#maybe they’ll have to work some stuff out yea?

[zpxz]

Why I think jam/take/tomake/tomxjake/jom cannot workout(in general).

Their a light-switch couple except, they actually broke-up(officially?..) in the recent episode..

I don’t HATE Tom or Jake, yes they have their own struggles, yes they said they were gonna talk to eachother in needs of help, but episode 10 literally broke me.

I myself, the person who is saying this, a tomjake shipper. But although it’s at the seems of canon(their most likely going to be canon in the end) Jake is seemingly always falling for fiore’s and alec’s traps.

Tom is.. ok.. but he’s not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.( even tho bro’s got mortal combat skills he’s not the first person to think of in need of comfort. )

Anddd finally.. I actually have to blame the writers for screwing jam up. Like they could’ve kept going with the jam stuff till ATLEAST episode 12 if they hadn’t agreed to make Ellie go with alec&fiore, but I gotta say that breakup was.. something.

[lovelybrooke]

i want to see the hotel meeting again jejdjdjdjd with lucifer too!!! but maybe this time reader is starting to understand her powers? i want to see how they’ll react!!! (yea lucifer included i love him)

I wanted to write a cute little interaction between the Hotel Gang. I've been trying to come up with some stuff for the other Overlords, but it's been a struggle. This won't go over the characters reactions to reader coming back, but I will definitely do that eventually.

masterlist

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"So you're just immortal?!" You've barely been back a full day, and Angel is already yelling at you.

After being gone for six whole months, coming back to the hotel was a big deal, more for the hotels inhabitants than for you. You thought it was only fair to explain how everything worked, or at least how you thought it worked.

So, about an hour was spent explaining everything. From when you fell out of a tree when you eight, to the day you got hit by a car and sent to Hell. It was definitely...a lot, and Angel was, of course, the first one to speak up.

"I-I mean yeah..." You mumble out. "I guess so..." It was all you could muster out, since you really didn't understand it yourself. You didn't like the silence, you couldn't tell what the others were thinking.

Charlie, who was sitting next to you, took your hand, "You should've told us sooner!" Her voice was strangely soft but also sad. It made you pull your hands away from her, feeling shy under her gaze.

"I really didn't know much about it so--"

"Well isn't this just wonderful!" You turn to see the wide smile of Alastor. "This means you get to spend more time with us!" A hand was placed on your shoulder, making you jump a bit. You could feel his piercing gaze on you, waiting for some type of response.

"...yeah, that's great..." You mumble, slowly removing his hand for your shoulder, giving him an awkward smile when his smile falters a bit and his eye twitch.

"Oh my--do you think dad knew?" Charlie asked aloud, directing her attention to her partner. "Vaggie, where's my phone?" She rushed around, searching the room in a frenzy while Vaggie watched from the sidelines.

You took a small sigh, straining yourself from rubbing your eyes. You could barely pay attention to all that was going on, so you chose to get up and move to the bar, sitting next to Angel. Husk waited no time giving you a glass of water.

"So...what happened." Angel peers over to you as he sips his drink. "You hadda die to get here--so what happened?" You look down at you drink, avoiding the question. You remain silent, but you can tell the others were focusing on you, waiting for a response.

You shook your head, "nothing much..." it was cryptic, you knew, but you were too focused with your reflection in the water. It was so clear, you could almost see every detail of yourself in the tiny glass. The glass was cold, nearly making you shiver, but your whole body was already cold.

The room was getting to quiet, your grip on the glass becoming so harsh you were fearful the glass would break. "--Look kid, you don't have to talk about it if you don't wanna...I don't mind." Angel leans down and whispers near your ear. You spare him a quick glance, his face looked sincere and for the first time it felt like you were actually seeing him.

"He's right, y'know." Husk added in. "We're not gonna make you do anything." Husk's voice was soft, and was comforting in a way you couldn't describe. Though, you could sense something deep within him, almost like he was searching within you for something.

Either way, you couldn't focus on it for long, "Yes! I found it!" Charlie announced, holding up her phone with a triumphant smile, "You just wait here--" She smiled at you as she ran off to call her dad. You wondered how long it takes for him to get here, how much time you'd get to yourself before you were bombarded by another person.

Your thoughts were interrupted yet again by the feeling of someone grabbing your arm. "Now that whole debacle is over--" It was Alastor and his ever-present, creepy smile. "--you and me are going to have a chat~" He pulls you up from his seat as gently as someone like him can, the smile never leaving his face. You're forced to move with him, looking back at Angel and Husk to see them just as confused.

"Hey! Where are ya going?" You hear Angel yell.

"That's none of your concern." Alastor replies. "But I can promise you that the little one will be delivered back to you safely."

You were far away from the bar before you could hear a response, the only sounds left being the quick beating of your heart and the clacking of Alastor's shoes. You tried your hardest not to squirm in his hold, and you tried even harder not to flinch when you felt his gaze on you.

"Don't fear little one." You heard him laugh, it mixing with the radio sounds of his voice. "I wanna know all about your time up on Earth, and after you can tell me just exactly how you got here." He suddenly stopped, causing you to nearly trip at the sudden force.

"Spare me none of the details~"

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A/n: I don't really know about this one, I kinda hate it.

[kamii-2]

hii so as yk i wanted to make an requesttt. i wanna know if you can do ice brady hc (maybe a lil spicy iykyk)

i chose ice brady because i honestly because she’s literally so underrated i see no fics abt her and i feel like i need some(desperately)

its ok if u cant do it know js take ur time mll💋💋

love u smm have a amazing day ❤️❤️

hi lovelyyy, i love this request and i agree, ice is super underrated (she’s so fine omfg)

warning(s): cussing, smut

genre: fluff & smut

pairing(s): ice brady x reader

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always making dirty jokes

like that one live where kk, paige, snd ice were talking about height and kk says that her and nika were face to face and ice goes “mouth to mouth.” 😭😭

big and little spoon, depends on the day

you guys barely ever get into arguments so when you do it’s bad

shes the type to say stuff that purposely makes you mad

a bully 😭

definitely scream sings dirty songs ALL THE TIME

like she will be in the kitchen and youll be in the bedroom and all you hear is her screaming the lyrics to all i need by lloyd

calls you names all the time

“okay little ugly.” “you tell me the opposite every day.”

records you eating and posts it with the big back audio

now every time you eat you hide from her 💀

lowkey (highkey) slow as hell

loves to facetime you when you can’t come over and play roblox

falls asleep on the phone every time you guys call

LOVES taking showers with you (in cute ways and in dirty ways)

dramatic as fuck

my blurb about ice being sick is a great example of her being dramatic 😭😭

tells you that she loves you before bed every night

loves kisses and hugs

“one more kiss?” “i just gave you like 4.” “well it’s an uneven number so-“

kk and paige are always with you guys

they’ll all come to your dorm, go to your room, then go live 😭

ice is the type of person to say “do you wanna fight” every chance she gets

“no.” “do you wanna fight?” “let’s go then.” and you stand up and she starts screaming before your even do anything

takes absolutely nothing seriously

sends you tiktoks all day long

you guys make tiktoks together all the time

lazy and only does stuff if you give her things in return

“can you do the dishes?” “not unless i get something in return.” “like what?” “head.” “ice.”

