#nick said they wouldnt and he was Wrong

[alien-bluez]

Kidads you say 👁️👁️

can I request some grant/terry 🙏

this request has been sitting in my inbox taunting me so i finally do something about it haha. this was also meant to be a valentines day post but i couldn't finish it by then, so here it is now + a silly bonus under the cut ;D

[chstart]

it's the way phoenix isn't as good a person as he might've once liked to believe he was & how, even though he's become better for the people that've become staples of stability in his life, he also has dropped the pretense that he's good enough a person to be above doing things not strictly considered the right thing. it's the way he's self-reflected & come to terms with the fact that yeah there's actually very few proper good people in the world & man, he's just not one of them. he's a decent person, nice, usually, even. he'll be polite to all the right people & try to prove the innocence of innocents & fight against injustice in the courtroom & all that, because he is a decent person. but he's not a good person, at the least not in his own mind, not anymore.

[mangosrar]

call it what you want.

matt sturniolo x fem reader. enemies to lovers!!

WHEW YALL HEY. it’s been a while but i’m super excited to be back. love u ❤️‍🩹

warnings: suggestive. arguing

this will be multiple parts!!!!

pt2

"im not a child anymore! i cant move 2 inches without them being on my ass about something" you exclaimed as you paced up and down the living room.

nick sat on the couch, gawking at you as you ranted. you sighed before stopping and pointing a finger at nick.

"and you know what, they dont do this to my brother, nooo he can fuck all the girls he wants but i mention one guy im not even dating and suddenly im going off the rails" nick just stared at you with a questionable expression on his face.

you knew he wouldnt understand, his parents were so lenient, so the fact you were going on a 20 minute tangent about how strict yours were was completely futile and you may as well be speaking in a different language.

you dropped your hands and whined before stomping over to the couch and plopping down next to nick.

"i mean, how could i win nick? they want me to be happy but i wanna be happy with a hot boyfriend" you said as you turned your head to look at him, he just looked down at you with a sympathetic but mischievous look.

"im worried my advice is going to get you in trouble" he cringed. you pulled your head back and furrowed your eyebrows, encouraging him to continue.

"i mean... you need to rebel y/n, find someone whos completely foreign to them" you stared at him, thinking for a second.

it wasnt like you wanted to, but the fact that their heads would fall off if you found someone who was the complete opposite of your parents and their expectations, brought you a little bit of complete fucking joy.

it was like a lightbulb moment, your eyes widened, and a cheesy grin pulled at your lips as you practically leaped off of the couch and continued your pacing.

"i need someone who is all mean and mysterious, or maybe a guy who drives a motorbike or plays the drums" you rambled looking at nick for approval but being met with a flat expression on his face.

"seriously y/n?" he questioned.

"whatever im just brainstorming" you waved him off.

"whoever he is needs to be nonchalant, he needs to smoke and drink, maybe dabble in partying every now and again, he needs to have tattoos and long hair. i mean be honest, if you came home with a guy like that, i think your mom would drop dead" he explained, letting out a small laugh before leaning forward slightly.

and as if god himself was listening, matthew sturniolo appeared in the doorway, in all of his long haired and tattood glory, sipping on a can of root beer, watching you intently.

both you and nick snapped your head towards him as he stood there with a stoic expression.

"what do you want weirdo?" you asked, raising your eyebrows.

he squinted at you before sticking his hand out besides him in question.

"your in my house y/n. the real question is what do you want" he spat.

truth was you and matt had never gotten along. despite your decade long friendship with his brothers, there was always something about him that you couldnt stand and apparently matt felt the same way towards you, so the two of you started an unspoken hatred for each other one day and it has stood strong ever since.

neither of you were sure why it started, but matt always hated the way you thought you were better than everyone else, how you could never admit when you were in the wrong, or the way your scent stuck to everything so he could always smell you around the house, but mostly he hated the way his cock would jump when you looked up at him with those big doe eyes, even when you were spitting insults at him.

"i want you to stop listening to our conversation and get the fuck out of my face" you bit back, turning to face him and crossing your arms, keeping your hard stare fixed on him.

"please, you love it when i get in your face y/n. and you know what, have a little more compassion, your parents are wonderful people." he scoffed as he took a step towards you, keeping his eyes trained on yours. he was clearly trying to get under your skin, and it was working.

"they dont even like you matt, i wouldnt be so up their ass" you smiled sarcastically. he just laughed before taking another step towards you.

"and i cant stand their bitch of a daughter so were even" he spoke lowly, shooting daggers at you. there was a few seconds of silence where you and matt were just glaring at each other. wordlessly throwing insults and screaming at one another, before nick cleared his throat, causing the bubble around you both to pop.

you and matt turned to look at nick who was standing up from his seat on the couch, with an expression that you couldnt place. you could feel the heat radiating off of matt, in the midst of the bickering you hadnt realized how close he had gotten, you hadnt realized how good he smelt, or how him looking down at you like a disobedient child made you want to drop to your knees there and then.

nick opened his mouth to speak, his eyes jumping from you to his brother, who was stood not even a foot away.

"back to the topic at hand...why dont you date chris?" nick said like it was the most obvious option.

"you cant be serious..." matt trailed off, looking at his brother.

"no way nick, hes like my brother, plus my parents like him" you explained, ignoring matts comment, moving away from him and taking a seat back on the couch, folding your legs up underneath you.

"fake it, be in a fake relationship with him" you werent sure what planet nick was living on, but he was not helping in any way shape or form.

you just rubbed your hands over your face, groaning at the realization this was never going to work. there was a pregnant pause, all 3 of you, thinking completely different things, before matt broke the silence.

"ok so let me get this straight, you wanna piss off your parents, and show them your all grown up, by finding a guy in a biker gang..... as a scare tactic?" he asked, sending questioning looks between you and nick.

"not a biker gang matt" nick replied flatly, shaking his head at him.

"so just someone with tattoos, and long hair?" he spoke, placing his drink down on the coffee table and crossing his arms over his chest.

you shrugged and nodded your head at him. why was he so interested.

"so you just wanna use someone, to make your parents mad?" he furrowed his brows, desperately trying to get this right, but you were sure he was trying to make you feel bad so you didnt go through with it, just so you would stay miserable. or so you thought.

"call it what you want matt, i dont care what you think, this is none of your business" you spat.

you watched matts eyes wander from yours to his brothers who had been suspiciously silent. they were exchanging glances, like they were speaking some sort of wordless language, and it was concerning. usually, matt wouldve threw an insult back at you, but his expression didnt even waiver.

pulling your eyes away from matt, you turned to nick with a confused expression, and studdied his face, watching as his eyes lit up and he grinned, before turning to face you with a look in his eye that you couldnt decipher.

"before you say anything, just hear me out"

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[sturnsbabie]

SHARING IS CARING.-M.STURNIOLO AND C.STURNIOLO

this was requested but i cant find the request.

pairing: bf!matt x gf!reader x chris

summary: in which matt knows a lot more then his girlfriend does. he knows how she wants his brother to ruin her so he shares her with chris for a night.who is he to not help satisfy his girls wants.

warnings:swearing,dom!chris,soft dom!matt,degrading,praising,f!recieving,male masturbation, m!recieving,p in v, creampie.

matt notices things more then his girlfriend realizes he does. he notices all the stares at his brother.the wearing more revealing clothes to catch his attention.always making conversation with him about whatever.

he knows she wants his brother to fuck her. he knows she wants them both to use her at the sametime. he pays attention to her body language and he notices the way her thighs will sometimes subconsciously squeeze together when the three of them are hanging out.

at first it was small peaks at him then it turned into her wearing more tops that exposed her boobs and her always talking to chris the most when they would hang out with chris and nick.

he knew that chris knew too. chris had always found the girl hot. he was jealous when he had found out that his brother got to her first. that was supposed to be him.

chris would often imagine what it would be like to have her to himself in the ways he wanted her. he imagined what it would often be like to be deep inside her as he had her pinned down on the bed.

there had been a time that matt and his girlfriend were fucking and the door was slightly opened because matt did it on purpose.

he wanted chris to hear the way he has her,and chris doesnt have her. it was more of a jealousy thing, matt was jealous that he knew his girl wanted his brother as well.

chris had walked into the kitchen as he heard moans coming from his brothers room. he heard her. the way his brother had the girl in the way he wanted to have her. he was fuming.that should be him making her sound so fucked out all can do is moan in response.

chris forgot even what he came into the kitchen for and instantly just went back to his room with his jaw clenched as he blasted music trying to drown the noises of her moans out. it didnt help though because the sound of her was stuck in his head. she sounded so pretty he wish it were him.

back to present day, chris and matt were currently sitting on the couch as nick and y/n were out shopping. they had a movie playing in the background but they both were too busy playing on their phones til matt spoke.

“you know y/n wants to fuck you right?”matt randomly said.

chris was shocked at the words he just heard come out of his brothers mouth. he had to do a double take.

“what the fuck did you just say?” chris asked making sure he heard what he thought he did.

“i said you know y/n wants to fuck you right?” he said carelessly.

“you’re joking you’re trying to see if i would make a move on her.which i wouldnt. shes all yours bro.”chris laughed

“im not joking, i catch the way she looks at you because she looks at me with those same eyes when she wants it.” matt said.

“you’re not making any sense bro” chris said as he was shocked. he didnt know if he should believe his brother or not. he felt his heart racing as he was trying to figure out if he was actually being serious.

“how? have you not seen the way she looks at you or how she constantly talks to you when she can?” matt says surprisingly calm

“she wants you bro fucking trust me.” matt said looking at his brother.

“and you’re okay with that?” chris asked

“i mean dont get me wrong im jealous as fuck but honestly i think i would be okay with sharing her with you for a night.” matt said as he was replying to his girlfriends text.

“are you sure you’re okay with that?” chris was surprised that his brother just suggested sharing his girlfriend.

“i mean gotta satisfy my girl and give her what she wants.” matt said as he sat his phone down.

i nodded and went back to playing around on my phone as matt spoke up once again.

“shes on her way, she dropped nick at madis so we have the house to ourselves.” matt said

“are we really gonna do this?” chris questioned.

“yeah as long as youre down because i know she will be.” matt said

“yeah im down” chris said as he couldn’t believe what was about to happen.

matts girlfriend finally pulled into the driveway. she grabbed her bag and headed inside.

as the girl got inside she walked to where her boyfriend was which was the couch. she saw him and chris just both look at her.

