#sorry i went a little ham

[kinokoshoujoart]

Marrying Carter in Harvest Moon DS Cute! (North American version)

oh… sorry no not the archaeologist, i mean Pastor Carter from Mineral Town!

(or is it Pastor Curdy….?)

teeechnically his descendant, and it causes a game over… but this is the only time we’ve been able to marry him right?

so in the girl version of HMDS, there’s two “secret” Mineral Town bachelors that you can marry by talking to them enough times on the phone. one is Mason, the guy who runs May’s Tailoring… but the second, Pastor Carter, is a bit more obscure…

i couldn’t find them uploaded anywhere so here are his 2nd* thru 10th conversations+his proposal+proposal rejection in english! if you want to see it on youtube instead here you go

*i failed to record the first conversation when it happened, and there’s no way in hell i’m resetting my whole game again (…yet), so…just know the first one was like “oh you want to talk? what should we talk about…….. …… ….. …. i can’t think of anything. well see ya………” extremely riveting stuff

he’s so obscure that i didn’t even realize that he was a bachelor until i found out about the mechanic from this japanese wiki!! (here’s an archive link to the page on him in case the page doesn’t work) all i did was test whether it worked in english since i couldn’t find any english info at all mentioning it. i’m sure others have found him… right……..

in case the links above don’t work, a small guide to holy matrimony below the cut since i can’t find one in english

it works essentially the same as the Mason marriage (so it’s just a game over, sadly…), and the steps are pretty tedious and counterintuitive, so you’re unlikely to just stumble across it… but you too can get a priest to break his vow of celibacy for you or whatever!

you will need:

at least 2,050,000 G

20 cursed tools/accessories

if you really don’t want to dig up 20 cursed things you can substitute 100x “remove a cursed tool/accessory” for blessing a cursed tool…

but, including all the cursed tools and accessories, there’s only 16… which means you will need to go dig up 4 duplicate cursed accessories using this method! yay!!! extremely pointless since you can’t sell blessed accessories until after marriage in DS for girl (at which point you can’t trigger pastor carter’s proposal)

you unlock a conversation with cardi when you spend at least 205,000 G. which means the quickest thing to do is to order removal of a cursed item five times, then bless 2 cursed items.

**be careful when blessing accessories to only equip one at a time!!! if you equip a stack of duplicate accessories, blessing that stack destroys the duplicates!!!! :( so just take 1 out of the stack and equip it!!!**

you also can’t unlock more conversations until you’ve seen the one you unlocked, so like even if you spend a million G you’ll just unlock one conversation, and you’ll need to finish that conversation and then spend 205,000 G to unlock the next one…yeah….

on the tenth conversation he abruptly reveals that he’s fallen in love with you and asks you to marry him! it ends your game, but….! on the bright side, it ends your game!!! you’re finally free from Hell Simulator!!!!

[tasty-littl-snack]

The hat making episode of Weird/or Wonderful World is the best watcher video ever.

No I am not exaggerating.

I think season three of this show is the best one yet, and this episode really shows why.

Let’s start with the fact that watching the trailer for season three, and even maybe seeing the title and tumbnail for this ep I thought “Oh hats? Okay I guess.” And by the time I finished watching this video my view changed entirely. This was the ep of the trailer I thought would be least interesting and I couldn't be more wrong.

This is peak watcher content to me and this post will attempt to explain why.

This episode has everything I love about this series. Going in-depth on something I had no idea about before, and showing the passion of the hat maker they are interviewing. I'm not saying the other episodes are bad, this third season is genuinely the best of this show, but I think this hat episode really shows what's best about this series. It's really two people exploring every last little bit of something wonderful.

Everything is there. You go in knowing nothing about hats and after 30 or so minutes you are entertained and gain appreciation for something that you didn’t think would take this much work.

The best thing about Weird or Wonderful is showing things you would not look twice at. I think the structure of this episode and this being not just a hatmaker but combining Ryan’s and Shane’s passion for movies really makes this episode a gem.

