#tcts : screams

[thelaurenshippen]

How did you come up with Caleb's power changing for tct? It's not something we encounter in the original series, but holy crap the parallels between Caleb's new ability and Damien and knowing how much baggage and crap that comes with that will never fail to make me nuts. And it's such a cool thing (objectively) that an empath can start to make their power reverse. Where did that idea come from?

(Also did you know that in Caleb's very first episode Dr. Bright asks if he's worried about making someone do something they don't want to do and i literally scream every time i hear that)

GREAT question!

it really came, first and foremost, from knowing that we needed to provide Caleb some internal conflict re: his ability - TCT takes place so many years after the end of TBS, but fundamentally, the Bright universe has to be about struggles with abilities at least to some degree. but with the amount of work that Caleb had put in to understand and control his ability, the conflict couldn't be about that. so what to do? change the way his ability works. we talked about it a bit like a pokemon evolution, and the way that his ability changed was definitely inspired by what we'd done with Damien in the past. in fact, iirc, I think we discussed Caleb going through a similar kind of evolution back after he beat up Damien, but ultimately decided against it at the time.

also, no, I did NOT know that about Caleb's first episode (I know, I know, I wrote it, but I have never revisited the first season really), so clearly it was on my mind since the beginning!

[surroundedbypearls]

Five Lines Tag

Thank you for tagging me @sodaliteskull! You can find their post here.

This is such a fun tag idea I hadn't seen before, I'm excited to get into it!

Rules: Find five lines based on the prompts, then change one prompt at the end for whomever does it next.

Tagging @lady-redshield-writes, @mrbexwrites, @toribookworm22, @sarandipitywrites

Prompts for you will be:

A line said jokingly

A line said by a love interest

A line said on the first or last page

A line said with sarcasm

A line said to an enemy

Prompts I got were as follows:

A line said to an enemy

"Interfering and trying to draw him out early, as you did, is extremely dangerous.” “But, sir…that’s not what happened.” Adam leaned forward in his seat, hands clenching his knees. He wasn’t like Henry. He chose to leave, to disobey. Adam had no intention of doing anything but helping that boy. “He was already drowning. He wasn’t going to make it. I was trying to save him.”

A line said with fondness

“You said I was knocking them back. How’d you know that?” Was this what people meant when they talked about liquid courage? He suddenly felt like he could do anything. Maybe he should go back and see if Brian wanted to go for another round. “Paying attention to me, were you?”

A line that is whispered

He scarcely realised Caleb had squashed up close to him, arm looped around his until he heard his whisper. “It’s a fucking manticore.” It slept with its back turned to them, but Adam would have recognised one anywhere. Its tail, scaled and armoured with a scorpion’s sting, swished like a cat’s, but the great, hulking body of lion muscle was grotesque, hideous.

A line that drops some lore

“The healers come in here to study all the time. Especially Sara.” Shay reached up and plucked an orange from the tree, and held it out.  Adam took it. “I always figured they learned more modern types of medicine.” “They do. But there’s a lot you can pick up from a place like this, too. You never know when it might be useful.”

A line that is shouted

“Listen to the earth.” “Who is that?” He looked around, raised his voice to call. “Who are you?” It hurt to shout. He touched his throat, trying to cough. It felt like he’d been screaming for hours, like he’d been out in the cold all night with no shelter.

TCTS taglist:

@quilloftheclouds, @heldinhishands, @celestialbunnistories, @onedayiwillwritestuff, @musicofglassandwords, @waterfallwritings, @lyssthewriter, @drowsy-quill, @inky-duchess, @downspiral-dreamer, @kespada, @adaparkwrites, @where-writer-herewriter, @hysteriwah-archive, @writingbyjillian, @florraisons, @nonsemsical, @blueinkblot, @aalinaaaaaa

[mcondance]

yuh huh been here since last summer and i never unfollowed so i've witnessed all of your eras. which is funny bc some of them coincided with things i was also watching at the time. like i watched tct and logged onto tumblr, boom. fontaine theme. and i was also watching the bear when you started writing for richie and carmy. and also i'm a big scream fan so your stu era was fun bc i was like "yeah!! i know him!!"

not to be like on any weird shit or anything?? i just have a good memory when it comes to stuff like that. i also watched slc punk bc of your stevo era!! it was really good

so yeah. horangi's been around for a while :)

-horangi

woahhhhh this is so cool you’re so cool. i rlly loved my tct theme it was such a fun time on the blog cause of the overall atmosphere. richie n carm <3 i was thinking about carmen the other night i miss my little white boy.

i have a scream dvd 😱😱 it has commentary which i was just watching and other stuff like the tv spots i think? and behind the scenes footage!

it’s not weird at all i like knowing these things. i’m glad i got someone on slc watching cause it genuinely changed my life. what’d you think of slc?

i like to think of my stevo and stu eras as one and the same because they were part of my larger matthew era (which i miss so much. it’s so fun being obsessed with something, or someone in this instance.)

i’m glad you’ve been here since the beginning. i like knowing people have been around since june.

[void-star]

Damien's power is real interesting to think about and I wish it had been written more consistently and intentionally than just "bad guy superpower."

Since TCT implies that Caleb and Damien's powers are actually closely related, and nothing about Damien screams "grew up in a safe and loving environment" to me, I think a lot about how Damien's "dark empathy" if you will could develop as an externalization of his wants out of the necessity to have those needs met since they weren't naturally.

In AND he even describes it as "the bruise (in his feelings) he pokes at" to consciously use his power.

It goes along with a lot of his other problems: difficulty being honest explicitly to hide, aversion to vulnerability, never thinking to ask someone verbally for things because he never learned to trust that people would reasonably respond to his requests.

Then for Caleb to develop first the internalization of emotions, and later the extroversion of them in order to "help" himself and others, because despite being a superpowered person and having a therapist, Joan never actually taught him how to manage strong emotions or set his own boundaries (especially in terms of what he feels is his responsibility for the way others feel-- something she should have addressed back when Caleb was getting to know Adam).

It could have been a much more interesting story that way... instead of being a kind of flat, stagnant moralistic statement on good & bad people.

[briantravels60]

Day 15 – Magog to Sherbrooke – 32 km

Trail: moderate hills; 139 m up, 199 m down; 17 km paved, 15 km unpaved; A

I had a change of plans. Originally I was going to stay in Sherbrooke for 2 night's, resting one day. On the advice of an "in the know" waiter in Granby I decided to stay one night in Magog and one night in Sherbrooke. Unfortunately, it was raining when I arrived and since Magog is an outdoorsy town, I didn't have much of an opportunity to partake in local activities.

I stayed at À L’Ancestrale B&B in Magog. The home was clean and the bed comfortable. The host was incredible. She had tea when I arrived, an excellent and filling breakfast, and as if that wasn’t enough, she gave me a dry place to work on my bike. Oh, and then to top it off, while I was fixing my tire, she came out with a large bag lunch, at least half the size of my already full bike pack. Highly recommended.

There are plenty of boathouses along the Magog River and an electrical power plant.

Magog is on Lake Memphremagog and activities are heavily based around the water such as boating, sailing, kayaking, eating & drinking, swimming, sun bathing, biking, walking. I would definitely give this town 3 days in the future. It may be a real gem.

I started the day by repairing my flat tire. I found a 2-3 mm thorn that had poked through the tire and punctured the tube. I removed it, replaced the tube and away I went, but not before the host got out an air compressor to properly inflate my tire.

Leaving Magog, I was faced with a detour. After taking surface streets back to the trail, I realized the TCT was in better condition than Quebec roads. Keep up the good work on the trails!

Even though I ended the day at a lower elevation, the trail was up and down. Not like the past two days where the trail was more like a “scream like a little girl” kind of roller coaster. Today, the trail was much more like long gentle hills, climbing for a km or so and then downhill for a km or so. The ride was fun. I just smiled all the way down the hills.

I arrived in Sherbrooke in the afternoon. After the detour and then missing a trail marker (La Route Verte forked to the right at l'Eglise St-Roch in Rock Forest while the TCT continued straight ahead) I rode an additional 13 km, so it took longer than planned. Sherbrooke is the city of "too many hills". I took my bike and coasted to a restaurant in 10 minutes and it took me almost 30 minutes to get back. It’s at the confluence of the Magog and St. Francis rivers, a university town with large building murals, waterfront activities, and a very cool train station microbrewery/restaurant - Siboire.

It’s also home to the massive Petites Sœurs de la Ste-Famille Convent.

[youre-amazing-say-it]

Hellooo <3 Could you do a short fic where Loki is comforting the reader after he/she failed a big test? Like the reader is disappointed in themselves and Loki just reminds them of how awesome they are.

Hello! I would love to!!! Thanks for being my first request, and it’s fitting with how my life is going lol

Take Your Time

Tgif is not mine

Summary: you got the results for the TCT(teacher certification test) exam and it wasn’t what you expected. Little did you know the god of mischief could make your dark day brighter.

