#more like team raging bisexuals

[malifiquemakes]

They're in love your honour.

For @obito-week, prompt fill for 'family' and 'any AU' (aka 'everything is beautiful and nothing hurts' AU)

[erithel]

So In an alternate reality somewhere, if the writers of VLD decided, for whatever reason, make the klance ship canon, how would they write it? Or how would you have liked them to write it?

Oddly enough I actually have one very specific idea that has been in my brain since before season 8 aired. And I do actually feel like it would have fit in with the show, like canonically.

So, okay:

Shows like AtLA and Korra had a silly recap episode in their last season. And I had the thought "what if VLD did the same thing?"

The basic premise of the recap episode is Lance telling his family about everything that happened to them while with Voltron.

At first he starts out in his usual Lance manner - bragging a bit, putting on a show - but then as he keeps going, he starts to talk more seriously. He tells them about all the intense and scary stuff they went through, and he really starts to speak from the heart.

Afterwards we get to see his family's reaction - and they are all just... sitting there, staring at him.

And Lance is like "What? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

And Rachel (maybe) smirks at him. "Wow. You really must like that Keith guy, huh?"

And Lance is even more confused, until Veronica goes over to him and is like "Lance...you realize that 90% of what you told us was about Keith, right?"

Basically, as Lance is telling his family about their adventures, it turns into him recapping everything with this intense focus on what Keith was doing (and how it made Lance feel) - "Keith got my lion back" and "Keith says we had a bonding moment but -" and "And then he just left us, can you believe it?" and "Keith was in the Altean ship and he looked so different - bigger and cooler and handsome."

The episode would end with him having a realization of how much Keith actually meant to him - and the following episodes of the final season, we would get to see Lance fully coming to embrace the idea that he had always had these feelings for Keith. And all he needed was a bit of outside perspective to nudge him in the direction of what he truly wanted and needed.

And the thing is, it actually would have been really easy, because all they would have needed to do was continue what they started. There were so many moments in the early seasons that were alluding to something more between Keith and Lance.

And to start the show with Lance being a cocky womanizer and ending it with him actually realizing he was bisexual and he had found a much deeper connection with his former rival - chef's kiss.

Making klance canon would have been easy to write, and it would have explained why so many things focused on the two of them in ways that definitely did not feel just platonic. Why Lance was so depressed while Keith was gone. Why he was always so worried and, like, protective over Keith when he went off to do something alone and reckless. Why he went so far out of his way to watch the sunset with Keith. Why did they really pick each other in the game show? Why did Keith really leave the team after his "one paladin too many" conversation with Lance? Why a thousand more things that are slipping my brain right now.

I believe there were certain restrictions from the studios on what they were willing/able to show, but it's not like they had to explicitly show klance making out or something to prove they were together. If they had actually been able to canonically have klance be endgame, I think they would have ended it similar to Korra. Where Keith and Lance would just have a moment where they take each others hands and smile at one another - or something equally as subtle.

On a more personal "my particular vibe" note, I would have liked them to write it to include things like:

Keith going full on rage Galra, and Lance having to sword fight him back to himself

The two of them having a much needed emotional conversation - with yelling and crying - where they learned how close they both came to actually permanently dying.

Lance and Allura having an emotional conversation about how they wanted to be friends with each other - because that's equally as important as having a love interest.

Keith and Lance fighting back to back on the ground in a final, epic showdown.

Basically just overall more emotions and character interactions tbh

The thing that I think bugged so many fans - and why this ship/this show is still a sore spot for many people - is because they were building something that had to do with klance in the beginning, and they just didn't follow through.

But if they had just continued in the direction they were headed, I fully believe klance would have been canon because it would have been so easy to make happen.

[de-ragin-cajun]

Gambit Headcanons

He has piercings. So many piercings. Perhaps one in a very *private* area that he got because he got so drunk that he made a bet with Scott and lost.

Has stolen Logan’s cigars on multiple occasions

Has a lighter, a deck of cards, and a pack of cigarettes on him at all times

Is a raging bisexual (and has done the deed with more than half of the X-men)

Created weekly game night, just because he wants to get Scott back for the piercing

Has tried to convince his team mates to let him pick up kittens off the side of the road (no one lets him)

Randomly showed up to a mission with bleached hair, and no one knows why

100% has a tattoo that says “no fucks given” on his lower back (iykyk)

Will steal shirts from his team mates

Surprisingly, likes fruity mixed drinks

Has a pair of lucky poker socks

**Loves** Solitaire

Cooks the best food. Here’s the catch, it’s either really good or deathly spicy

His favorite Disney Movie is Princess and the Frog solely because it takes place in New Orleans, his favorite character is Ray

Will let Rogue braid his hair

[sweetvoicecafe]

Welcome to the Sweet Voice Cafe, a HLVRAI AU!

The cafe serves ice cream, hot drinks, and a few options of pastries! Their special includes different themed ice creams with sweet voice ingredients that give actual effects. (Calming, kindness, sleepiness, love, etc.) The decorations are loud and bright, driving away most “karens”. Sunkist is the mascot! The science team has a large apartment upstairs where they reside. It’s basically a collection of Outcodes. This is an AU where Black Mesa, aliens, and powers don’t exist. They simply exist in the Half Life video games. The government has taken notice of this establishment, but are so frightened by the unknown powers of these entities, that they don’t take action.

Information about all characters below!

Benrey (Benny)

He/It/They (He preferred) Nonbinary Omnisexual

He messed around and found out, escaping his reality for but a few minutes. The universe didn’t like that and hard reset, replacing them with an identical Benrey. He can visit his old AU, but if he ever tries to interact with someone he gets teleported out of distance. He eventually found the Sweet Voice Cafe. In his free time, he enjoys working there (it supplies sweet voice or works the cash register sometimes), playing video games, or traveling the multiverse, usually the latter.

Outfits include blues, purples, and pinks, plus sort of 80s aesthetics. Comfy clothes like hoodies and sweatshirts. It does have some casual hats, but his helmet is a comfort item.

Powers:

- Sweet Voice

- Multiverse Travel/Portals

- Glitching/Clipping

- Fast Healing/Immortality

- Flying/Floating

- Size Manipulation

Mr. Coomer

He/Him Trans Bisexual

He’s from an AU where he became self-aware way too early on and panicked. The game didn’t like that and expelled him from the universe. He floated in the void for a bit, but luckily not long enough to go crazy, less than a couple of days. He was rescued by Bubby and they ended up traveling together for a while before meeting the others and settling down. He became a co-owner of Sweet Voice Cafe, but enjoys working alongside everyone, usually greeting customers. He’s a very fun and extroverted manager, but takes harassment of his employees very seriously. A look alone can scare off the worst of customers.

Outfits include collared shirts, Hawaiian shirts, and rolled up sleeves. Likes green tones and bootleg brand logos.

Powers:

- Sweet Voice

- Advanced Biotech (extendo arms/legs, rocket launcher arm, artificial colon, etc.)

- Sometimes unable to feel pain and others times feels it to the extreme (not allowed to work with the hot items)

- Glow in the dark eyes/Night vision

- Can eat anything (he’s considered the trash disposal lol)

Bubby

He/Xim Agender Pansexual Demiromantic

Bubby’s world was dismantled very quickly by a virus, only a few minutes into gameplay. Bubby had only met Tommy for a short moment. When the world glitched out of existence, his body went into overdrive to protect him. Xe floated through the void for a long time in a coma. He finally awoke when a faceless NPC let him out. After exploring his powers, Xe traveled the multiverse alone at random for quite a while, a couple years at least. He met Coomer and they settled down in an unknown AU after about a year. He’s a co-owner of SVC, but prefers to work more behind the scenes, ordering people around in the kitchen and making hot drinks (no need to pay for machines yippee!). Although he’s strong enough to pick the AUs he goes to now, he only uses it to visit rage rooms lol. He has a couple pet Snarks named Pyro and Ember.

Fashion-wise, he would wear any type of outfit and SLAY. But his preferences include leather jackets, turtlenecks, and flowy skirts. He prefers cyan, black, red, and neon colors, especially if it has flame motifs. Xe doesn’t wear pastels unless it’s blue.

Powers:

- Ultimate Lifeform

- Pyrokinesis

- Controlled Multiversal Travel

- Turning into a car (and speaking to/controlling them)

- Translation of any language

- Telekinesis

- Pretty much any power you can think of. You have no idea what he will do next and he likes it that way.

Tommy Neapolitan

He/Him Cis Asexual Panromantic

Tommy hails from a world where he chose his last name based on ice cream, and loves smoothies instead of soda. He experienced the entire game before he was taken during his birthday party at Ben and Jerrys. (SVC) Gman, grieving from his loss, saw Tommy and embraced him, taking him with him to the next AU. With the lack of Tommy, his original world was overwritten to fix it, effectively replacing him. Gman and Tommy didn’t get along for the longest time, but now they’re on speaking terms, albeit tense. Tommy manages most of the ice cream department because of his expertise in flavors. He also does the bookkeeping.

Tommy wears mostly soft colors, usually yellow, orange, and pink coded. He prefers loose clothing, but ties it back when working with food.

Powers:

- Time powers

- Glow in the dark eyes/Night vision

- Sweet voice (better at reading than speaking it though)

- Semi-photographic memory

Gordon Martinez

He/Him Trans Bisexual

Because he hails from a “it is a game” AU, you can imagine how shocking it was when supernatural stuff happened in his OWN home, not in the VR set. To this day, he’s still unsure what exactly happened. Aliens? The government? Fairies? He doesn’t know and doesn’t care. When they started getting attacked, his first instinct was of course to protect his son. Soon enough, Bubby rescued them and brought them to SVC. He is divorced, but luckily Gordon has full custody and is just grateful his son is safe. He was more than happy to settle down, despite Joshua’s grumblings. He helps with the miscellaneous baking in the kitchen. His bestseller is his croissants! In his free time, he enjoys streaming or binge watching tv.

He’s drawn to warm colors for his outfits, usually oranges and browns. He likes sweaters or shirts with funny dad jokes. He has a couple of hoodies as well.

Powers

- Does being an absolute nerd count?

Joshua Martinez

He/Him

Joshua is 6 years old. He doesn't understand what happened, but whines to Gordon about missing his friends and why they can’t go back. He’s happy he gets a big room to himself now at least! Gordon eventually enrolled him in a nearby school. He enjoys cowboys, dinosaurs, music, and video games. His least favorite class is math. He very much enjoys the free ice cream he gets from the shop. Benrey had to be scolded for giving him too much one time asdgfhjkl.

Tshirts with logos! Doesn’t have a color preference yet, but does enjoy his cowboy hat and assorted bandanas the team keeps getting him.

Powers:

- Puppy dog eyes you cannot resist (but should learn to)

George Mantle (GMan)

He/It Agender Aroace

George lost his Tommy in a freak accident that also wiped out his entire world. He wandered the multiverse aimlessly, unfortunately not finding any AUs with a Tommy either. It met a Slick once, but noticed how differently they sounded and acted, so he didn’t pry. The first Tommy he saw was Neapolitan. He immediately hugged him, and the universe decided “oh hey, angst” and kicked them both out. It took a very long time for the two to get on good terms. It tries its best in forming a connection though. Gman focuses on keeping the establishment running and secretly watches the government to make sure they don’t do something… unwise to his friends. He wants nothing to do with multiversal travel anymore, no siree.

He wears lots of suits. They’re just the most comfortable to him. They do end up varying in color and pattern. One time Tommy got him a long sleeved shirt with a pattern of a fake suit on it and he nearly cried. (Tommy took it to mean the gift was bad, but Gman was just moved his “son” was trying to make a connection.)

Powers:

- Time manipulation

- Clipping/glitching

- Teleportation

- Invisibility

- Glowing eyes/Night vision

- Could breathe in space/underwater but has no interest in doing so.

Forzen

He/She Bigender Abrosexual

Forzen doesn’t quite remember where he came from. She just woke up here one day, I guess. He doesn’t live with the science team and only shows up every once and a while as a customer. He only orders original Rocky Road ice cream. In reality, the government asked her to keep an eye on SVC. Since this is a world where aliens and supernatural occurrences don’t exist, they’re very unsure how to handle the situation. Frozen is laid back and bored over the whole thing. She’s just happy he gets a free living space and unlimited pizza and textbooks at his disposal. The government asked what he wanted to graduate in, and he never ever elaborated.

He mostly wears baggy t-shirts and jeans, sometimes cargo pants. Dull colors or funny phrases.

Powers:

- Teleportation

- Super Speed

- Indestructibility (this greatly frightens the government, especially after he denied wanting to fight for their military)

Darnold

They/He/She Genderfluid Asexual Demiromantic

Darnold is from an unknown AU. Maybe. They either remember and don’t want to talk about it, or don’t care. She very quickly adapts to the new place and the science team welcomed him into their apartment. He very much enjoys his place in the cafe, able to experiment and mix flavors and sweet voice combinations in his lab. Tommy tried to help gather sweet voice, but he’s not good enough at it himself, and Sunkist wouldn’t listen. So Darnold has to stock up on the sporadic times Benrey returns. They enjoy flying kites and playing TF2 in their spare time.