It’s been known before that obviously they don’t shoot this show in order of airing, but in this episode you can really see that they found their footing in what makes this third season unique.

Because if season 1 is them finding hidden gems in LA area, season 2 is more about the community/competition aspect, this one is about them trying out new things. Their enthusiasm is evident in this one, and I think also the topic of hat making which is not something everyday person knows about, only adds to the fun of this episode.

If I had to have one complaint about this season it’s that the episodes are too short (around 20 minutes) compared to other watcher shows but this episode is the longest one, and the craft and machinery used for it gains equal spotlight to Ryan’s and Shane’s enthusiasm. I think one refreshing thing about this episode in particular is that everyone is excited to be there and it shows. The haberdasher/milliner is knowledgeable about hats, and movies and as we know the guys also know a lot about them. (Although the humor in their taking time to guess the hats is also amusing). Perhaps (and that’s my only one complaint) sometimes Shane and Ryan are too much into their bits and cut off the man talking about hats, which I know is something they do often but with hat making being such uncommon thing I’d love to hear the man talk more about it.

But then again if you’re not slightly annoyed by Ryan and Shane's antics sometimes are you really watching their shows?

Another improvement in this episode in particular is the justification of making this show in LA. I think movies are something that is associated with that city, and the introduction to hat making by movies is something that includes the layman into the ep so we can feel parts of it. Most people don’t know anything about hats, but most people watched movies and so combining these two topics makes for this episode to be different than the others. I think that giving the hat maker time to talk about how a hat is made and showing that it’s indeed hard work makes me appreciate every hat I see in movies and real life, more than before.

“I like this episode because this is the venn diagram of our interests colliding” said Ryan in pod watcher some weeks ago, and until I watched this ep I wondered if it would live up to the hype. It does. I think part of it is seeing them genuinely excited about something together. Unlike other watcher shows - where Shane is a skeptic in Ghost Files, or Ryan is a bit annoyed with the Professor in Puppet History - so there’s a vibe of “Why am I putting up with him” that is good for those other shows, but I think here and in Weird/Wonderful in general you can see that they are really friends and excited about something.  Here they both can be amazed by what they are seeing and I think much more than in previous episodes  of this season. They are always trying their best but you can see that woodworking was more of Shane's thing while DJing and horses was something they are equally unknowledgeable about. So I think having the movies as an entry point for the hat making really engages both the hosts and the viewer into this episode and makes you appreciate the whole package.

This episode really shows the stellar editing and sound design. (My two favorite bits are Ryan getting electrified in the beginning and the exaggerated sound of shaking hands to show that the hat maker is strong). But also the intertwining of B-roll where the guys recreate movie scenes/posters really add to it. I will once again shout out Charlie because her editing really gives this show it’s own life, and  character that shows when she’s behind the edit. I really really love it, and I don’t think this show would be as wonderful without her editing.

I hope this is not the last we see of this show because the love everyone has for it really shows. And it made me appreciate the world around me a whole lot more.

TLDR I think this episode is the pinnacle of what this show and other watcher shows can be. I really love it. Best watcher video of the year so far to me.

[skelebagels]

@didderd's tags on this post ;3 oh boy a reason to word doodle

cw: death, violence, cannibalism, general horror-tale awfulness

Scar's home was very obvious in its decay. The underground didn't feel right, smell right, and it was so quiet. A universe of horrors that has been left to rot away for a while. Long enough for the magic to taint and sour, leaving dust - liquid and particulate - to gather slowly from a decomposing monster instead of vanishing the corpse in an instance.

It gave the others more opportunity for survival.

As a result its extremely obvious to those in the vicinity when a monster so full of life suddenly appears. Scar is one of the first to stalk his way to Snaps and investigate the succulent smell of heavy magic.

