#i won't be argued on any of these choices you can't make me /j

[boxchewr]

which social medias would (some of) the pokemon bw/bw2 characters use

cheren: linkedin and facebook. Please hire him bianca: pinterest. she just takes a ton of pictures of her munna. she wants to dig no deeper into the grand net and who can blame her hugh: roblox. he plays rainbow friends and gets mad when his teammates screw him over. that teammate is usually benga cress+chili+cilan: also roblox as well as tiktok. they spend all their time sending each other bad videos and saying the other brothers are the most obnoxious parts of them (chili especially gets and receives this most) lenora: runs an educational youtube channel where she excitedly infodumps about fossils for an hour while her husband follows her across the whole museum burgh: has an account on every art website you can think of. usually quiet before suddenly bursting into random rants and deleting them five hours later. probably also had vine for the short time it was alive but is too stubborn to move to tiktok elesa: big tiktok and instagram star and mutuals with iono and raihan. those two are constantly vaguing each other. she will not break mutuals with either. posts her fashion tips but has a personal side tiktok where she makes dumb memes and skits clay: facebook dad energy. is he even a dad? i don't know but that's all i have to say for you all to know exactly what he posts and with what frequency skyla: also on tiktok but only so elesa can send her videos. she doesn't use social media otherwise she's too busy PILOTING PLANES!!! brycen: his manager told him he should make a youtube channel to promote himself. he has one but all that's on it is one video of him glaring down the camera like it insulted his mother drayden: another facebook dad. a bit quieter than clay though iris: the rare google+ kid. also has facebook. thinks grumpy cat is the funniest thing on the planet. who are we to break her happy place roxie: soundcloud. actually successful though but she still posts exclusively there. you won't make her move to spotify or youtube. won't do it marlon: has an instagram where all he posts to it are inspirational quotes laid over images of the beach. just that. for like a thousand posts. godspeed alder: facebook Again. also has a twitter he doesn't know how to use because benga made him make one benga: twitter and tiktok fan. also roblox player. has a sockpuppet account for trolling on twitter but everyone knows it's him ingo: pinterest. he has no interest in the greater internet. it scares him emmet: tumblr fan. sends ingo memes with 5 layers of context needed just to see his face when he asks what this all is supposed to mean colress: also a twitter troll. unlike benga he's actually subtle about it. all his rants about ghetsis are on a locked side only he has access to ghetsis: only posts insane "THE END IS NIGH" type conspiracy ramblings onto his facebook account he has three friends on (they're all the shadow triad). except for one blurry picture of his hydreigon trying to bite him n: the only one free from the internet's cruel grasp. be free my child

[thebearme]

got any zoey headcanons?

YES!! imma bout to go off-

Zoey is Korean-Russian. (Dad is Russian and mom is Korean.)

Was a military kid so she hopped to place to place but when her dad was home the arguing would continue. Eventually leading to a divorce.

Her pet hamster and cat kept her company during these times.

Miss Puffy Cheeks (the hamster) is unkillable. Kid Zoey would make up stories of MPC being a tough, resilient military hamster that has a secret life outside of being her pet like Parry the platypus. She finds it silly now but she still can't figure out where MPC goes when she's at school.

Zoey lives with her dad. (she was always a daddy's girl even if she hates to admit.)

Zoey was a quiet but kind girl when she was younger, always a people pleaser and it only got worse in the beginning of high school.

She always got bullied by the jocks of the school for being a push-over, pick-me girl and a quiet kid.

One day they put gum soo far up in her long hair the next day it was ALL cut to her shoulders length.

Later she dyed her brown hair to red. (Cuz red looks cute but also because it gives her SOME control in her situation.)

When I think of Zoey being into indie stuff I think of arty tiktok. (like arthoe, indiekid, vintagecore suff like that)

During All Star Zoey was the girls counselor (by force) and a couple counselors (by force). By the end of it she got sick of being everyone's therapist. She LOVES helping her friends but it gets hard to do so when you have no choice.

Zoey's favorite time period is the 50s, as well is Vito. (the ONLY thing they have in common)

She's also go on dates with Svetlana. (🏳️‍🌈lesbeans)

Zoey also does Svetlana's makeup sometimes.

Zoey likes putting stickers on things and people.

In MZC team (Mike, Zoey and Cam) Zoey thinks she's the mom friend. (everyone is the mom friend.)

In a High school au their friend group is literally JUST Ned's declassified survival guide.

Btw Zoey and Mike are the types of mfs to instead of dancing in the prom they will dance in the rain outside together. (I watched too many 00s 10s Disney shows.)

Cause Zoey was a military kid she had trained with her dad in self-defense. (This is where commando Zoey came to be!) Even though she never uses it, it's still a useful skill.

Zoey is sumwhat able to catch up to Manitoba pace when they hike together.

Jo hangs out with Zoey and Svetlana, they go to the gym together.

