#the seperation is so desperate and sad

[multicolour-ink]

So I just this moment thought of an angsty ending for the Daemon AU

- - -

Mario and Luigi are forced to stay separate in Brooklyn and the Mushroom Kingdom, in order to maintain stability with the warp zone between the worlds.

(because the brotherly love between them and their daemons is powerful enough to keep it all stable).

This means though, that the warp pipes must be closed up, and they will never see each other again.

Because they are gracious men, the Bros decide that this is the only way to make sure so many lives are safe. But it's not easy.

They are distraught. Heartbroken. They need to be together.

Eventually Mario tells Luigi that the bond they share truly is precious, because it's thanks to them that others will be safe and happy. It's not fair (and stars it hurts so) but they need to do this.

They have a tearful goodbye. And then the warp pipe closes.

- - -

BTW this is MAY become canon to the AU! Angst can be fun, but I can't bare it to have the Bros hurting so. It's too much for me!

Therfore I am debating whether to keep this ending, and work on a happier outcome later on. I would prefer that but not sure if I will be able to come up with anything yet.

Update: here is a slightly more hopeful ending 😉

[navramanan]

So tired of continuesly feeling this way I keep trying and failing time and time and time again

[milo-is-rambling]

I am so high I love you dabs I love you big bong rips I love you huge heavy bong I love you only having 20 dollars to my name and no plans but getting high and ignoring it I love you oh no I’m thinking about it

[cuomophobe]

I wish social media was still just about sharing fun things with your friends on the Internet instead of the barrage of bad faith discourse it's turned into

[creepy-friday]

This is a nsfw ask ‼️

What would happen if fem!proxy would ask proxies (seperate) to stop while they were having sex? The reason would probably be being uncomfortable or feeling unsafe (if so, you can imagine it being their first time)

I usually don't take NSFW anymore but I like this ask! I will also write more Toby content soon!

Warnings: obvious NSFW content

Brian stopped as he pulled up his pants and gently placed the blanket over you. After hearing you he asked what can he do to make you feel better and if you want to remake this night tonight,do something else or do it some other time. He gives you a gentle smile while petting your head and starts telling you how special you are to him.

Tim would slow down and ask you if it's okay,not fully understanding you.When you continue to tell him to stop he would stop and step aside. He's..sad. He wanted your first time to be pleasing,thrilling,an unforgettable experience that would set up expectations for the next time,that would both fuel his ego and would satisfy you. He is disappointed in himself and would try to forget about it while awkwardly sitting next to you.

Toby wouldn't hear you for a few moments before the realization kicks in. He would immediately step aside and desperately touch your face asking what's wrong and what he did that made you uncomfortable. After hearing your reasoning he would apologize over and over again and ask if you two can just cuddle. He played with your hair as you fell asleep the whole night and tought about how to remake this day as something special for you.

[aether-bun]

Dating headcanons for dead plate Vince and rody??? (Seperate)

DEAD PLATE BOYFRIENDS!!

Ok. Ok. The chokehold these two have me in is something that needs to be studied actually. Utterly thrilled that I get to write for them. Thank you so much Anon.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Talks of aggression, NSFW if you squint

Reader is gender neutral ♡

VINCENT is subtly affectionate being your boyfriend.

I think it's obvious that Vincent is very cold, inside and out, even if it isn't intentional

Little does the outside world know, however, he's very affectionate with you!

Behind closed doors, he finds small ways to be in contact with you

Knees touching, pinkies grazing, shoulders bumping, the works

It's not that he's afraid or repulsed by full on affection, it's just more comfortable for him to act the way he does. It means he can recharge without being away from you, but without overwhelming himself

I think he's a very big fan of chaste kisses, or at least giving them. Whenever he receives such rushed notes of affection, he refuses to admit it, but it leaves him with a sense of yearning :(

Adores hand kisses holy shit

I like to hc that he has a little lemon tree somewhere that he takes care of with such enthusiasm it's wild

The one thing you can't touch in his apartment is that tree. Hard boundary.

When he comes upstairs after work, he's usually very tired

This means that you both tend to just quietly enjoy each other's presence until he falls asleep in bed

Some days he's REALLY tired.

One of the chefs fucked up a batch so badly that it pushed service back by an additional 40 minutes while he had someone run supplies

It cost him a lot. That chef was brutally torn into and promptly told to never come back. Very unprofessional, but no one would say much about it.

Very exhausting lesson in hiring better employees in Vince's eyes.

That night he just laid down on your thighs and ranted. He doesn't tend to talk much for too long out of personal preference but that night he couldn't shut himself up.

You just gently combed through his hair and listened

The sensations soothed him and he got over the anger fairly well

(now he lays on your thighs some nights just to score some extra nice attention)

Dates are always very lavish, it's his personal favourite thing to spoil you. He always has a hand on you during outings of any kind.

Will pull you closer if anyone stares at you.

Gentle with you, in every possible situation, but firm

He really just doesn't want anyone to hurt you, but on top of that, he couldn't bear the ache he'd feel to see you look at someone else the way you look at him

Slut for calling you "Mine". End of discussion.

RODY is hellbent on giving you the whole world.

Loves loves LOVES cuddles

You cannot get this man off of you he is so clingy

He wants what's best for you and more this man will break limbs for you

I will say you were probably originally going to be a rebound relationship

After Manon, he found you, but it had barely been a month and he was clearly desperate for love

He was honest about Manon and the recent breakup, and in turn, you were honest about your returned feelings for him, but you very firmly said he'd have to move on first

It took a long time. You waited.

When he did get better, you two hit it off! He cared for you and you looked out for him

Your dates are walks through the park, café breakfasts and movie nights

Rody is a big fan of kisses

He kisses you and you can feel his love pouring through them, he deepens the kisses like he's starved, even though you're more than affectionate with each other all the time

Service top or complete bottom. Not because he's dainty bc he definitely isn't. He just loves you so much he wants you to have everything. He lives to serve you at this point let's be so real

Learned how to budget for you!!!! Whoa!!!!!!!!

I think Rody dances with you all the time

Rain or shine, dawn or dusk, happy or sad, he finds it nice to dance with you

It calms him

He gives the BEST MASSAGES IDC

Butterfly kisses and nose kisses are this man's kryptonite. He will cry. He has before.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hey!!!! Sorry for the random hiatus, life killed me a little, but I'm back and raring to go! Dragon Anon, if you're reading this, I am working on your req but I'm making sure I actually know the DLC this time so it's taking a while to get through the content. Bear with me!!!