posts you on her instagram story all the time

smut hcs

i don’t see her degrading you in bed, like making fun of you as a joke yea but never calling you a slut

she loves giving praises

telling you how good you’re doing and stuff like that

absolute clown

if you wear glasses and they fall off while you guys are fucking she will play around and put them on

same thing goes for lashes 😭 like if they fall off she jsut puts them on your body some where

and if you wear wigs and it comes off, guess what … she wears it

ice is definitely a switch

shower sex is 😩

she doesn’t really care for toys

you guys have a strap and vibrator but use them every once and a while

loves edging you and getting edged

def has a sex playlist

dirtiest of dirty talkers

like nobody has talked to you the way she does

takes pictures of you guys fucking and has an album in her phone full of them

fucking everywhere but the bedroom

car, bathroom, restaurant, anywhere

ice is always horny 😭 especially at night

sends dirty messages all day long

she also sends those red thoughts tiktok videos (pls tell me yk what im talking about)

she loves when you eat her out

her moans are actually angelic

thinks scissoring is too much work so she never does it 😭😭

when she uses the strap she doesn’t hold back

tells you have much she loves you as she fucks you

loves to make you squirt

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i hope you enjoyed, anyway i hope you have a good day/night, love you 💋💋

[marsoid]

bulk answering asks

bc i let them pile up OOPS

@booblampoo asked:

You, your comics, your characters and story, have helped me accept a lot of who I am which wasn’t able to do before. Thx for doin what you do and for as long you it enriches you please keep doin it.

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞 thank YOU for the support!!

@lethesbeastie asked:

Just wanted to say that your art and comic work is a huge inspiration for me, and that I always love seeing your work!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

wah thank you, you too!!

@gribochekzhenka asked:

Hi. I really love your comic "long exposure"! I love Mitch, we are very similar in character and behavior. And I love Jonathan, he's very cute! You are the best artist I know! My girlfriend and I really like to read your work. I'm sorry, I don't speak English well... But I really want to say that you and your comics are fucking awesome!💗

hehe jonathan THANK YOU i appreciate it!

@kingdom-falls asked:

I just received my package for the Long Exposure hardcover+goodies, and I just wanted to say how awesome they all are!!! I especially love the pin since it rotates perfectly! The hardcover is DEFINITELY getting the spot of honor on my bookshelf!

aw YAY i’m so glad they got to you safely!!!!

@sharkface-daydreams asked:

i just got my copy of Long Exposure in the mail and I'm so excited!!! I love having a copy of this lovely comic to hold in my hands it means a lot to me 🥺💜

NICE I’M GLAD!!! 💕💕

@nightsistcrs asked:

hey there! i just binge-read all of long exposure and i really love it! in one of the chapters i saw an ad for a nsfw zine, but i can’t actually find the link anywhere. is it still on sale? thanks!

the NSFW LE zine Dong Exposure was a kickstarter add-on and no longer available, sorry abt that!! if it does come back i’ll say somethin tho

@spooky-stockmarkets asked:

Will your gay wrath and the choke shirts ever go back on sale? I was looking to buy some merch off your store, but they mostly seem to be out of stock. :(((

(Love ur work btw)

agh yea i have a lot of stuff that’s out of stock rn. working to get more things added soon tho! sorry for the inconvenience!!

@lea-fy asked:

your bowser is so (animal noises) and im just wondering if u would ever draw him again. not to save humanity or anything but yeah somethign like that

HA maybe i will........ if my will to draw ever comes back from the war.........

@spookylostboy asked:

I know the physical copies of Long Exposure were from your kickstarter, and I wanted to ask if they’d be available to buy? Or were they solely a kickstarter bonus? No pressure to answer! Twas just curious :]

they’ll be up in my shop hopefully this summer!!

@fou-and-foue asked:

how does it feel to have your comic out and about as a physical product that people read and buy and own and love <333

pretty dang coollllll

@algernonsbouqet asked:

HI I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOUR COMICS AND STYLE THEYVE GOT SO MUCH LIFE AND PERSONALITY IN THEM 💞💞💞 YOURE AWESOME HAVE A GOOD DAY

HEY THANK YOU!!!! 💞💞

[destinyc1020]

Actor here again! Yes that whole body scanning thing is so true. I’ve already seen and been proposed auditions for that. It literally will say ‘come on in and wear a morphe suit so we can “use” you and your likeness in the future”. It’s so scary. Like WHAT FOR? I know it’s probably to exploit and save money/avoid paying actors, buttt I’m partially thinking maybe they’ll use it for something they wouldn’t want to tell people or have living ppl with actual minds perform. Yknoww? Sus stuff. Not fun! Also a big reason for the strike is to out rule these auditions/roles completely, or have it be against union rules to have an actor audition for them. Sadly the second option would likely exploit non-union actors desperate for exposure. Ugh, I hope it all turns out okay. From what I’ve heard tho, studios heads are genuinely scared (for their wallets) so let’s cross our fingers

Thank you so much Anon for providing some more insight into everything that's going on behind the scenes during these strikes. 😊

Re: AI...

Yea that sounds creepy, I'm sorry. Not to mention, it's kind of weird to be wanting to be able to use an actor's "likeness" for ANYTHING, for any indefinite amount of time, WITHOUT paying anything to the actor at all after a day's worth of work! 🥴 Who would agree to that?

Anyway, I've always been sort of suspecting that the Hollywood industry isn't doing as WELL as they would like ppl to believe (hence, these desperate measures to cut actors, low ball writers, and use AI). 👀 Could you provide a little insight into that?

Am I on to smthg? Or is Hollywood doing MORE than fine, and execs and studios are just really evil and greedy and simply want to make more money? 🤔 Or, is it a mix of both?