“hey guys.” she said as she sat next to her boyfriend giving him a quick peck on his lips.

“we need to talk.” matt said as chris looked at her.

“here in front of chris?” i furrowed my eyebrows.

“yeah im sure he wouldnt mind since i see the looks you always give him” matt said as he looked at his brother.

“okay.” i said nervously.

“what would you do if i let chris fuck you in front of me while i watch a bit before joining in?” matt said rubbing my thighs.

“i mean okay.” i said softly not knowing the right words to say.

“you hear that chris she said she wants you.” matt said.

chris smirked as everything matt had said earlier was true. he was about to get his way with the girl.

chris then came over and sat beside me so i now sat in between the two.

“cmon pretty girl lets go get this started yeah?” chris said as he was just inches away from my lips.

i nodded as matt kept rubbing my thighs getting close to my clothed wet aching cunt. i subconsciously squeezed my thighs together as i thought about chris being between them while matt watched.

“use your words,whore.” chris said as i felt vibrations go down to my cunt.

“ready for you.” i said softly.

with that chris smashed his lips onto mine pulling me into a kiss filled with lust and hunger.

“cmon chris carry her to my room.” matt said as he got up.

chris picked me up not breaking the kiss as he carried me into matts room.

he threw me down onto the bed hovering over me and attaching his lips back to mine as i feel his growing boner rub against my clothed core.

matt was sitting in his gaming chair watching everything happen. he was waiting til he could join in.

he couldnt lie he felt jealous watching chris on top of his girlfriend, but he knew that his girlfriend also wanted his brother too. sharing is caring right?

chris started to grind his obviously painful boner against the girls clothed core causing whimpers to leave her mouth as he started to kiss down her neck to her chest.

chris took off her shirt leaving her just in shorts as he took a boob into his mouth sucking on the nipple as he swirled his tounge around her nipple.

as he was doing this he slid her shorts down along with her panties leaving her naked underneath him. he teased her as he placed his hand close to her aching core.

she moaned out. “need to feel you please.” causing chris to smirk against her boob. he then pulled off of her as he looked at her.

“words princess. need to feel what where?” chris said as he slid off his shirt leaving him in his sweats.

“need to feel your mouth on my pussy please chris” the girl begged as matt sat back watching as he felt himself growing a painful errection.

with that chris started to kiss down the girls body making his way to the area she needed him the most.

chris pressed soft kisses on her inner thighs before attacking her clit with his tounge.

the girl let out a loud moan as chris started to eat her out. she ran her hands threw his hair as she bit her lip in pleasure.

matt was watching as he pulled down his sweats making his cock spring out hitting against his stomach. he started to touch himself as he closed his eyes listening to the moans that were coming out of his girlfriends mouth.

“such a fucking whore.” matt groaned out as he was stroking his cock.

the girl let out a loud string of moans as she grinded herself on chris’ tounge as she felt her orgasm growing close.

“cum all over my tounge slut” chris said as she grinded herself down even harder on his tounge gripping his hair as she came all over his tounge.

chris moaned against her as he licked her clean swallowing every drop.

he then hovered back over her kissing her sloppily making her taste herself as she reached her hand down sliding his sweats down as she took his cock into her hand starting to stroke him.

him and matt were about the same size maybe him just a inch bigger than matts but matt was more girthy than him.

chris groaned into her mouth as she kept stroking him as he thrusted into her hand while slipping his tounge into her mouth.

matt kept watching as he was waiting for the perfect time to join in wanting her to be satisfied with fucking chris first.

chris then pulled away from the kiss taking his sweats all the way off as he laid down beside her.

“get on top whore want you to ride me as you face matt.” chris said.

the girl hovered over him to where she was facing matt as she slid down slowly on him.

she started to bounce on him as matt locked eyes with her while he was jerking himself off.

“yeah you like being on my cock while your boyfriend watches dont you?” chris groaned as she kept bouncing her ass on him.

chris slapped her ass as he thrusted up into her a few times before letting her do all the work again.

she gripped onto chris’ thighs as she kept moving herself on him as his cock kept hitting her cervix.

after awhile chris pulled her off of him putting her on all fours as he slammed back into her.

a loud moan came out of her mouth as matt decided he would join in as he got up standing at the edge of the bed where chris had her.

“open wide baby.”matt said as he slapped her face with his dick a few times.

she opened her mouth as he slid his cock into her mouth starting to fuck himself into her mouth as chris was pounding into her from behind.

“such a fucking whore letting your boyfriends brother fuck you.” chris said slapping her ass harshly causing her to moan which sent vibrations through matts cock causing him to throw his head back in pleasure.

matt let out a moan as i felt him twitching inside my mouth as that meant he was getting close.

i felt myself clench around chris as matt released his seed into my mouth as i swallowed everybit.

“such a good girl.” matt groaned as he leaned down kissing me as i felt my orgasm grow closer again for the second time.

i let out a moan as matt pulled away from the kiss.

“go ahead and cum for me princess you been doing so good.” chris groaned as i felt him all the way in my stomach.

he leaned down rubbing my clit as i felt myself clench even harder around him.

“aww i can feel you bulging” he chuckled as i came around him coating his cock with my cum.

he thrusted a few more times before pulling out and cumming on my ass.

him and matt now switched places. matt was behind me as chris was standing at the edge of the bed.

they both entered me at the same time. matt slammed into me as chris started to fuck my throat.

i moaned from pleasure and over stimulation as i was being used by both of them at the sametime.

it felt so good, this is what i wanted.

“youre doing so good taking us both at the same time princess.”matt said which caused me to clench around him as i was deepthroating chris.

“gonna fuck my baby into you, you deserve it”matt moaned out as he gripped my hips pounding into me even deeper.

i cried out as i had tears running down my cheeks from all the pleasure i was feeling.

it hurt so good.

chris was a moaning mess as thrusted into my mouth shooting his seed into my throat.

he pulled out and laid in front of me watching matt fuck me as he played with my hair as i laid on his thighs.

“so pretty.” he mumbled.

i felt my orgasm growing closer and closer for the nth time that night.

“gonna cum” i moaned loudly.

“cum for me babygirl cum all over my cock.” matt said as he pounded into me.

with that i felt myself clench around him as i came around his cock coating him with my cum.

“gonna fuck my baby deep inside of you now” matt moaned as i felt him twitching inside me as he shot his load deep inside to me filling me completely.

matt pulled out as he watched our cum that was mixed together ooze out of me. he carefully took his finger pushing it back in.

matt went into his bathroom grabbing a towel and came back wiping my ass off.

suddenly matts phone rang and he grabbed it off his desk answering it.

“hello?” he said as nick was on the phone with him.

“yeah. be there in ten.” he said.

“you take care of her, i gotta go get nick.” matt said.

he put on his clothes and came over kissing me softly.

“be back in a minute princess” he said as he headed out the door.

chris pulled me into his arms and held me close as he rubbed my back softly.

“want me to get you a hoodie?” he asked and i nodded sleepily.

he got up and walked over to matts closest grabbing me a hoodie and he went thru the drawers and got me a pair of shorts.

he helped me get dressed then he put on his sweats.

“need anything else?” he asked softly

“get me a drink please” i said as i cuddled into matts blanket.

he nodded and went to the kitchen grabbing a drink and came back.

he opened my drink handing it to me. i took a few sips of it and sat it down.

he sat next to me as he grabbed matts tv remotes putting on a random show as i laid close to him falling asleep as i wait for matt to get back.

i was wore out from taking them both at once, it was good but it also made me extremely tired.

once matt got back chris and him spoke while the girl was asleep both agreeing to do this again sometime.

matt cuddled up to his girlfriend as he fell asleep.

sometimes sharing is caring.

TAGLIST: @eupiasworld , @sturniolosloves , @mattslovelygf , @smittensturniolos , @hauntedxchris , @hearts4tatemcrae , @bernardsbendystraws , @jo-777 , @wurlibydominicfike , @meerkatzthings , @jnkvivi

[sturn59]

drinks | m.s

pairing : y/n x matt

warnings: drinking, fighting, alcohol, intoxication, yelling, crying

summery: after getting in a fight with matt y/n decides to go out drinking to drowned out the emotions

Chris- orange

nick- purple

y/n- pink

Matt- blue

(not proof read)

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tears begin to well up in your eyes as you look at matt and quickly look back down at the couch.

"what the fuck is wrong with you y/n" matt screams taking a step closer.

it's not uncommon for matt to yell at people, but never like this, and never at me.

"Matt i'm so sorry, but you don't get to be mad at me for this." you say holding matt's journal on you shaking hands.

"why wouldn't you tell me" you say finally growing the guts to look up at him. the look on matt's face was a mix of anger and regret. you knew he was mad but so were you. he told you that he was doing better, he's supposed to come to you when he's struggling. how could he not tell you?

" you promised matt. i could have helped you, i can help you. but you have to tell me" you reach up to your face to wipe you tear soaked face.

matt rips the journal out of your hands and slams his bedroom door. you just off of the couch and chase after him but when you get outside he is already in the car and beginning to pull out of the driveway.

"matt please" you sob hoping he would pull right back in. but he doesn't.

you walk back inside and collapse onto the living room couch still sobbing. you feel a cold hand on your shoulder which makes you jump. when you look up you see chris who was standing in the kitchen watching you pathetically chase after matt.

"y/n, what happened" chris asked, looking genuine

"i fucked up chris that's what happened. we both fucked up" you say standing up and walking into matt and yours bedroom.

you collapse onto the bed thinking about everything that you could have done differently. you laid there wondering why he didn't feel comfortable enough to tell you that his anxiety was getting worse.

after about 30 minutes of laying on the bed the door opens, you sit up slightly to see if it was matt. but it wasn't, if was just chris bringing you a glass of water and tylonal.

you brush him off with a thank you before leaving the house. you get in the car and start driving. you don't know where your going. but you can't sit in that bedroom waiting for him to come home any longer.

you have never been a drinker, i mean sure you have had a few drinks here and there growing up. but when you passed a bar you couldn't help but feel the need to sit down and have a few.

as you walk in you pick a seat at the edge of the bar far away from everyone and order a shit and a vodka sprite. you hated the taste of alcohol but you didn't seem to mind because you knew that you wouldnt have to deal with my feeling in a short amount of time.

after about two hours of sitting alone repeating the same process, ordering a drink, finishing it as fast as you possibly could, and ordering another one. you got up to leave. when you stood up you immediately fell to my knees realizing that the alcohol that you had been drinking was far to much for my tolerance.

as i walk outside i realize that i have to say to get home, so without even thinking i call matt to ask him for a ride. ring... ring... ring...

