#though to be honest in a different one i could easily be leo

[thatonegeekygirl]

based on a real life interaction between me and my hyperactive little brother :p

[astrologylunadream]

Are They Attracted To You?💋🌺🌹 (Pick a card/Tarot love reading)

Hi it's Lunadream❤️ This is an honest reading for whether or not that person on your mind has romantic attraction towards you! hope you find your message💌✨️

Notice: Only take what resonates because the most important thing is your own judgement!♡ If anything doesn't resonate, don't worry! It's not your message right now <3 (Entertainment purpose only. All rights reserved)

Now, shall we begin~? ^w^ Think of the your person, and pick whichever pile that fits the energy you're feeling~❤️‍🔥

Pile 1🩷

Pile 2💋

Pile 3🌺

Pile 4🌹

Take your time and choose carefully with the heart~♡

On to the readings —> ❤️

Pile 1🩷

Sign energy: Facial expression, Body, Art, Right, Demand, 5th house, Taurus, Aries, 2nd house, 9th house,📞🤪🏜🙅‍♂️

🎀Your person's energy: Okay hi so this person is quite smart, they might often be right about things or they always want to be right. They could have sort of a dominant way about them, like they want to be heard.🗣☝️ There is prominent aries or 1st house placements here, also Taurus. Sagittarius, Leo, actually all fire signs wow so this person has a straightforward or directness to them. One of the first things that came up is their body is a work of art lol😂😭 Seriously they might have the build of a greek statue for some, they could be phsyically fit or in shape I'm hearing "sculpted"🦵💪👀 That could mean someone who is creative or into making things too take what resonates.🪄 I feel like this person could make some really funny faces, like they could have very animated facial expressions.😜 Your person may trive on having attention on them, or they just get it without trying. Their voice is attractive, also they can be interested in many exotic genres of music.🎧🎼 For some of you this person is from a hot climate, or they are just hot themselves😉 They are sensual and headstrong, this could be someone from a long distance but I only see that for a few of you. They are exciting and want to enjoy many hobbies, there is a thirst for adventure in them.🪂🌋 They could love food especially from different cultures, they are expressive in their body langauge aswell😅🔥 This person might appear wild or reckless. Possibly a bit demanding sometimes or even selfish it depends on the person, but I think they are a youthful spirit.

🌺Are They Attracted To You: Dating, Warrior, Reconnect, Passion, Finger, Leo, Pisces, Moon, Neptune, Chiron,🔊🥺💁‍♂️🪃

Okay there is a lot of passion here, for some of you this person wants to date you!🫵❤️‍🔥 Like they are energetically pointing at you like "pile 1 date me now😤" lmao. They have a desire to reconnect with you emotionally and heal you with this passion and devotion I'm hearing, but I think your judgement is needed here because the situation is iffy.🤨🔍 Although there is a lot of attraction from this person, it could be more like infatuation for them. This person feels restless and easily bored, I do see that this person would get an ego boost from dating you.🔝🏆 They are very vocal about their attraction to you my pile 1's, but they're wearing rose colored lenses a bit when it comes to you. This person fantasizes about you, and they want to win your heart.🫢❤️‍🔥 It's like they are in a gauntlet of war competing with your potential suitors in the spiritual realm lol😂⚔️ Be careful though as this person's attraction may be unstable or flighty, the spark they feel may ignite but also burn out fast. They could lose interest easily in relationships I'm hearing, it's hard for them to keep focus. I think they have a soft spot for you though, they want to prove themselves to you.🎁✨️ This attraction to you feels more loyal and devoted than they usually are. They want to reach out to you, for some of you this person wants to apologize for something or heal any emotional wounds you have.🫂💞 This person's attraction to you is more on a spiritual and emotional level than phsyical but I'm seeing that too, they feel attached to you most energetically.🔗💭 They are attracted to you because of the psychic bond you two share, your soul is so precious to them and they don't want to see you suffer. Wow I think this person is very emotional over you, there is a mixture of passion and love for this pile.🌹🩷 For some of you this person is having dreams of you, their subconcious is very attracted towards you. I think this person is healing, maybe that is why their energy was so chaotic at first. You may be keeping them in tune with their more caring or nurturing self.

💌Messages from your person: I still love you, It's the start of something new, You're pretty, Nothing else matters, I can't believe you would choose me, You read my mind, I stay asleep dreaming of you, It feels so good. 🐇🛑🍪🕯(Wow yes they dream of you pile 1 and they fantastize of you, definitely a psychic connection here!❤️🥹)

Thank you my pile 1's! If you feel this resonated, you may tap the heart to claim this message!🌺💋

I hope you enjoyed your reading! ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )ɞ If you did be sure to let me know pile 1 with the pink heart emoji~🩷 Thanks for scrolling through, Hugs hugs hugs!! See you in the next reading🥰

Pile 2💋

Sign energy: Back off, Lesson, Glow up, Top, Force, Air, Neptune, Jupiter, 6th house, Pisces,♂️💦🍒🍭

🎀Your person's energy: Wow this person does not like us channeling their energy right now lol😅 Their vibe seems confused and very resistant, they could be very busy or unavailable right now.✋️😠 I feel like this person has a defensive energy towards my pile 2's, they try to be realistic I'm hearing. For some of you this person is masculine or dominant, they could even be phsyically bigger for some of my pile 2's🫢 Air sign energy, Pisces, Sagittarius, Virgo, those could be in their chart. Maybe Neptune in pisces or in the air signs for some, jupiter in 6th house is possible, also pisces mars or neptune-mars aspects. these are all mutable signs actually. This is someone you can learn a lot from, or you will learn valuable lessons from your connection with them.💡 This person is so resistant you guys like they are in this energy of pushing you away?? It feels like they are being way too hard on themselves as well as you.💔 This person is very cautious and intelligent, they may not believe in fairytales or misleading fantasies. Honestly for some in this pile it seems as if they think you are getting your hopes up with them, that could definitely be the case for many of you. They might feel like they are more mature or responsible in some way, they seem to be very strict or judgemental towards you.🤨 I mean, this person is very forceful in their intentions and I think they don't want you to get hurt or have your dreams crushed.💭🚫 There is an absence from this person, they could be distancing themselves from you or there is some lack of engagement physically. I mean this person is very attractive and their chest is very noticeable, some of my pile 2's may be unrealistic about this person.😓 Their energy is currently very tense, they have a lot of discipline I'm hearing. They are forceful and driven. Behind their functional facade they are quite emotionally challenged, but they try to hide their feelings or control them.❤️‍🩹

🌺Are They Attracted To You: Libra, Force, Society, Honey, Frozen, 11th house, Pluto, Moon, Leo, Pisces,📚🧲🎠🧐

Ah so this is interesting pile 2! Force came out twice in this reading and with pluto I think there is a magnetic pull towards you here actually.😳😍 I'm surprised by their initial energy but it seems like they are stuck fighting their emotions, their attraction towards you may go against their own societal expectations or they are worried about their image😱👤✨️ They have a lot of pressure on them, so I think their energy is quite intense towards you. You make them emotional and this confuses them, they feel unable to take any action I'm hearing. It's like this person is frozen with indecision about my pile 2's🧊❄️ They could be weighing their options right now, for some of you this person is also faking their confidence in front of you. They are hiding their feelings, but they feel a a psychic pull towards you pile 2!!💭✨️ They might be searching for information especially online in order to identify these emotions omg.😨 They may have an strange thirst for knowledge about you that they can't explain, they are deeply curious about you without even realizing it. For some this could even mean possible obsession, they can't seem to figure you out so I think that morphs into a type of attraction for them.🧠🖤 This is quite the plot twist. They may not be aware of their interest in you, but there is a strange attachment to you. For some of you they may even be silently learning more about you through social media or any way they can. It is possible this person is definitely not aware of their attraction to you and they may not even feel it at first, but it is subconcious.😳💭 Either they are putting on an act about how they feel or for others in this pile they haven't realized they feel an attraction to you, but this secret is yet to be revealed for them my pile 2's❤️‍🔥

💌Messages from your person: My future is with you, You have so much to say, I have no boundaries with you, You're so delicate, You are, It's all fake, Can I hold you? I'm trying to find myself.🎎🤩🚨🙃 (Okay pile 2 so this person admits to it they have been putting on an act, they have been hiding their true energy towards you relentlessly but they just can't hold back from you. They are lost and trying to figure things out, my pile 2's this person wants to hold you.😫❤️)

Thank you my pile 2's! If you feel this resonated, you may tap the heart to claim this message!🌺💋

I hope you enjoyed your reading! ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )ɞ If you did be sure to let me know pile 2 with the kiss emoji~💋 Thanks for scrolling through, Hugs hugs hugs!! See you in the next reading🥰

Pile 3🌺

Sign energy: Vision, Star, Try, Control freak, Meaning, Gemini, Virgo, 3rd house, Vertex, Earth,😇🕷🍪🤙

🎀Your person's energy: Exciting! This person feels witty and analytical, they may be a fast thinker or use their head a lot.🧠💭 They can be focused and may be good at communicating, also a very angelic personality🥰✨️ They try to be helpful and have meaningful conversations with others, but they can also be very controlling for some. They are skilled with their hands, and they may be very good at many things including speaking.🗣👑 They could be Earth sign, Gemini, Virgo, or Mercury dominant. 3rd house placements, also virgo in 3rd house for some. This person may talk or think excessively.🤯 For some this person is very social and may have many friends or converse with lots of people often. They do well at may at school or work, they have a professional/well put together vibe about them. They want to be a fast and efficient person.🔨✨️ They are talented and there is a star quality about them in their expertise. May be very thorough and detailed. They could have a good reputation or people see them as bright example.⭐️ They may be a rolemodel of some sort or you look up to them. This person possibly struggles with overthinking or anxiety, they often have their mind on many different things.👀 They are mindful and think things through. Try to appear cool in most conversations😎 Very clever and sweet I'm hearing, they might freak out about some stuff sometimes. Like for some of you this person could be afraid of spiders or like not completing an assignment lol things like that😂

🌺Are They Attracted To You: At last, Responsibility, Ladder, Masculine, Accessory, Aries, 7th house, Sagittarius, South node, Eros,🐓♈️🌫🪂

Okay so there is a lot of passion in this pile, they see you as something hot and untamable! There is heavy aries influence here, some of you may be aries🤭 This person is normally level headed and responsible but you bring out this wild side to them😳🔥 There is a lot of attraction to you my pile 3's, honestly you really turn them on😭 This person may feel tempted by you, or you challenge them in some way. You make them want to act tougher or more dominant with you, you bring out a reckless version of this person, it's like a hidden monster that has been waiting to be unleashed.👿⛓️ Mhm this person is wild about you honestly, their feelings are loud and clear here. They are attracted to your free spirit, they want to take risks with you.🪂🔥🚀 Something about you is foreign to them, almost forbidden. If you're in the room with them, the air feels thicker. They have such a passionate fiery energy towards you, but this attraction is also an interest in a commitment with you. They may desire a long term relationship instead of a fleeting romance. This person feels like you complete them, and they may be very attracted to you as their romantic counterpart take what resonates of course.💍💖 They feel an obligation towards you, like they have to be strong or reliable for you. You excite this person, there is a spark they see in you.🔥😫 They might feel like you are dangerous for them though, and there could be lots of physical tension between you two. They try to keep composed, like they are fighting their demons.🥊 You make them feel empowered and full of passion and drive. They may especially view you as phsyically attractive or their ideal type. I'm hearing you cloud their judgement and you could even make them lose their inhibitions.❤️‍🔥 So much attraction!

💌Messages from your person: I know it's hard, I love the shape of your lips, The pain will go away, You're a genius, Don't just stand there, So what? You're too kind, Of course you won't. 🆚️✍️😡🤐 (Ohh pile 3 this person is hot and bothered, they think you're really sweet and smart and they know you won't just let it go to waste🥰 This is a mix of tension and appreciation from this person, wow I think they want to compete for you🥺)

Thank you my pile 3's! If you feel this resonated, you may tap the heart to claim this message!💋

I hope you enjoyed your reading! ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )ɞ If you did be sure to let me know pile 3 with the hibiscus emoji~🌺 Thanks for scrolling through, Hugs hugs hugs!! See you in the next reading🥰

Pile 4🌹

Sign energy: Beloved, Model, Leo, Blush, Make out, 12th house, Air, Pluto, 11th house, Mercury,⛓️🥀💆‍♀️���️

🎀Your person's energy: So.. some of you wanna make out with this person right now😂 lmao just kidding but yes there is a lot of attraction to this person haha. Some of my pile 4's really love this person, they make your day. They could be a model or they have that kind of allure to them, they just earn effortless attention and obsession lol.💫 You may dream of them, even fantasize of them. You feel spiritually connected to them, and of course it is very apparent in the energy that you are interested in them through tarot/astrology. Some of you met this person online or they don't know your identity, only some. This person could be famous or people's heads just turn to them.👤✨️ Could be actor or creator for some, they are talented in something. Some of you are not with this person right now, there could be phsyical distance and lack of communication for you two.📵 They could be an Air sign, Leo, Pisces, Scorpio, Aquarius, Gemini, Mercury in 12th house, Pluto in Leo or Pluto in 11th house, Mercury in 11th house for some. I'm hearing this person is a religion lol what, they could have a lot of secret admirers like for some in this pile take what resonates lol. They could be religious, also for some they have a following on social media or an influencer.🤳 Hey they are pretty attractive I could see why, this person might make you blush.🤭💗 You may be too shy to talk to them or you just can't for some reason, they are quite captivating and glamorous.💋✨️ May attract lots of jealousy because of their radiant energy and confidence. You admire their unique qualities, they are super special. Their presence is intense and magnetic, maybe even serious for some in this pile. Strange things about them make you giggle and smile, I'm hearing they have a hold on you. You might feel like they're your soulmate, but there is an air of mystery to them. This person is so hot, some of you may fantastize being touched by them and you may not even know them that well, it feels like your heart is captured by them, maybe even a little addicted for some.🫢🩷

🌺Are They Attracted To You: Baby, Wedding, Performance, Spring, Ex lover, Taurus, 2nd house, Vertex, Aries, Leo,🕊❤️‍🔥🔑⛲️