I'd like your thoughts on what you've heard and possibly observed.... 😊

[yaspup9000]

so.. I’ve been hearing about some glaring issues regarding we love katamari reroll and well, it’s very concerning.. mainly about how they reused assets from katamari reroll instead of giving the characters their design from we love katamari ie, Ace not being spikey nor Ichigo being strawberry shaped. They still have the same design as they did in damacy reroll. Okay I understand why in katamari damacy cousins like ichigo, Ace, and even Opeo would have their old designs from the first game since it was a remake of the first game however with this

they didn’t even bothered in bringing back their we love katamari designs in we love reroll, so it’s kind of worrying. And on that note, I’ve already talked about my friends about how young king of all cosmos’ blush looks off here let me just show you a comparison between Young king of all cosmos in we love reroll vs Beautiful Katamari

Okay soo, I’ve pointed this out to one of my friends awhile back about how the blush on the king doesn’t really blends very well to his skin, this shade of pink should of been more deeper and less lighter since well, compared to most cousins, most of the cousins/cosmics have a lighter skin tone. And again, I can understand reusing assets as a base while working on your games but it shouldn’t be used for the final product. And before some people say it, No Im not trying to pull a whole “sonic has green eyes so this game suxs now” crowd, No. There’s a clear difference between criticizing how some colors of blush doesn’t work well for some skin tones vs just complaing about a minor detail in a character that doesn’t really matter. Like say what you will, but at least with modern sonic (sonic with green eyes) at least some of the games still care about details and stuff (not talking about the newer modern sonic games tho they do not look good. I was kinda thinking like sonic rush at least.. and maybe even sonic adventure)

but that’s not all of the issues about we love reroll. So yea there was audio issues left and right and there were bugs. And how I know about all of this, is because there was a stream testing out the game and well.. it made me depressed.. like no really. I wasn’t feeling too good mentally as it is but it seems like some of the devs who were working on it Just straight up have the codes hold up in spaghetti string. And it’s really concerning since I don’t want another Pokémon SV again.. like Glitches the eye can see and stuff. Pokémon SV Already depressed me a lot and I didn’t even want to play the game.

The trend of Quantity over Quality with most games is very much concerning and depressing. Im sure that the devs would fix these issues before release and actually make things a little bit better? But I’m just asking too much and a part of me has this feeling that they don’t really care and they’ll ship it anyways regardless by how people people talked about this issues.

Im sure it still be good but not as great or better than the original We love katamari. If anything.. let’s try to not get our hopes too high…

anyways imma crawl back into my depress nap guys, sorry to bum you all out..

[boytickler35]

Fire Emblem 3 Houses: Cyril and Caspar Supports

C Support

*CRASH*

Cyril: Look where you’re going-

Caspar: Cyril! Good timing. Come with me!

Cyril: No thanks. I have work to do-

Caspar: How can you think of work when there are innocent people who need defending!

Cyril: What?

Caspar: There are brigands in the marketplace!

Cyril: I just came from there, no bandits. Now I have to go. Seteth asked me to get these

for him and I’m already late.

*Screams*

NPC: Help! Bandits! They’re stealing everything!

Caspar: See? Now come on!

Cyril: I’m behind you.

**In the market**

Caspar: Hia! Take that thug.

Cyril: Caspar, watch out!

Caspar: Wha-Ooof!

Cyril: Get away from- Ah!

Brigand: The Church must really be in dire straights if the best they could do was get a

pair of boys to fight us.

Caspar: Just you wait when I get my hands free I’ll show you who the boy is!

Brigand: I’m shaking in my boots.

Cyril: The knights will be on their way and if you’ve killed us when they get here, you’ll be in for a bad time.

Brigand: Oh I’m terrified. Really I am. Guess that means I shouldn’t kill you!

Caspar: What are you doing Cyril! We don’t need the knights to get us out of here, we can do it ourselves and bring this bastard to justice without their help!

Brigand: Bastard? Justice? Kid, you don’t know the first thing about justice. You should have stayed at the monastery playing knight with the other brats. But since you’re here… I’m going to have some fun!

Cyril: Hey what are you doing?

Caspar: Let go of my boots!

Brigand: Teenage boys always think they’re tough stuff, but when you get down the bare skin, they aren’t really.

Caspar: What does- hey! Cuhaht that ouhohut!

Cyril: KnoAHaHCOkiheheTOhAHahoFF!

Brigand: This is just too much fun. You were going to stop me? Yea right. I can’t believe they let wannabe knights in who are so ticklish, they can’t stand a little touching! I’m going to keep you boys here for a long time!

Cyril: StAHahahOP!

Caspar: IhAHAHLLKiAHAHELLYoHAHAHoU!

Brigand: Not if I tickle you two to death first! You two sure are cute when you laugh

though, be a shame to off you so soon.

Cyril: WhahAHaHat?

Caspar: BAHaHahstAhAHard!

Brigand: That’s right. Laugh it up for me boys. You should consider jobs as jesters, you’d both do super well. Ooo look. Exotic feathers and brushes! Let's see how those work.

Cyril: PlEHeheAHesE

Caspar: HeHEhALp!

B Support

Caspar: Oh hey Cyril. Still cleaning?

Cyril: No. Not really. I was. But I finished and I’m waiting for the knights to leave before I go on to my next job.

Caspar: Are they - you know?

Cyril: Every chance they get. You too?

Caspar: Uhuh. And that isn’t even the worst of it! I can’t believe they rescued us and are now determined to humiliate us!

Cyril: They came in and saw us laughing our heads off. And after they chased the bandits

away they kept right on-

Caspar: Don’t say it. I hate that word. And it isn’t even the worst when they… do it. I really can’t stand it when they…

Cyril: The teasing.

Caspar: Yes! I know I’ve got big feet! I don’t need them reminding me about it. I swear

I’ve started hearing phrases like ‘who’d have thought these goofy feet were so ticklish! and ‘do you think when he grows into them they’ll still be as ticklish? Ugh It sucks! What about you?

Cyril: They umm. They hold me down and play this little piggy.

Caspar: Man that’s rough! At least your feet aren’t as big as mine. Less space to- ahh do it I guess? Right?

Cyril: I don’t think it’s a size thing. It- it’s really bad. They don’t stop until I’m practically crying.

Caspar: Ugh, maybe not. They seem meaner to you! There has to be something we can do!

Cyril: There is, just avoid them until they get tired of their game.

Caspar: No! I mean something more active. Wait! I’ve got it! How about we train it out of us!

Cyril: What?

Caspar: Yea! C’mon take those things off your feet!

Cyril: No way!

Caspar: Awww. Wait. Do you want to start on me first?

Cyril: No, Caspar. I don’t.

Caspar: Well then take your shoes off and we can get started!

Cyril: That’s not how it works you can’t just- train yourself out of this.

Caspar: Well with that kind of attitude of course you can’t!

Cyril: Caspar!- Wait!- Stop! Get off me!

Caspar: No way! Not until you don’t laugh!

A Support (post time skip)

Cyril: Hey, Caspar?

Caspar: Cyril? Didn’t see you there. What’s up?

Cyril: Do you remember that time back when you were a student here? With the brigands?

Caspar: Aww- I thought I forgot all about it. Why’d you have to bring it up?

Cyril: Nothing- sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything.

Caspar: …

Cyril: Anyway. I should go. I still have a lot to-

Caspar: I lied.

Cyril: What?

Caspar: I’ve thought about it a lot. Constantly even.

Cyril: You have?

Caspar: Uhuh, and your feet along with it.

Cyril: Really? And what did you think about it?

Caspar: How much I liked tickling you?

Cyril: …

Caspar: Are you mad?

Cyril: No. Just surprised.

Caspar: Why?

Cyril: Because I have too- and I didn’t think you would have as well.

Caspar: Well I do. A lot. I really liked tickling you that one time I tried to make you ‘not ticklish’.

Cyril: I was angry because I was worried you might succeed.

Caspar: Then you like it too?

