#make a tag for Jonah’s mom

[fostopia]

//implied character death (sorry Jonah’s mom) and child abuse (sorry Jonah)

TRANS JONAH RAHH

Here’s a wip for you guys (aka posting it means I have to finish it)

You guys will learn real quick that I love Mrs. Marshall despite having been the one to make her myself ‼️

[reyesstrand]

wip wednesday

thank you for the tag @carlos-in-glasses & @strandnreyes <33

His lungs are on fire.

He pushes himself, sneakers smacking against the sidewalk as the evening air starts to cool his sweaty skin, and even still he pushes on, needing to hit the next mile. When he stops at a crosswalk he pulls his phone out to skip through his playlist; he finds a text notification on his screen instead, telling him Carlos messaged him seventeen minutes ago: any ideas for dinner?

TK ignores it, licking his lips and picking back up his previous pace when the light turns and gives him the right of way. He runs for another mile until he accepts defeat when he doubles over to catch his breath, his muscles burning. He pulls out his earbuds in an attempt to clear his head and focus on pulling air into his lungs. A dark-haired woman pushing a stroller throws a concerned look his way and for a blinding moment she’s his mom, and the baby is Jonah, and she’s seconds away from pushing him out of harm’s way.

“You okay, sweetheart?”

The ache that’s been sitting in his chest all day seems to spread, and he has to swallow down the urge to throw up or cry at that word. Sweetheart. My sweet boy. When she starts to approach, reaching for the phone in the console of the stroller, he plasters a fake smile on and waves her away.

“Pushed myself a little too hard, I think,” TK explains, and he settles his hands on his hips.

The woman smiles at him like she understands, and right on cue the baby starts fussing, and she gestures to the park entrance he managed to stop in front of and he smiles as she leaves, wishing her a good night. Clenching his jaw, TK pops his earbuds back in and sets out on walking the last mile home. It’s almost completely dark out when he gets back to their building, and he’s thankful the elevator is empty when he jabs his index finger into the button for their floor, leaning back against the railing and staring into his streaky reflection in the mirrored wall the whole trip up.

His shirt is stuck to the small of his back and his chest still heaves and even though he hasn’t really talked to Carlos today save for a good-morning text at quarter-to-noon and the message from thirty-eight minutes ago he still hasn’t replied to, desperation seems to tingle just under his skin. He doesn’t care about dinner, or the fact he hasn’t eaten all day, or the look he knows he’s going to get from his boyfriend when he walks into the loft and makes that discovery. He just so badly aches to get out of his head when he’s like this, and he hopes that Carlos is already home when he bursts through the door so he doesn’t have to wait. He wonders how quickly he can corral Carlos against the wall and drop to his knees or convince him to join TK in a too-hot shower.

Carlos is home, it turns out, but TK’s immediate desire to proposition him fades when Carlos sets his big, dark eyes on him.

“I was getting worried,” Carlos says when TK kicks off his shoes. TK’s response dies on the tip of his tongue when he looks past Carlos and sees the counter where he usually shovels down a bowl of cereal in the mornings completely covered with familiar takeout containers. “You don’t have to tell me, if you don’t want to. But I thought you’d be hungry, and might want to be close to her.”

no pressure tagging @lovesgalores @reyescarlos @marjansmarwani @tailoredshirt @paperstorm @rmd-writes @safeashousespdf (sorry if you’ve already been tagged! getting to this late in the day skdnsksks)

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Instagram Intros (Mitch Marner's Kids)

Lucas William Marner (@lucasmarner)

DOB: August 29th 2016 Age: 32 years old Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Nicknames: Luke, Luka, Lukey S/O: Ashlyn Morris Kids: Nolan, Joshua, and Braley Best Friend(s): Eliot Nylander Aesthetic: Lucas, like his father and step-father, was a hockey player. His father had convinced his mother to put him into pee-wee hockey when he was around 4 years old and he had been playing ever since. He was an exceptional player from the beginning, already having experience tagging along to family skate and the Leafs games growing up. Luke adored his dad in every way shape and form. So when his parents split up and Olivia started dating Jack, it was hard on him to say the least. He was used to being around the Leafs family, and now being so called "stuck" in New Jersey with Jack's actual family ruined him. He was as open to Jack as his younger siblings were. Luke was being constantly berated by his mom for acting rudely towards his step-father. Jack understood to an extent, but it didn't hurt him any less. Mitch wasn't any help either though, disliking this quick relationship with his ex, talking trash and fighting Jack any time he could. When Olivia and Mitch had their one-night stand while her and Jack were on a break, and she ending up pregnant with her first daughter, Lucas thought this was finally his parents time to get back together. Olivia, however, made it clear that her and Mitch were not going to be together again. This bother Luke, but it got him to truly understand the reality of it all. His parents still tried to get along with each other, and he still visited Toronto every winter and for playoffs. Him and Jack started to bond over hockey, though Mitch was the only one he would practice with other than his brothers. When he was 18, Lucas was the first overall draft for the Toronto Maple Leafs and became a legacy player. He brought the Leafs to the Stanley Cup in 2037, 10 years after his father did so.

Myles Thomas Marner (@mylestmarner)

DOB: May 10th 2020 Age: 28 years old Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Nicknames: Mile, Miley S/O: Lilly Dunn Kids: Callie and Athena Best Friend(s): Jeremiah Wagner, Matteo Aguilar, and Braydon Pham Aesthetic: Myles, unlike his older brother, was obsessed with Jack. He was only 3 when he and Olivia started dating, but he already knew he was the coolest person he had ever met. Of course he loved his dad and wanted him to win at all times, but Jack just seemed so chill. Liv watched her son follow Jack around the rink and the house all day, she couldn't believe one of her sons was actually okay with her new boyfriend. Myles used to yell at his older brother whenever he gave Jack attitude. Jack thought this was the funniest thing ever. He loved having someone on his team rooting for him. When Henry was born, Myles was ready to get him on the ice right away, but Olivia and Jack had to help him take a step back, considering Harry couldn't even hold his head up just yet. You can bet though that Myles was the first to teach him anything when he could. In fact Henry's nickname, Haz or Hazzy, was given to him by his older half-brother. The nickname stuck well into his NHL career too. Miley was the 4th overall pick for the Carolina Hurricanes and he was pretty damn good.