Hm interesting, so this is giving a lot more info actually. Wedding came out my pile 4's😏💕 This person finds you naturally attractive and full of charm!😍💋 They have a playful interest in you, also very passionate and sweet. They think you're pretty, aesthetically pleasing to them in many different senses.✨️ For some in this pile this is an ex that wants you back, like the classic "come back to me baby" stereotype lmao I can hear that for some of you😅💌 they are still burning with passion for you. This could be a flame that just started for others in this pile, your connection with this person is meaningful and possibly a key aspect of your life. That is especially true because this person may want to marry you and that could actually work for them!💍💗 They have a lot of charm and attraction to you, also with the dove emoji they might definitely plan to confess or get the message across to you. They want your attention fast, they might even put on a show for it.😂 They are dramatic about you. Like for some of you this person is trying to be flashy to get your interest, they might be dressing nicer or flirting a lot. You make this person feel very flirty omg, with this mix of energy it feels like sweet talking.🗣🍬🩷 Like they feel so attracted to your warm kindness, they find you to be irresistible. They love your personal feminine qualities you whether it's like making things nicer or shopping, even your voice🥰 Some of you may be born in spring, also there are definitely some Taurus in this pile! This person is attracted to your earthly beauty, even if you don't feel pretty they see you as a goddess.🪞 This energy is very persuasive I think this person is so captivated by your aura and presence.💖 Their attraction to you is a grand, passionate and devoted kind, you are like wood they need to ignite their flames.🔥 They feel like they can trust and rely on you, they're attracted to how stable and beautiful you are pile 4! There is a lot of desire here, they want to be seen by you. Also they want to give you their attention, they're such a charmer😩❤️‍🔥

💌Messages from your person: I need you in this lifetime, Pretend you don't know me, I love the shape of your lips, Why not? Let's break up, They're jealous of me, I believe you, Focus on yourself.🧤🔮🤴🫰 (Wow of course they are quite dramatic lol. They are very attracted to you, this person may be unable to be with you right now. Some of you are dating this person or they want a relationship with you but others are jealous😳 People may want their hands on you/them, or for others it could be timing or situation that is coming between you both. This person believes in you though, I mean they believe in the divine connection you have but they want you to focus on yourself right now. There is so much love for you and they don't want you to get dragged into all the drama, they wanna be with you now but they want you to prioritize your self care and wellbeing most importantly.😩💗)

Thank you my pile 4's! If you feel this resonated, you may tap the heart to claim this message!🌺💋

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[turtleblogatlast]

Thinking about the Don Suave scene and what it means in terms of LGBTQ+ representation because my brain does nothing if not torment me with random topics to ramble about on the regular.

Anyway, I just wanted to ramble about why I like the scene but to get it out of the way - the scene can very easily be interpreted in so many different ways, and all of them are valid. I personally see it as Leo having at least some attraction to a man. And the following is an explanation of my own interpretation and thoughts on it and what it means especially for Leo’s portrayal in the grand scheme of things.

Long-winded interpretation under the cut!

Now, to start with, it’s important to me that in the scene Leo looks at Don Suave in the very beginning and then for the entirety of the rest of the time the man is on screen, Leo’s eyes are closed. Yet, in the end, he is still visibly enamored with Don Suave, happily cuddling up to him as he’s being carried away.

You can very easily interpret this as Leo being spellbound and that’s honestly super valid and I believe he likely was at least somewhat in the beginning, but considering how fast he looked away and how he never looked again, I personally think it makes more sense to read it as Leo just finding the man attractive, at least somewhat. (For the record, I personally headcanon Rise Leo as bisexual with a heavy preference for men, but I want to be blunt when I say that any interpretation is valid. Literally any. Ace, pan, gay, bi, none of the above or a mixture of something new literally all of it is more than okay and fair. Hell you could even interpret this entire scene as more romantic attraction than physical and it would still work. Anything goes!! Don’t bother people, guys, really.)

The main reason I take this scene to be at the very least LGBTQ+ adjacent isn’t just because of how it’s portrayed, but because of who Leonardo is. Not in terms of Rise of the TMNT, but in terms of the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™️ franchise.

Leo’s a character who, while changing with each iteration, has still at his core been around for decades upon decades as “the blue one”. One fourth of the team. He’s the one most are going to look at as the Leader, and oftentimes he is the one closest to having the title of Main Character. Not to say the others aren’t just as important, but Leo’s presence in the A plots of basically all TMNT media is often something very main character-esque.

And that’s very, very important to note. Here we have a Main Character of a prolific and decades long-running franchise distributed by a children’s television network. You can play around with his and his brothers’ characters all you like, but there is always going to be challenges to dodge around, especially since this was still in 2018-2019.

For example, you can play around with their designs so long as they’re color coded turtles, but their sexualities? Now that’s tricky.

“But what about Hypno and Warren?” Not main characters and also they’re Rise originals. They have a lot more room to play around with than a character like Leo does. But even talking about main characters in the franchise, you could arguably have an easier time playing around with Donnie or Mikey’s sexualities than Leo or even Raph, as (unfortunately) the former two tend to get more B plots, so they’d likely have had a little more leeway (still not a lot though.)

So, where does this leave us?

It leaves us in a place where outright stating and/or showing undeniable proof of Leo’s attraction to men is very, very difficult. So, workarounds!

Workarounds like the entire Don Suave situation.

To be honest, as left up to interpretation and lowkey and deniable as it is, this whole scene means a lot to me because of who Leo is as a character. It’s just nice when we get so see even the bare bones of representation with characters that have been such a large part of pop culture for decades, y’know? Even if more would be so much nicer, this is better than I thought we’d ever get for these boys.

And, again, literally nothing I’ve said is the only way to interpret it, I’m more than happy when people interpret media on their own honestly, it’s just something I’ve been thinking of lately and I was wondering if others felt the same way.

Whatever you think when you interpret this scene or Rise Leo as a whole, I just thought this would be interesting to think about, even if it was ramble-y, haha.

[shantechni]

I don't think we talk enough about the boys' different reactions to Splinter's brief chance of becoming human again, as well as the possibility of him regaining bits of his past that were once thought to be gone for good.

Human once more?

When Donatello first presents Splinter with a beaker of retromutagen in The Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman, he's evidently excited and expectant of a similar reaction from Splinter. And Leo's expression is mild yet very telling of how he feels about what Donnie did; they're both willing to give Splinter his human form again.

Raph and Mikey are almost on the opposite side of the spectrum though.

One could easily pass their reactions for being surprise or shock at Donnie making enough for Splinter, but the fact that only Donnie and Leo are shown with favorable reactions kind of solidifies the possibility of them not being fond of the idea, at least not right away.

Of course, Splinter passes up his opportunity so Kirby could get his turn first, but Stockman buzzes in and ruins whatever chances Donnie had of fulfilling his promise. And by the end of the episode, everyone looks disappointed, including Mikey and Raph.

Like many things in this show, it's not really explored further or touched upon again (there's probably no need for that), but the duo's initial reactions give away their thought processes: Splinter becoming human again? What does that mean for us?

After all the hullabaloo with Stockman though, they clearly align with Leo and Donnie on the matter and feel bad that the vial of retromutagen was lost. Splinter doesn't speak much about his human life outside of giving his sons cautionary tales, but he doesn't hide how much he misses it at times either, so it's only natural for the boys to want to give him what he misses. Ultimately though, Splinter tells them not to worry about the retromutagen situation since he's content with where and who he is now, and the boys no longer appear forlorn.

Shout out to that 1987 episode with a similar premise✌🏽

That would've been the end of the turtles trying to give Splinter any semblance of his old life if not for the S1 finale.

Karai's our sister!?

The boys only have a relationship with Karai because of her connection to Splinter and his life as a human, which goes hand in hand with why they went through so much trouble for her.

As soon as Splinter tells them the truth of Karai's lineage, Leo suddenly has a bigger reason to bring Karai to the good side. Meanwhile, Mikey deploys his famous strategy of silently determining for himself from the sidelines if Karai is trustworthy. Though he admonished Leo for trusting her in The Alien Agenda, he doesn't expresses distaste and distrust for her to quite the same extent as the others (especially Raph), and he's also the first to openly acknowledge her as their sister. Raph and Donnie are constantly honest about how little they think they could grow to trust her, and they have a point; she was raised by the Shredder and is their sworn enemy under the Foot clan, how can they trust her?

Even when she briefly fights alongside them against Tiger Claw, Donnie and Raph still have their doubts. Leo tries to argue his point like usual, but Raph sounds so done with Karai when he reiterates that she was raised by the Shredder. No amount of blood ties will change that.

But when Leo bears witness to how heavily Karai's absence weighs on Splinter, his determination forces Raph and Donnie to put aside whatever animosity they had left and decide to save her.

And, after Karai gets mutated through a series of unfortunate events that will surely be blamed on the wrong party by a literal psychopath, the rest of the turtles bear witness to Splinter's pain as he closes himself off in the midst of another grieving process.

They feel bad for what happened to Karai, but the way they go on to speak about the situation in A Chinatown Ghost Story tells us that they mostly feel bad because Splinter feels bad, a huge change from before when Leo was the only one feeling the guilt. They aren't so close to her to feel genuine grief, but their father lost his daughter for the second time, and it's up to them to find her.

The situation especially hurts in the beginning of The Fourfold Trap because, usually, helping Splinter would bring them together to aim for one mutual goal, but the stress gets to everyone and Raph even goes so far to call Karai a lost cause, a statement that instantly ticks Mikey off. Splinter does his best to mediate by telling them that he's thankful for the four of them, but the boys are too painfully aware of the problem to accept the sentiment.

She was what little Splinter had of his past life as a human, and the boys clung to her so much that they, without realizing it, began to see her as an integral part of their little family.

[clavissionary-position]

Leon x Emma The Rose That Always Finds Him

tags: fuff, some suggestive content

Leon

Emma can't know how she looks when she smiles at me, but I wish I could show her all the same. I draw close to her face, the shadow of my head eclipsing her cheek just as the corners of her lips vault to opposite ends, and her teeth, a glimpse of a pink tongue, laugh into view, her smile exploding across my heart. Her hair slides soft between my fingertips as I tuck strands behind her ear, letting my hand linger and love along the delicate outer shell. I draw closer and closer until I see myself in her eyes, and it's a reflection more honest than any mirror has ever shown me. She tries so hard not to blink, even as her eyes begin to water. Somehow I always end up kissing her. Maybe I'm hoping that one of these days my smile will mirror hers and she'll finally know.

Emma abruptly breaks from the kiss. The overcast day fails to touch the vividness of her blush. "My King," She whispers with genuine surprise, or at least partial surprise, because I'm clearly not the only one disappointed from how short our kiss was. In fact, I think Emma's moved even closer to me than she was initially.

It's not that I've forgotten that we're in the throne room, or that our guests are still here. It's not that I'm an unfocused man, barring the torment of books. Emma just captivates me. And the meeting was pretty much done anyway.

"My Queen," I say with a grin as I nudge her cheek with the tip of my nose. She doesn't shy away this time, and her tiny hand closes around my wrist. "You just looked so delicious, I couldn't help myself." The growl in my voice isn't intentional but it has a desirable effect. Emma's eyes darken and her smile now is one I don't really want anyone else to see. Those retreating backs at the door can't vacate the room fast enough.

Even as I think that, I don't stop, always surprising myself with my own greed. But I can't help that every time she smiles at me, I lose myself to something so bright and vast that even as king I stagger at its magnitude. She could kill me so easily and she doesn't even know it. She uses her power over me instead to make me the happiest man alive.

Emma

I try not to betray how impatient I am to get back to Leon's room, yet here I am leading the way with a very amused king in my grasp. The longer he stays quiet the more I hear his laughter in these corridors, silent from the afternoon lull in palace activity. Every time I glance over my shoulder, Leon's smile nearly freezes me in place with its brilliance. He's impossibly handsome, but more than anything, the fact that the veil of loneliness has lifted from him makes my heart twinge with something bittersweet.

I wish I could show him that smile. How one smile can be one woman's entire world. Nothing else matters now that he is free. As long as he can greet the future on his own terms, that's enough for me. To be able to share that future with him is a gift I try my best to repay every single day.

"Am I that handsome?" Leon asks, suddenly frowning. He stops me and pulls me back. Before I can answer I'm wrapped up in his arms and pulled onto a familiar balcony.

"Leo-"

He kisses me, and it's different from the one in the throne room just now. His lips move as though he were speaking, but I hear no words. When he pulls away, I can't help but think of how oddly chaste the kiss was. And intimate. Brief but...

"Hm... still not quite right." Leon gives a wry chuckle. "I'll get it, don't worry."

I bring a hand to my lips. Somehow I know exactly what he's talking about. And I can't help but laugh, my heart filled with something so bright and vast that my legs feel weak.

"I like your kisses," I say as I wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his chest. "So feel free to continue being wrong for as long as you wish."

fin

--- Thank you for reading! This may be subject to future updates/enhancements so feel free to revisit ^^

[lake-archive]

Chapter 20 - Friends

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Fandom: Ensemble Stars

Series: Alte Liebe Rostet Nicht

Characters: Izumi Sena, Ritsu Sakuma, Leo Tsukinaga, Tsukasa Suou, Arashi Narukami

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When it comes to free time… Honestly, all of Knights were wondering where Izumi was going these days. Whenever training finishes he seems to be in a hurry, changing in a hurry and running out of the room. Or when other work was over, he was just in a rush. Sometimes each of the members had spotted him in a hurry during regular staff’s break time, as if wanting to not waste even a second. None of them had asked however, never having had the chance. Though that was not the weirdest thing in the world to them, no.

If they were completely honest, he seems a little… Different, as if in a better mood ever since Nyeli arrived. This was very unusual but could they ask? Well, not before… But now was the chance, wasn’t it? The four had to get to the bottom of this, what the secret was for such a shift in mood all of a sudden.

