#valentines sweep day 8

[herebecritters]

How bout some spicy D&D drama today?

Geshtu and Hopp’s edgy dnd characters: Ilawela and Atlas

Atlas belongs to @ickyguts

[random-mailbox]

Random-Mailbox's Favorite Sailor Moon Fics - Week 52 - Crystal Tokyo

Welcome to the final regularly planned post in this series, I felt would be fitting to end with Crystal Tokyo. I have a few more lists I'd like to make in the future, but I'm holding off on a couple of them until a few unfinished stories are completed. The lists wouldn't be the same without them. I really want to give credit to @floraone for suggesting this project in the first place. It has been so much fun for me to highlight a lot of amazing works in this fandom and I'm hoping it's helped bring new readers to these stories. Thank you to all of you for coming on this adventure with me! 

As always, my apologies in advance for spoiling some of these for you (Fic Titles are linked to either FFN or AO3 entries).

Royal Affairs - @master-ray5

When I first added this series to the list, it was a single one-shot. It has since grown to 7 connected chapters with plans for a full 20. Super fun and lemony read!

Come Back to Me - @idesofnovember

In this one-shot King Endymion is making impossible possible in his darkest hour, serving as a ray of hope for Usagi. 

Desperate Measures - @idesofnovember

Endymion comes up with a plan to get Neo Queen Serenity to forgive "him", as memories of things he "said and did" during break-up arc flood in.

Sleepless Nights - ElvisVF101

Kunzite helps King Endymion through an existential crisis, when he finds him alone on the balcony late at night.

“My Sister, the Queen” - @sailor-scribbles

This was one of the first stories I have ever read in this fandom and one of the few that deals with Shingo in Crystal Tokyo and his adjustment to the new family status. And it has adorable art!

These Games We Play: Chapter 10: Prank Gone Wrong - @allyunabridged

I saved this furniture-related ficlet for this post because I thought it was hilarious. While searching the attic for old toys, Minako discovers a rose chair that she feels HAS to be in Endymion's office instead.

Miscellaneous Works: Short Stories That Tumbled From Tumblr: Chapter 5: The King's New Clothes - @floraone and art by @nari20

There had to be a reason for King Endymion to start dressing in a lavender tuxedo with a cape, Mamoru always knew that. But what was the motive behind this decision?

Usamamo One-Word Prompts: Chapter 4: sweet - @smokingbomber

Ficlet about choices that had to be made and consequences of these decisions. And love. Mostly about love.

Cupcakes - @midnightdrops

Even the royal couple needs a day off on occasion. Especially when there is a promise of cupcakes involved.

UsaMamo 2022 | Book - @lilliebellfanfics

Neo Queen Serenity is very much out of patience waiting for King Endymion to finish his research at the library. And with them being now alone, what is there to do? 🤔🍋

A Royal Audience - @daikon1

Latest addition to the series, fresh from @usamamoweek2023. Neo Queen Serenity uses personal history to help usher in sweeping education reforms.

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Here are the links to the previous Tumblr posts in these series to explore more amazing works based on different themes - make sure to check them out if you haven't had a chance! (Click on the title name to go to the post):

Week 1 - Groundhog Day

Week 2 - Established Relationships

Week 3 - Sex Positivity

Week 4 - Unfinished Stories

Week 5 - Darker Stories

Week 6 - Potions 🧪

Week 7 - Reveals

Week 8 - 👻Halloween🎃

Week 9 - Wrong Perceptions

Week 10 - Non-Senshi AU

Week 11 - In-Progress Fics

Week 12 - Mutual Pining

Week 13 - Enemies to Lovers

Week 14 - Slow Burn

Week 15 - Christmas Part 1 - Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Santa!

Week 16 - Christmas Part 2

Week 17 - New Years

Week 18 - High School AU

Week 19 - Slice of Life

Week 20 - Coffee shop AU

Week 21 - Huddle for Warmth

Week 22 - Friends to Lovers

Week 23 - ❤️Valentines Day❤️

Week 24 - Do a Grouch a Favour Day (or Cheer Up Fics)

Week 25 - Soulmate AU

Week 26 - Amnesia Fics (and resources)

Week 27 - 🍀St Patrick's Day🍀

Week 28 - Fix it Fics

Week 29 - Prompt: Mug

Week 30 - Flowers

Week 31 - Traditions

Week 32 - Dreams

Week 33 - Friends

Week 34 - Body-Swap

Week 35 - Medical Assistance

Week 36 - Sex Pollen

Week 37 - Psychometry

Week 38 - What If

Week 39 - Missing Scenes Part I

Week 40 - Green Jacket

Week 41 - Dr Chiba

Week 42 - Birthdays

Week 43 - Fluff

Week 44 - First Kiss

Week 45 - Reviving Shitennou

Week 46 - Tutoring

Week 47 - Thunderstorms

Week 48 - Food

Week 49 - Proposals

Week 50 - Locked In

Week 51 - Furniture

[shadowed-dancer]

I hate flower shop aus because as someone who worked in a flower shop it is NOT romantic. 9% of your day is taking, making, and delivering orders, and 90% is cleaning flowers and trying to stay sane because it's Valentine's Day and your boss needs 12 dozen roses cleaned by hand by the end of the day. Also, yes, I said TWELVE DOZEN. As in 144. And that's just the red ones, there's 8 dozen yellow ones and 4 dozen white ones. Do you know how much my hands bled? Despite the fact that I was wearing gloves?

The final 1% of your day is sweeping up the leaves that evaded the garbage can, emptying the garbage can, and then slipping on more leaves because there's never not leaves on the floor

If you want to write an au, at least make it realistic

[amysnotdeadyet]

2023 in review

Just the fannish creations, thanks. I don't want to think too hard about how fucking weird and stressful the year was outside of that. XD

I found some old 00Q art hiding on my hard drive and posted it in Feb.

I wrote a short Inception ficlet for @ladyprydian in April to try to jumpstart my muses. It didn't work.

I binge-wrote a whole-ass Sandman fic with (gasp!) fade-to-black porn in it in May.

July brought the Stony games! I was much less prolific than last year, but I managed a few things, starting with 3 little drabbles about perception.

I did a giftfic for the games! It starts in media res and I, being a troll, titled it In Pornia Res because yeah, this one's just pure porn against a background of worldbuilding.

I posted a longstanding WIP that was 100% self-indulgent trash, with Tony and Steve getting Bucky as their new sugar baby and treating him them right. Absolutely just the fluffiest of trash, but 66K of it!

I posted another longstanding WIP that's really pre-slash (I KNOW so weird) but involves catboy Tony, catboy Bucky, and a puppy Steve who's gonna get both (after the fic anyway).

My last little Stony Games fill was 8-bit pixel porn, because of course it was.

Later in August I did the "write what you want to see" thing and banged out (heh) a very kinky Stranger Things fic with Steve/Eddie and a leather bar. Somehow, it's still extremely fluffy.

I drew! Fanart! With pens and shit! Also Steve/Eddie.

And then I made pixel art of them, because why not.

Another Steddie fic, this time a modern AU with 'lost touch' feelings and also banging the rockstar in his hotel room.

And finally, my MTH2021 fic is posting a year late, and will continue on into the new year. It's all done and edited, I just like the daily posting method for getting drip-fed dopamine and also sitting there posting 29 chapters at once is no bueno.

You can find all of this stuff here, so I'm not link-stuffing the post: https://archiveofourown.org/users/swtalmnd/works

What's Coming in 2024 (besides my blorbos)

I have a few more Stuckony WIPs waiting in the wings, including my MTH 2022 fic, which I hope to finish in time to actually participate in 2024.

I have at least 1 novel coming out and maybe 2? I didn't publish ANY original fiction last year (gah), but I finished 1 draft (the sequel to Hive) and am plodding along on 2 more (Julian 4 and something new). I am so slow these days, tho, gah. I have no idea how some people put out multiple books a year, year after year.

I've got a few more Eeveeon arts to share, which I always forget to do on Tumbls.

I might actually open commissions next year (for art, I don't enjoy fic commissions).

I'm gonna a Stuckony Valentine thing, so you'll get at least one short fic from me in Feb.

I'm hoping something new will sweep me into its fandomy arms, because while I do love my current blorbos (MCU & Stranger Things), neither one is really doing the full fixation dance in my brain and that's sad. OTOH I'd like to finish my MCU WIPs before that spark fully dies ahahaha haha ha.

As far as art goes, I'm keeping up my Patreon sketch cards and not a ton else, but my new-new meds are helping me Get Shit Done, so I'm really hoping that I can get back into larger-than-a-playing-card artwork, both fannish and non.

I'm still gonna do more of my 8-bit bullshit, though.

