#way back when i was just a cute little emo punk

[frnkiebby]

the fuckin PRETTIEST little punk at the show~🎃

[enbesbians]

thinking of some random ellie hcs...

this is a repost…

these headcannons are purely based off what i think ellie would be or what i think she'd do. tell me if you agree or send a specific headcannon if you'd like. im always open.

ALSO! i have big fucking hands and i mistype all the time and somehow even though i think aloud when i type i forget to add the word... so if there's any mistakes….. pay no mind…. please.

sfw hc:

• modern day ellie definitely had an emo phase, fringe and all. her hair all disheveled, doodling on her arm as her 'tattoos'.

• she most definitely had a 'im not gay' phase. she was so paranoid of anyone finding out that she was attracted to girls, if a group of friends of hers complimented one of them, ellie would say something like, "yeah... you're cool... or whatever" thinking if she ever called one of them pretty, they'd find out. simultaneously alway asking hypothetical questions like, "what if we got married...? that would be so crazy right? …yeah."

• her first kiss was absolutely the most awkward, painful kiss anyone could witness. she's definitely gotten better but her first kiss was just a long press... eyes all the way open.

• she'd have numerous bruises and scars from skateboarding. she seems like the type to try to do tricks with majority of them busting her ass. she'd come in with a cast on her arm and a scratch on her cheek saying, "hey guys!" as if she didn't look like she ate shit.

• she either wears a binder or no bra at all. i can see her liking the idea of being flat chested even though she is on the smaller side (which i find cute) and she'd flex in the mirror whenever she'd put it on. other times, she might be braless and not care that her nipples are poking out of her shirt.

• this brings me to my next he, she'd most definitely have nipple piercings... here me out... but it'd only be one. i dunno why i see her with only one, but it seems fitting. she'd have the standard bar and circle balls.

• she throughly enjoys metal music and dabbled in the punk scene. she wouldn't go full out in her wardrobe, she's definitely a wear a band shirt and have patches on my jacket from time to time kinda gal. you'd see her in local punk show events, in the pit going rampant. that would also be another way how'd she get random bruises scattered on her.

here's some nsfw ones..

• she loves getting head standing up. your nose plunging and bumping up into her clit. just to have her pants still at the center of her thighs with her hand behind your head, fucking your face and watching you do it? that would make her go absolutely feral.

• after fingering you shes definitely the type to want to smell her fingers but discreetly. even if it were to bump against your pussy, she'd act like her nose would itch but she's so bad at trying to be nonchalant that you'd notice.

• she's a lesbian porn feen. she likes to watch homemade videos where the quality is all fucked up and grainy or even the solo ones where the girl is fucking herself so mercifully. she definitely talks to the screen as if they could hear her saying things like, "yeah... keep fucking that pretty pussy" or "make her feel that cock." when she's watching strap video.

• there's a lot of discourse around if ellie is an ass or boob kind of gal and quite honestly, i think she's both. she'd wrap her arms around you, groping your breast while grinding herself on your ass.

• she loves to trib/scissors. to have her clit against yours and rut herself as fast as she can would have her incredibly high off lust. she's into the missionary kind, where your legs are pulled back and she's squatting down on you so she could feel everything.

• she has an outtie in regards to her pussy. for some reason i see her being a little more 'fleshy' down there. i can see her having a clit a little on the bigger side and having flowery vulva so whenever you have her head, she'd fill your mouth whenever you sucked it.

• she has body hair but not large amounts just a bit on her legs. she has a happy trail for sure and she maintains her pubes where it's not a full on bush but it's not completely bald either. picture your hair growing back after it's been completely shaven off and shes about two weeks in growth.

