#tough act maisie peters

[yantao-enthusiast]

i’m a the good witch girlie through and through but tough act. every fucking line. tough act is my rip my fucking heart out beloved. listen to tough act by maisie peters. sob with me.

[maria-eve-falcon]

Look now she may be lowkey sending a message through all the surprise songs but that's just normal like? When you just break off a 6.5 year rs, you don't do it because 'I woke up today and realised he isn't the right for me'. It's a process and yes it involves wanting to k word that person because it's frustrating as heck? Tay is obviously super mad at Joe rn but that doesn't necessarily mean he cheated or consciously did something to hurt her. I just hope she gets better soon because this is a terrible time to be an emotional wreck with the spotlight on her and a tour going on.

So true. Also idt swifties are mature enough to understand that. They think dating is a game or something and saying stuff like "forevermore" and "give a child" and "marry you with paper rings" and etc etc are meaningless cause you breakup..likeeee anyways

I also hope they both get better (and manifest them to back shit together cause lbr, his name is intertwined with hers and her name is intertwined with his)

It feels like the kinda breakup where it's better when you have someone to hate but they are eachothers favourite way to stay up and they'll say that still and feel each other not matter what

[gingerbreadcities]

Favourite line: Tough Act, Maisie Peters

[madslad]

glinda and elphaba are so maisie peters tough act

[foreverfearlessred]

Tough Act by Maisie Peters will never fail to not make me have a menty b like it cuts so close to home when she says “I got busy and you forgot to miss me when I’m not much of who you grew up with. Oh you were distracted and the silence made a hat trick”

[kiwichaeng]

I know the reasons Took a little time to believe ’em But now everything is through It’s you I wanna call, though When all I’ve known of Is something that I should let go of I’ll cut it at the root and drain it ’til it’s all so hollow But you are one tough act to follow

Maisie came to my throat with this one...

[smolgreybunny]

[spiriteddreams]

“saying goodbye to a best friend, is the bad part of the right thing to do.” — maisie peters (tough act) cw: angst, hurt/no comfort

you're not quite sure what led to this point, two figures on opposite ends of the room, with the empty space of unsaid words to separate you both. there is understanding amidst hurt, but that doesn't make it any easier. you feel it in your chest, remnants of a heart that once lay in the hands of wriothesley. now it feels like a birthday candle has run out, drying wax beginning to harden into memories that once sparked and burned between you both.

there is too much space between the two of you, void of emotion, void of touch, void of anything that might help to piece things back together. it's not easy to be in love, and wriothesley thinks it must be even harder to be in love with him. he's so stubborn and carefree at the same time that he imagines it must be frustrating. he isn't home all the time, and when he is, he can be rather nonchalant and uncaring of the things that swarm your mind. he's not the best lover, he thinks, and that must be why everything seem so irreparable between the two of you. he refuses to see the faults that you point towards yourself, ignoring the way that you’re clearly trying to point out that this sinking ship was the fault of two lovers too caught up in one another to notice the rising waters around them.

“wriothesley,” he hates the way you say his name now. not wrio, not baby, not my love. just wriothesley. it would have been crueler if you said your grace and he thanks all heavens that you still hold him with some familiarity, both in your arms and words. but now his office feels colder. he catches sight of the flowers you brought him from the two weeks before, not replaced by a new bouquet last week, now wilting at the petals and drooping to the floor. he wonders if that was one of the many signs he missed while caught up in the papers now strewn across his desk.

you sigh and look away but he catches the catch in your breath and the trembling of your lips as you gather the words to say. “i know— i know that i’m being cruel right now. but i just don’t think i can do this anymore.” he doesn’t like the way you shrink into yourself, hugging your body in an attempt to bring yourself some sort of comfort. when did his office begin to feel unwelcome to you? but above all he wants to ask what is this. is this something he can fix, something he can change right this instant so that you won’t be leaving him beneath the ocean to drown by himself.