“Hey Sena, what have you been doing?” Leo would ask without any hint of hesitation. He was bashful, fully honest, no beating around the bush. He didn’t start a conversation to lead into it, he just said it right in the middle of the room with his usual grin. This got Izumi’ attention fairly easily however, him shifting his head to the one in question. This one was staring with a certain amount of excitement, childish curiosity even. And needless to say, Izumi may have been a little irritated but there was not really a hint of annoyance, at least not as it would be there usually. It was pure surprise really, nothing else. A rare sight or a sight the group had almost forgotten about. It was something, to say the least, though none of them really minded. It was different, but in a good way. It was an expression which felt more natural, less tense… Something they’ve been missing for some time now.

“Where is that coming from all of a sudden?” He asked, having needed a bit to process this properly. He was probably wondering if he was really asked at this point, given the group had not been trying to strike up a conversation as of late. It might have been why, it might have been not.

Regardless, the other unit members decided to not let this opportunity slip. They would figure out what has been going on, no matter what.

“Secchan, something is up. Don’t lie to us now~” Ritsu brought up with his usual soft tone yet seemed curious enough to keep himself awake at the very least. “We all have noticed~”

“Right right.” Arashi nodded, her seeming to be the most curious of them all, judging from her very own smile. “Could it be that something happened between you and Makoto–Chan?”

“Yuu–Kun?” Izumi repeated, even more confused yet shook his head rather quickly. “No, nothing like that. If it were, I’d be jumping all over the place.”

“Right right, I forgot~”

“You decide to ask me now because?” Izumi decided to raise an eyebrow while crossing his own arms.

“You seem a little different than usual Sena–Senpai, that’s all.” Tsukasa explained, out of all of them he probably sounded the calmest. Arashi and Leo were like curious kids in their own right while Ritsu was staring eagerly, a kid in his own right. It had gotten the group’s attention regardless, making Izumi sigh.

“Of course, you just don’t know when to quit sometimes.” He even added while shaking his head, then continuing. “I’m just busier than usual, that’s all.”

“Busier than usual? Why’s that?” Leo repeated and asked, having taken a step closer alongside Arashi and Ritsu, the three of them almost invading their unit member’s personal space. It forced him to take a step backwards even.

“Woha! Hey, what’s going on with you!?”

“Izumi–Chan is hiding something from us!” Arashi declared, sounding a little over dramatic in fact.

“Hiding? It was you all who refused to talk to me you know! And I’m supposed to be the bad guy here!?” He explained, a little more annoyed now yet it was not filled with annoyance at the very least as well as being less tense.

“Haha, sorry Sena. We were just suuuper angry~” Leo responded in his regular shameless fashion. “We needed some time to calm down. But hey, all of this made me think of so many new songs! Do you want to listen to them!?”

“Maybe some other time…”

“Not right now? Damn, and I thought you’d be eager.”

“Nevermind that Tsukip, we still demand answers.” Ritsu threw in, his gaze never leaving Izumi’s. “It’s something good, isn’t it?”

“Something good?” The male in question repeated, a bit confused at this sudden claim.

“Yeah. Something good.”

“Come on Izumi–Chan, tell us~ What could you have possibly been so busy with?”

“S… Senpai! I think that’s enough!” Tsukasa tried to calm the crowd of three down, though it was as if they were not even listening to him at that point “Let’s not pu—”

“It’s fine. Nothing too big anyway.” Izumi interrupted with a sigh, then turned to the three properly. “If you have to know… I’ve been meeting an old friend of mine more often.”

“An old friend?” Arashi sounded genuinely surprised, her having to even ask this. “I didn’t even know there was someone else.”

“What? Can’t I have friends outside of you all these days?” He asked, almost scoffed, not too amused.

Though it was met with a light chuckle from the woman. “Oh no, I didn’t mean it like that. I just never thought you would say that.”

“Hah? What’s that supposed to mean!?”

“Nothing~”

“Right… Nothing…”

“Oh oh!” Leo suddenly jumped up and down for a moment. “Can we meet your friend too, Sena!? I’m curious!”

“Secchan’s friend… Heh, could be fun~” Ritsu agreed, smirking even.

Though all of them might be unaware… That or at least one was playing along with this act. It was hard to tell sometimes. Though a proper conversation after so long, the mood became less tense, slowly fading into a state which had been around before all of this had started. A feeling which had almost been forgotten by all of them. Though they remembered it just in time, luckily. And it couldn’t have been timed any better.

Hah, no way. None of you can meet him!” Izumi responded however, first sending the group into a slight shock. They were looking at him with wide eyes, wanting to ask ‘Why?’ though there was no need once he let out a chuckle and added the following:

“After all… You already met him some time ago.”

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[torialefay]

Hi when you have the chance can you please do a compatibility reading with changbin? Here is my chart. Thanks again

Sun - Cancer Ascendent - Leo Moon - Cancer Mercury- Cancer Venus - Gemini Mars - Sagittarius 

okay, i wanna start off by saying that your chart in general screams "binnie stan" to me 😂 just looking at it superficially, i was like "oh yes this makes sense" lol. but here you are baby ❤️

your ascendant in leo:

acendants in leo are soooo much fun to be around. whether you're more extroverted or introverted, you probably have a knack for making people feel "seen" or special. you're also likely realllllly good at being able to find at least SOMETHING in common with anyone you meet, and you're able to go off of that. leos get a bad rep for being "self centered" etc etc, but i just don't agree. to me, leos are just very good at individuality. when people meet you, whether you realize it or not, people likely remember you as someone unique in one way or another.

this is a great ascendant to have (regardless of with changbin or not), BUT i think this is a really good match! i def think changbin would be drawn to those qualities.

your sun in cancer:

cancers bring such a loving energy into the world and really do want to heal the deepest parts of people's souls. you likely channel this into your personality as well. you're probably very sweet & kind, but with that leo placement, and just the general nature of cancers to get hurt easily, you could actually be a bit guarded on the outside. there's the possibility that people may even be intimidated by you or just completely misunderstand you until they ACTUALLY get to know you... and when they do, they realize they've met a super warm and caring person.

in a relationship with bin, you'd be able to provide a lot of love and affection that, let's be honest, binnie loves. you probably understand this and will be willing to give it to him. he also brings passion and fun into the relationship, which makes you feel loved and taken care of as well. one thing i will say though is to be careful that this doesn't turn into a co-dependency situation. it could be that changbin NEEDS to keep hold on you so that you will fill his need for adoration and assurance. and as a cancer, you like to feel needed. so it COULD be a problem if you don't work on it.

your moon in cancer:

this is one area that will have some upsides and some downsides. i think on one hand, you will both be able to bring new persoectives to each other. on the other hand, you both do have fundamental differences in emotions. with your emotions, you tend to be ALL in. you have gotten comfortable with emotions and knowing that you feel them strongly. this isn't exactly the case with bin. in fact, he may struggle with it from time to time. this is something you'd really have to work with him on.

your mercury in cancer:

with both mercuries in cancer, it's likely that even if you do have differences in who you are as people, the way that you go about thinking about and communicating it to the other is the same. so usually, you do really understand and are receptive to where the other is coming from. the only problem i see here is that cancer tends to be a gentler sign- no one would really be forcing you to talk about the hard things in a relationship, which could lead to some troubles moving forward.

your venus in gemini:

you are probably a super fun person in the bedroom, and i see that being a good thing for binnie, although you MAY have to introduce him to things at times. bin is probably a guy who hasn't explored many kinks. he probably is more dominant in the bedroom, but that's about it. gemini is naturally curious, so it wouldn't surprise me if you wanted to explore a lot of different fun activities. i think this would be good for bin to be pushed to branch out and explore different options, but you would be the push he needed. he may actually be hesitant at first, BUT, i think with your matching mercury cancers, you'd be able to communicate with him that it's about bringing you closer and connecting more, which i do think he'd be open to.

your mars in sag:

you can probably get in pretty heated arguments when you feel passionate about something. changbin, on the other hand can recluse a bit and can tend to avoid or altogether manipulate the situation, which tbh you MAY be able to pick up on. in ways, he may be a bit controling, which bothers you. i do think you have the slight upper hand in arguments, and if someone will apologize first, it will likely be you.

[fangaminghell]

Okay, this is a bit weird since the Rejuv trio had already met Hauyne and you've already sent an ask about how Orion would react to the reborn trio... So I'll spice it up a bit!

The reborn trio's thoughts on Hauyne? And also, the Rejuv trio's thoughts on Orion?

Ooooh, yeah that's interesting. Hmmmmm

Well to get the easiest out of the way.

Leo, pointing at Hauyne: Who is this sassy lost child.

This was gonna be Blair, but Leo is funnier.

On a more serious note, with both Suraya and Leo being aura users ( and having psychic powers), I feel they could easily sense the vast potential and power that Hauyne has. If this was during the reborn arc, Leo would be pretty intimidated while Suraya is more curious than anything. If this was following the timeline with the reborn trio being older......it's still the same but Leo is much more calmer than he would be during the reborn arc. He'll leave the testing and whatnot to Suraya.

Blair during the reborn arc would be more cautious around Hauyne. Partly because, in xyr eyes, she's a child, and you know that Blair has a soft spot for children( even if Hauyne is a teen). The other half of Blair would be cautious because xe see Hauyne as a potential threat, especially if xe notice how Suraya and Leo react to her. Basically, xe are keeping an eye on her. Older Blair would still keep an eye on her but not to the degree of xyr reborn self. Xe are much more laxed compared to how xe were then, and xe trust Suraya and Leo to take care of themselves and Hauyne. Still keeping a watchful eye, just in case. Also generally a bit more friendly here.

Oh, and Blair would still be annoyed with the " is this your long lost cousin" joke lol

Now the rejuv trio thoughts on Orion.

Well, for one, they all would think they're more approachable ( sorry Hauyne!). Imani is quick to chatter, being the most talkative of the trio. For both Reborn! Orion and Future! Orion, she would be ask soooo many questions about their battling style, maybe ask for a battle if she's really excited ( she probably gets swept by Future! Orion lol. Not sure about Reborn! Orion though)

Flynn is still very shy, but is also just as curious as Imani, since she wants to improvise her battling skills. Not as confident as Imani though, so Imani has to pull her in for questions. I think you said something before about Orion and Flynn having some similarities but I can't seem to remember what. But I'm sure they would bond over them!

Orion 🤝 Arrow: cool older siblings

I feel like they would bond fairly quickly, especially over mechanics and motorcycles. That, and the fact that the two would be the oldest of the group here( especially with Future! Orion). Arrow would have a great deal of respect for Orion, especially when it comes to Hauyne and wanting to protect her. Maybe they would talk to them about their insecurities on suddenly being an older sibling to Imani and Flynn. Sibling to sibling.

Now, if Hauyne and Orion tell these groups about the whole ' hey I'm from a different reality where this is a game,' I don't think any of them would take it well ( i'll be honest, Imani's reaction and conclusion was much nicer compared to what everyone else's would be, especially Blair), but I do think, once given context and time to think, they all can agree that the two never meant any harm, and don't think of these worlds a game( I mean. It kinda is, but not in this context).

So yeah, that's how I think each group would react to the other. Thanks for the ask!

[jokingmaiden]

Catharsis Pt. One: Mikey Gets Pissed

i was thinkin abt how all of the kids really need a chance to just get all their feelings out after the movie. since mikey is essentially me, and i felt very qualified to write a raging outburst from a youngest-sibling-pacifist, i started here. i might write the rest if this is received well :P

(side note: i tagged this as ooc bc i don't have a lot of faith in my characterization skills)

Word Count: 2,351

Warnings: angry mikey, implied mystic violence, the beginnings of a panic attack, brief reference to leo's attempted self-sacrifice

“APRIL!!”

The sound cuts through her phone in a desperate plea, the sheer panic enough to make her think the Krang have returned somehow.

“Jesus, Donnie, what’s wrong? I don’t think I’ve heard you this upset since Leo broke your Atomic Lass bobblehead.”

“While that was a HORRENDOUS crime punishable by DEATH,” the purple-clad mutant explains in a huff, “this is much worse.” His picture on their facetime call hunches over the phone, blocking her view of the audible commotion behind him.

“What’s the situation?” she asks, voice lowering into one of serious inquiry.

“Well—”

“MIKEY’S GONE BALLISTIC!!” Raph’s voice interrupts, and April is treated to watching as an indignant Donnie’s expression fades into the background while Raph holds the phone a bit too close to his face to be taken seriously.

“I’ll be right over,” April decides, collecting her things. She pauses, though, at Raph’s next words.

“No. Stay where you are. I don’t know why Donnie thought it’d be a good idea to get you involved in this, but you can not come here under any circumstances. Capiche?”

“No, not capiche!!” April barks back incredulously. She throws her stuff down into her mattress hard enough to warrant a slight bounce. “What are you freakin’ out for? Mikey would never hurt anyone. He literally made your worst enemy into your dad. He’s a sweetheart!!”

Raph leans close to the phone, voice grim as his shadow overcasts the camera. “April, listen to me. You don’t know our little brother like we do. You haven’t seen him when he’s angry.”

“Because he doesn’t get angry,” she clarifies, brows furrowed. “I wouldn't be surprised if his head's full of cotton candy. You’re being ridiculous. I’ll be there in a minute.”

“April wAIT—” Raph pleads, but her thumb is disconnecting from the end call button before he can utter another word of senseless panic to her. He’s being ridiculous, and she knows it. Even with his weird new mystic powers, Mikey would never hurt a non-enemy.

Right?

April feels the slightest tug of doubt at the corners of her mind, remembering his craze during the worst pizza week of the boys’ lives. He was fully intent on hurting those punk weirdos. But he was easily pacified by Raph lifting him off the ground to incapacitate him and then feeding him pizza. Why would this be any different?

She climbs down into the manhole on the street, thanking her gradually-built-up noseblindness to the sewers. Her immunity made it much easier to resist the stink, even if she could still smell it for the first few minutes of traversing the sewer system.

Mikey shouldn't be a problem. Sure, Dr. Delicate Touch was scary sometimes, but he was just brutally honest. Mikey would sooner pull one of his teeth out than hurt someone in his family, she was sure of it.

Within ten or so minutes, and several cycles of internal reassurance, April makes it to their secret hideout. She steps inside and immediately keeps an eye out for Mikey, not bothering to try to put up any sort of mental nor physical defense; Mikey would never harm her. She knows it.

