#glittercake

[5padez]

[starshard17]

Drawing a character from the Trolls franchise every day until I run out of characters

Day 88 - Mr. Glittercakes

[alto-tenure]

Gotta do Professor Layton for the ask game

Favorite Male Character: the man himself, Hershel Layton

Favorite Female Character: Claire, but I think everyone who follows this blog knows that by now LMFAO

Least Favorite Character: the Storyteller. oh my god.

Favorite Ship: Layclaire all the way!

Favorite Friendship: Layton and Luke...usually I call him by first name but the alliteration is important to me

Favorite Quote: It's simple, but: every puzzle has an answer.

Worst Character Death (if any): well. you know

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment: this isn't a moment from the games per se but the pings I got when NWOS was announced. Holy cow. I don't think I will ever experience a high like that again

Saddest Moment: the Layclaire farewell is one of the few things in fiction to make me cry. let alone more than once.

Favorite Location: Misthallery!

[flamingthespian]

Happy Birthday, Tal!

Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰

[starcat1701]

SAME

All my fave SamBucky fic writers are writing and posting

[i-hate-this-1]

Fanfic recommendations for Sam Wilson lovers! 🫶🏾 (Some of my favorites)

(May need an account for a few of these) Purely Bam/Sambucky-

Pretty bird by definitelynotahunter

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/series/2326061#comments

(They are very in love in this! It’s absolutely amazing. Please read!)

Somewhere In The Ruins by glittercake

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/34387576/chapters/85574035

You'll Never Be My Maybe by Writer_Lethogica

Ao3 Link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/44864926/chapters/112883875

(P.S literally any sambucky fic from Writer_Lethogica is fire so read anything from them)

Home town gossip by Barely_Vibing

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/63862453

Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You) by HappyJuicyfruit

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/34993903

tulips by nbbucky (Trans Sam)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/28578393

the boy who cried ghost by Yukla

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/42636468

 wherever you are, that’s where i’ll be by plantswithme

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/39181014/chapters/98029701

Forever Yours Verse by Tallglass (omegaverse)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/series/2553175

AL's Alternate Universes by OhHelloFandoms123

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/series/2428453

Barking up the wrong tree by dharmainitiative (maybe buckyer centered)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823345

Marvel CU by Sebfruit

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/series/4159099

(writer is @bastianfruit)

A Touch of Pain by TowardTheStars

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/30513207/chapters/75251082

CLOSER CLOSER FARTHER CLOSER By Writer_Lethogica

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/49648642

The Winter Aconites by Nameless_Hanna

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/34000006/chapters/84563362

Bucky Barnes Kills A Bunch Of Trees by Sonayesul

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/58896193

And way down we go by cm (mumblemutter)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/38747655/chapters/96883716

(mostly NSFW and explicit. Also toxic Sambucky. Please read tags)

I Love Him (He Loves Me) by BowieBond

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/30806741/chapters/76047356

(Is essentially a Sambucky fic, ends up with them together but has samsteve and sticky)

What you leave behind by cm (mumblemutter)

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/65348374

AJ Wilson and the Case of the Disappearing Beard and the Stranger on the Couch by ElisabethMonroe

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/64208599

Purely Samsteve-

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Tallglass

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/36462325/chapters/90919957

Thankless Jobs by Baamon5evr

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/4288044

Liminal by NachoDiablo and  StillTurningOut

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/33626938/chapters/83563135

mr. & mr. captain america by CapnWinghead

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/55355554

A Warning Voice in the Night That Repeats and Repeats by incogneato (definitely read tags for this)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/14377302/chapters/33194946

In A Bind by NachoDiablo

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/31657796

Post-endgame samsteve fics by orphan_account

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/series/1574593

Night shift by Baamon5evr

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/6824041

The press tour by CapnWinghead

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/41211084/chapters/103314966

The Closest Shave by ElisabethMonroe

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/50396659

Five Years of Solitude by Lunar_Pull

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/50855911/chapters/128476756