Warning: Crying, Anxiety, self hatred, school (lol), swear words, and just fluff

Word Count: 1.4kish

A/N: thank you to @ktellmeastory for helping me edit! really appreciate it! as i said this is my first fic so please give honest feedback! hope you enjoy!

“Come on. Come ON!” You yelled at your computer. You have been staring at the screen for the past 10 minutes waiting for the clock to hit 2:00 to get the results that would determine your future.

You were an aspiring teacher who had your whole life planned out for you since you were a kid. You always loved hanging out with kids and being creative and helping others achieve their dreams. So naturally everyone told you to become a teacher, and you listened to them.

However, school is expensive, so you applied for a job as a receptionist at the Avengers compound to help pay off the debt you were going to have. You’ve been working there for about two years and had become acquaintances with the heroes, and even earned the nickname “Little Miss Sunshine”. The avengers knew about your career path, mainly cause when you weren’t working you were studying or working on a lesson plan. They all enjoyed your company, and you even let them help you with your lessons occasionally.

The clock hit 2 and you pressed enter, and you waited for the screen to load, and slowly it came up.

Y/N L/N-TCT Fall 2022 Results-70%-Click for More

“FUCK” you screamed at the top of your lungs. You rest your head on your arms on the table and let out a sob. All the work, late nights, and countless breakdowns were supposed to pay off with good results, and now you aren’t even a teacher. You knew you could take it again in a year but what would be the point anyway. Nobody would hire someone who had to take the test twice.

Loki was roaming the halls of the compound when he heard your sobs. The God of Mischief peeked into the break room and saw the light of his life having a stormy day, and his heart hurt. You two didn’t spend too much time together, because of your polar opposite personalities. But to say he wasn’t fond of you would be a lie. Since you were always so happy, he felt the need to protect you and make sure you never lost that joy. But something broke you, and he was going to find out what happened.

“Y/N” he said, knocking on the door. You looked up and quickly wiped away your tears. You didn’t know what the God of Mischief would do to you in such a vulnerable state.

“Hey Loki” you said, forcing a smile on your face. “I’m on my break, but what can I do for you?”

“I think you mean what can I do for you darling,” he said, pulling a chair next to you. “What’s going on?”

“What do you mean? No-nothing’s going on Loki. I’m perfectly fine” you forced out, a little too quickly you realized.

“I’m the god of mischief Y/N. I can tell when someone is lying. Now either you tell me the truth, or I grab Wanda to get it out of you.”

“Loki, I said I’m fine. I appreciate the concern, but I have to go, my break is almost up.” You said, quickly getting up before you were stopped by a hand on your wrist.

“Y/N” Loki said, causing you to back towards him. You looked in his eyes and felt all your emotions start coming up slowly.

“What’s wrong darling?”

Those words broke you like a dam. You felt all the stress and anxiety you had over the years come out as you fell on Loki's chest. He quickly caught you and wrapped his arms around you, slowly rubbing your back. “It’s okay sunshine. take your time.” He said, and for some reason, that was exactly what you needed to hear.

You cried out until you couldn’t anymore. Loki took this as a sign to finally move you to the couch. You both sat in silence, you not knowing what to say, and Loki waiting for you to start the conversation.

"I’m really sorry about that," you said, talking to your lap. "I don’t know what happened."

"I think I know what happened," Loki said, turning to look at you. He grabbed your hand and started stroking it with his thumb. "I think you spent so much time putting other people first that you forgot to let yourself go every once in a while."

"I’ve been holding that in for a long time, I guess" you said, finally looking at him. "I didn’t even realize it. I just feel this huge weight off my shoulder."

"If you don’t mind me asking, what pushed this over the edge?" Loki said. You took a deep breath in, debating whether or not to tell the God how you are really feeling and what was going on. But he did just see you have a breakdown, so what's the point of hiding your feelings?

"Well, I had the TCT results come in today. And I failed. I have been working towards this for as long as I can remember, and I feel I put in all this work and effort for nothing. I mean if I’m even supposed to do this, what did I do wrong, am I’m not good enough, I just feel–"

"Hey, hey Y/N!" Loki said, pulling you out of the train of thought that was currently bubbling from you. "Listen to me. You need to stop listening to these voices that are in your head that are telling you you’re not good enough. Because you and I both know damn well that this is what you’re supposed to do. You have been working towards this for such a long time. So what if you fail? It just means that you’re going to study and become an even better teacher than you were going to be before. Plus, if your employer values a stupid test over your years of school, work ethic, personality, and beautiful heart, then they’re not the right ones and they are incredibly stupid."

You look at Loki shocked. You never thought he would say something so kind and sweet to anyone, especially you.

"Wow Loki, that was really nice. I didn’t think you had it in you to say something like that" you said, laughing to try to lighten up this sweet moment. You never felt comfortable with compliments, especially ones as sweet as you just heard.

"I didn’t either. But seeing you so upset apparently brought kindness to my heart." Loki said. You looked down at your hand, still being held in Loki's hand. For some reason, it felt right, but that was an issue for another day.

"Thank you, Loki," you said, pulling your hand out of his. "You really are a good friend."

"Oh? We’re friends now, are we?" He said with his infamous grin.

"I kind of think so," you said while laughing, "seeing as you just saw me break down," You stand up off the couch and start heading towards the exit of the break room. "But anyway, I have to go back to work. have a good rest of your day!" you said as you turned to leave.

"Oh no," you hear the god say behind you. "You’re not going back to work."

"Okay Loki, I appreciate it but I have to pay off my debt somehow."

"I understand that," he said, slowly walking towards you. "But today has been a really tough day for you and you deserve the day off. I’ll go tell Stark that you were sick, and I sent you home."

"Lok-"

"Ah ah ah! no buts. You need to go home and relax; you deserve a break after all this time"

"Thank you, Loki," you said, and for some reason you felt the need to hug him. You wrap your arms around the god, "for everything today"

"Of course, darling," he said, placing a kiss on your head. it felt right.

You go to the desk and start to collect your stuff. You are about to head out when you hear "hey Y/N?"

You turn around and look at Loki, who has a smile on his face. First time you have seen that on him. "Take all the time you need. I’ll always be here for you."

[borathae]

Hey hey lovely Sibs 💕 How are your exams going? I hope they are over soon ✨

Thanks so much for your get well soon message — I am still not well, I am starting to feel like it may be something more chronic 🙃 but I will be okay!

And OMFG THE OGC AND AAOL COUPLES 🥺😘🥵😭😍 My fave babies are back and holy shit did they bring it 😏 Thank you for blessing us Sibi, I feel so undeserving 🙏

And thanks so much for the last list — I am sorry I picked an area that sucked hahaha 🙈 After my movie list, I thought I would make a list of hobbies (since your characters always have the coolest hobbies), and you can choose who is most likely to pick each up (can be old or new information)!

1. Closet organising 🧥

2. Sticker making 💌

3. Cake decorating 🧁

4. Card tricks/ Magic 🃏🎩

5. Foraging 🍄

6. Animation 💩

7. Woodworks 🧰

8. Hiking 🧗‍♂️

9. Puzzles 🧩

10. Dumpster Diving 🗑

11. Ventriloquism 🧸

12. Chess ♟

13. Skating 🛹

14. Candle making 🕯

15. Birdwatching 🦜

Thanks again Sibi, lots of love 😘 I may be back with a part 2 for hobbies cos there are so many 💭

I finished college four days ago ayeee I'm officially unemployed, without an apartment and very depressed 🤪 yes I am coping through humour 🤪

Also don't worry hahahah I just rarely watch movies, so it really wasn't your fault afjdsjf, but let's get to the list ohoho I honestly love talking about hobbies so much 🥺😔 I will once again mix up couples and individual characters. If I choose a couple, they like to do the hobby together 🥺

me, tct!Kook, laundry fairy, oy

Shutter Sounds, Sense of Innocence during a rainy day, ihyily with their daughter

SA!YG & OC, oy!!

tct!Kook as a phase, roommate!Tae

FALLEN FOR YOU OC it's still a wip but that screams her, oy too, maybe tct?

roommate!Tae, Sense of Innocence!Kook

oy!Yoongi, SA!Yoongi, tct (she started it & kook joined later cause she told him that it's fun), Sonata Cantabile

oy with their pets, Fallen for You OC jadjfa sorry for mentioning her all the time but she

tct 100% on a rainy day, ihyily, oy again jfadsj, SA!Yoongi & OC and he loves it

Shutter Sounds!OC, maybe Sense of Innocence!Kook?