"hello! you have reached matt, please leave a message and with will get back to you as soon as possible"

you roll your eyes realizing that he sent me strait to voice mail, you decide that the only way that you can possibly get home without wrecking a car or walking in the freezing cold was to call chris and have him talk to matt for you. so you dial chris's number into your phone but you yet agein get sent strait to voice mail.

you we're down to the last option and that was nick. you called praying that he would answer ring... ring... ri-

"hello?"nick answers

"oh my god! thank you nick" you said trying my hardest to speak clearly.

"y/n, what's wrong? have you been drinking?!" nick asked sounding concerned and disappointed

"yes, in-need you to tell matt that i'm sorry and i know i s-screwed up. but i really- really need a ride home" you said giving up trying not to sound drunk

"one second... MATT" nick yells

"what nick" you could hear matt say on the other side of the phone

"oh my god have you been crying?" nick asks in the other side of the phone causing matt to look concerned.

you feel you heart drop into your stomach hearing those words.

"y/n needs ride home from the bar... she clearly can't drive herself" nick says with a hint of judgement in his voice.

"are you fucking kidding me" matt yells grabbing the phone from nick

"y/n what the fuck were you thinking. where are you"

"down town. please matt i'm sorry i really wanna go home" you say, you can feel the words sluring off of your tongue.

"i'm on my way, give me five minutes. wait outside" matt says

after only three minutes of waiting matt's car pulls up. you quickly jump in, as matt speeds off. nick wasn't wrong, matt had definitely been crying. you touched his face uttering a small im sorry matty under my breath as a lay your head of his lap.

"i know y/n, i am too. i know" matt says stroking your hair.

[maxwell-grant]

🔥 The Shadow in the pulps

Myra Reldon was really, really cool on her debut, and pretty much never again sadly. Like, she was okay on the following ones, but her spark was lost once she became entirely reliant on her gimmick and could not longer show up or match The Shadow to the same extent. She was the greatest beneficiary of Gibson's "introduce this new agent as a potential villain and then reveal later they were a good guy" method but unfortunately she turned out to be a one-trick pony with a very limited trick. I blame this more on Gibson being generally unwilling to/lackluster at writing women than anything, Myra has potential but she's in a rough spot (and not at all because of Margo, but that's a spiel for another time).

I don't think the early years were the absolute definitive best ones. Gibson was still finding his footing big time and the character was still operating on undercooked surroundings and cast. Like yeah, if you think these novels are worthless whenever The Shadow is not on screen, you're probably gonna gravitate more to the ones where he's at his most distant and invincible, but I think that's extremely reductive and also plainly wrong, he's not even at his absolute coolest in those either.

I've thought a lot on how to make the best of it and I have some ideas but frankly, and I could change my mind in the future but for now, if I could excise the Xincas from Kent Allard's character/backstory, I would. It's just, I don't think you can escape the mighty whitey bullshit baked into the concept guys, I like The Shadow having globetrotted extensively and done something important in South America and the ring having all that lore into it and etc but the Xincas are just, they get cut out of adaptations for good reason.

I agree that Shiwan Khan is overused as hell and usually a bad omen but, thing is, I actually do like him, I do think he had some really good things going for him, and I actually do think he had a lot of legit reasons for being The Shadow's arch-nemesis. That said, I do get that the character is toxic and, even if I argue the particulars of it, I do understand there is a degree of inescapable Yellow Peril there that might not really be worth salvaging. Really the biggest reason I even want Khan to work is less about him and more because, well,

The Shadow's villains kinda suck, and he's not particularly conductive towards having a good rogues gallery in the first place, which really wouldn't be an issue (most characters don't have one) if they didn't keep making a comic book superhero out of him. It's partially because, well he's already the villain to end all the villains for a start, hence why the best-regarded pulp villains generally had surface similarities to him. But The Shadow doesn't really invite that kind of deeper Spider-Man/Batman parallelism, he can't have an over-the-top collection of outsized personalities to fight ala Nick Carter/G-8 because he already is the central outsized over-the-top personality here, and he kinda has the Punisher problem (he can't have a bunch of villains running around because he's supposed to actually handle them for good even if he doesn't kill them) but worse, because his supporting cast actually matters, and fixing this villain problem would come at the expense of risking his supporting cast of agents and honestly, that wouldnt be remotely worth doing.

[plant-pluto]

Hey, Neighbor!

Rodrick Heffley x GN! Reader

Kicking Bill out of the band after the talent show caused löded diper to need a new guitarist, luckily Rodrick  just got a new next door neighbor.

Links- Chapter One(rewritten), Chapter Two(rewritten), Chapter Three(rewritten), Chapter Four(rewritten), Chapter Five(rewritten)

Chapter Five

Notes-Rodrick finally finds out you play guitar! Hugging ensues and also like platonic cuddles

Wordcount: 3,450

    It was finally Thursday, a day before you were supposed to sit in on one of Rodrick’s band practices. But unfortunately, as you opened your eyes they felt heavy, limbs feeling like they were made of stone. 

    You tried to get out of bed, you wanted to tell your mom about your condition before she left for work. Draping a blanket over your shoulders, you made your way down the stairs. Your mom turned around due to your loud footsteps. 

    “You’re up early, what’s wrong?” Your mom looked at the blanket around your shoulders. You sniffled, your nose was clogged,” I think I might be sick.” Your mom rolled her eyes,” You better not be lying [Y/N].”

    She walked over to you, feeling your forehead,” You’re burning up! Go get advil from the cabinet, I got to go to work. Oh! Ask that Rodrick kid to drop off your brother. Bye!” The door finally closed. You walked upstairs after taking an advil, Jeremy stopped to look at you in the hallway,” What’s up with you?”

    You rolled your eyes,” I’m sick, Mom said I could stay home, Rodrick can probably give you a ride still.” Jeremy whined,” How come you can stay home but I can’t!” You scoffed,” Cause I’m the one who’s sick dumbass.”

    You pushed past him, not waiting to hear anymore of his complaints. You fell back onto your bed, quickly getting comfortable. Before you slept, you opened your phone. You sent a text to your group chat with Ingrid and Nick, ‘not gonna be in school today i got sick :[‘

    Then you sent a text to Rodrick, ‘i’m sick. so u dont have to give me a ride, can you still drop off my brother tho?’ You fell asleep before you even got a response. 

    -

    Rodrick looked at the texts you sent him, ‘ ya i can still drop your brother off, why wouldnt i???’ He felt unsatisfied with the typed out message and sent another,’ hope you feel better tho’ And with the messages finally sent, he went down the stairs, “GREG HURRY UP LET’S GO! WE’RE LIKE TEN MINUTES LATE!” 

    He was lying of course, but his little brother didn’t need to know that. He laughed as he saw Greg trip, causing him to almost fall down the stairs. Walking out the door, he twirled his keys in his hand.

    He saw [Y/N]’s little brother across the street and gestured for him to get in. The wait was short, Jeremy only having to cross the street.

    SLAM

    Greg slammed the door shut behind him,” Where’s [Y/N]?” Greg asked, noticing that the bright-haired person wasn’t in the van. “They're sick, my mom let them stay home.” Jeremy responded.

    Rodrick pulled out of the driveway, laughing as he heard Greg complain,” What?! Rodrick! We’re not ten minutes late, you made me rush for nothing!” Rodrick laughed and turned up the radio’s volume, hitting another bump as he did. “Sorry Greg! Can’t hear you!” he mocked.

    The music blasted as he sped through the lanes, trying to get to the middle school as fast as possible. They made it surprisingly, “Alright now get out of my van.” Rodrick said jokingly to the two kids who were dazed in the back. Hopefully his driving didn’t make them throw up or something, he would not want to clean that up.

    SLAM

    The door slammed shut once more and Rodrick left the middle school parking lot. His fingers drummed on the steering wheel, mimicking the sounds coming from the radio. He nodded his head along to the music,” Maybe I can stay home today.” He spoke to himself aloud.

    He didn’t know why but he wanted to,” Maybe it’s cause [Y/N]’s staying home.” He rolled his eyes at the thought that had entered his brain. But then he actually took it into consideration. 

    Although he only knew them since Sunday, he realized quickly that they had practically become attached at the hip since then. Everyone around Plainview grew accustomed to seeing the two together. He was glad though, you were a really good friend.

    He smiled, finally making it up in his mind that he was going to stay home today. Slightly hoping you felt well enough for you two to hangout. Rodrick stopped at the store, maybe he could get you some soup or something.

    The Stop & Shop parking lot wasn’t too occupied, there was a regular amount of cars there. He really hoped that he didn’t run into his mom. Not focusing on parking well, he hastily pulled into a parking spot. Twisting his keys and pulling them out, he opened the door, he slightly tripped as he exited.

    He walked into the store, not caring to get a cart or a basket, “ Do I even have my wallet on me?” He pondered as he patted himself down. He pulled it out of his pant’s pocket, holding it in his hand as he walked down to the canned goods aisle.

    -

    You woke up dazed, you were lightheaded and kinda sweaty. The advil you took definitely helped though. You moved your hand around, looking for your phone. Once it was found, you turned it on. You saw various texts sent like two hours ago. A few 'get well!:D’ texts from Ingrid and Nick which made you smile. You also read the text Rodrick sent, glad that your brother got a ride.

    As you were reading Rodrick’s, a little typing bubble popped up. You waited eagerly patiently,’can i come over???’ Another one was sent hastily,’only if u want me to tho, i bought you soup’

    You grin broke out on your face, and you typed a response,’arent u supposed to be in school? but ya come over anyways.’

    You looked out the window to see Rodrick get out of his van, can of soup in hand. You knocked on your window to try and get his attention.

    Clank clank clank

    You saw him jump slightly at the noise, he looked up at you. And you laughed as you waved, he jokingly flipped you off and knocked on your door.

    Instead of going down to meet him, you opened your window,” Rodrick! I’m gonna drop my keys so that you can let yourself in.” You heard a faint,” Okay!” from down below and you got off your bed. Grabbing the keys from your desk, you dropped your keys out of your window.