Their favorite outfit is sweater vests and she enjoys darker warm colors, like maroon and purple. She collects various bow ties.

Powers:

- Fast Healing

- Flying

- Not much else, but can invent stuff easily from scrap metal and spare parts

Sunkist

She/He/It

No one knows where Sunkist came from because, well, she can’t speak. As he is the perfect dog, he doesn’t shed, and is allowed to freely roam the cafe, or wherever else she’d like to wander off to. As the mascot, it is well beloved by the community. It can change his form from a flat (and slightly glowing and transparent) png to a human-sized dog at will. Very quickly bonded with Tommy and became a support when he was struggling with the situation. It cares for everyone on the science team, regardless of whether it listens to their demands or not.

Sometimes wears bandanas, collars, or bows with soda motifs. No one gifted it to her, she just appears with them sometimes and they may change when you blink . . .

Powers:

- Sweet Voice

- Immortal and indestructible

- Clipping and flying

- Teleportation

- Glowing (including in 3D form, but it's by random)

[ghostedcas]

more random cod headcanons

tw: mentions of self harm, references to OG ghost backstory, angst :)

141 tried to do group therapy together

but they ended up making the therapist cry and the four of them had to awkwardly comfort the therapist

ghost hates therapy with a passion but goes anyway

soap did the tide pod challenge

price lost it at him in the med bay when he found out

"johnny it's a plastic capsule of LAUNDRY DETERGENT!"

"yummy colours🥰"

ghost used to sh on his face

love how i just give yall a bunch of sweet stuff and then BOOM ANGST HEADCANON outta nowhere :)

i feel like he suffers from severe facial dysmorphia, especially after covering his face for so long

sweet pie gang: soap, könig, price

savoury pie gang: ghost and gaz

couldnt care less, just likes pie: horangi

ghost hates coffee but pretends to like it to seem cool (he's actually drinking coffee crisp hot chocolate)

horangi listens to ayesha erotica

he is also a RAGING bisexual (strong lean towards men)

laswell refers to the 141 as her boys, she loves to embarrass them like a mom would

soap and ghost are ATTROCIOUS at cooking

price is pretty good at it, can make quite a lot but struggles with a few harder recipes (and also somehow cannot make instant noodles)

gaz is a GOD in the kitchen but he hates cooking

soap is not allowed in the kitchen alone, once set the kitchen in fire trying to get a glass of water

awkward day on base when that happened

"sorry, can't go into the kitchen, the explosions specialist set it on fire trying to get a drink"

soap listens to classic rock and metal only (and katy perry but he will never admit it)

gaz listens to (shocking literally everyone on the team) music from the 40's, 50's and 60's. he listens to some modern music but he just ADORES the vintage music, especially jazz.

gaz and soap also like therapy

like genuinely enjoy it

gaz has to hype himself up before his appointments though

soap hypes the therapist up

price is neutral, he'd prefer to just smoke and drink to deal with his problems but understands that talking about them with a professional is the best option

ghost, as mentioned before, hates therapy with a burning passion but goes anyway

mostly because he knows he will be put on probation if he doesn't

but also because he knows that he needs the help even if he doesn't want to admit it

also after one of his first month of going to all his appointments that month without skipping one at all, price told simon he was proud of him and now he uses that as motiva to go to his appointments

price knows how to use technology in the weirdest ways

can operate a drone but cannot for the life of him figure out QR codes

a pretty decent hacker but do NOT ask him what any text slang aside from "lol" and "lmao" is. he does not know.

doesn't know that emojis have different meanings depending on context

once said "simon's in the hospital😭" i the TF141 group chat, gaz and soap thought that he was laughing at simon

soap got arrested in croatia on a mission once because he committed arson

kate had to bail him out and he got an earful on being a pyromaniac and arsonist

price just told him to restrict his fire setting to the battlefield

valeria has a medusa tattoo, it's under her chest on her sternum (iykyk)

ghost was tempted to get a medusa tattoo but decided against it because he views it more as a symbol of strength for women (really afab/fem aligned in general) who have suffered through that kind of assault and that it would be wrong to take that from them

he got a tattoo inspired by medusa instead

ghost has his on his hip

he was orginally going to get it on his left ribcage but when the artist was placing the stencil he almost had a panic attack and they both decided a different placement would be better

könig has tattoos for his siblings and his mother (mama's booooyyyyy🗣️)

ghost also has tattoos for his mother, tommy, joseph and even one for beth

is there a male version of a barracks bunny?

because that's horangi, that man is fucking EVERYONE or getting fucked, depends on his mood that night

idk i feel like sometimes they all watch like family guy or bob's burgers together sometimes during their downtime

soap's fav bob's burgers character is gene

price's is teddy

gaz's is tina

ghost's is both louise and bob

könig's is linda

horangi's is mort and kuchi kopi

[s0apmactav1sh]

Alex keller headcanons cuz hes still my husband and ive not focused enough on him because of my dedication to my other fics

I should be sleeping. I need a better sleep schedule

Cw: smut, male directed but can be read as nb no use of yn. These are just my headcanons for alex, i apologise if they arent in line with the actual game/game play i havent played it in a while

SFW <3

I full heartedly believe he grew up with siblings and was the oldest. I feel he was the "im player 1 bcuz im the oldest" type sibling but he still loved playing with his younger brothers/sisters. I feel he most likely had two younger sisters and was constantly hovering whenever they brought home guys or girls.

He was a sporty child, football? Yup, baseball? Yup, basketball? Sure why not. Anything that required him to be fully hands on he did. I think he was constantly on the move with training nearly every day of the week which he always attended no matter what.

Didnt have a girlfriend till his senior year of high school cuz he was completely oblivious to the girls who swooned over him. A complete gentleman and had great manners cuz his mama didnt raise no slob.

Only started experimenting with men in college but even then he was reluctant to try with the same sex bcuz he wasnt sure if it was ok to feel that way. Questioned his sexuality a lot when going through his phase of having one night stands with men

Joined the army to be 'helpful' he had the mindset that he wasnt being helpful sitting in his apartment doing nothing after finishing college. Fully enjoyed the training and everything. Put him into a routine that reminded him of his years of sports

Looks up to farah completely. No matter what he respects her entirely and sees her as the commander over there team.

Prefers a partner that isnt in the military, he'd rather come home to them and drop work off at the door. Hes a work stays at work typa guy and never drags things back, even if something goes bad he doesnt make it an entire personality afterwards for his partner to deal with.

NSFW <3

A raging bisexual but leans more towards men. Defo prefers to be the bottom rather than top mostly because hes so use to having a constant lifestyle so he'd rather be able to lay on his stomach taking it and being treated like a pillow prince that he is.

Loves recieving. Whether it be head or being eaten out he loves it. He's still a giver like will 100% return the favour to his partner if they want but if his partner is more into given well then he has no problem allowing them to do whatever.

Likes toys. Like the ones where his partner can control it, turning it up or down while its inside him. If is partner is male he defo has a custome dildo in the shape of there dick. Just for when hes on base and they arent there.

PHONE SEX!!!! do it with this man and hes folding. Absolutely adores it when hes being told what to do and how to do it. Makes it even better when his partner is on facetime with him and they can see what hes trying to do and they correct it if hes doing it wrong/about to hurt himself.

Eye contact. And a lot of it. Love just lovingly looking at his partner while theyre fucking the life out of him <3 even if there eyes are squeezed shut he still finds his eyes trailing over there facial features. Just completely adores the look as they pleasure him and themselves.

A proud moaner. Man will moan no matter what he has so many sensitive spots and with an attentive partner theres not a chance he stands that he can be quiet but it makes things seem even sweeter bcuz he voices his pleasure so much during the act.

That is it. Ill make another one for king!price later and part 2 to my fic coming out when i wake up

[saltywinteradult]

Rhaenicent predictions for S2? My guess is they’ll have Alicent abandon her family and join Team Black. It’s the only way I can see the ship becoming canon.

Apologies in advance, I meant to keep this brief, but... well, they are my otp.

My view on Rhaenicent is basically this:

Okay. Jokes aside, I’m not predicting that Rhaenicent will ever become canon. They simply have too much bad blood and too many war crimes in the baggage to ever reunite, and we all know there is much more and much worse to come.

Yes, they’re clearly in love and never got over each other, but while I'm fairly sure Rhaenyra, raging bisexual that she is (me too girl lmao) recognises their past situationship for what it was, I'm not sure Alicent ever acknowledged it even to herself. She may be the lesbianest lesbian that Westeros ever saw, but she's also spent years repressing that part of herself and devoting herself to the role of a wife and a mother as well as to her religious convictions. (And yes, it is very telling that in spite of all that, Alicent was ready to jump into bed reconcile with Rhaenyra in episode 8 anyway.)

Most importantly though, there is no way in hell Alicent is going to abandon her children — the children she’s suffered and sacrificed so much for — for Rhaenyra’s sake. That is not happening. Likewise, I have a hard time seeing Rhaenyra forgiving Alicent for, as she sees it, participating in the usurpation of her throne. I would love for them to have hate sex, but at this point I don’t see any possibility for an actual full reconciliation that wouldn’t be a betrayal of either character.

What I AM predicting is boatloads of gay pining and homoerotic fighting, much like in season 1. I’m expecting that, in spite of all that's happened and all the ways they've hurt each other, both Rhaenyra and Alicent will have a lot of conflicting feelings about going to war against each other. One or both of them might even advocate for the other to be spared should their side win. If and when they meet face to face again I expect the romantic tension to be off the damn charts, but I don’t think either of them will acknowledge it, because how could they? They’re enemies now, after all. They both have their own families to protect and their own diametrically opposed ambitions to fight for now. I expect them to homoerotically commit all of the war crimes and hurt each other over and over, because they're at war and they have to, and hate every second of it. They hate each other and miss each other all at once. They want each other and can never have each other. They were forced apart and suffer for it. That's the tragedy I am expecting and hoping to see.

TLDR: I don't think they will ever reconcile, and I'm completely fine with that. The possibility of them becoming canon has never been part of the appeal of Rhaenicent to me. I am simply of the opinion that everything, especially war crimes, is much more fun with homoerotic subtext. I'm just here for the gay tragedy of it all.

[gabessquishytum]

People to whom Dream has loaned his boyfriend, aka Hob, because he’s a very busy man and Hob is an insatiable slut: a non exhaustive list.

Calliope - his ex wife. Got the holiday home in the divorce. Takes Hob on long leashed walks on the beach

Lucienne - his best friend/assistant. Strict disciplinarian, makes sure that Hob works to be a good boy. Praise kink activated.

Corinthian - his business partner. Sadist. Makes Hob cry on the regular - Hob adores him.

Olethros - his (not so little) brother. Finally satisfies Hob’s raging size kink.

Joanna Constantine - his business associate. Bisexual chaos. Hob comes back with a bad attitude, even more horny than before.

Lucifer Morningstar - local nightclub owner. Hob just wants them to step on him, and Dream can kind of sympathise.

Dee - his big sister. Everyone's favourite soft domme. Occasionally tag teams Hob with Lucienne. Buys him cute outfits, sends him back home wrapped like a pretty present for Dream.

Something something it takes a village to satisfy a slut 😌

[frogs-and-books]

Disagree with your post about Riz on two fronts. First, he's no more canon ace than he is canon aro. The word of god statement from someone who doesn't even control the character isn't a definitive statement of canon. That's not how fiction works. If it's not in the text, they could justifiably walk it back at any time. Second, if anything, it's more accurate to call Riz canon aro because of his coding. A character doesn't have to say "I'm gay" to be canon gay. All they have to do is explicitly express interest exclusively in people of the same gender expression to be acknowledged as gay. Why does an aro character have to explicitly state their identity in order for it to count when that's not an expectation for allo queer people anymore? And has never been an expectation for straight people?

I agree no one should be harassing anyone, though. I'm with you there

I assumed that he talked to Murph before saying anything, but I'd hope that if someone just lied about his character, Murph would clarify. But we have no evidence either way. I would still say that someone on the team confirming it is more canon than anything implied, tho. And yep, he shows the signs, but that doesn't make it canon. He does not have a label in canon, we can say how he thinks and feels about relationships and how he reacts to those things as facts, but we cannot factually state one way or the other what his sexuality is (in the romantic sense). Anything implied is up to interpretation, which makes it unreliable. Subtext is fun, but it's like two people debating whether the color red in a painting represents love or rage, no one really wins. It's simply two different interpretations, neither is right or wrong until the artist confirms one way or another.

Something isn't canon unless it's clarified onscreen or stated to be canon by someone behind its creation. Anything else is up to interpretation.

And I think if a character explicitly shows interest in the same gender but never says they aren't attracted the other, they could be gay or bisexual. Maybe someone would get mad if you called them bi, but I wouldn't because they're just two different interpretations of the same thing.

