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[jrlunaart]

Flashback to when I attended the Long Beach Comic Con and had a Black Canary cosplayer buying my (old) Black Canary print! Always cool seeing the side by side photos 📸

Etsy Shop Storenvy 

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[video] There’s a giant pillar next to my table 😂 but that’s okay ~ just expecting a chill weekend to move merch and get some new followers. 🤙

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Coming up this weekend! I’ll be in the artist alley over at Long Beach Comic Con, table D-19!

🗓️September 2-3, 2023

📍Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802

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My pins came in time for Long Beach and SDCC! 😁

[wonderlesch]

Can’t Miss February 2023 Events

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[resowrites]

Stand By Me - oneshot (request).

Summary: Henry has to step up when the pressures of his fame have serious repercussions for his girlfriend…

Pairings: AU!Henry Cavill x reader

Warnings: fluff, angst, details of anxiety/panic attack, nondescript OC body type/appearance, hastily written/lightly proofread.

WC: 1507

A/N: My work must not be copied, reposted, or translated elsewhere. Likes, follows, reblogs and comments are thoroughly welcome and appreciated! Gifs/pics not my own. I hope you all enjoy and thanks for visiting!

Stand By Me - oneshot (request).

"So how long are you guys going to be here? I love your dress by the way… is that silk?" The fan standing in front of her grabbed the billowing fabric and Henry could feel his hand being gripped tight - the signal she gave when she was starting to panic. "Are you heading back to your hotel, cos we could have drinks?" The fan tried to take her by the arm and he immediately yanked her to his side.

"Uh, thanks but there's somewhere we need to be. It was great meeting you, enjoy the convention." Henry then whisked them both in the opposite direction, away from the beach and back towards their car. By then she was staring straight down and breathing hard. "I'm so sorry, darling. I knew we shouldn't have come here without Steve. I'll take us back to the hotel and you can have a lie down before dinner, okay?" But she didn't answer him, her concentration instead seemed fixed on her footsteps. It was a bad sign and Henry could feel a pit open in his stomach. "Darling, can you just nod to tell me you're okay?" Her eyes had glazed over and the grip on his hand was tighter than ever. By the time Henry opened the car door, she was as pale as a ghost.

He felt so guilty. Turning his attendance at San Diego Comic-Con into a mini vacation had seemed like a good idea, a chance for them both to spend some quality time together after he'd been away the last several months filming. But although he'd researched the route beforehand and taken care not to be recognised, four fans had stopped them in the space of twenty minutes and even he was beginning to feel stressed. Henry was sure they wouldn't need their bodyguard, Steve, for a simple trip to the beach, but the place was just too busy for him to move about unseen. He attempted to change the subject. "You know my brother sent me a video of Kal this morning, guess what he was doing?" Henry looked over and found she had her eyes closed. "Darling, are you feeling sick? Do I need to pull over?" A quick flick of her head was all she could do to respond.

It wasn't that she was shy or socially awkward, she just didn't feel safe in crowds of people - especially when they invaded her personal space or grabbed her. Once or twice would have been bearable, and he regretted not leaving before she was pushed past her limit. "Darling I don't want to ask this, but do you feel an attack coming on? I can pull over and help you regulate yourself?" Her eyes were open again but she hadn't blinked in almost a minute. Henry knew that look well - she was dissociating. "Okay baby girl, let's try the five-four-three-two-one technique, yeah?" She breathed in hard but remained silent. He wracked his brain for another idea. "Okay, how about a butterfly hug, then? Cross your hands over your chest, and do eight sets of alternate taps, there's a good girl." But just as Henry turned his gaze back to the road, he saw something ahead of him flash twice. A camera. He swerved and took a back street, leaving the huddle of photographers at the side of the road far behind them. They were clearly there for the convention and may not even have taken their picture, but he was taking no chances.

"What's going on? Henry, what's happening?!" He'd hoped she hadn't noticed the flash, but unfortunately, the quick change in speed and direction gave her another reason to panic.

"Darling take some breaths, we're almost at the hotel, okay?"

"Henry, you're not answering me, what's going on? Is someone chasing us?!" She looked in the rearview mirror and started hyperventilating.

"No, darling! Please don't be scared, nothing's going to happen. I won't let it--"

"Just like you didn't let it back there?!" Her almost breathless response startled Henry, and as soon as he pulled up beside the parking valet, she darted from the car and into the hotel foyer. But he wasn't fast enough to chase her into the lift and when he finally entered their suite, she was nowhere to be found. Henry called out her name three times, tried ringing her twice, and then resorted to phoning the front desk to see if she had actually checked out and gone elsewhere. But all they could confirm was that she'd arrived just before him. Henry sighed and placed the phone back into the receiver. A terrifying thought then entered his head and he dashed onto the balcony, hoping against hope that he wouldn't find her there.

Henry breathed a sigh of relief when he slid back the doors and found the space out there empty. But where had she gone? Surely she wouldn't leave without coming back to their suite first? He crossed into their bedroom, hoping to get changed before he went out to look for her, and noticed what he thought was a noise coming from their ensuite. Tentatively, he pushed back the door. "Oh, darling…" There she lay, curled up in a ball next to the bath, sobbing. Henry planned his next movements carefully. Firstly, he turned off the bathroom light, leaving the room bathed in the glow from the hallway. Next, he plucked a towel from the rail above him and placed it carefully over her body.

When her cries became less desperate, Henry laid down beside her and gently ran his hand up and down her back. He kept his voice soft and low. "There we are, you're doing so good for me, sweetheart. Shushhh, breathe. Gently, darling, gently." Eventually, her body stopped shaking and she staggered to sit up. Henry smiled, hopeful she was through the worst of it. "How are you feeling now, darling?" She looked down at her hands uncomfortably. "It's alright, I'm right here. You're safe now." Something flashed across her eyes.

"And where were you when your fans were pulling me from pillar to post? That was really scary, Henry…" Her voice caught in her throat and he felt a lump in his.

"I'm so sorry, darling. You have every right to be angry--"

"I'm not angry, I'm terrified! I had no idea who those people were or what they were going to do to me--"

"You're right, and it's totally my fault, I should have taken us straight back to the car after the first encounter. I didn't think the promenade would be that busy at this time of day…" Henry's voice trailed off once he realised how badly he'd let her down. "I'm so, so sorry. I should have done more--" she gave a soft sigh and placed her hands on the arms he'd wrapped around her waist.

"You do a lot--"

"But not on this occasion. God I can't believe I was so stupid, I should have got you out of there--"

"It's fine. If anything I've failed you. If I was stronger, I'd be able to cope better--"

"What are you talking about? You have every right to feel upset. And you cope fantastically--"

"Clearly not or I wouldn't fall apart like this! We can't carry on like this, Henry. You need someone who can properly support you. All I am is a burden--"

"Stop right there." Henry hopped to his feet and quickly pulled her up with him. "Now you listen to me, you never have been and never will be a burden--"

"So what do you call crying in a heap?!"

"But it's my fault! No one should be cornering you in the street, putting their hands on you, or asking questions. It's my job to keep that part of my life separate and I need to do a better job from now on." She gazed into his pale blue eyes and shook her head.

"And what if it's not enough? What if this lifestyle just isn't me?" Henry smiled at her sadly.

"Well, it's hardly me, either. But that's why we're so good for each other, darling. We're each other's safe space. I don't ever want you to think how you react under stress is wrong or too much--"

"But it is!"

"Well, not to me because you're everything to me! And you have my word, I won't ever put you in that situation again." He then turned to the sink and ran a hand towel under the tap. "Here, let me put this on your wrists--"

"Why? What will that do?"

"Well, for one it's a good distraction. It also forces your neurotransmitters to refocus. Let me get you some ice to chew as well--" Henry turned to head into the bedroom but she pulled him back.

"… Thank you. Not just for this, but for everything you do--"

"You'll never need to thank me, darling. Ever. I promised to protect you for the rest of my life and it's a promise I intend to keep."

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[anonymousromanticpoet]

Candelight Confessions (Miguel x Robby)

This is Kiaz. It's gay, it's funny, I wrote this instead of watching TV. They also are technically stepbrothers-ish, so if that weirds you out, leave. They're not blood relatives so I feel like it's ok, but that's just one man's opinion. Warning: Sexual Humor.

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The rain fell in sheets outside the dirt encrusted window, the plastic panes rattling with the wind. It was a summer, it was a Saturday, and Miguel and Robby were sitting alone in the apartment watching The Office. Carmen and Johnny had left for a long weekend at the beach (just out of reach of the storm), and the two boys were climbing the walls with nobody but each other for company. Sam was doing a European tour with Daniel (her last trip with him before college), Tory was working, and Hawk and Demetri were away at Comic Con. About two hours into the torrential downpour, a bolt of lightning struck outside. 

“Wow, that felt close,” Robby shivered, the temperature in the apartment having dropped significantly. 

“Yeah, it…ah, man, come on,” Miguel groaned when the lights flickered before going out completely. 

“I’ll get the candles,” Robby sighed. 

“Ok, sounds good. Wait, why do you have candles?” Miguel asked, raising an eyebrow.

“This happened all the time at my mom’s place. They’re cheaper than battery powered lanterns and they were all I could afford while still paying the rent,” The older boy murmured, avoiding the dark haired boy’s gaze as he lit the wicks. 

Miguel watched as the small flames cast a warm glow over the beige walls, illuminating Johnny’s new lighthouse painting and the newer pictures of their blended family. There was also a new smell in the air, something soothing and sweet.

“What is that smell?” He asked, moving closer to the candles.

Robby blushed. “It’s…vanilla. I got scented candles because, well, I thought they were kinda nice. Plus they covered the smell of the weed. Back when I smoked it.” 

Miguel chuckled. Typical Robby. Can’t be sweet without an edge. This is nice. Almost…romantic. Wait, what?

“Miguel? Did you hear me?” The other teen waved his hand in front of his friend’s face. 

“Huh?”

“I said, do you want to play a game? “ Robby repeated. 

“Sure, what kind of game?” Miguel asked, standing to move the candles to the table.

Robby smiled, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “How about, ‘Truth or Dare?’”

Miguel swallowed. He knows…crap, he knows…what am I gonna do? What am I gonna tell Sensei? 

Robby bent over to relight a candle. “This one just doesn’t want to stay lit.” 

Oh no…no, no, he’s bending over. Don’t look at his butt…don’t look…oh crap I’m looking. 

“Um, yeah..yeah, sure. Can I ask you first?” Miguel managed. “Truth or dare?”

Robby paused, considering. “Dare.” 

“I dare you to…eat that banana in under a minute,” Miguel blurted out.

Robby stared.  Crap. Why did he pick a banana? Of all fruits, that has to be the most suggestive thing you could possibly…

Miguel realized what he had asked the moment the words were out of his mouth. Oh, dang. Why DID I pick a banana? 

“Oh, right? Yeah, I can do that. Totally, no problem…” Robby picked up the banana. “Time me.” 

Miguel started the stopwatch, staring as the shorter boy deep-throated half the fruit in under a minute, finishing the entire banana in a mere 5 bites. That is anatomically impossible…I think he just unhinged his jaw. The boy is a literal cobra…

Robby tossed the peel in the trash. Great. Now I’m hard. Come on, Robby, think of something not sexy. Miguel’s YaYa in a bikini. Yikes, that did it. 

“Alright, my turn. Truth or Dare, Mr. Fruit of the Loom?” Robby narrowed his eyes at his friend. 

Miguel gulped. “Truth?” 

“Who was your first crush?” 

