#luckily we made a pretty good last minute save

[aroaceofthesea]

I was in a 18 bday party today and we didnt have a gift for the bday girl💀💀

[squoxle]

👁️‍🗨️Laced with Love ~ Jake ff (18+)

a.n: this is the second part of this series: part one

👁️‍🗨️pairing: Yandere Jake!bf x Reader!gf [ft. Nicholas &TEAM] | 👁️‍🗨️wc: 7.8k | 👁️‍🗨️summary: After finding out that you've been lying to him, this mini-vacation becomes a waiting game...what do you say? what do you do? |👁️‍🗨️cw: 🔞MDNI!! breast fondling, unprotected sex, oral sex f. receiving, overstimulation, physical abuse, mental abuse, drugging, cheating, swearing, profanity, mentions of suicide, character death 𝑆𝑚𝑢𝑡 𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤／𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑗𝑖❤️‍🔥

previouslyજ⁀➴₊⊹:

You met your new boyfriend, Jake on your way home from work one day. The two of you made things official on a mall date, where Jake told you that he wished for you to be his girlfriend. An offer you happily accepted. After saving you from danger twice, your love for Jake increased. Not only was he sweet and caring, but you knew he'd do anything to protect you. That was until an unfortunate turn of events turned a little after-work drink into a make-out session between you and your manager. Jake caught the two of you kissing and was livid. You followed him to his truck to apologize.

However, Jake's forgiveness came with a cost, his sanity. Jake became abusive, controlling, and obsessive with you, he even told you to quit working your current job--which you most certainly did NOT do. Luckily, this abusive stage subsided and Jake returned to his sweet self. But, when Jake went to surprise you at work the day before your vacation just to find out that you had been lying to him for months he became enraged. He did a good job of hiding his true feelings in order to get you all to himself in a secluded area. Now you were on your way into a potential death trap...

present dayજ⁀➴₊⊹:

"How was work?" Sunghoon asked as you and Jake walked through the door. Just from looking at his wet hair, plain black tee, and sweatpants, you could tell that he had just finished showering.

"It was pretty good. Just busy as usual," you smiled before grabbing Jake's hand. He gently placed a kiss on your forehead.

"I'm so excited about our date," Jake smiled. "Me too," you replied.

"Where's Jay?" Jake asked as he walked to the fridge, pulling out a cold bottle of water.

"He's working overtime at the bar," Sunghoon said flicking his wet hair out of his face.

"Hmm. Well, do you think he'll be home before we leave?" Jake continued, screwing the bottle cap off.

"Before you leave? I thought you were leaving tomorrow morning," Sunghoon turned to face the two of you in the kitchen.

"Yeah, we were. But I wanna get there as early as possible so we can have the whole day together," Jake said before sipping the cold water.

"Oh...well then I'm not sure."

"Ehh that's alright. I just wanted to see him before we left. But we won't be gone for too long anyways. Right Y/N?"

"Yeah," you nodded as the two boys exchanged a few more words.

You followed Jake to your shared bedroom to pack up your things. Luckily, you packed ahead and just had to put together a bag for the last-minute items. Without the worry of checked luggage at the airport you felt free to pack whatever you felt like you needed.

"Hey, Jake," you called out.

"What's up, babe?"

"I'm gonna go take a quick shower before we go, okay."

"Alright, you don't have to rush. I think I want to try and wait for Jay to get here," Jake said as you picked up your clothes.

"Okay," you smiled before heading to the shower.

While you were in the shower, Jake packed another bag for himself. Though Jake was putting on a sweet front, he was burning up on the inside. *I wonder if this is the only thing she's lying about* Jake thought to himself.

After your shower, you headed to the laundry room and spotted Jake and Sunghoon playing the game on the couch. You were pretty tired from working all day so you just walked over to rest your head on Jake's lap.

You watched them play for a bit before slowly drifting off to sleep.

It felt as if you'd only been asleep for a few minutes before you woke up to a loud crashing sound. You almost jumped out of your skin when you looked around to see you were alone on the couch.

You lept up and quickly ran to your room to find Jake destroying his desk. "Jake?! What are you doing?" you asked, frantically. You looked around to see a hole punched into the wall, decorated with small speckles of blood.

"Did you really think I wouldn't find out?" he shot you a cold stare as you stood perplexed in the door frame. You looked down to see his bruised-bloody knuckles that were tinted red as he gripped the pair of back of the chair.

"Find out about what Jake?"

"Find out that you've been lying to me for the past few months. You never planned on quitting that damn job, did you?"

"J-Jake," you stumbled on your words trying to think of the right thing to say. "I was going to tell you," you spat frantically.

You hadn't seen this violent side of Jake for months and it felt like everything was coming back to you all at once.

You watched as his devilish figure slowly approached you, releasing his tight grip on the chair. His body was slightly hunched over as if he were in a drunken daze. It felt as though you could feel a burning heat emiting from his body as he drew near.

You were petrified, completely frozen in fear. Not a single word escaped your mouth as Jake wrapped his bruised hands around your throat. Tears rolled down your cheeks as you felt your chest tightening from the loss of oxygen. You could feel the air leaving your body as you began fighting for air. Jake's bloodshot eyes never broke contact with yours.

"I wanna watch you die," he muttered coldy as his voice faded into the dark abyss that encompassed your surroundings. "Jake~" you cried weakly as you gripped onto his arms. His face was the last thing you saw before the darkness consumed everything.

After what felt like seconds, your eyes shot open and you gasped for air.

"It's okay, baby. I'm here. It was just a dream," you heard Jake say calmly, pulling you out of the darkness. You fell into Jake's arms as you realized that it was all just one horrible nightmare. And thank god for that.

You looked over to see Sunghoon sitting next to Jake with a puzzled expression. "Damn. That must've been one hell of a dream," Sunghoon said looking at the sweat beads that laced your hairline. "What was it about anyways?"

"I-umm...I don't remember," you lied. You could vividly remember every second of every minute in that nightmare. The way Jake looked at you with his dark, souless eyes as he drained every last ounce of breath from your lungs.

"Hey guys," Jay said walking through the door. His sudden entrance pulled you out of your thoughts. "I hope you guys weren't waiting for me," he chuckled as he placed his keys on the hook near the front door.

"Of course we were," Jake said before standing up and walking over to Jay. "We wanted to see you before we leave tonight."

"Tonight?" Jay's eyes widened at his words. "I thought you were leaving in the morning."

"We were, but I don't want to waste a whole day traveling," Jake laughed before wrapping an arm around Jay's shoulder.

"Well, let's all share one celebratory beer before you depart on your romantic adventure," Jay chuckled.

"I think that's a great idea," Jake smiled. You watched as the two of them walked to the kitchen to grab a beer for everyone.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Sunghoons voice took your eyes off of Jake.

"Yeah...why?" you asked suspiciously.

"It's just that Jake had walked away while you were sleeping and I saw you started crying...you also said Jake's name...kinda like you were scared of him or something. I Just want to make sure everything's okay before you run off alone with him," Sunghoon said with a worried look on his face.

"Oh...yeah. Well it was just a silly dream. And Jake has been pretty chill lately so I think I'm good," you hesitantly replied, rubbing your hands together.

"Alright...I'm just making sure. But if you feel unsafe at any time out there call me okay," Sunghoon reached for your shoulder. "You know I'll be there for you," he smiled comfortingly.

Sunghoon was the one person who actually witnessed the monster Jake could really be. Every now and then he would ask about how you were doing and if Jake had tried anything else. And for the most part you were honest with him.

You weren't the slightest bit afraid of Jake anymore, but you now felt like you either needed to confess that you were still working your old job or quit and take that secret to the grave.

Jake walked up behind you, surprising you by placing the cold bottle against your neck. "AH! Jake!" you giggled as he handed you a glass bottle of soda. He knew you weren't the biggest fan of beer so he always kept a root beer an hand just for you.

"To a good time and safe travels for my boy and his girl," Jay huffed raising his bottle.

"To love and many more beautiful moments with my amazing girlfriend," Jake said following the same gesture as Jay.

"To a speedy return in good health," Sunghoon said, raising his bottle.

You didn't really know what to say so you just said the first thing that came to your head, "To root beer," you smiled awkwardly making them all laugh before clinking their bottles together after a harmonious "Cheers!"

☆Now Playing: Compass - The Neighborhood☆ 01:25 ━━━━●───── 02:54 ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ : ▮▮▮▮▮▮

It wasn't long after that moment that you and Jake hugged the boys before packing up the truck. And just like that, you and Jake were on the road on your way to a beautiful vacation to celebrate your 6 months together.

You watched as the highway lights whipped pass your eyes which were replaced by the soft glow from the stars as you entered a more rural area.

Eventually, you fell asleep to the ambient hum of the vehicle coupled with the soft music that Jake played from his phone that connected to the trucks bluetooth stereo. You slept for the majority of the ride, what woke you was the sound of the door slamming as Jake left to go to the resort's check-in desk.

You watched, half-asleep, as Jake spoke with the man at the front desk before returning with two key cards and a label to hang on the rearview mirror. Apparently, Jake had been driving for 6 hours before you reached Aurora Lakeview Resort & Spa. It was a beautiful environment that had been seasonally decorated for Christmas. There was also a lake that hadn't quiet frozen yet, but you could assume that it was very cold, given the current temperature.

Jake drove you into the lower level parking garage for your designated building. You noticed a pattern with the 9 residential complexes as you and Jake drove around, each had been named after one of the planets in the solar system. Being that you were staying in the ninth condominium, Pluto was the name of your building. Another thing to note were the different animal statues that stood outside of each entrance and exit. The sight of two daunting barn owls statues gaurded the entrance.

"Alright, we're here," Jake chimed as he took the keys out of the ignition. "I'm gonna go grab a cart real quick. You just sit here until I get back okay," Jake said before leaving you in the truck. You rolled down a window and took in a deep breath that was tainted with the aroma of pine and rainwater. The gentle sound of crickets filled your ears as you leaned back in your seat.

Jake soon returned and immediately headed to the trunk, loading all of your belongings onto the luggage cart. You climbed out of the truck, making sure not to forget your purse that held your phone and other little nicknacks. You slung it over your shoulder and followed Jake as he walked to through the sliding double doors toward the gold elevator.

[ Doors opening, Floor one ] the automated female voice said as the elevator opened. Jake reached to click the button labeled 8 as the two of you entered the metalic chamber.

[ Doors closing, Going up ] Interestingly enough, the inside was just as decorative as the outside of the building.

[ Doors opening, Floor eight ] the voice chimed again as the doors slid open. "We're in room 826 which should be...right...down this hall," Jake said as he manuvered the luggage cart. You skipped ahead of him to swipe the keycard and unlock the door for him.

The room followed a modern theme featuring a variety of shades of black and grey with gold accents. Jake pulled your forehead to his lips. "I'm gonna go shower before joining you in bed. Just let me put this stuff in our room, okay," Jake said before walking through the sliding barn door that hid your bedroom.

Instead of changing into pajamas, you opted for sleeping in your t-shirt and panties. You started to doze off as Jake ran the water in the bathroom. As you closed your eyes, that nightmare flashed through your mind. You still hadn't decided what you were gonna do about your dirty little secret. You couldn't deny that living a double life wasn't as easy as you thought. You were always afraid that one day he might catch you sneaking down the street, just the thought of that coupled with flashes from your horrible nightmare sent chills down your spine.

*Squeak Squeak*

The sound of Jake turning off the water pierced through your mind. You listened as he shuffled around the bathroom before leaving shorty after. You pretended to be asleep as Jake entered the room.

Hair, slightly damp.

Skin, soft and dewy.

Jake climbed in bed behind you. You felt his warm arms wrap around you as he scooted closer to your frame, encapsulating your body in his. He reached his hand under your shirt and cupped one of your tits in his hand before falling asleep himself.

Jake was battling with some demons himself. He loved you and that's why your lies hurt him so badly. He felt that your heart belonged to him and no one else. Jake knew that there wasn't anything he wouldn't do to make you happy. But he was still very upset about the double-life situation. What if you kept that job just to keep seeing Heeseung? Jake couldn't be sure about anything except for the fact that you'd been lying to him. However, before Jake did anything else...he wanted to make sure that was the only thing you were hiding from him.

You woke up to see Jake's hand still nestled between your breasts. Before you could move his hand, Jake began to wake up at your sudden movements. "Ngh, good morning," Jake groaned, giving your tit a gentle squeeze.

"G'morning, Jake," you smiled as you turned to face him. He caressed your face before leaning in to kiss your lips.

❤️‍🔥

Jake climbed on top of you closing you in underneath his strong frame. He leaned in to kiss your neck before rolling up your shirt to expose you uncovered breasts. He squeezed one in his hand while he kissed on the other. You began to play with Jake's hair, encouraging him to continue. Just the touch of your hands got him even more excited as he moved down to remove your panties.

Lifting your legs over his shoulders and locking them in place with his arms, Jake nestled himself between your thighs. He pressed his lips against your folds, kissing and sucking on the outer part before delving his tongue in your pussy. You moaned as he worked his textured tongue between your wet walls causing more slime to coat the insides. You lifted your chest up and down as you gripped onto his head, pulling him deeper into you.

He could tell that you wanted more as your pussy throbbed against his tongue. He released his grip and climbed on top of you. You legs wrapped around him as he started to stretch your pussy. He used two fingers to prepare you for his thick girth before gliding it between your sticky lips.