Headcanons are valid, as long as you remember that no one is forced to have the same interpretation of media as you do. That's the great thing about media analysis. You can't be right or wrong because it's all just your interpretation.

So, in the end, Riz is not canonically Aromantic because coding doesn't equal representation and because what you see as coding could be read differently by someone with different life experiences from you.

[viridiave]

WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2 SHIP SAYS ABOUT YOU

this is just for fun! I feel the need to reiterate that for this list too! Ship whatever you like ya'll!

POST-CHAPTER 1 SPOILERS ABOUND (up to the final chapters, but only like some of them (Hikari 5, Throne 4, Agnea 5, Partitio 4))

Hikari x Agnea

- you saw the art for Crossed Paths and committed to it

Hikari x Partitio

- you're into himbos who can sling twinks over their shouler. i don't blame ya.

Hikari x Ritsu

- shonen made you wonder why pinning your enemies to the ground is gay as all hell

Hikari x Castti

- your morbid curiosity has drawn you to the potential of the two characters of 'something's not right'

Agnea x Partitio

- you have a thing for sunshine characters who can make you go blind

Agnea x Gus

- you're a believer in childhood friends being endgame

Agnea x Giselle

- there's just something gay about being alone on a small island together and using your central ethos to inspire okay

Agnea x Dolcinaea

- you believe that Dolcinaea and Agnea have the innate power to turn everyone they meet into a raging bisexual

Agnea x Ochette

- same joke as Agnea x Partitio, but with permanent cat ears

Dolcinaea x Veronica

- you have a thing for muscled women. honestly i can't blame ya.

- you've seen Agnea's Chapter 5, and wonder how much ball it took to put that in there

Castti x Throné

- you were/are an avid Alfion shipper, and are very pleased about their path actions

Castti x Osvald

- you have a thing for Team Mom x Team Dad tropes

Castti x Rosa

- Winterbloom hurt more than just your feelings

Throné x Partitio

- you took shopping buddies as an invitation for something

Throné x Agnea

- you just want good things for Throné, and honestly who doesn't

Throné x Temenos

- same joke as Hikari x Agnea but with a significant increase in crime

Throné x Pirro

- you cried when you stabbed Pirro.

- you have not yet reached Lostseed, or have - and are still wondering what the actual fuck just happened

Osvald x Harvey

- you think the fire in Osvald's breast is a euphemism for something other than revenge

Osvald x Rita

- you cried at Conning Creek. then again at Montwise.

Osvald x Temenos

- you know what holy water is made of, and seek to defile it

Osvald x Partitio

- same joke as Hikari x Agnea but Partitio can afford therapy

Osvald x Emerald

- you really think Osvald should have mourned a little more

Temenos x Crick

- you played Temenos's Chapter 1. that's it that's the joke.

- you have either not reached Stormhail, or have - and reject that reality

Temenos x Cubaryi

- you love women who can kick your ass

Castti x Malaya

- you have a thing for mindfuckery

- you have either not reached the Abandoned Village, or have - and reject that reality

Partitio x Alrond

- you think Partitio should have taken off his shirt

- dw buddy Dancer subclass has got your back

Papp x Roque

- you think Partitio's Chapter 1 was a divorce that literally almost starved a town to death

[cdyssey]

Yellowjackets 2.03 Thoughts:

TW: Cannibalism

Oh, my God. Jackie’s shriveled, burnt, picked over hand.

Coach Ben and Paul. Cute!! I’m digging Paul’s earring.

TAISSA NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO JACKIE. I AM SO UNWELL. NAT BEING PROTECTIVE. VAN BEING BLUNT ABOUT THE REALITY AND SCARED ABOUT THE REALITY OF HOW ADVANCED TAI’S SLEEPWALKING IS.

“… you ate her face.” Tai screaming and just utterly losing it. These girls. My god.

“I guess… no one wants breakfast.” MARI ANQNWJDJWJWJSJS.

Nat being a leader when it comes to practicalities in the cabin, suggesting that Jackie’s body be moved to the plane. But it’s also so fascinating at a power dynamic level that she checks in with Shauna here too. It’s the fact that she knows just how much Jackie meant to Shauna on one hand, but it’s also that Shauna is someone who subtly influences the team as well. They all look to her reactions in both timelines. It was her permission that they needed to eat Jackie.

Augh, Ben saying that burying her out there will make it look like she died with the rest of them. That’s probably the cover story they give to Jackie’s parents + the authorities, which is harrowing. If so, they erase five months of Jackie’s life to conceal what happened at her death.

That transition between young Lottie and adult Lottie!!!!!! ALSO, ALSO, I LAST WEEK, I JUST REALIZED THAT SIMONE KESSELL PLAYS BREHA ON KENOBI!!!

The antlers on Lottie’s quarters. That’s my Antler Queen right there.

LISA JUST STRAIGHT UP CHOPPING THAT CHICKEN’S HEAD OFF. Listen, there’s a somewhat decent chance that she’s wilderness baby. If so, like Mama, she’s got a way with butchering animals.

Simone. :(( I will actually lose it if she dies. SHADOW TAISSA DRAWING THE SYMBOL ON HER WIFE’S HAND. MA’AM.

THE VERUCA SALT NEEDLE DROP.

“I wasn’t stalking you. I was just finding a suitable nursing home for my mother.” AKQKDFJJSDJJD. Them casting Elijah Wood as an off-kilter Reddit stalker weirdo is the casting choice of a century.

RANDY FUCKING WALSH!

I didn’t think I was going to ship Misty and Walter, but omfg, their chemistry is SO good.

“IT WAS THE STRAWBERRY LUBE.” HELP ME GOD. THE WAITRESS JUST TURNING AWAY IQKQOQKWIWOWIDDISN.

“I THINK THIS STUFF IS FOR BISEXUALS AND GOTHS.” I’M CRYIN G.

“YOU’RE NO FUN.” ANQKQKOQKQOWIEIDIDDJSJJSJWWJS, this is the most insane marriage in the world. It isn’t just the fact that the strawberry lube was a seminal moment to Jeff in his marriage with a woman who survived 19 months in the Canadian wilderness and came back wrong, but it’s also the fact, that she remembers word-for-word what he said. I’m laughing so fucking hard.

Shauna is 100% bi. But is she goth? Discuss!! (Nat, on the other hand, definitely fits the descriptor.)

“It wasn’t about you. I mean, sure it was exciting. Exciting… mm, that’s not the right word. Um… okay. It made me feel like… I didn’t know what was going to happen. And I liked that. I liked not feeling like this… boring version of me.” Such perfect dialogue. It wasn’t about Jeff even from the start. It was about Jackie. It was about loving her, hating her, wanting to be her, wanting to fuck her, entirely consume her. And she did, she did, she did.

But we also get other stuff here. The fact that she misses the unpredictability of the wilderness. And yeah, she absolutely was excited, even if she doesn’t admit it here. My god. I love her.

JEFF TRYING TO BE SPONTANEOUS AND TAKING SHAUNA TO CHURN BUTTER, BLOW GLASS, OR BLACKSMITH. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN (AFFECTIONATE)? SNWJQOQKWJS.

HOLY FUCK AT SHAUNA DEALING WITH THE THIEF. LIKE, DID YOU SEE THE ACTING MELANIE LYNSKEY WAS DOING. THE PRIMAL RAGE IN HER EYES.

“Are you Rambo?!”

“Callie’s old toy that she loved probably more than she loved me?” I’m actually unwell about this line. From what Melanie has said in interviews, so much of her arc this season is going to be about motherhood. I’m often thinking about the traumatic birth that Shauna experienced in the wilderness and how she brought that to the table with Callie, how she tried her best anyway, how Callie grew up to be a normal goddamn teenager. But now that she is older, now that she can see Shauna’s cracks and the facades and all the lies she’s told herself and others, that relationship is fractured. The Sadecki family, normal though they’ve seemed for all these years, has fundamentally been unwell from the start.

This is Melanie Lynskey’s world and we’re just living in it. Every microgesture is so, so raw.

LOTTIENAT OVER THE SHOULDER PROXIMITY. THAT WAS CHEMISTRY THERE.

The swirl of rocks around the beehives… it’s like the spiral from Sammy’s drawings.

Bee metaphor talk!!!!!!! OH, GOD. THATCUT TO THE BEES. TERRIFYING

Lottie, my love, stop offering ur blood tea. 😭

Oh, my God. Jackie’s remains being so small that Nat can easily hoist her over her shoulder.

Shauna staring out the window with tears in her eyes. :((

“But I wanted it too.” SCREAMING.

“I don’t know, I just feel so fucked up.” / “I’m scared, Lottie. Everything is out of control, like I don’t feel like I know what’s going to happen next.” God, the exact echo of what adult Shauna says. Shauna is always revisiting the moment of Jackie’s death and her consumption.

Lottie revealing the gender of Shauna’s baby, lmfao.

The girls getting so excited about a wilderness baby shower. 🥺 Crystal combing Misty’s hair in the background!!!

MISTY TELLING WALTER TO HIT RANDY FOR INSULTING NAT!!!!! THAT’S HER GIRLFRIEND.

Shipping is so much fun in YJ. I basically just ship everyone. Juliette and Melanie were so right. All those girls just made out in the woods.

“Forgive me. I have IBS.” QKWKWOQOWIEJDIEIEIDOEWJEID.

WALTER JUST STRAIGHT UP SLAPPING HIM. YELLOWJACKETS IS A GODDAMN COMEDY.

Taissa and Akilah making a crib. 😭 I am so soft. And now I’m teary-eyed. Oh, my God. I want Akilah to live. It isn’t fair what happened to these girls.

“That’s good, Mar. The baby can dream that it’s being stabbed to death every night.” ALOQOQOQJSJSEJ.

Mari hearing dripping that no one else does… she was also the one to feel something crawling down her back way back in S1.

“Too bad they didn’t listen to your broth idea.” JACKIE BONE BROTH. Oh, my fucking God.

CRYSTAL ABSORBING HER IDENTICAL TWIN IN THR WOMB WIWODJIEWKS.

The parallels between the Misty/Crystal storylines and the Misty/Walter storylines… Misty has finally found her kindred spirit. What the fuck happens to them?

Ben’s still starving because he didn’t eat Jackie. Oh, God, if he dies of starvation, I’ll lose it.

“You always say those girls are vicious, little monsters.” They’ve always been vicious. The forest gave them permission to be wild.

“You’re lucky, you know? I think shit is gonna get a lot worse out here. But you’re already dead, so… way to make everyone jealous of you one last time.” [Nat chuckles.] “I’m sorry… for what we did. Who knows? Eating you could be the reason why we survive the winter, so… thanks. Rest in peace, Jackie.” I AM FUCKING UNWELL. JACKIE, WHO DIED PEACEFULLY IN THE SNOW, WAS THE LUCKY ONE. NAT HAS BEEN JEALOUS OF JACKIE. OH, GOD. JACKIE, THE POPULAR TEENAGE QUEEN AND NAT, THE PERPETUAL LONER. NAT KNOWING THAT THE CANNIBALISM MIGHT HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. BUT HOW SURVIVAL ISN’T NECESSARILY A DESIRABLE FATE.

CGI WHITE MOOSE.

I love Randy fucking Walsh. So dumb. <3

Van trying to stay awake for Taissa… oh, God, and now willingly following her. Jasmin’s vocal inflection change when she’s playing shadow Tai is chilling.

THE MAN WITH NO EYES LEADS SHADOW TAI. DO NOT SHOW ME THAT MAN ON MY SCREEN. I’M NOT PREPARED FOR HIM TODAY.

OH, GOD, TAISSA HOLDS SHADOW TAI BACK.

The fucking flashback to him in the mirror. Ugh, scariest moment in the show for me. I do think, though, there’s gotta be something more complex going on with him than just, “he’s evil and trying to kill Tai.” I think he’s actually serving as some sort of fucked up protector for her.

Kevyn Tan at the gym!!! Wearing a backwards hat, lmao. Not Jeff going all angry-bro at him. Sir, you’re probably going to be a central part of a murder investigation. Don’t antagonize a detective. 😭

DON’T TALK ABOUT ADAM WITH HIM. JEFF. GODDAMN.

“Well, fuck your diligence. Okay? ‘Cause I-I know her.” / “We’ve been married almost twenty-five years. I know my wife, and I trust her.” HE’S SO DUMB, BUT I CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE HIM FOR BEING SUCH W RIDE-OR-DIE FOR SHAUNA. GODDAMN. Also, the fact that they got married almost straight after she returned from woods. Jfc!!!

My poor little meow meow with a gun is about to go get her car back. <3

“Have you ever peeled the skin off s human corpse? It’s not as easy as you might think. It’s really, uh, stuck on us. Skin. You have to roll back just the edges of it, so you can get a good enough grip to-to really pull. Which, again, isn’t easy. People are always so sweaty when you kill them. Just, like, oily. There’s a look people get… when they realize they’re going to die.” [Shauna smiles, tears in her eyes.] “It’s that one. My hand wasn’t shaking because I was afraid. It was shaking because of how badly I wanted to do this.” MELANIE FUCKING LYNSKEY.