    Clink

    You saw the top of Rodrick’s head as he bent down to pick your keys up. You laughed and shut your window, coughing lightly. You heard the creak of the door,” MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF RODRICK!” you yelled, straining your voice which caused you to cough again.

    The door closed, and you heard footsteps rushing up the stairs. And in contrast to the heavy footsteps, there were a few light knocks at your door. “ Come in Rodrick.” Your throat was scratchy, “ Maybe I shouldn’t have yelled..” That thought quickly exited your head as Rodrick entered your room.

    You noticed him look around slightly, his eyes traveling to all the posters around your room. And finally, he locked eyes with you. You smiled and patted a space on your bed,” If you mind getting sick you can sit at my desk.” 

    Rodrick shook his head and walked over to you, the bed dipping with his added weight. This caused you to slide closer to him. You were close yet there was the tiniest gap between you. You coughed into your arm,”Oh, right! I can like heat up your soup.” 

    You nodded, you were getting hungry. “Do you want me to go downstairs with you?” Rodrick looked at you,” Are you sure [Y/N]?” You nodded. Rodrick gave you a look,” I mean, if you're up for it?” 

    He got off your bed, and so did you. Blanket draped around your shoulders, you trailed behind him,” My house should have the same layout as yours Rodrick.” He nodded, and headed down the stairs. Soon you made it to the kitchen and sat on a countertop. 

    Rodrick looked at the can, then at you,” Do you have a can opener?” You nodded and pointed to the drawer next to the fridge. He rummaged through the drawer for a second, then he pulled out the dark blue can opener.

    He looked at it for a second, eyebrows furrowing,” Do you know how to use this?” You snorted,” No.” You both stood in silence for a second, you laughed as Rodrick pulled his phone out of his pocket.

    After a quick google search, Rodrick was finally able to get the can open. He showed it off to you proudly and you lightly clapped for him. Can in hand, Rodrick popped open the microwave. You looked at him shocked,” Rodrick!” He turned around to you, confused,”...What?” 

    You gaped at him,” You cannot put that in the microwave bro.” He looked at you sheepishly,” I knew that duh…I was just joking.” You chuckled and shook your head,” Get a pot from that cabinet and put it on the stove.” 

    Rodrick followed your instructions,” Okay now turn on the stove and put the soup in there. Put in a little water too, it’s too salty on its own.” Rodrick nodded,” So do we just wait now.” You laughed,”Yup. Now we just wait.”

    You looked at Rodrick,” Soooo, why didn’t you go to school today?” Rodrick shrugged,” Didn’t feel up to it.” You smirked and teased him,” Is it cause I wasn’t going? Awe Rodrick you’re too sweet.” 

    Your teasing backfired however as Rodrick nodded,” Yeah that was part of the reason.” You looked at him, face heating up,” You cannot be serious, I don’t want you missing school cause of me!” 

    Rodrick shook his head, smirking,” It’s not just cause of you though. I said it was part of the reason.” You smiled,” Was the other part of your reason was you wanting to take care of your best friend.”

    He threw his head back as he laughed,” I wouldn’t say best, but yea sure I wanted to take care of my best friend who I care for so deeply.” You laughed,” Yeah Yeah! Your best friend cares for you too.” 

    Sizzle Sizzle

    Your head whipped to the pot, Rodrick already running over to turn the heat off, mumbling a chorus of,” Shit, shit, shit, shit!” You watched as soup ran down the sides of the pot, you laughed, you couldn’t help it. Rodrick followed soon after he turned the stove off. 

    You finally got off the counter and got two bowls and two spoons. Rodrick watched as you poured an equal amount of soup into each bowl. “We can eat this in my room if you want.” You grabbed the bowl and put your spoon in. 

    “Yeah that sounds good.” Rodrick said as he did the same. Walking up the stairs, your blanket still managed to hang on to your shoulders. Climbing the stairs, your legs started to feel heavy once more. You pushed through and eventually made it to your room door and sat on the floor.

    Rodrick sat across from you, a spoonful of soup already ready to be eaten. You both finished your meal in silence, the warmth making your throat hurt less.

    -

    Rodrick took the time to observe their room as you were both eating. He looked at all the pairs of platforms they owned, then to the various band posters around their room. He noted that he liked a few of the artists from the posters they hung up.

    His gaze wandered to the end of their bed, an instrument case that looked suspiciously like a guitar caught his eye,” Holy shit!” Rodrick spoke suddenly. They looked at him, soup finished,” What?”

    Rodrick looked at [Y/N] then to their guitar,” You play guitar?! What kind?!” Rodrick asked excitedly. They answered,” Yeah I play electric guitar.” Rodrick’s brain was scattered, they just kept getting cooler. “ Remember how you were gonna watch my band practice?”

    They nodded,” Yeah, it’s tomorrow right?” Rodrick nodded with excitement,” Yeah! But what if you played with us instead! I’ve actually been trying to find someone to be lead guitarist.” He watched as they broke into a grin, an expression he’s come to like seeing,” Sure! I’ve been wanting to play in a band!”

    -

    You were so excited! You finally got to play with people instead of by yourself. “God! Rodrick I’m so excited I- Can I hug you right now?” You waited until you saw him nod. You laughed and launched yourself at him. 

    Thud

    You and Rodrick fell to the ground. “Shit Rodrick are you okay?!” You felt his body shake with laughter, and soon you laughed too. Your arms were still around Rodrick, and soon you felt his arms snake around you. 

    You sat up, getting off of Rodrick,” I’m glad we became friends Rodrick.” He nodded,” Yeah me too, I like hanging out with you.” You smiled,” Yeah me too, I can’t wait to play with you tomorrow!”

    You looked at him, him doing the same. You sat in silence for however long it was, the both of you content to just be in each other's presence. Your eyes gleamed as you remembered something,” Wanna watch a movie on my laptop? I’ll let you pick!”

    You noticed Rodrick shake his head slightly after he was done zoning out,” Yeah sure.” You smiled and got onto your bed, you set up your pillows to rest diagonally on your headboard. Finally finding your laptop, you sat on the side closest to the window and patted the spot next to you.

    Rodrick climbed onto your bed, sitting down next to you, but he still left some distance. You handed him the laptop, deciding to look out the window instead. It was still sunny out, everyone else was probably in school. Noticing that Rodrick placed the laptop on your leg, you looked down at it,” What movie did you choose?”

    He looked at you as he answered,” Sonic.” You nodded, your sickness was finally catching up to you, making you tired once more. You tried your best to stay awake and watch the movie. But you couldn’t, and eventually you dozed off.

    -

    Rodrick turned over to look at [Y/N], opening his mouth, ready to make a joke, he quieted. They had fallen asleep. He smiled, and then he yawned. Noticing his fatigue, his eyes grew heavy, and eventually. He found himself falling asleep as well.

    He woke up in a daze, frantically patting around for his phone, he sighed when he finally found it. He checked the time, it was 2:35, school would be out soon. He looked at the laptop that rested on both his and [Y/N]’s legs. The movie was over by now, so instead he looked over to his friend.

    They were resting peacefully. The sun casting a nice light on their [S/C] skin, Rodrick looked them over. They had faint bags under their eyes, however Rodrick couldn’t help but be concerned even though his sleep schedule was beyond fucked. Suddenly, they shifted, body moving suddenly. Startled, Rodrick quickly turned his eyes elsewhere, not wanting to get caught staring if they woke up.

    Instead of waking though, they closed the little gap of space that was left between them. Rodrick didn’t mind of course, touch was a gesture of affection Rodrick liked to receive. He didn’t want anyone knowing that of course.

    But, the new weight that rested on his side was something he greatly appreciated. He leaned into the touch, accepting it, shifting ever-so-slightly so that he was also comfortable. Their head now rested on his chest, with his arm wrapped around them to kind of squeeze them in close.

    He used his free arm to grab his phone, snapping a few dumb pictures of him poking their face and whatnot. If he wasn’t so busy cuddling them, maybe he’d even grab a marker and scribble something on their face. He laughed at the thought, [Y/N] moving along with his chest.

    He sighed, letting his body relax even further into the bed as he began to scroll through social media.

        -

    You woke up blearily, headache gone and feeling a lot better. You inhaled, taking a deep breath to try to wake up more. However, you were met with the smell of old spice, and as you glanced up. You quickly realized you were not laying on a pillow. 

    You felt your face begin to warm, gears shifting in your head,” Oh you're finally up?” Rodrick’s voice made your face heat up even more. “ Yeah, what time is it?” You tried to keep your tone steady, attempting to hide how flustered you were.

    “ Around 2:50ish, sorry if you're uncomfortable with me cuddling you by the way, you kinda just layed on me while you were sleeping.” You were losing your shit in your head,” No it's fine! It’s actually kinda nice. ” 

    You weren’t lying, it was nice, plus you didn’t really mind the affection. “Oh okay! Cool, cool.” You chuckled a little, and you noticed Rodrick became relaxed. You smiled, content and comfortable,” Do you wanna watch another movie?” 

    He shrugged,” I don’t know, whaddya wanna watch?” You thought for a moment,” We could watch Scary Movie.”

    Rodrick nodded,” Yeah that sounds good, which one?” You shrugged,” I don’t know, you pick.”

    You watched as he put on the first movie, laughing at the opening scene. He laughed along, both of you immersed in watching the film. Your mom came home as the movie ended, her hand knocking on your door.

    “ [Y/N], honey can I come in?” You gave her the okay, and your door opened. She looked at you cuddled up with Rodrick and she smirked.

    “ Rodrick, hi, how are you?” You groaned internally, you knew she was going to tease you about this later. Rodrick’s arm left your side,” Oh, hi Ms,[L/N]. I’m good, how are you?”

    She responded, smiling,” Oh I’m great! I’m gonna go make some dinner, you’re welcome to join us!” She closed the door behind her as she left, her footsteps thudding down the stairs.

    A calm silence filled the air as you both began to scroll through social media on your phones. You laughed at some dumb video, and showed Rodrick, who laughed along with you. It was like this for a while, until your mom shouted from downstairs,” DINNERS READY!”

    You sat up, reluctantly putting an end to your cuddle-sesh with Rodrick. Exiting your room with him following behind, you both made your way down the stairs. Entering the kitchen and grabbing yourself bowls, you walked over to the dining room.