Your wetness coated the his dick with ease as you were dripping in your own fluids. Your pussy was craving his cock and he knew it especially when you moaned after he slapped your pussy. You heard your pussy squelch as he entered you slowly. You felt every inch travel deeper into you.

Once you adjusted to his size, Jake began to thrust long, deep, slow strokes. You could feel him jamming himself against your g-spot causing you to moan in pleasure. "You like that don't you baby," Jake nibbled on your ear. You hummed in response to his sensual touch.

Your back arched as you fought to climax. Jake was fucking you good, but you weren't ready to cum just yet. You wanted this feeling to last a little longer. So you pushed away, causing his dick to slip out of your wet pussy. "Wait, I'm not ready to cum yet, Jake," you whined as you looked at your boyfriend's confused face.

Ignoring your comment, Jake slammed himself back into you. "I'm gonna make you cum all over me, baby," he said against your neck as you heaved your chest up and down. "J-Jake, I c-can't! Ugh, fuck," you panted breathlessly. "That's it, baby," Jake said before picking up the speed of his thrusts. You moaned as Jake helped you ride out your high.

❤️‍🔥

"So what else do you want to do today?" you hummed against his lips.

"Besides you?"

"Yes, Jake. Besides me," you giggled.

"Hmm. Well, I figured it would be agood way to unwind after going hiking."

"Hiking?"

“Yeah. They have a beautiful scenic mountain trail,” Jake said ruffling his hair before walking to the bathroom. “You coming?”

“Where?”

“In the bathroom silly,” Jake chuckled as he placed his hand on the door.

“Umm—“ “You better hurry *giggle* the door’s closing and it won’t open again until I’m done,” Jake began slowly closing the door.

You kept out of bed and rushed to the door. But upon you reaching it, Jake tried closing it faster, but u stopped the door with your foot. Jake chuckled softly at your cuteness.

“You’re so crazy. What I slammed the door on your foot? Then what huh?”

“I know you wouldn’t do that,” you said squeezing past your shirtless boyfriend and casually sitting on the countertop with one leg folded inward.

Jake locked the door before walking towards you, locking you under his figure as he leaned his nose into your neck, leaving behind a small kiss on your exposed skin. You pulled his head in for more. You couldn’t deny that sometimes Jake’s touch was addictive and you often craved more than he gave.

“Uh uh,” Jake said flicking your lips. “We’ve got a lot of things planned today. We can’t spend every bit of energy fucking each other’s brains out,” Jake reached over to grab his toothbrush. “Just know that the next time we do, you’ll be the one bouncing up and down on my dick. And I’ll be gripping onto that perfect little ass of yours,” Jake said before squeezing your ass in his hand. “Just like that,” he smirked.

The two of you took your time getting dressed for your day of hiking. Honestly you weren’t the biggest fan of hiking, but Jake had a way of making anything fun.

Before leaving you went to go check your phone for any missed messages.

[ 4 unread messages : Sunghoon :P ]…

You opened the message app on your phone to read Sunghoon’s texts.

Hey just checking to see if you made it

Delivered 4:26am

Good morning y/n

I assume u got there safely and just blacked out…you seemed pretty exhausted before you left

Just don’t forget what I told you yesterday okay

Delivered 8:49am

You quickly replied to his messages.

Yeah we made it here sometime early this morning

Ur right lol I was super tired and crashed as soon as we walked in

Me and Jake r going out rn…but u don’t have to worry about me

I’m gonna be okay 😊

Sent 9:38am…

“Babe! You coming?” You heard Jake call out from the living room.

“Yeah. I’m just grabbing my bag,” you replied before tucking your phone into your purse and walking out.

“If you want we can pick up some breakfast before we go. They shut it down at 10. We’ll make it if we hurry,” Jake smiled.

“Yeah, let’s do that,” you said before following your boyfriend to the elevators.

The once scary looking owl statues looked a little less creepy now that the sun was up. You hopped into Jake’s truck that he drove up the hill’s twisty road that lead back to the main building.

The Aurora Lakeside Sun and Moon welcome center had little signs with labeled arrows pointing in all directions.

“Good morning,” the lady at the desk beamed as you both walked by.

“Good morning,” you both replied in unison.

You held Jake’s hand as he walked you to the dining hall. There was still some food out so you both prepared yourselves a plate and got some coffee before sitting down.

*Zzt Zzt*

Your phone buzzed in your bag.

[ 3 unread messages : Sunghoon :P ]…

Read 9:43am

I know ur gonna be okay but I still worry yk

What I saw that day was really bad and u know it

Idc what his reasons were…that wasn’t ok

Delivered 9:45am

“Who’s that?” Jake asked scooping up a spoon of warm oatmeal into his mouth.

“Oh it’s just Sunghoon. He’s asking if we made it,” you replied.

“Hmm okay. I don’t know why he’s asking you when I already told him we made it. I even sent a pic…”

“Well he was checking on me too…wondering if I had anymore night terrors,” you chuckled trying to lighten the mood.

“Oh yeah. You woke up cold and sweating. I’ve never seen that before. What happened anyway?”

“Nothing…I can’t even remember,” you lied before taking a bite of the slice of cinnamon toast.

“Hmm alright. Well, I’m almost finished so I’m gonna go grab a nap from the front desk,” Jake said as he stood up. “The dirty dishes go over on that table okay,” he continued, pointing to the table across the room with dishes stacked up.

“Okay,” you nodded as he walked off.

Now that you were alone, you took the time to reply to Sunghoon.

Ik ik but he hasn’t done anything like that again

Thanks for checking on me but I’m fine

I’ll text you later tonight ok

See ya

Sent 9:50am

Read 9:50

Typing…

You waited for him to reply.

Ok…bye

Delivered 9:51am

You tucked your phone back into your purse before getting up to carry your dirty dishes to the designated table.

“Alright I got everything. You ready?” Jake asked meeting you at the exit. “Yup,” you smiled.

Jake drove for about 8 minutes before the two of you reached the starting point for the 4 mile hike.

After checking in you both proceeded on the path. It really was beautiful. Lots of leaves had changed color and created a soothing atmosphere. You enjoyed seeing the occasional bunny cross your path and the soft bird sounds in the distance.

You had pulled your phone out to take a few pictures of the beautiful area and a few pictures with you and Jake too. After reaching the two mile arch you saw a large deer up the trail.

“Jake look,” you whisper-yelled, pointing to the majestic creature that stood feet away from you.

“Let’s get a little closer,” he whispered back.

Eager, you slowly crept forward, but the sound of leaves cracking under your foot started the animal. Both you and the deer froze maintaining eye contact and shared emotions of wonder and fear.

Jake walked up behind you to try and get you out of the deer’s way, but once the deer sensed another presence he reared back and Jake tackled you to the ground, knocking your phone out of your hand. The deer trampled down the trail, leaping into the depth of the forest.

“Are you okay?” Jake asked hovering over you.

“Yeah, I’m okay. I just dropped my phone. It fell down there,” you said pointing to the small cliff your phone tumbled down.

“Damn…I’ll go get it. You stay here,” Jake said before climbing off of you.

“Be careful,” you shouted as he walked down the hill.

You watched as he looked around for a few minutes “I don’t see it!” He shouted.

“You sure?”

“Yeah—wait…nevermind that’s just an old soda can,” he shrugged.

“Aww,” you sighed.

“Don’t worry. You can use my phone. We’ll come back out tomorrow with flashlights,” he said, dusting his pants off.

“Okay…well let’s finish our walk,” said disappointedly.

You and Jake walked for one more mile before you started getting a little tired.

“Jake can we take a break?”

“How about you follow me down here? I promise after that we can take a break,” Jake said grabbing both of your hands.

Exhausted, but desperate for some relief you followed your boyfriend down the alternative path.

“Where exactly are we going?” You sighed.

“You’ll see,” Jake smiled.

Within a few minutes you reached a set of stairs that led to a small building. It was a gondola station.

"What? I didn't know they had this here," you exclaimed, looking around to see the string of cable carts leading off into the distance.

"I got a map remember," Jake smiled waving the folded peice of paper in your face. "I knew you'd get tired," he giggled. "Plus, how else were we supposed to go back down?"

You playfully pushed Jake's arm before walking with him to the entrance of the warm building. Even though you made sure to layer up, you were still a bit cold.

"Two tickets, please," Jake said to the elderly ticketmaster that handed him two bright red tickets.

"Do you want some cocoa?" Jake asked, looking at your cherry tinted nose.

"Yea," you smiled before rubbing your hands together and cupping your cheeks.

"Okay, let's go," Jake said, shaking your shoulders before wrapping his arms around you from behind.

You walked with him over to a food stand. You saw all sorts of warm tasty treats and the warmth emitting from the glass shelf reheated your frozen fingers.

Jake held you close to him and ordered two hot cocoas and a box of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

After the two of you made it back to the resort, you both went out for massages at the spa. When the two of you finished, you headed back to the room and remembered that you were supposed to call Sunghoon.

"Jake. Can I use your phone to call Sunghoon?" you asked as you slipped into you pajamas.

"Sure, babe. Actually, I kinda want to talk to him too. I'll put it on speaker," Jake said as he pulled out his phone and dialed Sunghoon.

*Boop Boop*

The two of you waited in silence as the phone rang.

"Hello~," Sunghoon said in a sing-songy voice.

"Hey, Hoon. What's up?" Jake asked as you sat next to him.

"Nothing much...just out with Jay. We went to the club for a few drinks," Sunghoon replied.

"Really? I don't hear any music."

"Yeah, that's because I stepped outside to answer. By the way, is Y/N with you? I've texted her like 5 times and she hasn't responded. Is she alright?"

"Yeah, she's fine. We lost her phone earlier so she's been using mine. She's actually the one who wanted to call you," Jake said before holding the phone closer to your face.

"Hey, Sunghoon."

"Hey," Sunghoon said with a slight sigh. "It's good to hear your voice," he continued. "I hope you guys are having fun out there."

"Oh, we are. This morning we had breakfast before going out on a hike--"

"A hike? I thought you hated long walks."

"I do, but it was actually really fun. I saw so many bunnies and even a deer...that's actually when I dropped my phone," you chuckled softly.

"Yeah, I pushed her out of the way and the phone fell out of her hand. Then I went down to look for it, but we couldn't find it. We're gonna go back out tomorrow and look for it when it's brighter," Jake added.

"Hmm, okay. Well, I hope you guys find it before some woodland creatures hack into her socials," Sunghoon giggled.

"That would be kinda cute though," you giggled back. "Oh, I almost forgot. Jake also took me on a gondola and we had hot cocoa and cookies."

"Her nose was soooo red, I knew she needed something warm to drink. I'm surprised I didn't pack anything. It's pretty cold out here."

"Well, just make sure you two stay warm. It's supposed to get even colder over there tonight."

"We will. We're probably gonna be going to bed soon anyways. It's getting pretty late."

"Yeah, you're right. And Jay's probably looking for me now," Sunghoon chuckled. "See ya later guys. Good luck finding your phone."

You and Jake said "bye" before hanging up and climbing into bed. You almost forgot about what Jake said to you this morning. That was until he smacked your ass and bit his lip.

❤️‍🔥

He grabbed your hand and dragged you to the bedroom, landing on the edge of the bed. You stood in front of him as he pulled you in for a kiss before hooking his hand around your thigh, motioning you to get on the bed. You stayed on top of him as he reached his hands around your body to remove your bra.

You pulled your bra straps down your shoulders and took off your bra without removing your dress. Jake struggled to pull his pants down as you straddled his body. You moved back to assist him and watched as his dick sprang up in your face.

You slid your panties to the side as you slowly inserted Jake's dick into your pussy. Jake threw his head back at the sensation from your warm wet walls. You started to ride him, slowly feeling every inch of his throbbing cock going deeper into your pussy. He groaned at your movements but was soon overcome with lust as he placed his hands around your hips, controlling the way you moved.

You bounced up and down on him barely able to control the shaking of your legs as your pussy stretched. After a certain point, Jake started using you like a sexdoll and he thrusted his hips into your from the bottom. You choked on your own moans as he continued to pleasure you. You reached down to stimulate your clit, bringing you closer to orgasming.

Jake could feel your walls clenching his dick as he fucked you in this position. You moaned breathlessly as you orgasmed, but Jake wasn't done yet. He flipped you on your back as he continued to fuck you filling you with his cum. You fell asleep shortly after he came in you. You could still feel his load dripping out of your pussy as you laid there in bed.

❤️‍🔥

Jake fixed his clothed and laid behind you, wrapping your body in his arms as you drifted off into a deep sleep.

Every act of kindness from Jake was a distraction. All to take your mind off of what he was really doing. In fact, Jake did find your phone. He shoved it in his pocket after shutting it off and to take your mind off of your phone, he gave you his with full access. He trusted Sunghoon because he was one of his best friends, but he wanted to be sure that nothing else was going on between you two. Nothing that he had to worry about.

After you fell asleep, Jake scrolled through the messages between you and Sunghoon. So far everything checked out, except for the fact that Sunghoon was telling you to be cautious around him. Jake thought back to the time Sunghoon witnessed the moment he attacked you after seeing a text from some guy pop up on your phone.

The way Jake felt at that moment was the same way he felt when he saw you didn't actually leave your job. "Heeseung," Jake mumbled under his breath, before finding the messages between you and your manager. Again, everything checked out. Jake was relieved that you weren't cheating on him. However, just as he was about to turn off your phone a text popped up on your phone.

