#goodbyes are hard

[iwaoiness]

when they were 5, iwa hated carrots and oikawa hated fish.

at 10, iwa hated homework and oikawa hated grasshoppers.

at 15, iwa hated the cold and oikawa hated not being a talented genius.

at 20, iwa hates airport goodbyes, and so does oikawa.

it doesn’t matter that it’s been like this for just over a year. it doesn’t matter if it’s the airport in mendoza or the one in los angeles. the ache is the same, the pain doesn’t shrink.

and even though tooru’s always been the crybaby, hajime’s worse every time he has to say goodbye. he cries from somewhere deep, pulling tooru tight against him, like he’s trying to tuck him under his ribs, right next to his heart, so his tooru never has to let go.

he tells him, voice hoarse and wet, to be careful. to text when he lands. to not forget the tupperware in his suitcase. that he loves him. that he already misses him. that he is his pride. and tooru nods against his shoulder, trying not to fall apart, holding the tears until he’s boarded the plane.

oikawa tries to joke, even with a shaky voice and swollen lips from biting them too much under red eyes. iwaizumi snorts at every silly word, cheeks damp as he gently pinches oikawa’s pretty face.

they’re not built for distance, they know it. they’re a mess whenever they have to part, always have been. but they're fine. they weren’t built for nationals either, and yet here they are: one on the verge of the starting lineup in a big team, the other with a letter of recommendation in his pocket.

their lives have branched off like limbs of a tree, but they’re still rooted in the same trunk. and that’s how it’ll always be, they know the way back to each other and if one day they don’t, they’ll learn it and won’t forget.

because they’re tooru and hajime.

stubborn, obstinate.

...

iwaoi airport goodbyes is my weakness i swear

u can find me on my ao3, my carrd, bluesky and here my strawpage if u wanna ask me whatever 🍉

[itslenagain]

I'm moving today and while I am incredibly excited to take this big step in my relationship & to be in a new place I can't help but wonder if the next person who lives here will love Jorge the way I do

He's kept me company in the laundry room for 2 years I hope whoever lives here next appreciates him

[socialbutterfly19]

Moving on…..

[therighthandofvengeance]

Wait until Delenn finds out about the phrase “See you later, alligator!” She never has to say goodbye ever again if she can just say “After a while, crocodile!”

[toshitophchan]

Second to last chapter is up, she's a long one!

[from-izzy]

i feel like the more we progress in life, it's natural to meet so many new people. but also, there's always the chance to say goodbye to people too...

sometimes they've caused us a lot of pain and other times they've done nothing but be kind!

what's interesting though is the memories that will most probably never fade. the person may move on, you may too (or maybe you won't!) but it's hard for those memories to completely fade especially when it's been stored deeply into long term memory with a strong emotional component.

so here's to those who suck at goodbyes. the ugly ones and the pretty ones. the easy ones and the hardest ones.

this is for you!! 🫂

[sammoose22]

I'm going to need a few days. All everyone needs to know is that this is my least favorite season finale but only because it made me cry so much.

But tbh it was a great episode, I just hate that this is the season finale and I have to wait 3 months in uncertainty. I absolutely sobbed at the Buckley-Diaz goodbye scenes.

Point is I have lots of thoughts but I need time to gather my thoughts. Also I should try and be responsible and not forget that I am a university students with assessments.

[socialbutterfly19]

It’s just life……

[artsymeeshee]

Another “what other scenarios can I think of to make me already emotional about these two” idea

[spittyfishy]

It feels like Akane being a professional gymnast gets ignored a lot of the time, especially in canon

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

How much longer 'til your luck runs out?

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[forecast0ctopus]

NOT GUILTY

[harrows-soup-kitchen]

I think about Harrow and Crux a lot actually and I need to talk about it a little bit or I might scream. because like- Crux sucks right?? we all agree on this, he is an awful, wretched old man who was abjectly abusive to one of two little girls left in his care after the deaths of their primary care takers.

but then his relationship with Harrow in specific makes me insane bc he loved that girl SO MUCH. that was his daughter!!!! maybe even more so than she was Priamhark and Pelleamena’s she was his!!!

and HE KNEW just like they did exactly what had to be done to create her, he watched her grow up reviled by her parents and he looked at that little girl and just… loved her? no questions asked, no morality hang ups, she was worth every sin committed to get her.

because that’s the thing about Crux i think for me, the moment he conceived of Harrow’s existence she was what he was loyal to, not the ninth or the reverend parents or even god just his kid; the rest of the ninth loved Harrow because she was The Reverend Daughter, Crux loved Harrow because she was Harrow. and because she was Harrow she was literally more important than anyone else.

and what does that do to a person? because I can guarantee right now that it was not good for either of them, like at all. Harrow was traumatised, fundamentally hubristic and a literal actual child, with a very confused moral compass, who by age ten had become fully complicit in the abuse of the only other child she had ever met!!! she did not need yet another grown adult enabling her to become worse!!

not to mention that he did abuse his position as the final arbiter of her reality to lie to her on more than one occasion, including but not limited to that one time he deadass killed two whole people for going even slightly against his special little lady (not to mention the several times he seemingly tried to kill Gideon without Harrow noticing)

an idea I see thrown around a lot when discussing the potential kiriona-John dynamic that I think works really well and is also interesting when applied to Harrow and Crux, albeit in a slightly different way is : what if your dad was the worst man in the universe and also literally the only person who really wanted you? how do you contend with that?

ALSO the fact that in Nona we find out that half his grudge with Gideon is that she didn’t die for Harrow!! her parents fear it but Crux is BITTER about it!! he’s so angry that she, in his eyes, has been failing to do right by Harrow her entire life because she could never die right!!

anyway, all this to say I can’t wait to see Harrow try to navigate her grief over Crux’s death in AtN while contending with the fact that he was fundamentally complicit in her continued abuse of Gideon for years and years, which ultimately led to gideons degradation of self and set the groundwork for her sacrificial suicide.

not to mention yet another person she desperately loved dying in a way that is unquestionably in service of her continued existence, unasked for and without giving her a snowflakes chance in hell of saying goodbye. again.

[lunarwednesday]

and then, I'll find happiness again.

[das-a-kirby-blog]

bandee n meta