He's a little surprised when he sees a skeleton monster, but not one he recognizes. Not that he is personally familiar with the local bone boys. His body shivers and jitters from where he hides and stalks from a distance.

He's so hungry. The sharp heat of magic is already filling his mouth and coloring his jaw while his vision narrows on the possible prey. Hungry but its bones and theres something thats distracting him. Hungry but its bones, distraction, hungry, bones.

Bones have marrow...

He claws at the stitches running up the left side of his scalp, pestering the wound thats never fully healed.

He could break the bones and eat the marrow.

He had to duck and fall back some distance when his ears caught a starving snarl and realized it was from himself.

There was... Something smelled heavy of magic.

Scars mind didn't focus anymore, not really. It easily fell into cycles, forgetting the previous until something sparked in him and led to frustration and aggression.

But when it was a hunt...

Bones smelled heavy of magic. Dogs liked bones.

Wait.

He will wait.

His breathing and the jittering of his body eases, his body relaxing into a predatory stalk. The absent thought of 'at least the trap is nice to look at' flutters through his mind and is quickly swept up in the cyclical torrent.

His ear flicks at a distant disruption and he moves soundlessly into place.

Its a nameless dog monster, fur mangy, patchy, matted, and eyes crazed. It pops out of the brush to attack Snaps driven mad by their desperate hunger even if they stood no chance against the skeletal monster.

A chance they don't even get to roll.

The instant they make their move, Scar makes his. Lunging from the brush, landing on their back to then scale twistingly with fangs and claws. There's only a moment of fight between the two until Scar's legs are secure around the desperate dog's neck and a deep ruddy glow of magenta magic ignites in his hand.

The dog monster drops with a dripping rapier piercing through their skull. Scars tail cracking behind him. He doesn't even look at Snaps before he's tearing into the other monster's throat, desperate to insure his kill and also for the fresh warm meat.

[cheusburger]

"One sees clearly only with the heart"

[ryuubff]

spoilers for “solomon takes the train” ur+ card

regardless of this unfamiliar, yet familiar world we’re in, you are the only constant i only ever see.

(keep reading for my “solomon and mc only have eo bc theyre the only humans” rambling)

MORE BRAINWORMS THAT JUST. Upholds my headcanon from yesterday of how youre both the only humans in the devildom at this point (and also in the main game at RAD) BECAUSE OF THE GAWDAMN SOLOMON CARD 😭😭😭

you can find solace in each other as no demon and angel can truly understand a human … than another human !!!

and the fact that solomon feels the same way too despite being an immortal sorcerer whos thousands of years old …. youd think that he wouldnt feel this way since hes been alive for so long but it make sense that he, too, still feels lonely.

also this was just so. 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Im so glad he went back in time just to support us and is willing to stay until we find a way to get back . he even wants to stay there befause we dont live in the house of lamentation so hes able to have mc longer than he would back in the original timeline

anwyay i didnt fully color this fic bc i spent too long trying to figure out how to draw this and i just wanna talk abt knwoign sol and mc find peace and reassurance in eo in Knowing theyre still human and the Only humans is CANON is just fucking me UP i care for them so much……… THANK YOU OM!NB…

[flaaffythedreamer]

Big Brother Caregiver Guzma Stimboard!

I love Guzma so much!! He's one of my favorite pokemon characters!

sources:

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[styxbugg]

“clint eastwood never wore anything like this.”

[skullkxd]

Listen. No, listen, okay. they have done a LOT of fucked up things to food but they have to stress MOST OF IT ACTUALLY TASTES PRETTY GOOD. They’re not out here causing food poisoning every day.

Most of it is ‘outside the box thinking’ with strange ingredients that you’d expect out of an empty pantry (because for so many years that’s what they had to work with, because po town was poor as SHIT for most of their life), but most of it TASTES PRETTY OKAY.