Sammy and Zoey are friends and go to the same school (Zoey is two grades ahead.) and they spend lunch together sometimes. (depending if Amy kicks Sammy out from her lunch table.)

Zoey's cat (Fluffy) has beef with Mike because he thinks Mike is taking his mother from him. (Her attention whore cat.)

She does NOT like conflict. Zoey will have a panic attack if people argue in front of her, let alone make her choose sides.

Zoey takes a major in psychology and a minor in fashion.

Zoey and Brick are classmates and great friends.

Brick and her have a lil side project where they make outfits for Dekota size. (she really appreciates it.)

A little silly thing Zoey does when she's bored is that she draws on her or others skin. Mike tends to have the most drawings on him (hands & arms) it grounds him and also because her drawings are cute. She doesn't draw on Cam because he's to afraid of the chemicals in the markers or pen.

Zoey hates the idea of choosing sides so much after she finishes college she moves in with Mike. Not smart financial but at least she won't have to tell one of her mom or dad that she chose to be with the other parent instead of them.

Zoey has a little bit of strained relationship with her parents.

Mal and Zoey would ✨lovingly✨ beat each other up. They're ADHD VS AUTISM incarnate. (Mal hates mfs with red hair and pronouns!! /j)

Zoey is Molly McGee on adderall.

Her and Gwen would get tongue piercings together.

Zoey has a granddaughter relationship with Chaster, a good one but she still try's not to upset him anymore then he already is. (btw no one has told him that Zoey is half-Russian and none of them plan to.)

Zoey take more years in college later and became a teacher; I imagine she's Mille's teacher. After the TDI reboot Mille comes back to class feeling guilty that she couldn't finish her thesis paper about people her generation's psychology but made a backup paper about her own insecurities. And of course Zoey completely understands and tells Mill it's ok to feel insecure but make sure to keep yourself in check so that insecurity doesn't turn into judgement for others problems and trauma. (this one had abit more projection in this. superiority complexes in Gen Z's that "aren't like the others" virus is a real problem man.)

(Because I aint planning to re-re-redesign Zoey.) take a list of songs that give a Zoey vibe.

[m3rkur3]

i think this article has a lot of important things to say but does a bad job of saying them

I think something I find very weird about this article is the fact that its titled the way it is. like why is AJN in the title? It’s clickbaity and a little unprofessional. And I don’t even disagree with 99% of what it’s saying, the likelihood that 90% of the story is true is quite high. However, there are so few sources that can actually be traced back. There’s some very unneeded speculation. Alexander J Newall being targeted only in the title with nothing in the article really blaming him for anything is just weird. he's the ceo, yes, but you have placed your (named) blame within the article almost entirely on this one callum dougherty.

The fact that it was retweeted by a former TMA voice actor is pretty compelling. And the fact that former people who worked with Rusty Quill whether as volunteers or staff can attest to their poor communication. And bad practices in general. I mean I pretty much do believe a lot of it. Just I find the lack of concrete evidence within the article and the lack of good journalistic practice to detract a lot from the message of the article.

Also names of characters in TMA as pseudonyms feels very unserious. When I reached the bit that was talking about Georgie and Melanie I was like come on please be for real. like this is serious business😭. also I’m seeing the author does a freelancing work with another podcasting company and it’s been argued that they were only freelancing so it’s not that big of a deal. But I don’t know I don’t like that.

Either way the people we really need to think about other people affected by rqs bad practices. I think it really is just incompetence. But they could really really really do better. Also the fact of the author is blocking anyone with any criticism on Twitter??? I don’t think that proves anything other than that they do not know how to make their article look good. That coupled with the weird journalistic choices and the caption they put on their Twitter ("make your statement face your fear" LMFAO?! how unnecessary! again, be serious!) it really does make them look less credible even though in reality the article has legs.

at the end of the day i think it just needed more time. i get the point of releasing this as soon as possible to give fans much needed info on what their fav company is doing in the midst of their kickstarter (lmfao idk i find that quite funny) just… it wasn't done very well or with much thought as to how to actually deal with people who disagree. and by “well” i mean you cannot release an article full of unverifiable info with your (admittedly not TOO damning) background and not one first hand verifiable quote and expect no “hmmm…”s. cuz the author is out here blocking people lmfao. not for disagreeing with the points in the article but for saying “hey i'm not sure you have put much thought into how you wrote this!”

i also think it's very annoying the way people are in the comments of podcasters working under rusty quill talking about the article saying "but u can't say other people didn't experience this!!!' they're not saying that brother. they're responding directly to the “podcasters under rq won't say anything bc theyre not allowed!!!!!” portion of it which i would respond to, too, like don't be silly. like fuck u niggas no one can fucking gag me dont say that😭. again again again… i am very very VERY inclined to believe almost everything in said article. i just find its release into the world and its writing to be a little… subpar. better than nothing i guess. tho is it? people have literally been saying everything here about rq for a while. save the suing and contract stuff i think and even then, you cannot bring up something as serious as SUING and not elaborate lmao! good concept bad execution imo. anywaysssss

I don’t know I just feel like it’s a little bit juvenile for what it’s meant to be and what I think it’s meant to be is an important expose which actually says important things but does it weakly.