Lincoln Daniel Marner (@linc_m12)

DOB: July 21st 2023 Age: 25 years old Hometown: Hobokken, New Jersey Nicknames: Linc, Linny, Lake S/O: Reece Mercer Kids: None Best Friend(s): Jonah Matthews and Zachery Brandt Aesthetic: Lincoln grew up in New Jersey, which makes him a Devils fan. He wasn't all that big into hockey like his brothers though. In fact, in a house full of hockey players, he sort of felt left out. He and his mom were very close, big mama's boy. She knew how he felt and tried to explain to him that it was all good if he didn't want to play the majority sport. Lincoln still played with his brother and dads when he could, but honestly wished he could just cuddle up with Liv on the bench. Mitch saw how bent out of shape Linc was and knew immediately what was wrong. He never wanted to force this life on his kids, if they liked it (like Luke and Myles) great! If not, that was okay too. Mitch, having gone through it with his dad too, didn't want to do that to his son also. Jack on the other hand, wasn't aware of this and encouraged Lincoln whenever he could to get on the ice. He thought he was helping, believing that Lincoln was just insecure about his skating or something, but to Mitch it looked like peer pressure. Whilst visiting Toronto during the winter, the whole group joined the Leafs at family skate, including Jack. Once Mitch saw Jack "bothering" Linc to get on the ice with every, shit hit the fan. Mitch started beating Jack black and blue, only stopping when JT pulled him off him. Lincoln had ran away to the locker rooms, hiding in the corner. Olivia was too busy yelling at Mitch and helping Jack with his injuries to notice Auston skating away from the rink. He had stopped by in the locker room on his hunt for the missing boy, and saw Lincoln curled up in a ball near his dad's gear. Auston pulled Lincoln into his arms and soothed the little boy. They had a long talk, and this is when Auston found out that Linc was into baseball and had been wanting to play for a while but was just too scared too say anything. Auston brought this up to Liv and had set up a schedule for him to help practice with her son. He ended up being drafted for the New York Mets when he was 18 along with Auston's son Jonah, and has been playing there since. Jack had apologised to the kid and had been at every single baseball game Lincoln ever played.

Madison Jay Marner (@maddiemarner)

DOB: February 13th 2029 Age: 19 years old Hometown: Hobokken, New Jersey Nicknames: Mads, Maddie, Sonny S/O: Spencer Reynolds Kids: None Best Friend(s): Arthur Hughes Aesthetic: Madison's story is a complicated one. Jack and Olivia had been on a break for about 2 months at the time her mother had gotten pregnant with her. Mitch and Olivia had a one night stand and it ended in Madison's conception. The competition between Jack and Mitch was now at all time high. When Olivia had told Mitch about it, he was excited, thinking that maybe he could get her back because of this, but she had the plans to abort Maddie, scared that she had completely messed up her family with Jack. She had already had two little boys with him, she knew he was a good father, she just didn't know how he would react to her being pregnant with her ex baby daddy's kid. Jack freaked out for a minute, staying at his mom's house for a week, before Ellen had talked some sense into him and he went back. He understood that they had been on a break and that he can't really be mad. Jack had continued to support Liv throughout this pregnancy, though he was weary having Mitch around now more than usual. Mitch had been making a point that this baby was his and that Jack shouldn't be included in this, refusing to let Jack in at appointments, not allowing him to be a part of baby showers and what not. Olivia had hated seeing Jack so excluded, knowing that Jack was going to be the one mainly around for the kid. When she had found out the gender she was so excited! Finally a girl to be on her side! Mitch had been now bragging about how he gave Olivia, not only her first kid, but now her first daughter too. Jack found this insufferable, and he was sad a little bit too. Liv had promised to include Jack in everything and now he couldn't even enjoy the thought of having a daughter because Mitch had made it his mission to remind him that this little girl wasn't his. When Madison was born however, Mitch was out of town, leaving Jack to be there in the delivery room when she made her entrance into this world. She was a big daddy's girl too…with Jack. She didn't really care for Mitch, funny considering he was so entitled to her before. Jack was wrapped around her finger the minute she was born, and sobbed when he got to hold her and when he saw that she was named after him. As Maddie grew up, Jack and Mitch's relationship got better, for the sake of her. She hated that her dads didn't get along, wanted them to love each other as much as she did them. No, that didn't exactly happen, but they did tolerate each other for her well-being.

[lavalamp-juice]

Just watched the premiere of My Adventures with Superman! /w my mom AHHHHH

My 2 cents about it!!!! -

Spoilers for the first 2 episodes

Clark- UGH LOVEABLE GOOF HE'S SO KIND AND SWEET I LOVE HIS CHARACTER!!! He is different but not too different. He has strong morals but is quirky and not as serious as any other iteration (that I have seen) it's nice to see Superman happy ya know?🦸‍♂️ALSO HE CLEANED UP THE MESS IN THE CITY THAT HE MADE. LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT. I'm assuming superheroes usually do that but they never really show it right?

Jimmy Olsen- Character design is so fun I love it! I think he was always kinda a conspiracy theorist but they really add to it here, but not in an annoying way! He's a sweetheart, totally golden retriever vibes. He reminds me a lot of Mikey form ROTTMNT. Interesting thing I liked I that he took blurry photos like yeah he's not a professional yet, and was getting cars thrown at him.

Ah yes Lois Lane- most of my Comparisons are from the past DC animated shows like STAS and JLU, the Loises in those are not my favorite just because of ego but THIS Lois is so fun!!! She's extremely ambitious :D

The relationships between all of them- Clark and Jimmy have a great platonic relationship! Cool that they are roommates s too will make Clarks secret identity thing even more interesting!

Jimmy and Lois have a nice friendship, they are both crazy so pairing them together is so fun. Lol Clark is just trying to handle two little kids it's great. In Superman the animated series Lois and Clark are like late 20s and Jimmy is just a tag along teen, so them all being the same age is so fresh and interesting!

Clark and Lois are so cute together it's wonderful <3 Chemistry between them is really cute (I love when Clark brought up her to his mom) Made me like

The Story: Yes Yes Yes

Everything Else! - Animation is amazing! Put me in a mood to actually make art which is always a plus :))) Clarks mom looked a lot like my mom it was weird, also she's so supportive :') The boss guy was a J. Jonah Jameson type so always good for a laugh and a bit of an agonist.

So sorry for the rant I've just always loved these characters and seeing them brought in a fresh way is so cool!

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

[alisbackalleybbq]

Puppy Love Chapter 6

TW:   Mentions of hospitals, injuries, 

A/N:  If you want to be added to my tag list, please just let me know.

@northern-neighbor​

Charlotte struggled to surface from the nightmare she was in.  Her head felt heavy and her side hurt horribly.

“T-m,” she whispered, trying to call out to the last face she remembered seeing; the same face that made her feel safe.  She needed him.

“I’m here,” a voice replied but it wasn’t the voice she wanted to hear.

“T-m,” she tried again.

“It’s okay, Charlie.  You’re in the hospital.”  The voice said again.  Her eyes fluttered open, feeling heavier than she could ever remember them feeling.  She struggled to focus.  “There you are,” Tommy smiled at her.

“Tim,” She croaked a little louder, her throat extremely dry.  “I need…” 

“You need to rest,” Tommy replied.  “Nathan is getting you some water.”

“No,” Charlotte struggled to sit up, pain shooting through her side.  “Tim!”  She tried to yell.

“Hey, you are in the hospital.”  Tommy tried laying her back against her pillows.  “You need to rest.”

Charlotte fought against him.  “I need Tim.”  She didn’t have much energy left but she needed to talk to Tim.

“What’s going on?”  Nathan asked as he came back into the room.

“She’s fine,” Tommy replied.

“Tim,” Charlotte said again, her eyes locking on her brother.  She tried sitting up again but didn’t make it very far.

“Okay, Short Stuff, just settle down.  I’ll go get him.”  Nathan put the cup of water with a straw down on the table in front of his sister.