    Your mom was already sitting at the table,” I made beef stew, hope you guys like it!” You smiled at her, grabbing yourself a serving and some rice,” Thanks mom!” Rodrick nodded, mumbling a quick thanks as you both began to eat.

    Your mom was the first one to break the silence, “So [Y/N], how are you feeling?” You looked at your mom as you answered and shrugged,” I don’t know…better? I think, Rodrick came by and made soup.”

    Your mom looked between you and him, a smile creeping onto her face,” Did he now?” You nodded, continuing to eat your food. She glanced at the both of you once more, and finished her meal, leaving you two at the table.

    You soon finished after her, waiting until Rodrick was done, you grabbed your bowl and placed it in the sink, following your actions Rodrick did the same. He looked down at his phone,” I should probably head home.” 

    You nodded, and walked him to your door, watching as he slipped his shoes on,” Goodnight Rodrick!” 

    He smiled, and opened the door,” Night [Y/N]! Seeya at practice tomorrow.” You smiled as he closed the door, but as you turned around, your mom was right there.

    “ Sooo, you're awfully close with Rodrick, hm?” You jokingly glared at her,” Mom! It’s not like that, we’re just friends!”

    She laughed,” Sorry! Sorry, you know I’m just teasing, goodnight [Y/N].” You smiled,” Night mom.”

    You went up the stairs, doing your nightly routine, you retreated to the attic. Ready to rest for the night, you shut off your lights. Before you closed the curtains, you saw Rodrick, and he saw you. You smiled and mouthed a quick ‘Good night’. 

    He smiled back and mouthed ‘thank you too’. And with that, you shut your curtains, smile still wide on your face. God you were so excited for band practice tomorrow.

[creativitystrides]

The proposal- Nick and Charlie

~ = Time passing

… = perspective change

Charlie couldn’t believe it.

Finally, after graduating, him and Nick were getting their own place!

Excitedly, he started opening the various boxes and putting them in their place.

Unboxing always takes awhile, but is always satisfying. Then, someone knocked on the door. Charlie opened the door and Tao was awkwardly standing there, fist still raised to the door. “Hey Charlie” Tao waved. “I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping? I dont know if you still need furniture or anything but I was gonna pick up something for Elle. For her birthday.” Charlie thought for a moment. He DID still have shopping to do, and he hadn’t had a lot of time for his friends as of late. “Alright.” He replied. “But only if you help me unpack after.” Tao smiled. “Deal.” he said, and waited patiently while Charlie grabbed his wallet.

~

At the shopping center, they walked for about 20 minutes before Tao found a jewelry store. They ducked inside and observed the sparkly jewelry in the fancy cases. Then, Charlie spotted a ring that it was so perfectly Nick. Just that thought made him blush. They had discussed marriage, but never anything serious. Mostly just in passing and what ifs. The idea was so bold, and so unlike him, it made him smile. He casually pointed out the ring to Tao. Tao laughed and replied with a witty “What, finally gonna make it official?” Charlie laughed. “No” he replied. Just a thought.” A thought that refused to leave his mind. He snuck one last glance at the ring before they ducked out of the store.

~

 It had been 6 months since that interaction, and the ring still lingered in Charlie’s mind. They were closer than ever, and he felt the time was ready. He drove back to the store and purchased the ring, hiding it in one of his hoodies. Having the ring in the same room made the idea feel more real. He realizes that he will one day marry this perfect guy, and he is obsessed. He overthinks and comes up with the perfect proposal, and sets it all up in his head. Casual dinner. When dessert comes, place the ring on top. ‘Will you marry me’ in icing. he smiles. Then realizes its horrible. What if he choked? What if its too public, and he gets rejected in front of everyone? What if they spell his name wrong? No, he can’t do it. So he decided to just carry the ring around with him, just so he’s ready if the opportunity ever presents itself.

 ~

3 months later, Nick and Charlie are staying with Nick’s mom. They decide to do the holdiay shopping for her.  They’re walking through the store, just chatting, and Charlie feels the ring in his pocket. He stops, so Nick stops. All at once, he realizes that he is so in love with this guy, and wants to marry him and be with him forever. So he obviously blurts out ‘We should get married.” 

…

Nick froze. He had thought about this a lot, but had not thought he would be confronted with it at this moment. Nick figured that he must have meant eventually, so he just says “Yeah?” and turns around and gives him a smile. Then he notices that Charlie is playing with his shirt and scratching the back of his head nervously. Shit he thinks, and realises that that was a proposal.

…

 Charlie’s brain was on fire. He couldnt believe he said that. Embarassed he blurts “Oh shit, I think I’m proposing right now” He reached into his pocket and pulls out the ring. “Nick Nelson, you, you are the most special person in my life. Im sorry this wasnt planned, but I cant live another day knowing you are out of my reach. That we arent officially married, and you are out of my grasp. If I  woke up and you werent there, I wouldnt know what to do with myself. So Nick, will you marry me, so we can be in eachothers orbits forever, entirely in reach?” 

 …

 Nick is completely stunned. He hadnt expected all that. He had bought a ring earlier in the summer, and had been planning on proposing when they got back home. His brain was a blank, and he couldnt process any thoughts. So he stood in silence, staring blankly at the love of his life.

 …

 Oh shit I’ve fucked it up! What am I doing proposing to him here?! Charlie Spring, you complete idiot! Of course you would pick the least romantic place in the entire world to ask the love of your life to marry you. As if he would say yes to you in a Tesco! You couldn’t have thought this through more?! Charlie tried to pull his thoughts together, and began to tear up. This was so, so wrong. And then Nick started to tear up and fishes around in his own pocket and pulls out a ring. “Charlie.” He says. “You are the love of my life. I am always in your orbit, in your reach. I want to be yours forever. You are my life, my breath, my thought. You captivate me so much I can barely think around you. So Charlie Spring, will you marry me?”

 …

  They were both sobbing now, in the middle of the produce aisle. People were staring, and some were recording it. They both choked out a tear stricken yes.

Charlie found later that Nick had bought a ring back in the summer too and had wanted to propose but didn’t want to add stress to Charlie’s already full plate with graduation and starting a new job and moving into a new place, so he had decided to wait. He’d been trying to work up the nerve to take Charlie to the beach where they had their first date and propose there, but just wasn’t sure when it would be the right time, and he didn’t want to rush Charlie into anything if he wasn’t ready to be married just yet.  Charlie started blubbering, apologizing for doing all this in a Tesco of all places, and Nick reassures him that it was perfect and beautiful. 

~

The marriage ceremony was beautiful. It was on the beach where they first met, and they invited everyone. Everyone was sobbing by the I do’s, and everyone thought it was perfect. After the ceremony, Nick and Charlie lay under the stars, trying to count them all. And they lived happily ever after. 

The End :')

credit to @heartstopperthoughts for this wonderful idea :)

ty so much :))) love ur work

[sleepii-moth]

okay so someone on my dash is rbing alot of stuff about stray so i kinda wanted to give my opinion on it because i keep thinking about it

(stray spoilers ahead! and also outer wilds spoilers and psychonauts 2 spoilers haha)

first thing: stray is a good game! i played it and thought it was nice but (and dont take this as me wanting to be the one person who doesnt like a popular thing) i felt that the story was kinda lackluster tbh

the overall message is nice in the way it portrays the humans and robots but the mystery part of it was just. not all there.. the 2 kinda main mysteries, the plaugue being what killed everyone, and the robot that follows you around being human were things that, not to be like i called it right away.. but i definitely called it right away. like as soon as i met (i think their name was b12? i played this a while ago) and they started talking about this scientist they knew i said, out loud, immediately "oh i bet you're actually the scientist" and then with the plague thing- it was literally in broad daylight, like i play games by reading everything i see and there was just a button prompt that had b12 read you a sign that said something was closed due to a plaugue and i was like oh ok thats what killed them

and i dunno if i just got mislead by something i read about the game having a big mystery or what but i feel like they definitely leaned alot more on the character writing than the world building, which for me personally if you're gonna do that in a game thats like 8 hours at most im not gonna be that invested in the characters

so! as i do with things i dont like sometimes im gonna analyze and critique what exactly i think went wrong

the mystery parts (imo) were too easy to guess right away, making the story feel alot less engaging because i was no longer asking questions about the world

why? well to start off lets look at 2 games which have really good mysteries that i never guessed: psychonauts 2 and outer wilds (heres where the spoilers for those come in lol)

psychonauts 2 and outer wilds both have multiple big story reveals, like stray, but what they both have a lot of that stray kinda didnt is things meant to make you ask questions

in psychonauts 2 for example you have the mystery of who the mole in the psychonauts is, all over theres clues and hints as well as things that definitely wont make sense until later, things like what the mole did and stuff like that. these are things get you to start asking questions and being suspicious of people who arent the mole, thus making you more engaged

outer wilds has this in a slightly different way- instead of characters usually being the ones to point something out that makes you ask a question, its the environment that does it. for example something i noticed on my playthrough of outer wilds was all of the nomai skeletons you see who look like they just died where they stood, that not only got me asking "what killed the nomai??" but it also gave me a clue because clearly if there was a battle or plaugue of some kind someone wouldnt just die while eating dinner.

on top of this these games also have multiple mysteries and multiple reveals that are purposely harder to guess than others so if you guess one thing there will still be other reveals that surprise you

sure some people can probably guess nick from the mailroom is the mole- but i doubt many people guessed he was gristol, despite there being many hints to it that were just off in the background

you can guess that the nomai were responsible for the sun going supernova but you're gonna have a big surprise coming when you realize they wanted to but failed

stray is a game that i feel like really could've benefitted from doing more of this, especially in the environmental clues aspect because the environments were really good! but b12 was the one making anything you see a clue, something you see on its own often didnt amount to anything

like i know the robots have probably been living in the city for a while but if the humans died from a plague why not leave more clues than just a sign that flat out says it? we've quite literally lived through a plague recently, there are gonna be more leftovers than that

i feel like in a way the game's story relied too heavily on just telling you things instead of letting you, the player, ask your own questions and figure it out

it also could've benefitted from making the mysteries more hidden by leading you in other directions or even hiding more things from you and giving you more little mysteries in between

for me i sort of started to not really care much about the story as the game went on- and as someone who's favorite type of game is story oriented i feel like that is.. telling

the characters were cute but they came and went pretty quickly, i legit didnt even start feeling even slightly attched to b12 until the latter half of the game and i honestly think i felt more attachment to the cat than anyone else sjsbsn

in short i dont think stray is bad! its good! but it just didnt hit hard enough for me yknow? stray is kind of like a movie you'd put on and end up looking at your phone alot, it never really gripped me in the way alot of games i like do