I AM LOSING MY MIND. OH, MY GODDDDDDDD. SHE IS SO FUCKING GOOD.

AND THEN, AFTER COMPOSING HERSELF, SHE SLIPS BACK INTO A MIDWESTERN THANK YOU. UNREAL.

I SUPPORT WOMEN’S WRONGS.

Ben fantasizing what he should have said and done with Paul. :((((

VAN’S LITTLE CHANGING TEEPEE.

A MONOLOGUE FROM STEEL MAGNOLIAS. I’M CRYING.

NOT THE SALLY FIELD MONOLOGUE ABOUT SHELBY’S DEATH. HELP ME. I’M LOSING IT.

SHE’S BODYING IT. AKQOQOWJSJSIWIWIWIIWIAJSSJ. SHE GOT IT DOWN PERFECTLY. THE SOUTHERN ACCENT AND EVERYTHINT.

The girls being deeply moved by the monologue because it’s about grief and violence and how those things can be easily intertwined. They’ve lost so, so fucking much: their friends, their girlhoods, their innocence. And they just want to hit something.

Shadow Tai in the fucking mirror. Oh, my GOD. They’re doing an excellent job of making Tawny Cypress look like she hasn’t slept in three weeks.

Shadow Tai wanting her to go to Van. 😭

Tai trying to call Jessica Roberts, lmao. I miss my favorite morally fucked up fixer.

“Hacking… you can just say it,” WKWKJWDJEJJEJDDJ.

MISTY AND THE ADAM’S MOTHER LIE. THEATER NERD FOR LIFE HELP.

“Maybe I’m just a bored Moriarty looking for his Sherlock.” And Misty walking away because she doesn’t know what to do with that vulnerability. 😭

I actually just teared up at Shauna placing the stuffed animal next to Callie. Oh, my God, and Callie snuggling it.

Adult Nat finally putting on purple… hhhhhgh.

I think Lottie and Nat should kiss. <3

LOTTIE, YOUR WELLNESS ADVICE IS S LITTLE FUCKED UP, LOVE. <33

The symbol…

Lottie and Nat fighting, revealing where ALL of the group straddles the tension between them. The only (main-ish) girl who doesn’t really reveal her stance is Shauna.

TAI RUSHING TO SHAUNA.

THE DEAD BIRDS. THAT SOUND WAS TERRIFYING.

“Did these guys just suicide on our roof?” ANWKQKWJDJWSJS.

Them all putting the birds at Lottie’s feet… worshippers leaving offerings for their god.

LOTTIE’S BEES. WHAT THE HELL.

This Tori Amos song is stellar.

Oh, my God, the camera pulling back and revealing that it was Lottie’s hallucination. Her panic and grief. Jesus fucking Christ.

The GRIP that these women have on me.

[dadr0ckmusic]

stranger things headcanons because i said so part 2 (the kids)

max mayfield

only eats green skittles

billy has told her multiple times that she needs to improve her taste in men

tried to get will to be treasurer of the mike wheeler hate club she founded. he said no

"are you ready to fucking rage?" "max we're only going to the dollar store."

she definitely takes those 6-hour, sweaty, bed-lined naps like everyday

makes those jokes like "why'd you turn the lamp on? to look at men? cause you're gay?" to mike

avid girl in red listener. "i thought you'd swing the other way since..." "WHAT THE FUCK BILLY"

"my bisexual bf and i in our straight passing relationship"

doesn't know how to spell courious,,,,, couiours,,,,, the thing george the monkey is

has zero school spirit. i don't blame her i would hate that school too

this girl LOVES hot wings and will murder everyone if they don't order wings when they get pizza

she got drugged REALLY BAD one year on halloween in cali. like girl was in third grade watching the wallpaper melt while being lectured for staying out late

would totally beat your ass if you went thrifting and found something cooler than her

she would totally get into metal/glam rock for approval from eddie and billy. eddie def took her to metallica's fort wayne concert in '86

i know this gal has a wagon full of ice and water balloons and she skates around hawkins and fucking hurls these water balloons at people she knows

dustin henderson

likes mint chocolate chip ice cream

he tried to learn a cool bike trick when he was in 4th grade and ended up breaking his arm and the bike. he never tried it again

his collection of hats is so dear to him you have no clue

takes care of a fake plant and doesn't know it. steve made robin and eddie vow to not tell him. dustin named it kevin

if he likes you enough absolutely NOTHING will get him to change his opinion on you. you killed a man? that's sick as hell. you beat steve's ass at some point? he needed sense knocked into him. you're cool as hell no matter what.

is a literal SLUT for gummi worms

call him 'casanova' or 'hot shot' and he'll be your best friend. his self-esteem would go through the roof

confuses people with facts and logic

total animal lover. he tried to be vegetarian once and gave up after like three days but its the thought that counts

him and eddie have an elaborate handshake (kind of like his and steve's in s3) and its so out of wack sometimes but always ends perfectly

he has a little photo album he hides in his closet and lucas found it one time and STILL gives him shit for it and blackmails him. "remember what i found in your closet dustin? it'd be a shame if someone were to know about it..." "okay FINE here's $20"

he cries wayyy more often than he wants to admit

he would have a crush on any steve-aged girl that ends up in the group. and when he met suzie he told the steve-aged girl that he was sorry he was off the market

he has so much gaydar its actually baffling.

will byers

he's just.... the sweetest kid on the planet

if you're apart of the lgbtq+ community, he'd be so understanding because he's gay (obvi) and he loves you! so much!

i know this mf would've made eddie postpone hellfire to go to lucas's game and watch him make the winning shot

he gets the most bitches in the party despite being gay. i do not make the rules.

he would be on the track team in high school

brings a camera with him EVERYWHERE and documents everything and makes a photo book for each person in the group

always always always worrying about your well-being especially after any upside down madness

him and max are BEST BUDS and it terrifies the party.

he would spend HOURS on a drawing for you and the meaning will make you cry. "it took a little while... but it's worth it because you mean a lot to me :)" tears ensue. "WILL BYERS YOU MEAN THE UNIVERSE TO ME"

talks to eddie for hours upon hours about lord of the rings/the hobbit. HOURS

always rides shotgun. he totally has the widest taste in music and it actually shocks people sometimes

THE. BEST. HUGGER. let me tell you. if you've been through it and he hugs you? the goddamn waterworks. no doubt about it.

makes mixtapes for everyone in the party. mixes in some prog rock for taste to 'widen their musical knowledge'

he's ticklish. but if you tickle him he's beating you to a pulp

sometimes he's SUCH a little shit and gets away with it so often

lucas sinclair

will made him a friendship bracelet and he hasn't removed it in three years.

he has really weird dreams. like when the party all stay at someone's house they always wake him up early and ask him what he dreamed about.

he likes apple juice and is very ashamed of it

if they ever go to a waterpark, lucas is FORCING mike to get on the biggest slides with him just to see him freak out

can't look at a waffle without thinking of el

threatened to sell mike to the commies once and mike didn't speak to him for a week

when max was in lucas's arms after vecna attacked her he remembered the "do you accept the risk" conversation and he broke.

one time during d&d he missed an attack against a dragon and punched the table so hard he fractured his wrist

when he shot billy in the face with the slingshot he was actually so proud of himself that he looked to see if anyone was watching and then he remembered the situation they were in

would listen the SHIT out of frank ocean.

is the opposite of "no homo" this fucker says "full homo bro" and leans in to kiss dustin lmfaooo

just so confused 24/7

him and will are absolute menaces. like they'll be getting yelled at by steve and they make eye contact with each other and fucking lose it

eleven

lesbian el ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

she loooves watching will do anything art-related

just so curious (i know how to spell curious i was joking earlier) about everything! wants to know everything about everything and will spend hours reading library books about a subject

had will braid her hair when it was long

has girls nights with max, nancy, and robin

learned about the concept of death later than normal and she sometimes says "i'm gonna miss you when you die" to someone in the party and it freaks them out

the party taught her how to ride a bike and now she BEGS them to go on bike rides even when its snowing

collects LOADS of funky socks cause she's a funky little lesbian

love love loves writing letters!! when she lived in lenora she sent soooo many letters to everyone, even steve

after the first time max painted her nails, it became her favorite color over time

keeps candy in her pockets ALL THE TIME just in case someone needs cheering up

remembers specific times and dates like when she got to california, when she met robin officially, and when joyce told her to trust her and that she's safe

gets everyone out of trouble at school because all the teachers love her

loves perfume so much. she's always asking max which ones she likes best so she can try them

mike wheeler

him and nancy fought over who got to name holly

i just KNOW this mf uses axe body spray like deodorant and its probably the reason el breaks up with him (besides the fact he's totally in love with will)

prefers coke over pepsi

eddie always compares mike to a spider and calls him skinny and gross and lanky and it sometimes makes mike sad but eddie truly doesn't mean it

scared of ladybugs

fucker hates pickles

he cried when xxxtentacion died when he really never listened to him before he died. mike even made him his lockscreen he was that devoted to being a fake fan

an asshole towards anyone he isn't friends with. even if someone in the party really likes this person he is NOT giving in

this little fucker needs his mommy to cut the crust off his sandwiches cause he's a BABY. he needs his mommy to tuck him into bed cause he's a BABY.

i know this dude's middle name is anthony or some shit

i know s2 mike would beat the FUCK out of s4 mike

his favorite animals are frogs and lizards cause he reminds me of a lizard

[eggcompany]

Does It Matter?

Bucky's had his eye on baseball player Steve Rogers for like... ever. But he's too nervous to ask him out. That is until he makes a deal with his best friend (with benefits) Nat. Next thing he knows he's on a date... then dates.... then boyfriends. Everything is so great. That is until he decides it's time they have sex. And he hasn't told raging bisexual Steve that he's trans. That big blonde couldn't care less. As long as he get's his mouth on whatever's in Bucky's pants.

“Hey Nat” Bucky said as he barged into the dorm room. His best friend was sitting on her bed with her laptop in front of her. 

“Hey Bucky, social or transactional?” Natasha asked plainly as her hands still typed away on her keyboard. The brunette was quick to look around briefly before ridding himself of his jeans. 

“Transactional. Cashing in my IOU.” Bucky answered even though they’d long forgotten where either of their IOUs started and ended. The redhead put her laptop on her side table, stretching her legs out on her bed, patting at her lap. 

It was their deal. They’d been best friends since 7th grade, friends since the Bucky moved in with an all boys foster family. They were fast friends, being some of the only people in their apartment complex who both spoke Russian. Neither of them had very good guardians, so they relied on each other. Bucky came out, started his transition, they both used each other to prepare for their partners, discovered themselves, and now they both live near each other. Natasha in the women's dorms as she takes her criminal justice classes and Bucky not that far away in his dinky studio apartment that he could barely afford on his part time mechanics receptionist pay. 

They always had each other, for support, friendship, and sexual release. And to hold each other’s hair back when they went drinking. 

So they had their agreement. Natasha wasn’t dating, trying to keep her head in her studies and Bucky was shit at getting dates. Orgasms and best friends. Benefits. Simple. 

So Bucky slipped his tight cat print briefs down and off his legs, kicking them to be close to the bed. He had a pinched expression, frustration easily readable. 

“You watched the baseball practice?” Natasha asked as Bucky climbed onto the bed, tucking his charcoal hoodie up to his armpits. He straddled her, bonking their foreheads together before he laid back, letting his feet go flat against the bed and his knees bracketed Natasha’s thin frame. His back baring most of his weight into the bed, his hips were cocked up, showing himself off to Natasha’s emotionless eyes. 

“Yeah. Number six. Rogers.” Bucky said dreamily as Natasha rubbed her hands up and down the bulky thighs that framed around her. Bucky had put in so much work to bulk up and gain so much muscle, she liked it. She liked seeing him big and happy. 

Bucky knew a little about baseball. More about sitting on a blanket under a tree watching the baseball team practice. Especially number six. Steven Rogers. Blonde hair, blue eyes, carved by god’s very hand. Hottest guy on campus, sterling reputation, straight A’s, and the incredible power to befriend anyone. Bucky had talked to him twice when he was a freshman and Steve was a sophomore, quick in the hallways, but still. 

“I want him so bad” Bucky confessed for a billionth time to his friend as she let her thumbs rub up and down Bucky’s outer mound. Her nails caught lightly at the untrimmed hair in the crease of his thighs. 

Bucky huffed and relaxed after a moment, legs falling that much farther apart. He closed his eyes and let himself feel . 

“There you are” Natasha whispered and ran the pads of two of her fingers from his damp hole up to his cock. It was a bit bigger than a regular clit, Natasha always told him it’s just a jelly bean but Bucky liked to think it was bigger. He liked thinking it got bigger too, even though it didn’t. 