TLDR; this article has a lot of important things to say about rusty quill's bad practices but it does it in ways that are very unprofessional. Speculation and the clickbaity title and the lack of concrete sources and twitter caption and the author whose freelance work may or may not be relevant to disclose in an article about their ex-clients competition and the substitution of anonymous names with characters from the Magnus archives. They all paint a picture of a very inexperienced writer whose work amounts mostly to an opinion piece. However I am inclined to believe the allegations made in said article for the reason that there have been a lot of people who previously worked with rusty quill saying the same thing. or mostly the same thing. I just think this article uncovered very little new information and something about it seems mean-spirited, almost as if it was for something that isn’t just the betterment of the affected peoples conditions. But that’s just speculation 😛and honestly just my feelings, not backed up by anything. For me this is more an exercise in analysing an article in general than it is analysing the situation at hand. I’m a writer at heart I’m sorry

[welldonekhushi]

Argument

Summary: You and Tony get into an argument, and things go wrong.

Warnings: Hurt-comfort!

•

— Y/N, you're not getting it!

You and Tony got stuck up in a middle of an argument, as you began storming inside the room angrily while your boyfriend follows you from behind.

— Just be quiet, Tony. I know this is messed up, but give me some time.

You take a breath after what happened.

— But, just listen to—

— I said, be quiet Tony! Why can't you understand?

— Honey, look. You're right now in a bad mood. Let me help you.

— I don't need your help! You pushed Tony away, pointing a finger over him.

— I just don't wanna see you again. I don't know you anymore. Get lost! And never come back, argh!

You sit on the bed, stressing your forehead. Somehow, you never realised that because of your anger, you let out your words too much. You didn't know it was gonna hurt him so bad. You were blinded by anger right now. Tony tried to reason with you, but it seemed hopeless. He walks away from the room, defeated, and closed the door.

You lay on the bed, trying to distract yourself by watching some media on your phone. Some minutes later, you calmed down and then had thoughts that maybe you went a little harsh on your words. You sure were angry, but you unconditionally loved him, no matter what. You just can't live without him. You were more worried for him rather than anything else. You didn't like to argue either, but it didn't mean your relationship with him was downhill.

You wanted to make him happy by making him cheeseburgers for dinner, a great thing to lighten the mood. You made sure it'll be a surprise.

After you finished with your work, you happily come in the living room, trying to find if Tony was around.

— Tony?

You called him, no response. You tried again, but still nothing. Oh, maybe he must be in his lab. You run downstairs to see if he's around, but to your surprise, he wasn't here too. A little panic rose inside of you, rushing upstairs to check the other rooms of the mansion, still, Tony was missing.

You had no choice, but to call JARVIS for help.

— JARVIS? Can you help me? W-where is Tony, have you seen him?

— I'm sorry, Miss Y/N. I believe Mr. Stark has left the mansion a couple of minutes ago.

— What?! Did he tell anything to you for where he was going?

— No, Miss. I'm afraid he didn't.

JARVIS automatically shuts down, as you pick up the phone immediately, and dialled Steve's number. Maybe he was in the Avengers Tower.

Steve picks up the call.

— Hello?

— H-hey, Steve. How you doing?

— Oh, I'm doing great, as always. Is there a problem?

— Uhm, no, I just wanted to know if.. Tony's there with you? In the tower?

— Wait, no? I thought Tony was in his mansion this whole time.

— Huh? I-is he not there? You sure?

— Yeah, Y/N. I didn't see him coming, or neither I saw him here around. Trust me.

— O-okay.. thank you, Steve.

You decline the call, and sat on the couch, lost in thoughts. Your mind reflected the moment for what you said, which could have been the reason why you couldn't see Tony around you.

— I just don't wanna see you again. I don't know you anymore. Get lost! And never come back, argh!

It would have deeply hurted him from the grave. As if you found him to be nothing. You really never wanted to see him again. It was true, you did went too harsh on him, and now he's nowhere to be seen. You did a terrible mistake. You should have controlled your anger.

Tears started to form from your eyes, threatening to drip down any second. You let out silent sobs, clenching your eyes to let the water flow through your cheeks. You felt useless, horrible for what you just did. You started to blame yourself.

— That was just a silly comment I said out of anger, Tony.. and you took it seriously? D-do you know I still love you, no matter what? We might argue b-but, I don't mean it from the depth of my heart? i d-don't really hate you, dumbass! J-just come back to me.. p-please. I'm extremely sorry. I promise I won't be too angry while we argue.. b-but please.. come back.. I can't live without you..