Cyril: I do. Hey, my eyes are up here.

Caspar: Well you were the one who came here wearing sandals!

Cyril: Heh, guess I did. But your feet aren’t better covered up.

Caspar: Umm I’m in my room, they’re allowed to be bare here. But since you’re my guest, might as well make yourself comfortable.

Cyril: Guess I will.

Caspar: Aww man. I really want to tickle you now!

Cyril: Ah! Not so fast. I want to try you first. That was the offer you made last time.

Caspar: No fair! You turned it down last time.

Cyril: If you want my feet, I get yours first.

Caspar: Well… alright. Give ‘em a good tickle I guess.

Cyril: They don’t look as big as they used to be.

Caspar: Nope! I finally grew into them. Kind of miss it though, having big feet.

Cyril: I think they’re perfect.

Caspar: Aww you’re making me blush.

Cyril: It’s a start. Pretty soon I’ll be making you laugh but there’s one thing before I start- five years ago, you couldn’t say the word ‘tickle’ now you throw it around all the time!

Caspar: Huh… I guess I wasn’t ready for it back then. But I am now, as long as it’s with you.

Cyril: Thanks Caspar. Really.

Caspar: Hey, don’t go getting all mushy on me before you tickle me! I’ve been waiting five years for you to make me howl!

Cyril: Guess I have a lot to live up to. How’s this?

Caspar: Wait! WhaAHaH- IWhahahASn’tReeHAahAHdy!

Cyril: Too bad! I finally got these feet and I’m not letting go!

[quillsink]

my troy + abed + annie roommate HCS!! tagging @abednadirsgf (no pressure btw obv)

troy and abed are Obsessed with bubble wrap. they just are. abed sometimes carries a bit with him to fiddle with and one time the two of them go Crazy and tape bubble wrap to the dreamatorium walls, floor, and ceiling and spend a day in there just popping all of it.

yk how in remedial chaos theory we see abed fiddling w a pencil? he does that All The Time and i hc he picked it up frm annie like she does that when she’s nervous and he picked it up. aaaagh i just love shared/influenced mannerisms we are all mosaics of everyone we love!!!

AND!! in relation to my last hc the REASON he picked it up is bc the two of them study together (I Love Them.) like yea it starts out as spanish bc the group never actually studies and they both want good grades but then it jusr becomes them Vibing together. abed will bring his film class stuff and annie’ll have her administration work and they’ll just vibe in annie’s room, abed sitting cross legged on the bed pencil behind his ear whistling doodling cameras and scribbling concepts on a notepad while typing up a script and annie’s lying on her stomach next to him highlighting a textbook!!

at first it’s just them studying in silence or abed asking annie a q ab spanish but one day abed is having a Brain Not WorkTM day and has a midterm tomorrow and is Freaking Out and troy’s at dance class so abed’s like “hey annie. hey annie are you free” in this very calm voice. and she’s like hey sure what’s up. and he’s like oh nothing i’m just going insane what about you. and she’s like What and he starts pacing and ranting and she’s like hooooly shit dude chill. and then they sit on her bed together and annie opens her laptop and opens a folder titled “ADHD” and then flips through a bunch of stuff til she finds the executive dysfunction doc, and she says “ik adhd and autism aren’t exactly the same, but executive dysfunction is a shared symptom so maybe this can help!!” and she walks abed through some techniques she uses and they work and he just gives her one of his little smiles and says “thanks :]”. and he’s mentally like hmm. i want a hug but how do socialise. agh. and she’s like “AWWW ofc abed!!” and hugs him and he does his little :] smile again and hugs her back!!!

all three of them hold hands, this is because they are best friends and they love each other, btw. if u even care. 

annie helps troy realise he has adhd!!! he casually mentions stuff here and there like memory loss and some auditory processing difficulties and shes like “ohh yea that sucks huh!! adhd can be the worst sometimes :/” and he’s like sorry the What. and she explains adhd, and he’s like. tell me more. and then it somehow winds up as a montage with a powerpoint and one of those boards with red yarn because it’s community, it’s annie, of COURSE it does, and soon troy’s like, wow. holy fuck. okay wow this explains a lot. and then has a slight anxiety attack like holy SHIT this changes EVERYTHING im not normal aaaaaaAAAA and starts rocking back and forth so annie freaks a bit bc holy shit what has she done to her best friend and then she just ends up holding him and tells him it’s okay, troy, it’s okay, you’re still who you are, now, you jusr have an explanation, like. and she explains how she felt when she got her diagnosis, like the puzzle pieces fit together, and yes it sucks life can be harder bc of adhd but also learning ab it explains it all. and then she gets out her computer and shows him all the folders and tips and he’s like. holy shit i love u. 

They Are Cuddly. these are some touchstarved motherfuckers. like troy and annie are very physically intimate w friends but abeds a little more hesitant bc he’s scared of reading things wrong. but he learns w troy and annie they’re okay with it. they initiate and enjoy hugs and hand holding and cuddling and they smile at him if he initiates it so he stops being worried about it and soon the three of them are just Like that. avg friday night u look in at apartment 303 u see them all huddled on the couch, abed curled into troy’s side and annie sprawled across the two of them holding abed’s hand with her head on his shoulder. I Love Them So Much It Is Unreal.

btw. friday nights are movie nights for them. they will cancel every other appointment damn it all to hell friday nights are for Them and for Them only!!! they take turns picking the movies and they love it, annie makes microwave popcorn for her and troy and abed makes buttered noodles but still sneaks some of troy’s popcorn and he always puts two forks in the buttered noodles so troy can have some. even after they’ve all graduated and left when troy comes back to america whenever the trio meet up it’s always on a friday night, for old times’s sake.

okay wow this got long!! if u made it this far thank u for reading i love u here have a cookie 🍪 

[or-ng-c-ss-dy]

holiday travelling and everything once again makes me think about dustin and jim tripping into spending the holidays together. 

got long, under the cut

like, okay, they travel out to chicago for wednesday’s show and the plan for the both of them is to immediately fly back to their respective families the next morning. but, uh oh, big snowstorm cancels jim’s flight to jersey, stranding him in chicago....

but there’s room on dustin’s flight to kentucky....he could.....come with him. dustin’s mom would be pissed if he abandoned his “””””friend”””” on the holidays after all, he’d never hear the end of it if she got word. of course she doesn’t know that they’re a loose item, dustin being nervous to put a name to it, jim being infinitely patient with the whole thing because it’s not like he’s in any real rush to like. get married and have kids or anything like that. but his mom will ask about his friends, and if he’s like “yea, greg made it back to his girlfriend but jim got stranded in chicago because of the snow”, she’d flip a lid and he’d never hear the end of it.

plus...it would be rude to just. leave jim to have a sad hotel holiday...that wouldn’t be nice at all.

so this is how dustin somehow brings a guy home for the holidays, his biggest worry and the reason why he stays closeted. but it’s like. no big deal. sure, his family thinks they’re just friends, but jim is slotting right in, he’s pouring dustin’s grandma a big glass of wine, helping his mom with the potatoes, being a real charmer.