Natasha made a small circle over his clit. The brunette moaned and ground down to try and get more of that feeling, hips digging in a small circle. 

“Why don’t you ask him out?” Nat asked plainly as she made figure eights going from circling his fat clit before dipping down to rub just at his damp entrance before going back up. 

“He’s so hot” Bucky breathed out as his hips moved on their own accord. His breath was getting quicker each time the woman’s fingers nudged at his sensitive nerves. 

“And also so bisexual.” Nat teased, she’d heard stories of Steve Rogers and his many many many partners. Heard from the locker room how he was so passionate but caring, how him and the other blonde adonis would team up on anyone who was brave enough. She knew enough about Steve Rogers to know Bucky had a good chance. 

“I think he’s seeing nine, Odinson. They’re always together and they have matching numbers.” Bucky lamented as he thought about all the times he’d seen Steve and the other mountainous blonde. Number six, Roger’s, number nine, Odinson. They were always talking, studying together, eating together. Of course they were usually with other people too but those two were always together. 

“They’re not fucking” Natasha said easily and her fingers slipped inside the brunettes slit, curving upward in the way that made Bucky feel strangled. He gasped and whined, hands twitching and flexing. 

“I don’t wa-ah-anna be a fu-fuck-fuck- fu-uck” Bucky started to pant, hands grabbing into Natasha’s soft red blanket. He couldn’t form words anymore, his mind quieted by the overwhelming pleasure. The woman worked both her hands, just in the way she knew would get Bucky to cum. Her right hand making rough small circled over his clit, rough and fast, while her left made long thrusts in and out of him, fingers shoving into his good spot. 

She was ready, tissues covering Bucky’s opening as she used her nail on the underside of his cock. Bucky always made a mess, she was ready for it. 

Bucky moaned and hiccuped a sob, shivering with the waves of his orgasm, tears prickling in his eyes. His hips bucked and twitched for a moment before the woman pulled her hands away completely, letting him calm down. Natasha rubbed the insides of his thighs for a moment before gathering up the soaked tissues and wiping away the mess left behind with a few clean ones.

“I don’t want a be a fuck thing. I wanna be boyfriends.” Bucky said sadly as his friend reached to the floor grabbing his briefs and slipping them over his feet and up to his knees. He sat up, pulling his underwear up and laying down the right way on Natasha’s bed. 

“Ask him out then, dingus.” Natasha said and pulled his hoodie down, cuddling up next to her friend. They were facing each other, not enough room to even lay shoulder to shoulder if they tried. 

“I can’t. He’d never-” Bucky started but Nat cut him off. 

“I’ll go out for drinks with Loki and the girls if you ask Steve out.” Natasha offered and Bucky considered it. Loki was one of the people who went to the same classes as Nat, went to the same gym, and hung out with most of the other girls in criminal science. But Natasha never went up to them because she didn’t think she’d fit in. Bucky knew that. He knew that she wanted to be in that group. They’ll either succeed or drink their troubles away later. 

“Deal” Bucky said and thought about how funny it’ll be to see Natasha be a part of the girl group. 

-0-0-0-0-0-0-

It took Bucky a week to get the courage. But one morning he brushed his teeth and blow dried his hair and looked in the mirror and decided it would be today. 

“Hi Steve” Bucky said as he caught up with the blonde as he walked from the school gym. Bucky had been following him for half a block to make sure Steve didn’t think he was waiting for him outside or anything.

“Oh hey, Barnes right?” Steve answered after looking at the other boy for a minute. He only knew him because everyone talked about the guy with one arm and a perfect ass. Went to the gym late, hung out with one of the girls who kickboxed, and was always hanging out during baseball practice. He was a cute guy, scruffy face and long dark brown hair, and eye’s like a cloudy sky. 

“Yeah, well Bucky Barnes but, yeah, um yes.” Bucky struggled out and looked down at the ground. Looking up at Steve’s blue eyes and face and lips and everything was making him dizzy. 

Steve smiled and nodded, remembering where he’d seen the other guy before.  

“I think we took a couple of the same gen Ed classes. What’s up?” The blonde asked and looked down at his phone in his hand, just checking the time. Bucky swallowed and looked back up at Steve. 

“Um, I just wanted to ask you something.” Bucky said and Steve smiled and cocked his head to the side. 

“Yeah?” He asked and looked over Bucky. From his velcro laced black boots to his buckle belt and up to his tucked in sleeve and pink cheeks. 

“Do you- are you- you’re bisexual right?” Bucky asked, regretting as soon as it was in the air. But Steve just nodded and smiled, white teeth bright in the sunlight. 

“Yep. Loud and proud, what about you?” That had Bucky scrambling for an answer. He didn’t know how to answer. 

“I like boys um guys um you. I like you. Do you want to get food? Like a date. Do you wanna date- Go on a date?” Bucky finally got out, chest tightening into a knot with each mistake. Steve smiled more sweetly and moved into the brunette's space, leaving a few inches between them. 

“Sure Buck, I’d love to get some food with you. I need to get a shower but if you want, after, we can get dinner. When’s your classes?” Steve asked and lifted up his gym bag. Bucky nodded and let out the breath he’d been holding in. 

“I take morning classes, 8am till noon on most days except Monday when it’s till two. Um, do you wanna meet somewhere?” He asked and Steve held out his hand. 

“Here, let me have your phone” The blonde was typing away at it as soon as Bucky unlocked it, talking easily as he made a new contact and sent himself a message

“I live in the Bachman's apartments with my roommate Sam. I can meet you or pick you up. Oh- actually um…” Steve stopped and handed Bucky’s phone back looking at the brunette's lack of left arm. 

Bucky felt nervous for a second and looked away. People treated it weird. Some people liked it in a weird way, some people were scared of it and wanted him to wear his prosthetic 24/7, and some people refused to acknowledge it at all. He just hoped Steve wasn’t grossed out. 

“I drive a motorcycle, you’d have to hold onto me if I picked you up. Would that be okay? If you wanna pick me up, that's cool too! I don’t mind riding shotgun.” Steve said, recovering. He liked Bucky enough, didn’t really know him yet but he was cute and genuine. He didn’t wanna mess up before their first date. 

“I could pick you up. I have a car. I’m a really bad passenger, I prefer driving.” Bucky said and relaxed. He liked driving, he always got nervous when he drove with other people. And the way Steve smiled at him, it made him feel better. 

“Awesome, then I’ll text you when I get home and we can plan where to go.” Steve said before giving Bucky a wink and walking off. 

Bucky watched, a smile spread on his face, unable to stop the fluttering in his chest. He nearly dropped his phone when he tried to call Nat, seeing a new contact and message under Steve Rogers (your date) . 

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“Hi Steve” Bucky said through the rolled down passenger window of his beat up black camaro. He loved the car. He’d got all the accessories so he could drive, he’d gotten his license in that car six years ago, had driven the thing halfway across the country and back, and moved apartments with it. It was a part of him and he wanted Steve to think he was cool. Camaros were still cool. 

“Woah! Nice car! You wash it just for me, Romeo?” Steve said as he climbed into the car. Bucky had run it through the car wash, automatic so he was sure it was all clean. He smiled and preened a bit at the compliment. 

“Yeah, she’s so old but I wanted to make it look good.” Bucky said and watched Steve look around the car, the leather seats and cassette player. 

“It looks great, Buck. Thank you.” Steve said finally and buckled up, smiling as they pulled away from the apartments. 

“So the Iron Bars?” Bucky asked, referring to the bar they had agreed on. It was a gay bar, a comfy dark bar covered in leather and chains. Bucky liked it, the owner was a hot older guy and his hot husband who was a doctor. He’d recommended it, Steve had said it sounded fun. 

They chatted lightly, Steve asking about the buttons and knobs attached to the steering wheel that controlled the blinkers and windshield wipers. Bucky explained them, surprised that Steve thought they were cool. 

The bar wasn’t super busy, there was a booth available and the bar was only half full. Steve went to get drinks and order some food. 

“Do you come here often? I’ve only been to the gay bar across town, I didn’t know about this place. It’s kinda kinky.” Steve asked as he slid back into his seat and looked around. Lots of leather and chains and gold and red accents. It was nice though, clean and the music was nice. 

“Yeah the owners are these cool old guys, they’re married and they have a float in the parade each year. I came here when I was eighteen and met them, they’re really cool. They helped me a lot over the years.” Bucky said and remembered the first time he’d come in, how one of the owners had refused him service because ‘ Babydoll you’re too young. That scruff isn’t kidding me.’ It had been the beginning of a friendship. 

“That’s so sweet! When I came up here for school, I just had me and my backpack. My best friend was my roommate, he’s on the baseball team too, and he’s like a total ally, his sibling is nonbinary and stuff. I was lucky to have him.” Steve said and remembered getting sent up to the college, getting dropped off by the greyhound and walking into the city. It’d been scary, but he’d been welcomed in by a pushover best friend and his goth sister brother. 

“Who is it?” Bucky asked, he wanted to know Steve’s friends. 

“Number nine, Thor Odinson. He’s a right fielder. Long blonde hair, always got his shirt off.” Steven explained and Bucky nodded with him. Bucky scratched the back of his neck, looking away for a moment, trying to seem cool. 

“Is he not… um bi too?” He asked gently, not wanting to sound… pushy or anything. 

“He doesn’t really say, he’s got his girlfriend but we’ve um… we’ve done stuff, sort of. He doesn’t label himself as anything. A good time maybe.” Steve said with a laugh. Bucky nearly choked on his own spit at that but held back. Blinking away the sudden images of hulking, bubbly Thor and sweet, strong Steve together, big rough hands and huge hard- Bucky bit the inside of his mouth and shook that thought away. 

“You’ve slept together?” The brunette finally asked, looking at Steve, gauging whether or not he was kidding. 

“We’ve slept with people together.” Steve said nonchalantly, looking to the side to try and hide the pink rising to his cheeks. Bucky was dumbfounded, staring at Steve, waiting for an explanation. 

“Like a threesome?!” Bucky whisper yelled, smile spreading on his face. He’d never been able to talk to someone so freely before. Except Natasha, of course, but never someone who he hardly ever talked to. He never felt like he just clicked with someone like this before. 

“Yeah, we actually really like it. His girlfriend doesn’t mind if he has sex with other people as long as he asks permission first and they talk it out. We don’t usually fuck each other, just kinda get someone in the middle.” Steve explained, face turning a deeper pink. He felt embarrassed, like he was oversharing but the way his date’s face turned pink, it made him feel okay about it. 

In the darkness of the bar, he felt okay if Bucky noticed his blush, he felt okay sharing, he felt okay saying anything. 

“Oh… okay” Bucky said, a breath of amazement in his voice. It was hot. Really hot. Steve smiled and nodded toward the brunette. 

“What about you? Got any friends around?” Steve asked and watched Bucky shake his head a bit before shrugging. 

“I don’t sleep around much. I've got a thing with my best friend. We’ve known each other since… like forever. Not like sex, we don’t have sex. She’s not- she’s a lesbian. I’m just not… I don’t like people.” Bucky struggled to explain. He couldn’t tell Steve he had a friends-with-benefits situation with a lesbian. 

“Except me?” Steve asked with a blinding smile, eyes sparkling in the dim light. 

Bucky just nodded as his face glowed red. Their drinks and food got dropped off by the new bartender. 

Bucky quickly started drinking his blue drink down, hoping the alcohol would calm him down. It didn’t. He felt twitchy in his seat and damp in his underwear, not to mention the speedy thuming of his heart. 

Steve sipped his drink for a moment just looking Bucky over before smiling and leaning back in his seat. 

“I’ve gotta ask about the arm, man. But I know this is just a first date so I’ll put my medical shit on the table too.” Steve said as he ate one of the fries that had come with the grilled cheese sticks he’d ordered. Bucky nodded. Everyone wanted to know about the arm. Or lack there off. 

“That’s fair” Bucky said and got ready to hear about some measly scar or time Steve broke his arm. That’s always what it was, broken bones or stitches. 

“I have a pretty gnarly scar on my chest from having open heart surgery as a kid and I’m immune to being freaked out by anything medical. I basically lived in the hospital till I was ten. Oh and I have a scar on my leg from when I broke it. Not as big of a deal, but still.” Steve explained and Bucky smiled. Broken leg, he knew it was coming. But hearing that the blonde had an ‘ ugly’ scar too was comforting. 

“Mine’s pretty bad.” Bucky warned and gave Steve a serious look. 

“Lay it on me, Buck, I can take it.” Steve said challengingly but gave Bucky a small smile, letting him choose to lighten the mood or not. 

“Alright…” Bucky took a deep breath and nodded.