(really good one! Definitely recommend 🔥)

Purely Sam/Tony-

(A very underrated rare pair)

By Fate by Chika_Lohaine

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/36813571

Keep You Near by AkikoFumi

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/7302394

5x Sam is Amazing and the 1x Tony Understands by wolfelements

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/40433475/chapters/101290509

Bright as a starling by deathsweetqueen

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/29284824

Fly Along With Me by ElloPoppet

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/23540533

The only bad you’ve ever done is see the good in me by soliloquent (may have some stony and samsteve but it’s really minor)

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/56133805

Mostly SamBucky but has some Rumlow mixed it-

Before you click and read these ones. Warning these ones are not faint of heart and are dark. Please take precautions and read the tags!!!

Summer of Discontent by cm (mumblemutter)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/series/3088821

Rise and shine by cm (mumblemutter)

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/series/2582119

(I love their works when you’re looking for toxicity and darker Sambucky. But it’s not for everyone and can be an acquired taste)

Stevesambucky-

Bloom by Lies_Unfurl and PanoramicSubDrop

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/43295751/chapters/108828453

(Very very good! Definitely recommend)

Dreadnought by lunaaltare

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/7408966/chapters/16828312

(Very dark and angsty. Please read tags)

Feels a lot like home by ironbucky

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/63829180

(Love their Sambucky and SteveSamBucky works! Please check them out)

Infinite Crisis by animuia

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/series/3495550

Never knew what i could find by wilsonsnest (Omegaverse)

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/10628826/chapters/23511969

All our tomorrows are here bycm (mumblemutter)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/43950246

(Again read tags for this one)

Someone to Hold True by NachoDiablo

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/21068369/chapters/50120381

Birds Do It by HazelDomain and  Mumble_Bee

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/41225976

Sometimes that’s all we need by Writer_Lethogica

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/series/3060090

Guardian demons by enemyofrome

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/5635585

Mr. Steal Yo Man by TallGlass

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/32663359/chapters/81026800

The Kind You Save by TooManyBattles (Skarabrae_stone)

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/35373487/chapters/88169752

Icarus by exbex

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/54900706/chapters/139165465

Heaven's no place (for a lonely man to rest) by Lunar_Pull

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/33703354

(No idea how I forgot to put this one in there. But it’s so fireee 🔥. I reread it all the time. It’s soo good, a definite read. Also has minor Sam x Nat)

Sam/Steve/Nat/Bucky-

Ruby Red by QuestinWitchFace

Ao3 link- https://archiveofourown.org/works/59656996/chapters/152153470

A Witch and His Familiars by Writer_Lethogica

Ao3 link-https://archiveofourown.org/works/58193032/chapters/148176313

My hands hurt now

[abarbaricyalp]

WIP Whenever

Wahoo it's actually Wednesday this time. Last week I was tagged by @firstelevens and @sunsetmaidenwrites to share a snippet of something I'm working on. My longer wips aren't presentable right now, so here's a goofy short one

This is from a fic where Bucky takes his niece to meet baseball darling Sam Wilson. She gives him a friendship bracelet and Sam wears it during the game that night. And then strikes out for the first time all season. Twice. So Bucky thinks the bracelet is cursed and tries to get it back from Sam.

Bucky put his arm down on the table between them, showing off the half dozen or so bracelets. "Please, just choose a different one. They were all made by the same kid. You'll get the same sentiment."

Sam Wilson continued to look unimpressed. "No," he said slowly. "Because she made this one for me. It has my name, and my number, and this cute little baseball on it. It's mine."

"It's cursed!" Bucky insisted, sounding strangled. He melted more against the table, the desperation literally bleeding out of him.

