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[mossycobblestonewrites]

DC X DP PROMPT #25

Amity Park is seen as a tourist trap, like the whole town. No one in Amity is aware of this. All tourists think the townees are just really into the act.

One (or multiple) super families have decided to go on a Classic American Road Trip™. Which means they simply must visit all the tourist traps they see!

While in Amity, on a guided bus tour, there is a ghost attack. While the other passengers are thrilled with the commitment to the bit, the superfamily starts to become suspicious.

[idle-compy]

*JWCT SPOILERS BELOW*

extremely messy live reaction

watched ep 1 from the roblox thing and didn't live react so

ep 2:

BEN GET UR EYES ON THE ROAD

ben eating out of a boot what is wrong with him

this whole van scene is fucking hilarious

BEN BROOKLYNN MEMORIES?? ON A ROOFTOP???

gonna make me cry on ep 2 I see how it is

darius just being overall disgusted with bens lifestyle I'm drying

"benjamin if you don't pull over I'm jumping out of your moving van is that what you want"

"is your friend ok?" "no 🙂"

USING THEY THEM PRONOUNS AS A DEFAULT HELL YEAH

ben has brown eyes at 17 mins

the roadtrip vibes are immaculate once u get past all the conspiracy stuff

why are these 2 licorice fanatics I hate them sm (affectionate)

ep 3:

"that is not at all what Hay smells like. have you never been around Hay before?" I'm obsessed with the dialogue

SAMMY HAVING AN ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PARWNTS HUH????

"why are we running? we do not have a good track record with running!"

BUMPY CHASIMG BUTTERFLIES MY BABYGITL

she still picks him up 😭😭

mantah corp island investigation hmmm..

"that destructive carnivore" DONT SPEAK ABOUT MY DAIGHTER LIKE THAT

ANOTHER BROOKLYNN MEMORY KILL ME NOW

is that the fuckimg pink jakcet

sammy holding thr box with no effort anf bens big ass almost dropping it

why is so much happening in Sammy's life I wanna give her a hug

"he's getting more than a mud pie! he's getting a knuckle sandwich!" "You kiss your mother with that mouth?"

OH SHIT CARLS DEAD

now sammy has blue eyes wtf

damn that atrocitaptor really hates pies

SAMMY RUN GIRL

bumpy basically telling ben to leave omfg 💔

do his eyes ever stay on thr road

the hug 😭😭

THE BROOKLYNN CONSPIRACY BEGINS

MYSTERY WHISTLE PERSPN

Ep 4:

this eps called "brothers" time to cry

darius mocking ben I love him

"she's fine 😌" "I'm not fine!"

ben calling bumpy a "strokg independent woman" " strange thing to say but ok"

TWO BENJAMIMS??

BEN HAS A GIRLFRIEND NOOPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

fuxk this

"she lives in.. europe?" he met her on that fucking conspiracy site didn't he

THE ALLOSAURUS

ben u eat food out of a boot u cannot talk ab kenjis place like that

"were not exactly on speaking terms" WHEN ARE YOU EVER

did kenji fucking shrink why does he seem so small

HE SHUT THE DOOR ON DAROUS STOP

THE STICKERS 😭😭

"this is. really something kenj!"

THE FANILY PHOTO IM GONNA SOBBBB

oh good lord the tension

"that's where my dad lives" OH FUCK

"I think we should split up" "you and yaz?!" TJE DISTRESS IN HIS FACE

his hand on his heart for the rest of the conversation he would've been more hurt by a breakup then they wouldve omfg

sammy tickle attacking ben THE FACT THAT SHE KNEW IT WOUD WORK

kenji masterfully climbing while darius is fighting for his life trying to put the gear on

WHY ARE THEY FIGHTIJG ON A MOUTNAIN SIDE

KENJI DUMPED BROOKLYNN?? OMG??

ANOTHER MEMORY

"I can't be with you anymore if you're not going to be with me" 😭😭😭

OH HES CRYING

ope kenj I saw that smile

KENJI AGREED TO SEE HIS DAD THE ANGSSTSTTSTSTST

NOOO THEY GOT BUMPY

ep 5:

WHY IS SO KUCH HAPPENING AROUMD THIS SANDWICH

WHY IS IT EVEN IN THE ROAD LIKE THAT

"that bush looks like ben" what does that even mean darius

KENJI CALLIMG DARIUS' MOM EVERY WEEK HE LOVES HER SM

I love this relationship ben and sammy have they're acting sm like siblings

ANOTHER BENJAMIN

HE STILL EATS CAROB

ben and sammy being dino activists ik that's rihht

mr king dino they could beat ur ass

FUCK YOU DANIEL STOP LOOKIMG HAPPY

THIS MAN TRYING TO LOOK GUILTY STFU

"did you have brooklynn killed?" straight to the point ok

"worried what?? that I'd double cross ya??" WHAT WAS ON THAT STICKY NOTE

BEN PUTTING SAMMY AS A SUSPECT?? ID BE PISSED TOO

he can't say the right thing to save his life

DANIEL TEYING TO KEEP SECRETS I VATE HIM

"just never had a father around to practice with" YEAH YOU GET HIM KENJI

NAH WHATS HE GOT PLANNED

"yeah ok I'll get my violin" kenji ily

NAH DANIELS STILL A SNAKE DONT TRUST HIM KENJI

sammy and ben causing mass destruction without meaning too hold habits die hard ig

YEAH SAMMY BEAT THAT MAN

bens list of loyal and amazing friends:

1) bumpy

2) corndogs

3) his van

DINO KING IS SUSPICIOUS?????

4) sammy

"he's just so!" "graah?" "yes! yes! exactly"

THE BROTHERS ARE COMMUNICSTIJG YEAAAHH

oh God I hope kenji has a backstabbing plan with this agreement

"I won't let you control me anymore" YEAH KENJI WALK AWAY

NUH UH YOU DO NOT GET TO LOOK SAD DANIEL YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF

"there was something about her that was different. almost dangerous" I am taking everything be says with a grain of salt but things are getting so suspicious??

OH SHIT ANOTHER DEAD GUY

LET 👏 HIM 👏 DIE 👏

THE WHISTLE AGAIN

what in the goddamn green earth is that woman

daniel u may have saved kenji but I still don't like u

THEY KILLED DANIEL WE ALL CHEERED

she seems so robotic I'm terrified

now who is this

not him speaking Japanese 😭 he needs a hug so bad

ep 6:

YAZ I MISSED YOU

her ptsd is hurting her so much omfg

ANOTHER BROOKLYNN MEMORY

moment of respect for the outfit changes in the memories

brooklynn got yaz into dino immersion therapy 😭

these memories are killing me man am I allowed to stop cryjng

SAMMYS CONTACT PHOTO 🫶🫶

BEN LIKES ROCK MUSIC CALLED IT

WHATS HE DOIN THE BG

"we haven't really talked much lately" does ANYONR have a good relationship in this show

"It'll be good for you two to reconnect"

"yeah.. I hope so" IT WILL BE SAMMY IT HAS TO BE

the gfs are still healthy all it good all it well in the world

"no dinosaurs?" "judging by the look of that thing I'd say we have one now"

oh sammy really is treating her like a fragile flower

I already watched this scene in the released clip but bens scream is somehow even more funny

ben still callimg her fadoula I love their relationship

THE GIRLF ARE FIGHTIJG NO

"girlfriend?" "why does everyone act so surprised when insay that" bc u are gay

I feel so bad for all these people like imagine dinos get into the place ur promised they won't be

OH THAT AINT DPW OH SHIT OH FUCK

IVE BEEN WANTING TO SEE THE AFTERMATH OF THE VAN GOING OFF THE BRIDGE YEAH

off topic but I am obsessed with the end credit cards

ep 7

the ep is called "that night" I am in fear

oh that's the moment sammy saw how much yaz has grown calling it now

I feel so bad for kenji rn hes in so much pain :((

he's probably so conflicted rn. daniel only ever hurt him but he's all kenji knows as his dad

THE HUG THE HUG THE HUGGGGG

"I'd be dead if it wasn't for her!" what do you know mateo WHAT DO YOU KNOW

"it was there on purpose" AAAAAAHHHH I mean we knew but AAAAAAHHHHHHHH

HEY DONT DO THE HOPELESS MHSIC WHILE THEYRE TRAPPEDBIN THE VAN I DONT LIKE WHAT IT INDICATES

"I can't have the last thing I see be bens soggy van!"

YEE HAW THEY GOT OUT

MATEOS STORY WOO HOO TIME TO GET SOME GAPS FILLED IN AND SOME ANDWERS QUESTIONED

oh shoot did he accidentally help the bad guys

now why would he get out ofbthe truck in such suspicious circumstances

WE HAD TO SEE HER DIE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

OH HE TOOK THE PHONE

THEY SWITCHED SCENES BEFORE WE COULD SEEBWHAT WAS ON THE PHONE AVAAAHAHAH

oh wow the wet hair animation is so much better omg

GIRLCEIEND MOMENT GIRLFRIEND MOMENT

"I guess we need each other huh" *makes out*

them having their moment while bens grieving his baby

"ciao cara mia" I hate him

BROOK HAD A SECRET HOUSE

kenjis night just keeps getting worse

bros been DYING to throw those phones

"oh I am so gonna haunt them from beyond the grave" never change yaz

where on earth are they gonna hide on that truck

mateo seemed like a decent guy hope all goes well for him

her apartment was cute asf ok brooklynn

DID YALL SEE THE MOTORCYCLE HELMETS ?????????????? YEAH BROOK U WERE THAT GIRL

kenji stop reminiscing ur gonna make me cry

THE BROS ARE BONDING THEYRE GETTING ALOMG

KENJI WHAT DO U SEE

darius putting all the pieces together is so rad bc I sure am not

A SUSPICIOUS BAG OF MONEY???? IN HER CLOSET??? BFOOK GIRL WHAT WERE U A PART OF

SHE WAS WPRKING WITH DANUEL SHE WAS WHAT WHAJAJDHSLAJHFJSLAJD

I hope she was doing it for an investigative purpose SHE BETTER HAVE BEEN

but why didn't Daniel bring it up HMmmmmm...

"or what else she was hiding from us" OH HES HURT HURT

darius driving the motorcycle instead of kenji I'm cackling

ep 8:

THEY HID WITH THE SEDATWD DINO ARE THEY INSANE

not the dino smacking rhe lips it doesn't have

now why is she gonna stand on the dino instead of getting bens giant self to look out the gap

the drop is gonna be how they reunite isn't it

kenji screaming bc of a spider he's so real

THEYRE BEINF BROTJERS YEAH WERE SO BACK BABY

oh so they're working for extra cash too hmm

oh this place actually looks nice

VIDEO MEMORIES IM GONNA SOB

I am sufficiently uncomfortable thanks for asking darius

the boys are fighting again JUST VET ALOMG PLEASE

darius misses her so much seeing a bird made him think of her 😭😭

lookimg at the dates on the voicemails it's been at least 3 months since she died

DARIUS IN BATHTUB I laughed this is supposed to be sad and I laughed

I sense something big coming I gotta walk around for a bit

"I was in love with brooklynn" OH FUCK OH SHITNOH AJAHDKLAQKHFLAKHFKLAL

now I REALLY have to walk around for bc WHAT

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WJAT WJATBQKHRLAJFLAHSLALKFHAL AAAAHAAHAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

rewatched the scene and I am no more sane ab it

BEN THIEVING ABILITIES MAKING A COMEBACN HELL YEAH

NAH WHATD THEY DOBTO BUMPY THEY BETTER NOT HURT MY GIRL

"boo." Yaz ily

THE VIDEO THE VUDEO AAAAAAAAAAAA

"were brothers righr?" HE SAID IT HE SAID IT WE WIN

every single moment with these 2 is so painful how am I supposed to exist in these conditons

WHAT DID THEY DO TO BUMPY WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER

THE GFS SAY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️❤️

THE DINOS JUST CHILLING INSTEAD OF STAMPEDING

YES QUEEN DINO U KILL THE MAN THAT TORTURED YOU

love the steggos just watching everything

yaz was smart with the lights u go girl

my heart is genuinely pounding for bumpy I am too attached to this fictional dinosaur

avocado costume?????? girls be fr

KENJI AND DARIUS ARE HERE TOO??

