#happy birthday you funky lil guy

[sunshinetoshi]

a solid pair

kuroo x reader (<1k words)

content (warnings): fluff

a/n: i was going to wait until kuroo’s bday to post this but i simply -cannot wait- it’s been a fat minute since i’ve written anything more than thoughts into my notes app so if this is bad i will pretend it’s not. self-confidence. also bless romcoms for making me rot for love once more.

“I have a question.”

“I have an answer.”

“What do you want for your birthday?”

His chest rumbles in soft laughter beneath you. He hums in thought before responding, “I’m going to give a kind-of answer because I already know you’re not going to settle with me saying I don’t need anything.”

You nod your head, “You’d be correct. Like give me ideas or a price range that makes you comfy. I have a couple different ideas but I wanted to ask you.” You sat up to give him a proper look in his eyes, “Just amuse me, it’s the first birthday we’re spending together and I want us to both be comfortable with how we celebrate. It’s unknown territory,” you hold a hand out to him like you’re making a deal, “help me out here.”

He grins before pushing your hand out of the way and engulfing you into a hug. “All right give me second.” He rubs small circles into your back. “Hm.. Don’t get me anything fancy, so definitely nothing expensive. But I don’t want to say anything specific. I want to be surprised. Helpful?”

“Just barely,” you huff in a faux dramatic tone, “But yes, helpful.”

“Hey, if you really want an honest answer you could get me a rock and I’d love it.”

“A rock.”

“Yes, a rock.”

“You joke a lot, you know.”

He shook his head, “I’m not joking around, I’d love it and I’d love it because it’s from you.”

———

“Socks?” Your friend stops in their tracks.

You nod without taking your eyes off of the displays you’re scanning, “Mhm, socks.”

“Please explain before I cast judgement.”

“We’re at the mall getting socks because he has said so many times he - quote unquote - loves funky socks. And he’s always wearing a different pair when I see him so why not add to the collection?”

“Funky how?”

“Funky like his favorite pair have cats on it. As in he prefers striped or polka dot socks over plain ones. As in he complains when he has to wear plain ones for fancy events.” You smile remembering the last big meeting he had and the little grumble Tetsurou made as he put his socks on.

“Aw, I guess that’s nice then. Okay you said there was a another part to your gift?”

“Yeah, and if you’re loving this side quest you’re gonna love the next - oh! These! He loves space and these lil guys are way cuter aliens than the other socks.” You hold up the pair for your friend and they laugh in disbelief.

———

You can’t help but join your friend in laughing at yourself.

“You look ridiculous!”

“I feel it too but I need to find a good one. Just stand watch and tell me if anyone’s coming.”

You continue your search, picking out select candidates when you realize after quite a while your friend is no longer giggling at you.

You turn you turn your head and look up at them. Their grin is wide. “What?” you ask, cracking a smile of your own.

“This is too cute.”

“What is?”

“You’re squatting like a kid looking for the perfect rock to give your boyfriend because he said he’d be happy even if you have him a rock for his birthday. You’re like a little penguin and it’s really really cute.”

You give a bashful smile and go back to searching for the perfect one.

———

“Did you get full?” Tetsurou gives your leg a gentle shake from the driver’s seat.

“I did.” You take in the smile on his face. “How’s your birthday so far?”

He shakes his head. “Oh man, a great day at work and a great evening with you with great food? Pretty great.” He gives a cheeky grin.

“Good,” you respond, satisfied with his answer. “But actually I have one more surprise,” you reach down to your jacket on the floor of the passenger seat - where you had been hiding his present.

You hold it out to him and expect him to giddily open it up. But he grabs it with care and takes it in. This was a softer smile than you usually see on him and when he turned to look at you you swear his eyes had a brighter twinkle.

“Thank you, really. I was serious, you didn’t have to get me anything,” he grabs your hand and gives it a squeeze. “I’m gonna treasure whatever is in this box.”

“See what’s inside first,” you give his hand a squeeze of your own before dropping it so he has both hands free.

He chuckles and begins to untie the ribbon of the box. “Dang,” he lifts the box up closer to the car light above him, “This is a nice box. This is present enough.” Back to his teasing self.

“Open it,” you laugh.

“Okay, okay, but I’m serious. I’m keeping this box. it’s fantastic.” He lifts the lid and after of beat of silence of him processing what he sees he lets out a deep laugh at the rock sitting in the box. “A rock?” He laughs again before looking at you, “I love it.” He lifts it to get a closer look, reading aloud the tiny letters you carefully (stressfully) wrote on one side of the rock.

Happy Birthday Tetsu ♡

He traces over the date and your name you also wrote. He rolls the rock in his hand, tossing it a couple times. “This is like the perfect shape too. You know what, I’m putting this on my desk, that way I can look at it everyday.” He smiles at it once more before reaches over and gives you a big warm hug, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” you giggle before bringing his attention back to the box, “there’s more - just a little something.”

He lifts the piece of paper you used to separate the two parts of your gift.

“Socks!” He takes them out and looks at the design on both pairs. “Aw I love them! Hey these are great quality, they’re thick. Look at this one with the little aliens. And this one,” he lifts the other pair, “Is your aesthetic to a T.”

“That’s what I said!” you exclaimed in excitement.

He laughed at the outburst. “Then clearly,” he put each pair on either side of his face, “We’re the perfect pair.”