[peachyteabuck]

happy valentine's day gays!!! the gf and i don't celebrate until friday, but it's a special day nonetheless

CRJ initial discussion post

meeting 8:30-10am

put away dishes

get to 50% audio book

set up for tomorrow: coffee, outfit, email about IEPs?, bag

acnh: buy art / stalk reddit to try and sell turnips

get rid of box!! it must go!!

take out trash of stuff i'm purging

clear out bag (there's so much stuff in there)

need to set up a spot for licensure prep

do econ homework

appt @ 4

appt @ 5

complete the fafsa (finally)

you gotta eat breakfast. you are an adult. you need to make breakfast and consume it

people laundry #1

people laundry #2

hanger sweep

cat laundry #1

CLEAN. THE SQUISHMALLOW. THEY ARE. SO GROSS.

[thezoeydiaries]

ENTRY #4

GALENTINES 2024 *Late Upload

Okay, so you guys turned into adults. You guys went from being 18 to all of a sudden turning 25 this year. From due papers to due bills, from all-day-every-day meetings to annual get-togethers, from experiencing life together to making life updates... no one knew being an adult would come this fast and would hit us like a ton of bricks.

My friends and I are very close. Even if we all don't get to talk on the daily, nothing really changes. We all might be going through different things in the span of a few weeks to a few months, but once we all *finally* sync our schedules and catch up with everything, it's like no time has passed at all.

I guess I'll be mentioning my friends a lot in these entries, so don't worry you guys will have plenty of time to get to know them. I'll make a separate entry for them and make detailed accounts of how they are, how I perceive them, what roles they play in my life, and overall how great they are as friends and as individual people.

So last February 25, my friends and I had a *very* late Galentines Day celebration. I believe you guys already know that GALENTINES is a spin on the words: Gal and Valentine's, which is really just a cute excuse to go on a date with your girl-friends.

Since my friends and I are really busy people (we've all been workaholics since College, maybe even longer than that), it's extra hard to schedule a meeting where everyone can take time off of work or have a free slot in their personal sched to do other things. So for the past few years, we usually end up having an annual meet-up where everyone is free. Unfortunately for this year though, Regina (or Baddie/Reggie as I call her) wasn't able to attend because she had a schedule with the DFA to get her passport ready for an important work trip abroad. And so, it was just me, Kayla (or Lulu as we call her), Alliah (or Patty/Alli), and Gayle (or Gayley).

Now that we have their nicknames in order, you guys won't confuse them for other people HAHAHAHA. Okay so back to the story —last Feb 25, we *finally* met up in Makati and I was extremely late for our date. So just a little backstory, at the last minute I had to go back to our province in Laguna for the weekend to spend time with the family and so, I had to find a way to get back in the Metro by Sunday at around lunchtime. We all planned to meet up around 1 pm, and I initially planned to leave Laguna by 8 (it would take me 2 and a half hours to reach my dormitory, and another 2 hours to get ready for the date), but unfortunately, my family had different plans and decided to take me to Manila themselves.

We left by 11 am and there was crazy traffic that day. I was incredibly frustrated (when we left I hadn't even taken a shower or eaten yet) because I knew that I'd be super late and I'd be making my friends wait for me. So when I got to my dormitory, I had to rush so much. And the thing was, the universe wasn't on my side that day.

*Insert Zoey in stress mode*

The first issue was that I had to clean my room first before I could begin preparing because I could not function in a messy environment. I don't know what it is but I just cannot ~for the life of me~ get myself together when things are untidy and unorganized. And since I left at the last minute before the weekend, my room was in complete chaos. I had to fix that first by sweeping the floors and disinfecting them with alcohol, then by organizing the clutter and putting things back where they were supposed to be (It took me almost 45 minutes to clean everything).

And then I had to find an outfit that matched the theme of the Galentines Date which was Black and Red. Again, this took me so long but at last, I went with a simple Black crop top that had "New York" plastered in front of it, some Black skort, a Red Timberland Hooded Puffer Jacket, and a pair of Red Guess sneakers.

When I finally decided what to wear and finished ironing it, I ran to the bathroom to get a quick shower and proceeded to do my skincare and my makeup, then afterward I fixed my hair. By the time that I was finished, it was already 3 pm. So I booked a Grab to go to Makati, and when I was maybe 20 minutes away (from the dorm), I realized I had forgotten my gift! GRABE! I was already pressed with time and I forgot something important pa! You'd expect me to be really upset at this point (and you were right). So I had to go all the way back to the dorm and then leave for Makati again.

While I was in transit, I messaged them and they were already done eating brunch and started roaming around. Of course, I felt awful that I had missed most of the Galentines Date, but I was more upset at the fact that I had to make them wait for so long. When I reached Makati, they told me to meet up in Greenbelt and I finally caught up to them at the Power Mac Center.

When I saw them, we all squealed and hugged each other. Kasi to be perfectly honest, super duper busy talaga kami and we rarely have the time to see each other in person, so every time we did, it was just this beautiful happy moment. Gayley gave us these crocheted flowers and mine was this super pretty Sunflower <3 (I loved it, thanks Gayle!)

After this, we were trying to decide where to go next because they already had brunch but I was still really hungry (kasi nga paano ba ako makakakain sa mga nangyari HAHAHA), so after walking around for a long time, we just ended up at Chili's lol. When we got to our table, we wasted no time and just made so much chika. When I say so much chika, I mean like SOOOOO MUCH chika (months' worth of stories, plans, and tea ;) hahaha).

We talked about a lot of things. Lulu gave us so many life updates and it was news to me that the baby girl of the group was already talking to someone. I know magkaka-age naman kami pero kasi she's literally the purest, most innocent, wholesome being you'd ever meet, and as you may have guessed, yes, NBSB sya. (Sorry for putting your business out there love you haha). We were really happy for her as she's trying to figure out how she wants to go about this whole dating thing.

Patty naman also shared stories about her work life, how she's still enjoying the party scene, and exploring her options. We're on the same page when it comes to dating. We would like to enjoy the "Single Life" and experience things on our own. I mean it is nice to have someone accompany you and make memories with you but there's a certain beauty to enjoying life on your own and figuring things out as you go. We still have a lot of "discovering" to do before we get into the dating game. And it was refreshing to hear Patty say she's just having fun and seeing where things take her. Because much like her, I'd like to take this period of my life to get to know myself more and just see what life has to offer.

Now, with Gayley naman, it's a little different. She's been in a long stable relationship with Neil for years. (He's our friend too and he's also like family). We're very fond of Neil and we all think that they're good for each other. We've known Neil since freshmen year in College, and he's a real standup guy. We see how respectful and how much of a gentleman he is, especially towards Gayle. (We love Neil in this house lol) He was also one of those people who had my back when I was in a really rough situation. Anyway, going back, she told us about her plans for the coming months including trips to Japan and Taiwan. We tried to set another get-together but the next schedule available for us is after May pa (Sabi sainyo eh mahirap magschedule sa amin haha).

We all talked some more (of course I can't tell you guys everything in detail) and I also shared personal stuff like things that happened after Nathan passed, things that happened at work, my plans for the coming months, etc. I didn't really have much to share with them because I just went through a lot over the past few months, and I didn't want to be a Debbie Downer. So after we finished eating we all went to take Lulu to the station because she was rushing to catch the Sunday Mass in Muntinlupa.

*And dahil late ako, siyempre wala ako jan haha*

After Lulu took off, we all went to a coffee shop to talk some more and we all wanted to try new hobbies like pottery and golf among other things. For those of you who don't know, I like taking classes and workshops on different things. If it were up to me, I'd hyperfixate on one hobby for a whole month and attempt to learn everything I could about that thing, and then try another hobby for the next month, and the cycle repeats. Thankfully, my friends are like that too and are more than willing to accompany me but like I said previously it's just not that easy to get us all together in one place because our schedules are always very hectic.

It was almost 7 pm when we decided to head home because we all had work the day after and siyempre dahil tumatanda na rin tayo, gusto palagi na pauwi na HAHAHAHA. So we said our goodbyes, and then Gayle and I shared a Grab kasi we're headed in the same direction pauwi. And when I dropped Gayle off, I started having all these realizations while I was on my way home.

It hit me hard when I realized that we've been out of school since 2021. Regina and I finished school ahead of Gayle, Kayla, and Alliah because they were from different courses (Although both courses were under Communication Arts) but we all shared the same graduation ceremony way back in 2022. While I was reminiscing and getting emotional over the fact that time was passing by us quickly, I was reminded by Kuya Driver that we had arrived at my destination. So I hurriedly paid Kuya and got out of the car, and as I was walking to my room I had this bittersweet feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"Tumatanda na nga kami" I said to myself as mom opened the door. She asked me how the Galentines thing went, and I told her I had fun and that I missed the girls. After telling her stories, I prepared to go to bed. After cleaning up and doing my skincare, I plopped on my bed and went on my phone to see if everyone got home safely. And that was when I opened my gallery to look at this album entitled "College Memories", and I reminisced some more until I fell asleep.