[ New message : Nicho 👀 (Nicholas) ]

I miss you

We should meet up again when u get back from your little trip

It's been a while and I'm missing that body ;)

Jake's eyes widened as he read the words across the screen. Immediately, began scrolling through the messages between you and this boy.

"Where have I heard that name before?" Jake wondered to himself, before remembering that Nicholas was the name of the boy who texted you the day Jake attacked you.

From what Jake gathered from the messages you and this boy had a sexual relationship while you were with him. Not only did he read the messages going back and forth about things the two of you wanted to do to each other, but there were also photos exchanged. Not just of the you by yourself, but also of you with him.

Pictures.

Videos.

Messages.

You were fucking this guy behind Jake's back. And the worst part was that you still smiled in his face like nothing was happening. The same smile that Jake once thought was beautiful. The same girl he called amazing. The same girl that he wanted to be with for the rest of his life. So many secrets and lies.

At this moment, Jake had lost all feeling towards you. He placed the phone on the dresser before walking outside to get something from the car.

The sudden slamming of the door closing woke you up. "Jake?" you called out before getting up to see where the noise came from. As you climbed out of bed you noticed you phone sitting on the dresser. Puzzled, you picked it up and opened the phone to see that your messages with Nicholas had been screenshotted and sent to Jake's phone.

You were scared now. You had completely forgotten to tell Jake about keeping your old job. Now he found out that you were also seeing another person. Thinking back to what happened in your dream the other night, your heart started to pound in your chest. Nobody was here to protect you from Jake and what he would do to you.

You heard the door's mechanical lock whirl as you peaked through the door to see a very angry Jake enter with a black bag in his hand. Terrified, you closed every door in the room, including the closet, before crawling under the bed.

Jake threw the door open and yelled your name before storming over to the bed to rip off the covers. "Where are you?" he growled. You watched as he paced around the room opening all the doors.

*Sunghoon* you thought to yourself. *If I call Sunghoon I can tell him what's going on and Jake will have to stop*

Immediately after Jake stormed out of the room you crawled out from under the bed to grab the phone that you stupidly left on the dresser.

You quietly crept over to the phone that laid face up on the dresser. You quickly typed in the password that was Jake's birthday and started to text Sunghoon.

Typing...

But when you heard Jake coming back to the room, you panicked and started to call Sunghoon instead. It would be a lot easier and faster to talk than to text.

*Boop Boop*

The dial tone rang, taking the place of silence.

"Dammit," you cursed to yourself. Sunghoon didn't pick up. You tried calling again...afterall it was almost 3 am and he was probably sleeping now. You turned to face the closet as the phone rang once more. The silence had never felt so loud. The sound of your heartbeating almost overwhelmed all of your other senses. Just then, Jake grabbed a handful of your hair and threw you to the ground.

"Oh don't try to call for help now you little whore," Jake spat as he snatched the phone out of your hand and ended the call. "You're a lying bitch and I wish Sunghoon hadn't stopped me that day. I could've put an end to your ass a long time ago," he continued.

"I was going to tell you," you said in a shaking voice.

"You were gonna tell me what? Huh? That you kept that job? Or that you were fucking this Nicholas guy behind my back WHILE WE WERE STILL TOGETHER!" Jake straddled your body and pressed your cheek into the ground. "I should break every bone in your body right now and leave you right here."

"Jake, please. I'm sorry," you whimpered. "I stopped messing around with him months ago and I really did want to tell you Jake. I'm not lying. I swear," you winced as he applied more pressure to your face.

"Oh, I'm sure you're telling the truth now. There's no doubt about that. But let's both be honest, you weren't gonna tell me about that shit unless you were forced to. These were gonna be secrets you died with huh?"

You hated the fact that Jake was reading you like a book. Many of the things he's saying right now perfectly explained the way you had been feeling about everything recently.

"Why'd you do it huh? Why'd you lie to me? Was I really that bad?" Jake said before sitting back, your arms still trapped under his knees.

"I lied because I was afraid of you Jake. You scared the hell out of me and Nicholas was just a distraction from everything that was happening between us. You were trying to control every aspect of my life and it was driving me insane. I wasn't happy anymore. But when things started getting better I cut off the other relationship. What you're doing right now is what made me do those things," you said with tears rolling down your cheeks.

"I didn't make you do a damn thing. If you weren't happy, then you should've left. Everything you lied about was your choice. Don't try to put the blame on me," Jake said before climbing off of you. "You're not worth it. Nobody would want a lying, cheating slut like you," he continued before walking out.

"Jake, wait!" you said before running after him.

The last thing you remember is experiencing that same feeling from the dream. You were being consumed by the darkness. Swallowed by the infinite void of emptiness.

The next morning Jake woke up alone in the bed, but when he called your name, you didn't answer. No one did.

Jake looked for your phone and couldn't find it. Nothing but a note.

He immediately called the police to set up a search party in the woods. He called Sunghoon and Jay who arrived hourse later and Jake told them exactly how his morning went.

Because the weather had reached freezing temperatures, everyone was persistent on finding you. This type of weather could be detrimental to anyone. However, it wasn't until a week later that they found your body.

A man had went out to ice fish and found you in the resorts lake. Apparently the layer of ice prevented anyone from finding you. Sunghoon was devastated. He was actually the one who was hurt the most over your death. You had comitted suicide and he felt responsible. According to the otopsy, you died from drowning, but there were enough drugs in your system to kill you regardless.

"She was just so happy before she left. Even when she called the day before she went missing she was happy. Only if I would've picked up...maybe she'd still be here," Sunghoon sighed with tears welling in his eyes.

Jake helped your parents put together your funeral and stopped by the florist he visited to pick up the flowers to surprise you with.

"Oh it's you again," the girl said as Jake walked up to the register. He was wearing a black button down shirt and some slacks. "What's the occasion this time?" the girl asked seeing that he was standing there with an empty expression wearing all black.

"My dead girlfriend's funeral," he replied.

"Wait...is this the one you came in for the other day?"

Jake nodded in response before covering his eyes with his hands. The girl immediately came around the counter to hug him. "I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure this must be really hard for you," she said as she continued comforting Jake as he cried into her shoulder.

"These flowers are beautiful. I know she would've loved them," she smiled wiping Jake's tears away with her thumb.

"Yeah...she would've," he sniffled.

"I'm about to close for the day. How about I come with you to the funeral? That way you won't be alone. I promise to keep you laughing," she smiled.

"You sure?"

"Of course."

"Thanks, I could use some laughter in my life right about now," he smiled.

On the way to the funeral, Jake told her all of the good things about you. Everything that made him fall in love with you. Jake also told her that you killed yourself when she asked how you died. The flower girl accompanied Jake at your funeral and did just as she said. She made everyone happy and turned your funeral into a way to celebrate your life.

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However, what nobody knew is that your death was not a suicide. You were murdered. And Jake was the killer.

When you ran after Jake, he grabbed you, picked up the black bag and took you to the bathroom.

"I want you to write down everything you told me. Everything that made you break my heart," Jake said handing you a pen.

You knew what he was doing, he was indirectly making you write a suicide note. "No Jake. I'm not doing this," you cried.

"Do it or I'll blow your brains out right here, right now," he spat without hesitation.

You obeiently began to scribble down on the piece of paper Jake gave you. He watched every word you put down on that paper and scratched out anything he didn't like. After a certain point he began telling you what to write.

"Okay, I did it now what," you said with tears in your eyes.

Jake picked up a glass from near the sink, filled it with water, and pulled out a bag of pills.

"Here's your last meal, bitch," He said placing the bag on the counter.

"Jake! Please don't do this to me. I promise we can go back to what we were before. I'll love you forever and do anything you say. Please," you pleaded.

"You'll really do anything I say?"

"Yes, Jake, anything, please."

"Then swallow the fucking pills," he said coldly.

"Jake," you started to cry.

"Swallow bitch!" he commanded opening the bag and putting it in your hand.

"Please, I dont want to die," you sobbed.

Jake squeezed your hands together, pulled them up to your throat and forced your mouth open by squeezing your jaw. You felt the pills pile up as he dumped the bag into your mouth. He reached for the water and poured it in your mouth that was still gaped open. You continued to breathe through your nose to prevent yourself from swallowing the deadly concoction.

Jake noticed and moved into a different position, placing you in a chokehold. He closed your nose. "You can breath after you swallow," he said. You fought the urge to swallow for as long as you could before taking down the big gulp of semi-dissolved tablets.

"Good girl," he sneered as you bawled. "Now we gonna take a little walk," he said before grabbing the gun and your body. To avoid cameras, Jake took the emergency stairwell. By the time you reached the bottom, you were starting to feel the effects of the pills.

"Not yet, honey. We're almost there," he said shaking the sleep from your body. You felt like you were slipping away as you struggled to walk beside Jake. After a few minutes Jake came to the resort's owned lake. It was very cold that night and you were just wearing a satin nightgown so every breeze felt like blades against your skin.

He walked you to the edge of the lake before nudging you to walk in. With the last bit of resistance you had, you stiffened your body.

“Don’t fight it. You can either go in on your own or I can force you in,” he said turning you to face him. You wouldn’t budge so he grabbed your arm and began dragging you in. You fought to free yourself from his grasp, but it was useless as you were much weaker than usual due to the drugs coursing through your veins.

Jake pulled you waist deep into the freezing water. It was so cold you couldn’t even scream for help but when he pushed you in you immediately tried to stand back up. However you must’ve hit a point where the water deepens suddenly and you fought to climb your way to the surface for air.

Growing increasingly tired from fighting the water and the drugs, you finally stopped. You felt your lungs burn with intensity as they filled up with water. And that’s when you felt it…the darkness consuming you.

Jake watched and waited until the last bubble surfaced before he went back to the hotel room and conjured up his story.

As I’m sure you could assume, Jake began to grow closer to the flower girl who ironically had a similar experience. Her boyfriend in high school killed himself because of bullying at school and a messed up family.

They bonded over the deaths of their significant others. Jake did wish that things could’ve worked out between you, but those pills were either going to cause the death of you or him. And Jake felt that you earned your fate.

❀ Thank you all so much for reading! Make sure to check out other works on my masterlist!

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a.n: there will be one more part of this story. a spin-off where the flower girl is y.n. and you guys can see how their relationship fairs out. here's a voting box, just to see how many of y'all want this as much as I do :)

Alsooo i'd like to hear your thoughts about the story so lmk what u think in the comments :)

[eunoia-writes]

Gold rush • Jeremiah Fisher

Warnings: none

Summary: gigs flirting gets a little too much for y/n but Jeremiah is there to save the day and demonstrate just how much he knows she the only one for him

Y/n was never the Jealous type. She always tried to ignore the comments made about her boyfriend but when someone she considered to be a friend started flirting with him every chance she got y/n couldn’t help but get Jealous.

“Jere, save me!” Gigi called out giggling to Nicole as they both swam directly in front of Jeremiah. Clueless little Jeremiah. He was so oblivious to how much she was flirting with him. He laughed along with them before turning straight back to y/n only to find her looking unimpressed

“What’s that pout about?” He said tapping her bottom lip flashing his typical smile. God he was pretty and that’s smile. To Jeremiah there was only 4 girls that really mattered in this world. His mom of course, Laurel who was basically his second mother, Belly she was basically his sister and Y/n. Y/n was the most charming and endearing person he’d ever met. She had a way with words that could convince him of anything. Y/n knew what he was thinking without him having to tell her, she always knew the right thing to say and She was drop dead gorgeous.

Before the pair made it official y/n was extremely hesitant. She’d heard all the rumours of how Jeremiah liked to get around. She told him that they were destined to be like he thought and that he shouldn’t waist his time on her and they should just be friends. But this was Jeremiah we’re talking about despite her efforts to keep it plutonic the boy would get lost in what she said in mere seconds. She lost that fight long ago.

“No reason, just getting lost in my head again.” She told him giving him a warm smile. It was now his turn to pout as he searched her face for more answers

“Well get out of it then.” He said intertwining there hands. He was completely oblivious to the disapproving glare they pair were getting off Gigi but y/n she could see it from a mile away.

Jeremiah was what people would describe as a gold rush. Everyone so desperately wanted him and it ended in a completely rush get the golden one. And luckily y/n just so happened to be the one to win.

“Jere, are you coming to Nicoles Party!” Gigis voice chimed yet again y/n took a deep breath closing her eyes for a few seconds as a means to keep her cool. Jere noticed it of course but instead of making a big deal he just squeezed her hand slightly letting her know he was there. He sees her. He’s got her.

“Ahh maybe?” He answered, sometimes y/n hated how clueless he was but it also made him Jeremiah and she wouldn’t change him for the world.

“Pretty please, Jere. we haven’t hung out just us two in so long.” Gigi said and it took everything in y/n not to storm off right then and there but she composed herself as Jeremiah just laughed the comment off. Even he noticed that comment was a little off

The last 15 minutes of Jeremiah’s break was spent sat reading to y/n. Her head was in his lap as he read the words on the page before stopping mid sentence “tell me what’s going on?” He asked He’d tried to ignore the look that was across y/n’s face but he couldn’t. He needs to know what had gotten into her in the matter of minutes.

“It’s stupid.”

“Not if it’s bothering you.” He told her. God that boy was too sweet for his own good

“It’s just…Gigi she won’t stop flirting with you while I’m sat right here!” Y/n said and that’s when it all sank in. All those times y/n excused herself the seconds Gigi arrived or making an excuse as to why she couldn’t hang out with all of them. Gigi was getting under her skin.