jim, meanwhile, realizes that this is how he can backdoor himself into just...being dustin’s boyfriend.

they put jim on an air mattress on dustin’s childhood bedroom floor, dustin shoved up in the too-small full sized bed, staring up at the ceiling. he still has some old posters that are starting to peel themselves off the wall, some old baseball participation trophies collecting dust on his dresser. jim’s flipping through some of the ancient indie flyers that feature baby dustin, nwa mid-south, chikara, shit that he didn’t think he would’ve saved but we all know dustin’s sentimental.

and it’s all so weird for dustin, his best friend, the guy he hooks up with and has ~feelings~ for, hanging out in his childhood bedroom, looking at his stuff from before he knew him, from when they’d just met. he brought a guy home for the holidays. his family doesn’t quite know it, but...he did. or it feels like he did.

anyway, they kiss about it a little right there in dustin’s childhood bedroom, and agree to maybe work on them a little. and maybe they’ll be more intentional with the next family holiday trip.

[osaka-lilac]

i'm late i'm late!! but iris, dahlia, and plumeria?<3 ily

jd you’re never too late i love you so much ty ty ty <3333

iris - would you describe yourself as a sensitive person? why or why not?

i’m 10000000% a sensitive person. it’s both my biggest strength and my weakness. i’m very in tune with others and can often like. just tell that something ain’t right. i like to describe myself as an empath pretty much. and i often find myself as the “parent” of the groups i am a part of. but like. i also take things very close to heart and often find myself really hurt by the simplest of jokes at my expense. part of my brain doesn’t understand why you’d make fun of someone and like. make a joke about someone right in front of them? and that when you do that with no barrier there, there’s gotta be some truth to it right? if they believe it so much that they’ll say it to your face it’s gotta be true? so yea i’m very sensitive but. often to a fault

dahlia - do you like to follow current fashion trends or do you have a style that you prefer to stick to?

so my body type does not really lend itself well to current fashion trends especially in the us. it’s about slender waists and flat tummies here but me? when i say i’m non-passing as a man, i REALLY mean it. i got wide fucking hips and a tummy!!! (my ex loved it but like now that he’s not around it’s sometimes tough for me to like it.) like going shopping at the mall sucks cause i’ll unfold a cool shirt and it’s a fucking crop top. like i don’t need or want to wear that.

so i have a neutral style that i like. graphic tees but like. cool ones like my ferrari tan puma shirt and my knock off indy 500 shirt i got from rue 21 and not like the ones that just say dr pepper on em for fun. i’ve got two flannels with pins on em that i got from my dad that i often wear in the fall or if i’m going out. skinny jeans and flat-bottomed shoes are my go to, and i find myself wearing baseball caps a lot more this summer. i’m also chest binding every day with that so i try to go the fall androgynous hipster look. i’ve also got this small moonstone necklace that my mom got me that i wear every day, and a metal ring i got over a year ago online that is wearing out bad but i still love it. it’s a small spread of playing cards with very small red jewels in them. it was cheap but it’s my favorite accessory i own.

plumeria - are you working on any creative projects? if so, what kinds?

i went to college for animation for two years and i’ve kinda finally decided i’m taking a gap year to maybe figure out if something else is right for me. part of it was the fact i got so burnt out that i stopped going to my classes for a few weeks out of fear of going and not being able to to anything. so right now i’m trying to get back into it by slowly drawing and posting sketch pages of people and things i like so that i can stay in touch with my more creative side and not lose that passion of mine completely. i do stuff with drivers or stuff from my own life. (lots of stuff from my nature walks usually.) nothing big or too overwhelming, but it truly makes me happy.

(also depending on what you consider creative projects i also make mixtapes on spotify for fun and i love them. you can see them here)

send flower asks <3

[httpiastri]

https://www.tumblr.com/httpiastri/751266995217006593/i-need-to-tell-someone-sorry-for-the-vent

i relate so hard?? my friend once told me about her cousin meeting so many of my fav drivers and some team principals during the gp in my country last year and i was so jealous i had angry tears come up and i even typed out an angsty rant in my notes app that i still have to this date 😭😭 (also got my period the day after so)

like i personally wouldn’t want to meet them before races or quali because i think everyone’s stressed and might not want to be bothered but im also so jealous of the people that get to and when i worked for a bit after grad while waiting for my new school so many of my coworkers got free tickets from family members and stuff and i was so so jealous and then i found out my dad has also been offered tickets for many years but he never took them and i was like 😡😡

although im currently looking at friday grandstand tickets for this year and i might get them… idk yet because i have a few people telling me they’ll give me their tickets if they get free ones so i don’t wanna waste my money but also last year i viewed from an unpaid spot but got such insanely good quality pics from my friends professional camera and even my phone and i just remembered how light and happy i felt after everything and idk maybe it is worth it to go even if im alone, because F1 academy is also racing in my country and i do like some drivers!! and in my field of study i might get to pick the F1 exhibition in my country as one of my analysis studies (fingers crossed 🤞🤞)

UGHSHDD ik how this anon feels esp when it feels like everyone around you has been to races even when theyre not fans and you can barely get tickets because they literally sell out 10 months before the dates or youre just a poor teenage girl (me 😞😞)

- 🪷

pleasee sweetheart 🥲 i totally understand tho, if that had been a friend/family member of mine..... i would've been SO jealous 😶

i feel you so much tho, like i keep dreaming about meeting drivers on a race weekend but i would hate bothering them? i would be so scared that they don't wanna interact with anyone, just focus?? like i know they're kind and humble so they'll not just storm off but forcing them to say hi or take a pic.... also maybe because i hate pics but idk what i would do if i met a driver because i cant take a selfie with them ?? i would be so awkward????? (though i feel like pepe would make me feel so safe and calm AAAAA) but yea 🫠🫠 but god he was offered tickets but never took them ???? 😦

also ngl kinda upset that my dad took me to races when i was like eight?? like man did you think i was gonna remember anything from that?????? 🙃

awh that sounds lovely!! rlly wish i had a race in my country 💔 but aaa i hope you get a proper confirmation about the other tickets in time so you can make a good choice 🫶 but also oH you could find that good of a place without paying??? that's awesome 🥺 and f1 academy too, sounds like it can be a fun weekend 🥰 and even for your studies??? that's so cool wth, im so jealous 🥰

maybe we'll just have to get ourselves a sponsor who wants to pay for us to go to some races <3333 can't be that hard right????

[vagabond-sol]

I think the Weapon of Light stuff never really took for me for a number of reasons:

1. If a villain I am actively there to kill says it then my only response is “what were you up to that required a weapon/monster to get sent your way?” And I understand they have their convictions and therefore will do anything to see their goal accomplished and that’s very respectable and all, but again if you instead took to charity work we wouldn’t be here. Always just feels like last second mind games that really would only work on a naive character who either never considered the fact that they were killing a lot of people or just really doesn’t have the mental fortitude at which point maybe you should hang it up hero. Not in an “oh you’re a pussy for not loving the bloodshed” way but in a “don’t do the job if the nature of the job tears at you mentally because the job is going to last your lifetime”.