Sorry if these were a little sloppy, getting back into writing is a lil difficult but I'm working as best I can. I hope you enjoyed, and remember to leave your requests in my inbox!

Ciao for now~

[marchsfreakshow]

American Horror Story Masterlist

Tate Langdon:

The Locket With A Masquerade

Clingyness 18+

Sad Goodbyes

Gaming imagine 18+

Kit Walker:

Quiet Boy 18+

My Sweet Girl 18+

Kyle Spencer:

Words Are Overrated

Stubbornness

My Darling Prince 18+

Reading This And That

Innocent Touch

Party Imagine

Painting Rain

Jimmy Darling

Red Is My Favourite Colour

Sculpting Something More

It's A Sin

Riding Imagine

James Patrick March

Memories Fading

Poems - 1 2 3 4

Dangerously Yours

My Sweet Girl 18+

Two Sweet Teeth

Inconsistencies (Part 2)

Clair De Lune

Stay In My Arms

That 80's Song

Heartache In Him

Nightshade

The Stage Is Yours

Opium And Monique Gibeau

Dreary Dreams In A Window

Nicknames And Praise 18+

Loving The Same

Why So Lonely Solitaire?

Need Me More 18+

Bloodthirsty And Lustful 18+

Bdsm imagine

Theatre imagine

Having Their Fill [ft. The Countess]

God imagine 18+ [2]

Gun imagine

Comforting A Murder 18+

Desperate Pain 18+

A Little Piece Of Heaven

Kai Anderson

Obsession Over Control 18+

Kissing imagine

Punishment imagine 18+

Dandy Mott

Never Leave

Seriously, Don't Cry

Can I Sew Into Your Heart?

Princesses Over Princes

Stranger, Lover

Oh The Sleeping Beauty 18+

Loving The Fool

Such A Crybaby! [Seperate M.list]

You Over Her!

[drak3n]

TO ALL THE MEN YOU’VE LOVED BEFORE: PROLOGUE

ꨄ. SYNOPSIS: the launching of a new platform magically re-connecting seperated people has shaken the entirety of social media. after many months of contemplation and denial, you give in to your urges.

ꨄ. SENA’S NOTE: this merely serves as a way to introduce all eight parts of the mini-series! as they’re all characters from different fandoms, there clearly won’t be names or any specific action in this! so this is a little short :)

TO ALL THE MEN YOU’VE LOVED BEFORE MASTERLIST

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ♡•°`.

everywhere.

it was everywhere you went. following you around like it was your shadow, cornering you at any given possibility.

you knew the drill. once something went viral anywhere, it would stick around for some time and then be forgotten.

that wasn’t the case with this damn live show. not at all. the first time it had been announced on international tv must have been ages ago, like around the beginning of the year. yet, the hype never seemed to die down, with more and more people freaking out online and in real life about how it changed their lives.

you were convinced it was a scam. like come on, who even believed in a fairy tale like that? being reunited with a lost lover, or any kind of lover who it didn’t work out with?

there was a reason it hadn’t worked out. because if there wasn’t, you’d still surely be with that person.

it started with trailers being shown on every channel you zipped through, announcing free slots for their newest season and putting emphasis on their confidentiality. how people had the choice to stay anonymous while spilling their private and embarrassing matters to so-called love experts.

such bullshit.

now, it went way past that. you ended up avoiding watching tv, just to literally be haunted by that cursed show in other ways. through flyers and stickers flying around, through posters hung up on subway stations and even inside of said subways, hell, a couple of days ago, there was even an airship promoting it.

TO ALL THE MEN YOU’VE LOVED BEFORE. a silly name for a concept just as silly as that.

what did you have to do again to apply?

right, as if there was any way of forgetting with how much your coworkers were babbling about it. they made sure to remind you of that every day.

“i’m still thinking if i should just call them the next time and try my luck,” you heard one of many tell another while you were waiting in the line for your lunch. “i really, really want to make up with my ex. they’re my only hope.”

their conversation went on for many more minutes, and you were glad when you finally were next in line to greet the lunch lady with a tired smile. as she filled your tray in a halfhearted manner, your smile quickly faded away upon hearing her talk to a fellow worker behind the counters.

“my son and his teenage love reconciled after he applied there. they are awaiting their first child soon!” the elderly woman gushed while placing a cup of pudding onto your tray, waiting for you to scan your employee id before you shuffled away from the line to plop down on an empty space in the crowded lunch hall.

it was all the same. love, love, love. always those same old problems. getting dumped, being abandoned, or doing the dumping and abandoning.

regret, sadness, frustration, desperation.

you came home that sane evening with thoughts plaguing your mind; with the big question if those were all signs for you to see. if everything you’d been hearing and seeing for these past couple of months were meant to open your eyes, somehow. to get the hint.

making a beeline to your bedroom, your eyes darted to the package placed on your bed. still untouched and waiting to be sent. the pastel pink stamp had been placed on the corner of the box yesterday by you. those fuckers made so much money with their hit show that they distributed stamps, to force them to send more drama their way for them to indulge in.

it was stupid that you had even put in the effort to package what was meant to have been tossed away long ago. it might or might not have been long yet, but why did you keep that?

as a writer, you couldn’t contain yourself. even back then, you had always known you’d end up becoming anything connected to writing, journaling, whatever. it was almost annoying how you used to document all those feelings you couldn’t put into words.

specifically writing letters had always been your passion. writing down your heartbreaks and grief into words and making them come to life on paper.

words you failed to tell him.

the recipients were all written on the envelopes inside the box, some years ago, and some recently, and you didn’t even know if they were still the same addresses.

for some, you knew for sure they weren’t.

even if the cast of TO ALL THE MEN YOU’VE LOVED BEFORE — if they picked you, that is — wouldn’t find their current addresses, you were for sure going to be relieved. those letters had been a significant burden on your heart ever since you had written them.

for the first time in your life, you didn’t feel any kind of satisfaction from writing. these letters existed to be sent. and you were realizing it just now.

they were meant to be read aloud, understood. they had to be read by others for you to be at peace with your unresolved feelings.

the very next morning, you handed the package to the post office, bidding farewell to years of bottled-up and hidden feelings.

it wasn’t until a week later that you received a letter, with the same pink stamp and sender the same you had sent your letters to. you found yourself reading it in front of the door to your apartment:

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ♡•°`.

dear contestant,

we thank you for your package and were enthralled to read about your experiences. upon short discussions within our team of experts, we soon decided to choose your case to present in our next live airing, which is going to be this saturday!

the letters have already been sent out to their respective addresses — some of which we had to adjust as there have been changes.

it is up to you if you want to join us for our next airing — it be via call or even by showing up at our studio! we will welcome you in any case and make sure you will reunite with one of your lost loves.

please do not worry, as we will handle all of your data with the utmost care and make sure that none of it is leaked for other purposes.

up until then, stay lovely and trust the process!