“I’m sure she doesn’t mean it that way.”

“I just don’t like the way she’s talking to you and I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch and god don’t get me started On how much I hate that Everybody wants you that Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you. Because you’re mine and only I should get to know those things.” She finally spilled Jeremiah just smiled wildly grabbing her hand and pulling her up and to directly in front of where Gigi was sat making sure she was watching.

Jere leaned in a kissed y/n almost taking her off balance but the firm arm around her waist stoped her from toppling over. “Only you get to know those things y/n. Only you.” Jeremiah said between kisses before pulling her in for one last kiss only for him to them scoop her up

“Put me down Jere!” Y/n said knowing exactly what was going through his head

“If you instead.” The next thing she knew she was completely submerged in water Jeremiah’s arms still firmly wrapped around her as they came up for air

“Jealousy looks good on you.”

[sneef-to-a-snorf-fight]

Totally Spies! S1 E5-10 Tier

Alright so. Yeah the show is not getting better. I am optimistic that it will get better in later seasons. Ok let's go this is gonna be a long one. Here's the current tier.

As a lil reminder, I'm watching this with my girlfriend Ivy (@twigsprout) to definitively find the worst Totally Spies! episode. This show is notorious for showing teenage girls in very horny situations.

I'm not optimistic that the top tier will ever have anything in it. "Abductions" almost made it but the last 5 minutes took a big turn for the worse.

I'll also note that this show is skewing my sense of normal. I almost put the episode "Spy Gladiators" into the "ok sure fine i guess" category. Luckily Ivy reminded me that a middle aged man with a jock fetish putting a mind control collar on a teenage girl to force her to be a gladiator is not in fact normal.

Anyway here's some notes.

The Eraser: blobs attach to people's faces and erase their memories, sam got gooped and brain erased*, very horny wording for the hatching of the goop??, characters shackled and collared again**

The Fugitives: guy makes clones of the main 3 and does crimes, the main 3's guardian finds out and says he's going to "reprogram" them with his lobotomy machine***, favorite quote "i'm so sorry i tried to lobotomize you"

Abductions: drowning/breathplay, trapped in a glass thingy, brain sucking, gross kid brain getting so big it almost explodes???????????

Model Citizens: some weirdos kidnap girls and forcibly swap their body parts with their own models' to make "perfect beauties," some mild inflation? (does it count if they just wear suits that inflate? i doubt it but i wrote it anyway), Clover gets big legs and sits on villain to stop him from getting away

Spy Gladiators: see the collar thing i wrote above, also the guy keeps prisoners and keeps them shackled to workout equipment in his dungeon to "keep his island running" but honestly i think he's just harvesting and drinking their sweat or something

*So at this point, Ivy and I decided to start a tally for how many times the theme of an episode involves brainwiping/hypnotizing/etc as well as a separate tally for how many times one of the main 3 gets brainwiped/hypnotized/etc. SO!

Current Brain-fuck count: 6 (out of 10 episodes!)

Sam: 3

Clover: 1

Alex: 0

**We also decided to keep a tally for how many times characters are collared. Cuz it just keeps happening.

Collar Count: 3

***Ok so. When we got to this part I started theorizing. Jerry doesn't hesitate to try to reprogram the girls as soon as he thinks they're acting up. That got me thinking: what if he already programmed them before? What if that's the reason the characters are so one-dimensional? I mean. I know it's just because the writers just didn't know how to give the girls any personality beyond "girl" but. In the canon of the show, it's kinda make sense if he gave the girls (who I'm pretty sure are orphans that WOOHP adopted and forced to work as spies for free?) just enough skills to be spies and high school students but no brain power beyond that so they can't rise up against him.

Actually. This is just the bimbo show. Whatever.

Anyway, once again, this show could be so iconic if it wasn't So Bad. Like. The aesthetic of everything. I mean. There's a moment in episode 6 where they're about to do this really important mission but then Clover is like "WAIT!!! I forgot my new sunglasses at my house and I'm not going anywhere without them" and so WOOHP send the girls in a helicopter to get her sunglasses before going to save the world from bimbo slimes or whatever. like. That's iconic!!!

To paraphrase Ivy, "It's such a cool idea to just do James Bond but with 3 high school girls from y2k ass Beverly Hills." It could be so good but it's just. not. I really hope the new stuff is better. I have a lot of hope for the new season coming out.

Also, on the whole character thing. Episode 10 feels like they might be starting to give Alex her own character maybe finally? Only barely tho idk.

Also, for a second I thought 9/11 didn't happen in this universe cuz I saw the twin towers but. They made that episode before 9/11 even though it came out a less than a month after 9/11 in France (over a year later in the US). And also the girls crash a plane into a building.

Anyway 16 episodes left in Season 1!

[elfwitchtrickster]

Maverick x reader

Y/N's boyfriend breaks up with her on the day they're doing the bandit exercise. So Y/N pulls a stupid move in the air and when Maverick comes to punish her, he finds out and comforts her.

Y/C/S: your call sign

Y/L/N: your last name

Alex: your ex boyfriend's name

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Y/N woke up and immediately felt the dried tear stains on her cheeks. Her boyfriend, Alex, of 10 months had broken up with her yesterday, and the affair was not pretty. She hadn't gotten much sleep, due to her crying and thinking about her ex but she got up and got ready for work anyway.

That was one of the things she most loved about flying, it had the ability to distract her from everything else in her life. It didn't matter what was going on with her friends, her parents or boyfriend, once she got up in the air it was just her and her plane.

She splashed her face with cold water, to wake herself up and wash away the streaks that ran down her face. There were bags below her puffy eyes and red nose but she ignored them. She changed into her uniform, did her hair and makeup and got downstairs as quick as possible.

She wanted to get out of here as sons as possible. This is where all their arguments had happened, this is where he broke up with her. And as much as Y/N tried to deny it she felt like their break up was her fault. She almost always felt like that.

She didn't even bother to make herself breakfast, she just made a cup of coffee and decided to pick something up on her way to work.

As she walked into the makeshift classroom Hangman waved her over. "Whoa what happened to you?" He asked when she sat down. "You look like you haven't slept all night" he remarked with a laugh. "Not the best thing to say to a lady" Y/N replied turning her eyes down to the papers on her desk.

She wasn't in the mood to tell the Dagger squad about her Alex, and she was certain she couldn't do it without crying. She didn't want them to think she was weak, not just because they were her friends but also considering they were the best fighter pilots on earth.

Luckily Maverick walked in two seconds later, saving her a further explanation of her physical state. "All right guys, we ran through most of the theory yesterday so all of you should know everything you need to get you through that mountain course within the time limit. Now it's just who has the skills to do it" he paused and looked over everyone.

(Maverick's Pov)

As I looked over everyone, I noticed Y/N. Usually she would look up at me, probably the only one who would be engaged while listening to me, but now her head was in her hands as she stared down at the desk. When I stopped talking she looked up expectantly and I noticed the bags under her eyes, eyes that looked fuller than they used to.

No matter how much he searched he couldn't seem to find the light that seemed to live behind her eyes, a light he saw every time she looked at him. Her hair seemed messier and her entire body seemed tense and tired at the same time. He carried on speaking, but kept glancing back at Y/N. Maverick was good at trusting his gut, and he had a strong feeling that something was wrong.

(Y/N's Pov)

Maverick paused for a second before speaking again. "You'll be doing this in 3's, Hangman, Rooster and Coyote. Phoenix, Bob and Y/C/S..." She zoned out once she heard her name and let her eyes fall back down to her desk.

She was jolted out of her daze when Maverick clapped his hands and she heard the scraping of chairs. She tried to pull herself up without looking like she was using too much effort and everyone except Maverick, unbeknownst to her missed the way she rubbed her eyes.

(Time skip to when you, Phoenix and Bob are flying the course)

Y/N shifted her controls, eyes set dead ahead. She had been in the air for a good ten minutes and she couldn't stop thinking of Alex. She was getting frustrated now. She hated feeling this way and the one thing that usually took her mind of it wasn't working.

She had half a mind to fly herself into the mountainside, she couldn't possibly think about him if she was stranded in the middle of nowhere and probably injured as well.

"Unidentified just showed up on the radar" Bob's voice drifted through her headset. "You think it's from our side" Y/N asked Natasha. Before she could answer another voice came spoke. "Good morning pilots" Y/N breathed a sigh of relief when she heard it was Maverick.

"I am going to be playing the role of a bandit trying to hinder you on your mission. You must make it to the course without being shot down by me" he said. He sounded as if he was reading off a piece of paper from the awkward way he said 'hinder'.

A very unlike Pete thing to say. She snorted imagining Mav rolling his eyes after he said it. "Still wanna continue the course?" I asked Phoenix secretly hoping she'd say yes. "Yeah let's do it" she said and I smiled to myself.

Usually I was a careful pilot, I had every method to fly a course and do it safely. I wasn't the type to do something risky, they had rules for a reason and I figured you couldn't go wrong by doing it by the book.

As Phoenix Bob and I continued the course Maverick got closer. He was gaining on us rapidly that I knew we wouldn't make it to the mountain. Maybe I was feeling reckless, or I felt like I couldn't control anything except me and my plane but I ended up doing something stupid.

I dropped low, extremely low between the mountains. I stopped quite quickly and waited for Maverick to pass me before flying after him. He saw me almost immediately and I knew he was preparing for a dog fight. What I wasn't expecting was for him to fly above me and then flip upside down before he shot me.

"That's a lock Y/C/S, you're dead" I banged the seat beside me in frustration and instead of flying back to base I cut in front of Maverick, flying straight up barely a meter in front of him. I saw him flinch and pull back in shock before I flew away and heard his voice through the comms

"What kind of shit was that!" He yelled and Y/N winced but didn't answer. She know what she had done was stupid and she wasn't prepared to deal with it. On her way back to base she heard Phoenix and Bob go down as well, while she had delayed Maverick she certainly hadn't stopped him.

When she got back to ground she ran out of her plane and indoors. She ignored the stunned looks from her fellow pilots and went straight to the locker room. She peeled off her helmet and sat down on one of the benches with her head in her hands. She wasn't sure how long she sat like that until she heard the doors crash open.

Maverick burst into the locker room looking absolutely livid. His chest was heaving and his fists were clenched as his eyes found Y/N. He walked toward her and pulled her up by her collar. "What the hell were you thinking!" He asked and she could practically feel the heat radiating off of him.

"I don't know sir" she said in a smile voice. "That was the stupidest manoeuvre you could've pulled Y/C/S" he spat. The way he said her call sign with such venom sent a pang of pain through her chest. "I know sir" "Oh so we're polite and respectful now, where was that sensibility when we were up in the air!" He yelled and Y/N felt a tear run down her cheek.

Her face was burning, with disappointment and rage and twenty more things. She was pretty sure she had just ruined the one good thing in her life and she felt like sinking into the floor forever. "I just don't understand Y/N, this is so unlike you. Did something happen, is- is there a reason you're acting like this?"

Her mind instantly flitted to Alex but she wasn't about to say that. "N-no sir" she said, barely above a whisper. "I assume you don't want to kill yourself, I mean you're an excellent pilot you've got all your friends, what about your boyfriend wouldn't he care if you got hurt or died because you did something stupid"

She remembered the day Phoenix had told Maverick about Alex. It was about 8 months into their relationship and Ice was trying to convince Y/N to talk to a guy at the Hard Deck. She remembered Mavericks smirk as she blushed when she told them about her boyfriend.

Deep down part of her wondered what it would be like if she could date her captain. But she put that thought aside quite quickly. There was no sense in ruining her relationship because of a crush that was probably unrequited.

Y/N felt as if her heart ripped in two when he said that and she had no energy to keep pretending. "Not anymore" she mumbled but Maverick heard. He sat down beside her confused. "What do you mean?" Her tears were falling hot and thick now but she kept her head down as she had through their whole encounter.

(Maverick's Pov)

I heard her choke as she answered me and suddenly I was confused. It was only now that I noticed I hadn't even seen her face since I had barged into the locker room. "Y/N" I said quietly but she didn't answer. "Y/N look at me" I said. She was silent for a moment before shaking her head. "Y/N" I started, preparing to coax her into looking at me but she shook her head harder letting out a small sob.

I tried once more, I spoke her name quietly and lifted her chin with my finger. This time it worked and she lifted her head, but didn't look at me, instead staring off to the side. Her cheeks were covered in tears, her nose was red and her eyes were puffy. I felt my heart break as I looked at her face and swallowed deeply to try and compose myself. She sniffled still not looking at me.

"What happened?" I asked and she looked down again. "Alex broke up with me" she said in a small voice and I felt a funny feeling in my chest. Like my heart soaring and dropping at the same time. Obviously I hated that she was going through this but there was a little part of me that thought maybe I've got a shot now.

But I put that part of me aside. Right now I needed to be there for Y/N. "I'm so sorry" I said and she took a shaky breath in. "I feel like it's all my fault and I thought flying would distract me from it but it didn't and then I did that dumb move and I know it was stupid but-"

Maverick shushed her and put an arm around her shoulder rubbing it gently. "Listen it's more than okay to feel like this, but it's not okay to put yourself or others in jeopardy" he said firmly and she nodded, wiping her cheek with her sleeve. "I'm supposed to punish you, but considering we can both agree that this is very unlike you and I'm sure you won't to anything like this again..."