Just as you can break into heavy tears, and trying to hold in the pain, you heard a familiar voice.

— Y/N?

Gasping, you saw that it was none other than, him. He arrived inside the living room, and saw you cry out tears. Tony furrowed his eyebrows in instant worry, curious to know what happened to you.

— Baby? Oh god, honey what's wrong? Are you okay?

He sits beside you, wiping off your tears and then hugging by wrapping his arms around you. He began to comfort you, by rubbing your back, and assuring if you were feeling all okay.

He wasn't heartless at all. He truly cared for you. And what did you did? Bash all your anger over him.

As a result, the pain grew more, and your sobs turned into wails. Your eyes streamed more heavy tears, as you hugged Tony more tightly. It broke him more when you were in pain.

— I'm so sorry Tony! I'm so damn sorry! I thought I would really lose you! Trust me I didn't mean it.. I-I love you, please..

— Shh shh.. baby it's okay.. stop crying. I know you love me, and I love you back. It was just an argument and I know you were angry, so I just left you alone for a while.

— But, why? Why would you still go?

Tony sighs.

— I also needed a little breather too, you know? But, I didn't go far off. Just, some fresh air to cool the mood, that's all.

Well, you both needed a little free time to calm yourselves down, so I guess nothing was wrong in that.

— I was so worried. I thought this wish came true..

— Oh no, honey. They know anyone in this world can never separate us. We still love each other from the depth of our hearts, and we'll be the best couple ever. More like.. iron couple. Wait, is that even a thing? Nah, sounds odd. But it doesn't?

You let out a laugh for what he said, lightening up the mood after a make up moment after the argument. He was glad you were now laughing, that was all he ever wanted.

— Anyways, I made cheeseburgers for you tonight. I felt maybe it would cheer you up after our stupid argument.

— Really? Turns out, I actually did eat a cheeseburger when I was out there for a while.

— Wait, what? Seriously?

You looked at him, in shock.

— Come on, I did feel a little hungry too.

— Does that mean you're not gonna eat my cheeseburgers, then?

You made a pout, and he laughs. He leans close to you, kissing your lips, as red color flushed through your cheeks.

— Of course, I'm gonna eat them. Maybe, if I was still hungry, I have the rest.

He winks, as you felt yourself getting more flustered, that you slapped his arm and both of you laughed in constant happiness.

Finally, even though you both argued, your love for each cannot be apart.

[darkveyn]

𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲 — matsuno chifuyu x reader

word count : 1003

themes : gn!reader, established relationship, angst, fluff ending

warnings : swearing, grammatical errors

a/n : wrote this at 3am bc i’m hurt after listening to chifuyu’s character song 🙃

tears running down his face with his head down, chifuyu sat in front of baji's tombstone in the same leg crossed position again on this cold windy night. it's already been a month since the man he respected has passed, but chifuyu still comes to him for advice out of habit. 

“what should i do now, baji-san?” he muttered under his breath, even if he knew he wouldn't be getting any answer anyway.

the two of you had been arguing over the same issue for the past few weeks and you both just won't back down.

you voiced out your concern about him getting more severe injuries that you can't even bear to look at. but every time he’d just brushed you off, ending the conversation immediately. 

“it's nothing,” is what he always said but it really didn't reassure you at all. he dismisses your worries without thinking much, but he should’ve known it’s hurting you. 

the argument escalated before you both had time to cool down your heads. to a point if you ever bring up the topic again, chifuyu would get mad instantly. 

by then, harsh words are expected to be thrown at each other whenever this happens. but somehow, you two still managed to forget about it after that. because even if the fight wasn’t resolved, in the end of the day you both knew you didn’t mean what you said. 

but today, it’s just not the case. you both knew you went too far.

“i told you it’s nothing! why can’t you understand, huh?”

“you only care about your gang and fighting!”

“of course! they're my family!”

“then, make up your damn mind! me or your family!”

“what” his eyes widened, the anger that was once in it now dissipated and replaced by a veil of fear. the pain seeping through the grip of his nails on his palm is what keeps him sane right now.

“what the fuck, y/n?” he didn’t mean to sound so harsh, his choice of words is dominated by the strong emotion swirling inside him that he can put into words. chifuyu shook his head frantically, refusing to let the idea sink in. the idea of losing you.

you slowly walked to his front door, with your back facing him now but he was sure you’re crying already by the look of your shoulder shaking. you’re still wearing his beige oversized hoodie, but the hem of its sleeves must be soaked by your tears now.