DARIUS IS GONNA FREE THAT BABY I KNOW HE IS

I hope the sino causes chaos later

"with me by your side, you kon climb anything too"

YEAH THE SINOS CAUSING CHAOS WOO HOO

"bumpy.. are you dying?" NUH UH BEN DONT SAY THAT NOPE

ALL THE CRYING SCENES THEY GOTTA STOP

kenji doing everything with graceful agility vs darius and his childlike experience

sammy kicking kenji TWICE now

TWO HUGS?? IN A ROW?? IM FED

the hugs are so much more natural in this series the animation improvement is insane

"creepy micro bangs'" that is a fantastic description kenji

THE ALLOSAURUS AGAIN

sammy being bumpys other parent 🫶

istg I'm already cryjng

if they kill bumpy idk what'll happen

bumpy is genuinely a part of their family they are completely falling apart rn

"move her tail!" IS SHE ABOUT TO LAY AN EHG

BUMPYS A MOM????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!???@?!?!?!?!?!?!??

them passing the egg around like a baby in a hospital such a proud family

"wait what?" "don't think about it bud"

"ben! you're gonna be a grandpa!" glad they also see her as his daughter

NAH THE GUY I FORG9T THE NAME OFNIS EVIL

ep 10:

LAST EPUSOXE ALREADY??????

cabrera thats his name

YEAH SAMMY BEAT HIS ASS U GO GIRL

NAH FREAKY BOB LADYS BACK

she is genuinely somebhorror movie shitnor something

that scene was genuinely so intense I completely froze

EHOS DRIVING THE TRUCK

MATEO MY MAN I KNEW YOUNWERE GOOD

THE DINOSBARE GOING FREE BEAUTIFUL GEORGOUS THROWUNG BOUQUETS

obsessed with the shot of the t Rex in front ofbthe explosion hell yeag

"leave my girl alone!" SCREAM IT YAZ

DARIUS FREEING THE ALLOSAURUS I SMELL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

WAS THAT BUMPYS EGG IN THAT CASE

about time this man died

creepy lady is actually super pretty I hate that she's evil and kinda insane

darius finally stopped blaming himself 😭

"my guy. you're still here?" "unfortunately yeah. you all get real vulnerable with each other. it's weird" I'm dying

FUCK DUXK A AKHDLAKWYAPAHHFLAHWLAK

BROOKLYNNNANNAMANANNN

OH MY GODBOHNMYNGOD SHES SYDNEY GUYS SHE FUCKIMG SYDNEY ITS FUCKIKG BROOKLYNN AKSHALAKQLLQKDJALJFL

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJKALAFJAJ

[caeli0306]

Hello! Welcome to the unhinged record of my writing and other obsessions

Hello! I'm Caeli. I'm 23 and a journalist by day, rabid Fourth Wing/Empyrean and Star Wars fan by night. FW got me back in to reading fantasy, and then IF left me with a crippling book hangover. I turned to writing fanfiction for the first time to try to get my mind off of it, and now I spend my days writing... and then go home at night and write some more.

My fics (all posted on AO3):

Completed:

Tales from the Airport Bathroom - Xaden/Violet spy/soldier AU almost entirely from Xaden's POV where Violet is Stab Happy and Xaden is a Simp, the meet cute is on an airplane, and Xaden gives wife guy vibes as Violet destroys her enemies. Completed, four chapters, 19.5k words. (1)(2)(3)(4)

the present, the past, and you in between - VERY angsty one shot from Xaden's POV where he reflects on his lifelong love for Violet. Completed, 1k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Shots? - One-shot College AU where Xaden thinks his feelings are unrequited but has to look out for Violet on an evening where she goes a little crazy with the Fireball shots. Completed, 10k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Roadtrip? - A short prequel to Did Someone Say Shots? based on the RQ War Games drabble prompt fics that were getting posted for the 1 year anniversary. Completed, 1.1k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Vacation? - A sequel of sorts to Did Someone Say Shots? that can be read on its own, where Xaden is vulnerable, Violet is emotional intelligent, and 🌶️. Completed, 12.7k words (1)

Violet Sorrengail's Guide to Spinning a Scandal - Xaden/Violet Modern Day AU where Violet is a political crisis consultant and Xaden is running for office. Mutual hatred turns to mutual pining, and of course, scorching sexual tension. 🌶️ eventually. Completed, 71k words. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

In-progress:

castles crumbling - Xaden/Violet assassin-spy/soldier AU, aka the extended version of Tales from the Airport Bathroom. In-progress, chapter 16 posted 10/8, 127.3k words and counting. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)

Danger Zone - Xaden/Violet Top Gun AU. In-progress, chapter 1 posted 10/13, 5.5k words and counting. (1)

On hiatus:

Swan Song - 2nd gen fic following Xaden and Violet's second daughter, Fen, as she tries to figure out who - or what - killed her sister Nora in a world where Tyrrendor is independent and the venin have been defeated for 25 years. Featuring the fan favorite Aidan Matthias, Rhiannon's adopted son with Tara, a brand new squad, and a squad leader with a very familiar name. Chapter 13 posted 4/14, 72k words and counting, on hiatus indefinitely. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)

Addendum - Companion piece for Swan Song. A series of one-shots expanding on the background of my Swan Song fic and giving perspective from different characters' POV's, especially Nora's. Chapter 3 posted 3/5, 4.6k words and counting, updated sporadically depending on story needs. (1)(2)(3)

Things to know:

Update Schedule:

I don't have one! Like I mentioned in my intro, I am a journalist by day, which means I already do a lot of writing on a daily basis. I love it, but that also means that during busy news cycles I might not have the time or the desire to write. I do this for fun and because I love sharing the worlds in my head with other people, but my first priority will always be myself. If I haven't updated in a week or two, that doesn't mean they'll never be updated! I will always put a note on my Tumblr if I'm putting something on hiatus, along with an estimate for when I plan to start updating again.

What I post about

In order to keep myself accountable, I post frequent updates on my writing progress here. As I said above, I write these stories because I love them, but also because I love sharing them. This helps me stay on track, while also letting people know the general progress of the next chapter.

How long will castles crumbling be?

TBD! Tales from the Airport Bathroom was no plan, just vibes. castles crumbling is the extended version, so it will obviously be longer. While I do have a general plan for this here extended version, I don't have a chapter-by-chapter outline the same way I do with Swan Song. This is partially because I'm still going back and forth on how parts of this story will go, but also because I want to try writing in a bit of a less structured way than I have been doing. I can't imagine it will be shorter than 25 chapters, but honestly, who knows? I'll update this when I have a better idea.

When will you update Addendum again? When should I read the different Addendum chapters?

I created Addendum because I wanted to give people insight into Nora without interrupting the flow of Swan Song. I expanded this concept by adding in a Violet POV chapter as well. These provide context to certain interactions, foreshadow future events, or otherwise flesh out the world in which Fen and the other characters inhabit. In short, it will be updated as needed.

Nora's First Addendum - Read after Chapter 4 of Swan Song

Nora's Second Addendum - Read after Chapter 7 of Swan Song

Violet's First Addendum - Read after Chapter 9 of Swan Song

Lastly, I love hearing from people who read my fics. Feel free to message me whenever, whether its to provide constructive criticism, ask a question, offer up a writing prompt, or just to say hi!

[eoieopda]

thoroughfare: texas (kth)

I met you there in Texas, somewhere on the thoroughfare / On the side of the road in some torn up clothes, with a pistol in my pocket

Pairing: Kim Taehyung x Reader Type: Multi-Part (1/5) ⇢ Masterlist Word Count: 1.6K Summary: You didn't have an escape plan when you left your old life behind, but you did come across a get-away car. Content: (Series) American Roadtrip AU; strangers to lovers; slow-burn; angst; smut // (Chapter) References to past relationship violence (not depicted); hitch-hiking; mention of blood (heel blisters); reader has a gun in her possession (not used); tw: Texas. A/N: This was originally going to be a one-shot, but now it's going to be a mini-series of vignettes! Here's state #1 on their 5-state trip West. Based on Ethel Cain's song by the same name.

DISCONTINUED

Freedom is a fickle thing. 

You spent your whole life waiting to leave home. To live on your own terms, with what you owned depending solely on what you’d earned yourself. When you got on that bus in Birmingham, that’s what you thought you were driving towards: a new slate.

Independence that made your giddy stomach flip with anticipation — a roller coaster going up, up, up. You knew it wouldn’t be easy, starting over alone, but nobody said it would be this hard. 

Not that you’d have listened if they did. 

For a while, you made it work. You found a hole in the wall to live in and a job that filled both your pockets and your pantry. You made friends, and you made time for yourself. You took the knife you’d stolen from your brother on your way out of town and whittled yourself a place in the world. And you were fine that way, accountable only to yourself.  

Free, you'd thought, free at last. 

Then he came along.  

That green-eyed, black-hearted son-of-a-bitch slithered around your heart like a copperhead, hissing honeyed words into your ear all the while. He was easy to love and that was precisely the problem. It made him impossible to leave.  

The thought must have crossed your mind a hundred times or more. You repeated those plans like prayers in your head every night before you climbed in bed beside him. But you didn’t leave and then you couldn’t. Eventually, it became too difficult to tell what he gripped tighter: your finances or your wrists. 

The only thing that hit harder than he did was the realization that you’d cornered yourself in a trap you'd built yourself. In doing so, you took a match and kerosene to any bridge leading somewhere familiar.  

Safer.  

Now, you stood on your front porch with all you could carry shoved hastily into a duffle bag. Burdens all slung over your shoulder; you took your first deep breath in recent memory. The thought spread over the open air when you exhaled a rueful laugh: if you had any matches left on you, you would’ve lit this place up, too.  

Instead, you’d opted — for once — to extinguish a fire. You’d do the wise thing and snuff out the flame before the backdraft could turn you to ash, too. Tucked into the back of your Levis, unloaded, was the revolver you’d stolen from the lockbox under the bed. If he was stupid enough to look for you, he’d find it pressed between his brows.  

Would he remember in that moment that he was the one who taught you to shoot? 

You set out on foot from there, leaving everything too heavy to hold in your wake. With the hot wind cracking like a whip against your bare legs, every step you took was erased mere seconds after being imprinted in the dirt. Having no path back home — to him — meant there was only one way left for you to go. 

Decidedly underfunded and underfed, you were thankful to be above water for the first time in a long damn time. The wind resistance made each step harder than the last, but you were grateful for the way it breathed life back into your bones. You greeted the burn of that effort like an old friend; with muscles no longer atrophied from all that time spent crouching in place. 

So, you walked, and walked, and walked over that arid ocean until your blistered heels begged you to stop.  