And maybe it was how he appreciated the small things. Maybe it was how his jokes, though corny, always made you smile. For reasons, emotions, beyond you, you decide then that yes - he’s the one.

hi!! given it’s been almost 2 years since i’ve written anything here i will no longer being doing taglists. ty for reading thooo <3

[dtupdates-archive]

♡—DREAM was active on Dream__Fanart! He liked:

shenanigans

he's in my pocket

doodle:D

hes drinking hot chocolate ❄️

Welcome to his shop, what will you do?

💕I love you so much💚

DROODLE he steals what he wants :)

funky lil c!dream doodle

from all of us who are listening;

my part for @.J_divss dteam animation map!!!

TOUNGE TIED DTEAM ANIMATION MAP IS OUT ON YT ‼️‼️🩵🧡💚

Here’s my part of the tongue tied animation map created by @.J_divss

Well I think we draw Dream with a teddy bear now💕🥺

my part for the tongue tied map hosted by @..J_divss !! :D

TONGUE TIED DTEAM ANIMATION MAP IS OUT ‼️‼️🩵🧡💚

I love the way he rides

A morning walk with his little friend 🔮🌱

c!Dream doodles

they are fish! 💚💙

Naptime with his plushie💤 🧡

i’m still obsessed with this song.

bro does not know how to count‼️

they're just little guys

random dream study

they’re all looking up at you [🔊]

bears napping 🧸

to whoever wants to hear ;)

unreleased scene from uieud mv ⁉️

i've watched good omens again 👿🪽💚

sharkie 🦈

It's never too late to say Happy Birthday to our special boy this week. 💚

Happy birthday, Dream!! I hope 24 is a year filled with happiness, love, and tons and tons of roses!💚

patches! 💚🤎💙

Happy birthday💚

ribbit

Everest ☀️🗻

chibi dream bounce bounce

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREAM AWOOOOO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREAM !! :,)

🐶puppy dre for #.Mistystrarrrdtiys🥰

[vertiny]

SARAH'S RIN-SOCIATION ♡

happy birthday rin ( @dinoes ) !!! i hope today is a wonderful day for you bc you deserve nothing less 🫶🥰 ik we haven't talked much yet but you've been nothing but welcoming and sweet, constantly making me (almost) cry-- in a good way FKDJSJ you're so kind to little ol' me and that means a lot 🥹 you remind me of warm fairy lights in the way i instantly feel peaceful and relaxed around you 🩵💖 can't wait to see what 2024 brings you, and i can only hope i'm around to see it all. ilysm you deserve the most 🫶💛💖🩵

under the cut is a little bday ramble + an explanation for why these idols are associated 🫶

wooyoung - well . the biggest reason for this one is ofc @/wouyoung but other than that ! he's such a warm, goofy and loving person, just like you !! he gives off the vibes of someone who has the ability to make you feel at ease instantly and you are the same !! i know i've told you that i'm someone who is always an admirer from afar bc Shy™, but i really felt like the second we started talking that any nerves i had went out the window immediately bc you were (and still are heh) so kind and open and you're always engaging with me and my thoughts and you don't mind my (sometimes nervous) ramblings

dongheon - now look, i can't exactly explain this one KSJDG but for some reason when i think of who i associate with you, heoni is like . right up there? both of you are really happy people, always ready to be silly seconds after some serious moments and it's a really nice ability to have within your personality. dongheon might not be a bias you have out of the vrvr boys, but he's a rin dude in my head 🤭 (+ your octopus comment reminded me of heoni being the same<3)

jongho - putting him in my pocket alongside you so you'll have company in there 🥰💖 that brief time you had your url changed to jongsan too really cemented them into my head as rin dudes too (and bc he's obvi a bias !)

yongseung - bc he's in your carrd !! and he's a funky lil dude, and from the bits i know of you and have seen on your blog / on the dash, it's no question that yongs would be a bias, at least for me. he's like dongheon in the sense of "this is a rin dude" without having a proper explination? plus imo all hwanwoong biasers are bound to bias yongseung too<3 KJSDGH idk it makes sense, they're debut besties in the way vrvr and oneus debuted the same day AND in the way that hwanwoong and yongseung are friends too !! (took them forever to get each other's numbers bc vrvr only had emails but SDJFGHK)

san - i would like to give him a hug and so like . a BIG hug to you too 🥺 + there's always ppl out there saying that san is intimidating and before i got to talking to you, in my head, you were kinda the same bc it felt like you were such a big presence, y'know? and while, to me, you still have that big presence, the "intimidation" has more moved to "i've just befriended this giant puppy dog who's the most affectionate"? if that makes any sense AT ALL LMAO i don't blame you if none of my sentences make sense to you

hwanwoong - he's just a little dude. lmao jk i kid (or do i?) but he's got such a fierce determination and such a strong power behind himself and idk i get the same feeling from you and that makes me smile. plus your hwanwoong url too LMAO

tbh all of these guys could have a "they're so nice and warm and kind and welcoming and i love them a lot just like you" attached to them and it'd be 100% true !!! so i'm sorry about some of them being longer than the others 😭 anyways, again happy birthday beloved ! i hope today was / is a good one bc you deserve it 🥰🥺💗💛

[four-bandaids]

2023 gifmaker/cc wrapped!