SA!Tae at one point in history

tct somehow give me chess & wine date vibes, SA!OC with her men, Shutter Sounds, ihyily & aaol somehow give me chess vibes too

roommate!Tae, tct!OC with Jimin, Hobi & Jin in their teens #clique goals

SA!Tae & OC, oy during the winter months, somehow tct too gosh those two are just so domestic ahahha, Shutter Sounds

Shutter Sounds with their cameras, ihyily with their daughter so she learns about nature, Fallen for You!OC again ahha sorry

omgmg please this list was so comforting? idk why but this just gave me such cozy vibes :( I just :( love the concept of doing something fun with the loyl :( like imagine sharing quality time with the person who makes you the happiest :( I wanna ugly sob hahaha I wanna do that 😔😭💜💜

[thelaurenshippen]

Hey Lauren,

I write this as I am consuming yet another fantastic Atypicals podcast...

The Bright Sessions was the first fiction podcast I ever listened to. It's not that I ever had anything against them, I was always just like, I'm not sure how I feel about audio drama and how I'd get by without any visual cues the help the story along.

So, thank you, for creating such a fantastic podcast that you proved me 100% wrong, and I have never been happier to be so. I have fallen into a rabbit hole of audio fiction and it is wonderful.

In hindsight, as I am now waiting yet another two days for Bridgewater Ep 8 and another week for TCT Ep 11, I'm glad that I was able to listen to TBS core story and TAMA in one sitting, because it would have been real hard to wait for to come out each week.

Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is so sweet. I'm so glad and honored that The Bright Sessions was your first foray into fiction podcasting and thank you so much for listening to the other shows I've made!!

And, ugh, I KNOW THAT FEELING. Welcome to the week-to-week. It's so hard. Even for me! I just want you guys to be able to listen to all of it and scream with me right now!!!

[viastro]

better with you | xu minghao

ミ★ synopsis: in which you only agreed to go to the fair if they didn’t force you to go on any scary rides, but jun knows minghao can change your mind. [day 29 of a tct summer collection]

ミ★ genre: summer fair!au, best friends to lovers, fluff, humor

ミ★ warnings: mentions of vomit

ミ★ word count: 3,117

ミ★ pairings: minghao x female reader

ミ★ notes: hi guys !! i hope you like this oneshot i wrote for the tct summer collection! make sure to check out all my friends works in the masterlist, everyone a part of tct is incredibly talented and all their content is epic !! so make sure to give them love too... or else. :D

A TCT SUMMER COLLECTION MASTERLIST

“I bet you can convince yn to go onto the ring of fire.” Jun whispers to Minghao as they wait for you and Mingyu to come back with the stack of fries you all ordered. Minghao scoffs, shaking his head when he remembers how adamant you were to not go on any of the rides that make you go upside down. It was one of the only reasons they were able to convince you to come with them to the fair.

“She only agreed to come if we didn’t force her to go on rides like that.” Jun chuckles, looking over to see you and Mingyu happy dancing as you wait for the food. “She’s literally in love with you, of course she’d agree if you asked her.” 

Minghao sputters at Jun’s statement, beginning to choke over air, causing Jun’s eyes to widen. “Hao! Are you okay?!” Minghao finally manages to take a deep inhale after Jun begins to panic over his best friend dying, running around the table to look for your bag to grab the water bottle. 

“I’m fine, I’m not dying. I just, what do you mean she’s in love with me?” Jun lets out a relieved sigh, patting Minghao’s back. 

“Just pay close attention to how she acts with you versus us. Then you’ll see your one-sided love is more mutual than you think.” 

“Fries time! Fries time!” You sing as you put the freshly fried potatoes onto the table, snapping the two out of their conversation. Mingyu places the second batch of fries on the table along with the napkins, sitting down beside you. “I hope these are as delicious as they say.” 

The four of you each take a couple, and taste it right away. Your eyes bulge out, as do the other guys who glance at each other. You immediately look towards Minghao, and he catches your eyes at the same time. You let out a small noise of approval, giving him an excited thumbs up before pushing more towards him.

“Why are you pushing it towards me? You’re the one most excited for the fries.” Minghao says with a giggle, and you scoff at him. 

“Just because I’m really excited doesn’t mean I shouldn’t share! I know you were excited for them too, so eat more mingming!” 

Minghao looks down with a small blush due to the nickname, taking a couple fries and shoving them into his mouth to look busy. Jun nudges him, mouthing the word, “see!” Mingyu chuckles at the interaction, nodding his head in agreement while you sit there, oblivious. Your focus is on the delicious fries that were absolutely worth the hype !! Until you notice you’re the only one devouring them, so you pause, and look up at the three guys who are looking at you with amused expressions on their faces.

“Are you guys gonna eat the fries or what?”

“Pretty sure you’re going to finish them all before we can even finish chewing.”

“... bitch.”

“Did he lie?” You turn towards Minghao to see if he’s on your side. The betrayal sinks in the moment he avoids your gaze and takes a large sip from his water bottle.

“Damn. It really be your own.”

“I’ll wait for you guys here!” You say cheerfully, preparing to sit down on the bench once the boys get ready to line up for the ring of fire. “Oh no, you’re riding this with us.” Jun grabs your wrist, pulling you into the line. 

Your eyes widen, yanking your wrist out of his grasp and stepping back out of the line. You look up at the ride, grimacing at the people going upside down in the loop multiple times. Turning back towards Jun, you glare. “Absolutely not.”

Mingyu nudges Minghao, and he gives him a look. Minghao lets out a breath, slowly reaching his hand out towards yours. “This is the only scary ride we’ll ask you to go on.” Your heart beats a bit faster at his outstretched hand, looking up into his eyes, he can tell you’re still not fully convinced.

“I’ll hold your hand the whole time.” Minghao offers with a soft grin, and you bite the inside of your cheek to stop the whipped smile from breaking out onto your face. You let out a sigh, intertwining your fingers with his and he places you next to him in line. Jun and Mingyu squeal silently beside each other, hitting each other's arms at the view of you and Minghao’s connected hands.

“How many in your group?” Your heart sinks to your stomach when Minghao answers that there’s four of you guys. 

oh god why am i doing this

With your heart nervously beating against your chest, the employee scans your wristbands and leads you to the row of five. As soon as you get buckled in, Minghao finds your hand again and intertwines his fingers with yours. “Are you ready yn?” 

You don’t respond, nervously bouncing your leg as you stare down at the hot metal. Mingyu and Jun let out a small giggle at the sight, telling you that it’ll be okay. Minghao squeezes your hand, and you turn to glance at him. He gives you a smile, and you try your best to muster a smile. 

The ride jerks and your eyes widen, already opening your mouth to say I TAKE IT BACK as soon as it starts moving back and forth. “I’m absolutely going to shit myself.” Jun and Mingyu let out small squeals while Minghao keeps muttering that it’s going to be okay. 

You find yourself believing that it’ll be okay after the first few swings, deciding that it’s not that bad. 

until you begin going higher.

“I SWEAR TO GOD I’M GOING TO KILL YOU GUYS!!” You scream at the top of your lungs when you go upside down.

“Maybe we shouldn’t have convinced you to ride it.” Jun states as they stare at you laying on the grass, trying to get rid of the nauseousness. Minghao runs his fingers through your hair in an attempt to try to comfort you, which Mingyu finds quite adorable as he is taking pictures of it at this very moment. 

“You think?” You mumble, opening your eyes to glare at Jun, only to let out a small groan from the brightness of the sun and shut them right away. It’s been about thirty minutes since the four of you got off the ring of fire, and you immediately threw up into a trash can. The three helped you over to an empty spot where you can lay down, and now you’re just laying here waiting for the nauseousness to go away. 

“Sorry yn.” 

“Sorry yn…” 

“Ugh, it’s fine. It’s my fault for even agreeing in the first place.” Minghao’s finger lightly brushes against your cheek as he runs his fingers through your hair, and you take a sharp inhale. Jun snickers behind the back of his hand, finding the interaction precious. 

“Do you think you’ll be alright to ride any of the safer rides today?” Mingyu asks, and you open your eyes slowly to adjust to the brightness. You sit up, Minghao helping you by placing his hand on your back. Letting out a sigh, you shake your head. “Probably not. I remember the last time I rode one of those rides. The rest of the night I was completely out.” 

“Oh no, what should we do then?” You wave Jun away with your hand, giving him a reassuring smile. “It’s okay, I can just play the games here as I wait for you guys.” 

“By yourself?”

“Ye-”

“No. I’ll stay with yn.” Minghao cuts off, and you turn to him with wide eyes. Mingyu nods his head in approval, sneaking a wink his way with your attention now diverted away from the two, to which Minghao scowls at him. 

“Minghao, I don’t wanna ruin your fun. It’s okay! I’ll do just fine alone.” You reassure him, and he just shakes his head stubbornly. “I’ll be staying with you the rest of the time at the fair. I prefer the games over the rides anyways.” 

now that’s a goddamn lie, Jun thinks to himself. 