The taller boy nearly spat his soda. “Um…Uh, I changed my mind. Dare, dare! Make me do something crazy, just don’t ask me…”

“Too late. You already picked. You have to answer, rules are rules,” Robby smiled, a wicked gleam in his eye. 

“Okay, okay…just promise you won’t tell anyone?”

“That’s in the rules too. Nobody else gets to know what we tell each other here. Strict secrecy, I promise," Robby extended his hand in solidarity.

"It was in kindergarten. This other b– I mean, this other kid. He–I mean, er, she was blonde with green eyes and sat in front of me. We played soccer together a lot at recess?" Miguel spluttered.

Robby stared. His first crush was a boy?! Okay, okay, that doesn’t mean anything, but that means there’s a chance? 

"Your first crush was a boy?" The older teen asked.

"What? No, I just misspoke," Miguel lied.

Robby folded his arms.

"Okay, fine, yeah you got me. I'm bi," Miguel whispered. "Go ahead and make fun of me, that's what everyone does."

"No, of course I'm not gonna make fun of you," Robby placed his hand on his friend's shoulder. "I'd be a hypocrite if I did."

"Truth or dare?" Miguel asked, eager to change the subject.

"Truth."

"What did you mean by 'I'd be a hypocrite' if you made fun of me?" Miguel asked, whispering.

"I'm actually...Miguel I'm gay," Robby murmured.

"Wow."

"Yeah, wow..."

There was silence. The two boys staring at each other.

Robby's brain continued to ramble, and Miguel's was much the same. Oh no, prolonged eye contact…is that a longing stare? Maybe it’s a longing stare, nope. Nope. That’s an awkward stare. It’s been too long, nobody’s talking. Yep, now it’s awkward. 

"Right, ok. Truth or dare?" Robby coughed, extinguishing the candle. Crap. 

"Dare," Miguel chose.

"I dare you to put on Sam's Barbie shirt, and run around outside screaming, 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.' for two minutes. No umbrella," Robby rubbed his hands together conspiratorially. "Oh, and, I'm gonna film it."

"Okay. Wait, what? Come on, I thought we just had a moment there," Miguel whined.

"Nope, moment over," Robby laughed.

The video was shaky, but the sound quality was perfect. Miguel played up the melodrama, shaking his fists at the sky. When it was over, Miguel walked back inside, the T shirt now soaked with rainwater.

Robby groaned inwardly. Oh no. The shirt is transparent now? And…he’s taking it off.

"No, no, don't take it off!" Robby blurted.

"What? I'm cold," Miguel pouted.

"That's what I'm saying, you'll get pneumonia. Go in our room and dry off first, then change," the older boy managed weakly.

A couple minutes later, and the two of them were back on the couch.

"Truth or dare?" Miguel asked.

"Truth," Robby replied.

"Are you in love with anyone right now?" Miguel asked.

"Yes. Yes I am," Robby nodded. "But, I don't think he'll ever like me back, so. I guess I'll have to forget about it."

Miguel sighed. His heart is already taken. 

"Truth or dare, Miguel?"

"Dare."

"Okay...I dare you to kiss me," Robby whispered. "For ten whole seconds."

Miguel leaned in, slowly planting his lips on Robby's. The kiss was lingering, but chaste. The taste was cherry cola, and salt from the pretzels, and something else that was so distinctly, him.

"Truth or dare, Robby?"

"Truth. Before you ask, yes, I'm in love with you," Robby whispered. "And I dare you to be my boyfriend."

Miguel's eyes widened. "I...I would love that. And I dare you to kiss me again..."

[humorisstoredinthetits]

The Heathers + Veronica go on a Road Trip

Gee don't you just love when you write out a whole long ass post only for your computer to freeze and you lose all of your writing

So this will probably be worse than my original draft, but either way this is still going to be the longest thing I've ever posted to this site

But anyway, y'all really seemed to like the Comic Con one I wrote which why, that was one of the least inspired and generic ones that I did and I had no real ideas for the actual Comic Con part, but what I did have ideas for was the trip part, so I decided to expand upon it with this

Veronica, Duke and Mac are all stressed tf out

It's not that they don't love their jobs, they do, but it gets monotonous after a while

After a while of her gfs coming home downtrodden and low-energy, Chandler starts to notice

She realizes that she needs to do something about it, and eventually settles on organizing a get-away for the four of them

They talk it over and try to decide where they would want to go

They immediately rule out any high-paced vacations, like Disney World, as well as anything that would take them out of the country, as it would be too much work to get all of their passports in order and all of that

Eventually Mac brings up that her Dad has a beach house in California that they could ask to use for a week

They agree that it sounds like a good, relaxing time, and they start making preparations

The first thing they need to get settled is their pets

It starts off easy enough, Veronica's parents are more than happy to take JFK for the week

After a little bit of discussion, Martha, Betty and JD agree to take in Munchkin the Rabbit and Cornelius the Snake

Neither Martha nor Betty were too happy about the snake, but JD thinks they're neat and says that he'll keep it in his room so they don't have to be near it

The problem comes with Heather the cat

Heather is a very needy, loud, and aggressive cat, just like the person she's named after, and neither Veronica's parents nor her friends are willing to deal with it

JD especially did not want Heather in his home, the last time they had to take care of the cat she tried to eat his hamster, Slushie

So, they are forced to find a 'pet hotel' where they can drop her off

The hotel is none too happy to deal with this cat who will most definitely cause issues, so Chandler has to slide them some extra cash to get them to cooperate

After they get that settled, they start looking into flights

However, once they mention planes, Chandler goes oh hell no and adamantly refused to fly

The others try and fail to convince her to change her mind, but it is futile and an impasse is reached

Eventually Mac suggests that they drive, which none of the others are too keen on, but she adds that they could make a road trip out of it and visit different places

This grabs their attention, and they start figuring out all the different kinds of places they would want to go on their way

Veronica suggests different historical monuments like Mt. Rushmore

Mac would like to see some national parks and just be out in nature, seeing all the different kinds of wildlife

Plus after going to Disney World she really really wants to go to Disneyland, even if they only go for a day

Duke wants to see some weird roadside attractions

She saw a youtube video once about some of them and she wants to go see them in person, she just thinks they are just hilarious

Chandler doesn't really care what they do as long as her gfs are happy, she knows she is being an inconvenience with not wanting to fly, but she was terrified when they flew to Disney World and she just can't go through that again

They leave it to Veronica to plan a route, and here's what she came up with

From Sherwood they'll drive to St. Louis, visit the Gateway Arch, spend the night, then drive to

Kansas to see Wheat Jesus, before going to Nebraska and seeing the 15 ft. fork and pasta and Lighthouse in the Middle of the US, before spending the night in Omaha

From there, they'll drive to Carhenge, before heading to Mt. Rushmore and visit it and the surrounding area and stay the night

They'll then drive to the Wall Drug Store Inc., before they'll go to Yellowstone and camp there, before seeing the Car with 2 Front Ends

From there they'll drive down to the Grand Canyon and spend the night in the hotel (Chandler refused to sleep in the Desert)

'What if theres rattlesnakes? or Scorpions? or Coyotes?'

'I'll just become friends with them'

'Mac, honey, I love you, but I don't think scorpions are capable of the concept of friendship'

'You just haven't tried hard enough'

From there they'll go to the Hoover Dam, before getting to California and heading to San Diego Zoo, where they will spend the day

They'll drive overnight to Disneyland, where they will spend the day

After they'll head to the Redwood Forest National Park, before going to San Fransisco to go over the Golden Gate Bridge and visiting Alcatraz

After all of that they will finally get to the Beach House, where they decided to spend an additional week due to how long it would take to get there

(This path might be nonsensical, but its not meant to be sensical, this is a Tumblr post, not an actual trip)

With the plans changing drastically, they had to change their preparations

Veronica's parents and friends were more than ok with watching their pets for longer

JD was especially happy to hang out with Cornelius more, like he said he just thinks snakes are cool

But the pet hotel was really upset they had to watch Heather for longer

They almost canceled the reservation, but Chandler used her Heather TM powers and told the receptionist that they were going to keep the reservation and if Heather was injured, died, went missing, or anything preventable happened, she would make it her personal mission to make sure their business closed and that every single employee involved would never work at any business better than McDonalds for the rest of their sad, miserable lives

With the business thoroughly terrified, the reservation was secure

Next came the matter of work

Chandler was obviously a housewife, and so she didn't have to get off, she just asked Martha, Betty and JD to come clean, get the mail and most importantly maintain the lawn, and of course she would compensate them for their time

Veronica was self-employed, so she also didn't need to talk to her boss

'Ms. Sawyer please, I really need this break, I've been working so hard'

'No way Veronica, you are just so amazing and great, we cannot afford to lose you for a whole month'

'But I really need to go, who will make sure my gfs don't do something stupid'

'Veronica why are you talking to yourself'

Mac worked for her Dad, so she just had to ask him, which of course he agreed to

The problem came with Duke's job

Duke worked for a legal clinic that works to get abused children away from abusive households, and she was damn good at it

That was the main issue, she was just too valuable to be gone for a whole month

She begged and pleaded but they refused to give her the time off

After talking it over with her gfs, she decided to go with the tried and true Heather way and made a threat

She realized that if she was too valuable to let go on vacation, she was also too valuable to let quit, so she told her bosses that she would do whatever work she could while on the trip, but she was going on the trip, or she would quit

Thankfully for her they decided to give her the time off, but they would be sending her the paperwork while they covered her clients

That posed a problem, because they were planning on taking Duke's Jeep, and she refuses to let anyone else drive

But she also realizes that she can't drive, enjoy the trip, do her work and rest, so she had to cut one of them out

She goes 'I don't need sleep imma bad bitch' and decides to just work while the rest sleep

Upon telling her gfs this they gave her a look and told her that under no circumstances would she be allowed to forgo sleep for work and that if she tried, they would tie her to the bed

Duke said 'That's kinky' and Chandler gave her a bap on the head

**Line Break**

After much arguing she acquiesced and agreed that she would only drive for half of it and would do the work while the others drove

With all the bs settled, they moved on to preperation

They needed to get a few things, so they headed to Target

Chandler fucking loves Target, she is such a basic white bitch

They head into the store, grabbing a cart, and before anyone can say anything Mac grabs Duke and puts her in the kiddie seat

Duke starts screaming to let her out while Veronica dies laughing

After she calms down she runs to the Pokemon card section and comes back 5 minutes later with 5 different boxes and a handful of tins and blister packs

'You have a problem Veronica'

'Shut up Heather I don't have a problem you have a problem'

'We all have many problems, but yours is a whole addiction'

While her other gfs argue, Mac runs to the squishmallow section and grabs some before running back and putting them in the cart

Veronica starts arguing how Mac and her squishmallows aren't an addiction but her pokemon cards are, and Duke chimes in that she wants out of the cart

While they argue Chandler decides to just grab another cart and leave her immature girlfriends to be childish

She heads for the medical section, grabbing first aid kits, band aids, every single kind of general cream, pill or medicine that she could conceive of needing

She then heads for the camping section, getting a tent, sleeping bags, flashlights, rope, a knife, emergency flares, compasses, a dozen different other survival gadgets and about 20 cans of bug spray

It's around this time her gfs meet up with her and upon seeing all of the crap, they try to convince her that it's not needed

However, Chandler is a worrier and argues that its just in case

She does agree to put some of the bug spray back

They then head to get snacks

They get;

Chandler - Sun Chips (The Green ones), Nature Valley Bars (Also the Green Ones), Smartfood Popcorn, Red Vines, Strawberry Pop Tarts and who can forget Corn Nuts