“Angelo?” she calls out, looking around the base cautiously still. “Guys? Anyone home?”

“April!!” a familiar voice greets, full of young, innocent glee. The orange-clad turtle of the quartet comes barreling out of the kitchen to pull her into a delightful hug, which she graciously accepts.

“Lil' bro!!” she greets, smiling brightly at him as relief floods her body. Of course he’s fine. Why wouldn’t he be fine? The boys were overreacting.

“I'm so glad you're here!!” Mikey cheers, leaning back to look at her. April feels her chest squeeze as she notices the pinprick of tears in the corners of his eyes. “My brothers all disappeared and I can’t find them!! I thought it might be some sudden game of hide and seek or something, but they just won’t come out!! I’m getting really worried.” Almost as if to emphasize the sting in her heart, his little pouty face erupts in heartbroken puppy eyes.

How could those jerks do this to their little brother? Not only is he not mad, but he’s also worried sick!!

“Don’t worry, little bro,” April assures, smiling brightly at him as her hand comes down to pat him twice on the arm. “They’re here. They actually called me a bit ago!! They seem to think you’re angry for some reason?”

Mikey's eyes sparkle with what seems to be hope, nodding along with her explanation. His smile widens as she states the last part of her story. “Oh, weird!! Good to know they’re still here. Can you pleeeeaaaase help me find them? I’ll look in Donnie’s lab, you check around here!!”

“Sounds like a plan, little man,” she sings, shooting him finger guns. He giggles happily and scampers off towards Donnie’s workshop, leaving her to head into the kitchen alone.

Her smile falls immediately.

A plethora of sharp objects are sticking out of the walls, embedded deep into the concrete. Other objects of various sizes are strewn about, some dented on the floor below clear impact zones as if someone twice Raph’s size had launched them with the intent to kill. And in the middle of it all is Leo, upside down, tied up with duct tape, and hanging like a spider’s next meal. He looks beat to hell and absolutely terrified. The moment April comes into his line of sight, he begins trying desperately to scream around strips of tape.

“Holy shit!!” April exclaims, running forward to pull the binding on Leo’s mouth off. “What happened here? Are you okay?”

“April, thank the great pizza place in the sky,” Leo pants, wriggling against his restraints. “Mikey’s lost his mind. Can you get me down? We gotta get dad.”

“Wait. Mikey did this to you??” she asks incredulously, a single laugh escaping her in disbelief as she pulls him down. He hits the kitchen island with a loud crash, and she wastes no time slicing him out of his taped cocoon with the nearest sharp object. “What did you do to piss him off this bad??”

“Well," Leo begins sheepishly, sliding off of the counter and kicking away the remains of the residual stickiness attached to him. "We maaaaay have ruined the mural he’s been working on since he was a kid in the east wing tunnel while sludgeboarding...?”

She blinks slowly at him.

"So, let me get this straight," April begins after a long moment of staring at Leo in pure shock. "After everything you went through a few months ago, the second all your wounds are healed, you decide to try out a completely new made-up sport? And not only that, you test it in the only tunnel Mikey has a claim on??"

"Well when you put it like that, we sound like terrible brothers," Leo laughs, the noise quickly dying off when April doesn't join him. He clears his throat of the awkwardness, looking away from her burning gaze.

"Look, I get it. We messed up big time," Leo relents. It seems as if he's about to continue, maybe to deliver a heartfelt and emotionally impactful speech, when his eyes widen suddenly. He stares over her shoulder at an unknown source of terror.

April turns around to see what Leo is gaping at.

Holy shit.

Mikey stands—no, he floats—in the doorway, Raph suspended in a cloud of orange glow behind him. The youngest turtle's eyes shine a bright topaz, interrupted in the center by near-yellow pupils.

"Oh, good, you found Donnie!!" Mikey hums happily. "The gang's all here."

He flicks his hand, and Raph goes barreling into the wall. As April's eyes follow the collision, she notices the purple-themed turtle standing in the opposite doorway, clinging to his tech-bo with trembling hands like it'll save him from his little brother's mystic rampage in any way.

"Mikey, buddy," April tries to soothe, caution in her voice. She takes a nervous step backwards, hips colliding with the counter. "Let's take a deep breath."

Mikey looks at her as the glow from his form disappears. He drops to the floor, tilting his head in confusion. "Why are you scared, April? I'm not mad at you."

"I'm glad," she laughs quickly, eyes scanning over the room for escape routes. "I just, uh, also don't wanna watch you murder your bros with your wack-ass emotion fueled mystic mumbo jumbo?"

Mikey gasps, offended. "I would never hurt my brothers!!" he insists, balling his hand against his chest like a Victorian lady clutching her pearls.

"YOU JUST LAUNCHED ME INTO A WALL," Raph protests, struggling to his feet with Leo's assistance as if he hasn't emerged from much greater falls unscathed before.

"Funny! Y'know what other wall you got launched into, Ra-pha-el?" Mikey hums, tapping his chin thoughtfully as he articulates each syllable of his brother's name. Raph shrinks in on himself, falling into his usual habit of trying to make himself smaller in the face of discomfort.

"Oh, right!! The wall with my life's work on it! The wall with the mural of all of us I was making!! The wall with the only accurate picture of gram-gram we had left!!!! The wall I can never remake again because I busted my hands open ripping a hole in space to save our idiot brother from his suicide attempt!! THAT WALL!!!!"

April flinches at Mikey's tone. He sounds...

She studies the way his hands tremble, betraying the crazed smile plastered onto his expression like a flimsy sealant over the cracks in an overfilled dam.

He sounds genuinely furious.

It would be terrifying, if it wasn't absolutely gut-wrenching.

She steps forward, watching as his tirade re-sparks the violent glow around him. He all but ignores her, continuing to scream at his brothers in blind rage, up until she takes his scarred arms into her hands.

It physically upsets her stomach, the way he flinches at the contact. He goes completely silent, almost ripping his hands away from her, but she holds him steady.

"April, go home," he orders. In any other situation, she'd be in disbelief of his audacity. Maybe the way his voice sounds more like it’s begging, or the desperate hush of his words, convinces her to pardon him from a meeting with the business end of her bat. "This has nothing to do with you."

"This is my family as much as it is yours, Angelo," she insists, trying to tug his again-floating form to the ground. "Talk to me."

He stares at her for a long moment. His full figure trembles under her grip. The glow fades around him, and he properly lowers back down to the floor.

"I-I..."

No other words escape him as the dam finally breaks. He collapses over her shoulder, sobbing loudly as his padded knees buckle under him. April may be quite strong now, but he’s still a large mutant turtle, so she opts to lower slowly to the ground instead of trying to support his full weight.

He curls around her, sobbing desperately and letting out pained mewls at each attempt to stifle his sound. His chest heaves, and April has to do everything in her power just to keep him steady.

“There there, big guy,” she soothes, rubbing a comforting circle into his shell. “It’s alright.”

With the switch from fury to heartbreak, Mikey’s brothers are on the pair in seconds. Raph scoops the two into his lap, wrapping his arms around the both of them for extra support. Leo leans over Raph’s shoulder, hand coming around the larger turtle's neck to gently rub his little brother’s head. Donnie sits cross-legged next to them, reaching into the pile to give Mikey’s hand a firm squeeze.

“I-I just,” the youngest turtle finally manages after several minutes of sobbing, “I don’t—hic—know what to do!! How am I ever gonna make art again like this??”

The brothers look at each other, then to April, all lost for words. She sighs, lifting a hand to Mikey’s cheek to gently draw his attention.

“Mikey. Your hands will heal,” April assures, but he only scrunches his expression, leaning away from her touch and into Raph’s chest to cry harder.

“What if they don’t?” he manages. It sounds as if he wants to scream it, but his hoarse voice corners him into a desperate whisper.

“…The original Michelangelo fell incredibly ill while directing the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica,” Donnie begins, staring down at his free hand with a concentrated expression. “Even in the last week of his life, he found ways to help with the building process. He even kept sculpting, even though he probably shouldn’t have considering the meager state of his health. He kept making art up until his last day.”

“And ol’ Angelo the first has nothing on you!!” Leo adds, nodding thoughtfully to himself. “If some ancient fleabag can sculpt til’ he drops, then there’s nothing capable of stopping our little brother from making amazing art no matter what.”

“Besides,” Raph chimes in, “creativity is like, your thing. If anyone can figure out a way to make art in new ways, it’s you. Maybe you can use your cool mystic powers or somethin’ to make stuff if your hands can’t anymore?”

Mikey sniffles, curled up and bleary-eyed from the encouragement of his family. “….You really think I can keep making stuff?” he asks, voice soft as if daring to hope too loud might shatter the illusion.

“‘Course you can,” April laughs, gently flicking him on the forehead. “You wouldn’t be Mikey if you couldn’t.”

With a big, toothy smile, Mikey pulls them all into a group hug. “I love you guys,” he sighs, sniffling as he holds them there. Leo leans in happily; Raph readjusts to make sure his arms are supporting everyone; Donnie tolerates the contact, for Mikey; April leans across her spot in Raph’s lap to give their little brother a proper hug around the shoulders.

A long, wonderful moment of this peace passes.

“I am still gonna tell dad about the mural, though.”

[well-its-not-human-anymore]

Hi! Could I get HC from the guys? 👀 How they would always react to catching the reader seeing them "badly", in addition to the fact that he usually avoids them, but with his brothers it is incredible and they feel bad because they think they do not like him.  But she actually likes them and she looks at them like that because she "studies" them to draw them and she is too clumsy and shy to talk to them, that's why she ends up avoiding them. Until finally he catches her drawing them with lots of hearts or maybe they'll find her notebook with lots of portraits of them.

It's kind of funny because when I study people to draw them, they think that I look at them with hatred xd maybe I should increase my glasses prescription

God, glasses are such a pain in the ass but I have to wear them. If I don't anyone within my near vicinity doesn't have a face. But why they gotta get dirty so easily???? Makes me wanna explode or something

TMNT Headcanons

The boys w/ a quiet reader who is fine with his brothers but acts cold around him and stares a lot

Michaelangelo

mikey couldn't describe his disappointment upon realizing that you didn't want to be friends with him

well, you never actually said that to him

but he was pretty sure it was the case

you'd never made an effort to be friends with him

stared at him an awful lot though, but there was always something off about your gaze when you looked at him

like you were sizing him up, scrutinizing him, like he was an opponent

it kinda worried him

to add to that, you didn't even attempt to look embarrassed when he caught you staring

you'd just stare harder

on your end it was quite the opposite

you always found the brothers fascinating and you LOVED studying their anatomy, you'd confessed this to Donnie early on and he happily indulged in your questions

and you loved how easily you got along with the boys

well, except for Mikey

but it wasn't for a lack of trying

whenever the orange sporting turtle came around your normally flamboyant personality crept back into its little corner and hid

any words of excitement that had previously been with you died in your throat

for the longest time you didn't understand it

and you hated not understanding things, so you turned to your only outlet

that's how you ended up with an entire sketchbook full of the youngest brother in vastly different styles and poses

you had a separate book for the others, none of them as detailed as this

and when you stared to analyze you'd fallen into a habit of not looking away when caught

by your logic, if you stared back hard enough he'd look away first or just assume you'd zoned out

he didn't

and on one hectic day you'd left your sketchbook open on the kitchen table in your rush to get to work

you hadn't even noticed the slip up until Leo texted you to let you know during your shift

instant panic

in truth, Mikey was the one who discovered the book upon waking up from his nap and he'd spent the next three hours analyzing every drawing

when you finally dropped in after work to grab your book the turtle was waiting for you with it in hand

he'd asked you if you hated him

you told him no and accepted your sketchbook from him

he was relieved and screaming excitedly, just in his head

"Do you maybe wanna hang out sometime?"

You sighed in relief and nodded

"If you're cool with it- you don't think I'm weird do you?"

"I mean- you are talking to a turtle..."

you lightly shoved his chest and smiled, although it faded within a second

"Oh hush, 10 o'clock tomorrow? I'll bring snacks."

he was so stunned he could only shoot you finger guns in approval

Donatello

Donnie genuinely couldn't understand your unease around him

he'd followed all the proper expectations of holding a conversation

he was polite and engaging

so why wouldn't you talk to him?

this boy has read so many social blogs to try and figure out what he was doing wrong and he just couldn't put his finger on it

you were fine with the rest of his brothers, you'd stay up for hours laughing and gaming with them

you'd even sat still long enough to listen to Leo explain some old Japanese myth that he'd read about in a book

but with him it was always a quick, cordial greetings and farewells with bland small talk in between

Donnie had picked up pretty quickly that you weren't interested in any sort of interaction with him

and he convinced himself that that was okay

but that didn't explain the staring

he'd caught you in the act several times, eyes narrowed and locked on him

especially when you were alone with him in a room or just in the lair

the poor turtle just couldn't put his finger on it

then he caught you drawing, he noticed early on that you always carried a small sketchbook on your person but he didn't think much of it

and it wasn't so much that he caught you drawing, in fact, he wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't snapped at him while he was trying to do a sudoku puzzle

"Damn it Donnie! Stop moving! If I fuck this arm up one more time I'm gonna decompose!"

he'd quickly moved back into the position he was in prior

"sorry?"

but you'd gone silent again, occasionally glancing up from your work and running your eyes along his frame before looking down again

nearly twenty minutes later Donnie had finished the puzzle and it seemed as though you had finished your drawing

"Uh- can I ask what are you-"

"I'm drawing you but you kept moving your arm and making me mess up. You always do that when I draw you so every damn picture I have of you stays a sketch because you always come out looking like a fucking octopus."

He just stared

"Sorry, I uh- I didn't mean to explode on you like that. I'm just- I'm really bad at talking to you okay? It's so easy with everyone else but you've just gotta be so damn smart all the time and I worry that you'll think I'm boring so I just... don't talk to you?"

Donnie is stunned™

You refuse to show him the drawing until you can complete the line art and color it

But at least he knows that you don't hate him

Leonardo

To be completely honest Leo didn't mind that you were distant from him

You created an aura of calm when you were around and you always managed to distract his brothers while you were present

And he enjoyed the alone time

But after a few months that calm acceptance turned into jealousy

Not that he would ever admit it

He would just push it off and ignore it, that usually seemed to work

So why wasn't it?