Maverick paused to get her confirmation. After she nodded again he continued "I'll let this one slide" he said gently. "Thanks" the young girl said and as she moved to wipe her face again Maverick grabbed her wrist to stop her. He pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and dried her face softly.

Y/N allowed her eyes fall closed and let out a tired sigh. She felt surprisingly comfortable with Maverick, there was always a sense of trust she had with him that she didn't have with anyone else. Pete stroked a hand over cheek lightly before kissing her on the forehead and standing up. She was so shocked and flustered by his last movement that her face grew hot again.

(Y/N's Pov)

"Take the rest of the day off Y/L/N" he said looking at her from the doorway. "Yes sir" she replied and he walked out. She thought about Pete as she played with the handkerchief in her hands. She laughed to herself.

Only he would be old enough to own a handkerchief and still use it. That was one of the things she loved about him, he both refused to get old and acted like it at the same time. I guess there's a lot of things she loved about Pete. Y/N felt like she had just discovered one more.

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MALMAISON MEDIA SALON SOIRÉE 16: LE CHIRURGIEN DE L’EMPIRE (2020)

1. The Introduction

SURPRISE!!! Hello, Neighbors, and welcome to Malmaison Media Salon! I did promise you to make a surprise review and here it is!!!

Time for obscure shorts to get the spotlight!

Okay, story time. Most people in Napoleonic community like Larrey. A lot. I’m one of them for a lot of reasons (my interest in anatomy and medicine included), but he and many other surgeons remain on the obscure side of the spectrum when it comes to media, which I find to be unfair. 

So, convinced that there must be something out there at least about Larrey, I decided to do some digging and, lo and behold, found this movie on YouTube (in French with English subtitles). That really was like opening a treasure chest that might be containing a trap or two.

I felt excited about the fact that Larrey has something about him, but also a bit cautious about the quality of the movie. Luckily, I enjoyed it, but more on that later.

As promised, this review is dedicated to @amypihcs and @kaxen , but I’d like to include a dedication to the equally wonderful @tairin , my first friend in the Napoleonic community (all of the community is amazing btw).

Okay, this review is going to be relatively short, so let’s begin, shall we?

2. The Summary

The short in question only tells a snippet of Larrey’s story and shows him during the Battle of Waterloo.

Here’s the official IMDb summary:

“1815 Waterloo, whilst the soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon fight with desperation, a man braves all danger to come to their aid with an ambulance. On this very day, too close to the enemy lines, Dominique Larrey rides towards his destiny and posterity.”

It might sound glorifying to some people, but not to me. Medical staff doesn’t get acknowledged nearly as often as they should, but let’s see how well was this homage done.

3. The Story

Despite only being 10 minutes long, the movie does a pretty good job of showcasing Larrey as a character and tells a snippet story that is, well, an actual short story in this context.

(Spoiler alert)

We see Larrey in action from the get go (obviously, because it’s a damn battle), but then he’s informed that more patients need help, rides to save them, is wounded, captured, almost executed and saved by Blucher at the last moment.

So there is a story structure with a beginning and an end, which is very hard to do with only 10 minutes of screen time available, so I do have a lot of respect for those who can tell short stories well.

Even the filler scenes with Larrey’s family aren’t an issue because they do showcase what people think of him and how his job has downsides like missing out on a lot of family time.

My only issue is that the ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, but then there’s text on screen neatly wrapping things up.

4. The Characters

Larrey is an actually flawed character! Yay! Here he’s brave and altruistic but also extremely reckless and stubborn. I liked his quip to an officer demanding to be treated first that he doesn’t care about rank (because triage doesn’t work this way). Also he isn’t a stereotypical today’s manly man and cries when he believes he’s about to be executed, so he does have moments of vulnerability and emotions.

Isaure Larrey has one scene where she’s being a bit of a bratty teenager, but I can understand that she misses her father and is concerned that Hippolyte doesn’t see Larrey often. She’s a teenager and it’s realistic for her to be kind of resentful at times, even though she got too rude and bratty at one point and made me want to punch her.

Blucher is hyped up by German characters as this cruel man who orders the execution of prisoners, but he recognizes Larrey and saves him, so both sides are humanized. It’s also historically accurate so additional kudos!

Elisabeth Larrey clearly loves her husband very much and is upset about Isaure talking smack, which is normal. Elisabeth is the adult so she’s much more understanding about her husband’s occupation, which is fair enough.

5. The Setting

If you’re squeamish about blood, be careful since the movie doesn’t shy away from horrors of war, but the setting actually benefits from that. Nothing is glossed over, even though the amputation isn’t shown so no trigger warnings for the gore.

6. The Acting

Fucking. Excellent. Acting. From. Everyone.

7. The Music

Excellent music, especially during the tenser moments. Really sets the tone!

8. The Conclusion

Please watch this movie. It’s really good and I only have one or two complaints about it. We really need to acknowledge medical staff more often.

On that note, let us finish today’s soirée. Hope you liked the surprise!

Love,

Citizen Green Pixel

[the-rarest-sexiest-coinkydink]

Happy Campers (Gerard Way x fem!reader)

kinktober day 23(ish): outdoor sex 

Summary: On a camping trip with the guys, Gerard and his girlfriend realise that neither of them are capable of being quiet enough for them to get away with having sex in the tent. Luckily, he has an idea that just might work... 

Word count: 2537

Warnings: tiny bit of a Frikey mention?? If you need warning about that?? But I think that’s it. 

AN: Hello friends! I’m not dead, look! I’m slowly working my way through the last of the kinktober stories (although personal love life crises, a very annoying dose of the emo flu, and two exams I forgot I had to revise for have certainly made it difficult to write. Oops.) 

I mean, maybe you could think of this as a treat, you know? This way, kinktober is actually gonna last wayyy longer than it was intended to. Silver linings and all that. 

As night fell, the five of them huddled a little closer around the fire, each warmed more by the beers they’d been drinking than by the poorly crackling embers. Except Mikey - he’d drunk four or five bottles of Sprite instead, and was now feeling a little bit sick. It was pretty obvious that none of them would be awake for much longer: actually finding their way to the campsite (which had been all the more difficult because none of them really knew how to read a map, and the GPS on their phones was painfully slow) had worn them out, and that was before they’d even set the tents up. There were three two-man tents in their little corner of the site: one for (y/n) and Gerard, one for Frank and Mikey, and one for Ray and everyone’s bags.

This was a set up they were all happy with; they’d done it before and it had worked out just fine. Ray liked his own personal space, Frank secretly liked it when he woke up to find Mikey ‘accidentally’ spooning him, and as the only actual couple it was pretty obvious that (y/n) and Gerard needed their own space. Not that it saved the others from overhearing things. As they’d discovered quite early on in the relationship, neither of them were very good at being quiet when they needed to be.

The evening was getting cooler by the minute, and it showed. Ray had draped his sleeping bag around his shoulders and bunched his knees up to his chest, cupping the almost empty beer bottle close. “Think I’m gonna get some sleep when this is finished, guys. My legs are killing me.” 

With his head in Frank’s lap, eyes closed as the shorter man ran his fingers through his hair, Mikey looked like he was already asleep. “Mmm yeah, sounds good. Might read the comic I brought with me.” 

Frank rolled his eyes. “Well you’d better let me share it this time. Otherwise I’ll have to steal it once you’re done and then the light will be on for twice as long.” 

“Well I’m only gonna share it if you’re gonna read quietly and not keep making stupid comments the whole way through.” 

“See, I can’t promise that.” 

Keeping his hands warm under (y/n)’s hoodie, Gerard nuzzled into her neck. “You wanna go to bed too sweetie?” 

“Yeah, I’m pretty worn out.” She was sat between his legs, her back pressed to his chest as she traced little patterns on his thigh. “It’s been a long day.” 

On the opposite side of the fire, Frank smirked at the two of them. “Is that code for sneaking off for some alone time? ‘Cause you don’t need to bother, you guys are noisy enough that we’d know anyway.” 

(y/n) made a half-assed attempt to chuck a marshmallow at his forehead, snorting when it landed on Mikey’s face and made him blink in confusion. “No, you weirdo. I’m tired after spending the whole day listening to you whining about your feet hurting while we tried to find this place. I actually want some sleep.” 

“Yeah, like I believe that.” 

All groaning softly, stretching their tired limbs, the five of them picked themselves off the ground and kicked the dying fire out properly. Wanting to snuggle down in their tents as soon as possible, they said quick goodnights to each other and ducked inside the thin fabrics, each zipping themselves in for the night. 

As the little reading lamp in the boys tent switched on, Gerard peeled his jeans off and tugged on a pair of soft plaid pyjamas, not missing the way his girlfriend’s eyes lingered on his soft thighs. “I didn’t think walking would tire me out so much, you know? It’s crazy how exhausted I am.” 

“Well, you can blame your little brother’s terrible map reading skills for the amount of walking we ended up doing.” Having changed into her pyjamas earlier in the evening, all (y/n) had to do was snuggle up in the sleeping bag. “C’mere. It’s getting cold already and you’re so warm and cosy.” 

He grinned, tucking himself under the thick material and pulling her into his arms. “Aw, is my baby starting to freeze up? Well we can’t have that.” He settled with her head on his chest, littering kisses across her hair as his arms tightened around her back. He was content like that for a little while before shifting a little, lips trailing from her forehead to her cheeks, and finally to her lips. 

She smiled into the kisses as he moved to hover over her, breaking for just a fraction of a second to make sure that he was resting her head against the pillow rather than the uneven ground that could be felt through the tent’s thin floor. His knee instinctively moved to settle between her thighs as he stroked her waist, giggling a little as her hands wandered into his hair. 

They felt like a pair of naughty teenagers trying to make out at a sleepover without being caught by their friends, especially as his hands slipped beneath her t-shirt. His fingers were surprisingly cold in comparison with the rest of him and she couldn’t help but squeak, the noise lapsing into a sigh as they brushed across her nipples. 

From there, things got a little more heated; hands crept beneath waistbands and hips bucked in search of friction, each of them needing just a little bit more from the other person. But they had good reasons to be holding back. There were only a couple of metres between each tent, and the flimsy material would be basically useless at blocking out sounds. They might as well be getting it on out in the open, it made such little difference.

And as a familiarly needy moan escaped (y/n)’s lips as his knee pressed against her core, the idea came to Gerard like it was obvious. “Honey, you have to be quiet.” 

She squirmed a little. “I don’t think I can. Not if you keep doing that.”

“Then we’ll just have to move somewhere they can’t hear us.” 

A frown creased her forehead. “What are you suggesting?” 

“Well, we aren’t too far off the forest... we’d only have to head a little way past the treeline to get some more privacy.” 

And she realised what he was thinking. “No way.”

“Come on, it’s a great idea.”

“It’ll never work!” 

“Of course it will, you trust me don’t you? I’ll make it work. You can be as loud as you like out there.” 

Thinking it through, she nodded. “Fuck it, let’s do this.” 

Grinning, he sat up and passed her shoes over, shoving his own trainers onto his feet before unzipping the tent and tiptoeing out into the night. It was almost completely dark now, with the little electric lampposts casting a gentle glow across the entire campsite just enough for them to be able to avoid tripping over the other tents - that would certainly be a giveaway that they were up to no good. He tugged her to her feet, catching her against his chest as she stumbled before leading her towards the treeline. 

She hesitated a little as they reached the point half way between their little camp and the woods, folding her arms over her chest as the cool air pricked at her skin. “Hey, you’re not taking me out here because you want to murder me, are you? Because I have to warn you, it’s a terrible idea. You’d get caught before sunrise.” 

“Of course not.” He grinned, tilting her chin up so he could press a soft kiss to her lips. “There’s no way I’m ever getting rid of you.” He took a moment to assess her expression in the dim light, wanting to make sure she was still okay with the idea. “Still up for it? It’s fine if you’ve changed your mind, we can just go back to the tent and smother each other with pillows to keep the noise down.” 

Sliding her hand back into his again, she kissed the tip of his nose. “Nah, I’m still cool. Just... had a sudden thought about all the spiders and insects and shit that might be crawling around.” 

Sweet laughter bubbled from him as he led her on again, keeping her a little closer as they passed the treeline and entered the woods. “Well don’t worry, I promise I’ll protect you from any nasties that are hiding in the dark. That’s what I’m here for.” 

They didn’t go too far in: having to text the others to come and rescue them because they’d got lost trying to find somewhere private for a quick shag would be the embarrassment of the century, and the rest of the band would never let them live it down. They’d probably gone less than ten metres in before finding somewhere that looked ideal to stop; there was a particularly large tree that looked like it would be nice and stable to lean against, and a little ring of space around it that wasn’t crowded with much shrubbery. 

Nodding towards it, Gerard raised an eyebrow - not that she could really see him now they were under the shadowy leaf coverage. “What do you think?” 

“Perfect.” 

“Just like you then.” 

He put his hands on her shoulders and pushed her gently towards it, making sure to protect the back of her head so she didn’t get hurt accidentally. As her back hit the tree, she tugged him closer, bringing her lips to his ear and whispering seductively. “If I get bitten by anything that isn’t you, I’m not kissing you for a month.”

He giggled, sucking another gorgeous purple bruise into the skin of her neck. “So we’ll make it quick then, yeah? Give those nasty bugs less of a chance to take a shot at what’s mine.” 

