little times" and loml's "you told me i'm the love of your life about a million times" FUCK DUDE I'M CONVINCED TAYLOR KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WHEN SHE RELEASED THESE TRACKS BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO PERFECT.

"i wish i could un-recall how we almost had it all" and "you're the love/loss of my life" as both baxter AND mc mourning what could have been if they were two different people...if they'd met under different circumstances, in different periods of their lives. if they had one, two, a thousand more chances to get it right. if they weren't built to fall apart - destined to find and then lose each other as if it was nothing. if mc is the moon and cove is the sun, then baxter is the ever-buoying ocean - destined to forever reflect their light and be swayed from shore to shore by mc's magnetic pull - but the way they dip below his horizons by dawn as if melting into him, it's nothing more than the illusion of touch; the ghost of something he might have had once but can't hope to yearn for again.

OKAY I THINK I'VE BEEN RAMBLING WAY TOO MUCH FOR A COMFORTABLE-TO-READ TUMBLR ASK SKJDFKDFJD... truly i will never get over how you just took my silly little thoughts and absolutely TOOK OFF with them, i'll literally never be the same after "that'd be too selfish. he couldn't be that selfish." DUDE LIVES WERE CHANGED. PEOPLE DIED. (it's me, i'm people) so all of this is just to say YOU HAVE DONE IT ONCE AGAIN . ABSOLUTE ICON . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

"if mc is the moon and cove is the sun, then baxter is the ever-buoying ocean - destined to forever reflect their light" + ".. the way they dip below his horizons by dawn as if melting into him, it's nothing more than the illusion of touch; the ghost of something he might have had once but can't hope to yearn for again."

IS FUCKING CRAZY. OH MY GOD. IM GOING TO SOB??? IM.. IM ON THE FLOOR?? THE WALL???? SHIT, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED JUST NOW AFTER THAT PARAGRAPH. WHAT THE FUCK. like excuse me while i go tattoo such a GUT WRENCHING BUT SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, SUCH A POETIC PARAGRAPH ON MY EYELIDS !!!!!

AND YES YES YES "you're the loss of my life" IS FUCKING CRAZY. I WAS GRIPPING MY STUFFED ANIMAL WITH BOTH HANDS. THAT WAS SO CRAZY N SO FUCKING TRUE

IN FACT. THATS LITERALLY BAXTER'S LINE???? baxter meeting you again, be it when you help plan scott and jude's wedding or when you marry cove, THAT IS HIS FUCKING LINE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T GET BACK TOGETHER WITH HIM..

literally screaming rn, i will not be able to sleep at all omg... i'm gonna be thinking about that reflecting their light line all fucking night... LIKE I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IM EXAGGERATING BUT I AM GENUINELY SHAKEN /POS. YOU HAVE ME IN A DEATH GRIP RN ISTG

i love your mind. my writing freak as been matched. you are brilliant 😭👏👏👏👏

also im trying to listen to more of the songs on ttpd but istg i cannot hear if i cant see words so im checking the lyrics and. THE SMALLEST MAN TO EVER LIVED? BAXTER CODED ANDI NEED YOU TO HEAR ME OUT

"was any of it true? / gazing at me starry-eyed in your jehovah witness suit / who the fuck was that guy?" + "and i dont even want you back, i just want to know / if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal"

THAT LINE. "i just want to know if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal" THIS IS SO PERFECT FOR IF YOURE STILL MAD AT BAXTER EVEN 5 YEARS LATER.

and listen, i have somewhere to be in the morning so i can't wax poetry abt this line right now, imma type some shit up later bc i am going CRAZY but literally even though baxter gave you such a lovely time, and even though you knew it was going to end. even though you hoped he'd stay for awhile..

the way he wraps you up in his arms so sweetly, smiles at you so handsomely... he has you hooked on him like a drug only to turn you away, blame you for your addiction to him. blamed you for still yearning for the temporary but euphoric effects of his love...

[prentissluvr]

okay so as much as I LOVE sam I also loveee dean. like soft dean. and he's just so sweet to you, completely in a lovesick trance just admiring you and he only snaps out of it when u tell him he's staring again. he'd say "i jus' can't help it baby, ur so pretty" and you'd BLUSH and melt right there bc he's just so sweet. he goes to kiss u and you just keep giggling into the kiss all honey-sweet and he can't help but laugh too bc ur giggles are contagious... like omg. screaming. I love him

-💐

OH BABYDOLL TELL ME ABOUT ITTT mmmm i'm in love with dean sometimes fr. i also hate his ass but i love him soooooo much hehehe

soft dean is my literal favorite !!!!! i love him sooooo sosososo much i really can't i could cry about him genuinely.

ueUGH HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT I'M THROWING UP IN MY MOUTH /pos lmao. "i jus' can't help it baby, ur so pretty" ???????? honey your mind is a beautiful place, please never stop sharing now excuse me while i go scream cry pass out pass away.

bro are you trying to put me into a coma with this shit ??? i can't even think properly like i'm just foaming at the mouth like akjdfhaksd

UHM ANYWAYSSSS IM Normal and Totally Cool about him and feeling super Normal and Ordinary. dude my heart burst out of my chest i think i could die from this. BESTIE I WAS GONNA TRY TO REPLY TO THIS WITH MORE ACTUAL CONTENT LIKE I USUALLY DO BUT I DON'T THINK I EVEN CAN

instead might you be so gracious as to grant me permission to make this idea into full drabble and post it some day ???? full credits to you for inspo of course <3 i love it too much and i think it needs to be a full drabble with pretty words and run-on sentences LMAO. (not that you're words aren't pretty, that's part of the reason why i'm screaming my head off. also you used "honey-sweet" hehe that's one of my new favorite things to use in my fics I LOVE IT <333)