I am filled with so much gratitude toward these girls because they have been with me through the highs and lows, and even when we don't regularly see each other and talk, it's like nothing changed. They are the same people that I loved since College, it's just that we're all on different paths now but still very much a part of each others' lives. While times might have changed our routines, and we may not share the same reality anymore, it's still exciting to see what's in store for us and our futures. (Waiting na po ako kung sinong unang ikakasal haha #ReadyToBeABridesmaid).

I guess that's it for the girls' Galentines Date this year. I'll be making a separate entry about the girls in detail and the whole adulting thing.

Now, if you reached this point, CONGRATULATIONS! That was a really long read lol I appreciate you for seeing it all the way through <3 here's a star for your effort!

*CTTO of the images in this blog post.

Good night everyone, till our next entry~

Love,

Zoey from the 8th floor

[julisa-s]

Self-ship Ask Prompts

I wanted to get my creative juices going so I typed up this list of Valentine's Day asks! Feel free to reblog to your own pages!!! I will try and send an ask to everyone who does. Enjoy!

1. Breakfast in Bed ; How do you start the day together? Is it first thing in the morning or later in the day?

2. Double Date ; Do they ever hang out with other ships? What kind of double dates do they have fun on?

3. Bouquet ; Is there any particular flowers that represent their relationship? Something with a memory close to their hearts?

4. Ribbons and Bows ; What kind of gifts do they give each other? Do they focus on the little things, or sweeping gestures?

5. Chocolate-covered Strawberry ; What is your f/o's favorite treat to surprise you with? ;)

6. Candy Hearts ; How does your f/o tell you they love you? Do they have any specific mantra that they repeat to you?

7. Locket ; How does your f/o's style line up with yours? Do you ever attempt to match, or just do your own thing?

8. Love letter ; How did your first valentine's day together go?

9. Bubbly Champagne ; If money was no object, what kind of decadent vacation would you and your f/o enjoy the most?

10. Fireworks ; What's something your f/o does that always sweeps you off your feet?

[there-was-a-hole-here-itsgonenow]

Eleven’s Breakfast Jams isn’t pro-Melvin

Long post ahead: Just gonna lay out the notable songs on El’s playlist that have patterns of breaking up, bad/ill-fitting relationships, getting out/ wanting to get out of bad/ill-fitting relationships, dead love, faking, insecurity, uncertainty—I think that mainly covers it (also with intermingled Brenner significance for some).

1. Shut Up and Let Me Go, The Ting Tings (Pretty much this whole song is damning: “This hurts, I tell you so/ For the last time you will kiss my lips/ Now shut up and let me go” + “Now oh so easily you’re over me/ Gone is love/ It’s you that ought to be holding me/ I’m not containable/ This time love is not sustainable” + “I ain’t fakin’ this” + “This hurts what I can’t show… For the last time you have me in bits/ For fear of living in regret/ I’ve changed since from when we first met” + “It’s me that ought to be moving on/ You’re not adorable/ I want something un-ignorable”)

We’re off to a great start.

2. Revenge, Patti Smith (“Needed you, you withdrew/ I was so forsaken/ Ah, but now the tables have turned, my move/ I believe I'll be taking my revenge” + “Ah, the sands and hands of time have run out/ Run out, ah you better face it/ Ah, this thing’s run amok” + “For the ghosts of our love have dried, have died/ There’s no use faking it.” The whole song is ‘no BS, no-nonsense, I make the rules here.’ Very much “I dump your ass.” But there’s also the undeniable ‘dead love’ aspect too.)

3. Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine (About a bad relationship being over. The phrase ‘dog days are over’ itself comes from an idiom that refers to the hot days between July and August—the end of a harsh period of time.)

4. Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin (Directly from songfacts: about “a lovelorn woman so enraptured by her man that she's willing to break off yet another piece of her heart if only he will take it.” It doesn’t help that ‘lovelorn’ means to be unhappy because of unrequited love.)

5. Don’t Get Me Wrong, Pretenders (Again, songfacts: “this song describes the complexities of love from a female perspective - she’s inconsistent, but wonderful, and wants her lover to know that he shouldn’t get too worked up, because she could change quickly.” Basically, don’t get too excited because I could change my mind. Unstable grounds.)

6. Bulletproof, La Roux (About telling a past lover she is no longer interested in taking him back: “I’ve been there, done that, messed around/ I’m having fun, don’t put me down/ I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet/ I won’t let you in again” + “This time, baby, I’ll be bulletproof/ I won’t let you turn around/ And tell me now I’m much too proud/ To walk away from something when it's dead”)

7. Don’t, Larkin Poe (“Don’t, Honey, don’t bust down my door/ Tellin’ me what I should do/ You’ve been around time and again/ But you don’t give a damn about where I've been” + “Don’t try to lie/ Don’t try to tell me/ Don’t try to buy me/ Don’t try to sell me/ (No) I know what I am/ (Lie) I know what I need.” This resonates more so with El toward Brenner to me. But I couldn’t help but think of Mike’s and Brenner’s superhero comparisons—with Mike constantly telling her she is a superhero despite her not wanting that. And the lying part. Also would refer to El coming into her own and moving past lies and things she doesn’t want, knowing instead what she is and needs.)

8. You’re No Good, Linda Ronstadt (Songfacts: About a woman who comes to the conclusion that the guy she broke up with was trouble from the start, but, at the same time, realizes she has done bad things to him as well. Being toxic to each other.)

9. Head Over Heels, The Go-Go’s (More songfacts: Written by The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine and Charlotte Caffey. Valentine describes this song as “one where I had a lot of phrases I’d written down, and they started connecting. Things like ‘One hand is reaching out, and one's just hanging on,’ and ‘Seems like my weaknesses just keep going strong’ were really about self reflecting and a dawning awareness that the band and certain areas of life were getting kind of out of control." Works as a self-awareness toward El’s relationship with Mike and realizing exactly what Brenner has put her through/ used her for.)

10. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac - Actually not songfacts, wow. Taken from storyofsong :

This is just a big Bruh moment, geez

11. Don’t Wanna Fight, Alabama Shakes (About seemingly endless fights that go on in a relationship filled with disagreements: “My life, your life/ Don’t cross them lines/ What you like, what I like/ Why can’t we both be right?/ Attacking, defending/ Until there’s nothing left worth winning”)

12. Let Me Go, HAIM (Whole song shows an unhealthy relationship that the couple has a hard time letting go of. The singer wants to be ‘set free’ from her lover and yet stay with him—because she feels like “nothing” without him. This one lyric pretty much sums up the most important takeaway of the song: “together we are not one/ We are nothing but holding on and on”)

13. Mind, Jack Ü (Mind games are being played, looks like one person is taking the relationship seriously and the other isn’t—another very unhealthy dynamic. The lyrics seem to suggest a repetitive desire to show the unserious person ‘how to love again’)

14. Cannonball, The Breeders (Songfacts: The Breeders’ Kim Deal says not to read into the song too much, but describes using the metaphor of a cannonball “to indicate a person who is reckless in love.” I mark this as an unhealthy relationship song for El simply because of the lyric “I’ll be your whatever you want.” That is a reckless thing to think in a relationship and it robs you of your sense of individuality. Reminds me of Max telling El she needs to try things on and see what feels like her. Not Hopper, not Mike, “You.” Ultimately doing herself a favor to begin being what she wants. This could also connect to her time with Brenner, being whatever he wanted her to be while he worked his father/daughter manipulation.)

15. Kept Me Crying, HAIM (specifically chose this one to cover here)

16. Stuck, The Aces (also covered this one here)

17. Jolene, Dolly Parton (It’s the insecure, begging tone of the song that gets me. You shouldn’t have to worry about your significant other leaving you for someone else. And I’m sure this is referring to when El saw Max with Mike in s2, but I have seen people talk/ joke about it being about Will. Imagine though, the lyric “He talks about you in his sleep” would be such a repressed Michael Wheeler slip-up because he definitely would not be dreaming of Max. BUT, I really don’t think El would respond to Will’s feelings in such a pleading way. Especially not at this point in the series. When she saw Mike with Max and knocked her off her skateboard, El was acting jealous and possessive. Fits better. Regardless, this is not a happy, secure love song.)

I’m not gonna stop laughing about Will as Jolene for awhile though

18. Holding Out For a Hero, Bonnie Tyler (Not a relationship song but I can still easily apply it to El and Mike: The song is like a requirement list for a man who needs to defy impossible standards. It’s reminiscent of El’s overly romanticized soap operas. El expected her relationship with Mike to be something it couldn’t be, because he cannot possibly be what she wants/ thinks she wants. Cannot help but laugh at the “I need a Superman to sweep me off my feet” lyric too.)