[mattsboldyy]

the night he regretted | brendan brisson

this is the second part to “the night that ruined everything” you can read part I here!!

summary - when he realized he was wrong, it was too late.

words ~ 720

warnings ~ angst, mentions of cheating, fem!reader

authors note ~ it really means a lot to me that this series is doing so well. i haven’t released anything in a while so it makes me happy that other people are enjoying this!! i am more than willing to do a part 3 :) also, huge huge HUGE shoutout to @1-800-iluvhockey for giving me a ton of ideas for this. u mean the world to me already <3 love u all with my whole heart!!

other ~ i listened to void by the neighborhood while writing this:))

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brendan scrolled through twitter, seeing video after video of the incident at that party. “i am such a idiot.” brendan mumbled, laying on the couch. “yeah, you are.” the captain of the umich hockey team, nick blankenburg said, startling brendan. “what am i gonna do, bro.” brendan said, sitting up, rubbing his face with both his hands.

brendan walked up the steps, to thomas’ room, hoping to talk to him and get a few things off his chest. “bords?” brendan said, knocking on his door. “bords come on i know you’re in-“ brendan said, opening the door and finding a empty room with no thomas. brendan rolled his eyes and went down stairs. “hey kj, you know where bords is?” brendan asked kent as he opened the fridge door, grabbing a water bottle out. “he’s out somewhere, i don’t know. he’ll be back later.” kent shrugged.

-

“see ya tomorrow boys! good game tonight.” brendan says, walking out of the locker room and into the hallway where friends, family, and girlfriends were waiting. his eyes scanned for any familiar faces before it landed on one.

“y/n?” brendan mumbled to himself. her eyes met his from the across the room. gosh, he missed her so much. he smiled as he saw her smile but that smile faded away as she leaned into someones arms. “bordeleau?” brendan said. thomas turned around and started walking towards brendan as you started walking the opposite way towards the exit. “hey buddy! good game tonight!” thomas said, smiling at him, patting him on the shoulder. “what were you doing with y/n?” brendan asked, raising his eyebrow. thomas laughed, “alright calm down bris, you know me and y/n are friends. just because you cheated on her and made a dumb decision doesn’t mean i’m going to stop y/n and i’s friendship.” thomas said as he laughed and turned to leave the rink, “see ya bris.” “yeah.” brendan scoffed.

-

nick knocked on brendan’s door, “briss can i come in?” “yeah come on in blanks” “are you okay bren? i saw what happened last night between you, bordy and y/n. i really do think thom would never do something like that to you. i mean honestly thomas was right, they always have been friends. really, i wouldnt be worried about a thing.” brendan sighed, “i dont know nick. what should i do? i regret that night so much. i just want her back.” “go say sorry, buy her flowers. me and kj will even go with you” nick says.

and that’s exactly what brendan did.

-

“hold on audrey, someone’s at my door” you say to your friend on facetime, getting up with the phone still in your hand. you opened your door to find brendan standing there with flowers and your favorite candy. your face went white, your eyes went wide and your jaw dropped. “are you okay y/n/n?” audrey asked through the phone. “y-yeah. i’ll call you back.” you told audrey, hanging up the phone. “what are you doing here brendan.” you ask sternly. “y/n i wanna say sorry for what i did. i wasn’t sober when i started kissing that girl and-“ “brendan. you know we can never get back together. i appreciate everything but you said but that was the night that ruined everything. i think you should go.” you said as you closed the door. brendan started down the dorm building hall as nick and kent followed behind him, getting out of their hiding place. kent scoffed, “that sure was the night that ruined everything.” nick sighed “yeah..”

“and the night he regretted.”

-

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[mm9688x]

One day, Ace creates an elaborate puzzle for Nancy to solve. It ends with a ring and him on one knee. He gets everyone to help him. He even gets Tamura involved. Bess is the only one not involved because he doesnt trust her not to blab. He loves his plantanchor, but she cant keep secrets for her life around Nancy.  One look from Nancy and she spills everything. It doesnt have to be a "tell me" look, all Nancy has to do is look at Bess and she breaks. Tamura is assigned the job of “arresting”/ making sure Nancy doesnt figure out all the clues before a certain time. Ryan is given the easiest and least complex job in the world bc everyone knows he'll find a way to fuck it up.  When Nancy is on the last clue, Bess gets a text w a location and be there asap. When Bess gets to the bluffs, Ace is there. He explains the whole thing to Bess and tells her that her one job is to record/photograph his proposal. At first she’s a little pissed that he didnt trust her, then she thinks about it and is like “yeah, thats fair.” Ace makes sure Team Dads, George, Nick, Tamura (bc he was the one to make sure Nancy didn’t finish everything b4 a certain time), and his parents are there. 

When Nancy finally figures out the final clue, she heads to the bluffs, Tamura in tow. When she gets there, Ace is standing facing the sea w his back to her. Tamura gets out first, opens her door then hands her an envelope then walks away, leaving her alone w Ace. She opens the envelope and inside is a poem.  The poem sounds like the Dead Lucy poem from the pilot. Has the same rhyme scheme and everything, but its Ace's proposal. It makes Nancy cry. When she looks up from the poem, Ace is down on one knee holding a ring, but not just any ring. Its Kate Drew's engagement ring. When Ace asked Carson and Ryan for their permission to marry Nancy (yes he knows she’s an independent woman who doesnt need her fathers permission to marry. he does it bc he respects them and wants to bring them in on his plan), Carson gave him Kate's ring. Said it was a family heirloom and Kate made him promise to give to the lucky man that had Nancy's heart. When Nancy says yes, cheering erupts from behind them. Its Team Dads, Tamura and the rest of the Drew Crew, as well as Capt Thom and Ace's mom. Carson, Ryan, Bess, and Ace's Mom are full on bawling. George and Tamura have tears in their eyes, but they'll claim it was allergies. Nick and Thom also have tears in their eyes. Before everyone can come and congratulate them, Ace pulls out one more thing. Its a chain for a necklace. He tells her Ryan gave him the chain. It was part of a necklace he gave to Lucy when they were dating. When Ace told him he wanted to ask Nancy to marry him and Carson had given Ace the ring, Ryan knew he needed to give Ace something that was Lucy's. He remembered the necklace and mentioned it to Ace after Ace had mentioned he wanted a chain for Nancy to put the ring on so it wouldnt get in the way of her investigating. Ryan kept the pendant to give to Nancy at a later date, but gave the chain to Ace. 

Ace tells her he wanted to make sure both her moms were here for this. Nancy pulls him down for a kiss. After a few seconds, they hear a "I DO NOT NEED TO SEE THIS AGAIN!!" from George. They break apart and are immediately pulled into hugs. Bess calls Maid of Honor. George is like "HELL NO! Nancy owes me this.". Nancy just rolls her eyes and teasingly says "You both are wrong. Nick's my maid of honor".  Ace hears it and tells Bess that as his plantanchor, she is legally obligated to be his best woman.

[happys-crazy-queen22]

Second Family

Gif by me. That brotherly love. 😍

Requested by anon. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the request.

"You two want to get a room or something"? You snicker, watching Nick and Nate play fighting in their livingroom.

"We shared one growing up, so no thanks. Nate, was a messy kid and stunk". Nick laughed.

"You stink, bitch". Nate slapped Nick's face and ran off, giggling as he ran.

Nick rolled his eyes as he came and sat down next to you. "You okay"?

"Yeah". You sigh, laying your head on his shoulder.

"What's wrong? I know there's something wrong. You cant hide anything from me. Now, what's the matter"? He wrapped his arm around your shoulder, holding you close.

"I'm kinda jealous". You mumble.

"What"?

"I'm jealous of yours and Nates brotherly relationship. Like, I dont have that at all with my family. My siblings want nothing to do with me and my mom, well you see how she is. She hates me".

"I'm sorry, babe. I know you have a rough relationship with them but that's no need to be jealous. I may seem all lovey dovey with Nate but most of the time he's an annoying little squirt. I love him but he's a little pest. So you can have him".

"Hey, I heard that". Nate yells from his bedroom.

"I'll take him. He's a sweet kid". You smile.

"But you know if they're not around, you always have us. We're like your second family. Mom, she loves you, Nate does too. I certainly do love you the most though. We're always here if you ever need anything. Don't ever think you're alone in this world cause you're not".

"You always know the right thing to make me fall deeper in love with you, you know that right? Cause I couldnt ask for a better boyfriend, than you Nick Diaz". You leaned your head up and kissed his soft lips. He was indeed the best thing to ever happen to you. He was always there for you when you needed him.

Pulling away from Nick as Nate comes into the livingroom and sits beside you.

"You know, I always wanted another sister. They're nice, compared to brothers". Nate narrowed his eyes at Nick. "They dont beat you up".

You laugh. "Who said I wouldnt beat you up"? You look at Nick and then both of you look at Nate with a smirk.

"Oh, I hate you both". Nate screamed with a laugh as you and Nick jumped on and tickled him. He was a good little brother, who you loved to torture.

[destinyc1020]

I dont think they've broken up. Maybe that anon knows more than me but I saw some speculation on the deuxmoi subreddit because she took jonas out of her name on ig but others refuted it saying she also took chopra out too so she wants to just be know as priyanka. They also said nick just made a tiktok showing a photo of her referring to her as priyanka jonas so idk. I wouldnt be surprised cause they haven't been spotted in awhile but theyre both v busy. We'll have to wait and see i guess but as far as I've seen there's nothing solid to think so

Okay thanks Anon! Maybe this is just "wishful thinking" from some of his fans then lol. If they are still going to things together and he's still posting her and stuff, then I don't think they've broken up. Even if they're having issues (what married couple doesn't??) that doesn't mean they've broken up or are breaking up.

I can see why some fans would speculate if she removed her names from her IG, but it could just be that she wants to be known as a one-name artist/actress. Nothing wrong with that. There have to be a few more consistent signs for me to believe that two people have split up.

[lunar-lair]

ok say hello to my insanely new oc who ive made entirely to be a villain who is still an excellent adult and a decent parent, probably. cares too much abt kids. think reigen mob psycho with a drop or two of milla. worked under Nick From The Mailroom and was actually in on his scheme.

has always been rather cold and brash towards adults, but is more caring towards kids. in my brain he has a brooklyn type accent? rough and tumble, walks around without a tie, yknow? they keep him cause he sorts mail real good, though.

