#it’s my goddamn nephews

[cadaverchan]

You would think that by having 0 social life and never leaving the house not even to go to the shops you could avoid getting covid.

No.

I am suffering so badly you guys. I await the sweet embrace of death with open arms.

[pain-in-the-butler]

I was trying to figure out how to have Sebastian answer the phone in the next chapter of Coattails and well. can you fucking imagine

[hamstermastersamster]

8 months after the final hearing of my family's gruelling court case, we FINALLY have the actual final orders and documents in our hands.

We won. For 1.5 more years, at least, when sister's shitty ex can potentially take us back to court again.

But that would be rather stupid of him, given the fact that he stopped all platitudes and pretences of giving a shit about his son the second he 'lost' the final hearing. All the indirect contact we literally spent YEARS arguing about in court, that he was eventually allowed?

Not a single letter, card, gift, video message, anything since the day court ended. Multiple entire hearings and thousands of pounds were burned by him bitching that he should be allowed to send £100s in a gift card instead of £10, that he should be able to send unnecessarily expensive shit every month instead of on special occasions, etc. etc. and now he sends nothing. Because it was never about his son. It was about getting under my sister's skin and making her life a misery.

He'd be an idiot to try again, if he can't even be bothered with the indirect contact he fought for. The court would not look kindly on that.

So! I will hope for the best. We won, we protected my sis and fam from this shitstain of a human, and now we can move on.

All that's left is the final solicitor bill @_@ and, you know, the recovery from all the emotional scars and whatnot. Easy!

[gobbluthbutagirl]

honestly i know it sounds sleazy but if employers ask why there's a gap you can totally pull the "family emergency" card. they're not supposed to ask for specifics so they don't need to know the emergency is Seeing Hounds

hounds AND my nephew!!

[twotales]

The moment I think I'm doing better, I realize I'm really not, and then end up hiding from the world again.

[omarfor-orchestra]

I literally don't understand how these people want to be parents and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

[delicatepointofview]

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[definitelynotwinter]

how is being a new mom?

It's great! I'm super used to taking care of kids because of my niece and nephews (plus i have a childcare license and used to work in a daycare) but I've been going about taking care of my son in a bit different way than I'm used to which has been interesting!Having custody of my niece and nephews really prepared me for taking care of him though and being a mom is really what I was made to do I think. ( and if you didn't know I had custody of my oldest niece and nephew for about 6 years w/ my mom helping out primarily and I had custody of my littlest nephew who is now about to be 2 in August for the first few months of his life because my sister went into a coma when he was born.. she nearly died so I just took that responsibility)

Anyways! My son is perfect and amazing and really makes my dumb life worth living

[mitchievousness]

still at chapter 2 and i cried so hard it triggered my asthma lol

[kaizokuseb]

my sister was picking out what items she wanted, and she put a magic item in without letting me look at it and then just kept doing that while i made noise about her breaking the game. i took it all back out later but i designed a custom-made magical lute for her bard so she does have something cool as a compromise. but she’s calling me the dad of dnd now ;-;

[shadowshisui]

I hate how much my struggle to maintain a job or even have a well paying one to begin with makes it so difficult to be there and support my family

[acesammy]

highkey not looking forward to tomorrow

[fuckingarataswespeak]

Feel like no one wants to be around me grrrr bark bark bark

[fluffyblue-multifandommess]

yall a tumblr user i thought might have died or have something else terrible happen is back and I am. in tears.

[vivwritesfics]

Can We Get One

The youngest Leclerc loves baby Leo. So why the fuck won't her boyfriends let her get a puppy?

Norstappen x leclerc!reader

Okay I found out one of 'my' dogs died while writing this

"Hi Baby Leo," she gushed as she scooped her little puppy into her arms. He was like a little shark with the way he went to bite at her sleeve.

But she didn't much mind, gushing over the dog that she had dubbed her nephew (well, if Arthur and Lorenzo weren't going to make her an aunt, Leo it would have to be).