i feel incredibly honored that @taee tagged me to pick my top 10 creations of the year, since i only started giffing right at the very end of 2023!! either that or i'm ridiculous and already have enough gifsets to participate with LOL but here we go!

my very first gif (back from a years' long hiatus): NUGGET TIME

it's nothing special but the most special one at the same time. learning an entirely new technique to do this craft with. had a silly time. i don't even hate the coloring!

bread cheeks on live: taehyung wlive 231116

livestream coloring is so hard and i haven't attempted it since lol but i also experienced an Impulse to gif the moment these few frames happened in real time... that's love.

like a dream: xdinary heroes for singles magazine

this one did not garner many notes at all but it was fun for me to experiment with a style of coloring i wouldn't typically go for. i've always leaned more vibrant but matte is so pretty 💖

do NOT mess with han hyeongjun!

a lot of giffing milestones were had with this one. paralleling, blurring logos, blurring moving captions... so i'm very happy this gained some actual traction (for the villain fandom on tumblr i mean; small community lol).

cuddly photofolio yoongi

my first set to reach a pretty sizable about of engagement! it's one of my favorite yoongi looks and also tested me in terms of matching colorings.

funky lil guy jooyeon

such a fun fancam to gif mainly because of the coloring! it feels like a fluke but sometimes those kinds of artistic adventures are best.

seokjin birthday set :3

on the flip side, this is the completely opposite of the set above because the agony...of coloring... IT WAS FELT. yet i'm so proud of how everything turned out. the subsequent tae gifset went so well because of all the trial and error here!

xdinary heroes on an infectious groove...

this one was borne out of me playing around with some techniques i'd been practicing! just figuring ps out on my own that's my favorite way to learn the program.

casscool gaon #2

vibrancy girlie strikes in full force here lol - this is probably my ideal coloring style. plus it's plain fun watching him perform and getting to make stuff from that. kwak jiseok the rock star that you are!!

people pt. 2 aesthetics

and finally, this conceptual style of giffing is something i want to come back to in the future. i've always greatly admired people who can do "faceless" pieces and i want to try more of it!

tagging @woozis @raplinenthusiasts @agustd3 @nohshinwoos @starcatching and anyone else who wants to do this!

[doyouneedmedicalwesistance]

happy birthday you funky lil guy

thanks bro

[zarvasace]

🤡 👀 💞

🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh? A more recent one was in Battle scars are attractive, an official survey by Wild, from the Shatterproof series. Just... the whole exchange at the end.

Time glances back at him and speaks flatly. "You got married for tax purposes. To Ravio."

"Hell yeah I did." 

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please! The one I've been working on recently is a return to short chapters, more like incandescently happy and Status?. It's a body swap AU. Whoops. (Also hello person who asked about birthdays! You know who you are. I have your headache prompt half-written too.)

Aaaand I'm still working on Marvelous Misadventures... Trying to figure out how to write this next chapter and lore dump without it being annoying! XD

💞 Who’s your comfort character? I think I have to say Four. I love love love Four Swords, and as much as I love them individually, I've always been enraptured by the idea that they come back together on occasion. How do their disparate personalities work together? How does one reconcile four souls controlling the same body? It's cool, and one of the core parts of writing Four's character is coming up with a way to grapple with that. It's easy to come up with new scenarios and ways to squish him in my head, so I return to thinking about him a lot.

Plus, in my disability AU, I gave him the disability that I can put the most of myself into. I hated his hair at first but it has really grown on me and I think he deserves more hairstyles. He's just... a funky lil guy. And I love him and all his parts. ❤️💚💙💜🖤

[tonberry-yoda]

i just started watching one piece and oml i am obsessed! everyone is so lovable and funky and i really like that, while it's slightly problematic (mainly usopp's design, i love him, he's my fave, but his design is ...interesting), op is still extremely enjoyable and i love how everyone is a chaotic little family of pirates. i'm still super duper behind but i am so far in love!

so obviously i'm here to say i am in LOVE with this month's blog theme! as i am with all of them but OOH i love my little pirates! but how are you? everything good? any updates on life in general? stay hydrated, drink water, you're amazing berry, so much love, sora out! <3

AHHH OMG THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS!!! I am so glad you love it so much!!! Literally it is one of my fav animes because it is so feel good and it never fails to make me laugh. But no I totally get it, Usopp is literally my fav straw hat because he is just such a cute lil babygurl like UGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH! But seriously, I am so glad you're enjoying it! I am also super behind, only at episode like 360 something, but I think it's really fun to take an anime like this at your own pace and really enjoy it because there is so much to enjoy about it, so I refuse to feel the pressure to watch it fast! But yeah one of my comfort animes that I will always go back to!