“When I was a kid me and some kids who I wanted to be friends with were playing in the woods. I didn’t speak English very well yet and I just did what they wanted me to. We were putting pennies on the train tracks and seeing what we could find and they heard the train coming. One of the older boys shoved me down on the tracks and my jacket got caught on a tie. It was a big rusty nail and it went through the cuff and got caught.  They all ran away when the train got to me. I had to make my way back to the road, one the other kids fessed up and there was an ambulance there when I collapsed from blood loss. Cut it clean off, no chance at reattaching it or anything. They had to take it up a little bit more because of the damage but… that’s it. I have a couple prosthetics but I don’t like them, don't wear them. I’m on a waiting list for a mechanical one and sometimes I’m a test subject for the robotics and medical students. It’s not a big deal for me anymore.” Bucky explained and Steve was staring at him. He felt bad sharing his story. It was sad and it made people feel bad for him and it made him feel weird. Like people were only dating him out of pity. 

“Damn.” Steve said and took a drink, shaking his head. 

“Sorry” Bucky said shyly and looked down. He ruined it. Should have just said it was an accident. 

“No like damn your cool I assumed you exercise with your fake because you’re so symmetrical. How do you even get a chest like that with two arms, let alone one.” Steve said and looked at the brunette's chest. He wasn’t lopsided or anything, he was built like a tank. A very well built tank. A very hot, very well built tank with a cute smile and scruff Steve wanted to know how it felt against skin. 

But that could wait till later. Steve decided and took another drink. 

Bucky smiled and they chatted about gym habits. Soon Steve was paying and they were standing outside. 

“You’re a cool guy, Buck” Steve complimented and looked over at his date. Bucky was strong, handsome, smart, and made him really comfortable. Made him happy. 

“Do you… wanna do this again?” Bucky asked, trying not to sound too hopeful. Steve nodded and looked Bucky over one more time, really taking his time. Bucky had had one drink and then just water so he was driving but Steve had… a few. Not enough to be trashed but enough to feel warm and loose. 

“How about next time you pack a picnic and we can eat after practice. You’re usually spot.” Steve offered and climbed into his passenger seat, clicking his seatbelt. 

“Okay” Bucky said and couldn’t help the smile plastered on his face as he drove them to Steve’s apartments. He pulled over and waited for Steve to get out. 

“Come here” Steve said and was leaning over the console, hand on Bucky’s jaw, turning them to face each other. 

“Can’t help it” Steve whispered before pressing a soft closed mouth kiss into Bucky’s soft lips. He hummed and pulled away, getting out only to lean against the window. 

“I like the scruff… and cherry lip balm. I’ll see you next Wednesday.” Steve said with a wink and walked back to his apartment. 

Bucky sat there for a long time staring at the windshield. Steve’s hand was still searing against his jaw, rough and warm, lips still pressing into his own, soft and careful. He was still in the midst of his daze when another car honked at him and he had to pull away from the curb. 

As soon as he was back in his apartment he was pulling his clothes off and rushing to the shower, needing the memory fresh in his head as the hot water started to caress his body and his hands reached down to where he needed them. 

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The picnic went well. Bucky was leaning against the tree with a blanket laid out, backpack full of ice packs and food. He tried to read his book but he couldn’t, he tried to watch the practice but Steve kept looking at him. He ended up just picking at the blanket and hoping Steve would be okay with cold turkey sandwiches and chips. 

Steve had come jogging over after the team had left the field, hair darkened by a shower, wearing a pair of sinfully well worn jeans that fit him just right and a too-tight t-shirt. Bucky felt overdressed in his cargo shorts and zip jacket. 

“There’s this weird dude watching our practices. Think I need to report him?” Steve asked as he plopped down, sitting on his butt, leaning back on his hands. Bucky felt his face heat up and he dragged his backpack to sit between them. 

“I dunno, might just let him. He’s kinda a hottie. The whole dark and broody kind, totally my type.” Steve continued and leaned over to lay his head on Bucky’s shoulder. 

“I made sandwiches and- and I got chips. I don’t know what you like to eat yet.” Bucky said and pulled out the two sandwiches she’d made for Steve and the bag of cheddar and sour cream chips before getting his own sandwich. 

“I’ll take you to my favorite place next time. Really good milkshakes and burgers. Super greasy, I can eat like… half of one. We can share.” Steve said as he dug into the food. Bucky ate quietly. 

It was nice. Steve sitting so close, the fresh air, the nice weather. It wasn’t awkward. It was comfortable. Even when Bucky had to wipe his face and asked Steve to hold his food. 

“I’m sorry about last time. I usually don’t kiss on the first date.” Steve had said when they had both finished and were just sitting. Bucky huffed and rolled his eyes. 

“I’m sure you do much worse.” He joked but Steve’s face turned red and he looked away. 

“You’re not like that, Buck. I just… I felt like I had to. I really like you, I want to do this right.” Steve confessed, locking their fingers together. Bucky smiled and couldn’t help the giggle that broke from his throat. 

“I really like you too, Steve. Feels kinda silly, though. I’m 22 and I feel like I’m in grade school.” Bucky said and Steve chuckled and knocked their temples together lightly. 

“Are you the flustered school girl or am I?” He asked which made them both laugh. It was… a heart fluttering thing that had them both leaning in for another kiss before breaking apart and heading home. 

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Dates kept happening until Bucky was usually lounging under the sunny window in Steve’s apartment in his tank top, relaxed and happy as Steve worked on homework or doodles in his sketchpad. Happy not to have to hide his arm, happy that Steve didn’t mind the scars. 

Or Steve in Bucky’s apartment watching movies or listening to music or taking naps in his underwear because it’s so hot and Bucky had shitty aircon. It was easy. Once Bucky had gotten over the fact Steve looked like porn on legs and was more than comfortable being mostly naked around another guy. 

Then it was easy. 

Steve liked kissing, liked climbing into Bucky’s lap, sitting on the brunette's thick thighs, and making out with him till Bucky was panting and turning away. Liked sitting in Bucky’s lap anyway, liked playing with his long hair or running his knuckles over his scratchy scruff. 

Bucky liked… everything. Liked holding hands and talking and hugs and cuddling on the couch and staring at Steve’s chest because wow… and of course he liked the kissing too. He liked the way Steve started slow and gentle, short little kisses where he’d pull back and look at Bucky with those ocean blue eyes, all glittering and beautiful. Then he’d kiss longer and longer till he’d gotten his hands in Bucky’s hair and their tongues tangled together, sucking and sliding together in a way that made Bucky’s core ache and his eyes water. Pressing their bodies close together, chest to chest, hands wandering. 

He liked that when he’d put his hands out Steve’s arms, just holding not even pushing and laid his forehead against the blonde's shoulder, Steve would just huff and laugh and say it’s alright and they’d just hug for a while. They’d part and share a few more soft kisses before Steve would excuse himself to the bathroom or announce he needed to leave or Bucky would get huffy and say he needed to get going. 

It was nice and comfortable. 

But it wasn’t quite satisfying . 

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It took a long time and some long talks with Natasha and so much more self convincing for Bucky to decide he’d give it up for Steve. That’s he’d show himself off. That he’d see if those rumors were true, if Steve would really fuck anyone . 

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It was a Saturday, Bucky had been having a self care day, he clipped his nails and deep conditioned his hair, he took way too long in his shower washing every inch of himself. He took extra care to trim his body hair, trimming everything carefully from his light dusting of chest hairs down to the hairs on his upper thighs and butt. He called Natasha when she was studying and made sure he got everything and for some reassurance. 

‘ Don’t be a chicken, Barnes. You’re ass looks great by the way.’ and Bucky was texting Steve. 

He went through his apartment cleaning, under the couch to the tops of the cabinets, moving the rugs and mopping the floors, making sure his dirty laundry was hidden away and his bed was neatly made, put a towel under his nightstand, made sure he had condoms and tissues. 

Finally he picked out what he was gonna wear. Steve was coming over to eat take out and watch movies and sleep over. So Bucky picked a pair of his new black boxer briefs that made his ass look nice and a pair of plain grey sweatshorts that Steve had said he liked and a soft grey Star Wars t-shirt. 

He was comfortable, nervous but excited. He trusted Steve. They were boyfriends, they talked about everything. 

Well everything except one thing. The one thing that Bucky felt actually mattered. The one thing that Bucky was terrified to let Steve know. The brunette started to chew on the inside of his mouth, worry getting heavier on his shoulders as he thought of the million ways Steve could leave once he found out, what if Steve freaked out or tried to hurt him or threatened him or what if-

Steve was at the door, knocking in a musical little pattern, take-out in hand. It was the cheesy pasta Bucky liked and box of hot breadsticks and a half gallon jug of the lemonade Bucky always said he liked. Of course. 

“Hey handsome, Get it while it’s still hot.” Steve said as he walked in, pressing a soft kiss to Bucky’s lips as he passed him. The brunette couldn’t help but take a breath and relax. He almost forgot who he was dating. Sweet, kind, perfect Steve. 

Bucky tried to stay calm and act normal. He ate his food, laid his head against Steve’s shoulder, tried to not think about what was hiding in Steve’s worn jeans. He was being very normal about his plan. 

It was all good until they were into their second movie, in the dark of the apartment, and the blonde climbed into Bucky’s lap. Strong body solid and warm against Bucky’s own, hands twirling and twisting in his hair, lips soft and sweet. 

Bucky melted into it, letting his hand go much farther than usual, slipping under Steve’s sweatshirt to feel his back muscles. He let himself sigh into each of the kisses as they got deeper, tongues twisting as Steve’s own rough hands slipped around Bucky’s body, one holding the back of his neck, occasionally squeezing, the other roaming from his soft brunette hair down to grope at Bucky’s arm or down his side. 

“Steve?” Bucky asked after they had to pull up for air. He liked the way Steve looked, all flustered, blonde hair a mess, cheeks rosy, lips kissed red. Even when they turned up in a little smirk. 

“Yeah baby?” Steve replied, hands going to the sides of Bucky’s face, one thumb rubbing across his bottom lip. Bucky swallowed, now or never. 

“Do you- can- I- um…” Bucky tried to say but then Steve was bending down to mouth at his neck, kissing and nibbling at the sensitive skin under his ear. 

“What do you need, Buck?” Steve asked into the thumping pulse in Bucky’s neck. It made the older boy gasp, hands grabbing onto Steve’s sweatshirt, knotting it up in his hands. 

“Do you wanna… do more? Than kissing?” Bucky said as Steve finally pulled away. He held his breath, waiting for an answer. But Steve was smiling, pearly teeth on display. 

“Oh~, Yes I would Mister Barnes, thank you for asking” Steve said and smiled into the next nipping kiss. He got Bucky’s shirt off in a rush, pulling it over Bucky’s head and throwing to the floor with a flick. His hands went right to Bucky’s chest, groping and feeling the heft of his pecs, thumbs rolling over his nipples. 

Bucky was dizzy with it all, the way Steve hadn’t even faltered but instead leaned into it. Steve’s weight was heavier on his lap, pressing down on his crotch, pressing forward just a bit to press the stiff line of Steve’s cock against his belly. He was getting warmer and warmer in his pants with each hum that came from the blonde’s mouth. 

“You’re so pretty, I love a guy with some meat on his bones.” Steve said into the side of Bucky’s jaw, nosing at the scruff there as his hands groped up and down Bucky’s torso. 

Bucky held his breath. This was the part he could enjoy before they left. Or ruined it. Or worse. He tried to memorize the way Steve’s calluses felt, the way he kissed with his whole body, leaning in and moving with each motion. 

“Mm, hold on” Steve said into a tongue filled kiss as he pulled back, peeling his own shirt up and off. Bucky stared at the scar on his chest. Light pink and faded down the center of his chest. Bucky had seen it, touched it before. It was the mark Steve wore with honor, not caring if people asked about it when he didn’t wear a shirt, not caring if it seemed ’ ugly’ .

“Cmon, I’m not doing you on your futon.” Steve said after watching Bucky stare at his scar. He leaned down and kissed the brunette gently and stood up, pulling Bucky up by his hand. 

He went easy, being pulled toward the bed. It was easy to get lost away from his own head when Steve was kissing him, touching chest to chest, closer than ever. 

Bucky didn’t even notice the whines that were leaving his lips as he pulled at Steve’s arms, his waist, his back, trying to bring him closer. 

“You ready Buck? You want it?” Steve asked in a low, careful way. Bucky was lost in the way Steve’s fingers were teasing at the waistband of his sweatpants.  

“I’m so wet” Bucky said before he realized what he said. He froze but Steve just kept mouthing at his neck.

“Hm? What do you want, Buck?” Steve asked again, pulling away so he could actually hear what his partner wanted. Bucky pulled away, stepping back and crossing his arm across his body to grab his opposite shoulder. 

“I’m- fuck- um I dunno how to say this.” Bucky said and looked at the floor, he couldn’t stand trying to look at Steve’s crystal blue eyes at the moment. 

“What is it? You don’t want to? That’s okay, we don’t have to do anything baby.” Steve offered, he hated to pressure into anything. He was fine with not doing anything. If it was with Buck, nothing was enough. He stepped forward just a bit, just standing a breath away from Bucky. 

“I want it. I want it so bad. Want you so bad but um. I’m not… I’m trans.” Bucky finally bit out, eyes darting to the corner, getting ready for something. Whatever Steve was going to do. 