• she wears her strap in public sometimes. something about her screams, ‘i can fuck you right here, right now, just ask and ill whip it out.’

that's all, thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[proqhetic]

can u do like a bodyguard nat x popstar fem reader? maybe readers on tour. like huge sold out eras tour level. and nat's in charge of her security. maybe reader gets mildly irritated bc nat's walkie interrupts her all the time?

bodyguard!nat x popstar!fem reader

nat initially applies for the job because the pay is really good!! and the responsibilities are manageable

howeverrr, she forgot to account for the fact that now she has to wait on you hand and foot, which shes obviously not very happy about. . .

upon first meeting, nat despises you. refers to you as ‘spoiled’ and ‘princess’ behind your back or under her breath allll the time knowing it pisses you off.

she loves music — “real” music — and the “bubblegum synth pop bullshit” you sing (in her words) doesn’t count >:(

and yes, she knows she’s being petty and isn’t really giving you a chance, but at this point she really couldnt care less. doing everything a so-called diva would ask of her sounds pretty fucking nightmarish

having to hear her voice in your ear at all times is reaaally starting to get on your nerves. you find that just hearing her voice from the walkie talkies makes you want to scream! and rip your hair out!! (i wonder why…)

but as the tour goes on, you two inevitably grow closer because . well she’s supposed to be glued to your side at all times. and if there’s one thing you can rely on nat to do, it’s her job

say what you want about that girl, but she always does her job and she does it well !!!!

bickering and endless eyerolls turn into more lighthearted banter and teasing jokes eeeeekk

going out to a cafe on your off day and she’s accompanying you, and she’s teasing you as you two occupy the small two-seater table with your cute little coffee cups.

( nat wears her hair tied up in a bun, sunglasses, cargo pants, and a leather jacket — the androgynous outfit would throw any passer-by off >◡< )

“i can see the headlines now: ‘has the princess found her dashingly handsome prince charming?!’,” she giggles, waving her hands up as she announces her tabloid headline. you almost spit out the coffee in your mouth in laughter. “oh please, you wish. you know, you’re the only person who actually calls me that,” you respond, setting your cup down. “am i? well then, consider me honoured, princess.”

she starts showing up to your dressing room much earlier than when she needs to, just to spend more time talking and laughing with you <3

grows VERYY protective of you. likes physical touch with you a lot, just to remind you that you’re safe with her

she’ll keep a hand on the small of your back, or when you guys are in more intimate settings she’ll even hold your hand the whole way WAAAHDJS

she’s your biggest fan!! while she can’t be present to watch any of your shows in entirety because she’s on the job, she always tries to catch as much as she can & cheers super super loud !! (perpetually losing her voice)

she’s secretly started streaming your music a lot just to hear your voice . . the rest of the yjs are like ?????? who is this and where did emo punk rock nat go……

(secretly has a folder of edits of you on tiktok that she just likes to scroll through sometimes 😵‍💫)

sometimes when the stress and pressure of being on tour — not to mention the influx of hate comments online — get to you, nat will always be there to comfort you and reassure you, showering you in compliments and praise

“they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about, okay?” she says, her voice hushed. she found you sitting alone in your dressing room, doomscrolling under hate threads. she cups your face and continues, “they have nothing better to do with their— their sad lives, and are just aimlessly taking it out on a big name. because, you are so much more than that, okay? fuck, i’d be unemployed without you!” you can’t help but let out a soft laugh at that as nat laughs along, wiping your tears away with her thumbs.

admits to you that her impression of you has changed so much since you’ve both met. she thinks you’re one of the coolest people she’s ever met and admires you so much. this girl ADORES YOU!!!

she cant stop rambling really sweet confessions to you and you eventually cut her off with a kiss <33

the poor girl takes a second to process what’s happening, but the second she does she melts into the kiss, like she’s been waiting her whole life for this hhhjfjdhfjsh

dating her would just include lots more stolen kisses (and more🤭🤭) in between shows, as well as extra protective nat 25/8. they will have to pry you out of her cold dead hands!!!

and ofc, a shit ton of media coverage, speculation, and tabloids to deal with, aaand maybe a new lover-esque album from you coming soon? 🙈

a/n: HIHI i’m so sorry this one took so long😭😭 but i hope this is kinda what you were asking for!