After they finished at Target Chandler made them drive to Costco to get a industrial size box of Corn Nuts

Duke - Fruit Gushers, Barbecue Lays, Synder's Mini Pretzels, Nutter Butters, White Chocolate Kit-Kats, Fudge Stripes, Cosmic Brownies

Mac - Goldfish (The Rainbow Ones), Regular Lays, Golden Oreos, Trail Mix, Honey Buns, Cookies & Cream Pocky, Peanut M&Ms

Veronica - Salt and Vinegar Lays, Sour Patch Kids, Airheads X-treme, Sour Cream & Onion Pringles, Hot Cheetos, Scooby-Doo Gummies

She'll only eat the Scooby-Doo ones, one time they were out so Chandler had to get some other ones and Veronica refused to even touch them

She also just likes the weirdest food, it scares her gfs sometimes, like who actually likes Salt and Vinegar Chips

Once they're done with snacks they finish up by heading to the Swimming Aisle, Mac's Dad's house also has a pool

They decide to all get those obnoxiously large pool floats

Chandler gets one of those that have a cover on the top, Duke gets the Alligator, Mac googled and found a Lapras one online so she ordered it and Veronica gets the tank one that shoots water

Upon seeing that Duke reaches to the largest water gun she can from where she is still stuck in the cart, which causes Mac to also grab one

Chandler thinks its super childish but also, rather reluctantly, grabs one as well

They spend a few more days packing enough clothes for a month long vacation (They had a long talk with Chandler that they wouldn't be able to bring enough clothes to wear something different each day and when they were done she looked like she was having a Vietnam flashback)

Veronica finalizes their route while Chandler books all of the hotels they would need and gets their Disneyland tickets

** Line Break**

Finally, at long last, the day of the trip arrived

For once Veronica didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to make her gfs drinks, they could barely sleep with how excited they were

And of course this is where they run into their first problem

They bought too much crap, so much that even Duke's jeep can't hold it all, so obviously they're gonna have to leave some stuff behind

First to go is the Industrial Sized Box of Corn Nuts

'Like seriously Heather you cannot possibly eat all of those Corn Nuts over the course of the trip'

'Watch me bitch'

They try to take the emergency stuff but Chandler puts her foot down, saying they're going to be driving through the wilderness, going to national parks, and staying at the beach house which is in a remote area, if they get stuck or something happens they probably won't have service to call for help

No one is willing to budge on anything else, so eventually they decide to just put some stuff in the backseat and whoever is there is just gonna have to deal with it

They leave and start heading to St. Louis

Duke drives, Chandler is riding shotgun, Veronica and Mac are in the back

After about an hour the novelty wears off, Chandler is being her usual backseat driver self, Mac is trying and failing to fall asleep and is getting agitated that Duke is driving so bumpy, and Veronica is playing Pokemon Violet on her Switch and getting her ass kicked by Iono over and over again so she's getting agitated

This makes Duke more and more angry until eventually she pulls into the parking lot of a Best Buy, storms into the store, and comes back with 4 pairs of noise-canceling headphones

She gives one to each of her gfs and tells them that they're gonna put these on and shut up before she turns around and that she is not dealing with this for the entire trip

That shuts them right up

No one talks until they stop at a McDonalds right outside St. Louis to get lunch, but even then their conversations are straightforward and short

They arrive at their hotel, put their stuff down (They had each packed a quick overnight bag with the things they would need like toothbrushes, change of clothes, meds, stuff like that), and Duke decides to apologize for how she acted earlier

Her gfs accepted her apology and admitted that they could have been more considerate of her

They came to the agreement that Chandler would keep her opinions about Duke's driving to herself, Mac and Veronica wouldn't outwardly express their frustration with things, and Duke would do the same with her frustrations about them

With that potentially trip-ending fight avoided, they head to the Gateway Arch

Chandler is bored bc ewwww learning and absolutely refuses to go up the elevator to the top, despite the pleading of her gfs

They go up and have a good time, looking over the city and into the Mississipi River below, while Chandler waits impatiently for them to get down so they can go to the hotel and relax

Eventually they come down and they head back, getting to bed early so they can leave early

Then they start heading to Kansas and Wheat Jesus

Chandler takes this part, Duke sits in the back with Veronica, Mac riding in the front

Nothing happens bc they're going through Kansas, the only thing there is a bunch of corn and weird ass religious signs

'Oh look guys this sign says we're going to hell for being gay'

'We know Heather, this is the 5th sign in the past half hour that's said that'

'Hell is gonna be fuckin lit, a bunch of lesbians with whips and chains and shit, its like a BDSM party that never ends'

'Shut up Veronica'

They eventually make a game out of it, which ever one of them can find the weirdest sign before they reach the hotel gets to be the one who can shower first

After sitting in the Jeep for hours upon end, they are kinda sweaty and are ready to shower, so it becomes a competition

Even Duke, who has her headphones in and is relentlessly typing away at her laptop, takes a break and participates

Obviously Chandler's ego will not let her lose, so she looks and looks until she sees one that says "You can't hold hands with God if you're 'mass debating'" (I'm not gonna use the actual word, but you get the idea of what it said)

They then reach Wheat Jesus, which is a billboard with a picture of Jesus in a field of wheat

Duke just thinks that its so stupid, even compared to the homophobic ones that they've passed

They take a quick picture and head back on the road

They head to Nebraska, which is more of the same

They eventually reach the Fork, which is another ridiculous thing that Duke finds stupidly funny

She manages to climb to the top while her gfs yell at her to get down, but she's able to get a good pic of her before a cop comes over and yells at them

After that they head to the lighthouse

Why is there a lighthouse in the middle of the Great Plains? Nobody knows

Chandler initially refuses to climb it bc 'it was so high up' but eventually she overcomes her fear

They get to the top, and are excited to see the view

They see grass, corn, wheat, and more weird ass billboards

They take a pic and agree that the Midwest fucking sucks

They head into Omaha, check into their hotel, and Chandler bolts to the shower, not forgetting that she won their little game earlier

They sleep and the next day they start towards South Dakota

Duke takes the wheel again, with Veronica finally getting to sit in the front

They head to Carhenge, which is just Stonehenge made out of cars

This time her gfs keep an eye on the gremlin so she won't climb things again

Chandler found all of these things kinda boring, but Duke is having fun exploring the attractions and buying a souvenir from each of them

Mac was also taking pictures of everything they've done, which she says she needs to make a scrapbook when they get back

Once they're done they start heading to Mt. Rushmore

Everyone is starting to get pretty bored

They've been driving for like 3 days now and they're running out of things to keep themselves entertained

And with boredom, there comes agitation, and they all too well remember what happened a few days ago when they all got pissed at each other

To lighten the mood they try to think of something fun they can do together

Duke suggests a movie but none of them can agree on which one, which only makes them angrier, same thing when she suggests putting on some music

Eventually Veronica googles 'things to do when you're bored' and comes across Prank Calls

They think its kinda childish but who are they kidding they aren't very mature people

After a bit of discussion they decide to call JD with the story being that Chandler is upset with her gfs and wants to elope with him

They know that he would never in a million years do that so that's why they agreed

They can barely contain their giggling while Chandler calls him

'Oh JD its horrible, my gfs are such immature children, I need a real man'

'Chandler'

'And look at you, such a strong man, I know you would treat me right'

'Heather are you drunk'

'Why don't we just run away, you and me, we'll move to Montana or some shit and have a big beautiful family'

' I would rather stick my dick into a slushie, impregnate it, and raise our hybrid slush-human children before I would ever consider having a family with you'

The rest can't handle it anymore and start bursting out laughing

JD realizes that this was a prank call and threatens to keep Cornelius forever

Duke shouts noooooooo and he hangs up

That keeps their spirits up until they reach Mt. Rushmore

**Line Break**

Once they get to Mt. Rushmore they check in to their room before heading to the monument itself

There's plenty to do, but first they all go to the mountain, take a few pictures, and just look at it

Before doing anything else they head to the gift shop where they pick up a few various things like magnets, a postcard, a bobblehead set for Veronica (She just thinks its funny) before Mac lays eyes on it

It's a 4 pack with a wig of each of the presidents along with a hat for Lincoln and glasses and a mustache for Roosevelt

She shows her gfs and says they have to get this and take a picture with them wearing these

For once Chandler doesn't have a stick in her ass and agrees to do it, but only if she gets to be Washington

Veronica is Lincoln bc she's the tallest

Mac is Roosevelt bc she loves animals and that leaves Duke as Jefferson, which she isn't thrilled about, saying that he sucks

She eventually sucks it up and puts on the wig

They stand in front of the mountain and get someone to take a picture of the 4 of them, standing in front of the corresponding president

Mac is really really excited about that picture, she says it's gonna look amazing in the scrapbook

They bring the wigs back to the room before heading to the Museum

Its actually a fairly interesting museum, going over the history of the architect, why the four presidents that were chosen were chosen, and even a bit about the Native American tribes that lived there

They take a Presidential Trail Loop, which isn't very long but gives them a good view of everything

Mac even gets some pictures of the wildlife which she is overjoyed about

As it gets dark they walk the The Avenue of Flags which Veronica is freaking out over

She's also a history buff so this whole experience has been just so fascinating for her

She is really into vexillology and loves identifying all the different flags and even discovering some she's never seen before

Finally, they go around the time of year they do the Evening Lighting Ceremony, where they light up the faces of the Presidents after watching a short film about the men whose faces were immortalized in stone on this mountain

Eventually they call it a night and head to the room

When they wake up and head out Veronica is actually kinda sad to leave

She is the one driving with Mac in the front and the other two in the back

But she quickly cheers up when they reach the Wall Drug Store Inc.

Its basically a Midwest Buccees

They have plenty of picture opportunities, including with a fake Mt. Rushmore that Mac puts right next to the big one in the scrapbook, and a Jurassic Park rip-off with a T-Rex Chasing them

They do a bit of shopping, Chandler even finding some boots that are up to her impossibly high standards for clothes

Then they go to the restaurant

They have Buffalo Burgers there

Both Chandler and Mac refuse to try, but Duke and Veronica say why the hell not and order them

They actually end up liking it a lot, its kinda earthy but also sweet, which is not what they were expecting from meat

They get some homemade donuts too, which are also amazing

From there they head to Yellowstone, where instead of spending the night in a hotel, they planned on camping

Before they got there, they stopped at a Walmart (there was no nearby Target, much to Chandler's horror) to get some hotdogs and buns to cook that night

Camping required moving everything out of the back to get to the tent, medical supplies, emergency supplies, and sleeping bags, moving it all back in, and bringing all of that with them to the designated camping spot

By the time they finish all of that they are sweaty and exhausted, expect for Mac who kept in good physical shape even after graduating and finishing cheerleading

They quickly get to work setting up the tent, only to realize that none of them know how to do this

They have the instructions, but something gets lost between Duke reading it out and the other 3 following what she's saying

It takes a good 2 hours before they have a tent that doesn't fall down after 5 seconds

Once they finally get that done with, they try to start a fire

Keyword Try

They try using the fire starter that Chandler bought, it doesn't work, they try using glass to redirect sunlight, doesn't work, they even try rubbing sticks together

They are all getting super frustrated and worse, they're starving

Duke gets the idea to do all three things at once to try and start the fire

Chandler says that that's stupid, if one didn't work why would all at the same time work

But while she's yapping Mac grabs the sticks and Veronica grabs the glass

Somehow it actually works and they manage to start a fire and Chandler is just done with everything and decides to go sit in the tent and cool off