After all, in order to mess with a recipe, you have to master it first

[taikk0]

JUST SAYING ONCE I LEARN TO PRONOUNCE MY T'S PROPERLY ITS OVER FOR YOU BUTTNUGGETS

[loveydoveylex]

VALENTINE!💘

HI MIMI!! i hope your week has been treating you well! thank you for the ask hehehe (≧ ▽ ≦)

valentine — gush about your valentine! ^^

I'M SURE IT'S OBVIOUS WHO MY VALENTINE IS GONNA BE.

OH MY GOSH, I LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING. WHERE DO I EVEN START?!

i'll be real with you, i never quite know what to talk about when gushing, so i'm just going to pour ALL MY RANDOM FEELINGS out like some kind of lovey-dovey soup.

MY BELOVED. MY EVERYTHING. MY SWEETHEART. MY LOVEBUG. HE'S!!! SO!!! PERFECT!!!

call me cringe, call me embarrassing, WHATEVER. i have never experienced the same amount of PURE LOVE AND ADORATION AND INFATUATION AND WHATEVER OTHER WORDS YOU CAN THINK OF towards ANY other character as i have with him. HE UNLOCKED SOMETHING WITHIN ME. HE UNLOCKED NEW EMOTIONS INSIDE MY HEART THAT DO NOT EXIST.

literally, for the past few months, i haven't been able to think of a sINGLE ONE of my other f/os. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS TO OCCUPY MY BRAIN!! SORRY TO MY OTHER LOVES I STILL LOVE YOU BUT RAY STOLE MY HEART SO FAST. HE MAKES ME SO GIDDY AND HE BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY AND I JUST AHHHHHAHSANnhdfmsjjaddHHDSSDAJDSA 💖💕💗💓💌💝💞💖💟💝💞💗 I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A MILLION KISSES. I. LOVE. HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS FREAKING EGGPLANT LOOKIN MAN HAS GOT ME THINKING ABOUT MARRIAGE. THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY HEAD THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN. I WANT TO ?==)????=?)()"(/!!/"(!=)???! I'D SPEND MY LIFE WITH THIS VIDEOGAME MAN IF I COULD?????? I'M GONNA GO CRAZY.

[curseofbreadbear]

i think i've already made it canon to this blog BUT i am once again reiterating:

in all verses but mainline f.naf (where my henry faked his death), c.ircus baby was the one who killed henry.

[the-killer-kit]

It had been a few weeks Brad had seen some weird stuff but this one was extra weird. He's pretty sure the killer is Dwight, and all the Dwights that he met before were super nice. It was clear that this one was... An odd duck.

Nea laughed she seemed to know this killer. " Oh no Brad your his obsession, good luck man." Brad was really confused by what she meant but didn't have a chance to chat about it as the killer was on the group right away.

The trial went horribly he was the only one left.. Trying to find the hatch.. When he heard the killer calling his name.. How did he even know that? @ask-dbd-brad-vickers

⚠ tw: blood, violence ⚠

As was the trend lately, Kit was thriving.

Well. Thriving was a bit of a strange word for it. He was pleasing the Entity, making her feast on the poor souls he'd been given to hunt, but he himself was not faring so well. In fact, one might say he was getting worse.

Chest heaving, he stood up from the corpse of his latest victim; he hadn't had the patience to hook Nea, not when she liked to taunt him so. He'd lost his cool and the moment the Entity had whispered to him, do it, he'd eagerly obliged, stabbing her over and over, ruthlessly and furiously, until she'd finally stopped lurching and spitting up blood and squirming beneath him. No need to waste his time with a merciful death. Not when she mocked him for what he craved.

Three of them were dead. All three that were in the way; Nea, Adam, and Min, all gone. Out of sight, out of mind. Now, it was just him and Brad.

Delightful, handsome, scared little Brad. Kit had to admit, he knew very little about this newcomer to the Fog, but that did nothing to damage his interest in the man. All he needed to know was that he was cute, he was alone, and he was here. Lost and separated from the herd, like a lonely little lamb.