“Well, we’ll see you guys later. Text us if you feel better yn, and we’ll all go on one of the baby rides together or something.” You raise your hand to slap Mingyu’s arm for the comment and he giggles, patting your head and walking away with Jun. 

“Wanna walk around and look at what games to play or do you wanna lay here for a little bit longer?” Minghao waits for your response, letting out a giggle when you shake your head and turn to look at him with a dazed expression on your face. “Huh? Did you say something?”

“You good yn?”

“Probably not.”

“That’s expected.”

“It truly is.” 

The two of you sit in silence for a moment, you debating on whether or not you wanna vomit again and Minghao taking note of how pretty you look when the sun hits your skin. He bites the inside of his cheek, looking out at the crowd when he remembers what Jun said. 

“She’s literally in love with you, of course she’d agree if you asked her.” 

“Mingming?” He immediately turns back towards you, letting out a small smile when he sees the glow coming back to your features. “Yeah yn?”

“Let’s go play the games, I wanna win the giant pikachu we saw earlier.” Minghao smiles at you, lifting his hand up and patting the top of your head softly. 

“Let’s do it.”

“I hate it here.” You mumble as you don’t end up winning one of the plushies for the third time. You get up off the seat, cursing capitalism for making it so hard to win any of these games.

stupid capitalism. I hate it so bad yet i always fall for it.

“Yn!” You turn back towards Minghao to see a big smile on his face, and you realize he won the game. He waves you over and you walk up to his side. “What is it?”

“Which one do you want?” Your eyes widen, and he makes a gesture for you to choose so that the employee can take it off the rack. You glance at the plushies, letting out a small sound of awe at the sight of the pikachu.

“Are you sure?” You ask again, and Minghao nods his head with a smile. Tentatively, you point towards the pokemon, and the employee takes it off the rack, handing it to you with a smile. You hug it excitedly, Minghao hovering his hand over your back to lead you away from the game stand. 

“Thank you for giving it to me Mingming.” You turn your head and look up at him with a bright smile on your face, and Minghao’s eyes widen at the sight. He looks away, blush forming as he hopes for the night sky to hide it from view. 

“You looked really disappointed the last three times you’ve lost so I wanted to do something nice for you.” Minghao mumbles, and you nudge him with your shoulder, giggling. You coo at his shyness, feeling your own heart warm at him giving you the prize.

“Let’s play that game!” You squeal, taking Minghao’s hand into your own and running over to the game with the bottles. He lets out a small giggle as you both head towards the stand, feeling the warm air blow past the two of you.

“You guys wanna play?” Minghao nods for you, and the employee scans your guys’ wristbands. Minghao regretfully lets go of your hand as he gets handed the rings to throw onto the bottles. 

“If you get all three rings onto three bottles, you win one of the big plushies. If you get two, one of the medium sized ones. If you get one, then you get to choose from the small ones.” You nod your head, already eyeing the big plushies to choose from. 

“You wanna play? Or should I?” You wave Minghao away with your hand, already feeling confident in your ability to get all three rings onto one bottle. He smiles, stepping back with his hands raised in the air.

“I got this.” You state. Letting out a breath, you throw the ring, only to miss completely. 

Your throw is so poorly aimed, that it ends up hitting the wall behind the bottles. You stare at the bottles in silence, feeling embarrassment flood your body. Minghao snickers behind you, and you look down at the ground.

“Yeah… you really do got this.” The employee mutters, and you sigh in defeat. Turning around, you hand the last two rings for Minghao to throw for you. 

Once Minghao manages to win the medium sized panda plushie for you, the two of you walk away from the stand. Holding the two plushies to your chest as if they were your own children, while Minghao walks happily with both hands in his pockets. 

“Hey, yn.” 

“Mm?”

“You want that appa plushie?” You look in the direction Minghao’s pointing in, and your mouth drops open at the sight of the giant flying bison you’ve always loved.

“YES!”

“Say less.” Minghao grasps your arm softly, pulling you towards the game stand. 

“Hi, how can I win appa?” The employee grins at him, quickly explaining the rules to him.

“Since appa is one of the special prizes, you have to pop all ten balloons with the ten darts I give you.” Minghao nods his head in understanding. 

“Are you sure you can do all of that Minghao?” He turns his head, giving you a smile, and you feel a blush take over your features at the blessed sight. 

The colorful lights of the game stands mirrors over his face, putting emphasis on his pretty eyes as he looks at you. His black hair looks soft to the touch, reflecting a dark shade of the different colors being shown onto him. 

ethereal. It’s the only word to describe him.

“I can do anything with you by my side, yn.” And with that, he throws the first dart.

“Waa! You got appa!” Jun exclaims, reaching out to touch the giant flying bison. The fair is now closing, and the four of you are reunited once again. You grin, telling him that Minghao was the one that actually won the plushie for you. Mingyu and Jun both turn to Minghao, giving him a knowing smirk.

“Oh really now?” Minghao glares at the two, mouthing that he’s going to choke them if they keep teasing him. Mingyu winks in his direction at the threat, and Jun chuckles. 

Jun and Mingyu start walking faster, ending up far ahead, leaving you and Minghao alone. The two of you walk in a comfortable silence at first, taking in your surroundings as the fair unwinds. Minghao turns his head to look at you, smiling at the sight of you happily carrying appa as he holds your two other plushies in each hand. 

He remembers what Jun told him earlier once again, and he lets out a small sigh. 

“Do you love me yn?” You turn towards Minghao, giving him an incredulous look. “Of course I do.” 

Minghao sighs again once he realizes that you thought he was asking whether you loved him or not in a friend type way. He looks up towards the stars to gain courage, before glancing back down at you. 

“I meant as like, in an i want to date you and hold your hand non-platonically, type of way.” You let out a smile, nudging him with your shoulder.

“Been wondering when you’d notice.” Minghao’s eyes widen, ceasing his movement as he just stares at you in shock. You stop walking as well, turning so that you’re now facing him in front of the fair’s entrance. “What?”

“I’ve been making moves for like, a month, and you haven’t noticed. You’re lucky I don’t give up easily.” Minghao blinks, then blinks again. 

“Deadass?”

“Deadass! I don’t just share my fries with anyone, ya know?” Minghao finally lets out a smile, reaching his hand up and fondly patting your head with the pikachu plushie. He later decides that that’s not enough, and pulls you into a hug, appa being between you two as he happily holds you. 

“I never thought I was one to be oblivious, but jesus christ.” Minghao reflects, and you chuckle into his chest. You pull away slightly to look up into his eyes, and you take note of the happiness radiating from his gaze. 

“Are you going to tell me you love me too? Or are you going to leave me hanging?” He grins down at you, rolling his eyes.

“I love you too.” 

“In a friend way or a i want to date you and hold your hand non-platonically type of way?” Minghao chuckles at you quoting him, squeezing you slightly. 

“In an I want to date you and hold your hand non-platonically type of way.” You smile contentedly as he releases his hold from around you. Reaching out your hand so that he can intertwine his fingers with yours. Minghao laughs shyly, covering his face with the two plushies for a moment. 

“I can’t believe it’s happening.” He mumbles to himself, and you chuckle at the comment. He moves the pikachu plushie to his other arm, before finally intertwining his fingers with yours in a non-platonic way. A big smile immediately taking over his features once he does. 

“Hey lovebirds! You guys are slow!” Mingyu yells, and the two of you look up to see him and Jun already waiting by the car. You chuckle at the camera flash from them, knowing that they've been taking pictures the whole time even though they tried to act uninterested. 

You and Minghao start walking towards the car, connected hands swinging back and forth as you head over. You hold appa with your free arm, smile unable to leave your face as you walk. Minghao’s the same, sheepish smile continuing to make its way onto his features. 

“But wait…” You turn towards Minghao, and he’s staring at you with an amused expression on his face. “You said you don’t give up easily, right?” 

“Yeah.”

“Didn’t you give up right after you missed throwing the ring onto the bottle?” 

“...I will ignore that comment for the sake of our newfound relationship.” 

“That’s fair.”