Eventually she goes out to cook the hot dogs and despite the fact she's cooking them in the middle of the woods they actually turn out decent

Once they've eaten they decide to walk around and see the nature

Yellowstone is beautiful, they just walk around, not saying a word, enjoying the serenity of nature

Mac takes the occasional picture of waterfalls or the hot springs, but besides that the only sound heard is the crunch of leaves or rocks beneath their feet

Eventually they reach the hot springs

Duke leans over to feel the heat better

And she almost falls in

She is only saved at the last second by Mac grabbing her

After that they decide to go back to camp

On the way Mac keeps a look out for wildlife

She sees buffalo, coyotes, deer, mountain goats and even a marmot

It takes all of Mac's willpower not to run up and start hugging the marmot, she can't help it they're just big fat prairie dogs

When they get back to camp they see a bear foraging around in their food

Chandler screams at the sight of it which causes the bear to notice them and start growling and swiping its claws towards them

Everyone is freaking out, they're trying to figure out how to get to their bags bc maybe they could use the bug spray to spray in its eyes until it runs away or maybe use the flare or knife

Everyone is freaking out, expect for Mac

She walks straight up to the bear, slaps it, and says 'GO AWAY' in the loudest voice she can manage

The bear just looks ashamed and slowly trods away

Her gfs are just stunned and don't say a word

They get set up for the night, getting their sleeping bags out and getting marshmallows to make smores

As they are eating they start to notice something

There are a lot of bugs

Thankfully this is something they are actually prepared for as Chandler goes into the tent and hands each of her gfs a can of bug spray

Once they spray a bit and the bugs either leave or die it's actually kinda nice

As they are eating their smores Duke suggests they tell scary stories

She says that she'll start

The story she tells is so dark and gruesome that by the time she's finished both Chandler and Veronica are shaking and Mac is hugging Chandler tight and on the verge of tears

She pretty much killed the mood with that so they put out the fire and went to bed

When they get up in the morning none of them have gotten more than a hour's sleep each

They are all exhausted and their backs hurt and want nothing more than to sleep in a real bed

But they know they have to keep moving on if they wanna stay on schedule

They quickly pack up and head out of Yellowstone

Duke drives with Veronica in the front and Chandler and Mac in the back

**Line Break**

Chandler tells Veronica that if she ever suggests going camping again she will leave her stranded in the woods

Then Veronica says that if she ever suggests it to put her in a mental institution

They eventually reach the Car with Two Front Ends

Its another silly roadside attraction which is exactly like it sounds, a car with two front ends

They take some pictures before heading back to start the drive to the Grand Canyon

They are all exhausted, they've got no real sleep and have only eaten fast food

So they decide to alter their plans a little, instead of doing the Grand Canyon today they'll relax in the room before doing it tomorrow

To do this they would have to skip the Hoover Dam, which no one is sad about but Duke

'Heather why do you even want to go there, its just a dam?'

'I know why she wants to go'

'Shut up Veronica'

'She wants to make dam jokes'

'.... Like from the Percy Jackson books?'

'Yeah'

'I should've expected that'

They get to the resort at the Canyon and rush to take a shower and relax

Of course Chandler being the princess she is insists on going first

She takes so long that the other three get fed up, go in the shower and drag her out, before deciding to just say screw it and take one together so they don't have to wait any longer

When they get out they decide to just all get in bed and cuddle while watching TV

Before that they also decide to turn the AC down to the lowest setting it can go

They pass out pretty much immediately

When they get up they quickly load their things back into the car before heading to the Canyon itself

They visit the Visitor's Center, where they watch some introductory videos and look around the exhibits

They then go to the gift shop and pick up some souvenirs

Duke spots some cowboy hats and gets an idea

She runs up behind each of her gfs and places a hat in their color on each of their heads

Chandler thinks its stupid (big surprise there) but the others like it so they get the hats

She's thankful for the hats when they start going down the trail, because the sun is blazing down on them and it is really fucking hot

They're taking a trail down to the bottom where they are gonna go whitewater rafting in the Colorado River

The entire way down Chandler is petrified that she's gonna fall or they're gonna run into a rattlesnake or something

She's so happy when they reach the bottom that she could cry

After a quick tutorial the four of them get into their raft

You would think after years of being friends, then gfs, and being a part of a clique they would be able to work together on this simple task

You would be wrong

Chandler and Mac are sitting in the front and Duke and Veronica in the back

Chandler is barking orders to everyone while Duke is telling her that she's doing it wrong and so they all start yelling at each other

The instructor is paddling over to them trying to tell them what to do but none of them can hear her over their own shouting

Eventually their raft hits a rock and it flips over

Thankfully they are all strong swimmers and so are able to get to the shore quickly and without being injured

The water was actually pretty cold so none of them were too upset

They eventually made the way back up, stopping at several spots to get different views of everything

They then get back in the car, cranking up the AC before heading to San Diego

Mac drives here, Chandler in the front and the other two in the back

They're getting closer and closer to their destination, and with that they're getting more antsy

Even with the frequent stops they've been driving for days and they just want to be there already

Veronica spent like 2 hours trying to convince Chandler to try playing Pokemon with her and Mac, but she refuses bc she has a stick in her ass and hates fun

At least that's what Veronica claims is the problem

She tries appealing to her ego, saying that the whole point of the game is about becoming better than everyone else, but to no avail

The drive to San Diego feels like an eternity, but once they see the Pacific on the horizon they realize that it was all worth it

They reach the hotel and sleep, before waking up and heading to the zoo

Mac is like a very excited child, she's running around the place and just beaming

They paid for a VIP tour, so they had a personal guide taking them around the zoo

They even got to go up close and personal with some of the animals

They let them feed the giraffes, elephants, monkeys, capybaras, penguins and so much more

Most of the animals were really chill and even let Mac hug them, which just made her so happy

When the tour was over Mac said that they were coming back one day and doing this again and was crying happy tears

They stop at the gift shop and of course she picks up a bunch of plushes

They have no room in the Jeep but that hasn't stopped them from buying stuff before

From here they head to Disneyland

They stay at the Disneyland Hotel, which is so fucking cool

It's a hotel that has a bunch of Disney history, so they spend some time looking around that the exhibits

They even have this giant wall full of old Disney merch, which they take a minute to look around and find all of the cool stuff

They then head to Downtown Disney to do some shopping

They buy some of the usual stuff, pins, plushies, a few shirts and various knick knacks

Duke buys a few more lightsabers, justifying it by saying they were on sale

They have to pull Veronica out of the Lego store before she buys the UCS Millenium Falcon

They get to bed early, because in the morning they have to deal with Drill Srgt. McNamara

She wakes up before them and yells at them to hurry hurry hurry

She does not stop they are all ready and the second they are she grabs their hands and drags them to the park enterance

They have to get done with both Disneyland and California Adventure, and if they are gonna do everything they have to hurry

Since they are staying on-property, they are able to get in 30 min early, and Mac drags them to Tommorowland and is able to get everything done there

Everything goes fine until the Nemo Submarine ride, its dark and cramped and Chandler is not a fan of it

She screams like a little bitch whenever the angler fish jumpscares them

By the time the park opens fully they are in line for the Matterhorn

The Matterhorn is one of the most bumpy rides, and by the time they get off their backs are killing them

People start flooding in to the park and wait times are going up, so Mac drags them from one part of the part to another, doing whatever has the shortest line

They go from Small World to Smuggler's Run to Jungle Cruise to Rodger Rabbit to Haunted Mansion, you get the idea

By the time they stop for lunch everyone is exhausted, except for Mac, who seems annoyed they had to stop

They've gotten about 3/4ths of the park done, and they still have California Adventure to do

They try asking Mac is they can slow down but she just laughs and says that if they slow down they won't get everything done

Veronica tries telling her that they could always come back, its not like they couldn't afford it or that their work wouldn't let them but she doesn't wanna hear it

However she does agree that she'll take the next leg of driving so they can rest while they head to Redwood National Park

That sounds like a fair compromise to them so they keep heading out

They quickly wrap up Disneyland and head to California Adventure

There less rides there, so they can afford to go a little bit slower

** Line Break **

On the Little Mermaid Dark Ride, they had to cram themselves into a single clam which was super uncomfortable but it was worth it when they got to the 'Kiss the Girl' scene and they all kissed each other

They head to the Spider-man ride, which requires the rider to shoot webs by making the Spider-man web shooter gesture and moving it back and forth

Their hands were cramping so badly when they got off

Duke won and was gloating which obviously pissed off Chandler, which causes her to drag her to the Toy Story ride to get revenge

Chandler does end up winning that round, so she declares that they are even

Eventually they finish all the rides and decide to get dinner

They go to Flo's Cafe in Cars Land, where they see the best menu item ever

Its the Ka-Cheeseburger, like Lightning McQueen's catchphrase Ka-Chow

They all think that it is just the funniest thing ever, so they all get one, plus a Piston Cup cup

Once they finish their dinner (it was just alright) they head back to Disneyland to watch Fantasmic! and finish up shopping

They head to bed, pack up, and head on the road

Mac drives while the others sleep, exhausted by the previous day's events

She wakes them up once they reach the forest

The main reason they came was because they filmed Endor there in Return of the Jedi, so after walking around the trail for a few hours, admiring the giant trees, they find the exact spot they filmed some scenes in the movie and take pictures, using the lightsabers that Duke bought at Disneyland as props

After they finish up (and of course grabbing some souvenirs) they head back towards San Fransisco

They drive over the Golden Gate Bridge, which isn't anything special besides the fact that it is the Golden Gate Bridge

Compared to everything else they've seen and done over the trip a random Bridge is probably the least interesting

They then do the final thing of the road trip, which is going tour Alcatraz

They get on the ferry and start the tour

Its actually pretty interesting, even Chandler finds it entertaining

After the tour is over they have a little while to look around on their own

They go to some of the cells and start taking pictures

They pass by a random cell and Duke decides to play a prank

She nudges Chandler and says that she saw something weird in that cell over there

Chandler goes to take a look and Duke closes the door behind her

Upon realizing that she was trapped she starts screaming at Duke to let her out while Duke just laughs her ass off

'You've been a bad bad girl Heather, and now its time for your punishment'

'DUKE THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR SEXY TIMES LET ME OUT'

'Only if you say the magic wordddd'

'Please?'

'Noooo, you know what it is'

'I'm not saying that'

'Say it or you're staying in there'

'....Duke is the most goregous, most sexy, smartest, prettiest Heather there is'

'And?'