Three miles outside of San Antonio, you finally heeded their cries. You sat down, roadside, with your denim shorts in the dirt and your duffel bag behind you. Initially, you intended for that duffle to anchor you through unrelenting wind. Though forceful, it didn’t alleviate the heavy heat weighing down your shoulders. Thankfully, that duffel served a second purpose: it kept your tired frame from collapsing under the unforgiving, south-central sun. 

The only chill to be found was the Ruger’s cool metal against the sweat-slicked small of your back. Despite its capacity for violence, its hard presence against your skin felt safer than the blanket you carried with you through childhood. It didn’t entirely prevent your eyes from scanning the area for any hint of movement — but it sure as shit helped. 

As you watched dust swirl in miniature twisters across the cracked asphalt, you wondered if this town had always been so peaceful. Though run-down, it wasn’t as ugly a place as it felt. Maybe there was some timeline in which this could’ve been home.

Maybe —

As soon as that thought crossed your mind, the quiet you relished was replaced by the squeal of balding brakes. With a groan, you clambered to your aching feet just in time to eye the pickup truck slowing to a stop in front of you. Your right hand shielded your eyes from the glaring white overhead; your left moved slowly until it rested at the base of your spine.

Shit!

It wasn't loaded, but he didn't need to know that.

The stranger’s charming smile triggered something feral in the cellar of your brain. Fight or flight? He seemed to sense the panic in your pulse, even with the distance. Slowly, his hands left the steering wheel to be held where you could see them.  

“Hey, baby, don’t run – I'll take you anywhere you need to go, so long as you can point me to the I-10.” 

You blinked at him, then glanced down at your worn-out Doc Martens. By now, you were sure there was blood pooling in your socks. Worse, there was dirt sticking to every droplet of sweat on your body, turning all your hard-fought softness into something coarse.

If I end up dead, you thought, at least the truck I’d die in is air-conditioned.  

With a shrug, you grabbed your duffel off the ground and tossed it into the truck’s bed. He was beaming at you through the window when you crossed back to the passenger side. He was magnetic, you’d admit, but you knew better by now than to trust a charmer. 

His excited hand slapped the steering wheel as you settled in beside him and the way you flinched wasn’t lost on him.  

“Ah, sorry to make you jump, doll. I’m just glad to have found someone out here,” He chuckled through a sheepish smile.  

Rubbing his hand nervously over the back of his neck, he elaborated: “I’ve been driving around for a while, looking for a single soul to give me directions. Until I saw you sitting there, I thought I’d never get back to the highway.” 

“What made you think I’d help?” You asked with a flat tone and furrowed brow.  

If you could admit he was magnetic, you could admit that you were the opposite. Your stony gaze was more likely to repel others than attract them. The thing is, you neither wanted nor intended to be that way. His warmth was as confusing to you as his apparent faith in others. 

Had he met “others”? Awful, the whole lot of them. 

The stranger put the truck back into gear and resumed his southbound route. “You look like someone who knows where they’re headed,” He hummed, “Someone who wouldn’t steer me wrong.”  

Your disbelieving cackle caused him to glance over at you. Even the bemused twitch of his eyebrow didn’t undermine the self-assured grin lighting up his face.  

“The only place I’m headed is anywhere else.” With a sigh, you rolled your neck to face forward. Smirking, you gestured beyond the windshield, “And by the looks of it, you’re headed further away from the highway.” 

“Shit!” He muttered. With no one nearby to get in the way — or, more importantly, to cite him — he abruptly turned over the double-yellow to correct course. His tires nipped at the gravel when he ventured slightly off the road. “See? Kismet.” 

“Kismet?” 

Another glance your way, another smile.  

“Means fate,” He explained, though you already knew the definition of the word.

It was his hopefulness that confounded you, as well as the gratitude you didn’t do more than the bare minimum to earn. Then there was the way his uniquely boxy, mega-watt smile never seemed to leave his face. He held out his hand to shake before you could ask what the hell he was so happy for.  

“Taehyung,” he offered.

You supplied him with your hand as well as your name. Then, you gave into the ongoing conversation he seemed so intent on having. “Where’s the highway leading you, Taehyung?” 

“West,” was his reply and it earned him an eye roll and a snort. Of course, he was headed west; it was the only direction his chosen route could take him. Undeterred by your reaction, he looked back over at you and asked, “Wanna see it with me?”

“Why west?” You asked. Deep down, you didn't care. The only question bouncing around your skull was why me?

He had stars nestled in the warm brown of his eyes as he looked at you. That spark — that authentic, puzzling optimism — was the only reason you didn’t laugh right in his face when he answered: “’Cause love’s out there and I can’t leave it be.” 

At this, you grimaced without meaning to. He couldn’t be that naïve, could he? Thinking he’d find some fairy-tale ending where the sand met the sea? 

“Honey, love’s never meant much to me,” You started, but you quickly — and unexpectedly — turned on a dime when you watched the light in his smile start to waver, “But I’ll come with you, if you’re sure it’s what you need.”

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[kaifish-pond]

CG/Regressor Subtypes!! (Pt. 1)

(Note these are my OWN personal opinions/how I view them! Please take it with a grain of salt!)

Fatherly  CGs (note you are NOT required to ID as He/Him to use these labels!)

Papa CG (one of my favorite CGs)

Papa CGs to me, are sterner than Daddy CGs, but not as rigid as Father CGs. They offer a lot of gentle wisdom, encouragement, and a silent strength. They are prone to setting expectations (not rules) but then sometimes faltering on enforcing them all that much. But when they DO get fed up, OH BOY! 

They never punish or anything of that nature, but they do expect things from you. They are not wholly indulgent like a Daddy CG might be, but are more apt to let you have your own way than a Father CG would. 

They enjoy planning, keeping on a loose schedule, and mealtimes that consist of balance. They always make sure you drink water, but will of course let you have your iced coffee or energy drinks fairly often. 

They love giving treats when you deserve it, and driving you to get ice cream (Even in the middle of winter) is a huge treat even for them, because they love to see you happy! 

They love taking you on day or weekend trips, nothing too expensive but definitely a place that will be memorable! 

Papa CGs DO NOT need to be he/him to call themselves a Papa! Any gender can be a Papa!

Papa CGs are HIGHLY protective over their little one(s) and will never stand for anyone making fun of or bullying. They will also protect littles that aren’t theirs! 

Papa CGs always have your favorite candy on hand to reward you for a good job! 

Daddy CG

Daddy CGs are probably the most chill between Papa & Father CGs. They just want their little one to have the best time ever. They are just as silly and funloving as any little could be. They hardly ever get upset, and when they are the opt to just laugh it off or gently talk to their small one. 

They’ve never met a bad little in their life (except for a*usive littles, which are a thing) only misunderstood ones. They would rather get down to the root cause of what’s causing a little to lash out, then raise their voice

Daddy CGs also have expectations, but the main one is; Have Fun Kiddo! 

Daddy CGs LOVE to spoil you, toys, games, stuffies, colouring books. If you can dream it and its practical a Daddy CG will try and give it to you! 

Daddy CGs can often be taken advantage of because they are just so darn giving, so they have to be on the lookout for things of that nature! 

Daddy CGs will take you on the most amazing roadtrips & drives. They’ll just pick up the car keys and ask “Wanna go for a drive?” And next thing you know you’re two states over having the best pizza you’ve ever eaten (ONLY DRIVE WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND TRUST THO!)

Daddy CGs LOVE to see you smile and will do ANYTHING to make you happy. They shower you in all the best snacks, drinks, etc. 

Father CG

Father CGs are the most stern, and even a bit reserved/hands off. They watch you with loving adoration from afar (But NOT in an inauthentic/uncaring way) 

Father Cgs love their littles just as much as any other Cg, they just love watching you be independent and tackle life’s problems head on! 

Father Cgs are always looking out for their littles in ways that the little one may not even be aware of. Such as keeping receipts for taxes, or making sure their car has a full tank of gas, putting away money to treat them later 

Father Cgs may or may not be big on affection

More often than not Father Cgs have a HUGE well of knowledge to draw on to help out their little one when they’re in a scrape/bad spot and love to give advice

Father Cgs can be a bit rigid in their planning or schedules. “It's time for sleep NOW, Little one.”

Father Cgs are who you call when shit is hitting the fan and you need honest and practical advice 

[mapoeggplant]

skip to loafer chapter 49 // general comments, analyze (?)

i'm seriously extremely happy with this chapter. in just a few pages, we could see how much mitsumi grew and how she's getting more independent and stronger.

i love when we have opportunities like this: seeing the character change little by little, developing together with the story. that's what sensei is doing with mitsumi, that's why she's slowly making things change, slowly showing us how she needed all these steps to finally open up and bring her new friends to the place she grew up. it is a strong movement, it's mixing past and future, it's showing how much you grew but still are the same by hear. and her friends are clearly flattered to be a part of it.

this part time job not only made mitsumi grow but also made her realize that life never stops. if she wanted to make memories, she should move faster, move "before they all disband".

i can't wait to see all of the gang meeting fumi, mitsumi's family and the place that made mitsumi who she is. she's special, someone to be treasured and everyone around her can feel it. that's what she deserves :)

also, just a general thought:

not only we'll have the roadtrip we've been waiting for, but we'll finally be able to see nao-chan meeting her family again. this made me wonder, what if her dad was thinking about this possibility?? she called them to ask if it was ok and probably shared her plan with them, about nao driving them there. mitsumi's dad a very reserved man and doesn't talk much, but him hiding his face + saying that about her friend group makes me wonder a lot of things...mostly: him being kinda emotional about his daughter's growth + the possibility of being together with nao again, to make things right this time. just food for thought, all of this only means next arc is going to be AMAZING!

[hanhowls]

I am here with ✨questions✨:

14, 16, 18, 27, and 29! Please.

Oh hey Neal!! :)

14. Do you work?

Yup, another cog in the wheel haha. I work at a University.

16. Would you get a tattoo?

Yes yes and YES! I have 2 right now and have been wanting more. Have ideas in the works for another 3. Also planning for more piercings soon. There's something so cathartic to being in the chair getting them done.

18. Do you drive?

Yes! I wouldn't have been able to say yes 5 yrs ago tho. There were lots of barriers for me with having disabled parents and driving is such a privilege. I love the added independence and going on my own roadtrips.

27. Last book or movie that really impressed you?

It's not a movie but I've been watching Fargo (TV series). I am in season 2 currently and man that is some good stuff!! :D I love when shows/movies have twists you actually can't see. I didn't have high hopes because it seemed like a spin-off of the movie but happy to admit I was wrong.

29. Dumbest lie you've ever told?

Hmmm.. 🤔. Well, kids do lots of dumb shit so let's go there XD.

When I was 6 I told my youngest brother that those butter sticks in the fridge are actually very rare and probably the best tasting thing you could ever eat but to NOT eat them lol. Long story short he snuck into the fridge that same night, ate 2 bars and puked all over the kitchen. Even after we would still find bite marks occasionally on the butter lol. The power of older sibling suggestion can be a great force 😂.

[dex-starr]

It’s time to talk about what I had planned as the big thing. So I had gotten it in my brain that hey dude you kind of just bought a car and you were told you were gonna get it. What’s a year of waiting so you could do a roadtrip for your big move with your person? Apparently it’s a lot of fucking time that is. So the big plan was for me to just have the initiative to ask you to join me on it. Just you and me something we finally get to do alone because we’ve always had our families there with us love ‘em or hate ‘em. I just wanted to do something big and something independent. I just wanted to be able to show off all the reasons I felt what I felt and you felt what you felt since I think we just needed to re-center on that. I know I did. Everything else was just so complicated at this point. Keep it simple stupid.