[vika-listunova]

It’s hilarious how you act so pretentious when it comes to gymnastics/ballet while your gymnastics and dancing is probably as clunky as Maggie Nichols’ or Grace McCallum’s or the other TCTs bitches lmfaoo

I’m screaming like how am I pretentious about gymnastics/ ballet on here,,,I’m the one who said there’s a lot of different forms of artistry, including balletic dancing + the best ncaa floor routines 🤣 anyways obviously Maggie and grace are way better gymnasts than me cuz they’re literally world champions, and I can dance better than them because I am a trained dancer girl bye

[thefigureinthecorner]

i am incredibly glad that i decided to get my tct halloween art done early because i have a feeling i’m gonna be screaming too much on actual halloween to get anything done

(ft. frankie being sexy fred because you can’t convince me he wouldn’t and scooby gang assignments from a q&a stream lauren and briggon did a while back) (and also ben as velma because i think adam was velma in the og character assignments but i wanted to group them by school so)

[acidiluc]

haikyuu boys giving you signals as their sign of love during a game !!

characs: kuroo tetsurou & kageyama tobio <33

note: my brain randomly came up with this idea while reading the manga,, and now i kinda wanna do other characters as well 😩 tell me what you think!

and saeko supremacy! <33

kuroo tetsurou —

"go, go, nekoma! push it, push it, nekoma!" you cheered loudly with the crowd from where you stood as nekoma scored once again. you smiled proudly as you watched the opposing team call for a time out right after the ball was spiked by your ardent boyfriend— kuroo tetsurou.

despite being there to always watch and support tetsurou in his games, you only recently have taken interest in the players' way of knowing their next attacks, which are: hand signals.

and you smiled softly as you remembered randomly bringing the topic up to your boyfriend.

"hey tetsu, can you teach me those... hand signals you convey to your teammates?" you asked, scrunching up your nose as you looked down at your hand, mimicking the hand signals your boyfriend subtly gave his teammates during the match earlier.

you were always curious as to what the hand signals meant, and you figured out that maybe it has something to do with what attack they were going to initiate next during a match.

kuroo looked over at your direction as he was pulling on a new shirt, chuckling at your curiosity before making his way over to you. "well someone's curious." he smirked as he sat on the space in front of you in bed, demonstrating each hand signal he would convey to his teammates and explained each and every one while you listened carefully.

and after that, he made you explain what attacks each hand signals represent while he demonstrated each signal to you.

"—and that is a back attack!" you smiled widely, happy that you got all hand signals right.

"okay, how about this?" he asks, beating his chest lightly twice before pressing two fingers onto your forehead.

"huh?" you looked up at him in confusion, "you didn't show me this." you said, copying his actions. you beat your chest twice lightly and pressed two fingers on his chest. "what is it?" you asked.

"it's an 'i love you', dummy." kuroo teased, leaning forward to steal a kiss from your lips before laughing as he stood up. "now let's get some dinner!"

"wh— hey!"

you were taken back to reality as you heard the referee's whistle and as well as how the crowd started cheering again as yamamoto served. nekoma was at their set point and the battle was a little intense. you could tell everyone in the crowd was on edge, watching closely on what's happening on the court since it was a close game.

thankfully, kenma still had his calm composure despite the pressure and tension in the atmosphere in the court, still managing to make the right choices. he moved and jumped to perfectly set the ball over to kuroo,

and with that one last spike, nekoma won.

everyone cheered loudly, including you— you were basically jumping up and down while squealing with alisa, who came to support her brother's team. this, by far, is one of the best games you've seen your boyfriend has played. the sets, the tension, the pressure— it was intense, and you felt so proud for all of them, especially of your lover, since all of the hard work they put in training is slowly paying off!

you watched as the players shook each other's hands, then the shook the umpires' and referees', and the coaches'. then the crowd started cheering again as the team made their way to where nekoma's supporters were. you smiled and waved your mini banner while cheering with alisa. you locked eyes with kuroo for a moment, watching him bow with the other members before shouting a "thank you for your support!".

and as he stood back up, kuroo looked up and smiled at the sight of you. despite being all sweaty and tired... seeing you there to always support him in his games made him feel as if he can do several more sets of intense games and win every single one of them. just for you and his passion for volleyball.

kuroo looked back to his teammates as they called his name, ready to get off the court. "yeah, hold on a sec!" he called back.

he then quickly looked back up at you, beating his chest twice before pointing two fingers at you with a smirk. after that, he quickly ran over to his teammates, chatting among themselves about their victory.

alisa cooed at the gesture and turned to look at you. you can't help the butterflies flutter in your stomach, and the blush creeping its way up to your face as the people around you glanced at you, seeing how kuroo pointed at you.

"i love you too, you dumbass. i'm proud of you." you muttered and smiled to yourself as you watched the team make their way off the court, while you made a mental note to say it to kuroo's face later on.

kageyama tobio —

you sighed as you stepped in the massive gymnasium before you, looking around as you listened to the roars and drums of the crowd while walking over to the courtside balcony of karasuno's side. "damn, they're wild today." you muttered to yourself.

you looked over to the scoreboard and gasped softly. karasuno was falling behind by 3 points while the opponent was on their match point.

"oi, why are you so late?!" you flinched as someone shouted from behind you. you whipped your head to see saeko, tanaka's older sister, looking at you with an annoyed expression on her face, making chills run down your back.

you chuckled nervously and scratched the back of your neck, "to be honest, i wasn't really planning to come watch at all." you said.

you may or may not have had a fall out with kageyama the day before the match— the argument was no one's fault though, you were both in the wrong. kageyama was clearly exhausted from all the training he had that day and yet you clinged onto him when he wanted to have some time alone. the argument was stupid, really. he was stupid to let hurtful words slip out of his mouth and you were stupid for not understanding him.

and you weren't planning to watch him play at all because you are one prideful person. but you knew that tobio would still want you to watch him play and support him, so... you got over your pride and went to watch anyway.

saeko quickly made her way over to you, hitting your head with her bachi drumstick (drumsticks used for taiko drums!). "ow!" you exclaimed, moving your hand to rub on the spot to ease the pain. "what was that for?" you asked, eyebrows furrowed.

"did you have a fight with tobio or something?!" she asked, hands resting on her hips. "well... kind of. why do you ask?" you said.

saeko forcefully moved your head to make you look where the team was gathered during a timeout, where you saw your boyfriend with an expression he does when he's too deep in his thoughts. "well, your boyfriend is not in his best play today, which is affecting the whole team, by the way. and the girlfriend who was always there to watch his games is not here to watch him either! hmmm, i wonder why?!" she exclaimed into your ear.

"alright! alright! i'm sorry!" you sighed and distanced yourself from saeko before she does anything else to you.

did the argument affect tobio that much?

now you felt guilty. but you'll make up for it. you looked back to where your boyfriend was again and bit on your lip, thinking of ways to catch his attention. you looked around you and picked up an acoustic megaphone (not caring whose it is) and shouted, "kageyama!"

you grunted as he didn't look in your direction. he probably didn't hear you. you looked over to saeko to tell her to make the drums stop for a minute, but you saw her already instructing the drummers to do so.

you smiled widely and averted your attention, "kageyama!" you shouted, much louder than before. the boy perked up and looked over to the crowds, brightening up as he saw you. "you guys can do it!" you yelled, and as if on cue, the drums started beating again.

the boys almost sighed in relief seeing kageyama regain his composure once he saw you, "ah, love." tsukishima commented, making kageyama turn to him with a scowl. "shut up."

"well someone's bitter~" tanaka teased, knowing tsukishima also used to have a crush on you.

"oi! be ready!" daichi said, smacking each boy on his way back to the court as the referee whistled.

you bit on your lip as you watched kageyama walk over to the server's spot with the ball. he looked back up to the crowd again and locked his eyes on you,

he raised the ball with one hand and pointed at you, a growing smirk on his face.

and with this, you already knew the opponent team is about to meet their end. you smirked back and nodded.

kageyama spun the ball in between his hands before crouching to a ready position, pressing his lips against the ball, taking a deep breath.

and once the referee blew the whistle, kageyama threw the ball in the air and jumped, spiking the ball perfectly onto the other side of the court.

a service ace.

the crowd roared loudly with the drums while you smiled widely, "that's my boy!" you cheered before turning to saeko, "did you see that?!" you squealed, and saeko only smirked proudly.

despite having the opponent at their match point— with kageyama's service aces and their infamous 'weirdo attack', karasuno has claimed their victory.

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[shuatoyou]

one last summer - l.c

[day 38 of a tct summer collection]

✗ pairing; chan x reader

✗ genre; fluffy fluff and angsty angst :p

✗ wc; 3900

✗ summary; each day is spent counting down until the end of summer, you do this every year but this time around, its harder to watch the days go down knowing once the count hits zero, its time for him to go.

✗ song; pink skies by LANY <3 

✗ a/n; i cant believe this is my longest fic yet ?? i hope u guys like it !! i chose to write for chan kinda on a whim bcos i dont do that a lot and he is just the best angel ... also i thought i should involve a little bit of my signature angst for my first writing collab with my best friends if u wanna see amazing stuff click below to travel to . . .

A TCT SUMMER COLLECTION *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

the alarm ringing at a time you would never find yourself awake during summer, it could only mean you had an important day to look forward to.

today was the beginning of the countdown to the last day of the last summer you had together.

“chan, wake up,” you mumble sleepily at the boy, who was in a deep sleep at the foot of your bed. he scrambled about for a second before going completely still. of course he was back asleep.

you groan at the sight of him cuddling into the blanket, even more in spite of your attempt to wake yourself up and him at the same time. although, it was cuter than you wanted to admit. perhaps your heart went slightly crazy... but that was another issue for another day. or never.