ꨄ. your TO ALL THE MEN YOU’VE LOVED BEFORE cast

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ♡•°`.

PROCEED TO OPEN LETTER

THE LOST LOVE ꨄ TOJI FUSHIGURO

THE ONE NIGHT STAND ꨄ HIROMI HIGURUMA

THE NEMESIS ꨄ ATSUMU MIYA

THE BEST FRIEND ꨄ KEN RYUGYJI

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS GONE WRONG ꨄ SHUJI HANMA

THE FORBIDDEN LOVE ꨄ LEVI ACKERMAN

RIGHT PERSON, WRONG TIMING ꨄ TOUYA TODOROKI

THE BOY NEXT DOOR ꨄ SHOUEI BAROU

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ♡•°`.

[mx-darling-1]

Hello, I can ask for a request.. I could make a fanfic where all the Welcome characters appear in the real world, mainly in the reader's house. Now they and the reader have to share a house and try to find some way to send them back to their world... I think it would be cool for a story

(Bonus: maybe while changing channels on TV, they come across another puppet show)

That could be really interesting! I'll see what I can do! Tw: Wally has seperation anxiety and a minor panic attack

Wally Darling x GN reader Real World Jealousy

Its been a couple weeks since the characters from your favorite childhood tv show suddenly appeared in your house. Youve slowly been getting used to it, although its been hard hiding them from the public eye. Well, Barnaby is 8ft tall after all. Its much easier to sneak Wally around, so you often spend more time with him and Julie. Although, and you would never tell the others this, you definitely preferred spending time with Wally. He was always your favorite character and you guessed that just bled into adult hood.

Over these past couple of weeks Wally had begun to cling to you. As soon as he appeared in your home it was like he already knew you. And, little did you know that he did know you, he's watched you since you were little, and you were always his favorite watcher. The longer he got to be by your side, the more he craved your attention. It was the most important thing to him now. And he almost felt guilty, all his friends were trying to figure out how to get home, but he never wanted to leave. He would even get irritated at his friends whenever they got to close to you or took to much of your attention, overall he seemed very snappy to everyone but you. You didnt seem to notice at all, until the day you were just flipping through some TV channels.

You didnt think it was a big deal, flipping some channels just to find something to watch. Wally was getting some beauty sleep and you were on the couch with Julie and Barnaby. They usually enjoyed more childish shows so you were scrolling through one of the kids channels when you came across Sesame Street, without really thinking about it, you put it on the TV to watch. You notice the tone in the room shift and suddenly a door from somewhere behind you slams open hitting a wall. Your head slams back as you look for whoever slammed the door, only to see Wally staring at the screen in absolute disdain, and you couldn't get over how terrifying it was. Wally never stopped smiling, but it was obvious that he was pissed as he walked over to the couch.

Wally just grabbed the remote, turning the TV off before turning back to look at you. "Sesame Street? Are you trying to replace us neighbor? Why would you want to replace us? We are supposed to be your favorite! I'M supposed to be your favorite!!" His voice was becoming more frantic, and you didnt even notice all the other puppets leaving the room as Wallys actions became desperate, walking closer and closer to you. He grabbed your hands, staring eye level with you although you were seated on the couch and he was standing.

"Wally...hey now..." He became even more desperate, pleading with you. "Please [Name], please dont leave us. Please dont abandon us. Dont abandon me..please please plea-" As tears streamed down your face you pulled Wally closer to you, causing him to go limp in your arms. You couldnt help this overwhelming sadness that took over you as you became desperate to help him, your favorite Wally Darling. "Hey, Wally. I'm never going to leave you, I will never replace you. For you and your neighbors, Welcome home will always be my favorite. No silly puppet show is going to change that. And you will always be my favorite, my Darling. So please Wally, never think like that again." Gently you grabbed Wallys face and placed kisses across it. You could feel Wally melting in your arms as he smiled up at you. "You really mean it neighbor?" You nod softly, smiling at him as you see his lovesick relieved expression. "Of course, and I'll always mean it Wally, even when you guys find your way back home."

Im not too sure how I feel about this one, but hopefully it lived up to expectations! Its a bit short since i wrote more but tumbler deleted it😭

[n3xii]

Love reading ♡ next few weeks

Hello! This pick a card is about the upcoming (and leaving energies) in love offering you relevant guidance from the universe, take a few deep breathes and let you intution guide you to the right picture<3

Masterlist

Pile one 《☆》

What you're leaving behind- 3 of swords reversed

For the next few weeks you guys will be recovering and relasing grief, anger and disappointment from a situation in your romantic life. For a time you may have been in a cycle where it felt difficult to move on or persevere through the heartache, perhaps fixating on the situation and not seeing a way forward. But now your heart is healing and you will be moving forward. Any endings, separations or betrayal won't be laying so heavy on your heart anymore and the path forward will be more clear

Energies of other people - the lovers reversed

Going back to the message of grief, sadness and separation dissipating, it makes sense with the lovers reversed card here. Your separation and feelings of distance with someone is the primary energy for the next few weeks but it will be getting better. The other person involved in this situation may also be feeling the seperation/distance and feelings of not being able to reconcile differences. Nevertheless, im still seeing that you're on the road to recovery while coping with these negative emotions

What you should focus on/prioritize- tower reversed

The next few weeks in your love life would be best spent priotizing recovery and releasing things that aren't in your best intrest. Im feeling that you may be resistant to let these changes happen because the feeling of heartache it causes you, but the conflicts/seperation caused an intenral crisis of sorts and its trying to reveal to you the core issue with this person or situation. Spending the next few weeks allowing yourself to release your attachment to a situation/person that is fading away/falling out of your life will be beneficial in the long run. Don't hold onto something that has already crumbled, recover from whatever caused your heartache in the first place and focus on healing your heart.