“Does this mean anything for what we’re doing?” Steve asked, looking at Bucky confused. He’d been with a trans girl before, she was pretty fun, but Bucky wasn’t… Buck was special. 

“I don’t have a cock.” Bucky said and looked at Steve with a matching confused look. Steve just cocked his head to the side and reached out to run a hand up and down Bucky’s arm. 

“Okay?… Do I need to use certain words for what you’ve got? It’s not a big deal, Buck.” Steve finally said with a smile and nuzzled at the brunette’s cheek. Bucky took a breath and let it out. This wasn’t what he was used to but it was… so much better. 

“It’s… I have a pussy.” He finally answered, the word sounding like a curse coming from his lips. Steve made a small growling noise as his hands grabbed onto Bucky’s hips, fingers digging into the meat there. 

“Is that what you want me to call it? Your pussy?” Steve asked, fingers snaking under the waistbands of Bucky’s pants and underwear, just enough to tease. Bucky huffed and smiled, letting himself enjoy the feeling again, fear washed away with each filthy word that dripped from Steve’s lips. 

“I call it cunt but that’s cause I hate it. Can’t imagine you calling it that.” Bucky said and ran a hand up and down Steve’s back until it was laying  just above his jeans. 

“Your wet pussy needy for me? You want me in your tight little cunt?” Steve said lowly into Bucky’s ear, fingers sliding down the back of the brunette’s pants, grabbing his ass. 

“Oh fuck” Bucky moaned out as Steve changed the angle to grind together. The blonde nipped and bit at Bucky’s shoulder and collarbones, leaving marks in his wake. 

“You thought I’d care? No fucking way.” Steve growled and grabbed roughly at Bucky’s ass, pulling the sweatpants and underwear down as he did. 

“I did. Everyone cares. I’m too-” Bucky said as Steve pulled away to untie his sweatpants. Steve stared at him in a way that made his heart stop in his chest, eyes full of something… something dark. 

“Don’t even finish that thought. I don’t care what everyone else thinks. I don’t care what you think. I want to show you what I know. ” Steve said and pushed the offending clothing down Bucky’s legs.  

“I’m sorry. I’m just never with people like you Steve.” Bucky said as he kicked away the pants, standing naked. Steve looked him over, eyes still overflowing with that dark lusty hunger. 

“Don’t apologize, let me have what I want” Steve said and slipped down to his knees. He looked at the meal that was ahead of him. Thick powerful thighs, trimmed hair, and a smell that always made his blood rush south. He couldn’t help but run his hands up and down those thighs, following his hands with his lips. He finally pressed a kiss into the soft, trimmed hair between them, pulling back to look up at Bucky. 

The brunette’s breath caught in his chest, hands shaky at his sides. 

“Sit down on the edge” Steve growled and watched Bucky sit down on the bed, legs spreading enough Steve could kiss his way from Bucky's knees to his soft spots. 

Steve was in heaven. He loved this, loved getting his face in a hot wet cunt, loved the smell, the taste, everything. And Bucky’s hiccuping breaths were music to his ears. He wrapped his hands around the brunette’s hips, rubbing up and down his sides for a moment before settling. He was a breath away from what he wanted. 

“Hit me if you needa stop, baby. Fucking gorgeous.” Steve said and felt the way Bucky’s hips stuttered with each word, breath gliding over sensitive skin. 

Bucky was lost, head melting as Steve touched him, accepted him with such ease. He couldn’t help the way his hand grabbed onto blonde hair when a burning hot tongue ran from his soaked hole up to his clit and sucked . 

He couldn’t register the moans coming from his own throat, his hand grabbing tightly, or the fact his leg had been pulled and burning denim was being pressed onto it. He tried to look down, to see, but as soon as he saw Steve’s darkened blue eyes looking back at him, lips pursed around his clit… he couldn’t help the sounds that ripped out of him, his body arching into it before falling back onto the bed. 

“Fuck… There you go Buck, lemme have it.” Steve said and went back at it, one hand joining his mouth. He was careful but his own hands were trembling as he felt the mix of slick and spit covering Bucky’s hole. He pressed two fingers in and Bucky was arching off the bed, moaning and pulling at his hair. 

He was in bliss, he wanted more but could barely take it. He couldn’t help but undo his jeans and rub harder on Bucky’s leg, feeling not ashamed at all with humping his boyfriend’s leg like a dog. He didn’t have enough brain space for shame when Bucky was shaking and trembling, moaning his name. 

Bucky felt like his skin was too tight, like everything was flashing by his eyes, overwhelmed but needing more. He didn’t know what was coming out of his mouth, unable to keep his body still, felt like he was at the cliff’s edge. 

And then he wasn’t. He was screaming out Steve’s name, thighs clamping together around the blonde’s head, grinding and twitching against the torturous face that had brought him there. He couldn’t even function, waves rolling through him till he was floating somewhere in the clouds. 

Steve had a hand on himself as soon as Bucky’s thighs were at his ears. He couldn’t help but moan as his mouth filled with the taste that drove him crazy, he was engulfed by thick warm thighs as his hair was getting yanked on just the right way. It took nothing for him to cum across the floor. 

“Fuck- Steve” Bucky said quietly as Steve was standing up, catching his breath. The blonde smiled and laid down next to his boyfriend. 

“Yeah Buck?” He asked and was soon answered with a huff and a hand reaching for his own. 

“Yeah I liked that too. I can fuck you later, if you want.” Steve offered and kissed Bucky’s knuckles. 

“… later. Didn’t even get you into the bed.” Bucky said blinked up at the ceiling, his brain slowly coming back online. Steve laughed, a laugh that made Bucky laugh too, giggling naked in bed like a weirdo. 

“You wanna get a shower? I have cum on my face and in my underwear and on my neck and hands and probably in my hair.” Steve said and looked down at his body, having left his pants and underwear on the floor. 

“You came?” Bucky asked, turning to look at the blonde’s face. He was starting to feel bad because Steve hadn’t gotten to finish. The blonde smiled and sat up, leaning over Bucky. 

“Kinda hard not to with a buff super hot dude cumming on my face.” Steve said and leaned down to kiss Bucky’s face. 

“You can kiss me” Bucky whispered and Steve smiled into the slow kisses as they both came back from their orgasms. 

“Shower, movie, then a fucking” Steve said and stood up, Bucky nodding and leading them to the bathroom. 

Steve just didn’t think he could even get bored of it. Of Bucky’s throbbing clenching cunt, his snoring, his dry humor, his anything. 

Bucky didn’t think he’d ever find anyone else like Steve. His passion, wit, cleverness, heavy hard cock, his anything. 

EXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRAEXTRA

“Steve never finds boys who can handle us like this. So fucking wonderful, James. So hot, so tight” Thor growled into Bucky’s shoulder where he was holding up the brunette. He couldn’t help the words as they rolled from his tongue, his cock was engulfed by a tight slick ass. He looked at Bucky’s face, seeing his teary eyes and gaping mouth as moans and whines poured from him. 

“He’s perfect, ain’t he? So pretty, our pretty little thing. My best fucking guy, yeah, my best fucking guy” Steve growled into Bucky’s other ear as he carefully fucking into the brunette’s cunt, arms supporting the rest of his weight. He loved the way Bucky’s tears were salty against his lips, his cries of pleasure like music, he loved everything. 

Loved that he got to share. 

“I’m going to cum, can I cum inside, sweetheart?” Thor asked quietly, voice like thunder in Bucky’s melted brain. He was quick to nod, wanting to be filled everywhere, wanting to feel it. He could barely stand it when Thor came, Steve right behind him, cocks twitching, groaning in his ears. He felt himself become full and heavy with hot cum, loving it even if he was sore. 

He only regretted it when he was in the shower having to get rinsed out again because ‘ It’ll give you a bellyache Buck, just hold onto Thor, I’ll be careful baby’ as he was getting water sloshed up in his guts again along with a quick rinse to his sore cunt. He got lots of cuddles, surrounded by warmth and love, even when Thor left he gave Bucky a few sweet kisses and a hug so big Bucky feared for his bones. 

Steve pampered him the rest of the week as thanks, knowing Bucky would be asking for it again in no time. 

[joanofexys]

Can you talk more about Florian and Mara airing out the Ravens dirty laundry? You mentioned it on my RIP Riko meme post and I’ve been curious about it. (Also just talk more about those OCs too if you wanted. Who are they n what’s their deal?)

with TSC now out I've been able to refine them and some of their facts and also more of what they'd spill about the Ravens and their experiences

putting this under the cut for TSC spoilers and also cause it'll probably be a long post

quick rundown of Mara and Florian's characters ig

Florian Laska (he/they):

19 years old

extremely bisexual

an early recruit to the Ravens who graduated high school early with the intent of running away from his mother as soon as possible

started playing for the Ravens at age 16

started as dealer but now plays as a striker

got a severe injury "in a scrimmage" with the Ravens that resulted in the loss of his leg, he continues playing with a prosthetic

fingers are heavily mishapen from being broken so many times and never set

dropped out Edgar Allan University for reasons still unknown (refusal to explain to the press)

wanted to be a nursing student

at the time of TSC is the youngest recruit for the olympic court and plays with fellow former raven Mara Fasil

commitment issues

covered in scars the most noticable being around his wrists, self harm scars, and a bite mark on his neck

learned french from Jean and Mara and bits and pieces of arabic and berber from Mara

told Kevin if his hand didn't get better they could just chop it off and give him a new one like they did with Florian's leg

Mara Fasil (she/her):

23 years old

if I did my math right she would've been a junior at the time Florian started with the Ravens

i don't actually remember if the Ravens have rules against partners being different genders but um if they do then fuck that because Mara was Florian's partner and they're still unhealthily codependent

wanted to major in architecture

she's lost track of how many times her nose has been broken but she's pretty sure it's in the double digits. has been pressured to get surgery to straighten it and refuses to

a raging lesbian who's also a raging asexual

personally i think she should date thea but idk ig i can't have everything

a dealer

still has not adjusted to 24 hour days

graduated in 4 years instead of the expected 5 which was partially motivated by Florian dropping out

ANYWAY these two are major troublemakers especially for their Olympic teammates. Florian is typically much more subdued and grounded than Mara who is more hot tempered and has trouble watching her mouth except for that time that Florian yelled at Tetsuji in front of a bunch of players from a variety of teams (and immediately threw up) (this was post leaving the Ravens)

Mara has a bad habit of just not shutting her mouth around the press now that she's allowed to be in front of them. she will not so subtly imply that most of her injuries are not from innocent practices and games. Has engaged in twitter discourse by dropping memes (specifically dropped one of that grant gustin peace sign meme with riko's name on the grave and "me" written over grant gustin shortly after riko's death)

Florian's exposure of the Ravens is largely from slip ups in front of the press. Pulled a Kevin Day "did you never know I've never been skiing" implying him losing his leg wasn't caused by a really bad scrimmage injury and was a lot more purposeful than that. Refused to meet with the press for 3 months following the incident.

it's almost impossible to catch the two separately. and if they aren't seen together they're always with someone else (usually Emiko or another member of the Olympic team, who did not sign up for this shit rip). Florian specifically has a godawful time not being with someone 24/7 (if he's at an Exy event and can't find any of his team he will purposefully seek out other Ravens, usually Kevin or Jean if he can find them, or Thea if she's there)

It's by the time TSC rolls around/the end of TKM that Florian starts getting pissed off enough to start purposefully dropping hints to the press about the Ravens. When the investigation starts and Tetsuji resigns a lot of his comments become a lot more targeted and it eventually results in Jeremy seeing enough that he contacts Kevin to get Florian's contact info so he can hopefully get some answers (he is only somewhat successful and Florian tells him it's only cause he has such a pretty face)

I don't know how yet but one of them, Florian I think, has some ties to the Moriyama's albeit distant that manage to snag them some level of protection from Ichirou so they don't yk get killed

Florian has visible scarring he does often hint at coming from other Ravens and it being purposeful. Mara has outright stated she was a target of many of her teammates. Mara has also called the Ravens a shit team which Florian then tried to smooth over and failed to do so (couldn't call them a good team without implying they're only that successful cause they play dirty)

Florian's a lot more snarky (and really just an outright cunt) in private and without cameras in his face but if he's being hounded enough it'll come out and he has flipped off more reporters than he'd like to admit

basically they're stupid and stumbling their way through dealing with the press for the first time in their lives and it just happens to coincide with the Ravens having the WORST time

that's where i'm leaving it cause this shit has gotten too long omg though i'd love to talk about Em and Ilya at some point I cannot keep writing an essay on these guys lmao

[hirik0]

Bad Reputation part 2

part 1

Ghost/Soap

2 months later

Ghost just entered Price office after a horrible flight back and the pain meds are just about to sooth his rageing headache to a a level he can ignore it, when it nearly slips out of him. I think Soap is sexuell intrestet in me, fuck he can't say that to Price, not because Price would kick one of them out of the team but because Price would try to set them up, with Gaz help. At least he can threaten Gaz in to keeping his mouth shut. "Get some rest, Simon", Price says after the debrief is done. Unknown to the two Soap is just walking past, in hope to catch Ghost when he walks out the debrief. Soap puts on a big smile like he didn't just walk past Price office a embarrassing number of times to coincidently being here when Ghost finally finished. "Hey LT", he greets Ghost who is nearly running in to him. "Soap, Captain is free", he says making a vague gesture to the papers in Soaps hand. "Aye, good you're back." "Good to see you Soap." Soaps face is lighting up at this sentence his smile getting impossible bigger, his blue eyes shining. And Ghost? Ghost blushes under his mark and if he didn't had eyeblack on Soap would see, because his whole face is turning red. "See you later Soap", Ghost excuses himself before retreading to his room to sleep and think about what he heared from one of Soaps old squads, that was on the same plane back to England as he was. Telling himself the entire way that he don't want to see Soap like this more often, it's a fucking lie. So instead of sleeping like a reasonable person after a exhausting 2 month solo mission he lays on his bed thinking about how to make Soap smile like this again.