So with that road trip idea I had a few things in mind. Learn some songs to play you and get over being nervous about playing a song to you that you requested. And secondly hope I was healthier by this year too (I did become healthier but alas things ended). It kind of turned to shit because I froze having all this grandiose shit in my head to do but failing at what was immediately going on. But hey there’s ADHD paralysis. The second part of my plan was once we were settled in I would ask you to go up north because I owed you a trip with me since the start of it all. I still remembered talking to you daily and just being like fuck this sounds great to experience together. So we would do that. The first night I’d want to go on a hike somewhere maybe be able to see the stars together. I would just talk about how strongly I felt during that trip when you were talking to me and how that feeling hadn’t changed to this very day. That I know I come off as aloof and a bunch of other shit but god damn I think of you every millisecond it’s like the poochie meme. If you’re off screen then I gotta be talking about you and all that asking where you’re at. That like to this day I didn’t know what the fuck this meant because I was always in honeymoon phase apparently when I explained my feelings to people. Yeah I was comfortable but I was still there I just couldn’t act on it because of my problems.

So I wanted to say that I loved you more than anything still, this was a long time coming and I’m sorry I made you wait for so long. That I’m so glad you understood that I was going through so much too and just trying to keep it together and be with you. There is nothing that at this time made me happier and I don’t know if there could be. I know I jokingly said we’d marry and that we were going to end up eloping but hey I do want to marry you. So uhhh… do you want to have a ceremony or like do you want to elope and then have a ceremony after? Because like yeah dude I can’t see myself doing anything other than this with you. That’s just how it’s been. I knew you’d say yes to doing it, but I didn’t know if you’d take me up on the eloping portion. I didn’t care that I’d probably be fucking with your credit and shit like that I just wanted that name to be shared finally and for it to finally be a reality instead of just me saying it to you and you saying it to me.

But that didn’t happen and things went as they went. I didn’t not plan anything out. I really did and this was the most prevalent one out of all of them. The other one was planning something for Halloween or Christmas maybe making you something special to eat since you kept my foodie ass well fed. I had ideas and I know I felt how I felt then. Shit happened and well it ended in probably the worst way it could. I don’t think you imagined it ever going down like that and I didn’t either. I don’t think I ever saw myself freezing as badly as I did to the point where I saw everything tragic happening in front of me but couldn’t reach out and do anything about it. It was the first time in my life I like experienced this severe panic. I hope it’s the last time because I don’t want to be like that. I don’t want the bad part of my brain to control me like that anymore. I want to be able to say I can plan something stupid like this again

[onecanonlife]

Fic Masterlist

Multi-Chapter Fics

careful son (you got dreamer’s plans): In which Wilbur gets resurrected entirely against his will, and a broken family starts to heal. If, that is, the Egg doesn’t get them all killed first. (canon divergence; 159k; complete!) (ao3 link) (chapter one) (chapter two) (chapter three) (chapter four) (chapter five) (chapter six) (chapter seven) (chapter eight) (chapter nine) (chapter ten) (chapter eleven) (chapter twelve) (chapter thirteen) (chapter fourteen) (chapter fifteen) (chapter sixteen) (chapter seventeen) (chapter eighteen) (chapter nineteen) (chapter twenty) (chapter twenty-one) (chapter twenty-two) (chapter twenty-three) (now with a sequel)

there will not be such endings: Tommy travels back in time and tries to prevent a nightmare from happening to everyone he knows. Everyone he knows, meanwhile, is very concerned. (time travel au; currently 84.2k) (ao3 link) (part one) (part two) (part three) (part four) (part five) (part six) (part seven) (part eight) (part nine) (part ten) (part eleven) (part twelve) (part thirteen) (part fourteen) (part fifteen) (part sixteen) (part seventeen) (part eighteen) (part nineteen)

hold on (one more time, with feeling): In which the stresses of the presidency give Wilbur a white streak of hair earlier in canon, and somehow, this serves as the cry for help he can never bring himself to make. (canon divergence; 28.9k; complete!) (ao3 link) (part one) (part two) (part three) (part four)

the wind that remakes: An Anastasia AU in which Tommy has amnesia and doesn't think about it much, Wilbur has amnesia and thinks about it a good bit, Techno doesn't know what to think about any of this, Tubbo has skeletons of his own in his closet, and far away, Philza is losing hope that his sons will ever come home. (anastasia au; currently 23.8k) (ao3 link) (chapter one) (chapter two) (chapter three) (chapter four) (chapter five)

yield your dead: In which Wilbur is dead but refuses to be silenced, Tommy and Tubbo haven't been heard from in weeks, Ranboo's found himself in the midst of something he doesn't understand, and there always seems to be at least one more secret. (analog horror, modern day au; currently 17.8k; four chapters on ao3) (ao3 link)

for thine is the kingdom: In which Wilbur becomes tied to Pogtopia after his death. Nothing at all changes, and yet everything does. And there are still people who don't want to let go. (canon divergence, fix-it; currently 26.5k) (ao3 link) (chapter one) (chapter two) (chapter three) (chapter four) (chapter five)

Oneshots

how high the cliff, how low the sea: Tommy is dead. The server reacts. (1.7k) (ao3 link)

flight risk: Wilbur has never had wings. He has long since resigned himself to that fact. But then, Wilbur returns to life, and his back begins to ache. (6.1k) (ao3 link)

chip at the bricks (and fill up your pockets): In which thunder can sound a lot like trains, and Tommy is reminded, very suddenly and very painfully, that Wilbur Soot is human. (4.2k) (ao3 link)

as the crow flies: Wilbur comes back, immediately discovers that he can shapeshift now, for some reason, and goes to tell Phil about it. Phil, meanwhile, is just trying to roll with the punches, and Wilbur's hardly making it easy. (5.3k) (ao3 link)

these haunted, holy places: In which it is the anniversary of L'Manberg's independence, and Eret finds someone in their museum. There are some things that need to be said. (3.5k) (ao3 link)

even children get older: On Tommy, Wilbur, grieving, graves, a past that refuses to let go, and learning to look forward at long last. (5.6k) (ao3 link)

where to find a silver lining (as the mercury keeps rising): In which the Egg breaches containment, Wilbur finds a lost baby piglin, and he decides that he’s not going to abandon him to die. Aka, Wilbur, Michael, and the Worst Roadtrip Ever. (10.1k) (ao3 link)

so we’ll come (we will find our way home): In which a community rebuilds itself, piece by weathered piece. The sequel to careful son. (19.5k) (ao3 link)

Ficlets: philza going to get tommy from prison (~800 words); ranboo plants flowers and tommy receives them (~1.3k words); tommy is alive, much to sam’s shock (~800 words); tommy convinces tubbo he’s actually alive (~1.5k words); enderwalk!ranboo comforts tommy (~1.4k words); sam checks on ranboo and doesn’t like what he finds (~1.5k words); puffy and eret in the aftermath of the banquet (~1.6k words); wilbur’s back!! (~800 words); in which ghostbur is brave (~1.8k words); purpled and tommy after the ufo’s destruction (~1.8k words); quackity, wilbur, and the meaning of being human (~2.2k words); no context superhero au (~1.1k words); sapnap, after everything goes wrong (~1.4k words); lmao now ranboo’s dead rip (~1.1k words) tubbo plays house with a ghost (~700 words)

and, not writing, but i made a c!wilbur playlist (post here, spotify link here)

[jaefluenza]

A Roadtrip with a Stranger | J.jh

one important rule: do not fall in love 🍑

🔅 4,831k words

🔅 fluff, overseas student!characters and more fluff!!!

🔅 youtuber!jung jaehyun x reader

🔅 warning: i didn’t proofread this :(

Hey! It’s been so long since I write on this platform. I hope you guys still like my work cause I’ve been working hard to get the desire to write again. Things has been rough for me mentally that makes me kinda lost the feeling of writing. But I decide to write again, yay! Oh and this work was inspired by an admirable travel vlog by Valspire Family where he went on a roadtrip with a stranger. I’ll put the link to the video at the very end of this work. Hope you like it, and I’m sorry that it’s not gender-neutral but you can use your own imagine from this one i guess :) love y’all.

Jaehyun swam through his e-mails. Okay, no more AdSense pouring in... He wondered. It seems like he needs to create a new content. So, Jung Jaehyun right here is a travel youtuber, where he often travels from place to place, all by himself. He loves traveling. He did it even before he discovered a whole new thing called YouTube. Yeah, that time, he travels by the help of his parents. As an abroad student, he relied a lot on his parents back in their hometown. So he saved some money to travel from close places to places before he eventually wanted to travel overseas as well. Jaehyun learned that he can’t keep using his pocket money to travel forever, he needs to look for a better way.

So when his friends told him to start a YouTube channel, he didn’t even hesitate. As luck sides with him, he started to look through his old memory card where he put all of his videos and photos of his traveling journey. He was so glad that he kept all of them, even though he would reminisce on how he almost drop his camera on a cliff while doing a cheap vlog. Jaehyun uploaded the videos that he edited at 2 am, after doing the assignment he got from college. Such a model student, indeed... And guess what? People love him! His first video got 10,000 views and 167 comments about how he captured the moment beautifully. He even gained 450 new subscribers on his first day of being YouTuber.

Now, after two months of uploading his old local travel videos, he gained more than 23,000 subscribers and thousands and thousands of views, he finally gained independent money from all the ad-sense he received from his videos. So, he’s ready for a new level of adventure, of course, on his own. “Where would I go....?”

He dives through the mailbox again as he only looks randomly at the screen, and suddenly a notification pops up to his surprise. “Y/n (surname)?” He clicked the new e-mail right away, unbothered to look at the subject line first.

“Hey, do you want to go on a roadtrip with me, I guess? this my number, 0xxxxxxxxx text me 🤙”

“Holy shi-” Jaehyun almost cursed before he closes his mouth, shocked by the new thing he discovered on the Macbook screen. A stranger, asking him to go on a roadtrip? Wait, is this real? Well, it has been one of his goals to travel with a stranger, but when he actually goes through it, his head feels like falling into the floor.

He typed the number on the dial pad and add the new contact on his phone. He clicked the message app but before he’s even able to type what he’d want to say, his hand shakes in nervousness. I mean, this isn’t the first time he’s talking to a stranger. He has several moments where he needs to ask some other students he doesn’t know because he has to finish the group project given, but this one feels so different. The thought of going with someone you don’t know if it’s a he or she, spending time with them in the coldness of the night, holding hands with them when you reach the top of an abandoned tower, or holding on an urge to kiss them when it gets too warm in the car... Well, Jaehyun is now thinking so hard when he doesn’t need to. “Okay, okay, let’s get this done. Ask her what’s up and you’re done,” He reassured himself.

“Hey, it’s me Jaehyun. I saw your mail. What’s up?” Sent.

“Okay, okay. That’s good, you did it. Now let’s just eat some chips before they actually reply-” A familiar notification pops up and he can’t push his head away from his phone anymore.

“Omg hi! That was such a fast response! Thank you so much for texting me, I’m such a fan! Uh anyway, i’m (y/n). I want to know if you’re interested to go to the national flower festival with me which is happening in 10 days and if we’re heading there by a van it will be a 4 days travel and we still have 5 days to prepare and tour around the city.”

“Fantastic. Sure. So when do we meet tho?”

“Tomorrow, I guess?”

“Sure. See ya!”

“So, what makes you so excited today, Mr. Jung? I’ve never seen you this cheerful around college since the first day of your youtuber life.” Johnny chirped at the young man. “I’ll be meeting someone new today,” he replied. Johnny rubbed his ears together to listen more carefully simply because he doesn’t believe that his friend’s gonna meet, possibly a new girl?