The way his arms caged her in against the slightly cold wood mixed with the soft possessiveness in his tone made her melt, and she brushed her nose against his. “Sounds like a plan to me.” The ground was mercifully clear of twigs around their feet, meaning they didn’t have to worry about accidentally snapping any. Although it was definitely cold out, the warmth they were both exuding was more than enough to stop it from being a problem - as was the thrill of the thought of fucking each other so openly. Any late night wanderer could pass by. 

“Good.” Gerard tugged her fleecy pyjama bottoms down, leaving them to bunch around her trainers as he pushed her underwear aside. He trailed a finger through her folds, capturing her gasp with a sweet kiss as he shoved his own pants down. At least out here, they didn’t have to worry quite so much about being overheard. She was deliciously warm against his cool fingers, her thighs twitching in anticipation every time he drifted away from her core. Hooking a leg up around his waist and giving himself a few quick strokes, he slid into her with a gentle whine. 

(y/n) dug her fingers into his shoulders, the soft rustle of the leaves in the breeze above barely hiding her moans. It was her absolute favourite thing, to be filled completely by him. No matter what the situation was: sneaking about in tiny store cupboards and tour bus bathrooms, in a specially booked hotel for their anniversary with rose petals and champagne, at home with their entire toy box to play with - wherever they ended up, the one constant was just how good it felt to be as together as it was possible for two people to be. And this moment, together under the stars and damp foliage, was something incredibly beautiful. 

Considering they’d decided it would be a quickie his thrusts were relatively slow, following a languid rhythm that he knew would still drive her insane. One hand rested against her lower back, pulling her hips even closer to his while the other cradled the back of her head. She alternated between letting loose the breathy moans that had been so hard to hold back in the tent and nipping softly at his neck, leaving little marks that would certainly match the ones on her own throat in the morning. 

Every roll of his hips hit just the right places inside her, and soon she was writhing against him, his name falling from her lips in barely discernable whines, the sounds echoing a little amongst the surrounding trees. All concerns about volume were forgotten now - with nobody there to hear them, they could be as loud as they wanted. And so they were. Her sounds pitched up as her orgasm hit, tightening around him as her head fell back against the tree with a soft thud. 

That sudden increase of friction made his hips stutter, and the little keening cry that fell from his lips as he came was almost enough to make her tip over the edge all over again. 

The mixture of his cum and hers trailed across her thighs as he pulled out, groaning softly against her shoulder. He tucked himself back into his pants before helping her pull hers back into place, both of them pulling slight faces at the sticky sensation on their skin. Still, it was a pretty hot reminder of what they’d just been doing - and the others would be none the wiser. 

The two of them crept carefully back to their group’s little set-up, very glad they could remember the route they had taken, giggling softly every time a twig broke under their shoes or one of them stumbled in the dark. The little electric lights hung up nearby illuminated things just enough for them to get back without causing too much chaos, shushing each other as they tried to get back into the tent. 

As they did the zip back up, tucked themselves back into their sleeping bag and cuddled up, they considered the whole operation a success. But as they settled, there was a slight rustling sound from the tent next to theirs. And then voices: first Frank’s, pitched up and breathy, then Mikey’s, in a scarily good impression of his older brother. 

“Oh Gerard, yeah, right there!” 

“(y/n), baby, yes!” 

The two of them were only able to keep the act up for those two sentences before cracking up, howling as they clung to each other’s shoulders in the dark. They each managed a couple of dramatic moans between bouts of laughter, tears rolling down their cheeks. 

(y/n) buried her face into Gerard’s chest, both of them blushing deeply as their friends continued to mock them as much as they could through the wheezing. Then, they heard Ray’s sleepy voice coming from the third tent. 

“Guys, knock it the fuck off. You two are worse than they are. Save it for the morning, okay? I just wanna sleep.” 

That made the couple laugh too, glad that he was on their side - for now, at least. They fully expected him to join in with the teasing the moment he was conscious enough to. Eventually when the others settled down, they finally managed to get to sleep, drifting off in the cool night air. 

It was something they could tick off the bucket list, to say the least. 

[sunasrintarhoe]

For All the Nights I Lost to You

pairing: elliot x reader

warnings: Drugs, absent parents

a/n: i love euphoria and there aren’t enough elliot x reader fics lmao this is gonna be a multi-part fic!!

word count: 2499 :)

Part 1 | Part 2

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High school wasn’t easy.

Four years of going through the motions, doing the bare minimum and hoping that one day it would just stop.

Depression wasn’t easy.

The endless cycle of waking up miserable, going to school miserable, then coming home and going to bed miserable. That is, until you met Jules.

You knew of her. You knew that she was Rue’s girlfriend for a while. You knew that Rue broke up with her last year, but they were still friends for whatever reason, you didn’t really care.

You knew Rue.

Probably better than Jules did. You two had grown up together. You would spend almost every waking moment with her because frankly you were in love with her at the time. So you spent your days soaking up each minute with her the best you could, until her dad died.

At the time, part of you was jealous of Rue. People constantly asked you about her and how she was doing, even your emotionally absent parents. That’s all they ever wanted to talk about.

They seemed to forget about you more and more everyday. They didn’t even seem to care that they had a child. You felt alone.

The other part of you felt horrible.

Rue had been there for you in every possible way she could, even when her dad was sick. She listened to your problems and offered you comfort. She never compared her struggles to yours and you made a point to do the same.

You felt so shitty for being jealous. So, you stopped.

Stopped hanging out with her, stopped talking to her, stopped being her friend, stopped loving her and now here we are.

You were getting books out of your locker when it suddenly shut. Luckily, you pulled your hands out of the way before they could get slammed in the locker. When you turned to the perpetrator, you were met with short, blonde hair and a small smile.

“Hi.” She said with a sweet voice that made you a little nervous.

“Hello” You whispered back, unable to bring yourself to speak any louder than that.

“I’m Jules.” She extended her hand out for you to shake and you did so, a little wide eyed. “I’m Y/N.” Your voice trembled a bit out of nervousness. You were never good at meeting new people and the fact that you were attracted to Jules didn’t help.

“You’re friends with Rue, right?” She leaned on the lockers after pulling her hand away. You looked around and shrugged. “I guess.”

You felt like your friendship with rue had died off, but apparently that wasn’t the case.

“Cool, so you’d be down to come hang out with us today, right?” You stared. You weren’t sure what her motive was. “Why?” You blurted. She confused you, why did she want to hang out with you all of a sudden? You two had gone to the same school for almost two years and she hadn’t shown any interest until now.

“Why not? It’s always fun to hang out with new people.” She smiled a bit wider and you felt pressured to say yes, so you agreed. When you finally agreed she turned back to look at Rue and some guy. He had grown out blonde hair and a face tat and to be honest, he didn’t interest you all that much.

“Okay, so we’re going to Elliot’s at like five, so we’ll pick you up?” She looked at you excitedly. “Sure.” You could help but smile at her energy. She snatched your phone from your hand and had you unlock it. She did a few things then handed it back to you. “This is my number, text me your address, so I can save your number.” And with that she was off to class. “I’ll see you later.” She smiled and waved and you waved back.

you looked down at your phone and quickly typed out your address in a text message and sent it to Jules. You hoped that you weren’t going to regret this.

After school, you were picked up by your neighbor, Mrs. Marla. She was a bigger, older lady with short hair and a kind smile. She used to be your nanny when you were younger and was pretty much your grandma at this point.

When you opened the car door, she smiled. You looked a little brighter today. When you shut the door she asked, “What’s got you looking all happy today?” You shrugged, “Rue’s friend asked me to hang out today.”

Marla Looked almost startled. “Rue Bennet? The girl you used to be friends with?” You nodded. You weren’t put off by her surprise because you were surprised too.

The drive home was silent after that.

When you arrived home you quickly ran to go shower. Your parents weren’t home and likely wouldn’t be for a few more hours. You shot your mom a text saying that you were going out with friends. You knew she wouldn’t respond so you continued with your shower.

Jules texted you and when you got out, you read it.

‘Hey change of plans lmao’

‘Ellie wants to smoke so we’re gonna meet up earlier, are you still down???’

You smiled.

‘yeah’

She quickly responded back.

‘Cool, we’re outside’

You sighed.

I just got out of the shower. you guys can come in if you want, the keys under the welcome mat.

You locked your phone and headed to your room. You could hear the front door unlock and open.

“Y/N!” Jules yelled out.

“Up here.” You called out. You heard footsteps run up the stairs and she asked for which door. “The first one to the left, I’m not dressed yet.” She let out an oh and walked back down the stairs and to your living room.

You quickly threw on clothes and ran down stairs. Entering your living room, you saw the guy you saw earlier in the day, you assumed was Elliot, and Rue making out and Jules was watching them. “Okay, go off I guess.

Jules’s head snapped towards you and Elliot and Rue pulled apart slowly. Jules looked frazzled and Elliot didn’t look like he had a care in the world, you knew you weren’t going to get along with him. Rue got up. “Shall we get going?” She said while making her way to the door.

You followed her to the car and got in the back seat. Rue sat in the passenger seat and Jules sat in the back with you. Elliot was driving. You already didn’t trust him and you hadn’t even spoken a word to each other.

You were starting to regret this.

On the drive, you learned that Elliot lived with his cousin and she was a smoker so she didn’t really care what he did as long as he stayed out of trouble. This meant that the four of you would be left alone for the most part.

You were a little excited. The last time you hung out with someone, there was an adult overseeing everything, so this would be the first time you hung out with friends alone.

Elliot’s car pulled into his driveway and all four of you made your way inside and to his room. Rue and Jules flopped on the bed while Elliot went to the bathroom. You stood awkwardly in the doorway and Jules patted the spot between her and Rue.

You cautiously laid between them on your front and they got up on their sides. “Did we scare you?” Rue asked tentatively, “No… If you two are dating you’re allowed to kiss whenever, I don’t care.” Rue let out a breath of relief, “We’re not dating.”

You looked a little wide eyed. “He kisses me like that too…” Your head snapped to Jules. Your mind began racing. Was this some kind of indoctrination? Was he gonna start kissing you like that too?

Rue spoke up again, “And we kiss each other like that.” Your mind settled. “So, are you guys in like a poly relationship or something?” “Or something.” Jules replied.

“After we broke up, we decided that it would be best if we didn’t try dating again, until we were both settled mentally. Things took a turn and we started sleeping with Elliot, separately then eventually together and now here we are.” Rue smiled, “We’re not together and we can leave at anytime. It’s all just physical.” Jules said as Elliot walked into the room. You got up which made Rue’s smile drop.

You sat back down on the bed and looked at Elliot. He had a slight scowl on his face, but quickly turned away to dig through his bag. He pulled out an eighth and took it to his dresser, so he could start rolling a blunt. You watched him quietly while Rue and Jules talked behind you.

“Truth or dare?” Elliot suddenly spoke. You flinched. “Who?” Jules responded, he turned around and made eye contact with you. “ Y/N, truth or dare?” You licked your bottom lip, “Truth.”

Elliot squinted, “What’s on your mind?” The question startled you a bit. “Everything and nothing at all.” He gave a slight smile at that and you turned to Rue, “Rue, Truth or dare?”

Rue pretended to think for a bit, “Truth.”

You hummed, “What do you have in your pockets?” Rue looked wide eyed, you saw a baggy in her jacket pocket when you were leaving your house. She pulled the baggy out from her pocket and opened it. She pulled out a small pill.

“Take it.” You knew about her drug problem, but you trusted her, so you took it. You didn’t expect to be hit with the flavor of mint and made a face. Rue began laughing at your disgruntled face, which set off the other two.

“Just wait a few minutes.” She said in between laughs. You furrowed your eyebrows at her and nodded. After three minutes give or take your mouth started watering like crazy.

“What the hell?!” You tried keeping all the saliva in your mouth, but it was almost too much. “They’re dick sucking mints. Jules bought them a while ago. She wanted to use the container for lip balm and put the mints in a baggy.”

You were drooling at this point. You tried to keep it together, swallowing almost non-stop to keep yourself from drooling, while Rue dared Jules put her hand in the back of Elliot’s pants. Elliot jumped at the feeling of Jules’s cold fingers making their way onto his butt.

The drooling stopped for the most part after Jules dared you to drink a bottle of water in ten seconds. After unsuccessfully completing the dare Elliot lit the first blunt of many. He took a hit and passed it to you first. You took the blunt and took a long drag, holding it for a bit before exhaling.

Rue and Elliot were staring at you with a glint in their eyes and Jules looked shocked. “You smoke?” She exclaimed. “Yeah?” You were confused. “I thought you knew, since you invited me to smoke with you.”

Jules shook her head, “You don’t look like the type of person to smoke.” You shrugged and offered her the blunt. She took it with careful fingers and took a hit passing it to Rue. You laid back down and relished in the settling high. It had been a while and your tolerance was lower than normal.

After a couple more hits, everyone was comfortably high and talking. You had your eyes closed laughing every so often. Jules called your name softly and you opened your eyes. “Truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“I dare you to kiss me.”

Elliot watched you two with bated breath. Would you do it? If you did, would you kiss him too if he asked? You looked startled, but quickly gained your composure. Lifting yourself from your back, you cupped Jules’s face and brought her closer. Closing your eyes, you softly touched your lips to hers and kissed her.

You parted and opened your eyes again. She opened her eyes too and stared for a bit. She leaned in again and kissed you hard moving her hands on your hips, she positioned herself over you and moved her fingers under your shirt to caress the skin of your waist.