“goodbye, chifuyu.” 

he should have chased after you. if he did, he probably would pull you back into his embrace and apologize by now. instead of sitting here, his eyes and throat are burning after all the crying, spurting out ‘sorry’ and ‘please don’t leave me’ incoherently with his strained voice.

chifuyu doesn’t know if this counts as a prayer, but if there is god right here he’d exchange anything for a chance. just one more try. 

because you’re his family too. he swears you warms his heart every time you checked up on him before and after he went to a fight for toman. he loves the you who took care peke j for him when he is not around. he cherish the biggest smile plastered on your feature when he took you on a ride with his bike. he love you too much to lose you.

because just like what baji-san would say. to chifuyu, you’re his treasure.

“chifuyu!” 

his sobbing halted as the distressed, yet sweet familiar voice rang through his ears. he slowly peeked up until your eyes met his now dull green one, and you could feel your heart cracking at his hurt expression. 

“what’re you doing out here in the middle of the night?” you slowly approach him, watching him struggle in getting back on his feet before he hunches over to meet your gaze again.

“your mom called me. said that you left the house without a word and haven’t come back.” 

“god, stop making others worry like that!” you half-shouted before letting out an exasperated sigh, eyes completely shutted as you grimaced in sorrow.

“you worried about me?” he blurted out without a thought, hands quickly gripping on the side of your arms, feeling the soft fabric of his hoodie again. you’re still wearing it.

“you still do, right?” he didn’t really want to ask that, afraid that you’d tell him otherwise. but he knew this is his last chance, and even if you said no, he’s ready to do anything to have you take him back. 

he noticed the corner of your eyes are still red, and now the fresh tears just streamed down your face are glistened under the moonlight. beautiful, but he promised in his heart he wouldn’t ever let you shed a tear like that again.  

your fingertips brushed past his burning cheek, bringing him closer to you as you sealed your lips on his. he abruptly snarked his arm around you, crashing his weight on you with a tight embrace like this would be his last time to hug you.

“i’m sorry,” you whispered in a shaky breath, blinking away the tears but they just kept coming back. your hands fell from his face to his arm, fingertips tracing the word ‘first division vice-captain’ embroidered on his sleeves.

“i know toman meant a lot to you. i shouldn’t have said that. i’m so sorry.” you balled your fist on his uniform, lightly pushing him away to search for his eyes.

“we’re not breaking up, right?”

chifuyu went silent for a while with his eyes closed, and your blood ran cold. you bit your lips from trembling, thinking that it’s over now until he opened up his gorgeous green orbs. a sigh of relief puffed out of you as you witnessed the usual glow in his eyes are restored again as he looked into your soul. 

he silently expresses his gratitude to baji, thinking that it might be baji who answered his prayers and helped him with this but he wouldn’t tell you that. it’s their secret now.

“y/n, i love you too much and i could never let you go” he placed kiss after kisses from forehead to your lips, calloused thumbs swiping across your tear stained cheek with overload affection.

“but i promise i will do better. so give me another chance, yeah?”  

© 2021 darkveyn. all rights reserved. reblogs are very much appreciated <3

[karlajoyner]

Stamps (Luke Patterson x Reader)

A/n: Hey guys so this one was rather long. I don’t know if I liked it very much but that’s just me being critical of myself. Anyways I hope you enjoy it!

Requested by: kennice1 (Wattpad)

Warnings: None

————

My eyes opened slightly to see my boyfriend laying beside me in his suit from the night prior.

We had done it.

We played the Orpheum.

And got rid of Caleb stamps.

Now we were here the very next day in Julie's garage like we'd been the past couple weeks feeling better than ever.

"Good morning beautiful" His raspy voice spoke as he to was barely opening his eyes.

"Good morning Luke" I replied staring up at the ceiling.

The bright sun rays hitting many different points of the studio since it was probably near mid day now.

"Morning? It's afternoon" Another voice in the room spoke making my head whip in their direction.

"Well then good afternoon my dear brother" I grinned sitting up only to see Reggie still passed out on the barkin lounger.

"Has Julie come in today yet?" Luke asked sitting up as well, pulling my body into his.

"Yeah. Said she was gonna go have breakfast and get dressed before coming back for practice. She also said she'll bring us something back"

"Oh to have breakfast. What a privilege we now have" I said stretching out my body.

"I sure did miss pancakes. I hope we have that" Reggie spoke in his morning voice.

"Look who's awake"

"Morning"

"Afternoon" I corrected him standing up.

"Where are you going?" Luke pouted.

"To get dressed for practice too. In case you haven't noticed I need to get out of this thing" I spoke pointing down at the long royal blue dress that sat tightly on my body.

"Or you could just stay in it. Maybe rip it up a bit make it more fitting" Luke suggested pushing the dress up my leg.

"Can you not try to sexualize my little sister in front of me?" Alex spoke.

"Sorry" Luke apologized.

"My boyfriend can sexualize me all he wants" I argued making my way towards the exit.

"Gross"

"I think it's endearing" Reggie said making me giggle.

"I'm gonna go see if Julie has anything I can barrow. And maybe a sewing machine. I think you were onto something there Lukey" I teased the boy watching a smirk take over his face before I walked out.