Additional message> patience

Let go of feelings of desperation and urgency. Love will not pass you by and I promise promise everything is happening on their own timeline, if you are facing stillness and inaction in a connection then patience is also needed. Spend these next few weeks addressing the walls you've built up around you and let them fall away, don't let impatience and heartbreak cause you to harden.

Pile two 《♡》

What you are releasing- queen of swords

In the next few weeks you will shifting from a rational, judgemental approach to your romantic life to a more emotional, whimsical one. You're releasing any old mindsets you've carried and allowing yourself to open your mind and be moved by emotions that aren't always "rational" in the moment.

Energy of other people- page of wands

It makes sense that you will be letting your guard down mentally when it comes to love because someone in your life will be very playful, energetic and adventurous. They have a youthful dynamic with you and challenge you to embrace a more excited and enthusiastic energy espeically towards new things. You may be trying new hobbies, going out of your comfort zone and being very active in your love life in the next few weeks. Heavy fire sign energy but it won't be for everyone

What you should priotize- queen of wands reversed

Your self confidence. Letting your guard down to engage in a more playful dynamic with someone may trigger feelings of insecurity and reculsivness. You may want to withdraw and hide your own light from this person at times. Priotizing your self esteem and building yourself in from the inside will be very supportive of the energy you will be experincing.

Additional message- soulmate, self love

The person you share time with in the next few weeks shares a spiritual bond with you. Your energy is attracting/maintaing a connection with kindred souls, new friends may be born in the next few weeks as well. Accepting and loving yourself as you are will be key in attracting/maintaining this reltionship, believing in your self worth and that you are worthy of being unconditionally loved is the priority, healthy relationships will be formed on this self love.

Pile three

What you're releasing - 8 of cups

Over the course of the next few weeks you will be walking away from and releasing a situation that wasn't giving you what you wanted nor what you deserved. The dissatisfaction and feelings this has caused you have made you realize that you need to keep searching and continuing your path forwards.

Energy of others- knight of cups reversed

Emotional immaturity, unwillingness to be vulnerable or upfront with feelings, unwillingness to do romantic gestures. The energy im seeing here is basically you walking away from someone who either didn't know how to handle their emotions appropriately or didn't want to give you the romantic partnership you wanted. This person's energy is unstable and emotionally tuberlant/restraint. Resistant to be emotionally and spiritually intimate, blockages in emotional intimacy

What you should priotize- queen of pentacles reversed

Prioritize what you've been negeltcing in the past few weeks or months. Focus on nurturing yourself instead of situations or people that are casuing you to wonder what else is out there. Thibgs such as money, self care, health and your own goals is what you're being guided to pour your energy into instead.

Additional message- influencing factors and intimacy

There are many factors influencing your love life right now, money issues, career, differences of personality, changes in location, whatever it is consider the influencing factors at play and how they change your situation and if it is important to you. These factors may also be what's effecting your intimacy with someone. Causing a person to withdraw or be closed off. The emotionally tuberlant or restiant energy someone shows you in your love life in the next few weeks is brought on by other factors in their life

[atom-writings]

Can I request the allies helping their S/O when their depression keeps them in bed for a few days, which isn't normal for them.

hetalia allies when their s/o is going through a depressive episode

1.8k words ~ gender neutral scenarios

tw: theyre not always the best but they figure it out (:

a/n: hope this was ok. if u want just like, comfort, thats cool and i can do that too seperately (: but anon i totally get i got crippling depression too. were alll in this togeeethherrr

America

Depressive episodes were nothing out of the usual for you. What was out of the usual though, was just how horribly this one was hitting you. But it seems like the person who it hurt the most, was Alfred.

Once you began spending the majority of your time in bed, he began to bother you incessantly. It'd be more annoying for you if it wasn't clear just how much Alfred was panicking.

Every day he returned from home to find you in your miserable state, he would question your sudden episode over and over again until one of you fell asleep. He offered to take you somewhere, to buy you everything, anything to get you back to normal. No matter how much you insisted that none of that would help, he continued.

That was until one day, upon his return from work, he didn't immediately come up to interrogate your lack of motivation. From your shared bed, you could vaguely hear him fumbling around downstairs. After a while, his footsteps finally echoed up the stairs.

Your door creaked open slowly, revealing Alfred awkwardly carrying bags of snacks as well as a TV. He rushed forward to throw everything on the bed before starting to hook up the TV in front of the bed.

“Alfred?”

“Yeah?“

”What are you doin'?“

”Making this room fun to be in,” He answered bluntly, but his tone was kind.

After a minute, he finished setting up the TV and crawled into bed with you. Before you could say anything, he pulled you flush against his side.

“Staying in here is no good for you, but at least there's ways to make it... less bad.” He told you softly.

You took a moment to respond, ”Can... can you stay in here with me?“

”I'll stay in here until you're ready to leave, K?“

England

As soon as your illness began to rear its ugly head, Arthur took notice. It's not like it hadn't happened before, after all. The unusual eating habits, the exhaustion, how less excited you would become over things you love, it's all typical. So he would help the way he usually did.

If you're too tired for work or school, he gets you out of it. If you're hungry, he makes whatever you want anytime. If you're slacking on chores, he makes up for it two-fold.

The entire time you spend gloomily sitting on your phone or watching TV, Arthur is running from place to place in a panic. It's clear why, he's just desperately trying to ”solve“ your sadness. After all, over his many periods of depression, he always works himself to the bone to get through them. He struggles to understand how you can just... sit there.

But of course, that's not how human depression tends to work. Seeing him so motivated did nothing but make you more insecure about your own sudden ”laziness.” Living in an incredibly clean house only helps for so long until it starts feeling weird.

The only place safe from his worried frenzy was the bedroom, where you lay nearly all day. It was quiet there, at least. Not frustrating like everything else. That was until Arthur interrupted your silence by joining you in bed with a huff.

“Love, you've been in here all day.”

You didn't respond, simply nodding and rolling to face away from him.

“What's wrong?”

Still, no response.

He grabbed your shoulder lightly, trying to pull you to face him.

“What is it?”

“You know what's wrong.”

He sighed, before laying down as well. His arms wrapped around your waist as he pulled you closer to him, his soft breath hitting the back of your neck as his heart beat against your back.