2. Myste primarily brought back the wrong people. I’d rewrite it if I were a DRK main but I’m not, for now , so it’s just Myste asking a decent question with the worst examples. I wrote Caz as a former child soldier so he’s already done his bit of wrestling with the whole killing dudes thing. He doesn’t love murder and does actively attempt to intimidate people like conscripts or younger bandit types out of combat in later expansions; however he also knows anyone willing to fight for a cause is “accepting” that they might die for it so he really isn’t losing sleep over enemy soldiers and definitely not veteran criminals. All that being said Myste primarily summons people Caz would believe deserved to die and in Livia’s case is jazzed to break her again cause she fucked shit up in Dalmasca. Ilberd is unfortunate but by the time Caz came looking for him Ilberd had chosen a path. There’s nothing to do for him and you never could have. The city-states were to blame and anything you could’ve said has likely been said the last time he thought about extreme measures.

3. I know the story would be pretty lame/weird if ya just wrote your character to leave but yea Caz wouldn’t stay if he was just not having a decent time in anyway or at least fulfilling some kind of duty/obligation. If the killing was too much? Gone. If he felt like genuinely no one cared and he was actually just a tool to them? Gone. Heavensward is so dicey for him because it’s a scenario where him leaving is a real possibility but his good nature and some old habits when it comes to obligations keeps him around enough where he can kind of enjoy the adventures later. And I know the Scions weren’t given cutscenes where they check up on us every two seconds and shit but apart from Alphinaud’s dickhead phase I find it hard to believe they would completely cold shoulder you for the whole of ARR especially considering how they are written later and if your character is one that would try and reach out I see no reason for them to shoot you down. In whatever weird timeline where they just genuinely never treat you like a person yea, hit the bricks. People have beaten Primals before, they’ll figure it out without Caz brooding and being antagonistic the whole time.

4. Getting sent in as the lone hero may suck but if it’s the best option I can’t find reason to lash out over it. “I’ll do it but I don’t have to like it” is reasonable and close to where Cazhim is at in his Solo AU but he would never turn that frustration on his allies to the point of blaming them. It’s not the fault of the Scions that you’re the strongest guy on hand and Villains 1-50 are up to cataclysmic shit again that really needs to be stopped. Caz would be more upset if the Scions joined on Ifrit, really held their own and turned the fight in your favor, then said “nah that shit was scary you’re on your own next time” but as far as I can tell most times they either physically can’t join you or are like you’re the guy that can both not get tempered and actually hold your own while I can maybe do one of those things so I’m going to stay here and not be a liability.

If you made it this far…wow that’s potentially good or bad but regardless these are just my opinions and not meant to tell you how to write your character or that I think poorly of you or your character for feeling differently about the “Weapon of Light” thing. In fact Caz as a Scion companion would expects your WoL to be a bit tired of their situation to some degree and would not begrudge them for venting at times so long as they actually took some enjoyment in the journey/were committed the cause without being outright hostile to their allies. In general my position as a villain killer, I do like a few villains I just like seeing them die or reform more than I like seeing them continue to be bad, an ally liker, I like my non-romantic team dynamics, makes it hard for bad guys to dissuade my character. Now if we genuinely smacked around weaker folk via misunderstanding or something and got called a monster/weapon by our allies I might be on board but that’s neither here or there. Anyways, done rambling so go about your business.

[frenchtoastie]

I feel like every time I go to work I have a personal crisis about feeling like I don’t look my age

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

aw right u guys are rlly nice so here we go, sun/moon x technician reader aus,

So both of these ideas were drawn on a total whim, I forget what I was listening to at the time but I’m pretty sure they were both vaguely spurred into creation by some songs,, idk I’m very vague I’m sorry

Anyway here we go, I’ll give some doodles and a brief explanation of the au ideas behind them

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AU 1: The Eclipse AU

An AU where, instead of being hired to upgrade Sun/Moon, Reader is hired to try and fix/make-friendly-or-profitable-enough-to-warrant-keeping an animatronic one of the previous hires had been secretly Frankensteining into existence. They, of course, are completely unaware of Eclipse’s menacing vibes and are absolutely enamored with him- which Eclipse absolutely does not understand. Idk what the plot would be but yea that’s it that’s the whole concept shdghdjshs

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AU 2: The Afton-Virus AU (god these doodles are barely comprehensible I am so sorry)

In this AU, Reader sort of,, takes on the role of Vanny, I guess? This one is more fleshed out, bare with me

Reader is hired by Fazbear Co. to be a technician/ animatronic upgrade and upkeep handler, this time in a reality where all the horrible stuff that happened in Fazbear’s co. canonical history did in fact happen. Their workplace is far from ideal, one step away from a massive lawsuit-

And, of course, Reader gets into a horrible accident that costs them the use of their hands- and, consequently, their entire livelihood. They are traumatized and mangled, all of their dreams have been snuffed out in an eighth of a second, and how does FazCo respond? They offer Reader a large sum of money if they’ll just leave quietly and never mention the accident to anyone for as long as they live. In a moment of outrage, Reader makes a counteroffer- they’ll never tell anyone about the accident if they are allowed to keep working as the lead technician at the PizzaPlex. Reluctantly, FazCo. agrees, not believing Reader will be able to do anything useful but REALLY not wanting a lawsuit.

Digging deep into FazCo’s history, Reader uncovers more and more about the grisly reality of the company’s past- but also more and more about the strange and sometimes horrific concepts applied to the animatronics. Using some of this knowledge, they manage to build a set of gloves(?)/devices that help them recover the use of their hands- but they don’t inform anyone of their invention, and FazCo’s carries on with thinking they are majorly useless.

The more they had dug into the company’s past, the more outraged Reader had become at the blatant neglect and injustice FazCo had inflicted on people over the years. The more they dug, the more a brainworm- a virus, even- squirmed it’s way into their mind-

An idea of vengeance.

Over the course of months, maybe years, they play the long con on the people of FazCo and the pizzaplex, slowly altering and changing the animatronics into friends that will aid them in their vigilante style quest

Over this time, the animatronics all become very attached to Reader- but none more so than Sun and Moon- and Reader becomes equally attached to them. Reader sees them all as innocent bystanders caught in FazCo’s dark and grisly web, all helplessly manipulated and poisoned by the company itself.

They wreak their vengeance on the staff of the PizzaPlex, not on the attendees- only ever targeting old and jaded members of management they believe are profiting off of the blood and grief and hardship of everything FazCo has done. They are unsuspected, seen only as the unfortunately clumsy and harmless repairman, and they are keen on making sure none of the animatronics are suspected either.