"A bracelet is not tanking my batting average," Sam scoffed. He had plenty of superstitions. He always got a smoothie at the same place on game days. He always got dressed in the same order. Said the same prayer before taking the field, and did the same pre-at-bat ritual. But he didn't believe in not washing his jersey or swapping out his gear bag. He never thought he was the reason a team lost after he tuned in for a game when he hadn't been watching previously. He kept the same cleats all season but that was more about comfort than superstition.

He did not believe a bracelet a nine year old girl gave him in a meet-and-greet was cursing his bat.

Bucky groaned and dropped his head on the table. "Is there any way to convince you to take off that bracelet when you bat?"

"Dude, do you have money on the game or something?"

"You're myher favorite player! She's distraught when you guys lose!"

Sam's eyebrow rose. Any hope Bucky had that he'd salvaged the little slip was dashed. "Does she think it's because of the bracelet?"

Bucky sat back in the seat and groaned again as he dropped his head back. "No," he admitted. "She's not superstitious at all. She thinks it's because you started adjusting your stance and now you keep your left leg too far forward, so you're closing yourself off to outside and high pitches."

Now both eyebrows went up, but in surprise this time. "She's nine?" he asked. "Does she want to be our assistant batting coach? Or is her bedtime before the end of the games?"

No pressure tagging @thatmexisaurusrex (do you have any summer fics simmering? 👀) @funsized-loser @glittercake and, as always, anyone who wants to share!

[sazija]

Saz' Choice

I'm not a writer, but I've always been a reader ever since I was a kid. A few years ago I fell into the rabbit hole called 'fanfiction', especially into the Thiam fandom, and I have been happily lost in reading on AO3 ever since.

These are the Thiam fics I love the most and keep reading over and over again.

Favourite writers

I have basically read every single letter written by these two writers and have enjoyed them all immensely, but here are the ones I often go back to.

By @eneiryu

the only other sound's the break

we were tailor-made for being tailor-made

i know all sorts of things i don't believe

followed the telegraph wires to the map to your soul

By @theoceanismyinkwell

Honeymoon Wars

Regression to the Mean

(You're) A Place Where I Can Lie

Baby Elephant Syndrome

Multi chapter fics, unfinished

Inglorious Roommates by @honeyscapes

Green Zone by @chasing-chimeras

can't help myself (red looks beautiful on you) by @hemlocksandfoxgloves

Until We End In Tragedy by @tywynnroa

Sense of a Foreshortened Future by @7upslut

The Fault is Not in The Stars But in Ourselves by @jujubeesarecandy

SoulMate by Skaboom

violent and volatile by @ashyjingles

Sunlight on the Dashboard by @lovelylittlegrim

Multi chapter fics, finished

Desolate by @glittercake

i don't know how to breathe in the place i called home by @falling-for-boys

Anchors by MoonlitSlytherin

What It Means to Stay Alive by WordsLeftUnspoken

Handle With Care by @attempted--eloquence

Take my heart (and put it somewhere safe) by not_carrying_on

Tough Like Dandelions by @equallyloyalandlethal

Compared to the Moon by @parttimehuman

Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word by @glittercake

Falling for the Mark by @imjustafangirl-nobodylovesme

Oneshots

I just need to know how you sound from the inside out

lovers alone wear sunlight by @inabottlelikelightning

i'm not ready to die yet, should i pray? (i'm wasting time, haunted by the ghost of you)

The sun goes down on Everyone by @shinigamimailjeevas

Like the Sunrise by @lovelylittlegrim

home is wherever you are tonight by @falling-for-boys

even before you touched me, i belonged to you (all you had to do was look at me) by @falling-for-boys

[jemgirl86]

“would you be able to share recs for sambucky AUs? more so complete AUs rather than canon adjacent or divergence (and i love a bit of angst or stakes over pure fluff)”

So, anon, these aren’t all explicitly angsty per se, but they do have high(ish) stakes for the most part, and one of them is very angsty.

Okay, so let me start by shamelessly recommending a few of my own lol

Stolen Moments, 98.8K words

“No,” Sam said, chuckling. “I don’t cheat,” he swept his gaze up and down James’ body, “even with guys who look like you. But, I’m bored and a little pissed, so if you wanna sit here and shoot the shit ‘til my man shows back up, I’m game.”