Charlotte dozed off but quickly opened her eyes when she heard her brother and Tim’s hushed voices as they came into her room.  “Tim,”  she reached out her hand.

“I’m here.  Your brother told me you’re being a little feisty.  You need to settle down for me, okay?” Tim took her hand and smoothed some hair off her forehead.

“What…” Charlotte looked around and squeezed his hand.

“You were stabbed.”  Tim said softly.  “You got lucky.  You lost a lot of blood but the knife missed your lung.  Do you remember anything?”

“The fire.”  Charlotte struggled to remember.  “Jonah got mad.”

“What else?”  Tim prodded gently.  “Take your time.”

“A voice,” her eyes started pooling with tears.  

“Do you know whose voice?”  Nathan asked before Tim could.

Charlotte nodded then scowled.  “He said ‘Bradford’s next.’”

“Was it Jeff?”  Tim had to temper his voice to hide the anger that was brewing inside him.

Charlotte shook her head.  “I know the voice.  I’ve heard it before.  But it wasn’t Jeff.”

“Okay,”  Tim kissed the back of her hand.  “Just rest, okay?  You have to stay for observation but you’ll get to go home in a day or two.”

“Home,” Charlotte snorted and rolled her eyes.  “Where is that?”

“With me,” Nathan answered.

“What about you?” Charlotte asked Tim.  “Whoever this was is gunning for you now.”

Tim smiled at her.  “I can take care of myself.  I’m not worried and you shouldn’t be either.  Now, please get some rest.”

“Stay with me?”  She asked him.

“I’m not going anywhere.”  He sat in the chair next to her bed, her hand still wrapped in his.

“Did she give you anything?”  Nyla asked when Tim emerged from Charlotte’s room an hour later.

Tim shook his head.  “All she could tell me was she heard a voice that she knew.”

“What did it say?”  Lucy asked.

“Bradford’s next,” Tim ran a hand through his hair.

“Great,” Angela huffed, “now you’re on this psycho’s radar.”

“I don’t know why,” Tim replied, “it’s not like I’m dating her.”

“But you want to be,” Angela quipped.  Tim glared at her.  “What?  I’m a detective.  I’m detecting.”  She smirked.

“Detect who hurt her,” Tim snarled.

“Calm down, Grumpy Bear,” Angela laughed.  “What else did she say?”

“Just that it was a male voice that she’s heard before.  I know this was Jeff.”  Tim answered.

“Jeff was at home at the time of the attack,” Nyla sighed.  “He’s on pretrial ankle monitoring.  The probation officer said he was home all night.”

“He could have slipped it,” Tim put his hands on his hips.

“It was also confirmed by the security cameras throughout his mom’s house.”  Nyla shook her head, “he was home all night.”

“Then he hired somebody.” Tim glowered.

“Hopefully Charlotte will remember more soon,” Lucy put her hand on Tim’s arm.  “If we find out it was Jeff, it’s just one more charge we can add.”

“When.”  Tim huffed.  “When we find out it was him.”  

Lucy just nodded in response

“He what?” Tim demanded.  It was three days later, he was with Charlotte at the meeting with Jake Eddison to discuss the case against Jeff.

“He’s refusing to sign a waiver of speedy trial,” Jake repeated.

“What does this mean?”  Charlotte asked.

“It means he won’t allow us to ask for the trial to be moved out further to allow you to recover.  Trial is set to start  in three weeks.  We will have to be ready to go.”  Jake looked at Charlotte sympathetically.  “My hands are tied.”

“There’s no way she’ll be ready to go in three weeks!” Tim practically shouted.

“Yes, I will,” Charlotte nodded her head.  “I’ll be ready.”

“Charlotte, you’re still recovering from a major injury,” Jake pointed out.  “From what Tim said, the doctor doesn’t think you’ll be able to sit comfortably for that long.  You can’t be on pain meds when you testify.”

“I’ll take Ibuprofen and I’ll sit there to face him no matter how painful it gets.”  Charlotte responded.  “He’s not going to break me.  He did this so that I wouldn’t be able to testify.  He did this so he could get away with it.”

“It might be time to talk about an offer,” Jake said quietly.

“What kind of offer?”  Tim was skeptical.  He didn’t want Jeff getting a sweetheart deal.

“I’ve discussed options with other attorneys in the office.  He’d plead guilty to attempted strangulation.  I’d drop the domestic battery and criminal threats charges.  Sentencing would be in the judge’s discretion.”

“What punishment would he be facing?”  Charlotte asked, worrying her thumbnail between her teeth.

“The maximum sentence is fifteen years but with his criminal history, he would never get that much time.  I’ll argue for five years fixed, 3 years indeterminate.  That means he would do five years in prison before he’d be eligible for parole.  I assume his attorney will argue for probation…if they even agree to the deal.”  Jake explained.

“No way,” Tim immediately spat.  “He can’t get probation.”

“That’s only if we make an offer and he accepts it.”  Jake replied.   “I won’t do anything Charlotte’s not comfortable with.”

“Thank you, Mr. Eddison,” Charlotte said.  “I trust you.  If you want to offer a deal, I’m okay with it.”

“I’ll let you know,” Jake said.  “I have some things to look at and think about before I do anything.  Tim, I need to talk to you privately.”

Charlotte simply nodded before leaving the prosecutor’s office.

“What’s up?”  Tim asked Jake.

“I see the way you look at her.”  Jake replied.

“At Charlotte?”

“Don’t play dumb, Tim.  It doesn’t suit you.”  Jake responded.

“There’s nothing there.”  Tim lied.

“Good,” Jake nodded, “keep it that way.  If it gets out that she’s sleeping with one of the lead officers in her case, the defense will use that against her.  They’ll use it to show that she’s emotionally unstable, that she jumps from guy to guy.  They’ll say she was just after Jeff’s money and now that they’re no longer together, she’s doing this to get back at him.”

“What about the pictures of her injuries?  They can’t tell her who she can date.” 

“The pictures do help but we don’t know how they are going to try to spin those either.  Tim, if you really care for her, wait until after trial.  Don’t give them anything to use against her.”

Tim stopped in front of his car and grabbed both of Charlotte’s hands.  “Are you really sure you want him to get a deal?  If he’s convicted of these charges, there’s guaranteed prison time.”

Charlotte bit her bottom lip.  “I don’t know.  I just want him to stay away from me.  I want to get back to my life.”

“I know,” Tim cupped the side of her face.  “I will do everything I can to keep you safe.  I won’t let him get to you.”

“I appreciate that,” Charlotte smiled, “but you can’t be everywhere, Tim.”  She looked at him sadly.

“I know I can’t.  But my friends can.”  Tim smiled at her.  “And I’ve got a lot of friends.”

“That you do,” Charlotte giggled.  

Tim stared into Charlotte’s eyes.  Every fiber of his being was screaming at him to kiss her.  It took every ounce of willpower in him to drop her hands and step back.  “It’ll be okay, Charlotte.  I promise.”  When she didn’t respond Tim put his hand on her arm against his better judgment.  “What will it take for you to believe me?”

“I want to believe you, Tim,” she said earnestly.  “But he’s not going to let this go.”