“I don’t know, john. They could be a he or a she. They only sent me a mail.”

Later that evening, Jaehyun finds himself waiting in the restaurant where she told him to meet up. He glanced at his watch as he waits patiently and he naturally feels like he’s going on a blind date. He holds himself not to order anything until the person’s arrived.

“Oh my god, it has been only 15 minutes but why do I start to feel like I’ve been scammed?” Almost a minute after he said that, a cheerful young lady walked towards his table and asked, “Jaehyun Jung, am I right?” Damn. This is real. “Uh yeah. Hi! Nice to finally meet you, (Y/n.)” He nervously reach out his hand for a shake and she gladly shakes his hand in return. 

“So, guess we now have to set some plan, do we?” Jaehyun said. Afterall, suggesting a plan making seems to be a meaningless idea because when the girl explained the route plan to the festival, he only got mesmerized, lost in her excited eyes. “Hey, are you listening?” Her gentle accent got him right back into his senses and he only laugh while scratching his nape awkwardly. “Woah, I can’t believe a famous travel youtuber like you aren’t that prepared for a kinda long roadtrip like this. Are you even experienced?” She teased him a smile.

“Hey, that’s mean,” he pouted. “I’m ready, more than ever, if you would know. But, well, this traveling with stranger thingy is kind of new to me so... bare with me, please?”

She smirked, “Hell yeah. It’s my first time, too.”

The two then decided to go buy the things they would need in the van. (Y/n) was the one to rent the van and it was decided when the two agreed that they can only afford an old small camper van fit for two people to sleep in the back seats. So they got almost everything such as blankets, sleeping bags, some little decorations to set the mood, and of course, some snacks and beverages. “I’m surprised that you hate redbulls.” Jaehyun teased the younger lady. 

“Dude, me being overly happy doesn’t mean that I drink redbulls... I only drink eight shots of coffee.”

“Damn, that makes sense, too,” he replied with a cheeky smile.

On the first day of a long drive through so many lonely highways, things weren’t going awkward, thank goodness. She comfortably talks to him like he’s an old friend, and he only replies with grins and smiles. It’s all good, until things got deeper as the sun emerges down the ground.

“Alright, let me set my other camera before we grab dinner.” Jaehyun shot up from his camping chair to the van after he set the campfire to warm them both. “Sure, indie boy.”

“Stop calling me that.”

“But you are.. an indie boy.”

“Okay, you won’t stop calling me that, huh?”

(Y/n) put her hand under her chin, looking blankly at the fire, reflecting so hard about how she actually starts to enjoy this trip, when she only meet him yesterday. “Hey, what makes you look so serious like that?” The man sat back on his chair after he successfully brought her back into her senses real quick. 

“Nuh-uh, do you really want me to think out loud?” “Oh, no thanks. Now I regret for worrying.” She chuckled lightly. 

“You know what, when I told you that I’m a fan of your channel, I really meant it. I’ve been a subscriber since you only have, uhm, from what I remember, 242 subscribers, I guess? And fun fact, I’m actually in the same major as you but you won’t notice me, anyway. I’m too quiet.” Jaehyun nearly drop his foldable cup when he heard that. “What? Seriously? You’re in the same college- no, same major as me? How could I- Oh don’t worry, I also am way too quiet for my own being. I don’t really make a lot of friends at college. No one really knows who I am if it’s not for my public channel.”

“I can see that you have such a nice personality. I always love how you expressed your hidden feelings through your vlogs. They’re beautiful.”

“Is that a way to say that I’m pretty?” He winked. “Oh come on, (Y/n). Just diss me like you’ve been doing for the past two days of us knowing each other better.” Again, she laughs.

“Do you know what’s the coolest thing ever in this trip?” She asked. “What is it?”

“It is how I made one significant rule in this trip, that is... to not fall in love with each other.” And somehow, Jaehyun lost his smile for awhile. “Oh, really? Well, it’s not quite hard,” he faked a smirk. “You’re mean.”

“Huh, actually, what makes you think that?” He asked sheepishly. He doesn’t want her to catch what’s happening, like how he actually doesn’t really agree with the ‘significant’ rule. “I don’t know. It’s just, my actual purpose of this trip was just to... you know, gain a friend. And that friend turns out to be you! And falling in love means you’re going to lose someone at the end and I hate to lose a friend I just gained from this trip.”

“Ah... that makes sense. But love doesn’t always goes into an end, Y/n.”

“It does,” she smiled with a visible hint of pain, and Jaehyun hates that. “I had the experience. I’m not trying to act like a sad bitch or something, but falling in love sucks. It means you’re ready for a freaking goodbye and farewell.”

He was going to say something but she cuts him up by getting off her chair, possibly ready to cook instant ramen for dinner. “Alright, my stomach’s grumbling. I’m boiling the water, and you, mister, help me open up the packs, please?” And when he looked at her pair of watery eyes, he decided not to say something and replied with a smile. “Yes, maam.”

The night gets colder and now both the youngsters are heading to bed– the back uncovered seats in the van. “So, this is where we’re going to sleep. As you can see, (Y/n) over here is alread inside her sleeping bag. This is going to be such a great sleepover, I guess?” He snickered. “Don’t lie, Jung. I’m gonna put a bug inside your bag tonight when you’re asleep.”

He turned the camera off and lay down beside her sleeping bag, dropping more blankets around him to cover his body better. “This is our first sleep, you know?”

“That’s true. We might wake up like dead.” She said something gibberish after that along with a yawn. “It’s getting hot in here.” She added. (Y/n) wriggled out of her sleeping bag to get more cool air but Jaehyun only looked at her with a weird look. “I’m curling my body into a ball like a caterpillar and you said it’s getting hotter? You’re unbelievable.”

“You clearly haven’t found yourself getting stuck in a snowstorm in Everest, have you?” “I am not that experienced yet. Have you either?” “Nah, I would die.” “Gosh.”

Jaehyun keeps his glances trained at the younger lady, wanting so much to feel the warmth of her body next to him, to warm him- or maybe each other. “Are you sure you’re not cold?” He asked. “Yeah, I’m getting comfortable- not really, actually. Urgh, what am I talking about...”

He chuckled. “Come here. There’s only both of us here, so practically, I am your heater. Besides, it kinda sucks that we cannot afford a van that has a cool heater inside. Uhm.. what I mean is.. do you want to cuddle?”

(Y/n) turned her body to face him. She actually shifted closer but Jaehyun caught the signs that she actually doesn’t want to show her consent. “Come here,” he said gently. “B-but, what about the rule?”

“Cutie, we cuddling doesn’t mean that we’re falling in love. We only need warmth.” Jaehyun put his arm around her without hesitance and she accepted his secure arms. She found herself getting sleepier than ever and now the screen in her sight went black. Jaehyun smiled at the peaceful sight, and he carressed her cheeks gently, not wanting to wake her up, as he says, “Now I’m actually glad that we get this non-heater van. I can become your warmth everytime.” That night, he slept with a smile plestered on his face.

The sun rises on sight better than yesterday as it prisms over the medium-sized windows of the van and light starts to fill in the narrow space, replacing the coldness. She wakes up first, feeling the ray hits her face warmly. Oh my, it’s already morning...

As cliche as it looks like, when she wants to get up she could feel a pair of strong arms securing themselves around her body. Well, she’s not that stupid to not realize who’s the owner, the only guy she has been with over the past few days. She wanted to wriggle out of his arms, but her brain failed to command her body when the heart does what it wants. And it gets what it wants.

(Y/n) feels something different when she’s about two centimeters away from his face, and it surely feels so different when it comes to only seeing him through her iPad screen. But she doesn’t get it. Why is he... so gorgeous? She was about to stare longer but then he opens his eyes beautifully. “Why are you staring at me?” She flinched, not because she was shocked when he woke up, well actually that’s one of the reason, but, actually, because of his raspy morning voice. They sound kind of.. angelic.

“Wake up, let’s see the sunrise.” She finally wriggles out of his arms and goes to open the door. The cool breeze started to hit her lightly, almost makes her flying aesthetically, as she wished that she could wake up breathing this kind of air every morning. “Well, I didn’t know the sun could look this pretty, and we paid for nothing at all.” Jaehyun stood behind her while doing some stretches because his arms were stuck cuddling her last night, not something he could complain about, though.

“Get your camera out, bud. This will definitely get you hundred thousands of view, I’m sure.”

They ended up playing under the warming sun around the van, the camera only watching them. It feels like they are owning the world and she feels so wonderful. She feels so blessed, and it amazes her that she could have this happening with a complete stranger, a young man that starts to fill in her empty insides. She was reassured that impossible things could happen.

“So where are we heading now?” Jaehyun put the camera on the dashboard while he stole a glance at the driver besides him. “We’re passing a small city near here and we’re gonna walk around to see if there’s anything fun to visit.” (Y/n) was so glad that she’s the one driving, otherwise she wouldn’t have any other reason for not looking back at his eyes.

“Or maybe we can just rely on Google.” Jaehyun added. “Nah, that’s just not fun. We still have 14 hours of free times before we have to catch up to the festival.”

“So, yeap. I think we’re being super rebellious right now, slowing down our trip, or maybe (Y/n) right here loves to stay longer with me- Ouch!”

They drove past the yellowish trees and even though it’s in the middle of the day when the sun’s supposed to be up right above the van, the yellowish sky around them doesn’t support the cool breeze Jaehyun feels whenever he put his hand out of the window.

“Okay, I’m trying to wake myself up! Ready?” Jaehyun chuckled before he wobbles his head lightly, preparing himself to press the play button. The girl nodded excitedly, trying a little bit hard to not get so excited because she’s driving. Jaehyun pressed the button and the rock and roll song starts to fill in the car. She laughed at how he vibes so hard to the song, and honestly, she never had anything like this. Chilling past the long highway with yellow trees and the hidden sun makes the whole day so calming. She truly feels so blessed.

“Hey, look!” Jaehyun pointed at a petite tea shop across the street when they both walked around the small city to take a break. The little shop looks very nice with a cute vintage look interior which is visible from the outside. “Do you want to have some tea, like the british?”

“Nah, we should just take some pictures there. I’m going to go get redbulls.” “Seriously?”

After nearly four hours of driving, the both of them finally comes to the hours of the sunset. They pulled over and set the camera to the angle where they can get better view of them chilling under the sunset, or maybe just playing around the van like they did in the morning.

“You know what, I think it’s gonna be pretty cool if we climbed on top of the car and pose to get some footages?” Jaehyun suggested. “Are you crazy? We can’t scratch the car, otherwise we will get charged,” she argued.

“Nah, who the hell cares? It’s not like they will bother themselves by checking all over the car. Come on, I’m gonna go first.” Jaehyun climbed through the back of the van and she only laughed as a response. Sometimes, he’s unbearable.

“Okay, you should climb up now.” Jaehyun reached out both of his hands to help her get to the top of the van, and when she did, she didn’t regret doing his suggestions at all cause, the view is so goddamn pretty. “Woah,” she murmured. They both sat down and try to enjoy the view despite the less time that they have right now.

“What made you want to go on a roadtrip with a stranger?” Jaehyun asked. “Um, I’ve taken a semester off this year, and I don’t really have any friends at the moment to spend time with, so... decided I could go out and gain some randomly.” She chuckled bitterly. “I wanted to do something fun. I wanted to go on a roadtrip, but that’s not very fun alone. So I was like, who is the most spontaneous person I can think of... and so I asked you.”