And your obvious staring problem didn't help at all

Leo didn't spend much time considering his appearance but something about your gaze made him self conscious

And he hated that with a passion

Why was it that you could hold entire debates with his siblings? Even his dad for gods sake. You'd have hour long conversations on almost everything but whenever he tried to say hello you'd make up some lame ass excuse and scamper away

He just wanted an explanation

It appeared that the answer resided in your sketchbook

You'd left it open on the couch when Raph had called you away to spar with him

Leo very delicately flipped through the pages, careful not to disturb some of the polaroid pictures of his brothers

He was admittedly surprised to find pictures of himself among the pages

One of him in a handstand, another of him meditating, there was even one of him mid sneeze that you'd recreated with pencil and paper

The image of his eyes was the most startling, but the book held no polaroid of his eyes

You drew them from memory

And he was shocked when you returned to the room and didn't immediately panic

But that might have been because he didn't try to withhold your book from you

"It took me three months to color them, your eyes. I could never get the shade of blue just right."

"I'm gonna be honest with you y/n, I really thought you didn't like me."

You had the nerve to roll your eyes and follow it with a laugh

"I don't. I mean- I do but no, you just remind me a lot of myself and I haven't exactly figured out why yet. I thought that maybe if I drew you it'd be easier to figure you out..."

"Well did it help?"

You grinned

"I'm talking to you, aren't I?"

Raphael

If there was one thing Raph hated it was not understanding something that was right in front of him

which is ironic, as a much younger version of himself probably couldn't care less

and a part of him wishes he didn't care about it so much

he wishes that your blatant avoidance of him didn't upset him

but shit, it got under his skin better than any needle ever could

was it too much to ask for you to just tell him what he said or did wrong?

was he asking too much of you?

but on the same scale you'd never shown obvious dislike towards him, you were never rude and you sure as hell didn't talk shit about him to his brothers

you got along great with them

in fact it was getting more difficult to remember a time before you became a part of his family

he'd become so used to your presence that it no longer put him off when he found you hanging around the lair

but in another sense he was certain that you hadn't spoken more than three sentences to him in your time knowing him or his family

so what was the reason

several months in he finally caught onto the staring, your narrow, glassy gaze locked onto his body and refusing to look away

he stared right back at you

this annoyed you for several reasons

because within five seconds your very peaceful drawing session had turned into a staring contest and your eyes were getting VERY dry

then you exhaled in a half-sigh and looked back down at your paper

"Huh, I guess your head is more of an oblong shape..."

he took offense to this

"What tha' hell is that supposed t'mean?"

now your eyes held more of an amused silent judgement, you begrudgingly held up your sketchbook

"I'm drawing you, you fucking walnut."

"Oh..."

now you rolled you eyes and tossed the book to him, he nearly dropped it and fumbled with the pages

your annoyance was quickly growing

"Careful with that."

He flipped through the pages at a snails pace, assumingly because he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing

you had some real talent

when he looked back up at you he was wearing that crooked smile

"and here I was thinkin' that my eyes were just green."

Hope I was able to get this down pretty well! I really enjoyed writing this one! Thanks for the patience!

-Mars 🌠

[heyitssmiller]

Bewitched, Body and Soul

So... this happened. Blame the Discord. Basically, the premise is receiving a note from a stranger about having similar tastes in books, and my first thought was Finn/Leo. And now, around 24 hours later, this showed up in my word document. Hope y’all like it!! And don’t worry, I’ve already got a sequel planned with Logan ;)

All characters, of course, belong to the wonderful @lumosinlove

And, if you’re so inclined, check out my Masterlist if you enjoy this story! <3

CW: food/drink

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Leo loved this bookstore. There was a west-facing windowfront that allowed all sorts of afternoon light to shine through, creating a large, warm sunspot right in Leo’s favorite armchair. The shelves were always neatly organized by category, there was a featured book of the week, and there was a coffee shop sequestered to one corner of the building. What else did he need in life? He’d spent countless hours here, sitting with a new book and a cup of coffee or tea and getting lost in whatever world he’d been transported to within the crisp pages and black ink. Being new to the city, there were probably better ways to make friends, but there was something so soothing, so comfortingly familiar about shutting off the worry in his mind and just focusing on the story unfolding in his hands.

But when his stomach growled loudly in protest, he figured he needed to put reading on hold.

There was a wrinkled, jagged-edged scrap of paper sitting on top of Leo’s book when he returned to his table, café pastry in hand. It hadn’t been there a second ago. Curiously, Leo set his food down and inspected the foreign paper. Messy, inelegant scrawl slanted across the page in deep blue ink. The lines were uneven and chaotic; the i’s weren’t even dotted, almost as if it took too much effort to go back and add them in. Leo found it strangely endearing. It read:

           Hi!

           I don’t think we’ve met, but based on your choice of literature I think we would make great friends. :)

-        Carrot Top

Leo smiled, read it again, and looked around for the person who sent it but no one acknowledged him, seemingly lost in stories of their own. So he sat there, a smile still on his face as he got back to his book, using the note as a bookmark.

~~~

Finn couldn’t help himself when, a few days later, he left another note after seeing the guy with good taste in books again at the bookstore. He was at what must have been his usual table, seemingly right where Finn had left him. The only difference besides the clothes he was wearing was the book he was reading. Finn let himself linger on his profile, just for a second – the gentle slope of his nose, the way his curls rested against his forehead, how bright blue eyes scanned the pages below him.

Finn wasn’t one for love at first sight; that was for romance novels only. But instant attraction? Oh yeah. He was definitely there.

He picked up a small flyer from the front desk, flipped it over, and began to write.

And maybe it wasn’t a good way of, as the kids said these days, “shooting his shot”. But it was a start. And it was fun – the thrill of trying not to get caught, the anonymity. Sure, one day he’d maybe get up the courage to talk to him in person, but he was happy with this for now.

           Hmm… haven’t read that one. Might have to get myself a copy!

-        The Walking Freckle

After dropping the note off while the blond walked off to take a phone call, Finn tried to act casual as he stared sightlessly down at his own book instead of over at the cute stranger like he desperately wanted to.

Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious…

If he was being completely honest, he didn’t really know where to go from here. Did the blond think the notes were creepy? Or weird? He never seemed to mind much, but… well, a stranger was repeatedly leaving notes for him. What if it was making him uncomfortable? Would it make things better or worse if Finn introduced himself?

A snort came out, unbidden. Yeah. Right. That would go well. Finn could practically see it now: he would be clumsy and awkward, probably spilling coffee all over the guy’s book or – even worse – all over him. He’d scare him off for sure.

But at the same time, Finn wanted nothing more than to meet him. To sit down across the table from him and debate the points of the book he was reading, or give book recommendations, or just talk. About literally anything. Finn wasn’t a picky guy. He could sit there and let him speak for hours, absorbing any and all knowledge about him like a sponge. Did the corners of those bright, blue eyes crinkle at the corners when he smiled? Did his cheeks get all flushed when he was passionate about something, just like Finn’s? What was the story behind the soft-looking tuft of gray hair at his temple?

Who was he?

Finn was overflowing with questions, and desperate for the answers.

But he needed to go about this the right way, didn’t he? The last thing he wanted to do was screw this up. So he closed his book, propped his chin in his hand so that he could stare out the window, and started to plan.

~~~

The next note threw Leo for a bit of a loop. He’d saved his table with his coat thrown over one of the chairs and went up to the New Books section, surreptitiously keeping an eye on his table and hoping that he’d catch his note-sender red-handed.

Leo could’ve sworn that he’d looked away for half a second, but – well, he got distracted by a book, so it easily could’ve been five minutes for all he knew. This note was written on one of the café napkins, the ink bleeding through in some spots and a few small tears in the delicate material.

Nice choice! That book absolutely shattered my heart and then pieced it back together. The way she writes love lost just hurts so beautifully, doesn’t it?

I like your sweater by the way.

Fuck I hope that’s not creepy.

I’m not a stalker, I promise. I just think you’re really cute. And you have amazing taste in books. I’d like to learn more, if you’d let me. :)

But first, you have to figure out who I am! Good luck!

-        Your Not-So-Secret Admirer in the Tortoiseshell Glasses

He smiled, wide and happy, and looked around for tortoiseshell glasses, red hair, and freckles. Those were the only three clues he had so far. So he quickly scanned the crowded café, looking for anyone who fit the description. The only one even close was a freckled, redheaded guy at the corner table, but no glasses.

That was a shame, too. He was stunning.

The mystery bibliophile must already be gone, then. Or hiding.

Looked like Leo had his work cut out for him. He did always like a challenge.

~~~

It probably wasn’t Finn’s best idea to take his glasses off. He couldn’t see a damn thing and was left squinting down at his book, trying to determine if what he was seeing was an F or a P.

That smile, though… he could’ve seen that dimpled smile from all the way across the street.

He never thought he’d be pining for a stranger like this, but then again – he wasn’t a complete stranger, was he? After all, you could learn a lot about a person by their book preferences. Finn wasn’t normally known for being a good judge of character – he was too optimistic, too unwilling to see the bad in people. But damn, did he hope he was right about this one.

~~~

Finn had probably been too bold with the note he’d just dropped off, but when he’d seen what book that his new maybe-friend was reading, he knew he couldn’t just pass up an opportunity like that.

He didn’t wait to see the reaction this time – he wasn’t sure he wanted to. He just left the short note on top of the book while the blond was at the café counter and booked it (pun definitely intended) out of there as fast as he could.

           You have bewitched me, body and soul. <3

-        Bambi

~~~

He should’ve waited. Leo’s reaction, all bashful smile and bright red face and pleased expression, would’ve been worth it.

~~~

Leo went back to the bookstore pretty much every day after that, intent on finding this person. Not only was this a fun little game they were playing, but it would be nice to finally have a friend in the city. He still didn’t know anyone besides his coworkers and… well, he was a little lonely. A friend would be nice, especially one who had a shared interest in books.

The only thing left to do was to find them.

Red hair, freckles, glasses, and big doe eyes.

Leo looked for the only four defining traits he had, methodically starting in the front of the store and weaving through isle after isle of bookshelves. When that proved unsuccessful he moved on to the café, gaze landing on the queue first before lurching to a stop at the glimpse of a shock of auburn hair in the far corner booth. Heart hammering in his chest, Leo used his height to his full advantage and peered over the line of people.

Freckles, Glasses, Big, doe eyes.

If he needed any more confirmation, the stranger – the very cute stranger – was reading the same book Leo had been reading a week ago. The one his anonymous friend said they hadn’t read yet.

It had to be him.

Leo didn’t let himself think about it too much – he knew he’d panic if he did. He just strode over and sat down across from him, setting his book down on the table with a quiet thud. The note-writer jumped a little, then lifted wide brown eyes to look up at him.

Oh, but he was gorgeous.

“So what part are you at?” Leo asked, eyes taking in everything they could now that he was close enough – that messy red hair that just barely curled at the ends, the hint of scruff on his jaw, brown eyes shifting from shade to shade in the afternoon light filtering through the window beside him. Soft, mesmerizing lips curved into the beginnings of a smile that Leo couldn’t help but be transfixed by. “Have you gotten to the part where Patroclus dies?”

Finn stared back, trying to look horrified but he knew he was smiling so much that they counteracted each other because, finally, he’d figured it out. “I can’t believe you’d break rule number one of having a reading buddy: don’t spoil the ending.”

Dimples.

“Oops.”

Finn was done for.

“I’m Finn,” he managed to stammer, aiming for his best smile and probably looking like he’d just tasted something awful instead.

“Leo,” his companion said with a warm smile. Then he frowned. “Wait, no. Go back. You can’t spoil the ending of a story that’s literally thousands of years old.” The blond leaned back in his chair, sipping his coffee and watching in amusement as Finn gaped at him in horror. He could feel his cheeks and ears getting red, his mouth opening and closing like a fish.

“That’s so not the point!”

Leo laughed, then motioned for Finn to state his case. And then Finn was off, forgetting all about his nervousness and tendency to be awkward. He ranted about that topic for… well, he didn’t really know how long, but it was a while. Leo didn’t even bat an eye, keeping pace well and interjecting with his own points calmly and collectedly – the gentle breeze to Finn’s tornado. He was smiling, too, even though sometimes he tried to hide it behind the rim of his coffee cup. And he was smart, Finn learned as they jumped from one topic to the next and the minutes ticked by. He knew a lot about literature, like Finn, but he could also make these random connections to all kinds of different topics that Finn would’ve never thought of, all while keeping up with Finn’s fast-paced brain and tendency to jump down rabbit holes.

It was an instant connection, the likes of which Finn had never experienced before. It was intoxicating. Finn felt like he could never get enough.

During a lull in between one conversation and the next, Leo pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it over, looking suddenly and inexplicably shy. Finn cocked his head confusedly, then unfolded the paper and looked down.

           Would you like to go on a date sometime?

PS: I’m free tonight if you are. :)

-        The Guy Who’s Been Crushing on You for Weeks

Finn’s heart threatened to burst. “Absolutely.” He hesitated, just for a second, then decided to go for it. “Are you free now? I know a pretty great café nearby.” With a wiggle of his eyebrows, he jerked his thumb at the bookstore café and earned a laugh. He wondered what he could do to earn another.

“Sounds perfect.”

They walked over to the counter together, the backs of their hands just barely brushing – it was still enough to make Finn hyperaware of every miniscule movement and get his pulse hammering. Leo was teasing Finn for his terrible eyesight in a soft, southern drawl – something Finn definitely wasn’t expecting but sure as hell wasn’t complaining about, his fingers deliberately playing with Finn’s now, and Finn knew it was going to be a good night. It was already a good night; how could it possibly get any better?

“What can I get for you?”

Leo and Finn looked up at the barista and their eyes widened in tandem as they took in thick chestnut waves, long, dark lashes, and bottle-green eyes. He wasn’t smiling, not necessarily. His expression was fairly neutral, all things considered – except for those eyes. If you stared at then long enough, you could see just the faintest whisper of amusement.