“fine don’t wake up loser, i’ll eat pancakes on my own.”

hearing that, he jumps straight up “i don’t think so.” he glares at you while you sit under the warm blankets amused at his reaction.. he sighs in defeat once he realises it was all a play for him to wake up. of course you wouldn’t indulge in a beautiful breakfast without him.

morning flies by, and before you know it noon comes around. the clock reads three pm and you’re both sprawled over the couch binging ‘a silent voice’ for the nth time. the entire movie makes you sad but after watching it so many times you become immune to the tears.

chan on the other hand, doesn't. like always he finds himself getting teary at the same scenes every time. perhaps that was one of the qualities you adored in him: he never hid how he felt even if he hated the teasing that came with it.

after deciding on a whim you didn’t want to waste the day inside, you switched off the tv and threw a box of tissues at the emotional boy.

“what was that for?” he whines, throwing the tissue box off him.

“wipe your tears. i wanna go out,” you smile cheekily before skipping off to get your shoes on, shortly followed by chan.

“we’re going out in sweats?” he questions, pointing at the lazy attire you had both become accustomed to everytime you were together.

you shrug, grabbing the keys off it’s special hanger. special because it was made by chan himself when you were both in the second grade and making matching key hangers for each other's houses was sentimental you could say. or as your parents said.

when you were both younger, they were convinced you two would grow up together and maybe get married in the future. the two of you became inseparable over a short amount of time - all because of the one day he offered you his juice carton after yours had been stolen by the class bully in the first grade. that was almost twelve years ago now and that same boy was still standing in front of you.

“what are you thinking about?” chan nudges you as the two of you walk down the same road to your usual frozen yoghurt place.

“just some stuff,” you shrug.

“like?”

“pre-school.”

he hums in response, and you take this as an indication to go on.

“our parents really dealt with our crazy friendship the daily playdates... imagine if we ended up how they wanted us to.” you smile fondly, the thought of it all was enough to plaster an expression on your face.

“don’t remind me, they would’ve married us the moment we turned 18 if we left it up to them.” he chuckles. “they think we were meant together”

“do you?” you retort.

“do i what?”

“think that?” you ask not facing him. you would rather not have him fully see the crimson building up on your cheeks.

“i don’t know, i guess. we've been friends for so long, i've never thought about it.”

you nod understandingly and walk the rest of the way in silence, a comfortable one at that. there was never anything else when the two of you were together.

maybe that’s why you didn’t want to let go yet.

“BEACH DAY!”

“ugh, do you seriously have to scream that down the entire hallway, y/n?”

“yes because it’s beach day!” you yell one more time, forcing a reaction out of him but your amusement quickly dies down after feeling the soft impact of your pillow in your face.

“heh”

chan proudly walks out the room leaving you dumbfounded but you quickly scramble back onto your feet and chase after the boy jumping on his back earning a grunt from the much taller male.

“you suck.” he groans

“be careful you are in my territory little boy” you snicker signalling to your house which had been the location of the endless sleepovers for the summer holidays.

“speaking of, i really should go back home and pick up some more of my stuff before we leave for the beach.” he mentions as he lets you down from his back and the two of you take your seats by the kitchen island.

“oh that’s fine, want me to come with you? i miss your mom anyways.”

“don’t you have your own beach bag to pack?” he asks, grabbing a plate which mimics his actions and starts piling up your plate with his favourite breakfast stuff before passing it over to him.

“i can do it later” you smile now making your own breakfast plate. chan looks down hesitating with it.

“nah it’s okay, i’ll be back quick anyways” he mumbles, picking at the food making you lift a brow without saying anything as you delve into your own happily.

he didn't want to upset you but the small little things you had been doing for him had been harder to let go of as time went by.

however it's not long before breakfast is over and chan waves a quick goodbye before leaving for his own home for the first time in ages. it was quite normal for the two of you to spend a large amount of time at one and others houses both families gave up in trying to send you two back to your respectable homes.

meanwhile you spent the time he was gone packing your own beach bag consisting of the usual tower, sunscreen and one of the disposable cameras you bought for summer memories documenting. chan had laughed at the big box that arrived at your house a month ago especially when you told him it was a box of eight disposable cameras.

“you have your phone plus a polaroid camera, why do you need disposable ones?” he asks curiously prodding at the box.

“these ones come out cuter don’t judge. plus i’ll give you one or two that we use during the many adventures for you to process and hang up the pictures in your new room” you look up at the boy hopefully as he sighs in defeat.

giving yourself a little round of applause you open up the box and immediately grab one of the cameras pulling chan closer to get a selfie.

“this one is to mark the start of our summer adventures documented by a disposable camera.”

shaking your head you pull yourself out of your daze right on time as the doorbell rings. you only assume it’s chan and you’re right as you open up the door to the boy with his hands filled.

you take one of the bags from his hand letting him into the house.

“what’s all this?” you ask curiously trying to look at the bags as best as you could through the little openings.

“extra clothes, stuff for the beach and snacks my dad brought back from japan for you. he said he forgot to give them the last time”

excitedly you rush over to the bag he held up to you, japanese snacks were one of your favourite and chan's father had made it a regular occurrence to always bring you back some after his long work trips away in osaka.

which was where the family would be moving by the end of summer hence why the two of you spent each day doing something new counting down the days till the moment he stepped onto a plane without you.

noticing the sad look on your face while you looked at the snacks longingly chan threw an arm around your shoulders.

“what’s with the look? come on we’ve got waves to catch y/n”

“i'm gonna miss you” you pout and his gaze softens pulling you away from the bags and into his embrace allowing you to relax in his arms for a bit. he thought this would happen one way or another but he only expected it when it was the last day.

“are you ready to go?” he whispers while rubbing your back and you almost wanted to say no just to be able to stay like this a little longer but nevertheless you pulled a way nodding beginning to walk over to the bags so you could put them away into the car.

the drive to the beach was only peaceful, which was normal when it came to you two. just endless music and comfortable silence but you knew the tension in the air would not decrease anytime soon due to the nature of this entire summer.

“will we still talk when you leave?” you blurt out, failing to face the boy currently sat in the driver's seat.

“why the sudden question?” his face evidently changed to the questioning look he’s always had when he was confused about something.

you shrug and he doesn’t question furthermore which you appreciated because it would’ve been tough having to explain the endless worries in your mind.

reaching forward for his phone you scroll through his playlists until you find the one song that the two of you often found comfort in when together or apart.

“we have seriously got to get over this song”

‘shut up, i love you’

you laugh at his statement but that doesnt stop the two of you from singing along to the lyrics like it was your own song. you occasionally turned to the other watching him nod along to the song, your heart was in pain. how could you let go of him so soon?

‘you're my best friend’

another morning, another day crossed off till chan had to leave by the end of summer. the thought of him leaving soon made your stomach churn to the point you wanted to scream. so many unexplained feelings and yet you had to act like everything was okay and making the last few memories this summer would be nothing. you had no energy to get out of bed and do anything today even if you knew that the day would just go to waste.

“so what are we doing today? making more memories?” chan asked right on point with your thoughts almost teasingly.

“you ask that as if i have no reason to do this.” you mumble turning away from the boy and nuzzling further into your blanket.

“there's still time before i leave y/n”

“not enough though, chan.” you finally turn back to him, frustrated that he couldn't understand why you were so keen on spending time with him.

“yeah but i don't want to do all this just for the sake of time, i want to do it because we both love spending time together. don't we?”

you nodded pitifully, struggling with the real reason why it was harder to get through summer. your feelings were a factor in it all but you couldn't find it in you to tell him.

“can we just spend today at yours?” you asked softly, scared if you raised your tone it might betray you somehow.

this time it was his turn to nod before moving closer to you, unsure of what he was going to do. you looked up at the boy who only brought you into his embrace once again, causing your heart to do countless backflips.

“you’ve been giving me a lot of hugs recently.”

“mind your own business”

you giggle, letting your breathing steady at the pace of his. your mind drifts to the fact somehow you only felt this way when he was the cause of it.

he couldn't help but smile to himself when you let go in his arms, allowing him to hold you, physical affection was never a common thing in your friendship.

‘i think our hearts are starting to show’

“let's get ready to leave, hm?” he spoke, almost in a whisper as you pulled away and met his eyes. they had that usual sparkle in them. the one you adored.

his house, you were always warmly welcomed by mrs lee who treated you like her own child, perhaps that's why you and chan’s friendship was able to last as long as it had, your families ordered each other as much as the two friends did.

“i was wondering when he would bring you around again, how’s summer been so far?” his mom asked as you took your seat on one of the island chairs like you usually would while chan went to grab a bottle of water for you and him.