I giggled deciding to surprise Julie at her front door for the first time as an actual human being again.

Since I couldn't just poof into rooms anymore.

A grin formed on my face as I reached the front porch being careful to avoid any windows up the driveway.

"Look at you y/n. Looking as lovely as you did last night"

An all too familiar voice spoke from behind me before I could press the doorbell.

My heart immediately dropped as I spun around coming face to face with the devil himself.

"Caleb" I whispered.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh I just came to pay a little visit.... Tell me how does it feel to be alive again. Oh it must feel great"

"Just leave us alone. We've already defeated you and we're not joining your stupid house band" I bravely spoke watching as he inched closer.

I gulped nervously backing up until my back hit the door behind me and he was only a few feet away.

"That's not very nice of you to say. I've offered you and your boys everything and this is how you repay me. With insults. Nice try trying to be brave sweetheart but we both know your scared out of your mind. Scared that I'll hurt you. Or your little bandmates. Am I wrong?"

"Leave us alone" I repeated attempting to stand my ground

"I can see why Luke's so infatuated with you. Your strong headed like him. Too bad you won't make it home for breakfast"

My eyes widened as he grabbed ahold of my shoulders. My eyes rolling the back of my head.

"I have a fight too" I smirked hearing footsteps coming up the pathway.

My eyes fell upon a face I recognized to be none other than Nick. Julie's crush she'd been telling me about for weeks.

"Oh there's someone here" He said noting my presence.

"Hey, you look familiar. Wait. Aren't you that other girl in Julie's hologram band?" He asked hopefully.

"That's me" I smiled at the boy.

"I'm y/n" I said sticking my hand out for him to shake. He took it smiling back at me.

“I’m Nick”

"So your here to see Julie?" I asked ringing the doorbell for the two of us.

"Uh yeah. I didn't get to see her last night after the show so I thought I'd bring her these" He said showing me the flowers in his hand.

"How sweet. The broken hearted teenager fighting for his girl" I spoke mischievously raising an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry what?" He asked.

"Julie's told me about you Nick. It seems she's canceled on you a few times now hasn't she?"

"Well yeah but that's just because she was busy"

"Are you sure about that? In all honesty she just doesn't seem that interested if you ask me"

"R-really?" He asked looking down with a frown.

I cheekily bit my lip as the front door opened.

Taking my chance and caught the boy off guard, pulling him in for a passionately rough kiss.

Making sure that he fell into the trance. The flowers in his hand fell to the ground as he held my waist pulling me closer.

"N-Nick? Y/n?!" Julie's voice rang through my ears.

"Oh Julie. I-uh didn't see you there" I panted pulling away.

Slipping a note into Nicks hand before his eyes went from purple swirls back to his normal eyes color.

"J-Julie" he stuttered going to pick up the flowers.

"I-I don't know what happened"

"I think I can explain what's going on here. Nicks just not that into you Jules. Sorry. Anyways don't tell Luke about this. Wouldn't want anyone to get hurt now would we? See you later" I smirked walking down the front path of the house. Leaving the two dumbfounded.

I made sure I was out of sight before poofing away to the one place I called home. Awaiting for my revenge.

Julie's POV

I stood there in shock as y/n walked away. Leaving Nick and I standing on my front porch.

"Julie I- I can explain. She just- She was here and we started talking. I didn't even know her. I though she was your friend"

"I did too" I mumbled in confusion. What was wrong with her?

"She left me this. It probably her number but I don't want it. Your the only girl I want Julie" He said throwing the paper on the ground.

"I-I don't know what to say Nick. I um- can we talk about this later?"

"Of course. Take all the time you need"

"I will"

"These are for you by the way" He said sticking his hand out holding a bouquet of flowers.

"Thanks" I muttered watching as he too walked down the same path out the front gate. I picked up the paper Nick dropped. Confusion coursing through me. Until I opened the paper.

She's home at last. But alone. Don't make this any harder and come join my house band or else....

~Your friend at the HGC

I read to myself. Everything making sense now. I had to show the boys.

Y/n's POV

I glared at Caleb who sat across from me. Specifically at the same table we were seated at the very first night we entered this dump.

"They're not gonna come" I stated crossing my arms.

"Really? You think so?"

"They're not that stupid"

"Y/n you underestimate your bandmates. Your Luke's girlfriend, Alex's sister, and Reggies bestfriend. Of course they're coming for you. And when they do they'll be gifted with a new stamp. Just like you" He grinned at me making me scoff.

As if on cue someone flashed into the middle of the room making me audibly groan in frustration.

"Seriously?!" I shouted.

"Told you" Caleb spoke making me roll my eyes.

"Boys welcome home"

"This isn't our home. We came for my sister and we're leaving" Alex spoke up.

"That doesn't seem to be on my schedule for the day. Why don't I have Dante help get you boys settled into your new rooms?"