Jaehyun laughed with his whole heart. “It’s really crazy.” His dimples are showing through and she swears, they are driving her crazy. “And you followed through!”

“I can’t believe we’re doing this.” “I know!”

Jaehyun encouraged himself to look at her, this time with deeply moved eyes, and he now realizes that he really admires her young and free figure. “So, are we friends now?” She asked.

When she turned at him, there she goes, with those pair of eyes, looking through his eyes in return. Jaehyun flinched, shocked by how mesmerized he is by her every movement. Like how her hair moves along with the evening breeze, and how her eyelids stutter beautifully, also how her lips turned into a little smile when she opened her mouth. And he smiled back, “Yes, we are.”

Three days have passed and now they are gonna arrive at the city which is the final destination where the national flower festival will be held, how amazing is that. They visited random cities while taking a break, grabbing lunch at a motel in the middle of nowhere, and stopping by at midnight just to lay down on the empty big road to see the stars. 

As strangers, both of them have been going through a lot of things together, only in a few days. Though the ‘significant’ rule was not so forgotten throughout the trip, they can’t help but feel flattered by each other. The young man, who has been broken inside, admitted deeply inside that she had never experienced anything like what she has been doing with the complete stranger, and neither does the young man. 

Jaehyun knows that she is straight up serious about what she said. It was that one significant rule that keeps him held back, to not fall in love with each other. It kinds of frustrating him that he couldn’t touch her like his brain told him to. He respected her without a doubt, and breaking or hurting her would be the least thing he ever wanted during this trip.

The most ironic thing Jaehyun has ever think of is, how his main goal of this trip was to gain a friend. Now he doesn’t want to be just friends. He wishes for more than that. He fell in love with her.

“I can’t believe it! We’re almost there! I can’t wait to see all the beautiful flowers!” She holds the camera up to his face as he drives to the final destination in the city. “Do you really like flowers that much?” He asked.

“Yeah, they’re beautiful, calming, and entertaining. Whenever I pick one, I always got reminded that wherever you are and whatever you’re being, you can still look pretty and graceful. I mean, sometimes people step on some petite flowers on the street but that doesn’t mean they’ll look uglier and unworthy.”

“That’s true. I mean, look at you, still shining even though your surroundings are dark.” He instinctively moved his fingers to the side of her face, gently brushing her hair aside and she only stuttered nervously.

“Jaehyun,” she faintly murmured. “Okay okay, I know that you have made the one significant rule in this trip and I want you to know how much I respect you for that. I’m also very glad that I’m able to gain a friend like you but... during this trip,” he sighed. “I can’t help but think about you... more than I think I should do.”

She keeps her mouth close, not knowing how to respond to the sudden confession. It’s not like she didn’t expect this to happen, anyway. When it comes to the first time she saw him at the cafe, her insides turn upside down. However she kept it in her heart that she signed up for this not to look for a boyfriend or someone to sleep with, but a friend.

“What if I do the same too?” She replied with her consciousness. With that one sentence, Jaehyun steps on the brake so hard that their things in the back almost sprung themselves to the front and (Y/n) cursed. “What the heck, are you trying to get us dead?!”

“Shit, I’m sorry,” he said breathlessly before pulling over in the middle of the long road. “Gosh, what did you say earlier?”

“I said, are you trying to get us dead?”

“No, the other one before that,” he pleaded.

“Huh? W-what if I do the same too?” She tilts her head.

“So you’re saying... that you like me too? No, that’s too soon. Are you thinking of me too?”

She can’t help but chuckle when she saw his eyes grew big with excitement and... a little bit of expectation. “Yeah,” she replied. There’s a long silence after that and doubt starts to grow inside her heart but then... “So, can I?”

“What-”

He immediately attached his lips to hers, heart pounding so hard that it feels like he’s going to die because of the thrill. For the girl, his lips taste like... excitement? Happiness, and perhaps love?

A few people that she thought would give her sunshine and happiness actually have never been anything like this. She’s actually glad that his kiss made her close her eyes to the feel. No matter how much she keeps saying it, never in a way that it gets her bored to say no one has ever made her experience something like this. Kissing in the middle of nowhere, under the burning rays of sun, nothing other than the camera witnessing what’s happening between the two of them and it really, really feels like they are owning the world.

Nice. Now they’re in a motel near the festival as tomorrow is the exact time they would open the gate to all the flowers collected from all over the world. (Y/n) loves flower so much that she decided to check into a motel that has a flower pattern on its wall.

“You can’t just choose this one just because they have a flower pattern on the room’s wall! The review is just so-so!” Jaehyun complained.

“Hey, didn’t you say that wherever I go, you’ll go, and wherever I’ll be, you’ll be?”

“But I won’t be at the same place as you if it’s not guaranteed that they don’t have any bugs at all.”

Booking a room for two which has a twin bed, both of them entered the room, though Jaehyun had to insist to book a room with a queen bed, but failed miserably.

“I’m going to shower first.” (Y/n) goes to prepare her bathing kit and of course, her clothes. “Yeah, sure.”

While she showers, the man wondered if he should officially ask her out, since she said she’s gonna transfer schools soon which means that he might not seeing her again after the roadtrip so maybe an official relationship will make it easier for him to contact her often.

“Should I really do it, like, tonight? I don’t think I should,” he kept the promise ring he bought yesterday at a little jewelry shop when they stopped for a restroom break. 

Before they went to sleep, they spare some time to get a little cute footage for Jaehyun’s travel vlog. “So this is my bed, and that one’s (Y/n)’s bed. I chose this one because it’s quite far from the bathroom since I hate bugs. But you know, I don’t really trust her with keeping me from bugs and- Okay! Okay! I’m sorry don’t hit me with the pillow!”

“Pffftt! Pillow fight!!”

“No! Don’t- my camera!”

A goddamn eyecontact. Hands tangled against each other, eyes both stuttered in shock, as the girl with the pillow accidentaly fell on him. Jaehyun’s free hand instinctively hold her to prevent her from getting hurt, though his brain listens better to his heart, as he feels his heart pounding like crazy against her body.

“I’m... sorry.” “That’s okay.”

“Do you want to sleep with me tonight?” He asked, and later that night, the idea of booking a twin bed room seemed to be a meaningless idea, either.

“So everyone, here we are today aaat... not the exact final location we wanted to go to at the first place, let me tell you the story. When we checked out from the flower pattern motel we immediately leave to the national flower festival which was supposed to be held just 15 kilometers from where we stayed the other night, aaaand guess what?” he paused and you can hear her faint laugh in the background. “Yeah, there is no festival at all. HAHAHAHHAHAAA- Ouch stop hitting me! Are you that embarrassed?”

“That was what happened, everyone. It turned out that the festival was held at December 16, 2019 and before we started this roadtrip, she read only the date and the month, wow. How can you be so cute and stupid at the same time... I am sooo mad!”

“Well, they put the year 2019 sooo small and my minus eyes couldn’t see it- stop giving me that look!”

“Okay, so because miss (Y/n) over here was quite angry that-” “Really angry.” “Okay, she was really really angry for not being able to see the flowers so, I decided to take her to somewhere as an alternative destination. Am I being too good for you?”

“Yes, you are,” she replied with a smile. “Stop paying attention to the flowers! I’m also here, yo,” he pleaded, somehow nervously. “Why-”

“And this is why I kept insisting to take you to a place with lots of flowers... to pick one among all the pretty petals out here, the prettiest petal I’ve ever seen. So, be mine, please?”

the end of video.

a/n: thank you for reading. honestly, I didn’t know whether to post this one cause it’s really been a long time since I write and it really worried me about how much you guys will like it... also, i’m really really sorry for those who put a request into my ask box since I haven’t completed all of them, like trust me, it worries me every single day bcs I feel like I have a debt to pay lol but don’t worry, I promise you I will complete all the requests but please give me a lot of time! once again, big thanks from me.xoxo

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foxes + onesies (5/9)

based off of that one post i saw and don’t remember, where people once caught Allison wandering around Fox Tower in a giraffe onesie, and i absolutely melted for her. here is the Foxes’ journey to getting a onesie each!

Nicky

almost immediately after Dan, Nicky gets his own onesie

like, two days after

and, as he finds out later from Dan, he ordered his first

it just got a little lost in the mail (that’s just Nicky’s luck)

the thing is, he’s completely jealous of the upperclassmen

not just a little; a lot

and not because he feels excluded (he does), nor because he wants to be belong (he does) or even because he misses those happy moments of childhood when everything was still easy (he achingly does)

no no

he’s jealous because he wants to steal their onesies and wear them all

he’s jealous because he just really, really wants a soft and silly onesie to wear

that’s it

it’s not a childhood memory (he never had one)

it’s not a self-care tip (he doesn’t think he needs self care lessons, thank you very much, he’s a very mature adult with 2 angry teenagers under his very adequate care, you know)

it’s not a grand gesture for love-

but perhaps…? oh yeah get this:

Nicky is always planning for the future

ever since Erik, ever since the twins, he makes plans upon plans upon plans

it’s not that he’s anxious about the future (a little bit, still, given everything that he went through)

making plans for the future is his way of looking forward to it, of not losing hope, of staying strong in the present

he’s got a lot of dreams

getting tattoos…

getting a tattoo with Erik…

or many tattoos with Erik, for that matter…

owning a blue or green vintage Westfalia…

doing a roadtrip across Europe… (with Erik, duh)

volunteering for humanitarian work in any country…

owning a ranch with lots of horses…

or at least having one horse of his own…

marrying Erik…

and don’t get him started on his plans for the very far future, when he’s sixty-seventy, in his shabby German cottage with Erik, his only neighbors being Andrew and Aaron…

Nicky is hopeful

Nicky is optimist

Nicky is excited for what he future might bring, despite the adversities that knocked him down times and times again

you have to give him that

which is why he starts planning for an event that is closer than he thinks:

Berlin Pride Ceremony, also known as Christopher Street Day

Nicky’s never been to Pride

not even in his time in Stuttgart, and certainly not here in the US

so when he graduates, and the twins are legally independent from his guardianship, you can bet your sweet ass that Nicky is flying back to Erik in time for Pride Month, and that he will be shaking his sweet ass in the streets of Berlin to celebrate his love

thus, he needs an outfit

he and Erik need an outfit

now, what screams “I’m gay”, “I’m proud” and “I love horses” ?

rainbow unicorn onesie

lemme say that again

rainbow. unicorn. motherf***ing. onesie.

that’s right baby

but once Nicky’s got a vision, a plan, he’s very picky about it

sure, once he’s in the moment, he lets loose and has fun and enjoys

but leading to it? very difficult

he searches every shopping center in the Palmetto area

he searches every shopping center in the Columbia area

none of the unicorn onesies satisfy him

so he resorts to online shopping

which he hates

online shopping, to him, lacks the true experience that is walking for hours, raiding stores and the food court…

a few Google searches, a couple of clicks, and his onesie is ordered

it’s… it’s very gay

as in, very bright and lively

the faux-fur is made of pastels of all the colors of the rainbow

the mane is hot pink and almost feather-like

there’s cute little ears, two cute little eyes, and a freaking yellow horn on the hood

it’s as if the Gay Pride flag had had a baby with Pegasus or Spirit the stallion of the Cimarron

it’s beautiful

Nicky’s already picturing himself with rainbow flag temporary tattoos on each of his cheeks, a rainbow bandana, his sweaty hand in Erik’s sweaty hand, singing Rain On Me and Born This Way and Single Ladies all day long amongst a safe and proud crowd

he can’t wait

he’s so excited

he’s also nervous to see Erik’s reaction when he receives his surprise gift

deep down, he knows he’ll love it, but he’s just a little scared still

and so Nicky waits

and waits

and waits

and waits

then he hears about Dan’s little stunt for Valentine’s Day

and he gets envious, because 1) she got to celebrate with Matt while Erik is an ocean away and 2) she got her onesie first, when he knows for a fact that he ordered before her from the same website

and then he hears about a special movie night the girls had where they all lounged in their onesies watching Hunger Games and the Avengers

Nicky’s getting very jealous

but finally, finally, when March rounds the corner, Nicky gets a package

he also gets an unscheduled Skype call from Erik at 4 AM (US time)

the screen just opens on Erik, in his onesie, jumping on his mini indoor trampoline

Erik doesn’t speak, he just keeps on bouncing

Nicky screams and wakes up the whole dorm

Andrew kicks down the door (literally, it breaks and falls down its hinges), Kevin can be heard yelling “WHAT THE FUCK” from his bed and Neil’s got one of Andrew’s knife

and the crash of the door wakes up Aaron and the upperclassmen in the other dorm rooms

the night ends (or the morning begins?) with all the Foxes cramped in Nicky’s room, watching Erik wordlessly bounce in his rainbow unicorn pajama and Nicky yelling “THAT’S MY MAN BITCHES”

needless to say, Nicky is quite happy with himself, and so is Erik

Nicky gets invited to the special movie night with the girls, on the promise to never wake them up at ass-o’clock ever again, even if he’s being murdered

oh, and somehow his pillow mysteriously gets stabbed and stuffed out…

[dirt-grub]

Dan and or chris for the headcannon thingy?