[planet-dusk]

you should definitely share the fem!skz thoughts with the rest of the class mhmmm mhmm totally not because i need them more than oxygen or anything 🙄

i was thinking,, what kind of aesthetic would the fem!skz members have...

chan would have emo/e-girl vibes, the type of girl whose wardrobe consists of 99% black. lots of silver jewelry. the chunkier kind,, black leather too, and of course her nails would be painted black as well (a little chipped from biting them). pleated skirts, chain belts and oversized sweaters. big platform shoes to make her look taller and fishnet stockings to show off her pretty legs <33 n piercings! a nose & belly button piercing for sure bc of course chan would have the prettiest tummy :)) her preferred hair color would be black (relaxed, not curled) or 2 tone with either black + silver grey or a neon color

leeknow's style would be a mixture of comfortable athleisure and a more preppy clean aesthetic. padded jackets, hoodies, sweatpants and ofc converse :)) minimal jewelry,, if any. probably just some (cat) bracelets. she'd prefer to dye her hair in natural colors like dark brown. in winter she wears soft chunky wool sweaters. she uses very little makeup but she loves her cherry chapstick, and how it makes her lips all sweet and sticky and kissable <33

changbin would be such a babygirl ! the prettiest in pink, always showing off her gorgeous body <33 the cleavage on this girl 😵‍💫 she'd act all coy about it but loves it when people comment on how pretty she looks today,, bc she works hard for it and everyone should know! would def match her eyeshadow to her top <33 her hair would be black and curled, either short or long she looks great in both :)) binnie's a dress girl, she loves short bodycon dresses (n of course hidden underneath are her perky nipple piercings 🤭)

hyunjin would be the epitome of artsy elegance,, pretty silver rings adorning her long fingers. she keeps her hair short so it doesn't get in the way when she's painting. loves flowy oversized button ups that look like she stole them from someone else's closet. experiments with makeup sometimes but prefers to keep things more natural,, including her hair (but bleaches it sometimes). honestly looks like a dream whatever she wears <33

han would be right at home in leeknow's sweaters :)) sungie loves borrowing her friends' clothes. her style is similar to minho's but with some edgier street vibes thrown in,, like bucket hats and ripped jeans or cargo pants. goes through experimental phases (including a punk phase and dying her hair all colors of the rainbow) but always falls back on her comfy clothes <33 never goes far without her noise canceling headphones

felix likes expensive things,, likes them to be well fitted and neat. she loves soft n cute things too and often mixes aesthetics. a natural blonde <33 knows exactly what flatters her features (makeup, clothes, etc). could be wearing some high end jewelry paired with fluffy knee socks — anything she feels like,, and she looks amazing in it. bright and light colors look best on her but at night she'll turn up wearing a tiny black dress and make everyone do a double take 😵‍💫

seungmin breathes academia vibes! somewhere between light and dark academia, but always looking sharp and pristine. the kind of timeless beauty who knows how to accentuate her features,, with the perfect haircut (somewhere in the middle) and the right amount of makeup to make her beautiful face stand out. she'd wear tortoiseshell rimmed glasses,, a vintage pair she found in a shop downtown. lots of warm brown leather and tweed to finish off her daily look <33

i.n is on top of all the latest trends. she's just so cool 😫 her style is trendy but relaxed,, a city vibe with her oversized jackets and her shoe collection. rocks a bob or a ponytail like no other ! she buys vintage sometimes,, stuff like those 80s adidas jackets, seamlessly mixing them with her modern day sneakers. her style is very laid back but she knows how to dress up n loves a good red lip <33

[kookies2000]

Whenever I go into some Dreamworks Trolls fan art or fan fics, there's always one person who is surprised that Trolls has a fandom. Yes, we do have one. It's small but enough to feed us. And it's only getting bigger. Why is there a fandom? How is this fandom still going?

Least Problematic Fandom

"But we're not all the same........ Denying our differences is denying who we really are."

The 2nd film had a really deep message for a movie aimed at babies. Going against "we're all the same" message. And telling instead that differences do matter, our culture matters, our lives matter, the way we look matters and that's beautiful. When we accept that we're different and not forcing anything on each other, we can live in harmony. This lesson is what the fandom is built on.

The moment someone takes a look into this fandom, we welcome them with cupcakes, sweets, and warm hugs. The entire fandom is the least problematic one I've ever been in. Never been in a fight, always complimenting each other and just being at peace. We never had ship wars as far as I know. We're all just having fun by putting every character with every character on a ship. I've seen people who are Christians in the fandom have zero problems with the LGBT+ community. Yes, we exist, and we're in the Trolls fandom for some reason. 😂 No one ever fought on what color skin we made the Trolls when we humanized them. Mostly because if anyone drew the Funk Trolls as white, we just walked past them without giving them attention. Or just point out that they are black coded, and that's it.