And thank you so much! I also love this theme and made it special and happy for me since my birthday is coming up lololol Chopper is my little guy and I will always gravitate to a Chopper pfp when I can

As for me, I'm doing pretty okay! Allergies are kicking in for sure, so a lil stuffy, but it's finally summer, I have a new room, and I am just excited to get to writing for everyone! This summer is gonna be super fun and chill, so I am just kicking back and having fun! No real updates or anything, but thanks for checking in nonetheless, I love hearing from you!!! How are you? I hope you're doing good as well and staying hydrated yourself! (and dw, im staying super hydrated <3)

Thanks for the message, it made my day! I love hearing from you so so much and definitely will provide you with Usopp fics for sure <33333

[taetaespeaches]

Omg hi I missed you. I didn’t even realize I had deleted the app and was wondering why it had been so quiet in my notifications for months lol. Anyway how ya been??? I SAW YOONGI AT THE OF APRIL AND STILL CANT BELIEVE AND ITS SOMEHOW JUNE???? he was right in front of my face and I’m like nope we didn’t just breathe the same air. Dude GA in Jersey was HELL ON EARTH. We stood in the cold rain for hours but who cares because once he came onstage all of that didn’t matter. Omg so so much happened that day and I cried a lil during interlude shadow. He means so much to me and I was like wow can’t believe I’m here and we could’ve had this for MOTS7 🥲 love that lil guy

Hiiii I missed you too! Lmao I’m glad you noticed you deleted the app! I’ve been pretty good actually, I saw yoongi the day after my birthday in chicago and now I just got home Monday after seeing mamamoo in los angeles so I really can’t complain 👹 I AM SO HAPPY YOU GOT TO SEE YOONGI!!!!! Omg you really went through it for that show but SO WORTH IT I’m sure! I love that you cried during interlude shadow :( I love those moments. There were a few moments I got choked up but I turned and looked at saraya during snooze and she was in tears and :( it’s just so special to see people get emotional during concerts. That connection with the artist is everything. Love that funky little rapper man so so much 🧡🫶

[teehewz]

Okay I'm a day early my time because I'm traveling tomorrow, but Happy Birthday to your funky lil guy Jim. Much love~

Yessss it indeed is this magical day <3

You have no idea how happy I am that somebody other than me remembers.

[fictionkinfessions]

(Please post today if possible!)

Oh boy, April 13th, y'all know what that means...

It's "Neil Banging Out The Tunes" Day!!! Happy birthday to Neil Banging Out The Tunes!!! I love love LOVE Neil Banging Out The Tunes!!! Funky lil rat!!! Named Neil!!! And he's Banging Out The Tunes!!! What's not to love???

(Oh yeah also I know literally nothing about Homestuck but happy April 13th to any of you guys out there 👍)

-Fukase (#👁❌️🔴, sorry for the recent ask spam btw. I have a lot to say lmaooo)

☄️

[sofftbees]

melog wearing cute hats for their birthday?

I wasn't aware it was this lil guy's b-day! Happy birthday you funky lil space cat

Srry I can’t draw cats

[deaddovecoterie]

- 𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓰𝓲𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 -

fandom: julie and the phantoms

rating: like K-T

pairing: reggie peters x reader

a/n: a series of miscellaneous headcanons about our best boy reggie :') heres your birthday gift you beautiful mf <3 @whoseblogsthis BUT SERIOUSLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BITCH

this man is so forgetful, like he would lose his head if it wasn’t connected to him, but he always remembers really random and specific dates like your half birthday, national girlfriends day, national cuddle up day, etc. he always remembers to make small little efforts like that to remind you of how special you are to him

he never liked the corny cliche things that people do for valentine’s day so instead of giving you flowers or something like that, he takes you to block buster to get the most obscure, awful looking movies and you guys watch them all and judge them/make commentary as if you’re movie critics while snuggled up on the couch

reggie loves to be the little spoon :’)

on your first date, he was so nervous to the point where he was shaking the whole time.

this man is so scared of thunder storms, like he absolutely detests them. the loud noises, unnecessary bright flashes? not for him. so every time there’s a storm, you and him make a blanket fort and play video games

you two dressed up as ghosts for halloween and went trick or treating together even though you’re both “too old” to. his reasoning was “it’s free candy and no ones even gonna know??? we have blankets on our heads??” and that was a pretty solid argument

he definitely would facetime you at 3am just to tell you that they found one of your socks that you left at his house

this man has a stash of twinkies hidden somewhere, i just know it

okay so think of 2am drives to get icecream? yeah, that, but hot chocolate at 5am to watch the sunrise together

on early Saturday mornings he would drive to your house with lucky charms and sugary cereals so you guys could watch old cartoons together :')

he's someone who would remember all the little things about you, like why you want to travel to a certain place, your favourite set of sheets to have on your bed, etc

he leaves you random voicemails when he thinks of something

like

"hey baby, its like 6am and I know you're asleep but I just saw a picture I took of you the other day in my camera roll and I just wanted to remind you of how pretty you are. okay bye, love you"

cute shit like that

concerts. every singer that comes to town? you're going. does it matter if either of you knows who it is? no, but you're going anyway. he just loves the loud music and the cheering crowds and having you and him live in the moment jumping up and down with the rest of the people

will most definitely tuck you in if you fall asleep on the couch. he'll take a blanket and tuck it up around your neck so you don't get cold

in the summertime, you guys will go star gazing on the roof of his house, like he'll go all out too, blankets snacks and everything. he'll name off like the only two constellations that he knows (orion "cause he has a cool belt y'know" and Cassiopeia "cause the name's funky")

after naming off those two he'll start making up random ones and giving unbelievably in-depth, tragic backstories to which you cant help but laugh at

hes definitely into astrology and is always rambling on about if your signs are compatible-

"baby my horoscope said I should stay away from aries people this month- oh my god wait no-"

he'll get super worked up about it too and you'll be like "luv I'm sure you'll survive"

very cuddly !!