"Y/n let's go"

"She's not going anywhere. She can't yet"

"Why not?"

"Show them" Caleb said as I glared dagger through him.

"Oh now you don't want to speak. Don't be rude y/n show them what I've gifted you" Caleb encouraged me again.

I simply kept quiet with my arms still crossed.

"Fine then I'll show them" I let out a scream as my arms separated from each other turning until my wrist was finally viable to the three boys in front of me.

"What did you do?" Reggie asked as they inspected the golden stamp on my wrist.

"This my dear pal Reginald is a new stamp and once activated will send shocks through y/n here once again. Only this time it'll hurt just about three times as bad. That is until you agree to become apart of my house-band. Or you could just leave her here on her own it's your choice really" Caleb spoke tapping my wrist.

My eyes widened as the stamp began to float in the air before placing itself back on my wrist.

Suddenly an excruciating pain coursed through my body immediately making me drop to my knees.

"You have until tonight's show to make up your mind" He spoke before flashing out leaving us alone in the empty ballroom. Immediately I was engulfed by a pair of strong arms as the pain tingled on my wrist.

"Y/n! Baby are you okay?" Luke asked wiping away the stray tears that had escaped my eyes

"What happened? How'd Caleb get to you?"

"It was in front of Julie's house this morning. I went to ring the doorbell. I didn't even get to do it before Caleb showed up, possessed my body, made me kiss Nick in front of Julie, and then brought me here"

"He made you do what?!" Luke shouted.

"Uh- did she not mention that?" I asked sheepishly.

"She did not"

"All she said was that you were acting really weird and that you left this note" Alex said pulling out a folded up letter from his back pocket.

"Then forget, I said it" I quickly spoke attempting to move the conversation along.

"We'll talk about his later. We need to figure out how to get this stamp off your wrist" Luke said inspecting it closely.

We sat in Julie's garage trying to come up with an idea on how to get the stamp off which wasn't going so well since it still was sending electric shocks directly through my body.

I groaned in pain as another jolt course me evidently leaving me weaker as the time passed. It was getting dark out and we were running out of time.

"Guys it's almost 8:30. The show starts at 9:00" Julie said showing us her phone screen.

"We've got to figure out how to get this thing off" Luke shouted in frustration at the rest of the band.

The three of them expressing concern on their faces.

"Okay we have to think. What happened last night? What did we do to make your stamps disappear" Julie asked as Luke helped me sit up.

"Easy. Julie said she loved us. We said it back then we hugged"

"That's it! Julie said she loved us. She connected with us and we did with her"

"So your saying Julie has to say it again and hug y/n?" Reggie asked.

"We could try it" Julie suggested walking over to me.

I nodded standing up immediately falling back down as I was zapped once more. The stamp on my wrist tingling afterwards.

"Baby are you okay?" Luke whispered holding me in his arms.

"I-I'm fine. Let's just get this over with" I spoke standing up once more.

I looked at the girl in front of me seeing her eyes filled with hope.

"I love you" She spoke softly pulling me in for a hug.

"I love you you too Jules" I whispered in her ear. We pulled back seeing the stamp flatly sitting upon my skin.

"It- it didn't work"

"Do it again" Luke demanded.

"It's not gonna work Luke"

"It has to. Do it again" He ordered. I shook my head no looking at the girl in front of me. Her eyes beginning to tear up.

"It's okay Julie. I'll be okay" I whispered wiping away the single tear that left her eyes.

"Don't worry about me"

"How could I not? I can't lose you a second time y/n. Your like my big sister and I really do love you"

"I love you too. But I guess it only worked the one time" I said before another shock hit me.

"We could always figure out your unfinished business" Reggie suggested as I regained my posture.

"We don't have time"

"I have to get the Hollywood ghost club before that show or I'll become thin air"

"I'm coming with you" Luke said standing up.

"No your not. You are staying here. With Julie. Where your safe"

"Julie's not my girlfriend you are. So I'm going with you whether you like it or not. I'm sure Caleb wouldn't mind anyways"

"Luke Patterson you are not going anywhere"

"He's not but I am" Alex spoke.

"I am too"

"Not you guys too" I groaned looking at Julie for help.

"Do you understand what'll happen if you guys come back with me? Calebs going to brand you for life"

"So what?”

"So everything we've accomplished up to now would've been for nothing"

"It's going to be nothing if your not here with us" Reggie spoke.

"Julie a little help here"

"You guys need to go with her" The girl said letting out a breath.

"No Jules. You need them here with you. It's not Julie and the Phantoms without the Phantoms"

"Forget about the band right now y/n. You need them with you. You can't live whatever life you have left without your friends, your family, and your true love" I sighed looking at the girl who smiled softly at me.

"You guys brought music back into my life and for that I'll be forever grateful. And with Flynn I'll get through this. But I will never forgive myself if I separate you from your boys" She said making my eyes water.