'and she is much better than me at Toy Story Mania'

After that incident they take the ferry back and start the final leg to the journey, to the beach house

They actually have to circle back towards Los Angeles as the beach house is farther south, but eventually they arrive at the house

Its rather isolated, the nearest house is a few miles away

It's on the seafront, with a spacious beach area in the front of it

It's a two-story modern-styled house, complete with a pool, game room, and movie room with a 98in TV

They quickly unloaded everything, before driving out to Target to grab food to make for the next two weeks, before

Their first day at the house they spend in bed

The past week of constant travel and doing things has exhausted them beyond belief, more than they ever thought possible

Chandler doesn't even feel like cooking, they just DoorDash Chinese food

Once they've rested and can feel their feet again, they start doing things

Their days go generally like this;

They sleep in until around 9ish

While her gfs shower, Veronica makes their coffee/tea, and after they are done Veronica takes her shower

They put on their bikinis and head down to the beach

Chandler generally doesn't go in the water, she spends most of her time catching up on some reading and sunbathing

Duke and Veronica picked up some Boogie Boards when they went to Target, and take some time trying to surf

Trying is the key word there, they aren't very good at it, but they have fun with it

Mac alternates between swimming and building sand castles

She spent a lot of the ride watching Youtube videos on people building them, and she was inspired

She also collects sea shells to put in her scrapbook

Around lunch time they'll go back inside while Chandler cooks

She's been trying some new recipes and while they aren't all hitters, she's having fun trying new things out

After that they'll take a nap before doing something in the afternoon

Sometimes they'll take a dip in the pool, which has a slide

Duke will wait at the top of the slide until someone on the float passes by, and then she'll quickly slide down and land on top of them

Other times they'll get out the water guns and start shooting each other

If they don't go to the pool they might head to the game room

They have a bunch of board games

They play some Trivial Pursuit, which Veronica wins handily, or Monopoly, which they end up having to abandon because Chandler and Duke are getting competitive again

They also have some video games

As soon as she sees Mario Party Veronica grabs it and hides it somewhere upstairs

They are not having a repeat of the Mario Party Incident

They play Jackbox Party, which causes Duke to laugh so hard that her sides start to cramp

If not games, then they go to the movie room and watch some movies

Mac's dad has both a large collection of DVDs and a bunch of streaming services, so they have essentially unlimited options

There's a pull-out couch that they use to lay down on, and they cuddle while watching things

At night they'll get some wine and go sit on the beach, just watching the sunset and enjoying each other's company , before calling it a night

They stay this way for two weeks, just relaxing without a care in the world, until the day comes that they need to pack up and go

It takes forever to get everything to fit, bc they bought just so much crap

They manage to get it all to fit, but whoever is in the backseat is gonna need to sit on someone else's lap

Its illegal but who cares

As they're finishing up Mac says that she's gonna go take a quick walk on the beach

She comes back 5 min later upset, saying that she dropped one of her earrings

Her gfs rush to come help her

Mac suggests that they dig through the sand to try and find it

While they are digging Duke finds something

Its not Mac's earring, its a small chest

Confused, she opens it, only to see 4 smaller boxes, one red, one yellow, one green and one blue

The three of them look at Mac, who is struggling not to smile, as she hands Chandler the red box, Veronica the blue box, and Duke the green box, before grabbing the yellow box herself

She tells them about how her life has been changed because of them, and how its improved in every conceivable way

She further says that without them, she doesn't know where or even who she would be, and that she wouldn't want to be anyone else than who she is right now, and that she has them to thank for it

She then says that she cannot see a life without them, and that she doesn't even want to imagine it and thats why she wants to make it permanent

** Line Break**

After she says this she gets down on her knee and tells them to open their boxes, revealing a ring in each one

Each ring is ornate, containing Heather flowers and roses with a diamond at the center, obviously in each of their respective colors

She then asks the question;

"Will you marry me?"

They're all crying, and they all pull each other into a group hug before saying that they will

So they leave the beach house, a ring on each of their fingers

They get home, and Mac gets started on the scrapbook of their trip

She works day and night in-between work and spending time with her fiancees

Eventually she gets to the last page, with a picture of the four of them on the beach, and another picture of their rings

She writes the word 'girlfriends' next to it, before grabbing a red sharpie, x-ing it out, and writing another word before circling it in green

The word is Wives

The final word count of this is somewhere around 25k words, so jesus christ I wrote a lot

If you read all of this you are awesome and I hope you enjoyed this

[tomhardymyking]

Admit it, 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲, we know you do love him 🥰 Or at least do it in the next movie, please 🙏🏻!

This extended deleted scene with unfinished special effects is in the extras of the 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎: 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 Blu-ray 👀I can't wait to watch the continuation of the 𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒂𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 post-credits scene 😏 These days night scenes with drunk 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 were shot, and in the next few days or next week scenes on a beach will be shot... Does that mean they are going to film the skinny-dipping scene? That would be amazing 🔥 ADAPT "WATCH THE TEETH" FROM THE COMICS 👌🏻

𝗧𝗼𝗺, in 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎 3 in "Mexico" with graffiti in Spanish... What a fantasy 🤩 I hope he speaks Spanish too! It would be too good for me 💓

Happy 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 (𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡) to 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 / 𝗩𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 🏳️‍🌈 Long live them 💖 How much I love them 😍

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Admítelo, 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲, sabemos que sí lo amas 🥰 O al menos hazlo en la siguiente película, ¡por favor 🙏🏻!

Esta escena eliminada extendida está en los extras del Blu-ray de 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎: 𝑯𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒛𝒂 con los efectos especiales sin acabar 👀

Qué ganas de ver la continuación de la escena poscréditos de 𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒂𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 😏 Estos días se rodaron escenas de noche con 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 borracho, y en los próximos días o la semana que viene se rodarán escenas en una playa... ¿¡Eso quiere decir que van a rodar la escena de bañarse desnudos!? Sería increíble 🔥 ADAPTAD "VIGILA LOS DIENTES" DE LOS CÓMICS 👌🏻

𝗧𝗼𝗺, en 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎 3 en "México" con graffitis en español... Qué fantasía 🤩 ¡Ojalá hable él en español también! Sería demasiado buena para mí 💓

Feliz 𝐃𝐢𝐚 (𝐌𝐞𝐬) 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐨 para 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 / 𝗩𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 🏳️‍🌈 Vivan ellos 💖 Cómo los quiero 😍💘

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[littlebosslady7]

Thank you for the comic con updates and your cm fanfics during the downfall arc. You set them in Nicodranas more than once. What does their beach house look like?

You're very welcome. I had fun writing those over the BH hiatus.

Outside Ocean view. Right on the beach, but far enough away from the sea to avoid monsters and high tide. Bricked walkway. Two vehicle garage. 1 of which stores Ashton and Fearne's crawler/tools. Their crawler is essentially a Harley motorcycle, but with steam pipes. The other side stores any brumestone vehicles that they rent and boxes of their treasures. It's cream colored, brick reddish brown shingles, dark wood front door. All arched doorways.

Living room has a couch that could double as a guest bed. Overhead torch lights that have a touch of fey whimsy. Two maroon arm chairs, a crystal that gets that same channels as Nana Morri, plants that Fearne constantly has to reinvigorate with her druidic magic because the hot sun can sometimes be too much. A decorative hour glass on the wall, but instead of sand, it may or may not be healing water. (It does) A second sturdy wood coffee table built by Chet. A portrait of Mister on their crawler by the sea.

Kitchen: Bar like. Blue tile backsplash. Ice box. Stools at the long island. Stove, not as nice as their cabin, but it works. Fearne likes to do outdoor bonfires. Little nook in the corner with cushioned bench seats. Tropical fruit in a bowl.

Hallway has mirrors, various crawler race portraits, and abstract paintings of gems and flowers.

Upstairs: Always gotta have a playroom for Mister with his indoor climbing tree. Next room has a writing desk for Fearne. Ashton also occasionally does graffiti art on canvas or their clothes. Also there's a long day bed should they relax in other ways.

Their bedroom: Always a huge bed to fit their Titan forms. Canopy style, they always need replace the curtains. Metal trunk for Ashton's winnings and Fearne's beginning deals with impressionable sailors. Grey chaise/daybed. Balcony with little outdoor table and chairs. Spy glass. Wood floors cuz carpet would be too hot.

Their closet: Blue double doors. An array of rainbow color. Things are always left on the floor. A silver full length mirror that's easy for Ashton to move. If I’m being honest, I feel like Fearne and Ashton keep their smutty stuff here — lingerie, swimsuits, books, and toys for both of them. There may be some Burlesque style paintings poorly done after a paint and sip night. Obscured by a trophy or two.

Their backyard: Lounge chairs. Crappy falling apart umbrellas, but Fearne prefers to make shade with giant plant growth leaves.

Bathrooms: Powder room downstairs: Peeling palm tree wallpaper. Upstairs: Chisels of various sizes for Ashton's hair cuts. Tons of fur conditioners and shampoos for Fearne.

[onepiece-polls]

One Piece Shipping War - Round 1 Side B

ThatchIzou edit was made by @cloneraid

Propaganda under the cut.

Propaganda for Thatch x Izou:

I still need to make a Thatch outfit to match your Izou :P (be glad I forgot before Comic Con) (Mod: yes, this is very much meant towards me. Other than this, no propaganda was submitted)

Propaganda for Shachi x Penguin:

They may be underrated characters with very little screen time, but you can see that they clearly are affectionate with each other (ex: hugging in the manga) and also speaking at the same time, sharing thoughts, and beyond that, they grew up together. They've clearly known each other for a long time and typically work together very well. They are a package deal, you cannot separate them <3

Two idiots with one braincell/ two bros sitting on each other laps because they're gay / it's not gay if it's the homie

Law officiated their marriage fr

They're overcompensating for how gay they are for each other and everyone can tell

(Headcanons included) Everyone who likes a cute younger brother aura X a serious Tsundere older brother aura would love this ship! Shachi and Penguin know each other before they even met Law. I think their parents are on good term since they went to the beach together. I like to think that they knew each other since birth. They are both very close, and inseparable since forever. And it would be cute to think that the both of them only has each other. A cute and shy Penguin being best friend with a fun and exciting Shachi (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)♡ They both survived the tsunami together. And since Penguin was the oldest one. He would feel like he had the responsibility to protect Shachi. Big brother aura Penguin! He loves Shachi so much that he would do anything to protect him… They are very close for a long time because they knew each other's blood type and Shachi invited Penguin to stay at his uncle's house. ✨But of course, the uncle and aunt were abusive. Since Penguin thought that he had to protect Shachi at all cost. Penguin would always be the one to receive most of the physical abuse. Shachi would be a crybaby and cry everytime he sees Penguin in pain. But Penguin would always say that he was okay. (skipping to growing up) there's also that time where a bomb exploded. Instead of worrying about themselves, they cared about the other person more ✨I think it was Penguin would called out for Shachi?Then, there was the fighting scene on swallow island where ShachiPen fought the enemy together. I like to imagine the both of them already liking each other since their younger age. Especially Shachi. Shachi who had been protected during his childhood by Penguin decided to become stronger for him. Because of INK, my favorite artist, that drew a lot of ShachiPen, I have their version of ShachiPen stuck in my head. And it also became my headcanon. Shachi became a lot stronger than Penguin and it is now his turn to protect him. Hehehe. After Savaody I like to imagine that something bad happened to one of them. Then they finally confessed their love. ♡(ŐωŐ人)

[jrlunaart]

Throwback to that time I traveled to the west coast for the Long Beach Comic Con!

Etsy Shop Storenvy 

[limetameta]

this started as a meme but turned into an emotional rollercoaster 🎢 and then an uplifting story about mental health?

So not that anyone asked but the thesis is going well which is why i am rewriting retired prometheus lmao

Stuff gets really mentally unhealthy down there

There are 15 google docs full of seperate chapters because bestie's laptop crashed when i tried to put her on the complete rp google doc???? My story kills laptops, what does yours do?

Bestie made a comment that the google doc chapters 1 through 7 is 100 pages long. And only chapter 1 is edited.

We put RP into that word count to page count converter and it says that the entire story is like 1200 pages or something. In comic sans it's like 1500 I think. Which we found delightful.

None of the chapters are updated yet on ao3 but it will end up longer lmao because i am adding scenes to help with pacing. Also to tie in the side stories and prequels.

All of this started because it's finally passed enough time since i wrote the ending that i can look at it objectively. Some parts of the story are very good and don't need as much rehauling though there are still those that haunt me.

