#some bits of

[lovelynim]

Photobombing

Link Click - Xia Fei & Cheng Xiaoshi

A/N: This is for my one and only, dearie Max ( @wertzunge ). I think I lost track of how much I owe him. For missing his birthday, for when he welcomed me back after my hiatus, and for still wasting his time on projects with me... he's done a lot!

So I hope I can make up to some of these things with this little piece, hehe. I remember I also left you hanging last time I opened requests, so let's say I'm also making it up for that, 'kay? ~

Summary: Xia Fei invites Cheng Xiaoshi to participate in a photoshoot along with him.

Word count: 1122 words.

[Also on Ao3]

“Perfect, a little close to- y-yes! That’s it! Hold that pose!”

The photographer's excited instructions echoed through the studio while bright, white flashes lighted up the place over and over. In the center of everyone’s attention, Cheng Xiaoshi and Xia Fei stood back to back, their smiles and poses almost perfectly coordinated. Almost.

It didn’t take a specialist to tell who of the two were the actual professional and who was the guest. Xia Fei had already lost count of how many shots they had to redo because Cheng Xiaoshi blinked, flinched or just did something out of the script.

While those flawed moments wouldn’t exactly be cherished by the present staff and even by Xia Fei himself, they were what made sitting by this photoshoot worth for Lu Guang. Since he didn’t manage to convince Cheng Xiaoshi to not take part in this whole thing, he thought he should just enjoy his “talent display” in modeling.

After another round of camera’s clicks, the photographer took a moment to look at the preview results of each picture, allowing the two on stage a small break. “Boys,” he muttered, “can you stand a little closer to each other?”

“Hm?” Xia Fei tilted his head, looking at the props near them, “how, exactly? Like this?” He suggested as he reached and grabbed Cheng Xiaoshi by his arm, wrapping his arm around the other guy’s shoulder.

The photographer arched an eyebrow, as if studying the possibilities. “Looks too bland, something is missing… Let’s try using the scenario some more, Felix.”

Xia Fei nodded, letting his eyes wander around before having one prop capturing his attention. He waved towards the staff, pointing to one fancy armchair, “can we use that one?”

Of course, no one would deny his suggestions. It took the staff not more than a couple seconds to set it in the middle of those countless spotlights. “This will do”, Xia Fei hummed, leaning into the chair before taking a seat at the armrest. He gave the seat a couple pats, inviting Cheng Xiaoshi over.

“W-woah, it’s so comfortable,” the latter muttered, excited. Xia Fei laughed, already changing his facade back to that charming, model-like smile.

“Don’t get distracted now,” he whispered back, watching through the corner of his eyes as Cheng Xiaoshi tried a couple different poses before the white flashes started to flare up again. “It won’t look good if you end up with your eyes closed in every picture.”

On the other side of the camera, the photographer zoomed back and forth, sometimes closing the frame around just one of them for a solo shoot. “Boys, pay attention over here, please,” he ordered again, trying to stop the two guys’ little banter.

However, while he was focusing on his work, teases went back and forth between the two and, like a snowball rolling down a mountain, it didn’t take long before things escalated and chaos installed itself on set.

In a blink of an eye, the next row of pictures had a sudden change of theme, carrying a story of their own instead of photos styled to the liking of the agency’s client.

In the first, Xia Fei posed with a confident, smug smile as he looked down to Cheng Xiaoshi from the armrest where he was sitting. He was slightly shrugging his shoulders, as if pointing out something obvious, yet oblivious to the latter. Cheng Xiaoshi, meanwhile, had replaced the stiff, staged smile for an annoyed grin, his brows furrowing while he pointed a finger at Xia Fei - as if warning him.

The second picture managed to capture some sudden action and would’ve probably added some blurs to the photos if it wasn’t for the high quality of the lens and the high frame rate. From their previous pose, it changed to one where Cheng Xiaoshi had his arm wrapped around Xia Fei’s body, pulling the model down for the height of the armrest. Xia Fei had a surprised, panicked expression while his feet kicked up and hands reached for whatever they could grab - as some sort of attempt to recover his lost balance or stop the imminent fall.