"Our boys" I corrected her pulling her in for a tight hug.

I sighed in content as the rest of the boys joined our hug one last time.

"I love you guys"

"We love you too"

And that's when I felt it.

The feeling from last night. I was no longer week. The tingling had stopped.

"Your shining!" Julie gasped pulling away first.

Smiles formed on everyone's faces as the stamp arose form my wrist dispersing into thin air.

"W-we did it!" We did it!" Alex shouted jumping up and down excitedly.

"It makes sense now. I didn't just hug one of you. I hugged all of you!"

"I guess love really does conquer all" Luke stated pulling me into his arms, making sure to leave space so I could still look up at him.

"We did it baby"

"We did it" I confirmed pulling him in for a loving passionate kiss with everyone cheering in the background.

————

Up Next: Charlie Gillespie x Reader

Jeremy Shada x Reader

Charlie Gillespie x Owen Patrick Joyner x Reader

Reggie Peters x Reader

Charlie Gillespie x Reader

Reggie Peters x Reader

Carrie Wilson x Reader

Sunset Curve x Reader

————

@lolychu @headheartbellarke @bookish0918 @kcd15 @ifilwtmfc @moviesbooksandfandoms @lovesanimals @lavender-writer @kaitieskidmore1 @morganayennefertyrell @iloveteenwolf @ghostofmgg @jammi13 @theravenclawlife

[streetlamphalo]

On book selections and how reading works in SPSFC

Well, the day is finally here! I can't believe that less than a month ago I was announcing my fellow judges for the inaugural edition of SPSFC (self-published science fiction competition), but here we are! Alongside the other wonderful people that make up team At Boundary's Edge, we're about to embark on a journey that starts with 30 books and sees us narrow that list down to three semifinalists. So, if you're unfamiliar with the format, here's how it will work:

We start off by reading around 20% of each book, before coming up with a shortlist of 10 that we want to read in full. For a completionist like me, this will be a test of true mettle, because I know I'll want to read each book in full, but I can't hold up the competition (and 30 books is a lot!). That being said, if there are any in this group of 30 that don't make it to the shortlist but that I found promising, I will do my best to read it in full. Also, although it means 20 of these books won't make it through, we will all write a short review of each of them. Publishing is a tough business and self-publishing even more so. I admittedly am new to the self-pub genre and in general the few that I have read have come with a lot of recommendations from places like r/fantasy. I would urge everyone to check out not only these 30, but all the entrants to the SPSFC! If, like me, you feel overwhelmed by the sheer choice available, then having a curated list like this to start from is really helpful. So, do yourself a favour and expand your reading horizons.

So, after we read the 10 in full, we will argue, bicker and discuss over the final 3 that we want to send to the next round. And after that there will be even more reading because other teams are choosing their own final 3. More on what happens with those books as the competitions progresses!

And now, without further ado, below the cut are the 30 books in team At Boundary's Edge, alongside their sci-fi category.

Vera Brooke - Sand Runner (Dystopia)

John B. Cheek - Bragg for Hire (Military Sci-Fi)

Doug J. Cooper - The Crystal Deception (AI)

R. Coots - Devour the Stars (Space Opera)

Matt Digman & Ryan Roddy - The Dark that Dwells (Space Opera)

Dave Dobson - DAROS (Space Opera)

Toshi Drake - Entity (Sci-Fi Horror)

Charon Dunn & Sally Smith - Rhonda Wray: Raptor Wrangler (Adventure)

Michael R. Fletcher - Ghosts of Tomorrow (Cyberpunk)

Aaron Frale - Time Burrito (Time Travel)

Chloe Garner - The Flight of the Kingfisher (Adventure)

Andy Giesler - The Nothing Within (Apocalyptic)

Erik E. Hanberg - The Lead Cloak (Tech Thriller)

Al Hess - Mazarin Blues (AI Romance)

Aaron Hodges - Defiant (Alien Invasion)

David Hoffer - Melody (First Contact)

David Kazzie - The Immune (Apocalyptic)

Jamie Krakover - Tracker220 (Cyberpunk)

Kyle McKeon - Blood Animus (Tech Thriller)

Darrel William Moore - Delphine Descends (Cyberpunk)

Edward Nile - Ironshield (Dieselpunk)

Callan Primer - Company Daughter (Adventure)

Mihai Pruna - The Shift (Alternate History)

Michael Reid Jr. - Khaos (AI Adventure)

Elliott Scott - Terms of Service (Cyberpunk)

N. C. Scrimgeour - The Exodus Betrayal (Cyberpunk)

Jesse Sprague - Beneath 5th City (Alien Invasion)

Brian G. Turner - Destroyer (Tech Thriller)

Dom Watson - The Boy Who Walked Too Far (Science Fantasy)

Tao Wong - Life in the North (LitRPG)

Good luck everyone!