It's just peaceful here in this fandom. This fandom really helped me out mentally and emotionally. Because a lot of people in the fandom also faced some form of abuse or depression. We saw the 1st film, and it just felt like a warm hug while someone sung a lullaby to calm us down.

In summery, the fandom is filled with people who understand pain and empathy. The franchise created a safe zone for us to heal and relax.

Artists

The moment an artist takes a look in here, they get hypnotized by all the color pallets they can use. You can be pastel like the Pop Trolls. Emo, goth, punk with the Rock Trolls. Play with lighting with the Tech Trolls. Ect. All the cutesy and marshmallow like characters they can create. Or turn into some darker AU. The anatomy is too cute to not try to mimic or create in your own style. The world building and the endless number of worlds that they can create. You can create your own kingdom based on your favorite type of music. You can create the way your troll/charaters will look like based on your music. If you want to practice on mirrors and reflective surfaces, you have the Funk Kingdom to draw. Want to do glitter? The desert is pure glitter for sand. The Country Trolls live in a town made of yarn. The pop trolls have a waterfall made of streamers. This is endless creativity for artists. I've seen artists come into our fandom and use the characters and world as practice before moving on to the next fandom. But they always come back for more practice or just to hang out.

Also, the thought of making a troll mixed in with different tribes is pretty cool. As in, what if a Rock Troll and Classical troll had a kid? Goth like angle? A little punk looking guy with angelic and glittery wings?

Writing

I can relate to this one. Again, the world building is endless. You can create your own kingdom based on your favorite music. You can create your own rules, your citizens' behavior, and how this kingdom works. The fun part is creating your own royal family.

But the AUs are where it's at. I created a lot of Fairytale AUs as a teen using the characters because they just worked well. My very first was a Tangled AU with Poppy as Rupunzel and Branch as Flynn. I made the nose joke work by making the kingdom mess up Branches colors. An inside joke with in the fandom. The franchise just gives off a lot of fairytale vibes.

When the 1st film came out, the characters each had their own story. Which was cool and gave writers ideas on what to write. And I loved to humanize them because I liked the thought of Fuzzbert being def or mute because he can't talk clearly as a troll.

Not to mention, I can create an AU where the Trolls or humanized versions of them live in a world where segregation is an issue. Which 100% fits the franchise because in the 2nd film, every tribe is supposed to be a different culture. In other words, a different race. And the Trolls would separate themselves out of fear that the Pop tribe would try to colonize them and take away their culture.

There are just a lot of concepts you can use in this fandom.

Music

Let's keep this short because this post is long enough. People have openly said they don't like the movies, but they still watch it for the music. Seriously, listen to the soundtracks. They have musical artists, new ones like K-pop bands, and legends like Mary Jane Blige. The songs have a deeper meaning when you watch the film, too. Baiscally, candy for the ears.

Aesthetic

Lastly, people just like it for eye candy. The 80s aesthetic I'm the 1st film appealed to a lot. And the 2nd movie introduced more by bringing in Rock Trolls and their darker and punk like aesthetic. People fell in love with the Tech Trolls for their designs and the fact they live in an underwater kingdom that glows. It's just pure eye candy and pleasing to look at.

So yeah!

These are the reasons why our fandom is a thing and still thriving. We're super excited for the 3rd film and can't wait for more world building and new characters.

[rosewaterandivy]

can i kick it?

not me having band!au thoughts about Eddie, Steve, & Rob on this fine Wednesday morning...

blurb under the cut

eddie only joined steve and rob's pet project because they begged him to. I'm thinking Chicago, early aughts - rob, nance, and steve are in college, eddie works at their local record shop and begrudgingly lets them hang a flyer for band auditions (a singer and rhythm guitarist particularly).

like, steve can play guitar and carry and tune but the man just loves his drums, okay? let's just take a minute to appreciate hot n' sweaty Steve in shorts and a backwards baseball hat, absolutely no shirt just goin' feral on the drums. rob is on the bass and it drives Nance absolutely insane, like that's my hot gf!? i'm sweatin'

so, eddie takes pity because they're dinguses who show up to corroded's shows even though it's definitely not their usual scene and he kinda likes them, sometimes. whatever. shows up to the shitty garage of their co-op house and completely crushes the audition, obvi.