will hug you from behind at any given moment

a firm believer in generous amounts of kisses on the cheek throughout the day

WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE INTERTWINED HE'LL SWING THEM BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU WHEN YOURE WALKING

takes pictures of you when you aren't looking so he can go back and see them when you have to leave

sways back and forth on the spot when you guys hug

will interrupt you overthinking with lil kisses

jam sessions but make it him teaching you a few chords on his guitar with his hands over yours guiding you :')

and that's it <3

[cyanocoraxx]

Happy birthday you funky lil robot guy 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

THANK YOU ILY FRIEND 💖

[borom1r]

eric matthews asks... I don't talk abt him nearly as much as I should for how much I love him!!

but: I have honestly been thinking abt him and william quite a bit? like the inherent peace that comes with someone understanding you in ways no one else has ever been able to & knowing you're not alone in feeling the way you do. I think it's just as healing for william to be with eric as it is for him to be w adam n lawrence... so like!! sorry if this is vague but I wld just. love to hear anything more you have on them bc they're living rent free in my head rn <3 and, if you want, maybe smth abt him interacting w both daniel And diana? I just love thinking abt the little family they've all built!!

Eric/William!!!!!

oh god yea for SURE it’s healing. I mean I’ve touched a lil on th whole William And Adam Are Both Trans thing but like. William And ERIC Are Both Trans.

and ik 100% it’s my favorite thing to talk about but they are coming from such uniquely different places re their own bodies and what’s been done to them. bc fully, as soon as he’s able to I think Eric goes and gets another tattoo — it’s an outlet for him to take back control of his body and to express himself. and genuinely I like the idea of William coming with him for his most recent one later in his recovery, after they’ve all kinda settled together (fuck-off big SAW polycule, my beloved). I think that’s a big moment for William, to like, actively watch Eric get a tattoo bc mentally it’s hard for him to move past the meaning John forced on him— and to rlly embrace the idea of getting coverups (hey remember when I said someday I’d break down exactly what I think William wld get as a coverup and the significance behind th tattoos? guess what th fuck im using this as an excuse to do lol)

anyways William gets each of th other polycule members’, and his sister’s, birth flowers on his wrists— that’s Adam, Lawrence, Eric, Art, Mallick, Brit, Gibson, Rigg, and Pamela. this gets into fun and funky hc territory if u were ever curious what zodiac signs I assign them, u can google their birthdays lol.

Adam’s birthday is 7/13, and the flower William uses would be white larkspur (a happy nature, open hearts). Lawrence is 6/26, and his flower is honeysuckle (devotion/pure happiness). Eric is 8/19; his flower is the gladiolus (calm, integrity). Art is 4/22, with the daisy as his flower (new beginnings). Mallick’s birthday is 11/30, and William chose white chrysanthemum for him (loyalty); Brit’s is 1/8, with orange carnations (admiration, joy). Gibson is 12/18 and his flower is paperwhite (hope, good luck). Rigg’s is 12/29 with holly (defense, domestic happiness). Lastly, Pamela’s birthday is 10/31 and her flower is the marigold (death/resurrection, chosen specifically bc of th context of their strong bond n her rebirth AS Pamela, baby! his fuckin sister! this one’s especially personal)

Eric, Adam, Brit and Mallick take him to get them done so he won’t be alone (Eric and Brit both have Actual tattoos, Adam “has a stick n poke from Scott which definitely counts, fuck you guys, I got an infection from his fucking needle,” + Mallick is just tagging along) — he winds up with two really pretty floral arrangements on his wrists that are closely tied to his partners, and when they stop at a cafe to get a snack on the way home William tells them all what their flowers mean and what they’ve been used for in the past (Eric got the WHOLE infodump before, when William wasn’t ready to go through with the idea. Now he gets to watch Adam n Mallick light up as William tells them all about larkspur and chrysanthemum 💙)

Later Eric definitely teases William abt getting full sleeves, which earns him a chuckle as William nestles up against his side and a “No, I don’t think I have the stomach for that, but… I do feel a lot better. Thank you.” and god, yea, Eric’s in love. He’s so in love it’s a little ridiculous, just pressing a kiss to the top of William’s head and huffing a little because what does he even say to your offhand suggestion made me feel better about a deep source of shame ??? like, hhggfhfh…

+ Ok I love. post-trap Parental Eric I gotta. like Eric was a Bad Parent but he was self-aware and he WAS trying, and his emotions come from a place of genuine love and a desire to protect Daniel. there is so much good in his heart!! at the core of him there is so much good buried beneath so many fucking problems and I love his complexity so much. he is a man with Issues and Moral Failings who is just full of Love for his son and unflinchingly loyal and I just. Man I adore him…

and I think with time to heal and having had plenty of time to confront himself Eric becomes much better at expressing himself. I’ve half-jokingly talked about the idea of Eric teaching Daniel to skateboard but it’s genuinely one of my favorite thoughts; this healing moment of Eric admitting yeah, he was a tyrannical douchebag of a dad most of the time and Daniel confirming that shit sucked at times but he still saw that Eric was doing the best he could with what he had, which at the time wasn’t very much. now he’s got tools and a support network and he’s changing for the better. Daniel sees that. It’s bittersweet because god the realization you were more mature than your parent hurts, but Eric’s growing. Things are okay. He’s teaching Daniel how to skateboard. That’s pretty cool.

bringing Diana into the fold, I think there is some hesitation on Eric’s part because like. He’s an intimidating man, he knows this, so he kinda just takes a backseat and watches Daniel and Di together— he adores seeing them play, seeing what an amazing person Daniel has grown into. but much like Lawrence, he can’t really do as much anymore. Adam’s the one who can run all over the place and pick Diana up without worrying about pain (as much; Adam’s shoulder still bugs him later, but not enough to get him to stop) and can always get Diana to giggle. To no one’s surprise except Adam’s, he’s great with kids!

but there are moments— Diana coming to HIM one night because “Danny said you used to sing to him when he couldn’t sleep.” and of course he brings her back to bed and sings her to sleep after double-checking every hiding place to make sure there’s no Bad Man, and man does he have to stew on the fact that like… Daniel remembered him singing? Fondly?