There's this arc i dubbed The fucked arc in the story and i was going through quite possibly the worst part of my life and the writing is ineligible. I barely understand what's happening there. The sentence structure is all over the place. I only vividly remember not sleeping nights and wondering if I was supposed to kill myself and since the answer was yes, if I was going to do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. But I didn't want to die until I had finished retired prometheus, so i continued.

The writing in the fucked arc is bad, the content inside the writing is very vivid and heavy and why the folks who read my works endured until the writing got better again. I think about every review that encouraged me. I held onto those reviews like a lifeline and said: Well I promised I'd see this through. So I can't really end it yet. Abraxas and Tom haven't reunited yet for fucks sake *me wading through shitty sentences and awful pacing and a heinous mental breakdown* I need the toxic gays to kiss goddammit!

By the time I actually finished RP I had gotten into therapy and sorta healed. I say sorta because I never actually shook off what happened to me that year. I just kept thinking about it much less. But when I would remember it I would be consumed by my thoughts and I wouldn't really be able to get anything done.

Really the weirdest part was I thought that I was on a timer. Like I ever listened to timers to begin with. But I really rushed the updates like Hamilton in that Non stop song. Because I didn't know if I'd be alive to see the next update. If I'd jump in front of a car or if I'd drown in the sea off the coast of a beach I frequented.

Every big hiatus you'd see in retired prometheus on that chapter index page represents this really low point in my life. Because I only thrive in creative works when I am okay. When I am not deeply unwell. Back then I was.

I didn't really think about what others would say, but I only kept thinking about what a hassle it would be to kms. Though dying would be better than living on. Like that justice statue I'd be weighing the pros and cons of dying to myself. I'd try to get myself to have enough bravery to do it only to falter at the last second and be like as long as nobody knows why I want to do it, I can still pretend like my life isn't over. I can still smile through it and no one will be able to tell but me.

There's a photograph a friend of mine took with her professional camera of me from the summer of the fucked arc and I look like I'm ten years older than I am now. You could really just see the stress. Maybe my friend couldn't or she didn't know what I usually smiled like. I know my own honest smile and that's not something I can expect others to know. But my god I don't think I've ever been in more pain than I was then. Pro tip: don't zoom in on photos of yourself if you're going thru it! I personally think being a chain smoker for 30 years would have given me a kinder face.

Anyway writing would kind of be an excuse for me. So even if I hated everything i was writing I'd still post it because I didn't want retired prometheus to end up unfinished.

On so many occasions I bemoaned to bestie if I would ever finish writing retired prometheus because it was a ball and chain tying me to life. But also i kinda really did want to complete one project (ignores tens of tens of finished stories because they're not retired prometheus and they'll never be retired prometheus)

Then to add salt to injury my best friend not bestie kills herself a year later and I'm left like that pikachu meme going Hey Now! Hey! HEY NOW YOUNG MAN!

I felt like a poser because I was out there just thinking things and she was out there DOING IT!

A grief like nothing I had ever experienced struck me. I didn't know a person was able to feel such emotions until that moment. It was razing. It ruined every thought I had.

I realised such a lovely thing that at the time I hated: her death had shocked me out of my apathy. It thrust me into anger. Into something so deeply tangible I was struggling to accept it. She would never be someone I could hug again. Yet she thrust me back into life with such a vice grip I can feel her hands on my shoulders even now.

The people around me couldn't understand what I was going through. They saw me for the first time as someone at risk, because, if a close friend of mine died - then that, in this small minded country, meant that there was a cult going on. That my friend had not killed herself because she didn't see a way out but because she'd been conditioned to do it.

That because she had a rainbow in her Instagram bio and followed queer people. That's why she killed herself. Because queers in the Balkan remain a sect. A predatory group of people who are going to hurt your children and brainwash them.

I didn't want to kill myself anymore. If only because I had finally unlocked spite. Anger and spite got me on a bus. Secretly. My friend didn't tell anyone she was taking a day off work. I didn't tell anyone i was taking a day off work. My friend didn't tell anyone she was going on a bus to the tallest Bridge in our country. She was dead set on never coming back. And she knew we'd try to stop her. I didn't tell anyone where I was going because I knew my mother would scream at me. Just as she screamed at me in fear that I was going to be next.

Being put on the spotlight like that, for all the wrong reasons, made me want to do something I'd been afraid of doing for years.

I got on a bus that day because I was so tired of the Balkan. I was so tired of living in a place that was hell bent on making me feel worthless.

I got off the bus and walked towards a building not too far from the bus stop. Not too far from where I lived even. But I was wearing headphones and sunglasses and a hat and even a scarf. As I looked in the mirror in the hallway I thought that I'd dressed up just as I'd dressed Grindelwald in the Intermission chapters while he was running from the aurors.

If I had killed a person I would not have taken such effort to concealing my identity.

But where I had gone was a crime, you see. Not in a legal sense. But in a sense of *belief*.

What my friend had done could not be judged because she was dead and she didn't care for it anymore.

I could be judged. And I would be judged. Because that was the country I lived in. With the people I lived with. Who are scared to learn better. Who cling to the belief that what their parents know is good and what their parents know was even better.

Perhaps it would have been better for my family if I did kill myself than subject them to this humiliation?

It was summer. Not the summer of the fucked arc, but the fucked arc was still going. I had stopped asking bestie if would finish rp and if I would just get this stupid arc over. She told me I would. I didn't believe her.

My hand was shaking as I knocked on the door. Inside I introduced myself and said I had sent an email. From a burner email with a fake name. I did not want to give out my full name. But I had to. So I did.

Because not feeling anything was something I had accustomed myself to. Feeling so many things to such a degree as I had at the time was worse. I needed help.

HELP! Somebody! NOT JUST ANYBODY! HELP-

Naturally it only took all of 5 minutes for me to be cured of my mental illness and trauma. The therapist was a pro. And I was a writer with a flare for the dramatic.

Nudge nudge wink wink.

No, it took 5 minutes for me to breakdown about my friend killing herself.

5 minutes of me making jokes about trying therapy. 5 minutes of me trying to make light of the situation. 5 minutes of me being on the verge of tears and refusing to break down and be weak. Because I was better than everyone else who really needed therapy, you know. I wasn't mentally ill. I was just going through a tough time.

Mental illness was worse than if I killed myself. If I killed myself I could get away with being a drug addict. Anything was better than being mentally ill in the Balkan.

My therapist, like 5 minutes in: honestly I think everyone in the Balkan is mentally ill its just that nobody is getting any help for it.

Me thinking of every war this country has gone through only a 100 years back. I let a bunch of untreated mentally ill clowns hold me back from asking for help.

And for what???

Judgement???

I was doing something that took so much more bravery than killing myself would have taken. I was doing something no one in my family, for as long as my line has existed, has ever done: I was going to therapy.

I wasn't drinking rakija until I couldn't see. I wasn't smoking until my lungs gave out. I wasn't starving myself. I wasn't flinging myself from one emotion till the next and making others walk around egg shells around me.

It wouldn't be months until I'd tell my mother I was seeing a therapist, because this was a secret still. As if I was having an affair, I would lie and say I was going to the beach or that I was going drinking with friends. And I would take my bus. In the opposite direction both metaphorically and literally to the one my friend took when she decided to end her life.

The therapist was kind. She still is. But I'm glad she was the one who took me on. I didn't tell her about what happened to me, about why the fucked arc is so badly written. I couldn't get the words out of my mouth, my teeth were so gritted. So instead I talked about other fires that needed putting out.

And I thrived creatively. I wrote the ugliest things I've ever written and I loved it. I loved every word I was putting out there. I felt like myself again.

When my mother learned I was going to therapy she started shouting: Are you only going there to complain about what a terrible mother I am?

And I just remember saying: you *and* dad.

Much like you can expect, slavic parents do not understand that therapy is real and helpful. They think that this is like a drug. That if I become addicted to therapy I will not be able to function in society without having to consult my therapist, drink my therapy, and become a shell of myself.

After years of seeing an apathetic ghost, no doubt she blamed therapy for my anger and my outbursts and my having emotions. I, for one, blamed the bitch who killed herself and got me in this mess.

I swear to god this started as a meme post! Please believe me I had no intention of sitting down for hours on the couch to write this. I put on a dungeon and dragons episode from dimension 20 for fucks sake.

My mother is still against therapy. If I had a father I'd ask. But he'd probably say that writing was his therapy. Just like retired prometheus had been mine. No wonder he writes like shit.

A year later I finished retired prometheus and decided I wouldn't look back. Especially because I think the ending bummed a lot of folks out. And I was like you don't know what being bummed out is you fuckers you came to the mentally ill story and got to the end and you won't even leave a review shame on you don't you know I used to use those as a reason to live. Lmaooo actually just like that Key and Peele skit with the give a dollar save a child shtick. Leave a review and I live another day.

This is the part where we de-escalated this post somehow.

I need to go to work tomorrow. I need to sleep.

This rewrite was a long time coming. Because I know I can do better. I have grown so much more as a writer and I want that to be reflected in a story that is like an autobiography to me. I look at a chapter, at a line, and I know what people i used to hang out with. I know which cafes or bars i used to frequent. I read an inside joke and I laugh.

I don't want the fucked arc to hold me back. I know I can make it better.

But I can only do so now after years have passed. After I know with utmost certainty that I am okay.

It wouldn't really be until this year that I felt completely unburdened by the shit I was going through that year when the fucked arc began. So kind of as a commemoration to that I'm rewriting Retired Prometheus.

Gonna give yall some of those dvd menu extra scenes now because ur gonna finally read the deluxe edition.

[tickldpnk8]

Season 2 and Beyond Speculation

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the things we know for Season 2 and how it might indicate what they include or not include in the series as a whole.

I’ll cut this here to keep folk’s feeds as spoiler free as possible. If you’re interested in reading on, I’ll be covering what we know for certain, an approach I think they could be taking for Season 2 and beyond, what that means for the short stories in the comics, and how that could affect the ending. Also how Shakespeare factors into all of the above.

What we know

Some of the facts we have with my commentary in italics.

That they filmed more during filming for S1, than we saw on screen. This could mean that they filmed all of Lucifer’s scenes for Season of Mists and even beyond when she was on set. Could also mean that they got what they needed from Ferdie for SoM. (Note: I know I read/watched this somewhere at some point, but have lost my interview reference for it...if anyone finds it, let me know and I'll link to it)

That Tom and another actor were seen filming Orpheus scenes on a beach. They could again be trying to get all future season scenes down while actors and sets are available.

Production companies tend to film things out of order. Knowing what was currently filming before the strike doesn’t necessarily mean they are skipping comic issues.

Season 1 covered all of Preludes and Nocturnes, Sound of Her Wings, Doll's House (including pairing Men of Good Fortune with the Death issue in episode 6), plus 2 short stories from Dream Country. The only thing really skipped is Tales in the Sand from the first 18 issues of the comic.

The teaser for season 2 getting ordered referenced the family dinner, plus Neil has teased visuals from SoM comic panels while at cons before the strike. This pretty much guarantees Season of Mists.

We know they've had casting calls for Destruction, Delirium and some evidence that Wanda appears to be combined with Ruby DeLong. To me this confirms Season of Mists and also Song of Orpheus, but possibly some planning ahead to capture scenes while actors are on-set.

What it could mean

A pattern of long arcs with short stories

So here's the thing: we've so far seen a pattern of 1 major multi-episode arc followed by 1 episode that combined 2 short stories. It's a pattern that was repeated twice: Preludes and Nocturnes followed by Sound of Her Wings/Men of Good Fortune; then Doll's House followed by Dream of 1000 Cats/Calliope.