Then, in the third picture, the duo seemed to shift into another scene. As Xia Fei fell into Cheng Xiaoshi’s lap, the hand that was first wrapped around the model’s body was now latched into his right side. Xia Fei’s once confident, smug smirk had now turned into a panicked, forced smile. As for Cheng Xiaoshi, he was captured by the camera while also moving his other hand towards Xia Fei’s body, reaching to the yet unattended side.

By the fourth picture of that row, it was already obvious and clear as day: Cheng Xiaoshi, moved out of revenge, was tickling Xia Fei. The latter pressed his eyes shut, his hands desperately holding onto Cheng Xiaoshi’s wrists, his legs flailing while he seemed to try to push himself up and out of the other’s hold.

What started as some modeling to, supposedly, promote a new outfit brand had now turned into a playful banter between the two on stage. Four, five, six… the whole camera row seemed to be “bombed” by the shift of scenes and not even the photographer seemed to have a hold of the situation anymore.

“Take that back!” Cheng Xiaoshi groaned, his voice slightly distorted as Xia Fei’s palm pressed against his face, trying to push him away. “I’m the most handsome on camera and you know it!”

Xia Fei shook his head, his free arm now wrapping around his stomach in a vain attempt to shield himself from the angered tickling. “L-lehEHehet gohoho ahahalready!! AHAhah, s-sohohomeone, hehehelp me!”

“Boys, p-please…” The photographer sighed, the camera already lowered since there was no point in wasting more storage space with pictures like that. He felt his heart clenched while watching Xia Fei’s squirming wrinkling up his and Cheng Xiaoshi’s clothes, their play-fighting messing up their hairs and nearly landing a kick at the nearby props. “W-we need to finish this by the evening and-”

“Excuse me,” Lu Guang hummed, gently poking the man’s shoulder, “you are not going to use these pictures, right?”

“H-huh? No, I mean, we could even do it, but you can barely see their outfits at this point,” the man sighed, going back through the sequence of messed up shoots. “We are probably just discarding them.”

“So can I have some of them?” He smiled, having to hold back his reaction when the man nodded to his request and allowed him to save those pictures on his phone. Cheng Xiaoshi definitely didn’t look like a model at that point, Lu Guang thought, but looked cute enough to deserve having his photos preserved somewhere else.

[mctreeleth]

I keep seeing the leather/pleather vs denim jacket poll over and over again with all different sorts of discourse about how there is no plastic-free pleather and like, that's TRUE, there isn't, but honestly I DO think people who don't want to use animal products* also deserve to look cool

and so my suggestion is that y'all google "waxed cotton jacket" or "waxed canvas jacket" plus like, "motorcycle" or whatever style you think is cool, because there's a plastic free leather-look material that is strong and durable and waterproof and doesn't use animal products** AND is plastic free already out there and some of the clothes that you can get made out of it look sick as hell.

*ignoring the fact that most leather is meat by-product that would be going to waste anyway

**except beeswax but if you're going to object to that then honestly there's no helping you

[mushyooms]

he's so real

[unsung-idiot]

some quick drawings of little Soos I made a while ago

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Finally caught up with Apothecary Diaries. I can't believe they gave Maomao a gun.

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[crythartic]

some chara doodles :]

[chloesimaginationthings]

This goes out to poppy playtime pianosaurus enjoyers

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

no guys wait u dont understand she really doesnt care about him at all she swears

[humming-fly]

I love how Gerald was trying to keep Shadow from spoiling anything about the future meanwhile literally everything Shadow says and does around Maria is the biggest death flag ever

[lunathrix]

im a firm believer that little hornet was an absolute menace

[paintedcrows]

*through tears* HER LITTLE POG CHAMP

[eydilily]

gem n joel the strongest duo (family) that you are

and of course. her

[itsnicsalad]

wanted to get this idea out of my head before i move on to other things aye🤙

[diabloku]

king of rizz™ 🥂