They both looked down slightly, searching for a nametag. There, in bold black letters, read:

Logan.

[plutoswrath]

☆.｡.:* Happy Xiaojun Day! .｡.:*☆

In order to celebrate our leo kings birthday, I wanted to write an astrological appreciation post about our dear dog dad and vocal king Xiaojun! <3

☼ Leo Sun + Cancer Moon and Mercury: I know his Moon sign could differ depending on his birth time, but I'd hold close to him having a Cancer Moon! That being said, here, the Sun and Moon are both in their home. Generally, I think this combination makes Xioajun so endearhingly honest in his quirks. There is just a genuinity about him that can't be denied when the Sun sits in Leo and is all about self expression, while Moon and Mercury sit in Cancer, hinting towards emotional comfort/familarity, connecting and leading by sensitivity and emotional awareness, intelligence and richness. Xiaojun's sensitivity reflects in many ways (like his cautiousness), but for me it has always been the typical warmth and care that he can show towards others (I'm side eyeing Bella here, remember how he put lotion on her paws once and how he holds her like a baby all the time??), as well as his more or less hidden 'quirkiness', due to Cancer Mercury's strong emotional perception of the environment. And I think even though Xiaojun always earns one or two stares/comments from others for his very honest and direct reactions and opinions, it's also this more or less intentionaly ongoing honesty about his inner world that makes him so loveable (and also very relatable, but what's new with Cancer placements and there relatability).

☼ Leo Sun + Scorpio Mars: Before I get into the interpretation of this combo, I just quickly want to notice that it doesn't matter what his Ascendant is at the end of the day, trust me when I say that you'll see the Scorpio Mars reflect in the eyes of an individual who owns this placement at one point in their life, and boy does Xiaojun has the Scorpio Mars stare sometimes! Despite Xiaojun having remarkable eyes (and eyebrows), you can clearly see that no matter how 'soft' he appears, there is a drive to do his best and proove himself that he's fully capable of reaching his goals and becoming what he wants to be (now I'm side-eyeing Mark because it seems that they have this trait in common as they are both Leo Sun and Scorpio Mars individuals). I believe if there's one thing that's motivating him, then it's definitely to trust in becoming an even greater version of himself than he was before.

☼ Pluto trine Sun: Again, still waters run deep. Not to say that Xiaojun is a quiet individual, but power comes from within and doesn't need to be demonstrated by talking big or actions all the time. Pluto contacting the Sun hints to someone very vital, someone who regenerates easily and is knowingly tenacious. I think the tenacity is something that shows up in his chart quiet a lot, next to strong will power and ambition. Scorpio Mars is the quiet strategist, Cancer Moon clings to emotional needs until they are fulfilled. Jupiter in Taurus is excellent in working consistently on long term goals. The strong fixed energy can actually benefit from Pluto touching his Sun, doubling his will power and helping him staying on his desired path.

☼ Jupiter Sextile Moon: Expansion of emotional satisfaction and connecting easily with others, as well as benefitting from social engagement on a deeper, more personal level. I would really love to know in which area of his life this aspect plays out, but wishul thinking aside, I think the close connections in his life and his physical home in general, can be place to truly regain strength from. Thrives on the emotional and mental richness and insight he gets out of the intimate connections in his life. Generous with being emotionally available for the people close to him, also helping him tap more into making use of any creative potentials inside of him. Probably makes him enjoy being a homebody even more and gets a lot out of the times he spends with the people close in his life or at his 'home' (however he defines this term) in general.

☼ Jupiter Sextile Moon: Expansion of emotional satisfaction and connecting easily with others, as well as benefitting from social engagement on a deeper, more personal level. I would really love to know in which area of his life this aspect plays out, but wishul thinking aside, I think the close connections in his life and his physical home in general, can be place to truly regain strength from. Thrives on the emotional and mental richness and insight he gets out of the intimate connections in his life. Generous with being emotionally available for the people close to him, also helping him tap more into making use of any creative potentials inside of him. Probably makes him enjoy being a homebody even more and gets a lot out of the times he spends with the people close in his life or at his 'home' (however he defines this term) in general.

[xyntix]

Love has a rose's thorns

Trigger warning: gore, blood, angst and so on

This is a little idea of another fictional desease. I saw something in a music video of the Chinese singer G.E.M. and it is a pretty and more severe 'unrequitet love desease'. Imagine getting to the last stage where large thorns that are connected to important organs come out of the victims chest and back. You cannot pull it out because you'd rip out your organs with it, killing you. People will see the ugly struggling. They cannot touch you or they'd get hurt too. Just imagine all the angst you can write with it.

Also part 2? Or I will continue this one when I find the time.

Link to part 2

Stay hydrated💜

Drip drops echoed through the dim-lit room. Only a corner was illuminated. A cowering figure threw crooked shadows on the walls. The delecate sound of tweezers was heard besides quiet sharp breaths. (Y/n) pulled thorns out of their tender flesh, leaving the broken skin to bleed. Drip drops painted the desk red. Used tissues and stained bandages littered the space around some more tools. (Y/n) suffered from a deadly desease. One of the risks losing your heart brought with it. It was not uncommon to see people with little wounds on their hands. Spots where thorns broke through the skin yet were removed before they could have hurt more people. It was not uncommon for those to confess their love to get the weight off their chest. A positive answer or surgery where the two possibilities how the victim would continue with their life.

(Y/n) was a more uncommon case. They were too concerned about sharing their feelings with their loved one. And losing it all to surgery was nit an option. They'd rather die. So they sat at their desk in their room, pulling out thorn by thorn and treating the wounds they created. Once all was cleaned away, they rested their aching body on their soft bed. The calm made their mind drift off to similar illnesses. They were much prettier and less dangerous to others. Silently, hot tears rolled down the side of their cheeks. If only love was that simple.

(Y/n) put on a very long sleeved pullover with a turtle neck to hide their sins of last night before venturing out into the bustleing city to visit some friends. It was already about 6 in the evening and the city lights started to paint paths between monuments of grey. Soon they found the entrance to the hidden city. After all they were invited to go to a new restaurant where their mutant friends could be themselves.

"(Y/n/n)! You made it! Come sit-", the youngest turtle greeted them with a wide grin and very bubbly energy. "Mikey let them take off their coat first, geez.", Raph softly scolded his brother who was currently busy with hugging the living daylights out of their friend. (Y/n)'s eyes serched for the rest. Donnie was showing April something on his tablet and Leo seemed to look for something with his hand stuck in a small portal to who knows where. Finally, Mikey let go of them so they could take a seat next to the red eared slider. What nobody saw was the tiny flinch as they felt tiny thorns growing underneath their skin.

"Oh hey, (Y/n). Hold on-", Leo greeted before reaching deeper into the portal "-almost got it. HA!" The mutant turtle held a blue Jupiter Jim wallet up in the air. "Raph lost his wallet on the way so I got mine. Ya know, the boys would be lost without me." An amused grin split his face, sending (Y/n)'s thoughts crashing into a wall. "Such a thoughful gentleman you are.", (Y/n) joked, nudging his side playfully. While Leo showed of his chocolate side with a cocky smile (lets be honest, every side is his chocolate side), (Y/n)'s thoughts got back into motion. Over thinking what they just did. His reaction was positive, yet regret made their muscles tense.

Conversation flowed easily. Occasionally, a slice of pizza was exchanged for a different slice of pizza. Jokes were shared in between bites and teasing was ever present. Eyes sparkled in joy and one very observant person smiled. They wouldn't want it any other way. Pain and thorns be damned.

"Hey, (Y/n), what do you think?" "Think what?" "You were not even listening, were you?", the tech savy turtle asked. Donnie sounded bothered by the mere idea of having to repeat himself. "Not my problem I did not feel addressed. It is kinda a default setting at this point.", they shrugged, making the purple's brothers chuckle. A bright green arm with yellow stripes fell around their neck with the rest of the turtle leaning against their shoulder. "So glad I am not the only one who just zones out when the nerd starts talking." An awkward smile covered a pained breath when more thorns pushed through muscles and tissue, poking the inside of their skin. "You bet ya!"

"So guys, what movie do we watch?", April asked the bunch of mutants fighting over their favourite spot in the sofa. "I am fine with any movie. Probably a Jupiter Jim one." "Yeah but which one?" Mikey jumped up from the bundle of turtles, waving a DVD in front of them. "This one!" Annoyed groaning followed instantly. "Not again!" "Yeahy Mikey. We watched in the last three nights. Can we switch it up? Just for tonight?", Raph tried to reason but he stood no chance against the youngest one's puppy dog eyes. "Fine, fine. This one-" "Raph are you kidding me?!" "Seriously, dude. You are a terrible leader." April and (Y/n) watched the little argument with amused smiles playing on their lips.

As every other night, Mikey was a sleep ten minutes into the movie. However, if anyone tried to change the movie he would wake up and pout. So the friends stayed up watching and whispering. (Y/n) was snug between Leo and Raph, lost in their overthinking. Before they noticed it, everyone was asleep, quietly snoring away the night in the comfort of the layer.

Eyes watched how the digital clock, Don made, threw soft blue light over Leo's sleeping face. He looked so peaceful. (Y/n) would never say it out loud but the fraction of a second in which his face disorts into a look of pure anxiety if he crossed the line, a look of hope if the joke was actually funny, a look of hurt when he felt unloved before he covers it with a confident smile, hurt more than the thorns that started growing from their heart outwards. They dared to lean into the red eared slider to give their tired form a good night's rest, hoping this was not the last time they could be close to him. He needed hugs more than anyone.

Quiet giggling and whispers shook them out if their dream. (Y/n) gave a tired sigh before streching their arms up over their head. "Good morning cuddle bug.", Leo's gruff morning voice greeted them. A teasing smile was the first they saw.

[downwiththemutantnjnjaturtles]

We Met Within This Screen [chapt. 6]

[Donnie x reader]

sfw, chapter 5 here

Come on, save it, save it, Donnie chanted to himself later that night, at home and tucked away in his room trying to figure out how to neutralize the situation. He paced along his bed back and forth, phone in hand as he wracked his brain thinking about how he'd get her to let it go. He could tell her that she was...overtired? Go the stereotypical route and say it was just her eyes playing tricks on her? Try to play it off as human teenagers messing around on the roof?

She'd gone to bed already. He hated that he couldn't pursue the subject until morning, her morning, but by then, he'd be tired. When she woke, he slept. But he needed to get it resolved as quickly as possible, so he reckoned it was time to pull an all nighter. Luckily, that wasn't anything he wasn't used to.

He figured he'd get the preliminaries out of the way so he could get right to it when she eventually texted back.

"Good morning

I know you're not awake yet but I figured I'd get an early start today.

I want to know, what exactly did you see last night?"

He shut his phone off and set it down on the bed, fingers rubbing his temples. Depending on her answer, this would either be difficult, or near impossible.

The rest of his time was spent just waiting around for her to finally wake up, dodging all his brothers and trying to occupy himself with something. He was fiddling with the radio he kept on the floor next to his bed when his phone notified him of a message. Turning the volume up, some old-school rock played softly. He didn't always keep music on when he worked, which was what he was doing felt like, but something needed to fill the silence. It also made it feel more casual to have the radio on, for both himself and for whoever might stop by his room.

"Good morning to you too

That was...sudden??"

How nice it was to read those words coming from someone who wasn't his family. Not that they said it like that often anyway, but the small gesture hit differently.

"I'm just really curious about what you said you saw."

Curious? Not quite. More like dying to know, and not because he fancied himself some cryptid hunting.

"That's fair I guess

But don't laugh, ok?"

"I'd never, [y/n]"

"Well

Okay

They were big

But no like not the overweight kinf, not even just 'tall guy' kind of big

kind*

You know?"

Yeah, I aware. I'm 6'8" and have a giant shell on my back.

"They?"

He was hoping she'd only seen one of them. Maybe it would have been easier, but, of course, that wasn't the case.

"I think there were two

Idk it just looked really weird, it was dark but the silhouette from the light made them look bulky, I don't know what it was"

Lips pursed tight, he looked up from his phone, and all of a sudden that music in the background was suffocating. He quickly reached over and shut it off. He needed to be able to divert all of his attention to one thing. Except, even though he should have been spazzing over her spotting them (even if just for a split second), a concern crept up in the back of his mind that made him scoff at himself. The need to know was too great.

His eyes fell on his scaled, three-fingered hand as he typed.

"Did it scare you?"

Perhaps it wasn't what he should have been focusing on. But he was. He knew she hadn't seen much, but what if she quipped that it was frightening, or gross, or…?

"I don't know, Bo

I guess it was kind of freaky

Uh, do you actually believe me? That I saw something?"

"'Freaky?'" he repeated to himself in a whisper, brow ridge furrowed. What was I expecting?

He had to shake himself of whatever was going on in his head at the moment, because there were more pressing matters at hand. Like what he was going to answer her question with. Theoretically, he could go two routes; one, invalidate the experience and try to walk on the line of telling her that it was not real without making her feel crazy. And then probably get mad at him. Or two, go along with it, if he didn't have the heart to do that to her. The answer was already here; he let out a deep sigh. Two, it is.

Nothing could make him want to make her feel that way, even if it meant he'd have to put in a little extra effort in fixing his mistake.

"I wouldn't doubt your judgement, [y/n]."

"Thanks

That makes me feel a lot better

You're a really good guy, Bo :)"

Freezing, he sat and stared at the screen before slowly taking the phone away from his face, lips moving, but no sound coming out. He had no idea what to say; all he could focus on was the fact that the girl he undeniably liked thought he was a good guy. And that, presumably, it meant she might have liked him as well. Big on the "might", he realized as the logical part of his mind took over once again. Regardless, he licked his lips and got to preparing a worthy response. He didn't want to come off as flustered as he felt. Donnie was aware he was not particularly suave—he took solace in the fact that she couldn't see his face or hear his voice. He contemplated on acting a bit more "cool guy" than he actually was, but wanted her to like him for him, not a facade. Which was a major contradiction to all that he had done up to that point, but the least he could do was be the person he was on the inside!

"You there?"

"Sorry, I got distracted…

You really think so?"

"That I think you're a great guy?"

"Well...yes."