✨Bonus✨

Papa Don’t Preach. The ‘Daddy I love him song.’

“Daddy if you could only see

Just how good he’s been treating me

You’d give us your blessing right now

‘Cause we are in love”

lol Hopper would vomit

[ramblingandwritings]

Tiffany Valentine fluff alphabet

A = Activities (What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?)

Murder, cooking and self care. If you aren't into the whole murder thing then she'll settle for the other two. She wants to show you her favorite recipes and horror movies

B = Beauty (What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?)

You don't shy away from the horrors of life, you accept life and her as they are

C = Cuddling (how do they like to cuddle?)

Sweetheart cradle or little spoon

D = Dreams (How do they picture their future with their s/o?)

She wants to live in an actual house with you, not a trailer. She wants to come home after a long day of work (see murder) and just relax with you

E= Equal (Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?)

She leans a bit more to the passive side but not by much. The only thing that matters is that you're both happy

F = Family (do they want one?)

She'd like to have a little Wednesday and Pugsley of her own running around the house someday. Tiff wants a family with you and she doesn't hide that

G = Gifts (how do they feel about gift giving? What are their habits when it comes to this?)

Oh my god, this woman loves gifts. Get her stuff please. She's happy with almost anything you get her because it means you're thinking about her but she really likes flowers and creepy stuff.

She'll get stuff for you too, some of it might be souvenirs from her killings but it's the thought that counts

H = Holding Hands (when/how do they like to hold hands?)

She's a sucker for it, she really likes handholding while walking

I = Inspiration (Did their s/o change them or the other way around?)

Both. You're her first partner that treats her well, listens and helps around the house. Safe to say, she's not settling for anything less now. She'll definitely help you get over any fears you might have and teach you how to cook if you don't know

J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?)

Yeah, she can get jealous kinda easy. She'll kill the other person before you even have the chance to reassure her

K = Kiss (Are they a good kisser?)

She's great at it, she tastes like lipstick, cigarettes and sugar though

L = Love Confession (How would they confess to their s/o?)

Tiffany confesses while the two of you are in bed trying to sleep

M = Marriage (Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?)

Good god, yes. She wants you to propose to her on one knee but any proposal is good by her. Domestic as hell. You cook together, clean together, eat together, shop together and bathe together

N = Nicknames (What do they call their s/o?)

Sweetface and sweetheart

O = On Cloud Nine (What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?)

It's clear that she's devoted to you, Chucky still has a place in her heart but he's old news. Tiffany's way of showing love is by taking care of them and by murdering anyone that tries to hurt you or inconvenience you

P = PDA (Are they upfront about their relationship? Are they rather shy when others are watching?)

She'll kiss and hold your hand but she's pretty traditional on what she'll do in public

Q = Quirk (Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.)

She's an intimidating woman and that helps more than you'd figure

R = Romance (How romantic are they? Cliché or rather creative?)

Tiffany is all in on that traditional cliche romance shit. She'll sweep you off your feet

S = Secrets (how open are they with you?)

She's open about everything, her murders, her past with Chucky. Whatever you want to know

T = Time (how long did it take you to get together?)

About 8 months officially, she can move slow in a relationship. She wants to make sure she actually cares for you and you feel the same

U = Understanding (How good do they know their partner?)

She knows you pretty well but she's not a mind reader. Tiff is open to whatever you want to tell her

V = Value (How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?)

Your relationship is the most important thing, you come before Chucky but he'll always be a part of her life unfortunately

W = Wild Card (A random Fluff Headcanon.)

The two most important holidays in your household are Valentine's Day and Halloween. She goes all out for both

X = XOXO (Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?)

She stays near you to the best of her ability, she's just a very loving person

Z = Zeal  (Are they willing to go to great lengths for the relationship? If so, what kind of?)

She'll kill for you, gladly. She won't go to prison for you though

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* “Everyone in school thought you were dead.”

* Jessica says bluntly as you walk down the pink streamer filled hallway

* you offer her a fake yawn and a smile.

* “My dad came by for a surprise visit.” She looks confused before her expression smooths

* “Oh your real dad, not Carlisle”

* Carlisle contacted his counterpart, Eleazer to tell him you were running away with a man 300 years your senior

* So of course Eleazer came running -after he probably had a spat with Carmen about who would handle this situation better- to Forks on the first flight he found

* Only to burst through the door to see you and Emmett playing kingdom hearts in the living room

* “Oh, I see the rumors have been vastly exaggerated.”

* Cue -figuratively- sweating Carlisle who takes a sip from his mug

* Since he was already here you figured you would take a few days off from school and show him around

* “Is there anything in particular you might want to see?”

* Edward and Carlisle are looking pretty smug thinking that they’ve already shown you everything of note in the area.

* “I’ve always wanted to see the space needle in Seattle.”

* They both falter when they hear that. All the things they’ve shown you are things humans wouldn’t be able to see, hidden meadows, waterfalls, underwater caverns

* They never thought to show you human landmarks. Eleazer nods a growing smile on his face

* “Seattle has a lot of museums that I’ve wanted to visit as well”

* Carlisle let’s out a sigh of relief, none of his kids would be caught dead at a museum outside of a field trip

* To their dismay and Eleazer’s delight your eyes sparkle

* “Can we go to the pop culture museum and the arboretum too?”

* You don’t even pack, Eleazer tells you you can just buy whatever you need when you get there. You do take a duffel bag full of blood bags though

* And then you’re gone, you leave care instructions for your animals with Edward and you and Eleazer drive off towards Seattle in the rented Mercedes he got at the airport

* “Is it just me... or do they look happier with Eleazer than they are with us.” Edward’s only talking to himself, but Carlisle hears and the oncoming doting parent verbal and mental sputter makes him regret saying anything at all

* “it’s okay Carlisle, I’m sure they’re happy here with us too.”

* You guys stay at a pretty upscale hotel downtown, in the penthouse

* “Are you here on a trip with your boyfriend?” The receptionist asks, and Eleazar straight up starts laughing

* “This is my dad.” You say with a straight face and you can tell the receptionist wants to die

* “I-I’m so sorry, we usually get couples this time of year.” Right, it’s almost Valentine’s Day. Makes sense.

* Still there’s something super gross about people thinking you’re romantically linked to Eleazer

* The penthouse is very nice. There’s an infinity pool on your balcony, and three different bedrooms.

* The trip is really fun, you have a -pretend- meal at the revolving restraint at the needle, and spend the rest of the week museum hopping

* “She feels so familiar....” you mumble to yourself as you gaze at a portrait of a woman with long dark hair

* “That’s Carmen” Eleazer tells you

* “What?!?”

* “She was popular with artists even before she turned, it’s always been a hobby of hers to model” You’re just glad it’s not a nude portrait

* You take super cheesy pictures at the natural history museum, and even better pics at the pop culture museum

* On one of your last nights in the city Eleazer took you to a laundromat

* “I know we’ve been running out of clothes, but I’m sure the hotel has a laundry service”

* Eleazer just grins, talking to the attendant, who takes him to a hidden door.

* Well this isn’t sketchy at all

* Eleazer takes your hand in his as he leads you down a long narrow hallway. When you teach the end there’s a pretty nice bar and what appears to be a jazz club

* “It’s a speakeasy, I thought it might be a little fun for our last day”

* Being beautiful has its perks because the waiter doesn’t even card you, just brings you your dink

* “So...Garrett huh?” You groan, and Eleazer smiles

* You knew this was coming

* “Don’t worry, I’m not like Carlisle, if you like someone I like them too.”

* Well at least he isn’t acting like a total freak about the whole thing

* “I am surprised someone like Garrett is more your flavor though” you raise an eyebrow.

* “In comparison to who?” Eleazer gives you a funny look

* “Edward of course”

* You almost spit out your drink

* “Oh, is this one of those situations where the three of you are a couple together?”

* You start coughing and the waiter brings you a glass of water

* “We’re not together!”

* “Well of course you and Garrett aren’t together yet-“

* “Edward and I aren’t dating.”

* Eleazer just looks at you like you told him you’re pregnant

* “That can’t be right” he mumbles and you sigh

* “Why would you think we were dating?” The jazz singer belts out a high note and Eleazer patiently waits for her to be done so he can talk again

* “Well you went with them to Forks, and when you came to visit last year with him we all just figured it had happened naturally”

* Besides, Eleazer see’s the way he looks at you.

* Like you’re the epitome of your gender, like there’s never been anyone like you and there never will be again

* “We all? The entire coven thinks that?” Your fingers thread through your hair.