Soaps heart is racing and his brain is giving him all the happiness it can produce. Ghost, the legend, the enigma said good to see you to him. The last two months where hard he misted the now familiar presents of Ghost. He's floats on cloud seven in Price office getting a raised eyebrow from the Captain. "I can give you more paperwork if it makes you that happy", Price jokes having the feeling it's infact about Ghost being back but hell non of his buisness, yet. Soap just rolls his eyes, fondly annoyed. "Captain Rogers team will stay on base in 4 months for a period of 2 months, I heard about problems with you and the rest of the squad", Price says making the cloud under Soap disappear. He falls on the hard ground of reality face first. "Aye, there was some eh tension", Soap presses out, he got bullied off the team for being bisexual. "What, was the problem?" Soaps hands are getting sweaty while is stomach gets replaced by a rock. "My sexuality", he stammers out before looking at the floor not wanting to see Price reaction. Price furrows his eye brows in concern, hating he has to press further its clearly not something Soap wants to talk about or share willingly. "Soap?", he ask knowing he just entered a minefield. "They, didn't like that a squad mate likes dick and pussy." Soaps face is burning in embarrassment got he could have said that better. Price is slamming his fist on the table the rage he's feeling on Soaps behalf who looks like a child that gets scoldled by his mother. Soap looks up in fear, not knowing why Price just did what he did. "What did they do Soap? This will not be a accepted behavior to anyone in the 141", Price growls. "Called me slurs, acted like I have the plaque or something got lucky 2 months later I started SAS training", Soap says feeling relieved that Price is so openly protectiv over him. "Embarrassing", Price mutters, taking a note for himself. "What is embarrassing Sir?", Soap asks unsure. "That some small minded people made you feel like you don't belong. I will make sure they will leave you alone, come to me when ever they give you a hard time." "Yes Sir", Soap chockes out his eyes stinging as tears are filling them. He finally has a team leader on his site and Price heart is breaking for Soap when he notices the tears, hes just doing the bare minimum. Sadly Soap never even got this. He will brief Gaz and Ghost closer to the problem arriving.

Ghost mission to make Soap smile with bright eyes at him starts the next morning. We'll the intel gathering part of it, he don't know he is working against a clock. But first he needs to talk with Gaz about something. "Garrick, can we talk?", he ask after Gaz finished his breakfast. Gaz is rising an eyebrow but he nods because his mouth is full of coffee. He follows Ghost to the still empty traings field. "You dont tell a soul about this", Ghost starts and Gaz is nodding along a stern look on his face. Hes also thinking what the fuck Ghost is about to tell him because he has the feeling this is not work related, very uncharacteristically for Ghost. "The night Soap flirted with me, he told me some things on the way to his room", Ghost starts Gaz nodding along suprised and anxious by the direction this is going. "He called me a bonnie and complaint about the mask", Ghost continues Gaz face is dropping in dispelieve. No way this is going in this direction, bloody shit. "Soap called you pretty?", Gaz ask for clarification a big grin apearingon his face supressing a chuckel because fuck they saw ghost face ones for less then 3 minutes and Soap is ready to drop his pants. Ghost just nods a bit iritated. "Soap also told me that this is not the first time he as a crush on a squad mate." Gaz nods slowly putting some puzzel pieces together. "So we didnt saw Soap pick up woman because he wants you", Gaz concludes strange sentence to say. "Thats what I also think. Here is the part i need your help." "My help?", Gaz mouth is hanging open, the legendof the SAS needs help? Frim HIM? "I fuck, I think I also like Soap in this kind of way", Ghost admits with burning cheeks. "You... You have a crush?" Gaz ask in disbelieve he is pinching himself as if hes in a wiered dream. "Dont say it like this", Ghost hisses celarly getting angry. "The Ghost, mister cold heart and even colder soul has a crush. On the dude we think talked hunderets of woman out of their underwear?", Gaz ask for clarification because apearently he is awake and this is really happening. "Yes." Gaz looks over the shoulder the first recruits are aleready aproaching them, for them it just looks like two suprioirs talking to eachother but they probably should end this part of the topic Ghost seems to think the same. "I need to know if I dont make Soap uncomfortable if I test the waters." Gaz just nods as a agreement understanding what Ghost is really asking. Can you be my wingman. The two can hear the recruits already talking whit each other even if they cant make out words. "Thanks Gaz, and no word to Price dont need him up my buisness." "Sure, but my silence will cost." "Of course." They shake hands to seal the deal. Gaz hopes Ghost flirt attempts are not as shitty as his jokes, but maybe that's the trick apearently Soap laughts as his dumb jokes.

Gaz sees Ghost try to flirt with Soap and honestly if he didn't know what Ghost goal is he would thing they just talk about work out. The gigantic smile on Sopas face makes Gaz understand if anyone smiled at him like this he also would do anything to see rhe smile as often as possible. They just chat a bit nothing out if the ordinary, till Ghost his boxing Soaps shoulder before he goes to do what ever the fuck Ghost does. Lumming in a dark corner, making recruits scream in a high voice, paper work, destroying the enemies of the crown. The recruits that woke up a whole barrack as the Ghost steped out of a shadow just wanting to get a tea at 3 am, still makes him chuckel. These poor men just did the graveyard ship and never lived that one down. Gaz looks back at Soap who looks like he's about to explode from happiness, how will this man survive Ghost kissing him. Soap feels like he could fight a grizzly with bare hands, Ghost gave him rare praise and touched him on his own. Gaz gives him a telling look before picking up speed on the treadmill. This isn't even threatening Soaps good mood, just earlier this day Gaz told in very clear words that he has no problem serving with gay men and that we are in 2023. Now he only needs to know if Ghost is fine with it. He don't even want to think about what happens if Ghost is not. He's sure that Ghost would be 100% professional on the clock, but he fears that the fragile private relationship they have will turn to dust.

[flickerfankids]

The kids! Here’s a list of them and their parents by row

Maria Ribeiro - Dashawn and Thiago

Shea Cruz - Alab and Jamila

Irene Vasiliev - Rosalie and Nikolai

Melati Tujang - Indah and Alicia

October Zhao - Liling and Quinn

Wren Briggs - Marley and Eduardo

Owen Liam - Fayola and Adanna

Jamie Soto - Seungho and Mateo

Sylvie Garcia - John and Bailey

Halley Raymond - Albert and Ally

Castor Raymond - Albert and Ally

Naomi Cecil - Ezra and William

Ethan Hayashi - Kiryomi and Melodie

Anika Sharma - Amethyst and Prasiddhi 

Ana Calimeris - Elizabeth and Veronica  

Leo Rahimi - Miguel and Reza

below is a brief description of each character: (to be added)

Maria (She/Her) is a very ambitious and passionate artist. Her chosen media is painting, whether in liquid or spray form. She aspires to paint murals all over her city someday. Maria also has a pet praying mantis she named Rocket. She’s also bisexual.

Shea (He/Him) is more quiet. He’s very by the rules at some points and tries to be polite. He enjoyed doing Scouts and often tries to apply those skills to conversation. Shea also loves to help his mom bake. He has a rat named Strudel (which his parents adopted.) He is asexual but heteroromantic

Irene (She/They) is a very loud and brass person at times. She and Maria’s personalities just amplify each other. The two had been best friends since elementary. They are the kind of person who’d immediately yell at and fight anyone that you say was mean, even with not knowing them. She enjoys dancing. Irene is a demisexual demigirl.

Melati (she/her) is a kind girl with strange interests. She adores the dark and mysterious and writes stories about it. Once you ask her about it, she’ll never stop. Melati hopes to write popular best sellers of her ideas someday. She always is practicing her knowing smile to prepare for that photo. Melati is a lesbian.

October (he/him) is very introverted. He doesn’t really talk to a lot of people but he’s respectful. A lot of people are put off by his very distant attitude but if you warm up to him, you find he’s really caring. He is generally aroace. October enjoys walking around more by hiking and going trapshooting with the school’s team.

Wren (They/Them) is a wildcard. Generally impulsively doing things that are either a threat to themself or to others (like trying to pet a raccoon.) hence the various bandages. They love to do track and took up a hobby of woodworking. They have a cat named Misa and love her so much. Wren is nonbinary and pansexual.

Owen (He/Him) is the calmest out of his friend group between him, Wren, Sylvia, and Jamie, which is sort of like being the tallest dwarf. Usually being the empathetic one to listen and to tell everyone to shut up so Sylvia can speak. Owen enjoys 2000s movies and drafting up designs of all sorts. He’s also a connoisseur of gum. Owen is gay.

Sylvia (She/Her) is very.. non-talkative. She really can. Everyone’s heard her a few times. It’s just that she has moments of not wanting to talk. Her parents had issues growing up and didn’t want her to feel like her wants didn’t matter, so they told her she didn’t ever have to talk if she didn’t want to. Sylvia took this to heart. She spends more time writing poetry and ice skating than talking. Her parents are also friends with Maria and Irene’s parents so sometimes they’ll have her come with. She is bi-curious. (Fun fact: Owen designed her hat)

Jamie (He/Him) is the last member of the friend group. He is fired up most of the time. Jamie has an affinity about baseball. When he’s not playing ball, he’s usually hanging out with the three of them, probably at a restaurant. Probably staring across the table for too long and- Anyway. Jamie is a raging bisexual but has a fem pref.

Halley (She/Her) is sarcastic. Always having to have the last word, she often finds herself fighting with Irene, though they just play it up for entertainment but nobody knows. She and her twin brother are actually new to town so they are trying to settle in. Halley loves astrology partially because it bothers her dad to no end, but she also actually loves learning about astronomy and physics. Halley has a ferret named Dynamite. Halley is unlabeled as of now, so she just tells people she’s straight when they ask.

Castor (He/They) is very much opposite to his sister’s flaming personality. When she’s riling up a crowd, they often just standing by to walk her away and back to class before a teacher gets involved. He loves inventing and experimenting, having a bunch of machinery in his room from his mom’s job. Castor often finds themself a nervous wreck, even more so after realizing he has a crush on their neighbor in the apartment complex he lives in. Castor is bisexual with a masc pref.

Naomi (She/Her) is an upbeat and optimistic ray of sunshine. She enjoys playing her drums and decorating her prosthetic leg with stickers. With one of her parents’ streaming careers helping fund pay for it, she was ecstatic about it. Naomi is part of a band with two other people, Ana and Leo. They’re called Absent July Delta. Naomi is pansexual.

Ethan (He/Him) focuses more about the other people around him than himself. He is often afraid to share his interests, but he’s a huge fan of filmmaking and programming. Ethan is working on a series that he, Melati, and Shea are all in. He’d love to invite Wren to work on it too, he just can’t muster up to ask though. Ethan is demisexual.

Anika (She/He) is a gentle and listening person. She tries his best to help everyone and be there for people. After all, he’s trying to be a therapist in the future. Psychology is one of her biggest interests, alongside dying his hair different colors) Often, he will be sitting in a chair listening to people’s problems while finishing up crocheting. She finds it’s easier to listen while her hands are busy. He is aroace and transfem.

Ana (She/Her) is a “go with the flow” type person. She really finds that anything was meant to happen for a reason. She is the one usually bringing snacks for Leo and Naomi. She’s a guitarist fanatic. Always. Naomi’s family friend even offered to give her lessons. Ana has posters all over her room and was the first one to suggest starting a band. Ana is also Castor and Halley’s cousin, has a border collie named Ruthie, and wears bright green contacts for fun. She is asexual.

Leo (He/Him) finds it interesting to debate people. Doing good is something he’s always an advocate for. Leo cares about the environment and often signs up for roadside cleaning. He also does a lot of performing activities, like singing in the band, which Ana caught him doing once and dragged him into the idea, and doing competitive speech. After a lot of this, he often just curls up on his bed and takes a nap. He is straight as far as he knows.