(added a read more because this got INSANELY LONG AKSKSK i spent like an hr on this h)

he was a delugeionist, but only because he kinda just wanted to rip the world apart a little; lysandre vibes, thinks a lot of it is scum and needs to go. thinks the *psychonauts* are scum and need to go. hes psychic but suppressed it, think aquato parents but extra toxic about it, and straight up just saying being psychic is unnatural. wouldnt go to loboto parent lengths tho. so he adopted that thought of 'being psychic is unnatural and wrong', which contributed to a lot of self hate that was never learned out. likely, he realizes hes a shitty person and thinks he needs to go too. so like...yknow hank, dbh? kinda the vibe im gettin right now. way more formal, of course, and while usually gruff, is more polite when its needed; can and *will* beat the shit out of you verbally in a factual way, though, and can talk more street-lingo if hes talkin to real thugs. (probably winged it on his own after failing college or smth, hes got the vibes.)

anyways, its this plot where he slinks off and starts planting mistrust in the psychonauts or something. and inevitably he just...shows up and starts kidnapping people. dismantling things from the inside and all that. he left and formed a group who also hated psychics at some point, likely friends of his parents and friends of friends, all from his hometown. all of them fight *insanely* dirty, and a lot of them are insanely vulgar. the kids are supposed to be kept away.

but theres a line to follow here.

this man is a fold to raz. hates the psychonauts, hates being psychic, adopted his parent's hate of psychics, hates the *world.* raz is young and unburdened and unjaded...mostly. hes not the shock of water some young characters can be when it comes to being the foils of other characters; think steven with a villain or something, right? but raz is sassy and a little jaded, and not total sunshine positivity.

hes a child this man could look down on and not be immediately annoyed by, who is worried by yet respects raz's realization of the world as it is, however little that is.

and yet raz is still his foil. he still mostly loves the psychonauts, despite it all, he loves being psychic, for the most part, he dodged adopting his parents previous values, he still seems to have an even view of the world as a whole.

raz is jaded, if only a little, but he moved past it and accepted that things could still be bright. this man is jaded, but he stayed in his stormclouds, never looked for the sun.

ok where. was i. RIGHT ok so. at the beginning of this...story? the man finds raz being talked down to by one of the office workers; someone with weak psychic powers whos insanely jealous of his prowess. an adult who envies the young prodigy. and theyre giving him some insane task to do, like cleaning all of the closets within the hour, but hes saved the world twice, so he smiles and nods along, because he said he would help around the motherlobe, and this adult is asking him to do something that seems simple enough.

and this guy, internally, goes 'bitch.' for a good long second bc 1. dude even if you envy a kid, kinda fucked to show that?? not their fault 2. WHY are you asking a 10 year old to do that. why is there a 10 year old here. holy shit thats a 10 year old oh my god hes so tiny (no one told him there was a 10 year old because they knew hed stomp right up to management but. regardless. he is going to stomp up to management after this and no one can really stop him. except maybe raz well see)

so yknow. dude fixes his slight slouch and walks forward and politely tells this woman that 1. hes 10 why are you jealous of him and 2. hes 10????????? and shes like shit hes 10. and apologizes. and walks away

and raz is VERY ?? bc she was doing what? why is him being 10 important? and its that young part of you that gets pissed when people try to keep you from doing things because youre young and hes DEFINITELY yet to learn that piling responsibilites that should be handled by adults onto a child is fucked up in its own special way (looking at you ford, *nick*)

and the dude calmly explains because yea. he gets that. and he still sounds gruff and a little peeved but he squats down to razs height and he talks simply and factually, telling him straight on why it isnt right.

and. huh. people dont really do that for raz. except for sasha, sometimes, everyone likes to dodge the truth a lot with him, because hes 10, and sometimes, hes too nice to tug it out of them.

and this guy, this man that raz is already polishing a trophy for 'good adulting' in the back of his brain with his striking statements about how adults should handle things and kids should-kids should...get to have fun. not be traumatized.

for the shock on his face when raz said hed already saved the world a couple times, whats some closets. he reigned it in, said that its weird he saved the world, because thats usually their jobs.

and this guy offers his hand on instict before he stands up, even though he doesnt seem very sweet and kind like the adults that usually offer raz a hand. and he takes it, i think. he takes it.

warm. warm, a little nice.

reminds raz of his dad, maybe. he wonders if this man has any kids himself, but keeps his mouth shut, because he thinks he already has the answer, and its yes.

(he doesnt have any. he would wish he did, but he knows hed fail to raise them right.)

and when he stands, he asks raz what he was asking that woman for, and he says hes doing tasks around the motherlobe because his papers are still coming in. the man doesnt ask. (he knows what 'papers' means, realizes this is the tiny junior psychonaut every room in the damn place has been buzzing about, and he has fucking words for forsythe.) he just offers for the kid to sort mail under his supervision.

and that sounds boring. at least, it usually would.

this man is interesting, and a good...person? a good adult? hes...hes new. hes new, and calm, and a little like sasha but a lot not, and he thinks he trusts him.

so raz grins and says yea, mail sorting sounds nice.

(debatably, raz does not take his hand. hes too jaded when it comes to adults. debatably, he does not feel any warmth from this man who has taught him every adult has been telling him wrong. debatably, im projecting. but thats the whole point of ocs, hm?)

and then holes crop up in motherlobe systems. people are kidnapped.

raz keeps seeing the strange man, keeps telling him things, keeps hearing back, gruff and factual and a little annoyed, but raz can almost-just-barely tell its not at him, with the way he talks.

he can tell. he can tell.

he can never tell. this man is making sure he can tell.

raz trusts the man, is still polishing that trophy for 'best adulting' he has settling in the back of his mind.

and then the man comes with a militia.

he did not seem jaded. he did not seem hateful. he never showed any anger or hate towards raz.

but thats because he knows kids dont deserve it.

an excellent moral or two. a rotten, broken heart.

and at first, they keep the kids away, because these people fight dirty, because this isnt their battle, because the man has been sending emails about why 15 year olds are in a secret psychic agency.

(he does not mention raz. by razs second visit, he had just marked the boy down as another reason to hate the psychonauts as a whole, and especially its higher ups.

hes also regretting his alliance to nick by about the third. if he had known the man would puppet a child as if they were a toy, he would have organized his own rebellion ages ago.)

but eventually, the psychonauts need all hands on deck.

they send the children to find the missing agents.

the interns are fought on the way. some of them avoid the child, know the boss would pummel them.

they get to the base, and the strange man, the one with the broken trophy for 'best adult' (still barely-polished, because hes still so sure) still nestled in the back of razs brain, is still there.

the junior psychonauts are spotted. one of the guards throws a few rocks aimlessly.

they surprise them. one almost hits raz.

its intercepted instead.

and the other junior psychonauts watch as this man, their enemy, a villain, in their eyes, reprimands the other man for even accidentally daring, for even trying. for doing something they might have done just a month or so ago, if they had decided he was too much weirder than they already had.

and he yells something like, "Why the hell is he even here?! This is an enemy base, of whats a rebellion! This is a *10 year old*! What kind of adult sends a child *near* something like that?!" and he truly sounds angry this time, raz finds. hes too angry to keep it in. he still sounds gruff and oddly proper. raz is standing there, arms hanging. hes baffled in a specific way, the way he was every time the man's brow furrowed when he mentioned a harrowing story, the way he was the first day they met.

and he asks, a little quiet, a little small, a reminder of how young he really is, "Why are you still trying to keep me safe? We're supposed to be enemies now."

And his brow furrows further before flattening out, and he tilts onto one leg, and he swears he almost kneels to a knee.

He cant believe it. He really cant.

"You're 10." he says simply, softly, that factual way. "You shouldn't even be here."

and raz pauses. the interns freeze.

"...well, here I am."

and i think...it would be so intriguing if this was done halfway out of the mind, because this man is so against anything psychic. it would be so *compelling.*

so raz steps forward and asks again, asks why hes doing this.

and the mans eyes harden, he tries to turn off that soft heart, trying to remind himself of all that he hates. because he hates the psychonauts, because he sort of hates the world.

and raz asks why he could ever hate the psychonauts, head tilted, before listing off the few he knows to be true. but other than that, how? and ok, the world sucks a little, yea, hes seen that, gets that.

and he appreciates that this kid isnt totally gung ho about existence.

but he hates that he isnt, too.

and its this back and forth. everything the man hates, why he hates it. raz saying why its good but admitting why its bad.

and hes swayed, just a little.

but the man stands up from the kneel hed inevitably instinctively put himself into, and walks forward, hand held out yet again.

"You shouldn't be in the Psychonauts," he tells him, soft, factual, brow furrowed. "Come with me. I'll bring you back to your parents, or wherever it is you want to go."

raz contemplates. thinks, for a long moment.

he grabs the mans hand, warm and firm, yet again, for a terrifying moment.

before he reaches up to slap a mental door on his forehead, and astral projects into it.

he thinks this man is good. thinks hes just jaded.

thinks hes the best adult hes ever met, one who just happens to hate a lot of things.

hes only 10.

hes not letting someone who can tell him so clearly whats wrong and right for adults to tell him go that easily.

aaaand yknow. raz does his razzy thing. learns about why the guy hates the world and the psychonauts and himself. helps him learn that its not all bad, that he was excellent to raz, and still is, that things can be bad and good all at once.

the man concedes that raz is very capable, very smart, and can do a lot. but that doesnt mean he should have to.

raz tells him, though, that he likes working for the psychonauts. its his dream. and he realizes some things he was told to do were kinda screwed up, now. that maybe, in honesty, he was dealt a bad hand.

but hes done what he can with that hand, and he ended up with a royal flush.

and uh! yknow!! then raz leaves his mind and he calls off the rebellion! its like a rhombus of ruin type adventure, except without the villain being present beforehand. its just not clustered in insanely close with a ton of other wild shit.

anyways this got really long? sorry?? its an oc i just saw good adult and slight father vibe potential in the vibe i instantly got on him and then i went feral???? rip maybe someone will read this and if you did. congrats i honestly really liked how the whole foil and good-yet-bad and consideration of raz being 10 thing worked out. this oc is almost like our representative in the psychonauts world the way reigen is for the audience in mp100. yea :) i match them up a lot but thats just cause they vibe a lot. anyways its 1:40 am now and i spent abt an hour on this hope it vibed mildly byeeee

[moonlit-imagines]

Headcanons for dating Natasha Romanoff

Natasha Romanoff x reader

warnings: knife/gun/violence/death mentions

a/n: ILY EM

prompt: @the-radio-star: “wait ok can i request headcanons for dating natasha romanoff?! I saw you were looking for more natasha requests :D”

you were a SHIELD agent and clint’s partner sent to take nat down

you were desperate to finish this mission but thank goodness clint was there to stop you

“y/n, we’ve gotta give her a chance. she deserves it”

“clint, we have a mission to complete”

he apprehended her, disobeying the shoot-to-kill order, which you were upset about at first

but natasha didn’t seem as heartless as they said she was

“i can tell you want me dead. it’s okay, lots of people do”

“just following orders”

“so was i”

clint and you were assigned to her by nick fury himself, helping “the black widow” out of the rogue assassin role and into a domestic assasin <3

you began to warm up go natasha, though, which surprised you a lot

clint ended up taking off to be with his family for a while, so it was just you and her

nat and you learned a lot about each other (as a trust exercise)

“well, uh, have you had any pets, ms. romanoff?”