“I guess a better question would be... do you want to talk about it?”

You pause, ”Not really...“

”Well, I'll be here with you until you do.“

”No running around?“

He chuckles, ”No, I'll stay here. After all, you're strong... I imagine this won't last forever, right Love?“

France

Francis is a sensitive person, but most importantly he's an emotionally intelligent one. He notices as soon as your depression begins to get bad again, and he always tries to do little things to help. But... he knows that you're the one who's had to live in your head for years. The only reason he would go out of his way to help is if you asked him to.

Which you usually don't. It never seems to stay unbearable long enough for you to justify asking him, even though he's made clear he's always willing to do anything for you.

But this time is different, it feels as if your thoughts can't stop, no matter what you do. Even as you rest in bed, you only get more and more tired, more angry and miserable. Francis noticed this... but he wouldn't want to do anything you didn't want him to.

At least, that's how he thinks usually. But now, seeing his beloved sobbing for the 15th day in a row, he decided he had to do something.

Early in the morning, before the sun had fully risen, you were awoken by Francis's smiling face.

”Time to get up!“

”No-“

You were swiftly cut off by him grabbing your arms and pulling you upwards.

”I've set out clothes for you. We're going somewhere.“

You shook your head, ”W-Where? I'm tired-“

”It's gonna be fun! I'll buy you coffee on the way, don't worry.“

So up you were, regardless of your protests.

An hour-long car drive later, and you understood why he was so enthusiastic about going here. Before you stood the most stunning valley you had ever seen, surrounded by perfectly green trees and water so blue you could've sworn it was fake. But the breeze flowing through your hair said otherwise.

“While we walk to the beach, you can tell me all about what's wrong, okay?” He locked his hand around yours.

Sure, it didn't solve everything. But... it was better than the bedroom.

China

Yao doesn't really... understand what depression is. When you tell him it's a “mental illness” all he understands is “illness.” So the moment things start getting worse for you, he's recommending all the things he learned to make sick people better.

If it gets to the point of being bedridden, he acts like you're gonna die. Which is obviously not very... comforting. So after many times of you telling him to leave you alone, he's gotten used to popping in every couple of hours with tea, but that's it.

After all, you're usually back to your normal self pretty quickly. But this time, he can tell something's off; and he's not about to let you wither away.

So, one morning, you're awoken to a delicious breakfast already in your lap and Yao sitting in front of you, looking like a kid on Christmas.

“Wh- Yao? Why did you...”

“You haven't been eating enough, and I don't want you getting tired soon.”

You looked at him suspiciously, “Why?”

“We have plans.“

”Good plans or bad plans?“

”Good plans! What do you think of me?“

Once you finished eating breakfast, he dragged you out of bed. No matter how much you protested, his grip on your hand was strong. He brought you to the other side of the house, into his already set-up studio.

”What are we doing in here?“ You ask nervously.

”Getting you out of bed,“ He responds quickly, gesturing to the yoga mat set up next to his.

All you could was sigh and stand next to him, waiting for instruction.

”Do we really have to do this?“

He nods, spreading his legs to the side and reaching down with one hand. Looking up at you expectantly, he smiled.

”It keeps you spry,“ He switched sides, ”It keeps you healthy.“

”I'm really not in the mood,“

”Trust me.“

With a huff, you slowly worked your creaking body into the same pose he pulled.

”I can't stand to see you suffer in that room.“

”It's not fun on my end either.“

”I love you. I wish you would tell me how to help.”

You groan as the next pose he demonstrated stretched you a little bit more than what was comfortable.

“You can't 'help.' Just gotta wait it out.“

He took a moment to respond, “Well, I suggest you wait it out in ways that get your mind off everything. Like this.”

“It's helping the tiniest bit, I guess...”

He chuckled, “We will keep working at it until you feel better. No matter how long it takes.”

Russia

When your depression gets bad, it seems to be obvious to everyone... except Ivan. Despite you bringing it up to him, he either doesn't know what to do... or he doesn't care. The possibility of the latter doing nothing to make you feel any better.

Even as you spend all day laying in bed, crying constantly, he doesn't seem to notice. He just acts like you aren't... suffering. That stings, a lot more than anything else creating this depressive episode.

But after a week of this unending gloominess, you get a strange text from Ivan.

“Come downstairs.”

Weird and annoying... but more importantly ominous. It takes you only a second to throw on a hoodie and rush downstairs. You can't hear his usual humming, and the house seems completely still as you search for him. But when you look out the back window, you see him.

As you enter the backyard, you fully see what he was doing.

In the middle of the yard, he set up a picnic. Surrounding him is a mountain of bright flowers, and tens of little plates bearing your favourite sweets lay on the light blanket.

“Come sit, darling.”

You would be foolish of you to not oblige. Once you sat down next to him, he reached out to stroke your cheek lovingly.

”What is torturing you so horribly?“

You took a deep breath, “Where to start?”

“Wherever you want,” he clucks his tongue sympathetically, resting his hand on your thigh.

“Y-You know... I thought you didn't care. You've been so... normal...”

Ivan looks awkward, averting his gaze, “I didn't want to make it worse. You're so strong, I knew you could get through it on your own. I'm sorry.”

“I can.... but I don't want to...”

He leans forward, kissing your forehead.

”I promise, now, you will never deal with anything alone.“

”You're sure it won't be too much?“

”Never. Never too much.“

hey there. its gonna get better. its gonna be different. but its gonna get better. there are hundreds of people youre gonna meet, and hundreds of places youre gonna go, and its gonna be amazing. one day youll wake up and realize everything is alright. because youre gonna be ok.

[colourstreakgryffin]

omg I will feel so bad for the slayer that harms the love clone reader so badly that she trapped under rubble, Wisteria posion and torn Kimono and everything and just as soon as the slayer about to decapitate her she starts to throw a tantrum and be convinced she was just spreading 'love' so she obviously calls for Zohakuten to help her. May you please write that as a story please? Love your work. Also it like when Nezuko burned Daki but much worse for reader cause her face was literally torn apart. Also she calls the slayers bullies

Hehe! Okay, one more thing on Love Clone reader! As sad as this is for our innocent Dokusha, I do like this idea! @aliorailrow, here you gooo!