“it's been okay” you smiled at the woman now sitting across from you with a kind smile waiting for you to continue. “we’ve just been chilling you know how it is.”

“has he confessed his undying love for you yet?”

“mom! what the hell?” chan exclaims in shock trying not to choke on his sip of water and you sit there stunned.

“i'm joking sweetheart” she reassures the two of you noticing the red on either of your faces, giving you a knowing smile before turning away which lingers on your mind slightly longer than you would have wanted.

it takes a moment for chan to calm down and when he does he drags you out of the kitchen to his game room hoping to get away from his mother's endless teasing.

“god, i'm sorry i hate when she does this.” he runs a hand through his hair expressing his frustration and you chuckle nervously.

“does she say this stuff all the time?” you wonder, taking your seat on chan’s gaming chair making him sit on the bean bags on the floor. but he doesn't seem to pay any attention to it while he recovers from the past events.

“sometimes, it's always stuff like when am i going to ask you out or confess or something crazy you know?” he explains, fanning himself.

something crazy… the words stung momentarily as you thought about anything happening between you guys would be crazy to him. nothing would happen anyways, not now.

he shakes his head while walking over to plug in his monitor, “my mom truly believes we’ll end up dating.” he laughs to himself but you only go red at his statement, turning around on the gaming chair dangling your legs trying to distract yourself.

he frowns at the way you turn around but does not question it any further, instead, he picks up two of his game controllers and puts one in front of you before settling back down into the beanbag.

“what are we playing?” you ask finally turning back around

“mario kart?” he states more like a question though and you agree, leaving the gaming chair to sit beside him on one of the other beanbags.

you couldn't help but think how much you were going to miss this, zoning out as you think of the last time you two played.

“if i win, you have to fulfil one of my wishes, and if you win then… whatever you want.” chan writes it all down on paper kind of like a mock contract and you laugh as he slides it over to you to sign.

“please don't wish for anything crazy or expensive” you beg jokingly.

the only response you get from the boy is a simple wink which directly sends the butterflies into your stomach like every other time he does something.

you guys start your game and immediately the tension rises as the two of you compete for first class, occasionally nudging each other to throw the other off.

“i am going to win this, i promise you.”

your words lose all meaning as the big number two appears beside your character and you huff, mad at the fact you lost to chan once again who had managed to secure first place. it was frustrating how good the boy was at this game.

“what was that?” he lifted his hand to cup his ear teasingly waiting for you to repeat your previous statement.

you shove him away from you and cross your arms still salty at the loss.

“i think i choose to use my wish now.” he looked at you now.

“fine, what is it lee chan?” you kept your arms crossed as you also turned your body to face him.

“i’d like a kiss.”

you never expected to kiss him that night, and even if it didn't make things too awkward afterwards it only made you sure of the feelings that grew for the boy.

“wanna make a bet if one of us wins?”

you look at the boy stunned at his suggestion.

“did you forget what happened last time?” you ask fiddling with your fingers.

“yeah we kissed, no big deal right?” he turned away to turn on the game and you sat with your face evident with disbelief.

“really? no big deal?”

“huh?” he looks at you, puzzled.

“friends dont just kiss…” you try your best to explain but it felt like it was going over his head from the way he looked at you with so much confusion.

standing up, you unwantedly raise your voice “all summer you keep filling your head up with these things like we can never date and all of that rubbish after we literally kissed not so long ago, does that not mean anything to you?”

“it wouldn't matter anyways, i'm leaving. i’ll be gone soon.”

“that doesn't mean we won't stop talking. you said so yourself.” you fretted with a pleading look.

he looks at you saying nothing and you can only scoff feeling all the blood rush up to your head in anger before opening the door to leave. staying would only make things worse and you knew he wouldn't try and resolve anything if you did.

“where are you going?” he calls out as you’re about to go down the stairs with tears of frustration filling up your eyes.

turning around, you respond quietly to the boy, “is that all you’re going to ask?”

“what do you want me to say, y/n?”

you laugh in disbelief and struggle to keep yourself from choking out any tears, “i’ll give you time to think about it.”

with that you make sure to compose yourself enough to wave at mrs lee with a big smile by the time you’re down the stairs and she responds with a pitiful one, she most likely had heard you both. letting yourself out, you also let out the breath you’d been holding, leaving your childhood best friend all alone for the first time this summer.

walking home all alone was the worst part because your overwhelming emotions would not stay inside of you causing you to spill every sadness filled tear onto the pavements you walked on.

you made your way inside your house and without greeting your parents you locked yourself away to wallow in your sorrows for that entire weekend occasionally letting your mom in to comfort you without telling her the reason to your sadness unaware that at one point your parents worriedly notified chan you weren't feeling good sometime, it was only till you heard your mom softly knock on your door to tell you the said boy was waiting for you downstairs.

your heart wouldn't quit racing in your chest as you opened the door to her soft eyes begging you to talk to him after realising whatever happened was something to do with him. so you follow her downstairs, making your way into the living room where chan was sitting uncomfortably on the couch hoping for you to show yourself. you walked as slowly and quietly as you could trying not to notify him of your presence but that didn't work when you heard his voice call out your name making you shut your eyes tight in pain.

“i know you’re there y/n please talk to me”

freezing on the spot you decided not to go further into the room in fear of bursting into a sob at the sight of him. so you sit on the floor behind the wall separating you two.

“im listening.” you call out as quietly as possible.

“i'm assuming you’re not going to come in, that's okay.” he nods to particularly no one, perhaps himself.

it was silent as chan inhaled deeply, thinking about how what he was going to say would change things.

the atmosphere got more awkward by the second which was a new feeling for the both of you, never once had there been such a moment together.

“i'm sorry”

“i’m sorry we never sat down to talk about our feelings much lately. i feel like everythings been about me and the fact i'm…” he stopped mid sentence he was hesitating although it was inevitable one way or another you would be hearing this out loud again.

“i'm leaving y/n and i don't want to leave without telling you that you do mean more to me than just a best friend.”

your eyes widened in shock as you stood up hoping to run away from this situation but chan was one step ahead of you as he held onto your wrist, a gentle but burning touch that pulled you back towards him.

“maybe i'm too late but i'd like you to know later than never. so please say something?” he pleads, searching your eyes for some sort of a non verbal answer while waiting for you to speak up.

“you’re leaving next week… good luck.” you whisper, straining your voice enough so it wouldn't break. “im sorry too.” you pull out from his grip and walk off to your room without making eye contact with your mom who stood by the staircase with a pitiful look, all meant for you and the boy you left standing alone in your own house.

and when he left you knew that was the last time you’d see him.

“chan? you’re home quite early. how was y/n’s?”

he looked at his dad with a blank expression and shrugged his shoulders, his mom hadn't told him she saw y/n leave upset.

“it's going to be tough but i hope you’re both ready to say your goodbyes soon,” he smiled, giving his son a pat on the back.

if only it was like that and if only he could go back to reverse all the stupid things he said.

the blank feeling burdened you also as you caught a glimpse of the photos you had already gotten processed from your disposable camera.

letting go now would make it easier for the two of you when the time came though in your heart he would still be the most important person for a while until he wasn't. maybe in another world something would be different so the two of you wouldn't be where you are right now, instead in a much happier place.

perhaps in that happier place you would’ve said goodbye…

[robin-in-a-hoodie]

Ok i screamed about this on twitter but it's Tumblr time because Actually ahh this *is* where one is supposed to go with weird feelings for a side character who was mentioned once and will never return right

Tct spoilers whatever final warning

So in the book we meet this dude

I uhhhhh fell in love accidentally? He had? Half a second? Of audio time? And my heart yeeted?