“One way or another, he will.”  Tim said as he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly.  “You should get back to Nathan’s.  He’s going to start blowing up my phone if you aren’t back there soon.”

Charlotte nodded and gave him a small wave goodbye.

“Did you get that?”  Jeff asked the man sitting next to him.

“Sure did.”  The guy smirked.  “Poor copper is so smitten he’s making promises he can’t keep.”

“Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re fucking already.”  Jeff ground out.

“Prosecutor didn’t seem to think they were,” the guy shrugged.

“The prosecutor is an idiot.”  Jeff spat.  

“We’d know if they were,” the guy replied calmly.  “We haven’t heard anything that says they are and their texts are flirty but nothing sexual there.”

“Yet,” Jeff responded.  “I’m just glad that stupid bitch left her phone unattended in the hospital so we could get that monitoring app on her phone.  Her phone calls, pictures, texts, emails; none of it is safe.  We can access it all.”

[maxbegone]

i know it’s super late in the day for this, and honestly i can’t even remember what i’ve shared in the past and what i haven’t, but @morganaspendragonss, @reyescarlos and @rmd-writes all tagged me so i have to share something from the roadtrip au ♥️

“That was my jersey.”

“What?”

“That Jonah was wearing,” TK explains and oh. The picture Enzo sent. “I played hockey for a few years, and Mom kept it. I gave it to Jonah before I left.” He grows solemn. “Mom left him, and now I’ve left him. This whole trip I’ve been trying to fight how guilty I’ve been feeling about it.”

“TK—”

“Please.” He holds a hand up. “Don’t give me a speech. And don’t tell me you're sorry.”

He doesn’t. Not right away, at least, but the words are clawing at his throat and he can’t seem to stop them.

“TK,” he tries again, softer, “I really am sorry about your mom.”

“What did I just tell you?” He asks, monotone, but there’s no heat behind it as he huffs out a humorless laugh. “I don’t know why everyone says that. ‘I’m sorry for your loss.’ How the hell are you supposed to respond? ‘Thanks, so am I’?” He shakes his head, wrapping his arms around his knees. “And how sorry is a person, really? They can barely know you and it’s sorry this, sorry that, I just—” TK stops himself. “Nevermind.”

Carlos just watches him.

“You know, I really thought that I would stay in New York once I graduated. That I’d get a job somewhere in the city and visit my dad as often as I could. Now she’s gone and we didn’t work out, and instead of sitting around not sure what to do with myself or falling back into old habits, I’m being…proactive, I guess?” TK pauses. “You’re right, I’ll still see my brother grow up and I can visit whenever I want. But I just can’t help but wonder if he’s confused about where everyone went, you know?”

“He’s gonna be okay,” Carlos swears, hoping he isn’t overstepping too much.

“No, I know he will be.” TK closes his eyes. And then, in a quiet, raspy voice he says, “He was there, Carlos. With my mom when she died. He’s gonna be so traumatized.”

TK gradually told him more and more the night he showed up at his doorstep. Carlos had known that she had pushed Jonah’s stroller out of the way, that she had seen it coming, but this is the first time he’s said this to him. If his heart wasn’t already cracking in two, it sure is now.

TK doesn’t speak for a while, and Carlos doesn’t seem to prompt him. He just brings up a hand to rub between his shoulder blades after some consideration, hoping it’s as much of an affirmation as any that he’s right there.

The first time he met Gwyn was by accident. TK had been staying at her place for the week while she was away on business, and Carlos had spent more than a few nights. However, TK had gotten the days mixed up and they had woken up one morning to find her sitting in the kitchen with a book and a cup of coffee as the two of them walked in sleep-rumpled and hanging off one another.

Of course the awkward encounter led to a forced introduction, but once they got past that, Carlos learned that Gwyn was a lovely woman — not that he had any doubts. He could see where TK got some of his best qualities from.

When they broke up, it was the first time Carlos realized that he would be missing more than just the person, but the family that came with it. Not that he’s diminishing how much TK had meant to him then. Still means to him.

He pulls himself out of it.

“Is that why you’ve been so excited about this trip?” Carlos finds himself asking after some time, and TK gives him a look. “Or that you’ve been so—”

“So what? Happy? Optimistic?” He stares him down. “Maybe it’s because when you spend the better part of a year surrounded by grief, you tend to start forcing yourself to turn around. Maybe it’s because I didn’t want my brother’s earliest memories to be so sad. Or maybe it’s because, Carlos, despite where you and I stand, you are the only person who really makes me feel good about myself right now. You’re the only person who actually sees me.”

He can’t look away from TK, his breath held as he nervously runs a hand over his mouth.

“Whatever you felt last night was…not not mutual,” he eventually gets out. “So. There.”

TK turns to look back out toward the forest, warm light hitting him in every direction, and all Carlos can do is sit there.

“And maybe it got to a point where I really just wanted to share this place with you, too,” TK adds rather finitely. “It’s as simple as that.”

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thanks for the tag @sophiedevreaux !

3 ships: romangerri, romangerri, romangerri (also, amy/jonah because i'm superstore rewatching and so i'm feeling Fond of them)

first ever ship: jeannie and major nelson from i dream of jeannie. problematic to the modern eye? perhaps. but six year old me didn't give a DAMN! she was just thrilled by that "oh my god they were roommates" situation! i also have vivid memories of obsessing over gus and felicity on road to avonlea (who didn't? felicity's mom and dad are my avonlea otp in adulthood, however) and i really liked the romance between caractacus potts and truly scrumptious in chitty chitty bang bang!

last song: i honestly never pay attention when music is happening around me unless i've deliberately chosen to listen to it, which i haven't today, so i don't know!

last movie: a haunting in venice 👻

currently reading: the lie tree! i have also been rereading rosemary palmer takes the cake very slowly on my phone when i need a cozy pick-me-up because harry is my emotional support romcom book man.

currently watching: superstore, wilderness, only murders in the building, season two of succession aka the best of times hell yeahhhh

currently consuming: a cuppa darjeeling!

currently craving: dinner! my boyfriend and i are going to try to make a gluten free dairy free egg free meat pie. (idk what you even put in normal crust but i feel like it has some or all of those things.) that's code for: my boyfriend will do the heavy lifting, because he can cook and knows how to make crust, but i will chop things. oh, i will chop things! i better go chop things.

not tagging anybody because i need to go chop things, but if you're bored and you want to share these things with the blue abyss here, consider yourself tagged! 💙

[fuckboy-loki]

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (ch 37) // Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (ch 2)

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Henry had never been good with words. Case in point: The first month he'd been at Aglionby, he had tried to explain this to Jonah Milo, the English teacher, and had been told that he was being hard on himself. You've got a great vocabulary, Milo had said. Henry was aware he had a great vocabulary. It was not the same thing as having the words you needed to express yourself. You're very well-spoken for a kid your age, Mino had added. Hell, ha, even for a guy my age. But sounding like you were saying what you felt was not the same as actually pulling it off. A lot of ESL folks feel that way, Milo had finished. My mom said she was never herself in English. But it wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.