* What does Tanya think about that? She must be feeling pretty smug what with that talk she gave you all those years ago about how you would eventually date Edward

* Edward probably knows and just doesn’t even care, the criminal probably thinks it’s funny

* Eleazar watches you have a breakdown, taking a small sip of his brandy. It looks like you haven’t realized the way you look at Edward yet

* You look at him like you don’t have a single doubt. You trust him unconditionally, you know exactly who he is and where he will be.

* You look at him like he’s home

* “This is so embarrassing” you mumble and Eleazer smiles

* He guesses it’s not time yet for you to realize your feelings. Maybe it’s for the best, he’s not as bad as Carlisle, but the thought of giving you away at your wedding makes his heart ache.

* “The best cure for embarrassment is alcohol, drink up.” He grins when you clink your glass against his before gulping down the contents of your drink.

* Who knows, maybe in a few years someone completely different will show up and sweep you off your feet.

* You do talk about something really important with Eleazer though

* “Eleazer when do you think Aro will send for me?”

* Eleazer stops mid motion, his glass halted halfway between the table and his mouth

* “If I’m being honest, I don’t think he will for many years” Eleazer has an awkward expression on his face. “I think he’s afraid of you”

* You sputter

* The great and powerful Aro?! Alive for 1000’s of years. AFRAID OF YOU?!?

* “Oh don’t look at me like that, try and think about it from his perspective.”

* Your power is on par with Janes, but unlike her over the decade you’ve been a vampire your power has only gotten stronger. Your body’s natural despair and your desire to be human feed off of each other, compounding on each other to make your power that much more potent

* The only difference is that now you’ve learned to hide it, keeping your emotions in check so others aren’t hurt

* There isn’t a person alive that stands a chance against you at your full potential. You’re the strongest known vampire

* “Chelsea can’t bind you to coven with her loyalty like she does the others,” Eleazer takes a sip of his drink. “his only choice is to let you come back on your own volition, otherwise he risks a war.”

* A war he wouldn’t win, on your own it was dicey, all of them against just you could go either way

* But you weren’t alone anymore, now you have Tanya, Kate, Irina, Carmen, Eleazer

* And Edward. You know without a second thought Edward would follow you into hell if you asked.

* “Saving any discovery of remarkable talent”

* A discovery like Bella

* You’re not 100% certain, but you’re pretty sure your powers don’t work on Bella, the same way Edward, Jane and Alec’s powers won’t work on her

* And if she can really spread her shield to others-

* You’re f*cked

* “but the chances of that are slim to none.” Eleazer reassures you

* You give him a reassuring smile

* “Salud” you raise you glass and he smiles

* “Salud” he grins as your glass clinks

* You weren’t expecting the week to go by so fast, or to be having as much fun as you did.

* You were pretty sad when the end of the week rolled around and Eleazer dropped you off home

* “He’ll be back before you know it” Edward says, his arm over your shoulders, giving your arm a comforting squeeze

* “Yeah I know, it still feels bad though”

* Edward doesn’t say anything, he just holds you a little closer

* You’re thankful to the Cullen’s for taking you in and giving you an opportunity you might not have had otherwise

* But they’re not your coven, they’re not really your family

* And so now you’re here, walking in a bright pink and red construction paper covered hallway next to Jessica who’s talking about Valentine’s Day

* Ah right, today’s Valentine’s Day

* “Do you think maybe...Mike bought me a carnation?” She asks twirling a strand of hair around her finger

* “I’m sure he did”

* You’re actually sure he bought one for Bella, but you’re hoping the courtesy extends to the whole friend group

* You bought all your friends valentines, and that includes the Cullen’s and everyone on the cheer team

* The money wasn’t the worst part, they were only a dollar each, the worst part was having to write notes for all of them, it wouldn’t have been so bad if the girl at the table wasn’t giving you a dirty look as you pretended to struggle through writing 30 cards

* “How much do you want to bet Bella gets the most flowers out of all of us?”

* You would bet the entire contents of your bank account, but you’re pretty sure Jess can’t match your bet

* “Well, she’s something new to look at, and boys are dumb”

* Jessica blows a strand of hair out of her face. You know she’s probably a bit bitter since she’s started to notice Mike is interested in Bella and not her

* But you kind of get it

* Bella’s cute, but she’s no Cindy Crawford. And to add...she’s really shy, not exactly someone with a charismatic personality.

* The attention she’s garnered will fade in due time, Edward had told you as much

* “It’s the same thing as when we moved to town, most of these kids have gone to school together since childhood, so when someone new gets here it’s all they can think about. They don’t really like her, they just like the idea of her. The illusion of a choice”

* It made you a little sad to be honest, even worse was that Bella didn’t seem to enjoy the attention. She seemed uncomfortable every time a boy flirted with her

* “I almost feel bad for her, I get the feeling she’s not really into any of these guys that are chasing her” Jessica says, so you’re not the only one that’s noticed

* You’re a little surprised that when the student comes by with carnations you get two entire bouquets worth

* And then they come back the next period and give you another bouquet

* “Oooo someone’s popular!” Angela teases and you shrug. Most of these are from Alice and Rosalie, they each bought you three each

* You got a whopping 12 from Conner which feels a bit surprising

* You knew he was going after it, but you didn’t think he would bother to actually put any effort into his attraction outside of flirting with you

* You’ve got one from everyone in your friend group, a handful from others on the cheer team, Emmett and Jasper both bought you one

* The only person who didn’t get you one was Edward

* You wonder if he got Bella one? The thought seems unlikely since they were basically at each others throat the last time they were together

* So imagine your surprise when you walk into the hall to see Bella and Edward talking

* You’re gone for a week and it’s like they’re suddenly insta-friends

* In fact, Bella’s actually blushing, a carnation twirling between her fingers

* A light red carnation

* So he did buy carnations after all, just not for you

* And Edward...his eyes are sparkling as he looks down at her. A lopsided grin curling onto his face

* Oh, there’s that smile

* He says something to her and she pouts, slapping him lightly with the carnation

* They’re getting along just fine without your matchmaking efforts

* So you were the problem

* You should be happy, relieved even-

* But all you can feel is the sharp twist in the bottom of your stomach

* “Hey (Y/N/N), I see you got my flowers”

* You turn around to see Conner who’s looking at your half zipped bag, 3 bouquets of flowers popping out of the top

* “Oh, yeah thanks they’re beautiful.”

* “I’m glad you got them, I noticed you weren’t at school and for a second I was worried you wouldn’t be here today too.”

* He really is cute. He’s got chocolate brown hair and clear blue eyes, a splatter of freckles across the bridge of his nose. He plays tennis or baseball or some other irrelevant sport.

* He’s popular with the girls too, he dated Lauren a few times, and Jessica admitted she had a crush on him freshman year.

* “Are you feeling better now?” He asks, he looks genuinely concerned and it takes you back a bit

* “Yeah, my dad came for a surprise visit so we went to Seattle”

* “Oh that’s cool, what did you guys do?”

* You’re a little surprised that Conner O’Malley, f*ckboy extraordinaire, is Trying to engage you in an honest conversation

* “We just did all the tourist stuff, space needle, museums, food, the usual.”

* Conner smiles at you, hands fidgeting together

* “That’s cool, did you um-did you read the note with the bouquet?

* You didn’t notice there was a note, you swing you backpack around, picking out his bright red bouquet with ease.

* You hadn’t paid attention to the note attached than reading the name on the front to see who they were from.

* “Will you be my valentine” you read the note out loud, feeling confused. What does that mean

* He fidgets in front of you, from here you can see his ears are bright red

* “So would you want to go out sometime?”

* He’s asking you out? On a proper date????

* “We could go watch a movie, or um I know you like to ride those bikes in Port A-“ you do like to ride those bikes in port a

* You watch the his human boy fumble over himself. There’s no future with this boy, one day he’ll grow old and want things you won’t be able to give him.

* “I have a ton of homework to catch up on-“

* “Oh, yeah no, I get that”

* But maybe... maybe it’s okay just to pretend and let yourself be entertained by the experience

* “Would you want to come with me to the library? I’m totally lost on Trig”

* You know it’s not the most romantic place, but that’s part of the reason you suggested it. You want to give him an out

* He looks a little surprised but recovers quickly.

* “I’ll meet you after school then, we can drive to the library together”

* You don’t bother telling Edward, you just look to the spot where he’s with Bella, he must have heard

* His eyes meet yours, his mouth pinches into a slight smile and he gives you a nod before turning back to Bella

* What so just because he’s got a new friend you’re invisible now?

* Stupid Edward. Not like you care, you just wanted him to know he’d have to ride home with the others

* Maybe his new best friend Bella can give him a ride home

* “So you’re going out with Conner tonight huh?” Mike asks when you take your seat in biology

* Edward doesn’t so much as spare you a glance

* “He’s just helping me catch up on school work.” You shrug, pulling out your biology homework

* “I bet he’ll help you catch up on-“

* “You’re going out with Conner?” Bella interrupts, you’re grateful for it but at the same time: those doe eyes and innocent face irritate you

* “He’s just helping me catch up on homework I missed”

* “Couldn’t Edward hell you do that?”