OKAY ONCE MORE FROM THE TOP CAUSE TUMBLR ATE THE LAST ONE

ahem.

Headcanon A: what I think realistically

Dan had a shit childhood and shit parents, and isn’t dealing with any of the issues spawned by that, hence why his life is kind of a disaster and his functionality as an independent adult is uh. subpar. 

Having grown up together and witnessed some of it secondhand, Chris knows not to bring it up too much with Dan. They both have an unspoken agreement and understanding not to approach certain topics with each other. They’re very good at reading each other, so Chris knows exactly how much he can actually get away with prodding Dan to act like a people for once, and vice versa Dan knows when to actually drop an argument when it gets into a serious place. Its incredibly weird for Elise to watch, and as incredibly close she is with Chris they have a very close bond that’s difficult for her to understand with how far back it goes. Also, in the beginning of Chris and Elise’s relationship, despite very vocally objecting to the entire thing when Chris was around, Dan begrudgingly gave Elise advice on how to speak Chris essentially, telling her what to avoid and what to talk about with him. He phrased it in a condescending way but we all know he was being a softie because he knows Elise makes Chris happy :,)

(also bonus every single roadtrip with all three of them ends up like this)

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious 

Dan is always visibly covered in cat hair. Trust me I’ve had a black and white cat before and you just can’t win. Whatever color you wear SOME of the fur will ALWAYS show up on it. You can always tell where Dan has been you just follow the trail

Chris’ gap/chip/whatever in his front teeth were the result of some dare. Based on a story from my childhood where we all dared a kid on my bus to lick the frozen bus window, and the bus jerked and he smashed his face on it and lost a tooth. Luckily irl it was a baby tooth but like that seems like a very Chris thing to happen even tho im sure its actually just genetic (also Brian if youre out there im sorry i laughed at you when you lost your tooth and im also sorry i stole your holographic staraptor pokemon card. id still have it if it wasnt for that miserable little troll bastard down the street who then stole it from ME a few years later. poetic justice i guess)

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

*cracks knuckles* i was born for this

Dan’s never slept a full night in his entire adult life, and has terrible nightmares constantly. His hypervigilance directly comes from his awful childhood, and Chris is his one single source of stability where most well adjusted people would have an entire complex system of friends and family to rely on. Chris is his ‘safe’ person -which I think is primarily an anxiety term but oh boy trust me is it a post traumatic thing also- The two have fundamentally different outlooks on the world and relationships, so theirs is pretty complicated, with Chris not actually realizing that despite the poor treatment, Dan has him on a pedestal in his mind that no one else has ever been privy to before. He has a damn shitty way of showing affection, but its revealed through his constant dependency on Chris and Chris alone that he holds him in incredibly high regards and would likely be devastated into complete nonfunctionality without him around. 

Chris has some self esteem issues with this and how it relates to his perceived importance in the lives of his loved ones. With Elise as well, he feels overshadowed by her talent and dependability, not realizing he’s the rock keeping both her and Dan grounded and relatively happy. Elise however is way better at communicating how much she loves Chris and genuinely both needs and wants him around. Also, I believe that Dan’s insane plots are some sort of an appeal to Chris in an outdated way- when they were younger they used to make those crazy plans together, as evidenced by the camp episode and mentioned a few times in passing (there was some line that stuck out to me in the gym ep along the lines of lets do it like old times, come up with a plan together) in Dan’s disconnected mind, he’s still in the past where Elise was never a participant in their lives and Chris and him were still immature and carefree, just the two of them against the world. In a misguided way, he thinks he’s inviting Chris to something fun and nostalgic every time he drags him along for something insane, not realizing in cases like the camp episode they were in the right and forced to fight back against something, and that stretching small grievances into huge meltdowns is an issue, the opposite of what would appeal to Chris now in his adulthood. Part of him is worried about him and that old bond being left behind if he doesn’t keep that very specific set of circumstances going. 

that got too long and psychoanalyzey lets move on HKDAUSL

D: would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

TRANS TRANS TRANS T

this isnt as much a headcanon as an observation but dan has powerful new yorker energy (to me, the new yorker who never shuts up about new yorking). he just checks off a lot of the stereotypes and i wouldnt be surprised if the two of them had grown up around here instead of always living in cali like is canon. he checks all the boxes, rude, loud, opinionated, impatient, cant drive but complains about every other driver on the road, snobby in a weird despite living in a shithole apartment in a cesspool neighborhood, confrontational with complete strangers, colorful aggressive language, the whole thing. ive found personally that whenever im far enough out of state it is PAINFULLY obvious im from new york, given how im just naturally more aggressive in my speaking and mannerism completely unintentionally. Like, ive got a sailors mouth, i complain REAL hyperbolically, and until i noticed it it genuinley put people off who werent used to it HDUSALAS its just. the norm here. im not as angry as i sound lmfao i just talk real aggressive which is v dan

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Gwuncney Headcannons

no one stopped me so here we are

·       They do date nights four times a week.

·       They do three dates in pairs. Duncney. Gwuncan. Gwourtney.

·       Duncan and Courtney like to do traditional dinner dates.

·       It’s on nights Gwen’s art classes run late so she would be missing dinner anyway.

·       Followed by walks around the city, finding new places.

·       Duncan and Gwen always do music store dates.

·       They find this cute independent music store in the city and they get friendly enough with the owner that he lets them play whatever album they want on the store speakers.

·       They come home with a new vinyl every time.

·       Gwen and Courtney do more artsy things together.

·       Museums, art galleries, etc

·       Sometimes library or bookstore visits. They both love to read but have vastly different tastes.

·       For their fourth date they do something together.

·       It’s almost always a movie night.

·       Duncan and Gwen rave over the horrors.

·       Courtney pretends she hates them because of bad plot lines but they always hold her hands when the jump-scares get to her.

·       Courtney picks documentaries

·       Or chick-flicks.

·       Depends on how bad of a week she’s had.

·       Duncan does most of the cooking at home.

·       He loves to cook for his girls.

·       His signature dish is chili.

·       And he loves it spicy.

·       Courtney loves it spicy.

·       Gwen likes it with three glasses of milk on the side.

·       (I’m so sorry to make her a basic white girl).

·       They love to do roadtrips on the weekends.

·       Duncan is always the driver.

·       Courtney oversees the radio.

·       Gwen controls the snacks.

·       Courtney likes to preplan the trips, picking out all the best places to go and making an itemised to-do list.

·       Gwen likes to see a place in person first before she decides what to do in it.

·       Not having a plan sets off Courtney’s anxiety.

·       Duncan is happy to follow them around with a goofy smile on his face, very rarely interfering with the plan (or lack thereof).

[vangoddamn]

Road trip

Van + y/n + car = road-trip

Warnings: none

You’d started the road-trip in your shared home in Leeds planning on going as south as possible to St Ive's bay. You had been there as a kid and wanted to share the place with Van, both deciding as it was a six-hour journey you’d spread it out.

 You’d gone through Chester, obviously visiting the zoo, where you’d make fun of Van when he got scared of the wild birds that flew around freely. “Babe, no they’re gonna attack me!” He screamed at you making you belly laugh in hysterics. 

“Awww, is my boy scared of the birds?” you cooed walking up to him as he wrapped an arm around your waist. You tiptoed to look up at him at eye level before booping him on the nose with your ice cream. “Come on, I wanna see the elephants,” You said, placing a kiss to his cheek and taking his hand leading him towards your favourite animals.

You took hundreds of pictures of him next to enclosures, enjoying it when the giraffe tried to eat his hair. You saved these for your next stop, Llandudno, where you’d show Mary whilst Van cringed into the crook of your neck, holding you tightly from behind. You always enjoyed visiting Vans home town, seeing all the places he grew up and chatting to his parents about the stupid things he did back then. It made you feel slightly weird though, to think that at some point you had lived separate lives. 

You carried on your journey, stopping in on little old English towns, taking Polaroids of Van doing stupid things in front of landmarks. He was sweet and made the trip even better than it already was. Taking in turns to drive, blasting out new and old tunes, in the evening letting you sleep until we found a hotel which would take you without booking. You could say it spontaneous or unorganised, but we didn’t plan each day, only with the end goal of that childhood beach.

Every hotel you chose was beautiful, some of them fancy and posh but most were homely and quaint. The kind of thing you’d see on the cover of country home magazine, big stone cottages with ivy growing up the walls. The smell of fresh flowers in every room and soft crisp linens. The people you had met were sweet and kind, offering you to come and stay another time always commenting on how” Your such a lovely couple” and pointing out the Van looked at you with “lovesick eyes”.

The last stop before Cornwall was Exeter. It was a beautiful city, full of history and building’s that looked like they all held their own story. You tried to stay there as long as possible, meandering through the streets finding little book shops and cafes where you could spend all day in. The streets were cobbled and there were fountains in the middle of wide alleyways in which independent shops lined. It was the sort of place you felt as though you fitted in, withyour summer dress on in the heatwave and woven sandals. Soon though it was late afternoon and you wanted to get to St Ive's today. 

Van smiled at you in the car as you stared out the window, knowing how much you were enjoying your little adventure. “You're so cute,” He drew you out of your daydream. 

“I didn’t do anything,” You giggled, confused at his little comment, feeling your cheeks tinged red.

“just are, aren’t ya,” he glanced at you, trying to keep his eyes on the road but failing.

“You're so dumb,” you commented back at him, smiling to yourself, turning up the music and returning your gaze out of the window. It was a day of blue skies and you were sad to swap your city ambling for the car, even if it was with the beautiful boy sat next to you.

The sun was starting to set in the sea, golden hour and everything seemed hazy. The light streamed through the car window and filtered orangey tones through Van's hair and brought out the features of his face. It made you smile, leaning into the window on your side watching your boyfriend drive in this perfect picture.

He noticed your staring, moving his left hand to rest on your thigh, rubbing it gently. His touch was cool, unlike the warm atmosphere which surrounded you both from the sweltering day. It was still hot outside due to the unusual British heatwave and it had created the most picturesque evening. Every night on your road trip had been beautiful but now that you were nearing your destination, it felt that little bit more special.