they jam for a minute, just casually like, and that's when you roll up. You've got your guitar and are a little shy, ask if this is the audition for the band.

eddie and rob definitely clock steve giving you the once over and how his voice gets all soft and sweet when he tells you that you've got the right place. So you set up and just start tuning up the guitar, maybe some open tuning with some swampy slide guitar into a bit of erruption by eddie van halen? Just a lil' amuse bouche, if you will. and then, because why the fuck not, you launch into purple rain because who doesn't love prince? the mic isn't even set up but that doesn't even matter because they can hear you loud and clear, a belter - who woulda thought?

eddie and steve have never been harder in their goddamn lives. rob can't seem to pick her jaw off the floor. nance is the only one with a functioning brain cell and asks if you'll sing something else for them.

"sure, okay. like as backing vocals or?"

steve scrambles to get you set up with the mic and stand and you ask what kind of vibe they're looking for. steve and rob mumble but you can't seem to catch what they're saying - greenday, jimmy eat world, something corporate, ramones, misfits - and then eddie rolls his eyes and cuts in with, "y'know that pop-punk emo shit?"

steve scratches the back of his neck, twirls a drumstick in his hand. doesn't wanna be the one to push you, or make you uncomfortable, but no one just half-asses purple rain, so he's pretty sure when he says, "i mean, you sound like a singer to me."

you bite your lip because you've never sung for a band before, just backing vocals and guitar mostly. but you're itching to be in another band since your last one splintered apart and they seem like decent enough people.

"i mean, i'll try." you hand your guitar off to eddie and motion for the acoustic propped against the wall behind him. you swap and get set up, strumming a bit as you tune. "if you hear me fuck this up," you say into the mic, "no you didn't."

steve and rob take a seat next to nance on the busted sofa while eddie leans against the wall behind him, arms crossed over his chest, sweetheart resting against his hips. he recognizes the chords and he is very interested in what is about to occur.

it's one of those moments that journalists will ask about for the rest of their careers.

if i should stay, i'd only be in your way (rip chris cornell, you're my fave)

by the end of the song, rob is nearly bouncing in her seat clutching nance's hand so hard while steve just smiles, all blushy and cute because he was right, of course he was, and eddie just shakes his head with a soft laugh.

"soooo." you drawl into the mic, hands flitting nervously against the strings.

steve and rob share a look before clambering off of the sofa to kneel at your feet and pull a wayne's world "we're not worthy." while eddie sidles on up to you and asks, "so, did it hurt?"

"did what hurt?"

"when you fell down the stairway to heaven?"

you sputter the most unattractive laugh, there's definitely a goosehonk in there somewhere (he mentions it every time he tells this story), and that's when they all knew.

you were it for them, they'd found the missing puzzle piece.

[softquietsteadylove]

what do you think which kind of music every eternal is listening to? every eternal but makkari of course

Aww, this is so cute an ask!

Okay, so I guess there are a few layers to this answer.

Ikaris, I don't think he listens to music--I don't think he lets himself have fun like that. Like I know we see him in modern clothes, but I bet he's actually that old man who doesn't have a phone and he pawns ancient artifacts for cash. But if he does indulge in music, then I think he's like a gym bro who unironically listens to that, like, 'it's about drive, it's about power' song.

Sersi actually does listen to music. She loves it! What a beautiful expression of humanity! She likes all types, all styles, all cultures and languages! I think her personal faves are indie vibes, maybe First Aid Kit? She loves the emotional music of Adele and Florence and the Machine, and she definitely listened to the ten minute version of All Too Well on repeat when it came out. Poor girly went through the longest term breakup possible. But I also think she likes, like, Maneskin, maybe some J-pop/K-pop stuff? I think she would like the idea of the large group having a family dynamic (poor thing misses home).

Sprite listens exclusively to, like, emo music, I think. And I know that's a dated term, but seriously, emo punk from the 2000s was their thing. She loves angsty love ballads, but she would never tell anyone that, ever. Because no one understands her--she's not like other immortals.