Eric coming home from work one afternoon to find Daniel and Diana curled up on the couch, watching old VHS tapes of a cartoon he’d grown up with and shown Daniel as a kid (it’s Speed Racer — I need you to have th mental image of Eric and little kid Daniel getting excited about these crazy car races and all the crashes and drama!). Daniel telling Diana stories Eric once told them; walking into a room and hearing “and then my dad…” and Daniel flashing him a smile when he notices Eric listening too. Just these moments that all build up to the realization he wasn’t a monster, that doubt Jigsaw forced on him isn’t accurate, Daniel had good memories too and he doesn’t have to exist on the outskirts of his family. because Eric doesn’t want to hurt Daniel again, doesn’t ever want to hurt Diana but if Jigsaw is right then he will, it’s an inevitability. Except it isn’t. He’s better.

and the next time Daniel’s about to put on an old Speed Racer tape they wave Eric over to join them, and of course he does— Daniel on one side and Diana on the other. Eventually both of them fall asleep on his shoulders and like. that’s more than he could ask for, more than he ever dreamed he could have, least of all from Daniel. The fact Daniel feels safe enough to fall asleep on him? God. He spent so long in those cells begging for death because he thought he was never going to see his child again and spent longer afterwards terrified to contact Daniel, convinced they’d hate him, but.. here they are.

Adam definitely has a photo of all three of them asleep on the couch, because how could Eric possibly get up and disturb his kids? His back kills him in the morning but it’s. entirely worth it

[chaotic-tired-cat]

world walker to date is one of my most favorite fanfics ever. it's so well-written! not too op, with real difficulties and plot, but still light-hearted and funny! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 i hope life smoothens out for you so we can get an update of this awesome story! :D :D :D

Aaaa thanks Anon!! This ask made me super happy - I'm glad you like World Walker and that it hit the right balance between angst and comedic moments (tbh that's one of the things that's really hard to get right). Things are still hectic but as soon as they're not that chapter is getting finished!!!

Since it might be a while, have a post-World Walker scene from the pov of a couple civilians. It was written to try out Cryptid as Izuku's hero name (/^o^)/

(Note: this scene isn't canon to World Walker and was written before I knew how the story would end.)

“Why do you even think this is going to work?” Yua hovers around Mariko’s efforts in the Denny’s parking lot, careful to avoid stepping on the complicated design taking place under Mariko’s second piece of chalk. The first one was sacrificed to ward off a raccoon. They specifically chose to do this after midnight for the ambiance, but Yua is starting to have second thoughts.

It’s very dark, and they’re both fem-presenting teenagers with emitter quirks in a deserted part of town.

This is not a good place to be.

“I got the pattern off a hero,” Mariko assures her. “You know how I was in the gym when Uravity's fight hit school, right?”

Yes, and Yua is trying desperately to forget the worst day of her life, thank you.

“Uravity and Cryptid dug me out, but it was weird, because he drew this symbol on a piece of the roof and it just- stayed. In the air. Even when nothing was supporting it.” Mariko pauses, beaming at the magic circle that’s mostly made of lines and squiggles to complete the aesthetic. One of the symbols doesn't look right. It slides out of focus, and Yua carefully steps back, because hell no.

“How is that supposed to help us summon a ghost-”

“Finished! Start filming, hurry, hurry, hurry!” Mariko drops her piece of chalk as Yua scrambles to swipe open her camera. Before Yua can stop her, Mariko has drawn a pocket knife, cut the pad of her thumb, and is smearing blood on the unsanitary parking lot ground.

Delightful.

Her hand is going to get so infected.

That’s right about when the air above the circle tears itself apart.

Mariko shrieks. Yua almost runs, then remembers herself and makes sure her phone is pointed at the sliver of starlight shining out of thin air. She knows her horror film tropes. Whatever they released into the world is taking them first, but she can at least get a video account to warn people of what they did.

Eaten by a demon or some shit. That’s a bomb-ass obituary.

Pro Hero Cryptid crashes out of the portal, one hand protectively wrapped around a bowl half-full of salad. His Uravity sweatshirt mostly obscures Froppy sweatpants, but Yua is more alarmed by the fact that Cryptid looks surprisingly human. No needle-sharp teeth, no starlit eyes. Spinach flutters to the ground around the hero in a gentle shower of greenery that nestles in his curly hair as if adding to the foliage. He stares blankly at them, then at the scribbles under his feet, before pointing a truly pissed-off look at the sky.

“Are you serious?” Cryptid yells at the city skyline. A spinach leaf falls off his shoulder. “Right in front of my salad?”