“i have not had any pets. but there was a rat living underneath my bed when i was younger”

“oh”

time actually slipped right past the two of you, as you ended up talking all night

“what time is it?”

“um...oh, it’s four a.m.”

“really? we’ve been talking all this time?”

as time went on, she began flirting less and less subtly

you weren’t opposed to it

it was obvious to clint

you and nat got sent on your first mission together to prove she was loyal to SHIELD and she ended up taking a bullet for you

you thought she was going to die, you couldn’t stop freaking out

but she was amused by your concern

“are you like this with all the agents or just me?”

kissing her just to get her to stop making fun of you

“i’m gonna say you only do this with me? i sure hope so”

fury knew this shit was gonna happen, actually he was planning on it

“you two make a great team, no doubt will you be an amazing couple”

the agents have been shipping yall since the beginning

you were already close with clint’s family, but now natasha was getting the chance to meet them!

“daddy, who’s that girl with the red hair?”

“that’s y/n’s girlfriend, lila! her name is natasha”

“aunt natasha!”

more missions with natasha because you do great together

unspoken movements that flow together so well

when she’s away on her own, she calls you (or messages you) every night to tell you about her day and how stupid her target is

easy peasy

the avengers initiative was activated and you were apart of it, along with nat

so now you guys were a mf power couple

nat was totally soft on you compared to everyone else dhshshha

they were stunned

“loveeee youuuuu, y/nnnnn”

the hand holding mhm yes

tony poking fun at your relationship

“say that again and i’ll cut your eyes out, stark”

“nat, please, no. knife away”

thor thinks your relationship is adorable

and he’s so genuine about it!!

“you two fight your battles together! such a strong bond that cannot be broken! i wish the two of you nothing but happiness!”

nat is a cuddler i swear

if she’s not cuddling you she has to cuddle a pillow so she hates being away from you

making jokes about “engagement firearms”

“be serious, nat, if i proposed to you with a pistol would you still say yes?”

“y/n, if you handed me an old shoe and asked me to marry you i’d probably still say yes”

constantly looking out for each other

she likes to lay on your lap

“i thought you were the black widow, not the black cat”

getting her some of her favorite food :)

nat loves wendy’s

you make jokes abt how she should be wendy for halloween dhahahhah

ahhhh she loves you so much its so cute

especially bc of the minor ways she shows affection, you know its for real

like she’ll walk up behind you and wrap her arms around your waist and put her chin on your shoulder and hum

you love hearingher tell you she loves you in russian

its the sweetest thing

she grabs your hand and puts it on her head so that you’ll play with her hair

because SERIOUSLY SHE LOOOOOVES PHYSICAL AFFECTION SHE NEEDS IT

you make her feel all tingly inside!!

“babe you’re the best thing that’s ever happen to me”

she’s a spy and you know she has to play another “character” but when she was on the run from HYDRA she kissed steve and he STILL cant look you in the eye because he feels bad no matter how many times you tell him that it’s not a big deal and literally they were trying to throw off bad guys its FINE

“im sorry, y/n”

“steve you’ve never done a thing wrong its OKAY”

you know she’s capable of taking care of hereee but you are always so terrified whenever nat’s in the slightest bit of trouble

you’re prepared to die for/with her

“think it’ll be okay”

“as long as im next to you”

going on the run with her after all the bad blood between tony and steve

it was like a very long and stressful vacation

but there was something undeniably romantic about sharing a shitty hotel with a loved one

“want to order some pizza and watch friends?”

“of course”

she loves adding an element of domesticity to her life

but it always feels weird to her

fighting thanos together what terrifying, you wouldnt gave anything tonsee that she was safe after this

thankfully both of you lived

“nat, are you okay?!”

“yeah, im okay. dont worry”

spending the next 5 years together at the avengers compound and just keeping each other afloat through it all

“can you give me a kiss before i start crying again”

“i’ll give you as many as you want”

helping her distract herself through it all

“i dont know what i did to deserve you, y/n”

when there was some hope, you guys took a leap of faith to save the other half of the population

“see you in a minute”

“you can count on it, love you”

(i dont wanna go any further i might cry shahhaha)

taglist: @alwaysananglophile // @rorybutnotgilmore // @locke-writes // @sweetheartliz07 // @queen-destenie // @natasha-danvers // @allthecreativeonesaretaken // @frostedgiant // @emygirl // @lotsoffandomrecs // @johnmurphyisbisexual //

[emsvegetables]

oi:> so i like LOVE the hogwarts prompt so i was wondering👉👈 if i could request some hcs ab a friendship between an hufflepuff s/o ( oOp that’s me) and a slytherin kuroo, but like ahem she feels something more 👀 tysm in advance

“oi:> so i like LOVE the hogwarts prompt so i was wondering👉👈 if i could request some hcs ab a friendship between an hufflepuff s/o ( oOp that’s me) and a slytherin kuroo, but like ahem she feels something more 👀 tysm in advance”

Wieifififio YESSSS YESSS YESSS OFC!!!!!!!

Kuroo:

* i’ve said it before and i shall say it again.

* KUROO’S a slytherin!!!!!!!!!!

* slytherin Kuroo!!!

* WEEEEEE

* n e ways

* Kuroo’s really friendly, even if he’s in the scary house, Slytherin.

* and you’re so sweet and bubbly, so ofc you’re friends with him!!!!!!

* he’ll always come up to you during breakfast to nick a piece of your toast.

* you’ll laugh, and tell him to go to HIS table to get his OWN toast, and he’ll smirk at you and flick your forehead.

* ):(

* he’s always eating your food when there’s the exact thing waiting for him at his table.

* Kuroo’s a SMARTASS at potions.

* tbh professor Snape has never hated someone so strongly before LOLOLOL

* bc Kuroo’s smart, cocky, and everything that reminds him of jam—

* ANYWAY

* you kinda suck at potions.

* and guess who’s your potion partner?

* ding ding ding

* KUROO TETSUROU

* (he actually wasn’t but he asked to switch with the dude beside you and could the dude actually refuse when the captain of the slytherin team asked him something?)

* SKSJDJDKD

* Kuroo WILL help you during potions, but he’ll always do it with a smirk, and say shit like,” aw, my little hufflepuff needs my help? cute.”

* SJDJDJDKDJ

* you occasionally support him during his games!!! except when he’s battling hufflepuff bc that’s your house!!!!

* and when he sees you in the stands, he abandons warmups and flies up to you with this cocky smirk on his face.

* “oh! my sweet (Y/N) came to support me!!”

* Eirifififfkieowowohddioenfjeu

* he always refers to you as “my” something.

* and ngl, you actually want to be his.

* WHO WOULDNT ??? I WOULD hes insanely hot and i’m in love with him ?????

* but you keep your feelings lowkey bc you know he probably won’t like you bc there’s so much other prettier girls in your year!

* but one day, you’re trying to make the correct potion when he leans over and rests his head on your shoulders.

* “what are you doing, tetsu?” you say.

* he just grins and looks at you.

* “what?” you say.

* “do you know what potion this is?” he’s asking you what that smirk of his.

* “no, what is it?”

* “hmm.” there’s that smirk again, and he winks at you before turning back to his cauldron.

* “tetsu??????”

* okay he helps you with the potion in the end LMAOOOO

* but u get a little pissy when u can’t smell anything from the potion.

* “hey, tetsu?”

* “yeah?”

* “why did you wear so much cologne today???? i cant smell anything from the potion!!!!!”

* “is that so???”

* WIEIFIFIFI THAT SMIRK IS BACK.

* you’re very confused on why you can only smell Kuroo’s cologne!!!!!!!!!

* and then it’s dinner, and you’re with your hufflepuff friends.

* and you’re a little moody bc u still can’t figure out what is up with the smell that afternoon.

* and ofc one of your friends notices.

* and they’re like,” what’s wrong with you?”

* “i couldn’t smell the potion earlier.”

* “(Y/N), that was amortentia.”

* DIDIIDIDEIWIOWOEODFOXKDK????????

* “what?”

* “you know. that potion that would let you smell what you love the most and what attracts you?”

* oh. OH DEAR

* n e ways

* u try your best to avoid Kuroo.

* bc you’re pretty sure you UNKNOWINGLY ADMITTED your feelings for him?????

* and one day you’re walking along the halls when someone pulls you into an alcove.

* you just blink in shock, and startle when you meet dark hazel eyes.

* “TETSU?”

* “why are you avoiding me?”

* ??? DOEOROFIF

* “i’m not, hahahahaha you’re mistaken hahahaha.”

* “is this because you smelt me in the potion?”

* no no no no no no

* “because i smelt you too. that perfume you like to wear? that was the only thing i could smell from the cauldron.”

* oh my god this sounds like some sort of smell fetish i’m so so sorry firififi

* and you look up at Kuroo in shock.

* he just smirks, and tells you,” i’m going to do this now.”

* and he leans in to kiss you.

* WJJEJFJF OKAY THATS IT PEOPLE!!! IRIEKRJFJFJF

HI babe!! i got a little carried away WIDIDIDJ AHAHAHAH I HOPE YOU’RE OKAY WITH THIS