Kit was lonely, too. A lonely wolf, covered in lovely wool that was so drenched in blood that it no longer worked on the herd, that is. What a shame. If they just humored him, just gave him a chance, then they could avoid all of this bloodshed. All of this death. He wouldn't have to feel so delirious with so much blood on his hands, his presence wildly overwhelming from the success of his hunt. "Oh, Brad," he sighed, before he called it out to the trees, a cry piercing the woods and causing the crows to flee as though even they were no longer on his side. "Bra-ad!"

And there he was. Crouched off in the distance, peering around, so helpless and desperate to find his precious hatch - but Kit wouldn't give him the chance. Not when he had an opportunity of his own. He closed the space between them, leaving only a few yards to separate himself from his target.

"Come here, sweetheart," he breathed, his voice trembling with excitement, with delirium. "Come to me. I won't bite," he purred, "not unless I have to." And bite he would. Bite, and tear, and carve him up into little pieces if he dared to run. He was so sick of being run from.

[genericusernamer]

Faker Star

Why is she smiling so much.

[frestoniia]

“ah, fuck it”

Send “ah, fuck it” to shove my muse up against a wall for a surprise kiss || accepting

@sweetlybite

" Did you say someth-- "

Craig barely had time to register the predatory look on Floyd's face before his back was suddenly shoved up against a nearby section of stone wall. It didn't take much force to move him, though the collision still elicited a squeak of surprise-- which would be the last sound to leave Craig's mouth before it was met with Floyd's own.

There was a hand braced on the wall above Craig's shoulder and another gripping his jaw, pulling him close, pushy as ever. Craig supposed it all made sense in retrospect; Floyd had terrible impulse control. Then again, perhaps he wasn't supposing much of anything, not with the eel's tongue in his mouth.

" F- Floyd...! "

The other's name comes out muffled against his lips, heat spreading from his cheeks all the way out to the rounded tips of his ears. It felt like an eternity before Floyd finally relented and pulled away, leaving only a thin strand of saliva between their mouths.

It takes Craig a moment to fully recover, expression blank as he processed the events that just transpired. He can't help but feel weak in the knees after all that.

" What... "

" WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR, YOU WEIRDO!? " he exclaims suddenly, fully alert once he's finished processing. " Do you just shove your tongue down people's throats for fun or something?? Actually, don't answer that-- but still! "

[faraway-archive]

Sleeping n' Fucking

Yan(ish)!Nerd x GN reader

Tw: cnc/dubcon, somnophilia, semi-degrading

AN; didn't proof read/edit and please welcome my nerd OC <3

˚₊‧꒰ა❤︎໒꒱ ‧₊

Your teacher has decided to do a partner project right before the school semester ends. Fortunately for you, you got a partner who you sorta know. You have seen him a couple of times outside of the classroom, but never really talked to him a lot. So you went and sat next to him.

"Hey, your name is Luka right?" "Yeah, that's me. Nice to meet you. Do you want to meet at my house to work on our project together?" "Yeah sure, that works." "Alright. See you then." "See you."

As soon as you finish the conversation, the class has ended and everyone left. Luka slowly followed you from behind. Avoiding your line of sight, he made sure that you made it safely to your next class. Classes went by and you were finally able to meet up with Luka again at the end of the day.

"Hey, hop into my car I'll drive us to my house." "Alright."

Once you arrive at his house, you follow him to his room and sit down on his bed. Looking around at the posters and decorations. While you were looking Luka left to make some snacks and tea. Of course, he added something to make you sleepy and drowsy. He is giggling inside as he anxiously mixes the drink and carefully brings it up back into his room.

"Hey, sorry for taking so long, here is your drink and some snacks." "Oh! Thanks."