His mother was the only one who knew what Henry meant when he said that he wasn't good with words. She was always trying to explain things to his father, especially when she had decided to become Seondeok instead of his wife. It is that, she forever said, but also something more. The phrase had come to live in Henry's head. Something more explained perfectly why he could never say what he meant — something more, by its definition, would always be different than what you already had in your hand.

— — —

"I can never say what I want to say," continued Naoko. "It's been like this for a while now. I try to say something, but all I get are the wrong words - the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean. I try to correct myself, and that only makes it worse. I lose track of what I was trying to say to begin with. It's like I'm split in two and playing tag with myself. One half is chasing the other half around this big, fat post. The other me has the right words, but this me can't catch her." She raised her face and looked into my eyes. "Does this make any sense to you?" "Everybody feels like that to some extent," I said. "They're trying to express themselves and it bothers then when they can't get it right." Naoko looked disappointed with my answer. "No, that's not it either," she said without further explanation.

[swiftly-skywalker]

10 songs, 10 people (part 2!!)

okay when i did this a while ago I said i wanted to do it again so now i am :P this round's way more chaotic so buckle in bitches my caps lock was working hard tonight

lets get started

@justadmiringanakin (i know i already tagged you in the last one but you have top tier music taste so im bringing u back) @emilysmidnights (come back...be here) @karmaismyb0yfriend um idk anyone else to tag so open tag?

You're Losing Me | Taylor Swift - bro this song. so devastating but also such a period slay??? miss blondie i just love you so so much you will always be awesome

firearm | Lizzy McAlpine - "what a joke?!?!" "WHAT A FUCKED UP REALITY SHOW?!?!?!?" "YOU HAD ME CONVINCED THAT YOU LOOOOOOVEDDDD MEEEEE???????????????????" i have no other words. lizzy i love you so so much as well you're so cool

in my head | Ariana Grande - this one's partly for ch 18 of ffm. I- rfobsVKfobalAbalbgrushf I love this song so much. The lyrics? the production?? the high notes??? perfection. ALSO GO READ FALL FOR ME PLEASE BY @justadmiringanakin DO IT

The Alcott | The National and Taylor Swift - the parts where they sing like at each other??? AMAZING. i never fail to scream out tay tay's parts-- DID MY LOVE AID AND ABET YOU SHRED MY EVENING GOWNNNNNNN

Easier to Cry | TV Girl - and she just wanted to die but it was easier, it was easier to ADFFJSKBF:IURCSVG CRYYYYYYYY

What You Wish For | Guster - okay where my hayden girlies at cus theres a story to this one. I've always loved Guster since I was a baby, theyre my mom's fave. The movie Life As A House (EMO HAYDEN) came out about 4, 4.5 months after I was born. The directer of LaaH is a HUGE Guster fan. Their songs are in all of his movie soundtracks. This, along with the song Rainy Day of the same album (Lost and Gone Forever 1999), were featured in Life as a House. My mom met the director of this movie at a Guster concert when I was unfortunately only like 2 and too young to go. She also loved Hayden-i guess the obsession is a gene lol. thank u for coming to my ted talk

Thinkin Bout Me | Morgan Wallen - before I begin, if you're thinking of hating on country music, do not interact please. it's unnecessary. I'm unashamed for my interests. anyways this song is so GOOD morgy is absolutely SAVAGE songwriter and i loveeee him for it.

NYMPHOLOGY | Melanie Martinez - this song is also so amazingly savage. I love both Melanies, old and new. Angry songs are my PASSION and this song hits so hard for me

Someday You Will Be Loved | Death Cab for Cutie - "DO IT FOR BEN GIBBARD"-my friend i was talking to making this as i told her idk if i should put death cab on here -> this is my fave song by death cab (postal service and solo gibbard not included) for inexplicable reasons

and finally....

WILD UNCHARTED WATERS BY JONAH HAUER-KING yes i felt the need to yell that one at you guys this barbie just saw the little mermaid and is officially obsessed. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!! the music? the storytelling?? the casting???? PERFECT. Everyone was soooo good in it and i encourage you ALL to go see it or watch somewhere. i condone illegals to see this movie. anyway Jonah Hauer-King was GORGEOUS and sang SO WELL and I LOVE HIM and OMG. ive listened to this song on heavy repeat in the last few days. like my spotify is having a stroke actually

[liminalmemories21]

Opening Lines

tagged by @fortunatelydecaffeinateddinosaur​.  Thank you!  Sorry it took me most of the day to get to this.

Post your favorite first sentence(s) of a fic you wrote. It can be something you posted, something you’ve been teasing, or even something stuck in wip hell! Make sure to tag me and I’ll make a masterlist for all the posted fics mentioned at the end of the week :)

Since we’ve all be talking about Enzo maybe (probably? damn it) not being at the wedding, I think the opening lines of my 5+1 about Enzo and TK.  This was written before S3 so we didn’t know Jonah’s name yet, or that Gwyn dies, so he’s called Charlie here.

Age 13 TK’s face falls as soon as he sees him come around the corner.  “I told them to call Mom.”

from through sames of am through haves of give

hmm, tagging @welcometololaland, @rmd-writes, and @three-drink-amy in return.

[capt-spac3b0y]

makes an intro post after like a month of having this blog

ok so hey guys mod jonah here uh this is a silly blog i made for my favorite space criminal bcus i am hyperfixating on multiple things including omori!!

theres alot of spacecoco stuff on here so if you dont like that.. SKEDADDLE BUCKO!! jk you can stay just dont cause a ruckus :o)

blog lore uhhh .. ignore prior posts that contradict anything i say here bc i am indecisve but spaceboys mom is not alive anymore but she was never very involved with him in the first place. hes trans obviously! space ex bf TECHNICALLY is still a captain but refuses to embrace the title or do anything involved with it unless absolutely necessary. also it doesnt matter who theyre dating space ex bf is always space ex bf, relationship status does not matter. feel free to send me any asks to kinda flesh out lore because its super fun!

this blog is made and run by @m0nst3r-m4w

tags:

the green one: space ex bf

the pink one: capt spaceboy

mod post : its a mod post

DNI stuffs

racist, homophobic, creep, transphobic, sexist, yknow .. ALSO IF YOU KEEP LIKING ALL MY POSTS I WILL BLOCK YOU AND I HAVE BLOCKED PEOPLE OVER THIS SO QUIT DOING IT.

ok thanks for reading have a good aftermorningnoonnightday :o)

[hoperoiselover]

IT'S BEEN HOW LONG? A MONTH. JESUS- I'M SO SORRY THAT IT TOOK THIS LONG TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER, SO MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON AND IT'S BEEN ROUGH, BUT HERE! I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER, ALL FLUFF AND NO ANGST! JUST A DAY AT THE PARK AND ICE CREAM! READ CHAPTER THIRTIEEN ON AO3 HERE! TW: NONE! :3 I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY <3 CHAPTER THIRTEEN, TAG, YOU'RE IT!

“HA! YOU CAN’T GET ME! HAHA!” Jonah laughed at Adam in a half mocking tone as he climbed up the rock wall of the playground.