Never one to back to back down from a challenge - especially a challenge who looked like Sam Wilson - Bucky took another swig from his bottle and replied, “Sure, doll. I’ve got nothing but time.”

Steve has Sam. Bucky wants Sam. Sam wasn’t expecting any of this.

The Game of Love ,18.7K words

“You know what tonight is, right?” Steve asked, cutting him off.

Bucky didn’t quite grunt by way of replying, but it was close.

Of course he knew what was happening that night. He didn’t live under a rock. The whole country knew, and there wasn’t a New York native alive who wasn’t at least a little excited about it. Even people who had been calling the Knicks bums for the past twenty or so years were rooting for them. For the first time since nineteen ninety-nine, the Knicks had made it to the NBA Finals. Even more unbelievable, people who weren’t even from New York thought they might actually win it.

And it was all thanks to Sam Wilson.

Or: Ten years is a long time - maybe too long, but maybe not…

Baby Come Back, This is a series that currently has 6 works, 29.9K words total

Sam and Bucky are divorced, trying to co-parent, and really just trying to make it. These are their stories. Dum dum dum.

Or: This is basically a soap opera.

Now for some of my favorites:

The Looking Glass by @six2vii, 75.7K words

Famed professor and skilled empath Dr. Saamuel Wilson is back from paternity leave and ready to start his academic career anew at the School of Marvle for Mages, Mythics, and Magical Beings. He is viewed as a threat by the Consortia of Magic due to his immense power and its terrifying potential. They send the Winter Warlock, Sentinel James Barnes, to spy on him. The powerful mages clash instantly but learn to work together to defeat an even greater foe.

The First Gentleman by @glittercake, 55.7K words

Sam knew what he was signing up for when he married a senator running for Office. He knew what Riley’s job demanded. He knew the hours, the stress, the milling, and the perpetual buzz. Living his life constantly surrounded by everything, by an entire nation.

But he had always dreamed of a quiet life. A place in the country with the man he loves, acres of greenery and trees, and flowers around them. A long winding road they could drive down on a warm Sunday afternoon. A big old farmhouse with a wraparound porch and a French kitchen. Some horses and a stable, and a little creek covered with a blanket of mist in the mornings.

He gets what he wants in the most horrible of ways.

The Boys of Summer by @siancore, 84.2K words

Sam Wilson returns home to the small town he grew up in to complete his med school residency. He hasn’t been back for an extended amount of time since he left for college. While he only consistently kept in touch with childhood friend, Steve Rogers, he was keen to see the people he had grown up with. With the exception of Bucky Barnes. They had a falling out the summer before Sam left for college.

What happened between them? Can they move past it now that they’re adults?

These Things That Would Eat Us by @abarbaricyalp, 18.5K words

What's supposed to be a fun summer as camp counselors soon takes a turn for the horrific when monsters attack

(Horror movie au)

Okay, so each of the authors mentioned above have multiple SamBucky AUs, and these authors don’t miss! I would recommend going through each of their ao3 accounts. I promise you will not regret it 😊

[alto-tenure]

RanHenGela!

I get why people ship it, and I prefer it over just Ranhen because I think including Angela negates some of the iffy power dynamic potential between Randall and Henry, and I think it works better than just Rangela because Henry is there.

[mrs-elsie-barnes]

Time for my February reading list! For such a short month I feel like I managed to read quite a lot, mostly fueled by my reignighted obsession with Joaquin Torres!

Please remember to check any warnings and tags before reading, but if you enjoy a story please leave a comment and a reblog for your friendly neighbourhood fanfic writer!