When you parted again, your faces were red. Elliot cursed under his breath and covered his crotch with a pillow. You turned to him, looked at the pillow and started laughing. Elliot looked incredibly embarrassed and glared at you, but eventually started laughing too.

Everyone was laughing and Jules rolled off of you. “That was nice. You’re a good kisser.” You shrugged. “I’m surprised, I’ve never kissed anyone before.”

Jules gasped, “I took your first kiss?” You nodded. “Why didn’t you say anything?” She pretended to choke you out.

“Jules, I’m so high right now, you could stick something up my ass and I would not feel a thing.” Jules stopped and Elliot spoke up. “Is that an offer?”

You turned to him, “Only if you want it to be.” Rue pretended to choke you out this time. Everyone erupted into laughter and you checked your phone.

There were three missed calls from your mom and a text that read:

‘You better be home in the next thirty minutes or I’m calling the police.’

That was sent ten minutes ago.

You sighed, “I have to go home, guys.” You pouted and Jules whined, “Noooo, stay with us.” She hugged you tightly. Elliot got up and got his keys then helped you up from the bed.

He asked the other two if they were spending the night to which they replied no and got up as well.

You all piled into the car and they drove you home first. You turned to Jules, “Do I look high?” Your mom’s text had sobered you up a bit and you were only a little high. Jules shook her head and you got out of the car.

You waved goodbye to them and Elliot sped away.

You opened the door and were immediately greeted with your angry mother. “Where have you been?” She yelled and you flinched.

“I told you, I was going to a friend's house.” She stopped and looked at her phone. “No you didn’t.” You looked at your messages and noticed that the message you sent her didn’t go through, so you tried it again.

The message would not send, no matter how many times you pressed send. “It’s not sending.” Your mom sighed exasperated, “Then fix it!” You asked for her phone and checked your contact. At the very bottom it said ‘Unblock Contact’.

“You blocked my number.” You looked back up at her and she looked nervous. “It must’ve been a mistake.” She snatched the phone back from you and unblocked your contact, showed you then walked away.

You sighed, you couldn’t wait to move out.

[maleyanderecafe]

Desert Nightmare (RPG)

Created by: Kelven

Genre: Horror/Puzzle

Desert Nightmare was a game that I saw on @yandere-dictionary a long time ago, but I didn't actually have time to play it at least until I wrote this recommendation ask list. The premise of it is surprisingly good, but it is pretty spotty with the story itself. Jake is the yandere in this one, but it's not something that I would play exclusively for the yandere since he sort of comes in and out of it.

The story starts out with Sandra and her family going on a trip in California, only for Sandra to be abandoned in a rest stop. She ends up hitch hiking until she hits a town called Desert Rose. There she rents out a room and finds out there's something wrong with the town, having seen random monsters throughout and dealing with the unfriendly townsfolk there. At the bar, she meets another person stranded there named Jake, as well as another person named Allan. She tries to leave the next day but finds the town surrounded by giant scorpion. As each day goes by, she gets nightmares of Jake attempting to imprison her, and even gets arrested and almost killed by the police officers there, at least until Jake is able to save her. She also meets a Native American who gives her a dream catcher, making it so that she doesn't have these nightmares again. The town captures her and Alan in some sort of cult fashion, but luckily she is able to escape with him before they perform experiments on her. With the help of him and Alan, the three of them manage to fix Alan's car. However, the car breaks down, forcing the three to meet the Native American that gave Sandra her dream catcher. They end up at an abandoned Native American ground where they learn about the curse that befell Desert Rose. It seems that the place used to be a place where Natives lived, with some sort of abnormality that would cause the animals and children there to grow deformities. The people of Desert Rose would eventually be trapped in the town, growing more agitated over any new people that came before them. As Sandra goes deeper into the town, Jake becomes more agitated and obsessed with her, to the point of even killing Alan. Jake chases Sandra into the mines, but is eventually killed by the spirits of the natives that the town was built on. Sandra is able to make piece at the alter, where afterwards she escapes, leading to the destruction of Desert Rose as a result. She sees the remains of the charred up bodies of Alan and Jake and goes home after fixing Alan's car. She's successfully able to go home but is scarred forever by the events of which she's witnessed.

For an old game, it is actually is very well made, it has a lot of unique assets to it and was originally made in German. Apparently, there was a remake called Desert Nightmare R, but it was never translated, so I will simply have to go off of the older version. I will say that while the story in concept is good in the beginning, it sort of feels like it loses steam at the end and that the story sort of gets off the rails and loses track of where it was. A lot of the characters sort of exist in and out and turn insane with no real reason. It makes sense for the citizens that live in the town (like the shopkeeper or the police), but for characters like Alan and Jake especially, who haven't really been in town much longer than Sandra, the sudden change doesn't really make a lot of sense. The town really seems to hate outsiders, even going so far as to capturing them and torturing them if they get trapped in the town for too long. The Native American that comes in seems a bit like a Deus Ex Machina, even with the foreshadowing of the different symbols that are found in the game before meeting him, especially since the first time we meet him, he's somehow able to find us in a cave. The way Alan and Jake die seem really last minute too. Alan especially, considering for the most part he seemed to generally like Sandra before (even if he never really believed her about the monsters she saw) the end insulting her for no real reason. It makes for great meme material, but not so great story telling. Then there's Jake, who while is the first outsider we meet is also someone we barely see. The yandere moment seems to really come out of nowhere especially since his reasoning was simply that he saw her and fell in love. It's not especially clear if he was influenced by the curse (though I believe it's heavily implied to be), though we never see the process of how it happens. He does attempt to kiss Sandra, gets jealous when she spends too much time with Alan (and even starts to argue with him) and of course in one of the bad endings, he captures and chains her if Sandra doesn't use the dream catcher. His death is pretty anticlimactic too because after he kills Alan, he chases Sandra, only to be killed by the haunted monster. He has some nice moments of being a yandere, from chase sequences to jealousy to protecting Sandra from the towns people when they try to kill her but with how in and out he is from the game, we barely get to know him at all.

Sandra as a protagonist is pretty good for the situation she’s been thrusted onto. She is pretty unlucky though having only gone to Desert Nightmares town because she was left behind during her road trip and had to encounter monsters that appeared during the trip. She does her best to survive it, and she does, being the only survivor. It’s something that traumatizes her for the rest of her life.

Overall Desert Nightmare is a pretty decent game, at least in concept. While I think the game sort of loses steam near the end, it was still enjoyable to play and not bad for someone’s first game. Like I said, this isn’t really the game to play for a yandere character but more of yandere moments, as the moments separately is fairly good. If you are interested, give it a try!

[koditama]

all's fair in love and tickling

DAY 1: Drawn On

happy ticketober <3

ship: kaebedo

words: 711

Summary:

Albedo needs to make sure his new paints are skin-safe.

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[A/N: im back! ill be hopefully uploading every day for tickletober! but if i miss a day, dont worry! I'll make up for it. &lt;;3]

“Now, hold still.”

Kaeya squirmed, how could he not? Luckily Albedo has a pretty firm grip on his wrist, or else he would have yanked his arm back as soon as the brush hit his arm.

Kaeya offered to help Albedo test out some new skin-safe paints he made. Klee was having a birthday soon and Albedo was roped into doing face paint for her and her friends. Judging by the look on his face when he heard the news, he wasn’t too pleased by it.

Kaeya’s only rule when helping Albedo was ‘not the face’ but at this point he was starting to regret that rule.

“H-how much longer?” Kaeya asked after a minute, his voice coming out a lot weaker than he intended. Albedo was painting on the inside of his arm, pretty flowers in different shades of red, and Kaeya was doing his best not to go insane at the feeling.

“You know,” Albedo starts, not looking up from his work, “you didn’t have to agree to this.”

“Yes, I-!” a particularly firm stroke, “I know. I just wanted to-”

Albedo tugs his arm back in place, as Kaeya had unknowingly pulled it away. “Please stay still, Kaeya.” He pulls out a much finer brush, complete contrast to his original broad-bristled one. “If you move, I’ll mess up.”

“I thought this was only to test out the p- ah!” Kaeya yelped, immediately bringing a hand up to his mouth to stifle and sounds threatening to come out. That tickled. A lot. The smaller brush was way worse than the previous one, which was only enough stimulation to give him a few shivers.

“Are you alright, Captain?” Albedo asks, not looking up from his work. 

Kaeya nods, but realizes Albedo isn't looking so he moves his hand away from his face to talk. “I’m perfectly fi- ah! Fihihine.” Albedo's brush begins to make long swirling strokes and Kaeya can’t hold in his laughter anymore. He tries to keep as quiet as possible, but there's no way the alchemist hasn't noticed.

“Are you- ahahare you almost dohone?” Kaeya manages to stutter out, feeling the effects of the tickles start to really take hold. If this doesn't stop soon, Kaeya knows he isn’t going to last.

“Why? Something wrong?”

At this, Kaeya looks up. Albedo is looking directly at him, a smirk on his face and a glint in his eye. He knows. “You little-” Just as Kaeya is about to get up, Albedo pulls his arm in and reaches out to tweak Kaeya’s side. “Shit! Stohohop ihihit!” He squeals, struggling to get his arm back.

“You know, Kaeya, we can be done with this at any time.” Albedo says. “Just say the word.”

“Stohohop!” Kaeya twists his body, trying to protect himself, but he doesn't have much room to move unless he stands up, and he doesn’t want to knock over all the paint on the table.

“Actually, the word I was looking for was ‘please’.” Albedo teases, giving one last squeeze to the other’s side. “But I’ll allow it.”

Albedo lets go of Kaeya’s wrist, and the ladder immediately retracts it. “You, chief alchemist, are cruel.” He says this, but the smile on his face betrays him. Still, he can’t stand that smug look on the other’s face. He needs to do something about it. Standing, Kaeya slowly makes his way over to Albedo’s side of the table.

“You think you’re so clever.” He teases. “You aren’t getting away with that you know.”

Albedo’s eyes widened. “Kaeya, no. The paints-”

Kaeya grabs Albedo’s wrists to make him stand up, and then promptly throws him over his shoulder. “The paints are fine, we have a perfectly good couch.”

“Kaeya! Puhut me down!”

“Laughing already? You might want to save your energy.”

“This isn’t fair!” Albedo cries, giggling through his words. He squirms in the other’s hold, but not enough to actually break free.

“All’s fair in love and tickling.” Kaeya says, laughing when Albedo makes a small disgusted noise at his joke. He drops Albedo onto the couch, climbing over him and grinning. “Ready?”

Albedo makes one final weak attempt to break free, but ultimately huffs in defeat. His cheeks turn a beautiful shade of red as he nods. “Ready.”

[aonoexpat]

Long time no blog

01-04-2023

I've been putting off writing another post for a long time now, I just hadn't found the time to take a moment and sit down for this. Things have been quite hectic, and it feels like months have passed since I wrote anything! I'm in this strange mixed state of thriving in some areas and just surviving in others. But finally the chaos seems to be settling down a bit. I'll give y'all an overview of what's been happening:

Work 💼

Out of those three jobs I mentioned I found, two of them could only offer me a casual contract, and the other one ended up hiring somebody else last minute. Bit disappointing, and quite stressful, because living expenses can be pretty high and I wouldn't feel very comfortable traveling around without saving some money first. I did consider trying my luck in different cities, but my flatmate got me in touch with another bar in the city, and yesterday I finally signed a part-time contract with them! I'll be starting next Tuesday. Combining that with the two casual jobs and busking (and perhaps other bars getting back to me) I'm hoping to finally start breaking even, or even better, be able to start saving 🤞 Oh and old bar news: that manager got fired! He'd been spreading more lies and gossip about me to my other colleagues, but we got to have a good laugh about it 😂 I'm so glad I was able to leave on good terms with them, because they were truly a lovely bunch of people!

Living Situation 🏡

Though living with my wonderful friends and third flatmate has been a blessing, I feel like I could save some money and effort by moving closer to the city. It currently takes me about 40 minutes by bus to get to the centre, or more than that to get to the markets I busk at. Those buses also stop running around 23:00, and frequently get cancelled due to staff shortage, so getting home after a hospitality shift or a night out can be a challenge. Besides that, getting my own place would help me feel a bit more independent. So I used the website roomies to search for a new flat, but that wasn't too successful. Apparently a lot is arranged through Facebook over here, and I don't have an account there. Luckily my dear mother allowed me to use hers, and I joined five flatmate searching pages. It was a bit of a culture shock to look for a room here. You don't look for three weeks from now, no, because all ads are from people looking for a new flatmate for three days from now. Europe's housing crises haven't reached this side of the world, so I could say goodbye to kijkavonden (Dutch room-searching ritual where several people are invited to the same flat at the same time and have to vy for the attention and good graces from the other tenants) and have a much more chill time with the whole process. Mind you, I was still quite picky myself, so I ended up messaging a total of 29 people, and going to 8 viewings. I sent out my first message on the 21st of March, and yesterday I started the process of becoming the new tenant of my new room! The room I got was my first choice, and though it's the cheapest room I've seen out there, it's clean, it's spacious, it's not at the top of one of Wellington's many hills (see how integrated I am, I've stopped calling them mountains!), it's a good distance from everything, it's not on a busy street and best of all: it doesn't have a mould problem like so many houses out here. Apparently that's a huge issue, as I've definitely witnessed in other houses, due to most buildings being made out of wood to make them more earthquake-resistant, humid weather and cold Antarctic (Southerly) winds. I'll be moving next week, and I'm very excited about it 😁

Music 🎶

The biggest reason why I decided to struggle through my lack of work and stay in Wellington was its never-ending music and art scene. I feel like I'm meeting incredible people left and right every day 💜 Here's a quick summary, please go check out their linked pages!