If we follow that trend, then we could expect the next major arc to be Season of Mists with Tales in the Sand acting as the prologue to the Prologue. But where could they go from here?

My guess is that we've seen all we'll ever see of the rest of Dream Country. And this pains me to admit because Midsummer Night's Dream is probably my favorite stand-alone issue. But while Shakespeare's issues play a really important role in the overall interpretation of the Sandman comics, they're not that integral to the actual overall plot. (more on this in a moment) Not to mention that they've been scrubbing all the DC characters from the tv show...and I just can't see how they would adapt Element Girl's Facade without referencing superheroes.

So if we don't see the rest of Dream Country adapted, that frees the team up to progress to the next self-contained stories. And next in the publication order would be Distant Mirrors—including Thermidor—and Song of Orpheus. Both of which are hugely integral to the plot. I doubt you could combine them into 1 episode to follow the pattern from season 1...but there's probably a lot that could be condensed in each of them.

So what happens next? A Game of You or Brief Lives?

Personally, I think they'll go for A Game of You as the next big arc. Some of the scenes with Wanda's actor we've got leaks on would indicate this...but possibly with some major changes from how the comics ended. From there, you've got the Convergences issues...of which The Parliament of Rooks is pretty important, but the others could be cut. Maybe they pair it with another small issue from Distant Mirrors like 3 Septembers and a January...maybe not.

But here is where it could get interesting…they could give us half of Brief Lives and end it on a cliffhanger with Morpheus walking away from Del.

Beyond Season 2

If they opt to show any of Brief Lives as a part of this next batch being filmed and released (I'm loosely calling this Season 2 knowing they might not release it as such), then here's how I'm seeing the rest of it play out. Season 3 could cut back to a pairing of smaller stories in the beginning before coming back in with the resolution of Brief Lives. Next, they could cut away to a pairing of 2 small stories from World's End before hitting hard with The Kindly Ones.

World's End's 2 most important stories would be Hob's Leviathan (for the continuity of a beloved character) and also Cerements (for the context that the Endless can die). The others, while interesting, don't necessarily add much to the larger plot.

Meanwhile, the Kindly Ones is so long: it's the longest arc at 13 issues. I feel like it's going to have to get condensed at the very least and possibly broken up like Brief Lives might be. If that's the case, I could see them bringing in some of the Death issues or perhaps more of World's End in the middle. I feel like the very end of the series would be a pairing of the actual Wake itself and Hob's story at the Renn Faire to close it out.

So what about Shakespeare??

Cutting Shakespeare may be the right call considering how many Morpheus-centric issues they'll need to get through in the next few seasons in an uncertain streaming territory. But cutting those issues changes the ways you could interpret the ending. I think @writing-for-life said it best in her excellent post on the last 3 issues:

We are the ones who forgive him - he will only be free if we do. We see that he has changed, no matter if he believed he did or he didn't. We, the audience (who were even at his wake; we are the last dreamer to wake up), are the ones who decide if it was “worth it”.

And then there's @onehundredandeleventropicalfish's excellent post on the same topic:

he can't be free of the story until we answer that all-important question - was it worth it? to which the answer can only be of course it was.

So why bring this up if I think they're going to completely cut Shakespeare's 2 comic issues from the show? Because for the ending of Sandman to stick (especially where I think they're going to end it at this point), they'll need to get both of those points across in showing how Morpheus changes, and then in making his suicide/succession plan to cede the Dreaming to Daniel relatable.

I've already said that I think the show is going to have to lean more into an obvert perspective on whether there's a Morpheus hanging around after Death: is this a tragedy or a happy ending? But removing The Tempest would really make them have to choose.

Or...I could be wrong, and they'll end the series with a double-feature Shakespeare extravaganza that somehow manages to pull all of that subtlety back in.

[vinsmokewife]

Who is this person- chapter 3

On a quest to find love on a dating website, Sanji falls head over heels for a woman with an interest in...alternative relationships that sends him down a rabbit hole of completing tasks for a seemingly sadistic mistress. But what happens when she turns out to be more than what she seems?

Darkfic with themes of internalised homophobia, bad bdsm practices and lying about your identity to strangers on the internet. Please read with caution. This is NOT how BSDM should be practiced. Always practice Sane, Safe and Consensual practicesboarders on being considered dead dove do not eat material

read on ao3

authors note: sorry!! This took longer than I expected. I wanted to keep up with Kinktober over comic con so I was pretty much coming back from the hotel room after con, writing and then falling asleep infsfsf. Con was great btw. Any way, this is where things start to get explicit and will probably get worse and worse as the chapters go on. This fanfic (or what I have planned for it) will be boardering on Dead Dove content with the BDSM practices. Please only read if you are comfortable with that. Also, Zoro and Sanji are very questionable in this (especially Zoro) so that’s another thing. Anyway, please enjoy.

Chapter summary

Zeff unknowingly gives Sanji bad advice and Zoro meets a familiar face in the club

LOGGING IN: S POV

He had to take some time to think it over. By time, he meant well into the next day.

Sanji took seriously what Zoey had to say. Rushing into some sort of BDSM relationship was not the wisest thing in the entire world especially when you have not even met them. He didn’t know what he was thinking. Perhaps it was the first girl in a long time that’s seriously took his attempts at romance seriously. It just so happens that her idea of romance does not align with his idea of romance. He was all walks along the beach and holding hands and she was all leather and lace.

In the meantime, Sanji looked up what it meant to be in a BDSM relationship but it was hard to get an idea. There were so many different types of BDSM. So many different scenarios that he could be a part of with her.

She wanted to be in charge…so did that mean she wanted him as her submissive?

Men naturally lead. It’s in his blood to be chivalrous but lead relationships as that’s what men do but what he suspected she wanted from him went against all that. She wanted to lead and she wanted him to serve…so there was that to consider as well. Is that what he wanted too?

This was pretty distracting. Especially when he had to work today. No, Zeff didn’t give him a day off. Zeff did give him the evening off as to not take too much advantage but what good was that when Sanji acted like a zombie the entire day? Missing orders, making mistakes on orders and being too distracted with what was on his phone.

Zeff hadn’t noticed until one of the line chefs complained really loudly that Zeff better get his brat in order or they were going to lose customers. Now that was when Zeff began to notice all the issues and the fact that Sanji seemed like he was away somewhere else entirely. Where? He didn’t know but the old man was not having a crappy day because of Sanji. So, he gave another senior chef the charge for the moment before he stormed out of the kitchen. He told another waiter to take over from Sanji who was currently taking orders from a table.

“Sanji,” Zeff’s voice came over as Sanji was turning around. The waiter who was told to take over started taking the order from Sanji.

“Yeah? What? You’re not about to go back on your word about this evening, old man?” Normally Sanji and Zeff would have that kind of banter but by the look on Zeff’s face, he was not in the mood for that kind of banter.

“Enough of that. Get into the back office. We need to have a word,” There was absolutely no warmth in Zeff’s voice which was normal but there was even less which was really concerning for Sanji who watched him and went to the back office. Zeff came slightly behind, telling different waiters to do different jobs. It was obvious that Zeff was not in the mood for any of Sanji’s bull shit today. Well shit, tough crowd today.

Once there, Sanji turned to Zeff who closed the door. The office was small and kinda messy. The only time that either of them were in it was when they were cashing up. This was the office that all the back stuff got done but Zeff and Sanji both worked on the floor so they were rarely ever in this room.

“Okay. What the fuck is your problem today?” Zeff immediately went with that as he had all the grace of a reversing dump truck. Honestly, was this how it was going to go? Immediately, Sanji felt defensive. He didn’t think he was doing that bad today…right? Sure, he had made one or two mistakes, “You’re pissing the other waiters off and your pissing the chefs off. You don’t want to piss me off too, boy,”

“Nothing is wrong today!” Sanji had no problem getting in Zeff’s face either. He didn’t truly think that we was doing that bad but Zeff simply disagreed, “Sorry but if you hadn’t made me come in yesterday, I wouldn’t be as tired as I am,”

“Bullshit!” Zeff saw right through that almost expertly, “I’ve seen you work seven days straight with no breaks and work better than the horse shit that you are doing today. I have half a mind to send you home if you don’t tell me what is going on!”

Sanji felt his blood pressure raise. He didn’t want to be spoken to like that. For all the shit he dealt with in this place, all the times he bailed the old man out by covering shifts for him or staying late because he can’t be bothered cashing up his own restaurant.

“There’s nothing going on!” Sanji wasn’t about to explain his dilemma he was facing with Zeff. He barely knows how to work a phone better yet do online dating.

“Then you better get that suit off and go home then,” Zeff was fuming with Sanji. Although, Sanji could tell it was more annoyance that he wouldn’t tell him that something was wrong. He’d known Zeff since he was a child. Zeff is the closet person to him that he would call a dad. Sanji respected Zeff as a man and as a chef. The honest to god truth was that Zeff probably felt hurt that Sanji couldn’t confide in him, or that was at least Sanji’s guess anyway.

So, Sanji took a moment before replying.

“Fine.” Sanji finally gave into defeat, “I’m having…girl problems,”

There was a beat of a silence. Sanji swore that Zeff was probably going to hit him for being such an idiot about something so trivial especially when it came to girls. After all, Sanji was now in his 20s and still had very little luck with women.

But no hit came. Just Zeff letting out a hearty laugh that grated Sanji’s ears. Maybe this was a bad idea.

“Ha! You’re getting all worked up over a girl. That’s what this is all about?”

Well, at least he wasn’t angry anymore.

“Oh haha. Laugh at me why don’t you. God, you get pissed because I don’t tell you then laugh at me when I do!” It was Sanji’s turn to be pissed off but Zeff defused it by giving Sanji a big old pat on the back.

“Oh no. I’m taking this completely seriously,” Nevermind that Zeff was still laughing at him. Completely ignore that fact entirely if you will, “What’s the problem? She ignoring you or something?”

In all of Sanji’s years, he’s never had a man to man talk about girls with Zeff. Not about a specific girl anyway. Zeff has always taught him to treat girls with respect but never has he went to Zeff about a specific girl. This was the first time ever and he found that super embarrassing as this was…well, Sanji was an adult now and shouldn’t have to tell his basically father about the girl he wanted to date.

Especially since this is about BDSM and he does not want to even know what Zeff’s thoughts on that are.

“Well…no, she’s not. She was but…” Sanji needs to word this in a way that is kinda close to the situation but doesn’t reveal all of the fucked-up situation that he was currently invested in right now.

“Well? Come on boy, spit it out. What is she doing that’s bothering you so much?”

“… I asked her if she wanted to be in a relationship with me and she told me to think about it…” Sanji sounded somewhat unsure.

“That’s just a test,” Zeff replied with a hearty laugh. He seems to be taking much amusement in Sanji’s suffering but maybe the old man was worth listening to, “I’ve dated many women. Trust me. They like to test men. They like to see what they will do when met with a little pushback. Men who aren’t all that interested will back off while the true fighters will fight to get what they wanted,”

And honestly, that made sense to Sanji. Maybe she just wanted to see if he would fight for her. Maybe that’s what this was about. Zeff…was making a lot of sense even if he didn’t know the story 100%.

“Huh. I didn’t think of it that w- Hey!” With that, Zeff gave Sanji a slap on the back, this is the closet that either or the men will get to have a proud dad moment with eachother.