💖 -> Valentine's Theme

Bucky Barnes

all's well that ends well to end up with you by @flowersforbucky 🔥💖

Don't Be a Tease by @jobean12-blog 🔥

Faking It Is For the Birds by Sellitonceremony (AO3) 🔥

Favourite Toy by @buck-star 🔥

Five days, Five bouquets by @marvelstoriesepic

Late Night by @gremlin-girly

Office activities by @buck-star 🔥

Parking Lot Chem by @buckets-and-trees 🔥

Soft spot by @marvelstoriesepic

The Best Worst Day Ever by @jobean12-blog

The Bluebird Bookstore by @ell0ra-br3kk3r-writes

The Bucky Barnes Cake Conspiracy by @magical-reid

The Missing tag by @casedclosedbye

Valentine's Disaster by @sashaisready

BuckyJoaquín

Bedside Manner by @sparklingbinjuice 🔥

Sequel - Backseat Manner by @ex0rin 🔥

Joaquín Torres

✧ DRUNK ON YOU ✧ by @moonlight-prose 🔥

HC of Torres taking reader for a ride with the wings. By @joaquinwhorres

Imagine Joaquín and reader who constantly call each other babygirl. By @galaxywannabe

Joaquín's Dog Tags by @sunsburns 🔥

Joaquín Torres and those fuckin grey sweats by @almadelsur 🔥

No Strings Attached by @backtothefanfiction 🔥

The Aftermath by @goosewriting

The Bet by @dance-is-life27 🔥

THE biggest ass kissers the world has ever fucking seen!!! By @sunsburns

Under the Same Sky by @happypopcornprincess

Sequel - Part 2

Wings of rest by @pixiexdusts-world

World Saving Deserves A Reward by @sunflowerlando 🔥

Your Favourite Person by @gay-dorito-dust

Loki

Breaking Fast by @lokisgoodgirl 🔥

Cum Play by @sarahscribbles 🔥

winter’s cold touch by @frombeyondthegravez 🔥

Poly/Multiple Partners + Reader

Better than thought by @buck-star 🔥

Half-Baked, Damn! By @mercurial-chuckles (Stucky x Reader)

Love Potion by @writingmuses 🔥(Elain x Reader, Nessian X Reader, Azriel x Reader, some mentions of Lucien X Reader)

Stress Relief by @dance-is-life27 🔥(Sam x Reader + Joaquín)

Wanton Affairs by @mercurial-chuckles 🔥(Stucky x Reader)

SamBucky

bring the crew! (I just wanna be witchoo!) By @thatmexisaurusrex

SamBuckyJoaquín

I've been dreaming by @storiesofchaos 🔥

Sequel - Make my dreams come true 🔥

Kissing Sam Wilson by @ironstrangle

The Little One Said by @ironstrangle

SamJoaquín

Captain by @ironstrangle 🔥

Falling For You by Kfairy88 (AO3) Cap 4 spoilers

now that you're here by @glittercake 🔥

Surprise Spanking by @/ironstrangle 🔥

This Tender Heart of Mine by Adoctoraday (AO3)

Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven

Just a Little Longer by @moonlight-joy

Steve Rogers

He Needs the Calories by @ronearoundblindly

Tangerine

i'm gonna give ya every inch of my love. By Kindfair (AO3) 🔥

Perpetual L's and Overwhelming Dubs by @queers-gambit 🔥

Sequel - Shower Shenanigans 🔥

Pride & Prejudice & Brass Knuckles by WhiteRabbitTales (AO3) 🔥

Yeild by Crispywriter (AO3)🔥

Venom

Venom request by @ddejavvu 🔥

[glittercake]

https://www.tumblr.com/glittercake/788437414699991040/im-putting-together-resources-for-writing-sam?source=share

Like I get it it's one of his personality trait but true, making it his whole personality is so tiring, not realizing he is treated like shit is tiring, him not being allowed to getting mad about or react to it without him being labeled as the bully or angry black man is tiring, he deserves so much more and just poc being invalidated in their feelings and represented as the helper and bully bc they tried to make people their experience is tiring

a trait of Sam's personality is that he is caring and sympathetic and helpful. he is a conflict resolver first and then a fighter. he is kind and soft hearted, he believes in the good in people, he is righteous in a way that makes people look up to him and aspire to be him (bucko was right).

he's not a caretaker, he is caring. he was a VA counselor not a therapist. there's a difference that people sure don't get. also, lovers shouldn't be each other's therapists anyway. that's a whole lot of wrong.