“i’m going back to the surface. monsieur neuvillette offered me a position at the palais mermonia and i think that it’ll be a fresh new start for me,” you force a smile to your lips. you wait for him to say something, anything, but you are left with nothing but silence. it’s a choking silence that kills and you feel any sort of hope sink in your chest.

he doesn’t hear the silent plea in your words, the one that begs him to say, “don’t go.” instead he takes a deep breath and mumbles something under his breath, something that you choose not to try to hear because you know that if you try, you might just end up in the same cycle of trying to hear one another out and falling into a blanket of comfort that only lasts until the next time you feel the rope fraying.

“i suppose i’ll see you around then,” he chuckles and waits the way that you seem to relax. a smile, one that looks more genuine, crosses your lips as you nod. “strictly for work.” he adds, ignoring the little flash of hurt that flickers across your face. he doesn’t think that he could be friends so soon again. time is the only medicine for the heart of the duke of meropide, and perhaps, he thinks, just as these metal gates close themselves to the outside, he should close his own heart for the sake of himself.

you leave shortly after, apologies still slipping from your lips. neither of you make an attempt to hug or to extend hands out as you’re both too aware that to do so would only hurt more. but you’ve hammered the nail in, and there’s no coming back from that. wriothesley closes the door behind him, heart heavy and fingers trembling. he hears the door click shut, the locks falling into place and he seals a goodbye for the last time.

reblogs and comments are greatly appreciated! <3 a/n: can't say i'm super happy w this piece but that's ok i need to get back into a writing cycle lol

[eloisephillip]

PaceyJoey Playlist: Tough Act by Maisie Peters ➳ “I got busy, and you forgot how to miss me. When I’m not much of who you grew up with”

[claryxjackson]

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[yantao-enthusiast]

yeah

[maria-eve-falcon]

atp all I've known of is something that I should let go of.... and god I never thought it'd be this way

[thelasttime]

no one asked but here's the most brutal playlist if you're going through the most brutal break-up

"always" by ashe

"a house in nebraska" by ethel cain

"cellophane" by fka twigs

"friend" by gracie abrams (this killed me)

"rockland" by gracie abrams

"into you" by julia michaels

"camera roll" by kacey musgraves

"liquor store on mars" by kelsy karter & the heroines

"two week notice" by leanna firestone

"doomsday" by lizzy mcalpine

"firearm" by lizzy mcalpine

"good enough" by maisie peters

"hollow" by maisie peters

"tough act" by maisie peters

"want you back" by maisie peters

"lonely" by noah cyrus

"traitor" by olivia rodrigo

"happier" by olivia rodrigo

"moon song" by phoebe bridgers

"in the kitchen" by renee rapp

"how many things" by sabrina carpenter

"nobody gets me" by sza

[bugsandcoffee]

Title: Tough Act

Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Tags/Warnings: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Fluff, Light Angst, Mutual Pining, Musician Bucky Barnes, Getting Back Together, Domestic Fluff, Idiots in Love, Past Abuse (Not between Steve and Bucky of course), Featuring a guest appearance from the Arctic Monkeys/Alex Turner, And a bunch of Maisie Peters songs, Angst with a Happy Ending, Exes to Lovers, Happy Ending

Summary: A decade after they broke up Bucky shows up on Steve’s doorstep. He needs his help. Bucky needs a boyfriend to convince his record label to let him release his next album and if he can't get a real boyfriend, a fake boyfriend will have to do.

Steve agrees. After all there's nothing that could go wrong with fake dating the guy you've always had feelings for, is there?

Word Count: 9,294 words

Note: This fic was written while ill so may contain some mistakes. The title is from Maisie Peters' song Tough Act. This fills Card R4074 | Square: N2 - Fake Dating for @stuckybingo as well as Coffee, tea or hot chocolate for the monthly prompts.

You can read this fic on AO3:

[argentangelhelps]