“She’s just wanting the chase. You better give her that chase, you hear me,” Zeff said before giving him another firmer one, “Back to work with a clearer mind then,”

“Yeah, definitely,”

Sanji was met within himself a new determination about the whole situation. He went back to work but not before sending a quick message Zoey’s way.

S: I’m ready to talk when you are.

-

As a promise to Zeff, Sanji perked up as his shift went by a lot smoother. He seemed to have a clearer head.

He kept an eye on his phone but Zoey never appeared online. Which was probably a blessing in disguise considering that he ended up being pretty busy. It was around the late evening when he was finally finished his shift and surprisingly he did not get roped into closing up. He took Zeff’s advise to heart about Zoey so that when she replied, he would be ready.

And she did. Just as he was finishing his shift and stepping out of the place, she replied.

Z: Hello, Sanji.

Z: Let’s talk. Have you thought about what I said last night?

Sanji waited until he got home to his apartment to get back to her. He dumped his things by the door and headed straight for his bedroom where he sat down on his bed so he could concentrate on getting this right. He was going to take Zeff’s advice and apply it here.

S: I have.

S: I’m still interested in this. I know I’m not experienced but I’m willing to be taught.

S: I have an idea of what kind of relationship you want. It doesn’t scare me. I want to see what it is that you want inside.

Did that sound too cheesy? He wanted to make this work with her so badly. He knew it was maybe not ideal to jump into something so intense but he didn’t care. He wanted to see where things went with Zoey.

Z: Hmmm.

Z: Okay. I have an idea.

Z: What about a trial run? You commit to a week and we will see how we feel about it towards the end.

Z: It won’t be too intense. I will be your dominant till the end of the week and I’ll give you little tasks to complete.

Z: Nothing major.

Z: We can discuss the finer details. As this will primarily be online, I’ll need us to switch to another app.

Another app? Well, he supposed that made sense. Most people moved onto another app once they had established a connection anyway. That wasn’t weird or anything. However, he’s taking the rest of it in. Sanji doesn’t fully comprehend the gravity of what he’s agreeing to but he feels like if he gets to have a chance with her then he’ll agree to anything.

So, they moved to another app. A more private and secure app. He had to make an account, but it was relatively compared to setting up an account on a dating website. He observed a new profile picture this time. It seemed to be a selfie of the same woman from the dating app but with a little less…clothing. She appeared to be in her bra and was wearing a leather mask. She was…very attractive.

Anyway, she messaged first.

Z: So, let’s discuss the details.

Z: I’m going to create a set of rules in our relationship. Most of them are simple to follow. Most of them are there to make sure you are taking care of yourself.

Z: But there are rules.

Rules? He had read this somewhere that rules and rituals are a big part of these types of relationships. In his minimal research, he did see that there were some things that relationships tended to have rules.

S: Rules are fine with me.

Z: Good.

Z: I want to give you your first task. It’s very simple.

Z: But…I want to know your limits.

Z: I like to push limits but you will see that when we get there.

When you’ve never been in those kinds of relationships, it’s hard for you to know what your limits are. Sanji took a few moments to think that one out before he sent back.

S: That’s hard.

S: I don’t want to be hurt too bad.

S: Nothing involving piss or shit too. Or children or animals.

S: I’m open to trying most things even if I don’t know if I’ll like it

Z: Good. Then this should be a piece of cake for you then.

Z: I want you to film yourself masturbating for me. I need to see that you can follow a simple command.

Z: Here…have some pictures of me in return.

Did…did he read that correctly? He barely had time to think about that when she sent a few pictures. The same woman, the same bra and panties but as he scrolled through he pictures, the fewer clothes she had on. They had an amateur quality that was weirdly attractive to him as he took in the pictures. He wished he could be with her right now. She’s so unbelievably gorgeous.

S: Film myself?

S: And thanks ;) I like these a lot. You’re so pretty.

Z: Thank you.

Z: You have an hour by the way.

An hour? There were time limits on these things? He could do this. He had taken pictures of himself exposed before so why shouldn’t this be any different.

S: Okay. I’ll do it.

Here goes nothing.

LOGGING IN: Z POV

It was such a dead night at the club.

Being here was starting to become a regular thing. It was hard not to when the carnal desires get strong.

He was doing his usual having his beer at the bar and watching the conversation between himself and Sanji unfold. His face almost unreadable as he witnesses Sanji’s compliance into what he wants him to do. Was Sanji that…desperate for a girl in his life that he agrees to such a thing? It was bizarre and almost…bothered Zoro. The way that Sanji threw himself at women blindly…not knowing the true dangers.

It couldn’t possibly be the pang of jealousy.

He tried not to think about it like that because it wasn’t like that. It shouldn’t be about that but it wasn’t..right?

He had been waiting thirty minutes for Sanji’s response and honestly, it was making the swordsman feel conflicted. Was this…maybe a little too nasty? Was this probably the worst way he could have gone about this…? Maybe. However, there was no other way he would get this out of Sanji… Sanji hated him. Hated all men in fact (bar Luffy but Luffy was far too harmless for anyone to hate) so…

But wait, why did he want this out of Sanji anyway?

This was a terrible thing to be doing to someone but Zoro couldn’t bring himself to stop.

He sighed and finished the last of his beer. He wasn’t in the mood for this place tonight. Honestly, he was feeling a little apprehensive about seeing if Sanji delivered. He placed his glass on the bar and then turned to get up and then…

“Zoro?”

The voice of a familiar woman rang in his ear and then Zoro turned to see who it was coming from. The woman in question had a mask on with a very intricate design almost like a cat mask. At first, he didn’t know who she was despite her looking very familiar. Obviously, it wasn’t helped by the mask in question However, her long raven hair and her dress where indications of who she was…

“Robin?”

People sometimes wore masks to hide who they were. People who wanted some privacy and didn’t want people to know their face. Zoro didn’t care about that too much. If someone saw him her and was against it then they would be a hypocrite for being so offended. The woman nodded before sliding her next to Zoro and taking a seat at the bar which Zoro did the same because…well, he’s never met someone he knew here. While he never hung out with Robin as much, Robin was always the matriarch of their friendship group with Franky naturally being the patriarch.

“I thought you were dating Franky?”

For some reason, that was the only thing that came out of Zoro’s mouth, as if the two thing can’t coincide at once.

“I still do. He’s here actually. He’s setting up a bedroom for us upstairs. We’ve only started to recently come here. You?”

Was it embarrassing to admit that you are a regular in a BDSM club?

“I’m…a regular. But I don’t do much upstairs. Sometimes, but most of the time I drink here,”

Robin nodded curtly before ordering herself a glass of wine from the bar.

“Do the others know you come here?” She asked, curiously.

“No,” Zoro answered almost immediately, “This…isn’t something I share with most people,”

“Oh…” She asked, before looking at him seriously, “Does us being here bother you?”

That was a really weird question to ask. He didn’t know why it would.

“Not really. Bit weird finding out Franky is into BDSM but that’s about it,” Zoro said trying to add a little bit of humour to the situation. It didn’t bother him…but he didn’t want his whole friendship group knowing he came here most nights.

Robin laughed at his little comment, “I suppose I understand. I just wouldn’t want you to feel ashamed. We are all human and have urges…whether or not they are conventional or not,”

“I should say the same to you,” Zoro gestured to the mask but Robin shook her head.

“A different thing entirely. This is part of the play. Being anonymous in the crowd. I only spoke to you because…well, I couldn’t not when I saw you,” She clarified.

Zoro was about to talk again but he felt his phone ping. He looked at it only to see the heading.

Sanji sent a video. A 5 minute video.

Zoro’s head reeled with the possibility of what he was just sent. He didn’t even realise he was completely blanking Robin for a few seconds while she spoke but he politely excused himself.

“I’m sorry. I have a thing that’s just came up…” Zoro said, interrupting Robin mid conversation who just waved him off.

“That’s okay. I’ll see you around,”

Zoro couldn’t have gotten away quick enough but he didn’t have the patience to go to his apartment so he headed off to the bathroom and locked himself in a stall. Zoro waited a few minutes as the gravity of what he’s done starts to sink in. He’s potentially just convinced his rival to send him a video of himself jerking off for some imaginary lady using images of some model from some paid subscription website.

And he really doesn’t understand fully why he’s done this. He just knows it’s deeply fucked up.

He debates quietly to himself opening the message weighing out the pros and cons. He doesn’t even have any malicious intention with this. He just…craves a side of Sanji that isn’t hostile.

But…why this?

He doesn’t know what to do with this video. But, his thumb moves on its own and opens the message.

The thumbnail of the video makes the hairs on his arms stand up. Sanji had managed to position his phone in such a way that Zoro could see Sanji clearly. Face and all, chest and most importantly, his waist. Sanji was surprisingly toned but not bulked up like Zoro was. He looked really different. But as he could see…

Sanji actually did as he asked.

But should Zoro even watch it? He doesn’t know. How far will this go? Zoro doesn’t know what to do.

It wouldn’t hurt to watch…right.

Fuck it. Zoro’s thumb presses play. The curiosity of the situation got the absolute better of him and he couldn’t help himself when he watched and listened to what he received. Sanji’s voice was…different. A lot more soft and a lot more needy than how he normally was. Normally Sanji was really aggressive or really rude toned but this sounded…pleasant. Pleasant to his ears at least.

That was the first thing he picked up on and that he was getting hard from it.

Jesus fuck. Sanji of all people was making Zoro hard. A man he’s despised since meeting him has made him have the urge to jack off.

This was…something. But would it really hurt if he…sorted himself out while simultaneously watching this video? It wouldn’t hurt anyone besides, it would be a waste of a video, right?

Zoro reached and grabbed his cock out of his pants and stroked himself in slow motions as he listened and watched. It was delectable watching Sanji move his hand like this. He was absolutely beautiful like this and this right here was so utterly fucked up.

His mind raced to places he knew would never be a reality. He wondered how Sanji would feel wrapped around his cock. He wondered how his mouth would feel. Those perfect parted lips with cum drizzled on them or his ass seeping with cum. His mind raced with all the things he wanted in that moment which made Zoro fuck his hips into his hand as he watched Sanji get more frantic with his hand movement. That needy and whiny voice, breathless as he vocalises his pleasure, he wished he could have him underneath him.

Holy shit. He would rail Sanji hard if he could just to hear him call his name.

With a noisy moan, his head slipping back, Zoro got to watch the blonde cum over his waist and hands with more whining which sent Zoro over the edge of cumming into his hand with a grunt. He watched as the video came to and end and then…

The post nut reflection started to hit in as he panted. All the negative feelings that his brain was holding back started to seep into his body now that the tension had been released.

He catfished Sanji into sending him pornography. He masturbated to it and loved it. Most damning…he didn’t feel bad about it. Or he did…but not enough to admit to it.

In fact, he quickly sent a message in response.

Z: What a good boy you are.

Z: Thank you for following your first command.

Z: I am so lucky to have such a good boy.

Zoro sent those messages then sat there, feeling so many conflicted feelings towards what he’s doing and has done. The worse part is he doesn’t think he can stop now. He’s going to have to keep going.

“Fuck.”

[telekinetickitchen]

We went to the Long Beach Comic-Con yesterday! Super fun tons of things to see. I talked to a few writers about my book and they taught me how they got their books published and gave me ideas on how to publish mine.

AJ did set up most of my costume and the silver in my hair to resemble Legoshi from the super hip anime Zootopi… I mean BeastStars. She went as the lovely rabbit Haru and smashed it. It’s funny that I showed her the anime so long ago and talked about cosplaying then and we finally got to!

Amazing experience with my first ever cosplay with my lovely girlfriend. - JT