"Totally. 100%"

His heart was going, he was stammering to himself, and a new feeling enveloped him. He was no stranger to the different emotions; he'd gotten familiar with many of them. Because though he didn't always show it, he had a lot of feelings. These, he felt most viscerally. But he had to get back on track. If he could push last night's incident under the rug, all would be well. More well than it already was, considering.

"Thank you, [y/n]

To be honest, I've never had a friend like you

So, do you want to talk more about what you saw? I know I'm switching tracks quickly, it's just very….interesting."

It was a jarring and awkward subject change, he knew that, but he desperately wanted to get it out of the way. The sooner, the better.

"I suppose

You seem pretty interested in it"

Maybe she wasn't hanging onto the experience like he'd thought she would. There were so many tales of people seeing inexplicable things and becoming enraptured by the experience that he guessed he should only expect the worst, but it appeared that she was not so obsessed. Crisis averted?

"Not too much, I was just wondering

We can forget about it."

"Oh, I'm not going to forget about it, Bo"

There it is, he thought, not surprised.

After thirty minutes of attempting to throw her off without coming off as suspicious himself, he had to take a breather, reorganize his mind. Only to come back and find that she had to go take care of things, and that she'd talk to him later. He'd done as much fixing as he could; at that point, it was as good as it was going to get. The thought of being looked for by his unknowing friend loomed about in the coming weeks as they did their patrols, when they would pass by her residence, and the times that he snuck off to stop by himself. Sometimes accompanied by Mikey, but he tried to keep it as solitary as possible. Soon, watching her on her balcony from that roof became part of his routine. He vaguely thought sometimes that watching her like that could be considered creepy, but that ship had already sailed.

For the third time in the last month he was there yet again, on the same roof, watching the same balcony, watching the same girl. Sometimes they texted, sometimes they didn't. The times he wasn't talking to her as he sat there were the times he daringly crossed the threshold onto the fire escape. There were only a few instances of that. But did he still feel out of his mind doing so? Yes. The window only looked into part of the living room and kitchen, but he felt scandalous to do it. Most of his time there was spent only with his shell against the wall next to the window, just out of sight. He could always hear her faint but noticeable footsteps coming and could easily vault the railing and climb up or drop down. She couldn't get past his keen hearing unless she knew to tread lightly.

Mikey was with him once again, this time out to look for scrap rather than patrol. He'd been buddied up with his younger brother more often ever since their talk that night in Donnie's room. They only stopped by because they were already out and had a viable excuse.

"Does she know about us? Like, me, Leo, Raph..." rambled Mikey, curious, as he practiced one of his new moves with his skateboard. He kicked up onto the ledge of the roof and skidded before hopping off, tucking the board under his arm. "You guys have been together like, what, two months? And she doesn't even know your name."

Fiddling with the strap reaching around his shoulder, Donnie replied matter-of-factly to hide the embarrassment that was ailing him at the thought, "Okay, for starters, we're not 'together'. And secondly, she hasn't mentioned voice chatting in a while."

"And?" He got back on his board, zooming by Donnie.

"My name? It just hasn't come up," Donnie shrugged.

"Call her, then!" Mikey smiled, still preoccupied with his board and trying out his new tricks. Donnie gave a light scoff and shook his head. His brother passed behind him where he sat leaned against the water tower.

"I don't want to just call her out of nowhere, Mikey, she might be asleep."

He also didn't want his brother there when he did.

"You gotta not be so shy!...oh, look, in the window. Right there. See? She's up," he quipped with a small smirk. The curtain was drawn, but the light had turned on at some point, and they could see her silhouette moving past. Donnie looked over his shoulder to say something but felt a hand slip into his pocket on the other side, stealing his phone right off of him. He was fast, but Mikey was faster in jumping into his board and gliding all the way to the other side of the roof with the fussy turtle hot on his trail.

"Mikey, quit it!" Donnie barked, lunging toward him for the phone.

"You'll thank me later!"

The two wrestled for the phone, Mikey holding it just out of reach as he tried to navigate the screen without dropping it.

"Come on," grunted Donnie as the tussle led them near the edge, where Mikey held it precariously over the alley below. His glasses were jostled off his face when a stray hand bumped them, causing them to fall amongst their feet. Squinting, he partially knelt down and searched for the pair while still looking at his brother and his phone, trying to stretch his arm long enough to snatch it. "Really?" he groaned, "just give me the phone!"

Donnie slung out his staff and used the other end to whack his wrist from underneath just as he pulled away from the edge, losing his grip on the phone. Mikey tried to catch it but it bounced off his hand, going right over the side of the roof and plummeting down into the alley.

Mikey froze. Donnie finally found his glasses.

Laughing nervously, Mikey turned back to him, "Whoops…"

When he didn't immediately find the phone on the ground, Donnie knew what happened. He looked over the edge, and there it was, sitting on the pavement in the alleyway. The building wasn't incredibly tall, but enough to do some major damage. He'd have to switch for one of his spares if he didn't want to deal with a busted-up screen.

"I don't need your 'help', Mikey, so leave it alone next time," Donnie said and gave him a narrow-eyed look, huffing as he leaped down to retrieve it.

Mikey may have been insistent, but he knew then it was time to stop. All he wanted to do was help. For his shy, flakey brother to come out of his shell (no pun intended). Donnie, at that time, had the biggest shot out of all of them for something unique and good. He hadn't yet worked out the logistics of how to bridge the gap between the two, but it was a calling of his to help him along.

Donnie watched for people from behind a corner before creeping out to get the phone, which was face down on the concrete. No doubt cracked to all hell if not completely shattered, though it did have a case.

But as he got closer, he heard a voice. From the phone.

He picked up the phone timidly and shot a glance up at the roof, where Mikey was peeking over the edge in apprehension. Without a word, Donnie activated the taser in his staff, pointing it at his brother and zapping it briefly. He flinched and retreated out of sight.

"Hello?"

"Hello? Bo?" she asked again, tone riddled with confusion. "What was that?"

"Uh, yes—hol—hold on, please," stammered out donnie, flying around the corner and pressing flat against the wall as a group of laughing people passed by the alley. "Just one second," he said nervously. Above him, Mikey was rapidly motioning for him to get up there, eyes wide and body trying to stay low. Baffled, Donnie gestured back at him, mouthing at him to keep his pants on for one more minute while he made his way up.

"Hey, what's going on there?" she inquired, concerned.

A street cat abruptly skittered out from between his legs from the dumpster he stood next to, and he had to stifle a startled yelp. He hopped up onto the nearest fire escape, trying to control his breathing. "Hey, hello…[y/n]," he half-chuckled, distracted by working up the building one-armed as he kept as quiet as possible.

"What was all that? And who's 'Mikey'?"

There was suddenly a shout—Mikey's shout—and his stomach did a jump. He sputtered as fast as he could, "I'm sorry [y/n] but this really isn't a good time, and I mean it really isn't," he pulled himself up onto the roof, and there was Mikey, fending off men clad in black, "so I have to go, but—"

"Don, dude! I need help over here!" cried his brother, sliding out of the way as a sword was jabbed towards him. He countered with a harsh uppercut to the man's chin, sending him stumbling backwards. The blade fell to the concrete with a clank.

"'Don'? Bo, what the hell?! Who is with you? And—"

Donnie jumped into the battle, a mix of nine or ten armed men with swords other weapons, and Mikey trying to stave them off, swinging his chucks with nothing short of reckless abandon. But he still didn't hit himself with them.

Ending the call, he secured the phone in his pocket. He wailed the guy closest to him in the side of the head with the heavy staff, then kicked him in the chest. The man fell to the blow, and Mikey ducked underneath the length of Donnie's weapon just in time as the two came together. Stray bullets flew past them, some colliding with their shells as they spun around for protection.

"How was it?!" Mikey yelled over the clamor, breathless. Donnie sidestepped from the rapid hit he sent towards the human to his left.

"What are you talking about?!" Donnie loudly questioned, flummoxed of what could have been going on in his brain during a fight. "We're kind of in the middle of something here!"

"Your phone call!"

"Yeah, the hell's the talkin' about, Don?" a gruff voice cut through the jumble.

Both of the boys whirled around to see their older brothers there, weapons drawn.

"Oh, right. As soon as I saw those bad guys coming, I let them know," said Mikey casually to Donnie, throwing his fist into the face of the man coming up behind him. "You know, standard biz."

With the rest of the team there, the fight was over twice as fast. Some groaning in pain and some unconscious bodies littering the area, along with their weapons. Leo finished the last one and sheathed his swords, eyes on their tallest brother while Raph kept watch around them. Donnie swallowed as Leo approached him.

"Don, you said you were going out for scrap metal," Leo stated.

In the background, Mikey grabbed his skateboard and was going to try to kickflip over one of the knocked out guys, but Raph yanked the board from him, growling. He checked all of the men to make sure they were down and would stay down.

"We were...just on our way back?" Donnie answered. Nearby, there was a small pile of scrap he'd collected, though definitely not enough to justify being out that long.

"So you stopped at your friend's place?" Leo deadpanned, crossing his arms. "Didn't you think that this could get her in trouble, too? Her apartment's right there, dude!"

Mikey budded in and corrected him, "Ah, we stopped by [y/n]'s. And nah! It's all good."

Donnie's face twitched. "Of course I thought about it! That's why I've only come here three times since, and only thirty minute intervals!" he bit back, throwing his hands up. The rest of his brothers all looked at him and his specificity. "I'm not naive, Leo."

The leader pushed past the both of them, signalling that it was time to leave, and they followed. Not before Donnie got what little metal he had collected and put away his staff, tucking the stuff under his arm. Raph joined alongside Donnie as they ran. "What's with all the secret' stuff, Don? First, ya hide it to begin with, then, ya make out like you were done, and now you get jumped by Foot guys by her place when you shoulda been gettin' scrap!" he said. "How were we supposed to cover for ya if you're lyin' even after we let you off?"

"Technically, I did get some!" Donnie remarked. He held up a piece of the scrap for him to see, and Raph snorted. "But..."

Well, his question would be a little harder to answer.

Next block was the nearest manhole, where each turtle swiftly jumped in, knowing by heart (and years of wandering) most of the sewers and the way back home. In some tunnels was Mikey's telltale graffiti, but it was scattered throughout the place enough to not be a giant arrow to their hideout. In the last portion of the run was the tunnel they always slid down, and once they were actually home, Donnie knew what was coming. Master Splinter was already waiting for them by the time they arrived.

"Uh-oh," Mikey said upon seeing him, sinking behind his brothers. Raph pushed him back up front.

Dropping the scrap in his arms, Donnie squeaked, "That's not good." He quietly cursed how high pitched his voice became when he was nervous.

"Yeah…" Leo cleared his throat, looking down at his hands clasped in front of him. The situation had an awkward tension for everyone in it, save for Raph, who was immune to it by then and Splinter himself. "We took care of the soldiers," he added more seriously. "Got out of there before too much attention was drawn.

"The police may be able to handle them from here, but it will not make a dent in the Shredder's forces," explained Splinter, grave as he paced along the line of brothers. "He owns the city. Until I say so, there will be no venturing to the surface. You are all lucky to be unharmed."

"That ain't it," Raph piped up. "But they'll be bringin' the big guns, next time."

"Oh, I am well aware."

"Um...of which thing?" the nervous turtle questioned, exchanging glances to Raph and then Mikey.

Splinter raised his brows knowingly, and that was all it took for Donnie. The floodgates of his signature anxious chatter opened. He grabbed the edge of Mikey's shell and pulled him over into the spotlight with him, "I met someone over an online game and we started texting after a few weeks, and—and Leo found out and I said I would stop, but we never told you," he gestured toward their brother in blue, who refused to make eye contact, "so I told her that it was through and then Mikey somehow convinced me to go back on it," he sucked in a breath, and Mikey grinned uncomfortably, "and then we started talking again and I don't know why, but I went back there to her apartment building and it was just…stupid."

There was a cumbrous pause. Donnie was stiff as a board, Mikey couldn't look at any one thing too long, Leo stood in his polite but awkward stance, and Raph started to whistle.

As poised as ever, Splinter spoke. "I know."

All four pairs of eyes shot to their father.

"What?"

"Uh..."

"Huh?"

"Wait."

They expressed their collective confusion at the same time, and Splinter chuckled. Donnie wanted nothing more than to be able to retreat into his shell, but that was physically impossible. "Nothing gets past me, especially not you and your nervous habits, Donatello. You are scratching that spot on your neck again, son."

Flinching, Donnie pulled his hand away. He'd be damned; Splinter was right.

But unbeknownst to them, there had been spectator of their fight on the roof that night.

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shh do not think too deeply about this my children

a/n: haha plot device go brrrr

i need to finish this cursed fanfiction

[torialefay]

oh my gosh, the readings and writings about the details of how Chan would act are so good I’m obsessed already! Could I pls get a comparability reading with Chan ? My sun is in cancer, Ascendant in Sagittarius, Moon in Libra, Mercury in Leo, Venus in Leo, Mars in Libra,

thank you <3

thank you so so much! it really means a lot to hear that 🥺 ❤️

i did this one pretty quickly, so i'm sorry if there are typos! i hope you enjoy :)

sun in cancer- this indicates you come across as caring and warm, but sometimes overtly emotional as well. there is a POSSIBILITY that you can overshare on emotions, but again, this would depend on other things such as houses. because you have a lot of emotions, and could sometimes have a problem with dealing with everything on your own, chan will mirror back what you need to become someone strong. the down side, however, is that it can make him feel like he needs to be the strong one in the relationship all the time. so that he doesn't put the burden on you. he may have a hard time opening up when something is bothering him. i dont think this is too big of a deal though, and is something you could easily work through with time. just have to make sure each of you make it a point to love yourselves fully for the way you are and actively try to avoid co-dependency.

ascendent in sag- his 1st impression of u is that ur independent, something he also values due to his mars in sag placement. you are either very social, or very good at talking to/understanding people once you do speak to them, which he really values as well. his ascendant in gemini and yours in sag would make for great banter between each other and a very good, almost unforgettable first impression.

moon in libra- this is a PERFECT match for chan!!!! and in my opinion, the moon/sun sign match is the most important. moon sogns represent your emotions, meaning that as a libra, you have a deep need to find love and beauty in all things. chan's moon is also in libra, so you will be able to deeply understand each other on an emotional level and form the strongest kind of bongs with each other.