* You try to not look at Edward

* But what the f*ck?!?

* Last week the two of them couldn’t even sit in a car together for a short ten minute drive, and now all of a sudden she’s asking why you’re NOT spending time with Edward?

* It’s so... irritating

* You feel a tap on your arm, and turn to look at Edward

* “Control yourself”

* Oh great so the one time he decides to acknowledge your presence is to tell you to control your powers because he’s worried about his little human girlfriend getting the whiplash?!?

* Seriously, f*ck off Edward

* “Mr. Barnes I have to go to the nurse.”

* You don’t even wait to hear his answer, you just grab your bag and walk out

* You keep walking, practically fuming until you get to the parking lot

* Well you can’t leave, you already told Conner you’re going with him to the library after school

* Not to add it’s going to look real weird if you don’t go the nurses office eventually after storming off like that

* But you don’t want to go there yet

* Queue you discretely crouching under a window, lightly tapping the glass

* “Rosalie, Rosalie can you hear me?” You whisper

* Rosalie head turns to the window, her eyebrows threaded together, you poke your head just slightly above the ledge and give her a small smile and a wave

* Well at least it’s always interesting with you around

* “What are you doing?” Rosalie asks when she meets you under the school staircase

* You give her a nervous smile before collapsing onto the floor

* She gives you a knowing look before sitting beside you

* “So what did king Brood do now?”

* Queue the Edward rant

* “I leave for one week and all of a sudden he’s besties with some human, when just last week he told me not to get to close to her”

* “That’s Edward for you, king of the brood and hypocrisy.” Rosalie leans her head back against the wall

* “You know he didn’t even get me a carnation?”

* Rosalie rolls her eyes

* “That sounds like him, if it helps he didn’t buy me a carnation either, he just doesn’t think things like this are important”

* “He bought Bella one.”

* Rosalie sputters at that, so you retell her all about the flirting you had to watch

* “What color was the carnation?” Rosalie asks, and your eyebrows thread together

* Why is that important right now?

* “Um I don’t know, not quite pink, not quite red, something in between.”

* Rosalie’s expression smooths

* So that’s his game

* “Don’t worry about it too much as long as it’s not a deep red it doesn’t mean love”

* Now it’s your turn to sputter

* “W-what why would I be worried? Edward can do whatever he wants, even if it is with some human”

* Rosalie gives you a knowing look, and you avert your eyes

* If Rosalie were cruel she might ask why you’re sitting out here with her instead of in class, if you don’t care about what Edward does

* But Rosalie isn’t cruel, at least not to you

* She pats your shoulder, and you sigh

* “Come on let’s go to the nurse so you can pretend you have cramps or something” you nod

* “Besides don’t you have a date with the hottest human boy at our school?” You groan and a teasing smile curls onto her lips

* “Not you too.”

* The date is over hyped for sure, it’s mostly you and Conner sitting at the end of a small table asking each other questions about the trig homework

* “So...are you supposed to use the radical formula for this one?”

* “I think so..do you remember the formula?” Conner scratches his head

* “Um I remember there was a story about a mixed up guy going to a party that’s supposed to help”

* Basically it’s more like you’re helping Conner with home work than him helping you Totally underwhelming

* “Sorry, I bet there are better ways to spend your Valentine’s Day” Conner scoffs

* “Are you kidding? I’m spending it with the hottest person at Forks HS, as far as I’m concerned this is a win” he grins and you smile back

* Well, it wasn’t completely a waste

* You roll around back home around 11:30, everyone’s gone, on with their own Valentine’s Day plans.

* You’re not surprised to see Edward’s not in his room either He’s probably out watching Bella or doing god knows what

* You know this is the way it supposed to be, it’s the best thing for you too, you know even with Bella in the mix Edward would never betray you

* Once she’s on your side you don’t have to worry about the Volturi. But still, there a twist in your stomach You don’t like this new Edward, even if it is who he really is.

* You want your Edward back

* You sigh as you walk down the hall and into your room Stopping in the doorway when you flick on the lights

* There on your desk is a bouquet of roses

* You have half a mind to think they’re from Eleazer or Garrett or something

* So imagine when you pull off the card to see Edward’s name attached

* “Glad to have you home, happy Valentine’s Day” - Edward

* You toy with the card, a small smile curling onto your lips

* Maybe he’s still your Edward

* Your Edward just more anti-social

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20 Opening Lines

Tagged by @mightbewriting and @ambpersand, the queens of my heart!

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have fewer than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag some people to take part.

[1] In the middle of what will be the last battle of the Second Wizarding War, Hermione Granger finds herself standing across from Draco Malfoy in a corner of the raging battlefield. (The War Rehabilitation Centre, Dramione, WIP)

[2] When Draco Malfoy steps through the Floo after work that evening, he finds his obviously furious girlfriend standing in the middle of their living room. (Surprise, Dramione, complete)

[3] Friday, 10:07 a.m.

This was all Pansy’s fault. (Beach Retreat, Dramione, WIP)

[4] Pansy Parkinson was done with men. (Prove Me Wrong, Panville, complete)

[5] Granger,

For some abhorrent reason

Apparently, Potter has lost his mind

It seems we have been tasked to work together on a case regarding the recent poaching of dragons. (Wind and Water and Sky, Dramione, complete)

[6] She gasps as he slides his lips down her neck, her leg hitched around his hip. (Into You Like a Train, Dramione, complete)

[7] The idea comes to him during one of his Friday movie nights with Granger. (Just Like Quidditch, Dramione, WIP)

[8] Hermione should have turned around immediately when she’d seen her next meeting talking to his mother in the hallway of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. (Try Not to Fall, Dramione, complete)

[9] On the train barreling towards Hogwarts for her eighth year, Hermione Granger finds herself sharing a compartment with Theodore Nott. (Lesson Learnt, Draco/Theo/Blaise/Hermione, complete (?))

[10] Hermione glances at the clock on the wall as she tugs her hair back into a haphazard ponytail. (Pin-Up, Dramione, complete)

[11] When Draco Malfoy heard two sharp raps on his open office door, he didn’t even have to look up from his paperwork to know who it was. (How To Break a Curse, Dramione, complete)

[12] The only thing that excited Hermione Granger about the Triwizard Tournament was the opportunity to meet students from other schools. (Unpublished Beauxbatons!Hermione/Durmstrang!Draco fic, WIP)

[13] Hermione Granger genuinely doesn’t understand why Draco Malfoy’s in Creative Writing 101. (Unpublished College AU fic, WIP)

[14] At some point, the war starts, and they’re just a bunch of kids pretending to be adults as they hide in safe houses and make up shit strategies. (Original, WIP)

[15] Sirius checked his watch and hopped out of bed, sweeping his long wavy hair out of his face as he headed out of his room and down the hallway. (Unpublished Sirmione, WIP)

[16] Lucius was furious. (First ficlet from WOD series, Pansy/Lucius, complete)

[17] When Hermione slips into the dimly lit pub on the outskirts of London for its fortnightly poetry slam, she’s stunned by who she sees at the microphone. (Second ficlet from WOD series, Goyle/Hermione, complete)

[18] If Hermione’s gotten her dates right, the Time Turner in her hands should have taken her back to Valentine’s Day in 1982—the morning after a full moon. (Valentine’s Day, 1982, Remione, complete)

[19] “…and this is my favorite place in the firehouse,” Theo Nott tells Hermione Granger as he leads her into the fire station’s kitchen, muscular arms spread theatrically. (Where There’s Smoke, Dramione, WIP)

This exercise showed me that I tend to use my first line to very clearly set up my stories—I struggle with reining in the exposition when I write, and I think my very explain-y first lines reflect that. 😂 I’d love to do more dialogue beginnings, or descriptive-emotion beginnings, or throwing-you-into-the-action beginnings!

Tagging @beautyberrywrites, @sodamnradd, and @victoriaserum to do this!

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Request: "Hi there! Loveeee your writing for Fire Force and was wondering if you could do headcanons (SFW and NSFW if that's ok!) for Akitaru and a fem s/o for celebrating birthdays or holidays?"

Pairing: Akitaru Obi x Fem!Reader

A/N: Happy birthday, Obi! I’m a little late but I made up for it by making this 2.5k words, haha. NSFW content is below the cut, it’s mixed in throughout instead of separate! I used these HC as a way to talk about some of the days I celebrate personally from the Wheel of the Year - eight holidays that celebrate the spring equinox, the summer solstice, the autumnal equinox, the winter solstice, and the four cross-quarter days between them.