Tobias if you're out there,

Listen. Listen. Tct creators mentioning the anti-Semitic history of Yale and it's kind? Amazing iconic beautiful (i do wish we got to hear Adam/Rebecca/Wadsworth other characters of colour mention the anti poc history of these places as well but a. Podcast not done yet and b. I mean i take small victories, i just. You know. Mentioning the jewish history of it is important and deserves to stand up on its own and I can't expect them to go into every injustice of historical Yale but idk dude idk i just want to hear it being discussed too) and like with "jewish privilege" being a semi recent trend it's nice to hear that people actually remember that hi jews are an oppressed minority and Actually do not secretly rule the world but need to claw their way upwards just as much as their goyish peers on a good day, more on a bad day, that is if they're even given their chance to climb in the first place. Also you can hear his pride and joy and sheer happiness in his voice? Props to the va dude wow holy shit, not to mention TOBIAS GRADUATED IN 1945. That means his entire academic life was going on while his brothers and sisters over in Europe were (you know what it was i don't want to spell it out) like idk this is incredible rambly but i just. Love Tobias. He sounds so smart and caring from his two seconds in the show, he's probably a fascinating character and i honestly would sell my soul to Lauren shippen for a dark academia book about him?? Like his atypical time in yale? Like i honestly don't expect it tk happen because placing a Jewish story in that time frame would be,, you know, I'd understand no one wanting to even touch this concept, but if Lauren ever did,,,,, ma'am,,,,,, Mrs Shippen ma'am, I'm love Him please podmom,,,, i beg,,, you know i just,, i have a lot of feelings about this old time jewish boy? Anyway,,, he's gay i know he's gay he kissed cute boys and maybe shot a nazi or five you know anyway

Please

Give me a book

About Tobias

[borathae]

Hello my dearest Sibi ✊🤛🤜👊 (I hope you get that heheheh, made me giggle 😉🤭😏) I missed you, I hope you are well 💜

I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH 🥺🥺🥺 Like I cannot express, you make me go 😭😩🥰🥺 I am so grateful for you 💗

So, I started writing a couples list that was pron themed (inspired by a certain someone 😏), but, I have decided to save that for later AFTER READING YOUR MV SNIPPET 😩😩😩😩

So now this list will be bed themed — as in bed themed outside of sexual connotations 🛌 :

1. Has two sets of blankets instead of one

2. Has really colourful bedding or has really plain coloured bedding

3. Has a system for who turns off the lights

4. Has fairy lights decorating the bed

5. Changes their linen weekly

6. Always wears socks to bed

7. Wears nothing to bed

8. Spend a lot of time engaging in pillow talk

9. Spend a lot of time on their phone in bed or reading

10. If they have pets or children, allow them to sleep in bed with them

11. Enjoys cuddling to get to sleep, even when it’s very warm

12. Also, bonus question, choose one character/couple and describe their bedside table 💜

Also, I will cherish your replies (all of them, but one of them in particular — I keep reading over and it makes me smile and all giddy 💜😭) Love you love you ❤️

okay okay yES BED EDITION I like that!! Also pleaASE YES HIT ME WITH THE STEAMIEST PORN EDITION GNFGN 😏😏 I also wanna know who inspired you 👀

Now to the bed list

aaol, ihyily, tct, sense of innocence, Seeing Red, SA!Yoongi & OC

coloured: oy!OC (flowers), tct (it also changed between plain), sense of innocence (plaids) plain colour: SA!Yoongi & OC, aaol, ihyily

i think it all depends on who has to get to bed last and then once inside the other turns the lights off, except for the vampires because they can see in the dark anyway

tct, Sense of Innocence!OC, Shutter Sounds, Sonata Cantabile

tct, aaol, SA!Yoongi (his room always smells heavenly)

oy!Yoongi, tct!OC in winter

tct, ihyily & aaol in summer, SA!Tae & OC, Shutter Sounds

SA!Yoongi & OC, tct, aaol, ihyily, oy

SA!OC & oy!OC (reading), oy!Yoongi & tct!Kook (phone)

ihyily (with their little baby daughter in the middle), oy (their pets are the main owners of the bed hahah), Seeing Red (with their princess in the middle)

SA!Yoongi!!!!!, ihyily, Shutter Sounds!Tae, tct to an extend (it always ends with one of them going: actually this is too hot, go away)

Number 12 is so hard because I kinda wanna describe all of their bedside tables, but I think I'll go with, you guessed it, SA!Yoongi & OC because I am too whipped for them 😔

Yoongi: a lamp, that's it that's all he has, oh yeah and the three books OC couldn't store on her table anymore, that one tiny plant she insisted on keeping because it's "good for sleep" but which didn't fit on her table anymore, as well as parts of her jewellery which he ripped off during sex and a bottle of water he got for her after said sex, inside his drawer he has a few sheets of music he thought of some time ago and some sextoys to surprise her with

OC: a lamp, five different books, a notepad with pencil in case she gets creative ideas, a plant, a glass for water, her lipbalm, some tissues too & inside her drawer she has lube & handcream (which yoongi also uses)

I WANT TO SCREAM AHHAHAH why is the bed just such an intimate place? Why did this list make me go :( i LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH :( AND I LOVE YOUU 🥺💜💜

[sinceyouaskedme]

Thoughts on episode 4 of The College Tapes 

(also containing some commentary+spoilers for The A.M. Archives)

(also also, fair warning that this is somehow almost 1,000 words long? Whoops! Guess I have some opinions!!) 

Wanna preface this by saying it’s gonna sound like I’m really bitter and upset, but honestly I’ve recently achieved complete emotional detachment and now I feel absolutely nothing about any of this. It’s quite nice.

The evolution of: seeing the episode summary > “oh god, it’s the dreaded Oliver episode, guess I better get this over with” > realizing there’s no reason to believe Oliver would be in only one episode and my brain just made that up optimistically > actually listening to the episode and realizing with dawning horror that it’s actually structured as The Only Mark Episode, Featuring Oliver Who Will Continue On To Be A Major Plot Piece For The Rest Of The Series > 💀💀💀 

Anyways, I tried to be nice about Briggon being not a great writer because it was his first time but Meghan doesn’t have that excuse so I get to be mean and straight out say this episode sucked lol

IDK who this character she wrote is, but it’s not Mark Bryant

Ha ha ha ha ha I’m joking, I know exactly who she was writing and it’s Dean Winchester, beat for beat and line for line. I haven’t watched that show in probably five years and good god I did not miss him.

I get that spin-offs are hard. It’s difficult to quickly introduce a character in a way that won’t bore people who have seen the original show while still making sure your new audience gets a good grasp on the necessary backstory, so it’s a common writing trick to just pick one or two traits to really hammer in on for each character. I understand the logic. But I DEEPLY disagree with the decision to present Mark’s primary traits as “recovered alcoholic” and “nonconsensual lab rat”.

Alcohol culture is always so boring lmfao idk why non-sober people find it so difficult to comprehend that not drinking alcohol =/= not having any sort of social life as an adult. But, whatever, this is a standard complaint I have about a lot of media. The particular thing here on which I want to remark is that it’s so interesting to hear Mark identify Boston as a city known for beer when, to me, Boston has always been a city known for lesbianism. Truly we are from different worlds.

Feeling some type of way about Joan just giving the ability suppression serum out to anyone who wants it. I mean, obviously probably it’s more complicated than that and Mark was puffing it up to make a point about Joan/The A.M. doing “good”, but even that is :T 

It's like! They still don’t get that Helen had a point! Even with Oliver devastated by losing his ability (...lol) they still haven’t taken ten seconds to stop and think “Hey, maybe someone having the indiscriminate power to take away any Atypical’s ability at any time could be…………...bad?” 

Also lol @ this shady professor guy showing up from nowhere to spookily say the Order can’t be trusted. Yeah, no shit. Bro, name an ancient global shadow organization that CAN be trusted

One of the things I wrote (but did not publish, to be fair) when TCT spoilers started coming out is that I was really, really worried that there wouldn’t be any significant female characters, and WOWZERS did this episode make some choices that did not put those fears to rest. Four episodes in, Caitlin and Miriam are still the only women at the main plot location and neither of them know about Atypicality so! I remain worried, thank you!

They want so badly for me to care about the queerybaity bullshit that is Mark/Oliver and I’m just 😴😴😴

Did you know it’s possible to take a canonically bi character and use him to make boring queerbaity bullshit! I didn’t! But here we are! Here Mark is, somehow! (#freehim) 

"Sam left for her own around the world journey" genuinely what is that supposed to mean, where did she go???

Subpoint: LOVE how they also casually dropped in that Mags is still in Boston. Just to make sure no one gets any crazy ideas about her being with Sam, wherever Sam is. Just to take the possibility that we could have the queerbaity couple from the last series on-screen together and nip that right in the bud.

“Mark and Caleb are like brothers” 1) 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 2) Where the fuck did this relationship come from??? When and why did they start hanging out????? What interests or hobbies do they have in common????? 

(^I’m mostly asking rhetorically, but if you’re reading this and want to take that bullet point as an excuse to write a ship primer, please be my guest, I would be so intrigued)

I screamed “what the fuck is THAT supposed to mean” at the Damien name-drop line, but like. It doesn’t mean anything, they didn’t mean anything by it, and they’ll never follow it up. This is what I mean by queerbaity bullshit - the way they took what was one of the biggest, complicated, fleshed-out, intriguing interpersonal relationships in the original run, which served as a really interesting investigation on what it means to love and be loved and be in love…….and they just smashed it all down to a pithy one-liner that they’re going to pretend never happened.

“Oh no, Oliver is sad because he lost his ability and he hurt Mark by blatantly disregarding his boundaries :(“ I do not care! I do not care about this man! And if you like Damien’s beats and tropes and ships so badly then why don’t you go and actually write Damien! Jesus. 

Artifacts are still such a mind-boggling stupid piece of lore. I can’t believe we’re stuck with this plot for another 16 episodes.