Do they kill the members of FazCo management, or do they find ways to mutilate and ruin THEIR lives the way they had for so many others? Who knows! Not me

Anyway that’s the gist of that one, sorry it’s so wordy hhfbfgdhdghsjs,, I hope u guys find these (dumb and entirely brain-dead self indulgence inspired concepts) a little interesting at least, sorry for rambling sjdhdhdjsbshsb

[yeojaa]

reported you to the copyright section on weverse for your concert stream, they’ll be in touch. i have bills to pay rent to pay food to buy but i do this thing called budgeting to ensure i can pay for bts content legally. and very simply yea if you don’t pay you don’t deserve it. you can’t walk into a shop and think oh i like this dress so i’m going to take it without paying that’s called theft and is illegal. this is the same thing. if you don’t pay you don’t get. why should i spend $80 for 2 concerts and you get them free, no that’s unfair. any real army will pay and if you don’t you don’t deserve the boys, their content or their hard work.

you're so fucking ugly (and i mean this as a person, on the inside. rotten like a fucking apple that's fallen off the tree). like. lmaaaaaaaaaaao i can't even. it's as if you don't have a brain. which is crazy, because you say you have rent to pay and food to buy but i'm pretty sure things without brains don't have responsibilities? y'know? *insert oprah's what is the truth? gif*

anyway. honestly, i don't have to reply to this. i know i probably shouldn't, because this is such a stupid ask it doesn't deserve an answer. but i've got time, babes, so here we go!

firstly, you're a shit army, because what's something that bts has always advocated for? acceptance, community, love. you're going to sit there on your high horse and bitch and complain like "weh weh weh it's not fair that i've got a stick shoved too far up my ass to consider other people's circumstances and have compassion!" get a life, pal. grow a heart. maybe it'll help take the strain off the nonexistent brain you've got.

secondly, you know that yoongi, during a vlive (i think?), searched for a stream for a soccer game, right? as in, an illegal stream? the man who you claim to support so much LITERALLY did what you're shitting on other people for? so do you think he doesn't have a right to watch that, either? that he's an illegal scumbag who doesn't really support korea? or does your asinine viewpoint only apply to fellow army?

lastly, jimin straight up answered an army on weverse telling them the following:

if jimin - and presumably the rest of the boys - don't hold it against their fans for watching content using an alternative method, why the fuck do you care? are you secretly bang pd? do you have some like, idk, dividends we need to know about? it's absolutely insane that you're licking the boots of a fucking entertainment company and coming here, into my inbox, to tear down the people who only want to enjoy content.

as much as we love bts, things are expensive. sorry that people have found a way to stream stuff without having to miss their rent. sorry they've maybe bought merchandise but just didn't have it in their expendable income to also buy tickets to muster. but actually, i'm not sorry at all and neither should any other army be.

anyway, you are an inexplicably sad person. i genuinely hope that you, at some point, can figure out wtf happened to make you this way and move on from it. because god knows you need it. toodles!

ps. reported me to weverse? using what? "hey, big hit. this fanfic author on tumblr streamed to people. can you do something about it?" you sound wack as hell.

[bastillewolf]

Shinigami Eyes (II)

Pairing: Corpse Husband / Reader

Summary: After you distastefully kill Corpse in a game of Among Us, he wants you to make it up to him and invites you to come over for the week.

Notes: Thank you so much for the love on the previous chapter, I’ve never gotten this many notes before. I hope you enjoy, and maybe leave an ask if you want to? I can’t promise I have time to do them, but I’ll pick out a couple.

Also, I might rewrite this. I kinda rushed it because I wanted to finish it by tonight, but there will be a final and third chapter to this afterwards. Please do let me know what you think.

Tag list CLOSED!

Shinigami Eyes - Pt. II

5… 4… 3… 2… 1…

Impostor

You were teamed up with Sean.

Your fist violently slammed down on the desk. “Goddammit! I don’t want to be impostor anymore! This game has no compassion for my poor nerves.” It was the third time in a row now, and you were really craving to do normal tasks now without all the scheming. “Fuck it, I don’t care if they kill me. I’m just gonna do my thing without thinking about it.”

You decide to follow Toast for a bit to watch him do some task. You kill him in Laboratory. You vent back to Launchpad and take your time walking towards MedBay while the kill button restores. You meet up with Corpse, and follow him while pretending to do wires in the Y-hallway. You watched the green bar go up, and continued. Sabotaging and then fixing lights, you made sure your place with Corpse was settled. Then the body of Lily was reported.

As you expected, Corpse easily vouched for you as he’d seen you do a task. The round was skipped, though Rae was sussed for ‘chasing’ Sean, by his own words.

“Corpse, you’ve grown weak,” you muttered to chat.

You were in Greenhouse, and decided it would be best to kill him there and sabotage Reactor. “Sorry baby, but I can’t keep following you around.” You quickly set off Reactor and murdered him in front of the plants. “Your blood shall keep the plants hydrated.” You did an evil laugh. “Pretty sure that’s not how it works, though.”

You vented down to MedBay and as you walked out you met up with Rae. She’d be the vouch who would confirm you weren’t anywhere near Greenhouse. “I’ll just have to fix my own sabotage so they’ll never suspect me.” You helped her with the handprint, and noted Sykkuno and Felix being there. Sean sabotaged lights, you killed Sykkuno, and ran out to follow Lily into Laboratory. Felix reported the body.

“Holy shit,” Rae gasped. So far, five people had died. You only needed to kill one more person. “It was Felix!”

“Wait, what?” the man in question asked. “I was fixing Reactor!”

She mentioned that only you, Sykkuno, Felix and herself had been there and that you’d helped her do handprint. “Sykkuno must have fixed it, and then you killed him!”

Sean asked if you’d seen anything.

“No, the lights were out. I followed Rae into Laboratory after the scan.” Your voice didn’t tremble or raise, a tactic you’d taken up from the best lair in the group. Well, the one who was now dead. Oops. “I haven’t seen Felix this entire game, though.”

He was evidently at a loss for words, so the group was quick to vote for him.

Pewds was ejected.

Victory.

You thanked Sean for a good game who was laughing his ass off. “I can’t believe you did Corpse like that! Poor guy!”

“I deadass thought you were innocent,” Corpse replied, “I’m hurt.”

“Why do you still sound dark and menacing when you say something like that?!”

You agreed with Sean heartily, “He’s just salty I’ve bested him at his own game.”

“Hey now, no need to actually insult me.”

The group laughed. You decided to call it for the night, right before Corpse did the same.”

 ***

He was calling you again. “What is it this time, you salty?”

“Salty? Nah, never,” he said, but you weren’t convinced.

“Then why you calling?”

“What, I can’t call my friends after playing a nice round of Among Us?”

“Not when you lost the game and you call the person who you lost to. Kinda sus, dude.”

“Alright, maybe a little salty.” You smirked.

“Aw, you need me to make it up to you?”

He laughed. “What did you have in mind?”

A bunch of thoughts, most not rated PG-13, crossed your mind. You were suddenly starting to feel uncomfortable. This was probably just something innocent, which got twisted in your fucked-up mind. You shrugged, “Uh… I don’t know.”