“Not fair!” Adam stomped his foot on the ground. Jonah had made a stupid rule that the playground is a ‘safe place’, and you cannot get tagged when you are there.

“YES, IT IS!” Jonah giggled as he sat on the edge of the rock wall, swinging his feet back and forth.

“HMP!” Adam frowned and stomped his foot on the ground again, whining, “Not fair.”

Stanley had been watching the boys as he was pushing Evelin on the swings. He sighed and smiled softly. The two reminded him of how he was when he was their age. He looked back at Evelin who was just enjoying the peacefulness of being alone on the swings. Stanley didn’t push hard, but just enough to make Evelin content.

The park had a few families there along with Stanley’s Daycare group. There were a few parents with their kids and some walking their dogs. Honestly, it was a great day to go outside. The weather was sunny with a light breeze. Stanley smiled to himself. He had a feeling that today was going to be a good day.

“Ces. Cesar. Ces. Cesar! Hey!”

“Wuh, huh-” Cesar looked up at Mark.

Cesar had been just sitting on the ground blowing some bubbles that Mr. Lee had given him. Mark stood over Cesar, he had been talking to the boy for a few minutes, yet Cesar had just continued to blow bubbles.

“Did you even hear what I was saying?” Mark sighed and sat next to Cesar.

“Um-.. No, sorry-..” Cesar mumbled.

“It’s okay! But I was talking about what we could do for the summer!” Mark smiled as he watched Cesar dip the bubble wand back inside the bottle of bubbles.

“Ummm I’m not sure, I like what we are doing now,” Cesar blew another set of bubbles. They flew up into the air and soon popped.

“And… that is?” Mark looked at Cesar with confusion.

“Bubbles,” Cesar smiled as he watched another group of bubbles get taken away by the wind.

Mark sighed, “No I meant like cool places we could go! Like the movies, or the arcade! OH OH! WHAT IF I ASKED YOUR MOM IF WE COULD GO TO THE BEACH TOGETHER?” Mark grinned ear to ear. He has always wanted to go to the beach. The thought of the soft sand and ocean’s sea songs sounded amazing to Mark. Maybe they could see some dolphins or sharks!

“Mmm.. I can ask….” Cesar looked down. His tone was hesitant and dull as if he already knew the answer. It is not that Cesar did not want to go to the beach; he would really love to! Yet his Mama might have other ideas.

Mark smiled, and his attention was taken off Cesar as he heard grass crunching under quick footsteps and a loud cheery voice.

“MARKY!! JONAH INVITED YOU AND CES TO PLAY WITH US!” Sarah came running to Mark; her blue summer dress flowed beautifully as she ran. She hugged her brother tightly and laughed. Jonah has wanted to play with Mark and Cesar since they did have a fun time last time…before Adam scared Mark. But it is okay! Things will go great this time, and Adam promised he would be careful.

“Oh-...Uhm,”

“Pleaseeeee!” Sarah looked up at her brother with sweet puppy eyes, making Mark sigh in both annoyance and surrender.

“Okay, fine… You coming Cesar?” Mark looked back to Cesar who was putting the cap on the bubble bottle back on.

“Yeah! I’m coming!” Cesar shoved the bubbled in his pocket and stood up, smiling at the taller boy.

The three made their way back to the playground where Jonah was teasing an angry Adam. Adam frowned and pouted. The two shouted at each other as Jonah looked down at Adam from the top of the rock wall.

“IT IS FAIR!”

“NO! IT’S NOT!”

“YES IT IS!”

“NO!”

“Guys! I got Mark and Ces!” Sarah called out two both of the boys, overpowering their argument.

Jonah and Adam both gazed upon the two before looking at each other. Jonah climbed down the rock wall; he then stood before Cesar and Mark. Adam took his chance, and he tackled Jonah, bringing the brunette.

“TAG! YOU’RE IT.” Adam sang in a mocking tone, giggling wildly as Jonah groaned in annoyance under him.

Mark flinched in response as Cesar gasped in worry. Mark stood behind Cesar, still not trusting Adam. He felt a soft squeeze on his hand; Cesar’s hand interlocked with Mark’s. He gripped Cesar’s hand gently, a part of his worries faded; his composure rebuilding itself.

“Get off, Adam!” Jonah pushed Adam off his side and grinned. He turned his attention towards Sarah, Cesar, and Mark, “You guys want to play tag with us? We only have one rule!”

“It’s a dumb rule!” Adam whined, interrupting Jonah’s explanation as he got off of Jonah, brushing off dirt and debris from his sweater and hoodie.

“No it’s not! You can’t get tagged when you’re on the playground! It’s a safe zone!” Jonah huffed as he stood up, crossing his arms on his chest.

Adam let out an exasperated groan as he rolled his eyes.

“Ohhh Okay!” Sarah smiled and bounced on her heels energetically. She was ready to play with her friends.

Cesar looked at Mark, seeming like he was asking for Mark’s input before giving his own answer. In all honesty, he wanted to hang out with Mark; make sure he felt comfortable and included.

Mark gave it a good thought, thinking for a few seconds before feeling a soft tug on his gray hoodie.

“Pleaseee play with us Marky! Play with us!” Sarah begged, smiling at Mark with both her eyes and teeth.

He sighed. He could never say no to his baby sister, “Okay.. I’ll play with you guys..”

Sarah cheered in response and Jonah smiled as he leaned against Adam, holding his shoulders. Cesar beamed and chuckled a bit at how Mark surrendered to Sarah’s begging.

“Okay! Everyone, think of a number one through ten! Whoever guesses the number I am thinking of is the tagger!” Jonah grins, and puts his hands on his hips, puffing his chest out dramatically.

The group of kids each said a number and in the end, Sarah was the tagger. As soon as Jonah declared Sarah tagger, the kids dispersed. Running behind trees and bushes, duckinging under the playground, and running as far as possible, the playground was full of laughter and yelling.

Stanley watched as Sarah bolted after Mark. Her laughter and Mark’s panicked yelps made Stanley stifle a laugh as Evelin watched. Jonah and Adam had hid behind a pole, giggling and ready to run at any time. He watched as Cesar had diverted Sarah’s attention, making her run after him instead. Cesar screamed and ran as fast as his legs could take him; Mark laughed as Sarah pulled on Cesar’s shirt causing them to tumble to the ground in a fit of laughter and squeals.

Stanley giggled at the kids. He could not help but to feel a wave of nostalgia go through him. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why he likes working with kids… Is it that he misses those innocent times and wants to go back to them? Maybe, yet all he can do now is help these kids make happy and healthy memories so they too, can get that blissful feeling of nostalgia. He let the kids play together for an hour; Evelin joined them during this time. The sun had started to hit them all harshly. The kids started to complain to Stanley about how hot they were, so it was finally time that he would take them to get some ice cream. The kids celebrated and rushed over to the van that Stanley had rented out for them; it would make little activities like this easier to do.

When they got to the ice cream parlor, they all rushed to the glass displays, rows of colorful and delicious ice creams laid out before the children. Sarah jumped and pointed at the strawberry ice cream, Mark and Adam got vanilla while Cesar and Evelin got chocolate and Jonah got birthday cake. Stanley sighed as he now realized how much feeding six kids ice creams would cost and how hyper they would be. Oh boy… this was going to be a long day..

END OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN, TAG YOU'RE IT!

[zalrb]

OTH 3X05 Rewatch Review

OTH won.

1. I keep forgetting OTH is on Prime

2. IIIIIIIIIIII DON’T WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYNA BE LATELYYYYYYYYYYY

3. One Tree Hill wants Tree Hill to be a basketball town so badly and doesn’t put in any of the effort.

4. I like how stiff these cheerleaders actually are.

5. “You’re breaking her heart you know that?” I’m sorry, he nearly died and she DIDN’T COME HOME.

6. Lucas, SHUT UP. You were the one who cheated on your girlfriend with her best friend and then dated that girlfriend’s neighbour broke up with said neighbour and went next to that girlfriend’s house RIGHT AFTER BREAKING UP WITH HER NEIGHBOUR

7. Right, I forgot they thought he kissed Haley. I mean, still though.

8. The fight between Nathan and Lucas escalates to an unbelievable point, it would not cause a brawl between the team, that’s dumb.

9. Peyton, if you hate being a cheerleader, stop being a fucking cheerleader, jesus christ.

10. OH MY GOD, A WOMAN WITH ARMPIT HAIR? BURN HER AT THE STAKE.

11. Every time I see Rachel, I think about how me and my friend shipped Jensen with Sophia, I don’t even know HOW that came about but we were like Chad is disgusting and Sophia and Jensen should totally date and get married and Chad can choke and die then we found out Jensen was with Danneel and we were like ....................

12. Chris’ album name is “Keller Instinct”? Ugh.

13. I like how Chris is supposed to be a hot shot musician but also has nothing better to do than hang around Haley and Chris, that’s weird dude.

14. It’s funny I rewatch Veep a lot and this character Jonah who is terrible is about to be offered like hundreds of million of dollars for his website and Selina the protagonist is like:

and every time one of the characters is like “Dan’s running for mayor?? It’s like...” I think of this scene.

15. This shit is SO unsanitary.

16. Dan, you’re running your own campaign.

17. I am posting this without comment and tagging @initiumseries​

18. I totally forgot about Gigi.

19. The casting as Ellie as Peyton’s birth mom was a good choice though.

20. Oh God, is Peyton going to see Ellie’s picture of her and be like YoU LiEd To mE!!!! It is this scene right.

21.

22. (it is).

23.

24. At least she isn’t crying this time.

25.

OH MY GOD, PEYTON, GET A FUCKING GRIP 

26. I am so done with these scenes, can we move on.

27. Ha.

28. What is this dialogue? What does it even mean?

29. I like how she puts this on Nathan like she didn’t kiss him and insist on working with him and didn’t ask Nathan to come with her on tour

Once again I am reminded of how I like Naley together but build up Naley not so much.

30. “If you work with Chris and end up having feelings for him again, then I guess I have my answer.” “That’s ridiculous, Nathan, that’s not fair!” I mean, how though? You didn’t even say you didn’t have feelings for him, Haley. THIS IS HIS POINT.

31. I like how when Dan actually is mayor it’s not really a catastrophe, unless I’m misremembering.

32. At least Peyton tackles Rachel when she punches Brooke.

33. Like these fights don’t make sense because it’d be an entire team and an entire squad trying to pull apart TWO people of their OWN team/squad.

34. You were slut shaming Brooke like 2 seconds ago, Rachel

35. At least he looks uncomfortable here, with Brooke he looks bewildered and then into it by the very end.

36. This always bothered me because it DOESN’T. MAKE. SENSE. Is it last year or two years ago?

37.

38. I always found it HILARIOUS that Brooke slaps Rachel and Lucas just watches like damn, Brooke. Doesn’t even go to see if Rachel’s OK.

39. “You know that thing about judging a book by its cover? Well it’s true. Sometimes you gotta read the whole thing” this is the clumsiest shit ever, STOP TALKING.

40. Nathan, why are you lurking by a tree?

[lonestardaily]

Each week Lone Star Daily looks to provide you with a decent (not  comprehensive) list of the fanfics that have been posted for the week.  The week runs from Friday - Thursday, as that way it does give us an  opportunity to put the list together. There’s no requirement to tag us  as we will check the tags #911 lone star fic and #911lsfic while also  combing through ao3. We currently are only going to post new fics, not  updates. You can check out this week’s fics below the cut.

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TARLOS FICS

plaid shirt days by @iboatedhere

↳  (TK x Carlos | Daily Prompts | T | 22.8+ K)

Autumn prompt fills

a case of cruel to be kind by @maxbegone

↳  (TK x Carlos | AU | N/R | 15.3+ K)

After his life seemingly comes crashing down around him, TK learns that he can time travel.

Or, the About Time-inspired AU

time, curious time by @strandnreyes

↳  (TK x Carlos | AU | M | 4.7+ K)

TK draws Carlos closer, pressing their foreheads together. “Given a thousand lifetimes I would still choose you.”

It’s as much of a daunting statement as it is a romantic one, hoping they’d still find each other and choose each other through any circumstance. And though Carlos knows TK means it with everything he has, it’s not a problem they have to face.

“We only have this one,” he whispers, “and you have me.”

lost at sea, swimming back to shore by @morganaspendragonss & @tarlos-spain

↳  (TK x Carlos | Hurt/Comfort | M | 1.7+ K)

“Oscar, Oscar. Repeat, Oscar, Oscar.”

The call comes over the ship’s tannoy, waking Carlos from the light sleep he’d managed to fall into. He groans and flops onto his back, realising when his arm lands on the cold mattress that TK is still out; it gives him pause, but how much trouble can TK have got into on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean?

(A lot, Carlos knows this. But it’s their honeymoon — he’s trying not to think about these things.)

i love you beary much by @nancygillianmvp

↳  (TK x Carlos | Fluff | G | 1.8 K)

‘So are you finally going to tell me where we’re going?’

‘We’re going to Build-A-Bear.’ Carlos admits, nervously awaiting TK’s response.

‘We’re going to Build-A-Bear?’ TK repeats, confused.

—

Carlos takes TK to Build-A-Bear to make a bear for Jonah to remember his mom by.

CHARACTER FICS & OTHER PAIRINGS

why can’t I hold on? by @marjansmarwani​

↳  (TK x Gwyn | 5+1 | T | 11.3K)

There is nothing in the world Gwyn Morgan loves more than her children. Loving them has never been hard, but having to stand aside as life took its toll? That was something else entirely—especially when it came to her oldest. 

Or, 5 times Gwyn feared for her oldest son, and the one time she knew he would be okay 

[glorious-spoon]

One line any fic! Rules: pick ten of your fics, scroll to somewhere midpoint, pick a line chunk and share it, and then tag ten people.

I was tagged by @hetrez - thank you! Trying to do a little bit of everything, because I’ve written in approximately a million different fandoms :D

1. Star of the Masquerade (Stranger Things) Eddie opens his mouth, then shuts it again. Finally he laughs.

“Well, that’s an incentive,” he says. “Better be a good kiss, though.”

“Oh, it will be.”