MAISIE PETERS STARTERS

starter prompts from maisie peters’ discography

“i still haven’t got my driver’s license” “and i am sorry to make it about myself again but you signed up for this“ “you signed up for this” “please don’t give up on me yet” “i know i’ll get better, i’m just not better yet.” “i only drink to get drunk.” “nothing like i thought would happen happened” “it didn't work like i thought it would” "i resent you just a little if i'm honest” “you swore you would do better this time” “if i'm being frank, i want a "sorry" but i'll settle for a handshake” “not friends, no, we're somewhere in between” “'cause you're awful and i miss you and i killed you in my dream last night, even then you didn't care” “i should be the one you’re dancing with” “i was gonna act surprised even though i knew you wanted me” “maybe if i'd reined it in you wouldn't wanna kiss somebody else” “you don't owe me anything”
“i'm just gonna walk home by myself” “you look right through me every time you walk by” “‘cause if you don’t want me then you’re not the one” “guess i misunderstood, i thought you liked me too” “she could tell i was so obsessed with you” “hope i don’t wake my dad up” “well, tell me where i went wrong” “and you only kissed me once, nothing changed at all” “i could see a bloodbath coming” “everyone else can have him but i won’t” “loving you’s not fair” “you kept me as your favorite secret” “it’s funny how everybody but me knows” “you’re losing your mind” “you wanna talk? not ideal.” “i feel like you feel nothing, that’s fine.” “baby, who has two phones?” “you don't want me at all, but you don't want me to fall for anyone” “i heard you had a lot of therapy when you were seventeen for your anger issues” “if i had a pound/dollar for every hole punched in a wall i’d be a rich girl/boy” “it got progressively harder to miss you” “you're a serial cheater” “when i told you you were funny i lied” “i can tell that you've never been hugged” “if i was the last girl on earth, you'd still be weighing up your options” “you're obsessed with your father” “red flag and a half” “you're kinda sociopathic” “i wasn't broken till you tried to fix me” “i was yours until you let me down” “you said this is something that we both need” “you left me hollow” “are you happy now?” “we never struggled for a conversation till you couldn't find the words to say” “now you’re somebody else with somebody you swore was not your type” “i just miss my friend” “how do you think i’m dealing?” “i'll burn this house, i mean it” “well, what does that make me then?” “i'm your villain” “whole town's gonna hear how you messed me up” “oh, i'm out my mind and i said some shit, but i miss you more than i meant any of it” “he’s fit, go for it.” “if you want to take her out, you're gonna have to ask me first” “she's in brooklyn with me” “you gave it all and i gave it up” “you were always on my mind” “i've got no right to miss you” “easiеr to tell myself we'd mess it up instead, so i left” “but i still wish things were different, don't you?” “'cause i get not evеryone sees you the way that i'd like” “you pulled a lot of shit” “thought i'd be a cool girl, but turns out i'm livid” “all or nothing, you chose nothing” “you are one tough act to follow” “you forgot how to miss me” “i hope i’m one tough act to follow” “now everything is through, it's you i wanna call though” “it was all out my hands when you pulled the trigger” “i kissed your friends 'cause your friends said you kissed her” “you were my no sleep, cried for weeks, favourite ex” “i was good to you” “did i just not do it for you, superficially?” “i can’t help thinking she’s got a better body” “has she got a better body than mine?” “were you sorry like you weren't at the time?” “the worst way to love somebody is to watch them love somebody else and it work out” “when you're twisting up all her sheets, do you suffer?” “was i just an idea you liked?” “was i just an idea you liked? a convenient use of time with obedient blue eyes” “i thought it would be us for life” “will you tell me just one more lie?” “didn't say it in those words, but i know how your tone works” “i'm hurting but i'm certain it's still true” “i'm the best thing that almost happened to you” “one day, you're gonna wake up and, oh shit, you lost the brеakup” “i'm thе greatest love that you wasted” "oh shit, i won the breakup" “just assumed i was your favourite” “what do you do when the good guys change their mind?” “'cause i used to think that if i tried my best, i'd always win” “now you're asking for a pardon 'cause i'm a good time pound for pound” “i was good, just wasn't good enough” “i never said i was perfect just thought i was perfect for you” “did you meet my brother?" “will we ever get together?” "how can i know you're for sure? it's only been a summer" “nothing more frightenin’ than a woman scorned” “baby, if you thought that i was trouble, then you're gonna hate what's comin' next” “i don't think you knew just what you'd done” “i'll fuck your life up as a blonde” “i'm gonna make your friends say, "man, you messed that up”” “you'll rue the day you did me wrong” "oh, goddamn, not another rockstar" “they got a lot of unexamined father-son baggage” “aren't i lucky 'cause he could have chosen any girl to fuck with?”