“I got an idea.”

“What is it?”

“Come over this week. You said you needed a break, right?”

“That sounds more like you’re doing me a favour instead of me making it up to you.”

“I don’t have any friends. You’d be making it up to me by being the first physical person here in years. I usually don’t invite people over.”

“Wow, I’m flattered. So, you don’t consider me to be your friend after all?”

“You know that’s not what I meant,” he chuckled.

“Sure, sure. Tell me that again when my presence suddenly brightens your life making you not want to get rid of me, ever.”

“I’ll keep it in mind.”

 ***

You walk through the gates following a hoard of people, all the while still feeling drowsy from not getting any sleep during your flight. At least you didn’t have any turbulence and landed safely. Glancing around here and there with no result, you figured Corpse would be waiting outside, until you spotted a figure clad in black a little ends away by the escalator. You were glad you were still awake enough to have found him, because he appeared to silently linger halfway behind a fern.

At least, you hoped it was him. The only indications were his clothes, mask and dark hair. You saw him run a hand through it, and identified the chipped black nail polish and familiar rings. Oh yea, that was him alright.

He seemed to be paying more attention to the floor until he saw two feet appear in his line of sight. “Hey,” you awkwardly greeted. A bit taken a back, he replied, “Oh, wow. Hey.” A mask was covering the bottom of his face, but as far as you could see his eyes were a very dark shade.

“Wow?” you repeated. He chuckled, scratching the back of his head. “Yea, sorry. It’s a compliment.” You held your elbow out in a safe-distance gestured hello, but he shrugged you off. “You’re gonna be staying with me anyways.” Suddenly in a daze, you felt him wrap his arms around your waist and instantly hugged him back. His baggy sweater felt warm and soft to the touch, and strands of hair tickled your face. You very much tried to repress your smile and blush, but how could you? Hugging someone wasn’t supposed to feel this good. When he pulled back he reached down to take your suitcase from you. “I don’t own a car, is it okay if we take a cab?”

“Y-Yeah, of course,” you stuttered, “But it’s on me. Same with food and stuff.” “Don’t worry about it,” he chuckled. “No, you’re letting me stay with you and a hotel would’ve been a lot more expensive than this. It’s my treat.” “Yeah, we’ll see.” He gave you a look and even with the mask you could tell he was smirking underneath it.

It’s about half an hour drive to his apartment complex, and it’s rather nice. “All that YouTube money paying off, huh?” you asked in amusement. “You’d know,” he replied. You insisted on carrying your suitcase up the stairs yourself, which he silently shook his head at, until after a few flights he noticed you struggling and settled on carrying the thing in between the two of you. “How many clothes did you bring?” “Oh, it’s mostly filled with bricks I might need to throw at your head.” He laughed at that.

His apartment was simple, but cosy. “Home sweet home,” he said, almost sarcastically. You furrowed your brow at him. “I’m sure you could’ve had it a lot worse.” He reluctantly agreed.

He helped you set down your luggage in what appeared to be his bedroom, where the curtains were still closed and the black bedsheets fresh. He had a few pieces of fanart up on his wall, and some on his closet. You turned to him and gave him a look. “You’re not sleeping on the couch.”

He quickly shook his head, “You’re not sleeping there. If you won’t let me sleep on the couch I’ll sleep on the floor.”

“If you’re sleeping on the floor, I’m sleeping on the floor.”

“Yeah, we’ll see about that,” he murmured. “What?” “Nothing.”

He suggested playing video games as you were both too tired to do anything else. You’d landed quite late yet were still confused about what time it actually was. Flying is weird. You hopped onto his couch and grabbed a controller.

He sat down next to you, but suddenly seemed tenser than before.

“You okay? You can just go to sleep if you want to.”

He shook his head, “Nah, I don’t sleep a lot. It’s fine.”

You didn’t stop looking at him, though. He was still wearing that mask. “You don’t have to take it off, if you don’t want to. I understand if it makes you uncomfortable.”

“It’s not that, I just…” He took a deep breath. You hadn’t expected him to take it off then and there. You stared at him, your mouth slightly agape, controller barely held by your numb hands.

“Disappointed?”

It was as if he was expecting you to make a face or something, but you didn’t give him anything, except for a blatant “Nope” and an “Are we gonna play now or what?”

“You don’t have anything else to say?”

You shrugged, and looked him up and down again. “You’re kind of what I imagined you to be.”

“What’s that?”

“Handsome.”

Neither of you could stop smiling for the rest of the night.

You eventually forced him to sleep in his own bed, even going as far as to shove him into the room and keep your weight against the door so he couldn’t get out, so he eventually relented. “Inviting you here was a mistake.” “How come? All I’ve done so far is look after you!” “You’re a nightmare.”

You mostly stayed in for the week, which you didn’t mind at all. Being in such a closed-off environment with someone you got along with was nice. He attempted to get you to lift the weights in his room and succeeded for around fifteen minutes until you nearly dropped a dumbbell on your foot. You ordered take-out from his favourite restaurant, watched horror movies until you adapted to his sleeping schedule because you were too scared to close your eyes now, and even streamed a bit together with your friends.

“Wait, is Corpse with you?” Rae had asked.

“No, I’m at Corpse’s. He’s sitting across from me so I can’t see his screen but we’re gonna have to share the Discord unless you want to hear an echo.”

“Ah, man! You got to see his face, too?” Sykkuno whined.

“Stop simping, Sykkuno. You get enough attention from him already.”

“Don’t worry, I still love you,” Corpse said.

“Huh?”

It was probably a good thing that you got teamed up again, because you could indeed start to see his hands shaking right as the word ‘impostor’ appeared on the screen. You reached over and stroked it with your thumb. He smiled gratefully back at you.

“Just please,” he pleaded later that day, “Sleep in the bed. If only for one night.”

“No. I’ve heard about and now seen your sleeping habits. If you take the couch you’re never going to get any sleep.” You made a real effort to show him how comfortable you were – even though your back had started to hurt already after the first night – by crawling underneath your blanket and rubbing your head into the soft pillow. He snorted.

Next thing, you feel yourself being lifted by an arm underneath your knees and one around your back. “Corpse! Put me the fuck down!” you shrieked. You knew he lifted weights, but how the hell did he still have the energy as an insomniac? He ungracefully dropped you onto the matrass and turned the lights off. “Good night.”

You quickly got hold of the back of his hoodie before he could leave and pulled. He fell down next to you with a low huff. “Fine, I’ll sleep in the bed. But only if you sleep here too.”

“I snore.”

“Don’t care.”

For some reason, there wasn’t any tension or awkwardness. You were comfortable, and the soft rhythm of his breathing seemed to soothe you. He called out your name, to see if you were still awake.

“Hm?”

“…Thanks for coming over.”

“Any time.”

This was how you would spend the rest of the nights, and whenever either of you woke up suddenly curled up around the other, you didn’t mention it or move away from it. It was the first time in years Corpse got a few nights of complete rest.