I've been getting together with another busker to jam and harmonise, which we're hoping to debut in public some time soon! He's one of the most humble but extremely talented people I've ever met, and I feel like we're quickly becoming good friends :)

I've been invited to sing in a band and apply my harmonising skills with them as well, which has been great fun. Joined in at one of their band practices, got to chill with their cat, and learned to sing their original songs! The leading lady said she'd love to write music for me and make me famous 🤩 Would be really cool to play a gig with them!

I met another musician on the bus who invited me to an open mic night, where I was blown away by the level of talent! One of the artists that played there invited me to a gig of theirs a couple weeks from now, and I'm going to try my very best to go. I exchanged a lot of compliments with the other singers, all in all felt like a great night!

I got to busk at "Wellington's most creative and diverse free arts festival", Cubadupa. It went wonderfully, I wore my favourite weird little outfit, got to sing songs from Frozen for the little kids that were wandering around, did some contact juggling, and got gifted a gorgeous pair of handmade earrings by Ear Vibes ❤️

I got approached by a very kind woman who ushered me into Newtown Acoustic Sound, a judgement-free, open-minded and welcoming little open mic night that has been running for 7.5 years now. I was lucky to be there and listen to the country sounds of Alan Downes, who was kind enough to invite me to his home in Napier should I pass through!

In general, every time I go busking I feel like I'm doing what I was meant to do. I made a little sign that says "Give me a smile! ... or change :)" and it's the best thing. Watching people read it, look up at me, and flash me a smile makes my day every single time. Kids are the absolute best, there was a young boy the other day who made his parents wait around for me to finish setting up the amp and start playing, and stayed to listen for four songs. Another time a tiny thing of a girl came galloping up to me with a 5$ note in her hand and just held it out to me, so I had to stop playing to accept it, and thanked her a bunch. Sometimes people donate something else, like an avocado or a pear that they just bought from one of the fruit and veggie stalls at the markets. The interactions with the people around me are very special to me, from one of the stall holders joining me for a couple songs to people telling me they thought it was the radio playing. From getting recommendations for new songs to learn, to meeting an elderly Dutch gentleman who was overjoyed to find somebody he could speak his own language with. From getting offered rides and free bread, to a woman telling me that day was her birthday and my music was like a gift to her. It's incredibly fulfilling, and I made sure my market days stay free with my new job, because I don't want to ever stop!

I did manage to get a second busking-induced sunstroke (go me), so I got acquainted with one of these fellows, and it's pretty good stuff if you ever find yourself dehydrated!

Miscellaneous cool stuff

Another fun update: I SAW MY FIRST KIWI! I took a night tour at Zealandia and their wonderful guides led us through the park, showing off the Takahē, the glow worms, the Tuatara, and their pride and joy: the nocturnal Kiwi Pukupuku, or Little Spotted Kiwi. We were lucky to see one, because they can be quite shy! The young male that we saw was calmly browsing the undergrowth for insects to feed on. I wasn't able to shoot a photo or video of him unfortunately, but the image is etched in my memory as a cool little milestone of my Aotearoa adventure :)

I also had a great night out all the way in Upper Hutt, at the Audiology & UKF festival, Wellington edition! Besides being overjoyed to see my all-time favourite drum & bass DJ, Fox Stevenson, I was blown away by a local duo called Jaymac B2B Vujanix. All in all a great night, the organisers were very chill and the crowd was wonderful ❤️

Some more cool nature shots:

Also, I'm finally getting better at understanding the kiwi accent. The thing that messes me up the most is how they pronounce e-like sounds like i-like sounds. So the name 'Ella' is said more like 'Illa'. This caused a really confused look to take over my face when somebody told me the weather was so nice, she "couldn't wait to go home and sit on her deck." 🙃 However: the other day somebody said "I'm gonna get a beer," and my mind automatically parsed it as "I'm gonna get a bear," which was a similarly disorienting experience. But it means my brain is overcompensating, and will likely soon arrive at that sweet middle ground where I won't have to go around asking people to repeat themselves anymore.

Last but not least, a couple days ago I had the honour of witnessing a Māori Karakia and Haka in real life. We've all seen the videos, surely, but being there in the flesh was a whole different experience. Goosebumps galore, and a whole bunch of reverence for their passion and their voices. I hope to learn a lot more about Māori culture and the process of decolonisation on these islands. I've gotten the feeling that descendants of white European colonisers like to paint a more positive picture of their cohabitation with the Māori culture than it realistically is, which is quite depressing. Once I've found my footing a bit more I hope to be able to dive into this a lot more deeply. If anybody has sources or references for me, I'm all ears!

[house-of-secrets]

The Candy Foundation

All Hallows Eve was one of Joy's favorite holidays. She loved being able to dress up and pretend for that night to be anyone but herself. Especially given her recent worries, Joy was more than ready to throw on a costume, dance till her feet hurt and drink till the sun came up. This plan was not recommended given that the students still had classes first thing Wednesday morning, Joy thought this to be a special torture designed by the professors to get back at the students. The impending 'torture' aside, Joy happily donned the last of her eye liner and admired herself in the full length mirror. Damn she looked good!

After the success of last year's All Hallows Eve Ball / Exhibition Opening Party, Mr. Sweet had allowed an all school costume party. Quadruple-checking that her wig was secure, Joy stepped out onto the landing to go join her friends.

* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *

The Anubis residents had all agreed to gather in the sitting room to take pictures before walking over to the party. Joy was one of the last people done so she got to take in all of the different fun costumes. Mara was rocking her solar system dress and star themed makeup, she wore a silver sash bearing the words "Miss Universe" to tie the outfit together. Lili and Jerome were taking silly pictures in their Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf outfits. Nina and Fabian were dramatically posing on the couch as Vera snapped a photo of their Gomez and Morticia Adams costumes.

"Announcing the one and only Alice in Wonderland!" declared Alfie strutting into the room in a black suit with shades and an earpiece. Behind him followed Amber in a gorgeous blue silk dress, adorable white apron with a pretty bow. The couple made their way over to Mick who was dressed as Prince Thor. Patricia and Eddie, who were dressed as a witch and Captain America, then entered the sitting room and squealed over Joy's outfit. Joy happily showed off her look, exclaiming how happy she was to have so many pockets.

The clearing of a throat and chuckle of "Well it looks like we match" had Joy turning around to see K.T. and then made her mind short circuit. Her friend was absolutely gorgeous. K.T. was rocking a green and black bodysuit with fabulous makeup.

"Haha," laughed Joy, once her brain came back online. "You're right! Kim Possible and Shego, what a perfect pair we make".

"We absolutely have to get some awesome action shots together tonight" declared K.T.

Luckily Vera saved Joy from having to come up with a suitable response by ordering everyone to gather together for a group photo. After five minutes of fake smiles and scuffles Vera came away with an acceptable photo.

Patricia slipped her hand into Joy's, "You ready to Party J-bird?"

"You bet!" cheered Joy as she twirled the sassy witch twice, before following her friends out the door.

* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *

The All Hallows Eve party was a roaring success. The set up team had done a fabulous job transforming the Physical Education Barn into a fun party space. The design team had chosen to have both large barn doors open allowing the party to spread out to the surrounding areas. Tessa Jones, one of the three student representatives, had been in charge of planning and had made sure to clear off the second landing which encircled the perimeter allowing the space to keep an open air feel. The food and drinks would be located on the balcony, leaving the ground floor for dancing and a couple tables for socializing.

Joy enjoyed her time dancing with her classmates and celebrating one of her favorite holidays of the year. She found that she spent most of her time dancing with K.T. in particular. Ever since Joy had gotten over the fact that the girl was related to Nina, she could see that she was whip smart and had a delightfully wicked sense of humor. Joy had never thought that she would have not one, but two close American friends. Yet, here she was with two of the four people on this earth who she would die for being goofy Americans.

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[meredithhk8702]

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[fahrni]

Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️

Feeling a little groggy this morning. I basically passed out sitting on the couch watching TV at around 7PM last night. I woke up a few minutes later and don’t remember closing my eyes. 🤣

Please, send all the coffee.

It looks like I’ll get an opportunity to work on Stream for Mac today, which is very exciting!

Anywho, enough of that, I hope you enjoy the links.

Kate Wagner • Internet Archive

Most of us have the distinct pleasure of going throughout our lives bereft of the physical presence of those who rule over us. Were we peasants instead of spreadsheet jockeys, warehouse workers, and baristas, we would toil in our fields in the shadow of some overbearing castle from which the lord or his steward would ride down on his thunderous charger demanding our fealty and our tithes. Now, though, the real high end of the income inequality curve—the 0.01 percenters—remains elusive. To their great advantage, they can buy their way out of public life. However, if you want to catch a glimpse of them, all you need to do is attend a single day of Formula 1 racing.

This piece by Kate Wagner originally appeared in Car and Driver last week but was taken down the same day it went up. Luckily we have The Internet Archive.

This is a really scathing look at F1. It is most certainly a sport for the rich and famous. A playboys paradise. 🏎️

The Iconfactory

What an amazing ride this past month has been! We appreciate the support of everyone who backed our Project Tapestry Kickstarter as well as those who helped us spread the word far and wide. We couldn’t have reached our goals without your help and we’re so very excited to have an opportunity to bring Project Tapestry to life.

I’m really excited to see what our awesome friends create for us! It’s also gonna be fun to see what others create to extend it! 😍

Ian Millhiser • Vox

The courts were never going to save America from Donald Trump

Trump got exactly what he needed to avoid a trial that could possibly convict him. Sure, it may start before the election but will it have time to complete?

We all know he did it. We all know his strategy is to run out the clock, get elected, and make it all magically go away. Justice is supposed to be blind, but not in this way.

Yet another way the rich and powerful have an advantage over the rest of us. Would you or I have been given the chance to take our argument to the highest court in the land? Probably not.

The man is a criminal and deserves to do a little jail time. It would be fine with me if he was confined to his “club” in the third-world shit hole of Florida. They deserve him. ⚖️

RevK

Unix, and many other systems from that, use a type for time that is seconds since the start of 1970. It is a simple system. Those seconds were stored in a signed 32 bit number, which allows -2147483648 to +2147483647 and hence dates from Fri 13 Dec 19:45:52 GMT 1901 to Tue 19 Jan 02:14:07 GMT 2038. This seemed a pretty good range. especially for adult engineers living in the early 70s. But 2038 is getting closer and closer. I may (hopefully) live to see it.

Time is hard. When I was at Pelco we had to deal with time issues around the world. A really bad choice was made in our UI products to use local time within the app and not just for display purposes. That was fun to fix.

Check out the post for some history and what we’ll need to keep an eye out for if you write date code at a lower level. I’d imagine most modern languages have really great support for dates built in. Question is how about old school services that remain online because they just work and nobody wants to work on them? 😃

Chance Miller, Ben Lovejoy, Zac Hall, and Filipe Espósito • 9to5Mac

Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account, clearing path for Epic Games Store on iPhone

It’s time to get out your popcorn. Apple and Epic are having a little pissing contest. The EU isn’t having it. It looks like Apple is being forced to play nice and they definitely don’t like it.

I haven’t really kept up with the nuanced bits but Apple really doesn’t want to open the platform up any more than they have to. 🍿

Alex Castro • The Verge

Apple hit with first ever EU fine following Spotify complaint

And a nice little follow on to the Epic post above. Spotify is also in the pissing contest with Apple and they’re not backing down.

Shuttering the App Store is not an option because Apple makes a ton of money off of developers. They certainly don’t host us out of the kindness of their hearts. It’s a business after all with shareholders — ALL HAIL THE SHAREHOLDERS!

I can see arguments from both sides. Apple built the platform and should be able to administer it as they see fit. It’s not the only mobile platform on the planet. If you’re a developer and really hate the 15-30% fee you can go elsewhere.

If you’re Spotify or Epic you’re also a business that needs to make a profit and, in Spotify’s case, the margins on music are so thin they can’t afford to give Apple that much money. Heck, I don’t understand how any company could make their own App Store work in the EU given the rules Apple setup to create and maintain one.

Susannah Cullinane, Sara Smart, Cindy Von Quednow and Mary Gilbert • CNN

California’s mountain towns and ski resorts are digging out after a blockbuster blizzard buried them and major roads under several feet of snow.

The last 10 or so years we lived in California’s San Joaquin Valley we were always in some kind of drought situation. Fast forward a few years and it’s been flooded the last two years with tremendous snowpack, which is very much needed.

I’ll bet the Sierra Nevada looks spectacular from the valley floor right now. Folks who live there will understand what I’m saying. Looking up from the great valley to see the Sierra Nevada is awe inspiring on a beautiful clear day. Especially when it’s covered in snow. 🏔️

Thor Benson • Common Dreams

Climate experts are warning that the Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas panhandle—now the largest in the state’s history with over over 1 million acres burned and counting—provides a horrifying look into a future of runaway temperatures that result in extreme destruction.

And Texas is in the complete opposite situation of California. It’s on fire and not just a tiny fire. It’s a monster eating everything in its path. 🔥