[ksbbb]

thiam fic recs?

Paint wash by @waterloou

Inglorious roommates by @honeyscapes

Kennel Flu by @theoceanismyinkwell

God’s Failures by @fruchtfliege

Desolate by Glittercake

The Vamprie’s Vice by @wolfboy88

Unholy by @lovelylittlegrim

Daisy Crowns by @thiamsalpha ( a gift and it was unexpected and so adorable ☺️)

Scenting by Ksbbb (not on the same level but I’ll share it 💀)

Dear Tracy by @thiamsxbitch

This is not an exhaustive list ! I have another fic rec list too but this will get you started

[sugar-asinsweetas]

Is there a reason why we can’t leave kudos on each chapter on AO3??? Like there are so many multi-chapter fics I’ve read and I want so badly to “like” it but I can’t cause it’s one kudos per fic. Right now, I’m reading @glittercake First Gentleman and although I’ve been crying since 6am because of it, I still tap the kudos button at the end of each chapter, cause a God knows it deserves a million kudos’.

[midnightpink]

is it casual now?

read it here on ao3

“Friends, huh? That what we are?” There’s suddenly a deeper tone to Bucky's voice. He's probably sitting in his office, with his secretary right outside. Behind the same desk they banged on a few weeks ago. God. Sam inhales and shifts around in his chair.

“That’s what you said. Right, buddy?” Sam revels in the ever-suffering groan Bucky lets out. Knows he’s tossing his head back, opening up the smooth length of his neck that Sam loves to dig his teeth into.

“I explained about that.”

“Was that before or after you choked me out? Can’t recall right now. Maybe you can jog my memory—”

by: glittercake

Words: 15,947, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English 

Fandom: Captain America (Anthony Mackie Movies), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Joaquín Torres (Marvel), Isaiah Bradley

Relationship: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson

Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Secret Relationship, except they don't know it's a relationship, Friends With Benefits, and the benefits are tenderness and devotion, that 'buddy' haunts the narrative, Gratuitous Smut, Mutual Pining, Getting Together

[eugeneplace]

That one chapter of The Beat Goes On but Branch does have friends outside Poppy and the Snack Pack AND is actually a introduction to Kismet as a second group of main characters!!

I hate Mr Glittercakes so. Fucking. Much

It is so humiliating with a character whose only crime was not wanting to hurt his stupid friends' feelings by telling them he'd rather stay home alone.

But complaining is useless, so time to rewrite it is.

The chapter would be called "The Other Friends" and the premise would be the same: Poppy thinks Ramón is giving her excuses to no going to parties for the last weeks

The confrontation about the excuses could be talked out, such a twisted solution wasn't necessary

"Oh no, sorry, I would have loved to go to this... Super fun party" Branch say with a unconvincing smile "But I already made plans with my other friends and they-" he noticed the skeptic look Poppy was giving him and stopped "What?"

Poppy sighed in disappointed "C'mon, Branch. Everyone knows you don't have other friends"

"Excuse me???"

"Look, it's okay, I get it!" she hurried to reassure "All those years of isolation affected you I-I understand that you still need a break from so many people from time to time! And... you still haven't grasped everything that having friends means. I know. But something important in interpersonal relations is honesty so-"

Poppy took a breath, uncomfortable with the conflict.

"So yeah, the excuses have to stop"

It would have been a very good intervention if he was really lying

After that Branch introduces Poppy to his childhood friends (and secret band) who, to no one's surprise, are just as outcasted as him

I'm already thinking about other possible plots for Kismet Centric chapters