Zohakuten- The Victim

Wriggling and struggling under the overwhelming weight atop of your bloody back, your rose pink kanji-marked eyes glassed over slightly as your passionate heart cracked in rejection. Your pale, almost undead skin was coursing with a shot of deadly wisteria poison and your gorgeous eccentric kimono was torn apart into shreds, much like your pretty face in which dripped blood all over the grainy floor

The very strong slayer stood before you, scanning over their work. They were able to singlehandedly seperate you, one of the many emotion clones of the Upper Moon 4 and trap you under a huge pile of building rubber and paralyse you with poison so you’re too immobilised to be able to fight back. Your innocent and emotional nature gave the slayer a huge boost as you barely wanted to attack them back

The slayer rose their malicious Nichirin Katana, setting off your final protective moments. “I just wanted to spread love! You’re a awful, mean person! You bully, how dare you try ruin my love! Why can’t I give you love!” You roar out heartbroken and bewildered by this slayer’s unreasonable hostility. You were truly convinced that you had done nothing wrong as you wanted to spread your love out for the human and your clone brothers

But this truly vile human attacked you, cornered you and crushed you like some helpless prey to it’s predator. The same slayer rose up their weapon and swung down very speedy as they were prepared to kill one of the Upper Moon 4’s clones, in horror and with nothing left to use your own seperate abilities as the wind in your lungs kept getting knocked out over and over. Even though you were upset and horrified with the potential you’ll die, you still felt love for the human…

“ONII-SAN, HELP ME!” You screamed out as loud as you could in a split-second, tears dripping down your mutilated cheeks. This roar of desperation echoed through the dark forest and triggered Sekido to immediately stuff his palm into the faces of his clone brothers; Karaku, Urogi and Aizetsu, absorbing them in a fast pace. Thankfully, the four entities managed to transform into Zohakuten, just in time to summon the pair of mighty solid wooden dragons into deflecting the slayer’s attack by burrowing through the very ground and break their katana into two

The two gigantic, semi-sentient dragons destroyed the rumble effortlessly pinning you down into grinded dust and carried you over to plop down weakly behind the familiar hatred clone. Zohakuten’s outraged eyes averted from the stunned, surprised human onto you, that boiling hatred faded into concern as he leant down to tilt your chin up to meet his eyes, he was so worried about you and a powerful deep rage built up even more

“Don’t worry now, my precious little sister. I’ll take care of this bully, just stand behind me and I will protect you, like I always do”

[ethosiab]

Did you get asked about the boatboys pirate au yet? That sounds so awesome 👀👀👀👀👀👀

hehe im glad you think so !

the AU concept essentially sprung from my sleep-deprived and angst-craving brain, on a flight to melbourne at 2am.

The basic idea is that Etho and Joel are pirates in a nautical fantasy world, with gods, magic, and fantastical sea beasts (+ Lizzie).

Etho and Joel end up with their souls linked after the two of them take and use cursed magic items 'belonging' to the god of souls, a vengeful being who feeds on the emotions and souls of mortals (it does not have a name yet-). So now they share injuries which means neither can satisfy the urge to strangle the other without causing themself harm. Sad! The items do give them powers though, which is a bonus. Yeah Joel might be seperated from his wife and has to deal with etho but he can also turn into a wolf so its not all bad.

Prior to meeting Joel, Etho was a loner, having already lost his soul in his shitty deal with the god (yet somehow still being alive... hmm... smells like a plot point....). He spent a fair while running around causing chaos (got involved with King Ren a while and worked for him, because despite being a pirate and generally against the idea of a monarchy he will not pass up the chance to get some extra coin if it suits him), but eventually settled down in a seaside pirate-ridden town because he was massively wanted after betraying the King's trust and also kind of tired. Here and there, he did the bidding of his god, which generally consisted of killing people (the god could just smite them but this is more interesting for it to watch). Etho's cursed item is a dagger that gives him the ability to go unnoticed when he's sneaking around places. If people are looking for him, their eyes gloss over him, if he's trying to be quiet he will literally not make a noise, and if he's picking someone's pocket his touch is feather light. Unlike Joel's amulet, there's nothing special about the dagger that gives him these powers, it just grants whatever the user would find coolest or most useful. Etho avoids using the dagger in combat for... reasons, and instead opts to use an arsenal of other knives he has.

Before Joel had his soul split in two (because note that difference, Etho was running around soulless for a decade before this somehow) with one half shoved in Etho's glass eye, Joel was a pirate captain with a crew consisting of Jimmy and probably some other empires people, or just random bg characters. Joel was probably one of the most dangerous pirates to encounter out there, not because of his ships firepower (though they've got a lot of that), but because he somehow always had the environment on his side. (Almost like the Ocean Goddess was his wife... or something...)

Most of the plot revolves around them being sent on a long errand by the soul god to find one of its other 'followers' that it lost track of. They end up putting together a shabby crew, meeting character's from their pasts, and desperately seeking a solution to the soul-linked issue that doesn't end up with both of them dead.

[mattivoda]

This post isn’t targeted towards this person in particular but I see this same sort of tiktok come up on my timeline every couple of months and it feels me with a very specific RAGE because of how wrong it is about the core message of this show.

For those who don’t know, the music from the TikTok comes from the musical The Last Five Years, made by Jason Robert Brown. It originally opened in Chicago in 2001, then making its way to Broadway in 2002 after great reviews from critics and audiences.

the elevator pitch of the show is simple; a writer exploding with success (Jamie) and a struggling actress (Kathy) and the rise and fall of their marriage.

Normally this would be a pretty basic musical, right? However the true genius comes from one key part of its storytelling: the order at which the story is shown to you.

Jamie performs his side of the story in chronological order, from the start of the relationship ending with their divorce. Kathy, however, tells her story flipped; starting with their divorce and ending when Kathy first meets Jamie.

The two actors almost never interact on-stage, singing solo songs for every single song except for the act one ending song The Next Ten Minutes, where Jamie proposes and the two marry.

Now you might be asking: why is this important to the story? and which character was supposed to be the “bad guy” in the marriage?

If you delve into the story and look at the way the story depicts both characters’ perspectives on what happened then an obvious fact becomes clear:

Jamie is an asshole and was the main problem in the marriage. You aren’t, and never were supposed to side with him.