Akitaru loves the holidays. He’s the kind of person who plans celebrations a month in advance, sometimes even longer depending on what the special occasion is. He’ll put out decorations, bake pastries, cook whole meals, and even throw parties where he’ll give mushy speeches.

You think he leans into celebrating even more for the sake of the rest of Company 8. Nearly all of his companions had come from troubled backgrounds or had lost their loved ones and he was always clear that the Eighth was their family too. Akitaru is the father figure of their ragtag company and he takes that role seriously. Not just in protecting them and guiding them but in doing the little things that family did - like celebrating holidays.

So, when these special occasions roll around, you better get ready because this man is not just celebrating for the fun of it but because it’s a way to bond with you and the rest of Company 8. 

The Holy Sol Temple has generic, catch-all versions of all the seasonal holidays. With the Temple worshiping a Sun God, their holidays are centered around solar events like the solstices, the equinoxes, and the cross-quarter days between. December celebrations are all bundled up into the Winter Solstice, Ostara and Easter became the Spring Equinox, Samhain and Halloween became the Autumnal Cross-Quarter Day, and so on.

Even though these combined holidays are the most frequently celebrated, the pre-Cataclysm holidays still exist and are still celebrated. It is on a much smaller scale though so this makes celebrating these holidays a much more meaningful affair. If you celebrate a particular day, whether it’s because of tradition or your heritage or something else entirely, Akitaru is excited to learn and be a part of something so important to you.

Valentine’s Day is one of his favorite holidays because it’s a celebration he gets to spend with the woman he had fallen madly in love with - you. He likes that there’s a holiday dedicated to your love for each other and he tends to go overboard with making sure you know how much he cherishes you.

Akitaru is really cheesy about showing you how much he loves you. He always starts the day by waking up before you and sneaking into the kitchen so he can make you breakfast in bed. He’ll cook your pancakes in the shape of wobbly hearts and there will be a protein shake there with your orange juice. He has covered your entire bathroom with sticky notes, each note containing sweet messages he had written throughout the year about how much he loves you. You have a hand bound book on your shelf filled with pressed flowers and love notes that he had made for you one year.

He once hired a skywriter plane to write your initials in a heart in the sky. He loves you so much that it turns him into the corniest, sappiest man on the face of the planet.

He takes the Firefighter Calendar very seriously and he’s absolutely playful and confident enough to wear something sexy for you as a surprise. If you surprise him by wearing some revealing lingerie, he will spend the rest of the night absolutely worshiping you and showing you how beautiful you were.

Akitaru is such a big man but he can be so delicate that the tenderness he touches you with makes your breath catch. But sometimes he forgets his own strength, especially when you’re wrapped up like a present, and he tears the wrapping paper. You know better now than to expect whatever pretty lingerie you buy to survive the night.

He makes sure that you can’t get out of bed when he’s done with you and that works out great for him because, guess what - dinner in bed is on the way.

The Spring Equinox mornings are always spent outside basking in the nice weather and the warm sun as you plant new flowers in the cathedral garden. You spend the afternoon spring cleaning your home, sweeping behind all the furniture and packing up winter clothes. The afternoons are spent painting eggs and hiding little gifts of candy and sweets around the cathedral for the rest of the company to find.

Every year, the Autumnal Cross-Quarter Day (or Halloween as most call it outside the church) is a day-long affair. Mornings are spent carving Jack-o’-lanterns and baking cookies decorated with icing in the shapes of skulls, bats, and spiderwebs. During the afternoon, you’re putting out last minute decorations and filling bowls with king-sized candy bars for the trick-or-treating children that stop by the Fire Force cathedral.

Somehow, Akitaru is always able to convince everyone at the Eighth to dress up in costumes. He especially loves doing coordinated outfits with you, like Frakenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein or a werewolf and a vampire. One year, he was able to convince the entire company to dress up as zombies and you all spent the day making zombie noises at each other and giggling.

If you like getting a little scared for Halloween, he'll take you to a haunted house or a haunted trail where he will inevitably be clinging to you by the end of the experience. If you get chased by the workers wielding fake chainsaws at a trail, he will get so scared that he will literally scoop you up into his arms and run away.

If you’re more interested in staying home and spending time together, you’ll nestle up on the couch together with a bowl of candy and some of the pastries you had baked earlier and binge watch horror movies. He has absolutely no talent whatsoever for video games - you swear the man can’t even figure out how to hold the controller half the time - but he will happily cuddle you and cheer you on if you wanted to play some scary video games instead.

Once you two are alone, Akitaru can’t seem to get his hands off of you. He thinks you are so beautiful every single day but there is something so alluring to him about you dressed up. If you’re wearing one of those revealing costumes, his eyes are glued to you the entire day and, once he can finally get you away from everyone, he’s tearing it off to get to the sweets underneath.

He is very sensitive to the fact that winter holidays can be very personal to a person depending on their background. Most people in Tokyo celebrate the Winter Solstice but there are people who still celebrate the pre-Cataclysm holidays. Whichever holiday you want to observe, Akitaru wants to support you and celebrate with you.

You want to build an altar for Yuletide? He’s bringing home pretty rocks and little trinkets he found that he thought you might like to give as offerings.

You want to light a menorah for Hanukkah? He’s cleaned off a special spot in the kitchen window for the candelabrum.

You want to decorate a tree for Christmas? He’s driving around looking for a pine tree he can cut down for you.

You want to decorate the house for Kwanzaa? He’s singing with you as you both hang brightly colored kente and he’s memorized all seven core principles to talk to you about during the week.

You want to host a dinner for Las Posadas? He’s in the kitchen helping you make tamales and he even stuffed and hung two piñatas - one for the new recruits and the other for you both and the rest of the company.

When it comes to gifts, Akitaru is really good at picking out presents for you. He always listens when you talk and he makes sure to remember when you talk about things that you like. He’s the kind of guy who will buy small presents throughout the year and stow them away in the back of his closet until the winter holidays roll around.

He’s extremely easy to buy gifts for, he loves the traditional “dad” gifts. Get this man some brand new winter socks, a new jacket to replace the coat he got too muscular for, and some new underwear and he is happy. If you give him something a little more exciting in addition to his gifts, like taking off your robe to reveal you’re wrapped up in a bow, he will gladly unwrap you and give you a present of his own.

For New Years, he likes to host a little get together with Company 8 to celebrate. You all make a big dinner and maybe even get a little tipsy before going up to the roof to watch the fireworks. You sit in chairs you had set out earlier, Akitaru settling you into his warm lap instead, and watch in amazement as Company 1 puts on their yearly fireworks show in the sky over Tokyo.

When the show reaches its climax and the clock rolls over to midnight, he kisses you.

Whether you’re drunk on a little alcohol or just the excitement of the night, sex on New Years Eve is always fun. It’s so easy to be yourself and to feel beautiful with him - he is such a light hearted and openly loving man - but tipsy sex is always full of smiles and laughter interspersed with little gasps and moans. There’s no shame and it just feels good to be complete with the man you love.

On Lunar New Year, he is taking you out to shop for new clothes and he’s helping you give out cards and gifts. He makes sure to buy a bag of sweets to leave as an offering once you clean the altar at home later that day. In the evening, he’s once again in the kitchen, helping cook eight different dishes for the reunion dinner with a communal hot pot always being the centerpiece of the meal.

Akitaru loves the holidays but his favorite celebrations are the ones for you two specifically: your birthdays and your anniversary.

For his birthday, he just wants a small get together with the rest of the company and maybe a couple friends. He is still as ridiculously easy as ever to shop for, just buy him new exercise equipment and he’ll love it. He works out so much that he wears down and breaks his equipment and he’s always excited to try a new machine.

He especially loves it when you surprise him in the bedroom with something new. If you teach yourself how to deep throat his impressive size, he’ll be wrapped around your little finger for a week straight. If you give him the remote to your vibrating panties while you’re out getting dinner, he’ll break down halfway through your meal and pull you into the bathroom to make you see stars. You never need an excuse to experiment in bed but it’s always fun surprising him with something every year.

For your birthday, Akitaru will always ask you what you want instead of trying to surprise you. He doesn’t want to overwhelm you with a party if you don’t want it and he doesn’t want you to be craving more if he plans for a day at home.

If you want to go out, he'll take you to the amusement park for games and roller coasters (one of which he couldn’t even ride because the safety harness didn’t fit over his muscular body). If you like the outdoors, he’ll take you on a hike through one of the nature preserves and lead you to a picnic he prepared for you. If you like to dance, he’s taking you out and trying his best not to step on your toes.

If you want to stay in, Akitaru will buy you a copy of the newest video game you had your eye on and will order pizza so he can watch you try to beat it in one sitting. He’ll spend the morning baking and decorating a cake from scratch and it comes out incredible. He’ll give you a massage and his almost too strong grip feels so good it sends shivers up your spine.