You'd planned on catching the sea before it got dark, excited to get in the water and swim around with Van. The scenery had changed half an hour ago, from the motorway to countryside back roads. The sea was visible and as you got closer you could smell the salt in the air, filling your senses and taking you back to your childhood. Van turned into a little cove, parking the car, looking in your direction with a cheerful smile on his face.

You practically dragged him out of the car, grabbing the bag which was ready to go in the boot. Van took your hand, letting you walk him down the small path, following the signs towards the beach. The path was small and it weaved steeply down through the shrubbery and vegetation to your beloved cove. The sun was still high enough for the light to be a warm glow surrounding the two of you. 

“Look how pretty it is,” you sighed, turning to look at Van, who was looking at you with adoration adorned in is eyes. He looked tired from the driving and you smiled when he pulled you into his arms.

“Nearly as pretty as you love.” He whispered in your hair, slowly moving to tilt your face up to look at his. 

you giggled at his comment, leaning up to kiss him before running off towards the sea laughing away, carelessly discarding your clothes on the empty beaches soft golden sand. He ran after you, him to undressing on his way over to you, ending up falling over after his skinny jeans wouldn’t come off. Van wasn’t what some may say ‘smooth’ in your words more ‘goofy’. as he rolled around half-naked in the sand calling for your help. You, of course, denied him of that privilege, running away into the ocean.

It splashed into your body, toes wriggling in the sand as the water got deeper and you adjusted to the temperature. It was quite cold now but the air was hot, the contrast meeting each other to calm both down. You hadn't noticed, more interested in the water, that Van had caught up and was now behind you. He wrapped his arms around your waist, resting his head in your neck. Kissing soft lines along the collar bone, sending shivers through your body.

"you cold?" He asked you, making you smile because he didn't know that it was him making you shiver, him alone.

"no, I'm perfect!" You replied holding the hands which had met yours on your belly.

"hmm you are," he mumbled into your skin, quiet for a second before lifting you up, laughing whilst tickling and teasing you. He tossed you around in the water, shocking you half laughing.

"Vaan!" You screamed at him, trying to break free, prying his fingers off your waist.

"fine then!" He huffed, you realised what he was going to do before it was too late and he let go of your body, dropping you into the water. It was colder when your whole body was in and you were furious at him, jumping on his back, trying to drag him under, but obviously, he was twice as heavy as you meaning you did nothing other than making him laugh at you. 

“You're so mean to me!” You whined in his ear trying to drag him down, although now you were just wrapped around his back tightly.

"I could never" he huffed, staring into the sun which was now nearly gone, reflecting orange into the sea. 

"Thanks for bringing me back here Van," You thanked him, placing a kiss to his neck.

"Thanks for letting me," He whispered back smiling up at you. And in truth, you probably wouldn't want to share this place with anyone else other than Van.

A/n: So.. this is adorable hope you enjoyed cause, I actually want a roadtrip with Van now?! So I’ve had a couple of you lovely people send requests in and I just wanna say thanks so much! It just warms my heart up when you guys send me your thoughts and dreams I just wanna write them all down for ya! So once again Thanks my lovelies xx Em

[ulisaypo]

night roads informal spoiler free review

bias disclaimer: I just finished the game so some of these opinions might change in the following days as I have more time to marinate on what I saw. I played as a brujah that wanted to side with the camarilla for stability and job security but was hesitant to compromise and tried to reason with all sides (until the very end, where I changed my attitude a bit). This is also my first CoG game, although I don’t think this is entirely relevant since I know each game is written by a different person, and criticism like plot and pacing only apply to the specific writer of this story.

strong points:

incorporation of a v5 sheet as the stats page: plain “you love to see it” moment. I think the v5 character building system is really concise and approachable and there’s no reason not to use it. Plus, if you ever feel like playing your night roads character in a ttrpg session, you can easily transpose them to another setting, or vice versa

how ingrained your character is in the world, who their sire is, when they were embraced, etc: look mates, in all honestly, i’m getting kinda tired of computer rpgs just being vague about every facet of your character. If I wanted to build everything from the ground up I’d just go play the ttrpg version, I like when games mention important things about my character like friends and family

all the cars: I like cars, and in a game about driving, I like that specific models were mentioned and not just vague descriptions

gangrel prince: i’m so tired of ventrue, and lettow was a really charming character.

how disciplines were handled: i still got a sour taste in my mouth over how coteries handled disciplines, and I think night road’s system was pretty solid. I always had a way to do things without disciplines, just relying on my raw stats (for example, throwing something far away vs throwing something far way with potence) and the hunger and masquerade violation mechanics carried over from the v5 system insured I couldn’t abuse them without consequence

banu haqim and gangrel in the character select, plus tremere and caitiff free dlc: i am BEGGING for vtm games to include less explored clans like the lasombra, hecata and ministry. Miss me with that “oh the games need recognizable clans” bs, vtm has been around since the 90s, we can afford to take risks

good relationship with your sire (on the brujah route): Pattermuster ily <3 i hate vtm’s tendencies for evil or absent sires, i really enjoyed reading the small flashbacks between my character and his sire and what they did before the events of the game

The constant reminder of time, the sunrise and where to sleep: It might seem like a little detail but I appreciate how much focus the game puts into where you character sleeps and how to find sleeping arrangements. Long roadtrips when you’re a vampire are tough!

weak points:

constant mentions to other vtm games: we get it, we’ve all played BL1 and we’re all excited to play BL2. Stop reminding me vtmb exists, it just makes this entire product look weak and like the author isn’t confident enough in the merits of his own writing. Stop looking directly at me and going “haha get it?? get it??? remember this game???”

how many times the game gives me an opportunity to side with julian: oh my god how many times do i have to say noooooooooooooooooooo i’m so tired of all the games being so heavily biased towards one side of the conflict, don’t give me options if you’re gonna spend the entire game going “but wouldn’t you rather be an anarch tho 🤪🤪🤪”

weird descriptions of fat female characters: idk how to feel about dove and donati because on one hand this game as fat women and the art makes them really attractive and they're never treated as jokes by their peers but on the other hand the author keeps referring to them as "heavy" and "big”. Dude just call them fat, it isn’t a slur.

how the text keeps telling you you’re just a random independent courier but then everyone asks you for favors: either my character is important or they’re not. Enough with the “teehee remember you’re not camarilla and never will be and we can get any other courier we want BUT ALSO please run these hyper specific and sensitive missions for us <3”

plot points taken out of the ass: love how everything’s always super vague until you get some deus ex machina crap right at the end. And the game just be like “girl wym you haven’t heard of the bozo exploits developed in the clown car by the circus clan”

weak romances: if you can even call them that

weak characters: i think the interactive novel is THE medium to explore character relationships and I’m so sad the game never takes that opportunity to have some proper roleplaying sessions with the npcs. I KNOW programming dialogue trees is hard but I wish I’d know more about these characters besides getting to the end of the game where it says Dove respects me but the only interaction I’ve had with her was a brief chat right at the beginning of the game.

muddy plot: haha what if we have three main conflicts but none of them get the weight they deserve <3 haha just kidding... unless??

TLDR: i think the game is just trying to be bloodlines 1 and not giving itself a chance to be itself. 5/10, i don’t regret buying it, i did enjoy some parts of it and i do plan to reply it to at least see all the clan origins but i wouldn’t really recommend it to anyone besides hardcore vtm fans who’d like to check it out.

[retvenkos]

Congrats on hitting another milestone! Could I please have 🔥for atla, the chronicles of narnia, and little women? I am bisexual and use she/her pronouns. I’m a ravenclaw and love reading, writing, and just generally being creative. I love music and going down rabbit holes into things that have very little meaning. I’m fiercely loyal and will over think everything. Thank you!

ATLA:

I ship you with Katara!

first of all, both of you absolutely hate stupid rules (which translates to almost all rules) and the two of you would find creative loopholes around them or just straight break them

i think that katara would bring out a lot of your outgoing side, and she would push you to be more extroverted, meanwhile you will give her reason to calm down and just chill for a while.

you are the creativity to katara’s raw power, and that’s an interesting dynamic. both of you are also incredibly smart, which means that the plan you come up with are legendary.

both of you are also optimists - hopeful that this world is truly good. and so your ideals match up nicely. you both believe in people and all that this world can be, and so you are not critical of the other when their idealism gets out of hand.

also, in a modern! au katara has the most legendary spotify. she listens to everyone else’s music on roadtrips and chooses the best of songs to add to her playlists, slowly curating the most expressive and wonderful music taste you will ever have the pleasure of listening to. when the two of you are hanging out and listening to music, you are always astounded by katara’s choices because they’re so perfect? wow. we stan.

and both of you are fiercely loyal! you would die for those you love and often get in a little over your heads in trying to save others, but it’s alright because the other would never judge you, because they’d do the exact same.

the two of you have a lot of similar ideals and goals, so i can see the two of you heading in the same direction and really loving each other.

Narnia:

I ship you with Susan Pevensie!

alright, so in a hogwarts! au the two of you are a ravenclaw power couple, and i really adore that idea for the two of you. you are constantly in the ravenclaw tower, pouring over your books and sitting with your hands intertwined. also,,, may i suggest,,, braiding susan’s hair while she reads.

i also think that your relationship would be really cute because you bring all of your creativity to susan’s life. she can often get bogged down in facts and figures, but then you show up, with your witty answers and creative ideas, and you spin her world in a really interesting way that makes her think deeply.

the two of you definitely write letters to each other. if not little notes around cair paravel, or left on your pillow, then long letters that you slip in the pages of books that the other reads.

also, i imagine that you are really good friends with edmund, too, maybe you were friends with ed first, and he introduced you to susan. i have this headcanon simply because the amount of sass there could be between the two of you is perfect. susan is a little more witty than she is sarcastic, but she absolutely adores your sarcasm because it never fails to make her laugh - usually at in opportune moments.

i also think that you have a bit of an adventurous streak in you that would be great for susan - we know she loves to use her bow and arrow and go horseback riding, so you will definitely do these things with her, but also sit with her in the more quiet moments, when she’s writing poetry or she’s doing her needlework. you both certainly know how to relax, and that’s good.

Little Women:

I ship you with Amy March!

alright, so you said you’re creative, and there is no one better to be creative with than amy! both of you have big dreams and big goals - and you are going to create your way there (literally. you’re both going to create wonderful art that will make for a dazzling future).

furthermore, you’re both passionate people. i have no doubt that the two of you will fight people together, especially people who try to dull your shine. you are so supportive of the other.

and yet both of you are also fiercely independent, meaning that you have a cute, friendly competition where you are constantly trying to outdo the other. with anyone else, this need for competition would drain them, but both of you are evenly matched, and part of the competition is admitting when the other has done better than you, and there’s nothing more devoted than that, in your opinions.

i imagine that since you are a writer, amy always jokes that you’re just like jo - stuck in worlds that don’t exist, but then you get to tease her right back, saying that her paintings are no less fake than your writing.

i also imagine that sometimes you and amy will play this game where you describe something from your writing - a character or a place - and she sketches what she thinks it would look like. it’s actually wonderful practice for the both you - you get better at descriptions and amy gets better at drawing and visualising things in her mind.

one of my favorite things about your relationship is that both of you are witty and unafraid to speak your mind - it not only lends itself to a lot of laughs and playfulness in your relationship, but your candor also leads to a lot of praise between the two of you. you’re a very verbal couple.