Throughout the show, Jamie is shown to be obsessed with his own fame, gloating about how he seems to only be able to exponentially succeed in his writing. His obsession makes him blind to the struggles of his wife, even going as far as deluding himself into thinking his wife’s struggles is simply her being jealous of his success. By the end of the show, Jamie cheats on Kathy and proceeds to blame her for not allowing him privacy.

THAT’S why the storytelling of The Last Five Years is so compelling. By only showing these characters seperate from each other, it forces us to become familiar with Jamie and Kathy as individuals rather than a couple. It allows us to see Jamie’s douchebaggery up-close and personal, with the entire first act highlighting this glaring detail and allowing us to see the consequences of this as his marriage devolve in the second act. Just the simple fact that Jamie’s story is chronological creates a beautiful dichotomy between Kathy’s frustrations, sadness and abandonment and Jamie’s cocky, happy-go-lucky success story.

Before I finish writing this and go to bed, i’d like to say I don’t blame those who hold this view for thinking this about The Last Five Years for one reason only; the only way they got to see it was the movie version.

the film adaption of The Last Five Years (2014) decided that the reason the musical worked was because “interesting timeline go brrr” and decided to keep the original timeline, but instead had both characters constantly interacting.

Instead of having this abstract deconstruction of these two characters, with both Kathy and Jamie monologuing their personal thoughts and emotions separately, they mash together and create this weird, realistic depiction of a breakup. The performances from Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan were amazing, don’t get me wrong, but these choices in the adaption rip the emotion and soul out of its inspiration and sell the corpse for $20 a viewing.

Jamie and Kathy’s marriage is a cautionary tale about what happens when you don’t listen and understand your partner. It is not a desperate attempt of a composer to appear in the right about his marriage and it shouldn’t be a sloppy retelling of a failed marriage with a quirky form of storytelling. Please please PLEASE if you agree with this original TikTok’s message just know you are so UNBELIEVABLY wrong.

tldr; you are not supposed to side with Jamie!!!! he is in the wrong!!!! that’s the whole point of the musical!!!!! don’t watch the movie it sucks and is innacurate!!!!!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[aphrodisiaxcunt]

Ghost x Gn!reader

Coldness

Content: Slight angst,Fluff,genderneutral!reader x Ghost,no NSFW,Gn!reader,oneshot??? Not proof read

Simons lines are in purple, readers are in red

It had been three years since Simon retired from the military.

You had moved in with him shortly after that, but ever since then he had turned cold towards you. You couldn't blame him though, settling down and the domesticity of it all was new for him.

Slowly, the coldness and the way he turns away from you starts to bother you, no matter what you try he just won't come to the halfway point to meet your attempts of helping him.

It's another night of sleeping in seperate rooms when you decide to try one last time, if he can't allow you into his life after years of trying, you decided it's not in your hands anymore.

You sit up in bed, the frame creaking gently due to your movements, it's dark in the guest room, 'how stupid..' you thought to yourself, sleeping in the guest room of your own house..it's ridiculous.

You get up, the cold floor sending a shiver up your body when your feet touch it. Making your way to the master bedroom where Simon is sleeping, you feel nervous, there should be no reason to, but still you can't shake the sinking feeling in your belly.

The door to the bedroom creaks as you push it open, the dim light from outside the window lighting up the room just enough so you see Simons chest rising and falling gently with his soft breathing.

You shut the door behind yourself as you make your way to the bed, the bed you haven't slept in for ages and the bed that now feels like a stranger to you. As you lie down Simon grumbles from his sleep

"What is it..?" He mumbles quietly when you lie down behind him, gently wrapping your arms around his chest.

"Nothing..go back to sleep.." you try urging him to keep sleeping but he turns around and carefully wraps his arms around your waist, holding you closer to himself.

"Ya woke me up..can't sleep now lovie.." he speaks in a quiet tone, chin resting against the top of your head as he blinks out the sleep from his eyes.

"Sorry.." you can't but mutter out a desperate sorry, the embrace feels cold. Like there's nothing there, you finally break down, you never wanted it to come to this when you asked him to retire, you didn't want him to despise you for it, yet here you were.

Your breath hitched in your throat as the tears flooded your eyes, despair filling your lungs.

Then you feel his hand cradling the back of your head, holding your face to his chest

"'S alright lovie..no need to cry, eh..?"

That makes you lose it, the tears drop down your cheeks as his deep voice hits your ears. Your sniffles muffled into his chest as you hug him tighter, whole body trembling at the strain of your muscles.

He just let's you cry, carefully running his thick fingers through your hair, watching carefully at his work so he doesen't pull on any knots you may have hidden in your hair.

"Cry it out.."

"I hate you-.." your words hit him harder than he's ever been hit during his line of work, hate is such a strong word. He's heard it before but hearing it from you feels much, much worse.

"I hate that I love you so much-..It's not fair when you don't love me back.." Doesen't love you back? Simon has a hard time understanding why you would think of such a thing. He could never hate you.

"I love you.." the words ring and bounce around in your ears and in your head, it's been months since he last told you he loves you, you can't answer him, only letting out a sad sob into his t-shirt, forming a wet patch on his chest.

"Guess I haven't really showed ya that, have I..?" You shake your head a no, truth is he hasn't. There's no denying that.

"I just miss being with you like this.." you manage to blurt out a messu string of words from your drool covered lips, the sobbing ruining your face completely. You feel Simons head lift off of your head as he looks down at you, arms unraveling from your waist, he pulls his arms up to cup your face as he caresses your cheeks with his rough thumbs, wiping away your desperate tears.

"Sorry lovie..I didn't mean to hurt you.." his voice is soft, quiet and gentle.

You nod in forgiveness at his apology, closing your eyes and leaning your face to his hands.

"Wanna try getting some sleep..?" He asks in a caring tone, still wiping away your rogue tear drops. You just nod, letting him pull the blanket over your body and holding you up against him. The beat of his heart is calm, it's slow and relaxed.

It doesen't honestly take you long to fall asleep, everything feels alright right now, it's going to be okay..right?...

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[oh-austin]

all three (austin butler)

summary: its finally time for the premiere of elvis and austin is lucky enough to have his two favourite girls with him for the night.

prompt: “we’re going to be late” + “I’ll be careful”

authors note / warnings: no warnings! this is my first piece for austin, go easy on me and I hope you all like it! we need more dad!austin in this world

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Watching someone you love dedicate themselves to something they're passionate about is a beautiful thing. But, watching the love of your life dedicate his entire being to something he's passionate about? Breathtaking.