"I'm gonna kidnap you," she said in that baby voice as she stroked under his chin. "Gonna steal you away from your daddy so you can come live with me and Lando and Max."

She was in her own little world as she played with Leo, her brother, her boyfriends, lost to her. Max tried to call her name, but she waved him off to press kisses to Leo's head.

Lando and Max couldn't deny how goddamn cute she looked, holding Leo close to her chest. She scooted around on her ass to face them. "Boys, I'm in love," she said and pouted at them as Leo went to bite her chin.

"Baby," Lando began as he joined her on the floor. "We're not getting a dog."

"Assholes."

She turned her attention away from Lando and looked towards her brother. "Charlie, do you need a baby sitter?" She asked as she placed Leo in her lap. He happily sat there and chewed on her skirt.

"No way," Charles said. "You're not babysitting my dog."

A huff left her lips and she muttered something to Leo, something like 'you'd never be this mean to me, would you angel?' "If I move in with you, cook, clean, pay rent, can I get a puppy?" She asked as she looked at him.

Max couldn't stop the laugh that left his lips. "Um, excuse me," he called and tapped her on the shoulder. She ignored him. "Angel, just because we're not letting you get a puppy..."

"That's not it, Maxie," she muttered and scratched at Leo's belly. "Leo just wants me close, that's all."

The Leclercs had always had dogs growing up. It was one of the reasons Charles had gotten Leo. So, seeing his sister so in love with his little puppy, he knew he had to do something.

Charles picked Leo up and pulled his sister up from the floor. She put Leo in his harness, attached his lead and put him on the floor. "Why don't you take him for a walk?" He said and pointed her towards the door.

But she didn't leave. "Cha," she whispered, looking back at her boyfriend. "What're you doing?"

He whispered something in her ear, something that Max and Lando couldn't hear. Something along the lines of 'I'm gonna try and convince these guys to get you a dog'.

She couldn't help but smile as she walked out, Leo at her heels.

Charles began talking to Max and Lando. But what he was suggesting was unrealistic. How could they have a dog when they already have cats? It wouldn't have been fair to Jimmy and Sassy.

But Charles wouldn't drop it, wouldn't drop how happy she looked when she was with Leo. Wouldn't drop how happy she would be if they got her a puppy.

By the time she came back with Leo, they still weren't convinced. But Max couldn't get it out of his head. They were his cats at the end of the day.

It didn't take long for him to work out that he'd do anything to make her happy, including get a puppy.

Charles took her away for a week. He was in on it, happy to help however he could.

And, while they were away, Max and Lando brought home Baguette. The name was Lando's idea, a 'French Poodle for a French girl'. Which pissed her off because she was not in fact French.

It was Max's job to introduce Baguette to the cats. It wasn't smooth sailing, but the boys knew it wasn't going to be. And, by the time Charles brought her home, Baguette and the cats were coming fast friends.

The memory of the first time she met Baguette would always be ingrained into Max and Lando's memory.

She threw her arms around Lando's neck the moment she walked into the apartment, unaware. But then she heard the barking.

"Is Leo here?" She asked, clearly confused as she looked around for the puppy.

But Max didn't emerge with a puppy. Well, not that puppy anyway. The French Poodle puppy was a stranger to her. "We got you something," Lando said as he watched her expression.

"No." It was almost a whisper as Max approached, Baguette in his arms.

"Baguette, say hello to your mommy," Max said as he passed her the dog.

Her mouth fell open as she took Baguette from Max. "This... this is a joke, right?" She couldn't stop herself from asking as Max wrapped his arm around Lando's waist. "You guys got me a dog?"

"We sure did, baby," Lando said as he stepped out from Max's embraced. He stroked Baguettes head, touched his soft, curly ears. "Baby, meet Baguette."

(Baguette below)

[darkwood-hollows]

something i ran into today, and it's not the first time, that absolutely makes me mad is when bookstores ONLY carry part 1 of a series in a goddamn box set for $50 when the individual books are like $12. When i have to pop over to the singular abysmal target we have here in VT to find book 1 in a series you know things are bad.