-this is further exacerbated by the fact that his sun sign (personality) matches your moon sign (emotions). because this, he will feel like you really UNDERSTAND and listen to him. he would realize this actually pretty quickly if you all became friends! this is, in my opinion, the biggest indicator of maintaining a strong, long-term relationship. i genuinely think you would match up at exactly the most crucial aspects of yourselves.

mercury in leo- depending on your house placements/other placements in your chart, communication between you and chan could be somewhat strained. there is a high likelihood that you are predisposed to need a lot of reassurance in yourself, but chan is the same way. you could also have a hard time addressing things that are bothering you, but again, chan is the same way. the reasons for your communication problems is different though. you may feel too proud to bring something up that's bothering you. instead, you choose to act like it doesn't. you don't want to seem weak when things arise. chan, however, won't talk about things for the shear fact that he doesn't want to disturb the peace that you have in the relationship. i see you having slightly the upper hand in communication here. but it is an area you would both need to work with each other on.

mars in libra- even if you have problems with communication, if you and channie ever got into fights over this, i honestly think you are a perfect match to help calm his temper. if you read my "mars in sag" post for chan, then you saw me talk about how explosive he can get if he bottles things in (again, could happen with those mercury signs yall got going on... so you've got to learn to be 100% open and honest with each other if something bothers you). with your mars sign, you are a great peacemaker when situations get out of hand. if chan had an outburst or was being ridiculous, i think you'd do a great job at leveling him out and getting him to calm down. he would love and appreciate you so much for it.

venus in leo- ooooooh i love this. since you read my venus in scorpio, you know that chan brings the passsssion to the bedroom. however, with your venus in leo, it indicates that you are very open to trying new things (and honestly may be one kinky mf'er too lol no judgement here sis). you would definitely encourage chan to try different things- especially if it's something he's secretly wanted to try but was scared you wouldn't like it. you two could definitely have a lot of fun and keep the passion alive. i would tell you to err on the side of caution though, as channie puts a lot of meaning into having sex. too much unmeaningful sex could burn him out. just make sure to always please one another and you will have a very enviable sex life tbh

[rosesastrology]

ASTROLOGY 101 GUIDE (MASTERPOST)

This took a long time to make so I hope it's useful to someone out there c:

The signs

Aries: passionate, childlike (not childish), finds their own way, knows what they want, optimistic, go-getter, bold, stands up for what they believe in, courageous, leaders, energetic, easily influenced, bad at controlling their anger, tend to have short tempers, naivety, can come across as foolish, egotistical or selfish

Taurus: Loyal, patient, generous to this they love, can seem materialistic, romantic, treasure their loved ones, argumentative, opinionated, self-indulgent tendencies, steady, reliable, resistant to change, possessive, stubborn, realistic, can be jealous, dependable, predictable

Gemini: misunderstood, funny, witty, good with words (no matter if they're introvert or extrovert), informative, often have a lot of general knowledge and know a lot of weird facts, adaptable, fast thinkers, inconsistent, curious, restless, logical, easily distracted, charming, resourceful, can seem as though they don't have emotions

Cancer: sensitive, sweet, cares for their family or loved ones/friends, empathic, intuitive, spiritual, artistic, introverted, avoid drama, moody, have a hard exterior and a soft core, family orientated, homebodies, contrary to popular beliefs they don't like to show off their emotions, romantic, maternal, domestic, rarely get angry, protective, psychic, patient, healers

Leo: bold, confident, the center of attention (if they want to be), multitalented, often very beautiful, position of fame or wealth/success, stubborn, selfish, defensive, hasty, impatient, generous, judgemental, creative, entertaining, determined, charismatic, bossy, dramatic, sulky, brave, protective, can be manipulative, performers

Virgo: giving, reliable, smart, overthinkers, worriers, logical, organized, tidy, witty, clean, analytical, modest, perfectionists, humble, precise, self-righteous, nagging, demanding, never satisfied, selfless, shy, helpful, diligent, observant, skeptical, laid-back, unemotional, anxious, fussy, hard on themselves, health orientated

Libra: balanced, communicative, all-rounders, relationship orientated, charming, clever, selfless, creative, bossy, fair, superficial, very honest, seek peace and harmony, advisers, objective, diplomatic, gossip, idealistic, sincere, loving, social, melodramatic, manipulative, sharing, they know your weaknesses and will use them against you if they see it as necessary

Scorpio: intense, emotional, brooding, introverted, mysterious (to strangers and those they don't want to let close), are actually very soft and emotional, sexual, interested in taboo topics, magnetic, can seem intimidating, detectives, vengeful, deep, overthinkers, intuitive, powerful, leaders, dominant, stubborn, moody, worriers, negative, forceful

Sagittarius: adventurous, philosophical, usually have a talent for languages, interested in different cultures, travelers, restless, anxious, aloof, outspoken, blunt, lucky, optimistic (once developed), can be negative if their thoughts take over, open-minded, independent, skilled, ambitious, determined, courageous, witty, genuine, real

Capricorn: work orientated, stable, reliable, passionate about their career, smart, sophisticated, resourceful, careful, grounded, cold, seek status, anxious, skeptical, realistic, greedy, cynical, unsatisfied, hard on themselves, driven, patient, ruthless, disciplined, practical, overachievers, societal

Aquarius: humanitarian, funny, witty, good with words, independent, selective about their friends, smart, thrives in group environments, friendly, creative, tolerant, loyal, idealistic, original, distant, seemingly unreachable, daydreamers, want to make a change in the world, contradictory, rebellious, unconventional, don't follow the rules

Pisces: imaginative, sensitive, moody, highly creative, easily addicted to substances, manipulative, passive aggressive, self-pitying, absent, daydreamers, overthinkers, empathetic, emotional, intuitive, give good advice, sweet, extremely selfless, often give into false hope, don't put their dreams into plans, compassionate, soft, magical, accepting, lazy, escapists

Planets

SUN: THE SELF - the Sun represents the self, direct energy, father/mother energy (usually father), career, the ego, consciousness, stamina, the body, exercise, vitality, heart, confidence, radiance, personality, masculinity, your drive

MOON: THE HIDDEN SELF - the Moon represents the hidden self, emotions, substance use, the subconscious, the mother, your needs, wants, instincts, passivity, reactions, femininity, habits

MERCURY: THE MIND - Mercury represents the mind, communication, social media, conversations, news, newspapers, games, technology, science, books, intellect, reasons, messages, interactions, languages, intelligence

VENUS: LOVE - Venus represents love, marriage, engagement, stability, honeymoons, beauty, fashion, clothes, gifts, food, attraction, art, values, wants and needs, discrimination, relatability, culture, charm, jewellery, style, sociability, luxury, chances

MARS: DRIVE AND ANGER - Mars represents your drive and anger, passion, sex, boldness, argumentativeness, energy, primal instincts, aggression, action, desire, competition, courage, fights, war, frustration, violence

JUPITER: EXPANSION AND LUCK - Jupiter rules expansion and luck, traveling, fortune, growth, healing, optimism, understanding, accepting, education, school, university, reasoning, distance, foreign countries, religion, leisure time, indulgence, good fortune, the world, prosperity

URANUS: CHANGE - Uranus rules change, science, rebellion, unpredictability, instability, rebirth, reformation, insight, breakthroughs, innovation, psychology, originality, revolution, natural disasters, astrology, unique, unusual, accidents, taboo

SATURN: STRUCTURE. Saturn rules structure, life lessons, hard lessons, the father, masculinity, work, education, society, social order, society, working class, law, restrictions, limitations, responsibility, growth, obligation, law, wisdom, aging, career, hard work, strength, ambition

NEPTUNE: THE SUBCONSCIOUS - Neptune rules the subconscious, illusions, drugs, substance use, idealism, dreams, delusions, mystics, myths, intuition, spirituality, mystery, (false) hopes, faith, religion, romance, escapism, skepticism, deception, confusion, anxiety, suicide

PLUTO: TRANSFORMATION AND TABOO - Pluto rules transformation and taboo, sex, tarot, mysteries, rebirth, legends, myths, religion, ego death, astrology, witches, psychology, disorders, power, birth and death, evolution, intensity, violence, INNER change, growth, obsession, crime, subversion, hard reality, underworld, fears phobias, abuse, self-harm, everything that's hidden

THE HOUSES

Your astrological chart is made up off of twelve parts, these twelve parts are called HOUSES. A PLANET is both in a SIGN and in a HOUSE. If you have more than 3 planets in a HOUSE or SIGN it is called a STELLIUM. This means this sign or house is extremely intense in your life. You can also have EMPTY houses, which means there's no planet or luminary in that house. If this is the case, it means that this area of your life is less intense than other areas and there may be a lack of that house in your life. Strong planetary influences can counter an empty house (see NATURAL RULERS, a well-aspected Jupiter could counter an empty 9th house for example).

1st house: self, appearance, beginnings, first impressions, basic personality, the conscious, the body, dominant traits

2nd house: possessions, money, food, wealth, values, relationships, habits, career, work ethic

3rd house: communication, intellect, intelligence, humor, messages, siblings, education, news, neighbors, sociability, events

4th house: the past, family, parents, home life, childhood, emotions, foundation, roots, mother, children, women, femininity

5th house: play, relationships, chances, opportunity, romance, self-expression, creativity, art, entertainment, joy, romance, affairs, drama

6th house: health, volunteering, selflessness, generosity, fitness, exercise, pets, service, organization, critical mind, critique, perfectionism, analytics

7th house: marriage, engagement, true love, relationships, contracts, friendships, equality, balance, give and take

8th house: Sex, intimacy, resources, finance gain or loss, taboo, mystery, deception, substance, obsession, passion, abuse

9th house: Expansion, luck, traveling, education, philosophy, culture, languages, prosperity, ethics, learning, law, religion, beliefs

10th house: career, work ethic, structure, status, long-term plans or goals, stability, reputation, masculinity, men, fathers, respectability, reliability, limits, life lessons

11th house: friendship, friends, awareness, technology, humanitarianism, the future, hopes and wishes

12th house: the hidden, endings, healing, closure, spiritualism, solitude, karma, old age, subconscious, afterlife, limiting beliefs

ELEMENTS

Every sign and planet is naturally ruled by one of the four elements (earth, fire, water and air) which you can find more about here. Elements are fixed and not subjected to change.

FIRE

Keywords: active, passionate, extroverted, hotheaded, bold, spontaneous, impulsive, creative, reactive, masculine

Signs: ARIES, LEO, SAGITTARIUS

Planets: MARS, SUN, JUPITER

Houses: 1, 5, 9

WATER

Keywords: emotional, fluid, go with the flow, feminine, intuitive, sensitive, empathic, moody, negative

Signs: PISCES, CANCER, SCORPIO

Planets: NEPTUNE, MOON, MARS/PLUTO

Houses: 12, 4, 8

EARTH

Keywords: stable, reliable, structural, respectable, smart, hard workers, practical

Signs: TAURUS, VIRGO, CAPRICORN

Planets: VENUS, MERCURY, SATURN

Houses: 2, 6, 10

AIR

Keywords: communication, humor, society, idealism, justice, thoughts, messages, education

Signs: GEMINI, LIBRA, AQUARIUS

Planets: MERCURY, VENUS, URANUS

Houses: 3, 7, 11

QUALITIES/MODALITIES

In astrology every sign has a natural unchangeable quality. They are also called modalities. There are three of them: cardinal, fixed or mutable.

CARDINAL: Adaptable, versatile, changeable, dynamic, tackles obstacles head on, initiating, need the issue to be resolved, action orientated. Bad at the follow through. Blunt.

CARDINAL SIGNS: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

FIXED: unchangeable, stubborn, resistant, stable, organized, attached, likes routine, tackles problems slowly and often gets stuck. Do follow through. Disciplined.

FIXED SIGNS: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius

MUTABLE: escapism, avoid the problem or issue, negotiators, compromise it, adaptable, changeable

MUTABLE SIGNS: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces

YIN YANG

There's a natural Yin and Yang in astrology.

Yin: feminine, introvert, passive, emotive, reaction based

Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Cancer, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Libra

Yang: masculine, extrovert, active, social, action based

Signs: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces

POLARITY

Polarity refers to signs or houses that are opposite of each other.

Aries (the self) vs Libra (partnership)

Taurus (personal possessions, pleasure) vs Scorpio (shared possessions, pleasure)

Gemini (detail orientated) vs Sagittarius (focused on expansion, the big picture)

Cancer (the home life) vs Capricorn (the public life, society)

Leo (generosity, entertainment and personal pleasure) vs Aquarius (individualism and humanitarian goals)

Virgo (work, discipline) vs Pisces (dreams, addiction)

NATURAL RULERS:

Every sign has a natural ruler. A natural ruling planet, house, element, quality and yin/yang.

Aries

Natural ruling planet: Mars

Element: Fire

Quality: Cardinal

House: 1

Yin/yang

Taurus

Planet: Venus

Element: earth

Quality: fixed

House: 2

Yin/yang

Gemini

Planet: Mercury

Element: air

Quality: mutable

House: 3

Yin/yang

Cancer

Planet: Moon

Element: water

Quality: cardinal

House: 4

Yin/yang

Leo

Planet: Sun

Element: fire

Quality: fixed

House: 5

Yin/yang

Virgo

Planet: Mercury

Element: earth

Quality: mutable

House: 6

Yin/yang

Libra

Planet: Venus

Element: air

Quality: cardinal

House: 7

Yin/yang

Scorpio

Planet: Pluto and Mars

Element: air

Quality: fixed

House: 8

Yin/yang

Sagittarius

Planet: Jupiter

Element: fire

Quality: mutable

House: 9

Yin/yang

Capricorn

Planet: Saturn

Element: earth

Quality: cardinal

House: 10

Yin/yang

Aquarius

Planet: Uranus and Jupiter

Element: air

Quality: fixed

House: 11

Yin/yang

Pisces

Planet: Neptune and Jupiter

Element: water

Quality: mutable

House: 12

Yin/yang