Austin had spent the last two years of his life dedicating his every move and word to this film, desperate to capture the essence of Elvis and portray him the best he could- the way he deserved.

It was hard to watch sometimes, imposter syndrome threatening to drag Austin under the waters and take him hostage was always present. But in the times he felt like he couldn't breathe, he had people to pull him back to the surface.

You and Ines, his two favourite things.

Sure, Austin knew that there would be struggles portraying such a big soul and surrendering himself to Elvis; but at the end of the day, he would always have you two to go home to.

The pair of you were his rocks, keeping him grounded and level-headed; reminding him of who he really was when he finally took off the costumes and makeup. He was Austin, he was an actor, a lover and a father.

Austin usually tried to keep his personal life just that- personal. He prided himself on being able to seperate his fiancee and child from the spotlight. When he was at work, he was an actor. When he was home, a father and to-be husband.

Tonight, he was all three.

"Come on you two, we're gonna be late!" Austin called up the stairs with a smile. Anyone thought that he would be stressed prior to arriving at the premiere, but he knew the hard work was done- all he had to do was await for everyone's reaction.. no pressure.

His voice rang throughout the hotel room. Austin was fortunate enough to be put up in a spacious hotel whilst in Cannes, big enough for Ines to run wild when she needed to get out some energy.

The styling team finished the last of Austin's outfit, one woman pinning a small blue flower onto his suit. He thanked her quietly, keeping an eye on the time- he liked to be somewhat on time, but he knew his daughter often had her own schedule.

Austin heard Ines before he saw her. She let out small giggles as she raced down the stairs in her dress, a faded yellow satin dress that she was sure to spill something on before the night was out. Being freshly two, she was getting quicker- not quick enough for her dad though.

"Gotcha!" He picked her up before she could take her last step off the stairs, spinning her once and then bringing her up into his arms. "You-" He dragged out the word, taking in her daughters dirty blonde curls- "Look so beautiful," He held her close to him before kissing her on the cheek. "Gotta stop getting so big," He whispered, kissing her once more.

"Momma is taking forever," Ines sighed dramatically, throwing herself backwards in Austin's arms. She had her father's flair for dramatics.

"Is she?" He raised an eyebrow at Ines, "Doesn't sound like your Mom, huh?" Austin chuckled. Austin put Ines down on the couch before kneeling in front of her. "Gotta put your shoes on yeah?" He held ballet flats that were suddenly getting too big in his eyes, watching his baby grow up brought him almost a sadness.

"This one first," Ines tapped her right foot.

"This one?" Austin grabbed the wrong foot on purpose, a smirk on his lips.

"No Daddy!" She laughed loudly, "This one!" She stuck her foot up at Austin who just dodged his daughter's small kick. Austin muttered a small 'okay' with a smile, putting her shoes on her feet for her.

"Daddy getting you ready, Nezzie?" You leant against the bannister of the stairs, watching your fiancee with your daughter. He was so loving and gentle, born to be a father.

It always felt like slow motion when Austin looked at you, as if it were the first time he had ever met your eyes. "Wow," He slowly stood up, drinking in your appearance. "You look.."

"Amazing?" You smirked, your arms crossed as you walked over to Austin, "Beautiful? Radiant?"

"Oh definitely," He nodded, his hands rubbing up and down both of your arms, "More than," His head shook slightly in disbelief.

"Come here Nezzie," You smiled picking Ines up from her spot on the couch, "Are you ready?"

"I've been ready," Austin joked, "Make me late to my own premiere,"

"Was it worth it?" You leant towards him, your eyes looking down at his lips, taking in his cupid's bow whilst there.

Austin leant in closer, his lips ghosting over yours, "Definitely"

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You and Ines let Austin take the lead once you were on the carpet. You enjoyed standing back with his publicist and see him in his element, the cameras just loved him and everyone could see why.

You watched as his eyes danced around the carpet, searching for something. They landed on you, holding a wining Ines. He smiled, gesturing for you two to come over for some pictures. "Nezzie," You smiled, looking down at her. She was very overwhelmed, she had never been to an event this big before- all she wanted was her daddy. "Look, who's over there?"

Ines followed her Mom's pointer finger to find her daddy offering her a small wave, her grumpy face disappeared and was replaced with a sweet smile. You put Ines down on the carpet and let her run over to Austin.

He brought Ines into a warm embrace before kissing her hair and standing back up. The media was going nuts for a glimpse of Austin and his daughter, a rare occurrence- but this was his night and he was going to celebrate it with his family.

He looked back over at you and nodded for you to come over, wondering why you weren't already on his arm. Once you double checked with his publicist, who gave you a nod and a smile, you went over to your fiancee and posed for some photos with him and Ines.

Ines mainly hid her head in Austin's neck for most of the photos, but he managed to coax her out for some, pointing at the fancy lighting fixtures above her heads that resembled stars. You watched Austin with Ines, a smile on your face. He kissed her on the cheek, she laughed at him before poking his face.

"We'll head inside and wait for you okay?" You and Austin switched over Ines, as the interviews were coming up.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay out here?" Austin was always cautious, always wanted you close, "I won't be long,"

"Go," You smile, "This is your night, go be a star" Austin stared in adoration at you, never being able to comprehend him getting so lucky. How he knew he didn't deserve you.

"Be careful okay?" Austin held you by the arms again, his thumb softly rubbing your skin. The cameras were eating this up, Austin Butler- superstar and family man. "That goes for you Nez," Austin cupped his daughters cheeks, "You need to listen to what Mommy says and stay close, okay? It's very important you listen to Mommy,"

Ines nodded, leaning into her dad's touch, "Okay Daddy," She said softly, "Promise," She held up her pinky finger. Austin's anxious thoughts faded when he looked at Ines, his sweet baby.

"Good girl," He interlocked their fingers, kissing hers afterwards. "I love you both," Austin kissed you on the forehead, before peppering kisses over Ines' cheeks.

"Love you," You smiled, beginning to walk away towards the entrance.

"Bye Daddy!" Ines shouted to Austin, who was already posing for pictures again.

He broke out in a big smile as he looked over to her, "Bye Nezzie," He blew her a kiss.

As Austin watched you walk away with Ines in your arms, he reminded himself as he stood on the carpet that no matter the success all of his films brought him, that he would always be a father before a star.