“Holy shit,” Yua whispers, and discovers that she can, in fact, be more embarrassed than the time their teacher made the whole class sing ‘Happy Birthday’ while she stood in silent mortification on a chair. “We summoned him.”

Mariko claps both hands over her mouth to keep in her laughter, eyes wide. “We really did.”

This seems to draw the hero’s attention back to them.

“You two okay? Yes? Nobody’s hurt? Oh, thank goodness.” Cryptid stabs a fork into his vegetables, shoves it into his mouth, and makes grabby hands for the chalk. Mariko passes it over with a potent mix of awe and glee.

“I am so sorry,” Yua breathes.

Mariko sniffs. “I’m not.”

“And I’m glad to be summoned,” Cryptid finishes with a sunshine-smile. He’s very… human. The wrinkled eyebrows he directs at Mariko’s chalk art do not resemble the otherworldly creature that showed up during All Might’s last battle. “Better for me to be dropped here than for y’all to get… hm. Yeah, this is good.”

Hm?

Hm??

What does ‘hm’ mean?

Yua reaches over and frantically swats at Mariko’s sweatshirt in an attempt at telepathically communicating her many, many feelings concerning accidentally summoning a hero into this godsforsaken Denny’s parking lot.

“How did you find a stasis glyph?” Cryptid mumbles around his fork.

“Copied it from you. My quirk lets me mimic actions if I see them without blinking.” Mariko peers around his shoulder at the lines taking form.

“That’s such a cool quirk,” Cryptid tells her instantly. “Do you need a clear line of sight? Is it only capable of copying real-life actions or can you use recordings? Oh, are you limited to your own flexibility and strength, or is this a mirror skill instead of a mimic? You could use that for anything, it’s a very adaptable power.”

Yua cautiously edges closer to give the camera a better angle at the ground while Mariko preens. “What are you even doing?”

“Editing. Here, look- right there, you tied it down with intent contrary to the meaning.” Cryptid shuffles over so she can see and points out a circled section. He smudges out the blurry patch.

Mariko watches eagerly as the hero replaces it with a mishmash of lines that Yua can actually make sense of. “I don’t understand any of what you just said, but hell fuckin’ yeah, you funky lil’ cryptid.”

“Oh, sorry. I get called whenever the void gets angry, and this is the language it speaks,” Cryptid says, like this makes sense. He taps the lines eagerly. “Put a stasis glyph on the ground and continents will stop shifting, which is a whole lot of bad news."

"Uh huh," Mariko says. Yua swats at her again, because there's no way she understands and going along with this for entertainment value alone is going to get them into some sort of horror movie B-Plot.

Cryptid just looks amused. "Next time you need to experiment, use a paper base instead of the concrete. It’s safer. And- is that blood?”

“Maybe,” Mariko says, partially as a dare for him to say anything because she isn’t really the type to listen to anyone, regardless of if they’re a hero. “It worked, didn’t it?”

“Huh. Yeah, you got me there.” Cryptid puts his bowl of salad on the ground and fishes around in his Uravity sweatshirt for a tiny med kit.

“Where’d we go wrong,” Mariko asks, like they are ever going to try this again. Yua hisses for her to stop and is ignored with the extreme confidence of someone determined to keep making the same continuous mistake until success is summoned through stubborn willpower alone.

“You didn’t need to hurt yourself.” Cryptid bandages her hand, slips away the medkit, and says gravely, “Blood never brings anything good.”

“Holy shit,” Yua repeats as Cryptid takes a bite of salad and goes right back to his art project like this happens every other Tuesday. Mariko glares at her, but honestly, this is the wildest thing.

The hero keeps saying things.

“Not to lecture either of you, but it’s a bad idea to mess around with unborn languages without supervision.” Cryptid hands back the chalk and takes another bite of his salad. “This stuff can blow up in your face. So, can I escort you guys anywhere? Because it’s a little dark and this isn’t exactly the safest part of town.”

That’s about when Yua realizes something under the spinach is glowing.

[inctlife]

when wayv know they wanted to marry you

kun:

so,,, things had been kinda rough for kun :( like he was practising 24/7 and he was also on a pretty strict diet so he was just physically and mentally EXHAUSTED and like there’d just been a really tiring day at practise and all the boys started to go home, but kun was like ‘nah i’m gonna stay’

ANd tHen after like 4 hours (it was late at this point,, like almost midnight??) and he came home and there was just an overwhelming smell of delicious food and he could hear the boys laughing and talking lovingly and when he walked in he saw that you had made dinner for the members and now were talking about their day while you stroked xiaojun’s hair to help him sleep and kun almost started crying

like where tf else would he find someone that loves him AND cares for his members THIS MUCH dude

and that night you left after having lots of kisses from ur bf and kun brought it up to the boys and they were all cheering and were just so supportive :(

ten:

sO,, ten and winwin were doing this new extravagant dance like they do and they were adding So Many New Parts to Impress The Fans but !!! dundun!! while doing a funky jump turn thing ten fell and landed STRAIGHT on his injured knee

he was in AGONY,, like screaming and tears AGONY and winwin calls an ambulance and then calls you because he doesnt know what else to do lol and you’re like ‘wHAT’ because that’s ur baby and he’s in AGONY

so you get the hospital and you see ten waiting with winwin and he’s in a wheelchair bent over and clutching his knee and when he sees you he almost cries and is like ‘my love!!! help!!!’ and you just walk over and slap him round the head