On your birthday, he is in the palm of your hand. Whatever you want to do, anything you want to try, he is so eager to please. He’s an open-minded man and there really aren’t many things that are hard passes for him in bed. He isn’t particularly well versed in the kinky stuff so he’ll need a bit of an explanation sometimes but, once he understands what you want, he will gladly give it to you.

Without a doubt, your anniversary is Akitaru’s favorite holiday of the year. He loves that your anniversary is a celebration of your bond and a reaffirming of your love for each other. He’s honestly just as dramatic on this day as he is on Valentine’s Day - if not more so - and he will come up with the most cheesy, romantic ways of telling you he loves you.

Sticking to tradition, he took you out to a fancy dinner one year to a restaurant with a dress code and no prices on the menu. Even with the overly formal atmosphere, he was still his usual boisterous self throughout the dinner and his sunshine smile puts you at ease. The dinner was spectacular and, even if you normally hated stuffy environments like that, his happiness is contagious and you feel comfortable.

On your anniversary, he makes it his Sol given duty to fuck you until you scream when you cum. He makes it a point to give you the best orgasm of the year, making you finish over and over until your pleasure climbs to a high that has moans shamelessly spilling from your lips. You absolutely cannot walk the day after your anniversary so, every year, you take not only your anniversary off but the day following as well.

Akitaru pays such close attention to your moods and your likes and dislikes when it comes to the holidays throughout the year and tries his best to make you happy. At the end of the day, he just wants to be with you and for you to have a good time.

After all, he loves you so much he wants to spend the rest of his life making happy memories like these together.

[deafsignifcantother]

billy lenz spending his first valentines day with his deaf girlfriend

♥ summary: showing the isolated man what having a lover really means.

♥ relationships: billy lenz x "girlfriend" (feminine referring) reader (romantic)

♥ word count: 1,088

♥ warnings: reader doesn't know english, reader was born deaf, eating vanilla cookies, mentions of sex

♥ author's note: not too well vamped on the well-accepted fanon version of billy so ? i hope this satisfies you all. also it is a little weird to me that i title this 'his deaf ___' when i don't think their deafness has anything to do with the story - but for those who are not following me and don't see my content - I write deaf s/o's. i think i might continue titling them like this. just for awareness of our niche category?

It starts with you daydreaming about what to do this year. Your time spent with Billy has never entered the realm of February. This is, arguably, a good thing. Introducing him to Valentines' Day while early in the relationship would probably not be too good of an idea. At the heart of Billy Lenz, someone whose depth relies on his mysteriousness, are boundaries that are rather bluntly revealed. As his girlfriend, it is almost your job to wiggle your way into his heart through ways other than sexuality.

That is rather difficult. Even now. Ever since that day where he was muttering things against you (his way of flirting, even though he knows you cannot hear what he is saying), you pushed him away to ask him if he even liked having sex. Now you know that this was not a good move.

You survived, at least.

And you survived with a new morality. So did he, but of course he didn't show it.

All of your life has led up to you here now, adding pink and red sparkles onto glue in a stupid little Valentines' Day card. You've been exposed to so much love content since you were a child. Has he too? He doesn't talk about his past much. Well, he does not in a language you would understand. Maybe he was raised with a childhood crush that he had given heart lollipops to every year. Maybe he was homeschooled with no television or connection to the outside world at all. One of those options sounds more plausible than the other. Regardless, you are positive that he has had at least one heart-shaped cookie before.

The most embarrassing part of this on your end is the fact that you have nothing to write inside this card. You were not exposed to a bilingual environment at birth. You knew ASL, end of story. Only recently did you put effort into learning how to read basic sentence structures in English. Billy knows that. Or at least you think he does. Instead of using words, you just used glitter to draw out a heart. When you finish it, you hide it in one of the drawers in the kitchen and continue on with your evening.

The next day, February 14th, you drag him into the kitchen. His tall body hunches a bit at the force to which you tug on his arm. Your touch is valued only for how eager it is. At your destination, you stop, letting go to try and find where you left the card. Billy watches you with clueless eyes.

When you find the gift, you hold it loosely in your hand. The tiny bit of anxiety in your stomach makes you hesitate. All you can do is tell yourself to get over it. With that, you stand in front of his unmoving body and hold up the card.

"For you." You sign, hoping he understands.

He slowly takes it, analyzing the cover (two cartoon bears cuddling) and opening it. Piles of glitter fall out onto the tiled floor. There's a moment before his facial expression becomes readable to you. His lips part while he examines the cover again. And with that, he takes off, rushing up the stairs and slamming the attic's cover behind him.

You know you taught him the sign for thank you.

It doesn't matter much to you. At least with this, you can bake cookies in peace. There will be no chance of him squeezing into your body or pulling you away from the bowl mid-pour. He is not known for being considerate. So you take your time enjoying the fact that you won't have to clean up spilled batter afterward. You use cute heart cookie cutters to shape the cookies. When they get put in the oven, you sweep up the overturned glitter from before. Still no sign of him. No worries. If he doesn't come down by the time that the cookies are done, you'll go up and get him yourself.

Which is eventually when you end up doing. You take an umbrella, pushing it up on the door in your way of knocking. It opens almost immediately. That's good. You stand and wait as he crawls out from his house in your home. There's no card in view. It's only now that you wince a bit thinking about if he was doing something inappropriate with it. Good thing you refuse to barge into his little cave.

The rest of the afternoon is spent together. He does not attempt to hide away from you again in that time. He eats the majority of the cookies and then pulls you into his chest, falling back onto the couch so the two of you could lay as one. You can taste the crumbs of vanilla. His hands lazily drag up and down your back, going under your shirt to feel your warm skin. There is no way for you to communicate with him that today is an important holiday, but you are sure he gets the jest of it.

You fall asleep in your bed alone. He holds your hand as you walk up the stairs, of course, but he doesn't accompany you into bed. Spending February with Billy isn't too bad. He is getting warmed up to the idea of being romantic. Maybe sometime he will try to adventure out of his little bubble and decide to sleep alongside you. You will never force him. He is perfectly fine at the pace he is going.

You wake up to his hand interlocked with yours. The surprise lays in the gentle way his thumb runs circles against your knuckles; little nudges to force you awake. You open your eyes to him looming over your bed. That's close enough to what you were thinking about last night. That's close enough.

When he notices he's caught your attention he is quick to point at your nightstand. Before you play along, you rub your eyes with your one free hand and sit up. Hopefully, it is not too early in the morning. Maybe Billy is considerate enough to not have woken you up before 8:00.

What you see surprises you, though. Your card. The assumption you had yesterday was incorrect - he did not do anything inappropriate to it. Not anything that you can notice. When you examine it in your hand you notice one thing different. He has written words in it - words you recognize.

"From Billy

To: Pretty (Y/N)"

[retisonic]

Sziasztok követők! Tudom, hogy már nagyon vártátok a 2021-es lemezlistám! Mutatom!

1. Snail Mail- Valentine

2. Quicksand- Distant Populations

3. Wolf Alice- Blue Weekend

4. Parquet Courts- Sympathy For Life

5. Arab Strap- As Days Get Dark

6. Turnstile- Glow On

7. Black Country New Road- For The First Time

8. Squid- Bright Green Field

9. Django Django- Glowing In The Dark

10. Ist Ist- The Art Of Lying

11. Piroshka- Love Drips And Gathers

12. Mogwai- As The Love Continues

13. Dinosaur Jr- Sweep It Into Spaces

14. Shame- Drunk Tank Pink

[guerrerense]

"Sullivans Curve" in Winter por David Blazejewski Por Flickr: On this gorgeous late winter day the Alaska Railroad ran a pair of sold out Kids Valentines Trains on the Saturday before Valentines Day. In this view we see the northbound returning 3 PM train consisting of 8 coaches sandwiched between two SD70MACs at the same favorite sweeping location I've fondly dubbed "Sullivan's Curve." The waters of Turnagain Arm are full of ice blocks that rise and fall with the tide here north of Rainbow siding at MP 93.5 on the ARR's Kenai Subdivision mainline. South of Anchorage, Alaska Saturday February 11, 2017

[movedto-bunny-lovers]

8, 9, and 10 for Mirko

- just-another-self-shipper

8. Love letter ; How did your first valentine's day together go?

- We haven't had it yet but I imagine it'll go very well for Mirko & I.

9. Bubbly Champagne ; If money was no object, what kind of decadent vacation would you and your f/o enjoy the most?

- Somewhere very warm so she & I can do some hiking.

10. Fireworks ; What's something your f/o does that always sweeps you off your feet?

- Whenever she carries me or has me over her shoulder, which makes me flustered every time.

Hi Carmen! Hope you & your f/os have a great day & thank you for the ask! 😊💛