You take the drink and slowly sip it. Luka sits next to you and pulls up the project requirements. Both of you threw ideas at each other to see what the project could be about to make sure it fit the criteria. After both of you agree on what to do, you start to feel sleepy and drowsy. Of course, Luka takes notice and his dick starts to harden. The more you fight to stay away the more obvious his bulge is. He carefully guides you to his pillow and watches you fall asleep as he turns his back to you, trying to pretend to work on the project. As he glances back at you after a couple of minutes, you have fully fallen asleep and groans as he watches you. Looking so peaceful and innocent. He feels slightly bad but he's tired of watching guys flirting and or talking to you so that guilt quickly washes away. Carefully taking off your clothes, giving petals of kisses as he removes each piece of clothing. Sighing at the beauty of your body. His dick keeps twitching and he finally undresses himself.

He aligns himself in front of your entrance and rubs his pre-cum all over your hole. Sighing and biting his lip as he slowly enters your hole. Holy shit it feels so good to him as your hole clenches onto his dick. Giving you kisses as he keeps slowly thrusting back and forth. It feels so good seeing how weak you are underneath him. After thrusting slowly he picks up the pace and starts going ham. Groaning as he hears you softly whimpering and moaning as he abuses your poor little hole.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck. You like that huh? Being unable to defend yourself as I take your hole and training it to only love my cock, and only my cock. God, I love seeing you hopeless as I ram my cock into you. Oh, how I love seeing you and admiring you from afar. You have no idea how much I wanted you to myself. How I want you to whimper and moan for me, begging how good my cock is. God, I wish you were awake right now but I can't risk you screaming at me. Not yet at least. You will be with me. You will be mine."

He grabs your waist and slams you into him as he cums into your hole. Panting as he dumps his load into you and slowly pulls it out, watching his cum come out and puts on your undergarment. Taking his cock and carefully puts it into your mouth. Taking your head and slowly rock back and forth as you 'suck' his dick. Once he feels satisfied he cleans himself up and dresses you back to normal. Sighing at your beautiful and wrecked body wishing you were his.

AN; sorry that this ending was shitty </3

[barcaatthemoon]

passenger princess || mackenzie arnold x reader ||

sometimes, you wish that mackenzie would let you drive.

"come on, we're gonna be late!" you shouted at mackenzie. the two of you both had media to do, and mackenzie had taken all morning getting ready. you thought that she looked absolutely stunning, but you didn't want to get yelled at for missing your required media.

"your chariot awaits," mackenzie said as she opened the passenger's side door for you.

"mac, babe, i love you, but i think that i should drive today," you tried to tell her. it was really no use because mackenzie obviously didn't want to listen. she always got like this whenever you suggested driving the two of you somewhere.

you had grown up in the city, and while mackenzie had been there for a good amount of time, she wasn't a local. mackenzie didn't know all of the shortcuts and side roads that would cut your travel time down by a third. and so, the two of you truged into the training facilities about 10 minutes late.

"sorry boss, traffic was horrible." mackenzie was quick to diffuse your coach and the media team's ire towards the two of you. they didn't seem too annoyed with mackenzie, but that same courtesy wasn't extended towards you. mac was their world class goalkeeper, and you were just another midfielder that they had gotten cheap. you had come up with a team that had come up during a relegation swap. whenever they went right back down the next season, you had joined west ham instead.

"we could have gotten here sooner if someone would have let me drive," you said. a few of your teammates started snickering behind you, as did mackenzie. you turned to glare at all of them, but the look that you sent your girlfriend was a bit more hurt.

"don't take it personally babe, but you're just not the driving type. you look too pretty in my passenger's seat." mackenzie was trying to be sweet, but it didn't work. she placed her fingers underneath your chin to tilt it up and kiss you, but you turned your face at the last second. a chorus of 'ooo's rang out from your teammates as you stormed out of the locker room.

the media bit was a little intense after that. mackenzie had only been joking, and her attempt at an apology had been brushed off. she didn't mean to upset you. driving wasn't something that she thought would be such a big deal for the two of you. she just liked doing things for you, and since you were normally very independent, this was one of the few things she had the opportunity to even attempt.