winwin is shook tbh,, like proper :O,, but ten just starts laughing and his heart swells as you start pouring out complaints and nagging him about his safety bc he knew he’s been injured before!! what makes him think it wouldnt happen this time!! and he just smiles and thinks ‘i have to marry this person’

winwin:

so y’all were invited to kun’s wedding (ofc?) and you had been invited to be kun’s wife’s bridesmaid!!! you and ten’s and lucas’s girlfriends!! and so, you and winwin (after eating breakfast together) didnt see each other for the whole morning as you were rushed off to kun’s wife’s room to get ready and the boys stayed with kun

and you had your hair and makeup done and you got into your bridesmaids dress and you were a bit pouty because ??look how fucking beautiful the rest of these girls are???? and you wanted to get married and wear a vale!!!!

finaLLY it came time for kun’s wife to walk down the aisle, and you were walking with lucas’s girlfriend behind the bride and while kun had his moment,, so did winwin.

his jaw just dropped, but you didn’t even notice because you were giggling (and tearing up) at kun’s reaction to his wife but what you didnt even know!! ur fucking boyfriend was sat there wiping subtle tears away because he KNOWS now, he’s gonna marry you.

lucas:

sO. your boy. the visual KING that he is. was invited to another one of these foreign fashion events and he was like ‘alright ig🤪🤪’ and you went with him cause they were offering him a +1 and free holiday?? yes please???? but what you Did Not sign up for was being at lucas’s hip through all these events????????????

so NeWay, yeah you had to do that. and lucas was pretty nervous because he will just never get over the shock of being invited to something big like this, but this time he was just slightly less nervous because ur by his side🥺

but. in true xuxi/yukhei/lucas fashion. he does something a lil embarrassing :(,, and as he slowly starts to realise what’s just happened (you being on exactly the same wavelength) he gets a lil red in the face and you just thunk ‘fuck it’ and do the same thing so he is nOT ALONE. it’s US. in this shit for the RIDE OR DIE.

and lucas is shocked but as the two of you start giggling literally everyone else in the room disappears and he just thinks ‘i can’t wait to marry her’🥺

xiaojun:

sO,, you and dejun had been together for a WHILE, like i mean a full hot minute,, but he’d always been kinda secretive about his family?? like you’d met them several times but both they and dejun never told you anything much about them??? and you just kinda let it slide cause there was obviously smth that he didnt want you knowing and you werent about to poke

and THEN,, one day,, you’re in dejun’s hometown and he’s like ‘get dressed nice and pretty! going to a concert’ and you’re like ‘WOOO!! LETS GO’ and you get dressed up and you and xiaojun walk to this kinda small venue and get drinks and shit and xiaojun’s looking kinda nervous?? so ur like ‘babe its okay,, i’m sure i’ll enjoy it’

and then!! the person comes on stage and you realise it’s a drag act,, very entertaining!! and then, after looking closer,, you realised it was dejun’s dad, as in,, the one you’ve had dinner with MULTIPLE TIMES and you just turned to ur boyfriend and were like ‘your dad!!!!!!’ and he smiled because you looked so excited!!!!

and dejun almost cried because you were so supportive and that was the one thing for him bc if you didnt support his dad’s career than this would not have worked and for him this was like something in his heart just going ‘she’s the one!!’

hendery:

so similar to xiaojun,, for hendery family was really important!! not that he was hiding anything about them? but you’d only met his family a couple of times and never all together, so when kunhang invited you to come to his mum’s birthday where EVERYONE was gonna be there,,, you were highkey nervous

but so was he lmao he aint gonna lie.. so!! you two flew out to macau a couple days before her birthday so you could settled and the first thing that happened was his sisters wanted to take you guys out for dinner!!! and you went to quite a posh restaurant,, cause that’s the kinda family they are😎 so you were kinda bricking it,, but at the same time the food was GOOD and kunhang’s hand stayed on your knee the WHOLE time

not that he needed that though because his sisters LOVED YOU like he literally got pushed to hang out with his sisters’ boyfriends bc you and his sisters were all gossiping so much and then when you finished your meal you went and had a little photoshoot under the moon and the pretty city lights and later that night as you were asleep next to him,, kunhang looked back over the photos and was just like “wow. my love”

and that was IT he decided RIGHT THERE to marry you.

yangyang:

so you and yangyang had recently moved in with each other,, him finally being the last one to move out the shitty dorm,, and so this was only around the 2nd week that he was coming home from practise to you and your dog and your two cats!!!

when he walked through the door, your dog, finneas, ran up to yangyang and was all happy like dogs are and yangyang was happy too!! and he could smell the dinner that was ready but you weren’t in the living room like you normally were and instead,, yangyang heard your proper, real, ugly laugh coming from the bedroom and he ran over and was like ‘i am home!!!’

and you were laying on the bed, practically in tears and he was like ‘what’s so funny😂😂’ cause he’s like that. and you were like ROLLING AROUND but when yangyang got over to you,, it was a tiktok of someone reacting to a comment that said ‘hi peepeehead’ but you know? he had to laugh because that shit was making you SCREAM and that alone was funny to him

and he just couldnt help but wonder how much more joy you’d bring him,, and he was not about to be left with any regrets😤,, took his boys and bought himself a ring the next week