“I’m talking fireworks here, baby.”

“Sure,” Steve says, achingly fond.

2. Meaningful Relationships (9-1-1) Hen nods. She doesn’t have a lot left in her right now: hospital stays are never exactly restful, and she kept jerking awake what felt like every five minutes from nightmares of Jonah’s face looming like a skull out of the darkness, tears on her face, panic thrumming through her. But she can manage that much, at least. For Denny. For her mom, too, although she’ll never admit how afraid she must have been where Hen might overhear it. “What are they making?”

“Waffles, I think. Toni got some blueberries from the farmer’s market.” Karen opens the door but doesn’t slide in; instead, she cups Hen’s cheek with a careful palm, and the tears are suddenly very close. “How are you, really?”

3. Nothing Dies in Derry (IT) Patty glances over at him, braking at the red light that was a stop sign when Richie lived here, the crossroads that changes from Route 69 to Kansas Street. Ahead of them the oil-stained pavement curves over the hump of Up-Mile Hill. He can almost see a thirteen-year-old Bill Denbrough flying down it, standing up in Silver’s pedals with the playing cards in the spokes roaring as he dodged traffic.

4. At the Edge of the World (The Witcher) “I should have.” Geralt’s face twists like he’s been poisoned, and then he adds, reluctantly, “I’m sorry.”

“Oh, that looked like it hurt. Did it? Is your tongue smoking from the effort of uttering one single solitary apology to your dearest friend?”

“Do you ever stop?”

“If you think you’re getting out of it that easily, you clearly haven’t met me.”

5. All the Time in the World (The Old Guard) “We are old men,” he retorts, bumping his shoulder against Nicky’s while they watch an elderly couple make their slow, careful way up the steps. The man holds out a knotted hand for his hijabi companion to grasp. They’re bent and aged, and they could be Nicky’s grandchildren a few dozen generations removed. It isn’t usually the sort of thing he considers anymore, but this has been a week for consideration. 

6. Unmasked (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) Illya huffs, exasperated, but he can’t deny that the normalcy of bickering with Napoleon has settled him some. He doesn’t know how much of that is intentional: how much of Napoleon’s light good humor is one of his masks that he seems able to slip on and discard at will.  

7. Risks and Consequences (Agent Carter) Daniel reached for his crutch and pulled himself upright, then leaned down to untangle his prosthesis from his trousers and sock. There was something so lovely about him in that moment, mussed and tired and anxious, unselfconsciously naked in the gentle morning light. “You know he’s gonna be on the next flight back to New York.”

“I do know that. I propose we intervene.”

8. With Loves Like These (Shadowhunters) Izzy rolls onto her back, then turns over, pushing herself up on one elbow. On the other side of the room, Clary is perched cross-legged on her desk, wearing boxer shorts, mismatched fuzzy socks, and nothing else. An enormous newsprint pad is spread across her lap, and there are smudges of charcoal on her fingers and more smeared on her cheeks and temples where she must have shoved her hair out of her face without thinking. She’s unbelievably beautiful.

9. Hell Bent and Bound (Leverage) “I’m sending you the cleaning bill for my suit, too,” Hardison adds. Eliot finally lifts his eyes from the bar and looks at him. He raises his chin, looking belligerent and very young. “You got a problem with that?”

“I’ll buy you a new suit,” Eliot says. “Since when do you drink champagne?”

“Since the guy who’s supposed to make sure I get out in one piece stood there and watched me drown in a pool,” Hardison says, and Eliot has to hand it to him: his voice doesn’t even shake. It feels like a slap in the face. 

10. Full Immunity and Means (Hawaii Five-0) “So,” he says later, in the car. “Bisexual, huh?”

“Really?” Danny snaps, clinging to the grab-handle for dear life as they slalom into oncoming traffic. “Really, now, you want to have this conversation now? Eyes on the road," he adds, several decibels louder, when Steve glances at him.

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No-pressure tagging @lynne-monstr, @pizzaqueen, @alessandriana, @yesiwasateenagewerewolf, @tinyangryeddie, @hmslusitania, and anyone else who wants to play!

[fostopia]

Ok you guys seem to really like both my style and the Tethered AU doodle I did so Here’s more about that au + the old doodles I did of it

The official tags are #tmc tethered au, #tethered au, and #tethered together Starting off! This au came to life after my RP partner and I started up one together based on a plot idea I had. The idea of the Tethered AU [I also call it Tethered Together sometimes] is one that obviously strays from canon (because canon killed my Vol 1 and 2 victim duos, and I love them too much to let them go /p) Basically, after their deaths Mark and Cesar die they become ghosts, both spirits hold a resemblance to how they offed themselves due to M.A.D.-- Mark has a bullet wound and Cesar has a neck wound. [fun fact about Mark, he never stops bleeding. This poor guy stains so much shit] Mark’s ghost has angel wings because of his devotion to religion when alive; his devotion makes him-- in a sense-- holier than Gabriel for apparent reasons; he now has wings.  Now here’s where the Vol 2 victims come in. After Mark and Cesar met up in the afterlife [or well, a few months after because Mark couldn't stomach even looking at Cesar for a while due to alt!Cesar] they ended up staying at Cesar’s house-- after all, being dead means they didn’t have much reason to leave, and Mark doesn’t like being seen by humans. They’re still there when Jonah and Adam show up. The two do still have their argument, but Mark stops Jonah from leaving (by appearing in the back of the van and scaring the shit out of him) and Cesar stops Adam (who wasn’t affected at all) Though these two are a little bit dumb, Mark and Cesar accidentally ‘tether’ to them, so Adam and Jonah are just stuck with these two ghosts.

I like to imagine that this is the dynamic the quad has

That’s the main premise of the au I’ve got in writing, but there is something else I plan to dabble in. “What is that” you may ask? Well. You know the little doodle I put with Jonah going ‘I feel an impending sense of doom right now’? That is where alt!Cesar comes in.

I like to imagine that alternates cannot physically attack or interact with humans unless they have a physical body-- the alternate that killed Cesar took over his body.

ANYWAYS Here are some of the little things I have about this au off the top of my head

First about the characters Sarah is included because she plays a minor role :D

Cesar - any/all - ADHD - Mexican

Mark - he/him - ADHD, PTSD, GAD - Filipino American

Jonah - he/they - ASD, ADHD, GAD - Colombian + Peruvian

Adam - he/him - BPD - British American

Sarah - she/her - ADHD - Filipino American

Jonah and Adam are 17 and 18 [ordered by age]

Mark and Cesar were 17 and 18 when they died

Sarah is 19

Jonah and Mark both suffer from general paranoia so they're constantly on edge

Jonah and Adam met in school when they were 9/10 and met Sarah freshman year; she told them about BPS and Adam wanted to take the leap to try and figure out what happened to his mom so he dropped out to focus on it Jonah had a semi-promising future ahead of him but Adam was all he had left to lose, so he dropped out as well to join Adam on his search.

The ghosts are able to go invisible to avoid being seen. Mark is too nervous to show himself to Sarah, so he stays hidden around her.

If I can think of anything else I'll edit this but ask questions if you'd like!!