"are you ready to go back home?" mackenzie asked as the two of you made your way towards the parking lot.

"i'm not going home with you tonight," you told her. mackenzie's face fell immediately at the news. you hadn't been back to your apartment in two months, having stayed at mackenzie's. your lease was going to be up soon, and your roommate was in talks with a new transfer about moving in. however, you still had a couple of weeks before that happened.

"no!" mackenzie shouted. you winced at the loudness in such a close proximity. mackenzie's face softened a bit as she grabbed you by the arm and tugged you towards the car. "you don't live there, you live with me. we always go home together, you know this. did what i say really upset you this much?"

"it's not just the passenger princess jokes, mac. it's also not just you. i don't want all the girls and the staff to think that i can't do anything for myself. you don't hear all the jokes and comments. i swear that some of them think i can't do anything for myself." mackenzie's face fell as she saw how genuinely worked up you were getting over this. it went a lot further than she had known, and suddenly, mackenzie felt absolutely terrible that you'd been holding in these feelings for so long by yourself.

"hey, (y/n), look at me." mackenzie grabbed your face and leaned in close enough for you to feel her breath against your cheek. "i am sorry for making you feel bad. i am sorry for letting things get so out of hand. i know that you're independent. hell, you do practically everything for me, and driving you around, it feels like the only thing i can offer to help you out. if you want to drive us back, you can, just please come home with me. i don't want to spend a single night without you if i don't have to."

"mac, baby?"

"yeah?" mackenzie seemed scared, as if you were going to tell her that you still wanted to go back to your own apartment. a night in with mackenzie, even whenever you were mad at her, was better than a night in with your roommate any day.

"take me home," you told her. mackenzie's shoulders sagged down a little with relief. you pressed a quick kiss to her lips and threaded your fingers with hers. the two of you walked through the parking lot together towards mackenzie's car. she got the door for you, absolutely beaming when you kissed her cheek in thanks. "can we stop by tesco's on the way home?"

"of course. i'll take you anywhere you want to go." mackenzie grabbed onto your hand and kissed the back of it. you let out a little giggle and settled back into your seat. there wasn't any tension in the car, which you were beyond grateful for.

mackenzie pushed the cart for you in the store, following as you walked around picking out seemingly random things. some of it was groceries that you had noticed earlier needed to be replenished, but quite a bit of the things you were buying weren't things that you normally bought at all. mackenzie didn't bring it up, assuming that it was for some sort of surprise at home.

"can i get some assistance from my favorite sous chef?" you asked mackenzie. she looked up from the couch to see you standing in the entryway of the kitchen holding an apron that you had bought her as a joke. mackenzie could cook, but she rarely did outside of using the grill every other weekend during the summer months.

"i don't know what you're making," mackenzie told you. you brushed it off and helped her into the apron. you gave very clear directions and within the hour, you had a homemade sauce simmering for a spaghetti night.

"how does it taste?" you watched nervously as mackenzie tasted a bit of the sauce.

"if football doesn't work out, you should open a restaurant," mackenzie told you. you moved to press a kiss to her cheek as thanks, unsurprised when mackenzie turned so your lips landed on hers. her hands grabbed at your waist, squeezing gently as she deepened the kiss. "better yet, i'll keep you on as my personal chef. and i can be your chauffeur if you'd like."

"sounds good to me. now, go set the table, the food is almost ready." you gave mackenzie a gentle shove away from you. mackenzie blew you a kiss as she carried the plates and silverware out to the dining room table. mackenzie sat excitedly at the table when you got out there, right next to the place that she set for you. she spent the whole meal practically just staring at you, often to the point of spilling a bit of her sauce on herself every other bite. it was ridiculous, but another reminder of why it was so easy to love mackenzie sometimes.