Phastos liked old music, I think. Soul and blues and jazz and he likes love songs, because he and Ben dance to them at home. He definitely says things like he doesn't 'get' music these days. Ben tries to expose him to more music but Phastos is like I've heard it all before, babe. Jack listens to overstimulating remixes of songs at home and Phastos tries to figure out how to turn off all sound in the world.

Druig is such a hipster and only likes instrumental music. I bet he listens to ancient gregorian chants. Maybe he likes some classic Celtic music, some folk stuff and classical. Maybe when he's out in the modern world he's not opposed to some punk rock. He would love MCR and Fallout Boy with Sprite back in the day, and maybe Bivattchee and Asian Kung Fu Generation.

Makkari would love all kinds of music, I think, but she loves, like, dance and EDM, because she can feel the beat and the rhythm of the remixes so well. She loves jumping and dancing around to them, and she loves watching other people having a great time dancing to them too! Every once in a while, if Druig is listening to something with earbuds or something, she'll lean against him to feel what he's listening to.

Ajak likes mom/grandma music. I don't have any better way to put it. She likes old country songs (not American nationalist propaganda, I mean c o u n t r y music). She loves doo-wop and 60s bops and old songs from the 20s. Can't Help Falling in Love with You is what she sings while doing the dishes.

Gil loves love, because he's soft and sweet. He listens to the lyrics of songs more than genre or melody. He loves ballads and love songs and slow dance numbers. He likes old vinyls and puts them on at home on an old record player and dances with Thena around the kitchen. And I mean if we're talking about different circumstances, then he loves 'girly' music. And he would never be embarrassed about that! He loves love songs, and sappy pop ballads and happy, boppy songs. Look at the man's apron!

Thena likes whatever Gil likes. She's not a lyrics girly, so if it sounds nice, she'll like it, and if Gil likes it, she'll love it. If she's popping in earbuds at the gym or something, maybe she'll listen to wordless workout remixes, but I think her taste might be a little bland otherwise (sorry).

Kingo likes listening to himself. He's that actor who sings songs for his own projects, and he listens to them all the time. But otherwise I think he likes whatever's trendy. Just listens to top trending, has broad and diverse tastes. I do think he likes pop groups because he likes learning the dances. He's a performer, y'know?

[ambreiiigns]

Ok then now tell me about these sk8 big and little boyfriends? I'm interested by the distinction of big and little, you know? :P

ok after Thee category 5 doubleblack moment and watching tristamp w my brother i'll answer this sk8 ask. then i'll go look at deathnote images saved to my phone to complete the collection of anime i care about

so you will never believe me but sk8. is about. a bunch. of skater boys. we have langa who moves to japan from canada after his dad dies bc his mom's japanese. him and his dad used to do snowboarding together but langa got lowkey depressed after his death and doesn't feel much passion for snowboarding anymore. plus he lives in beachy town now so it'd be impossible anyway

he meets reki there tho. and Oh reki is just like. the sun. they're in class together but didn't really talk (langa doesn't talk much) but they bump into each other while reki's out skating and he gets langa to try it and it just. goes downhill from there

reki takes him to S !!! which is this like super secret skaterz place that opens at night on some mountain where they have races and place bets and stuff. long story short langa finds that Spark he's missed ever since his dad died in reki and skateboarding - as in, yeah sure skating's fun but it's reki that makes his heart beat fast and not the adrenaline or whatever. it's not Skating itself that makes him happy but it's skating With Reki. they're so fucking SWEET. they have a bit of a fight halfway thru the series bc reki has some inferiority complex and langa almost loses the Spark again. it's really sweet. at some point he vaguely talks to his mom abt this fight and she assumes it's about a girl he likes so she asks him. "you LIKE this person don't you" and langa BLUSHES HE'S SO CUTE and says yeah :// so she hypes him up to go talk things out and says. good lird. "show her she's a lucky girl!!" and langa. i am quoting word for word. answers. "what girl." gay people real

and those ^ are the little boyfriends. now the BIG boyfriends ugh !! unsufferable. you got kojiro aka joe and kaoru aka cherry and we meet them at s. in fact they FOUNDED s when they were teens along w adam who's the bad guy in this show and i want him dead. joe is. built like a brickhouse and mildly italian ?? he runs a restaurant during the day and the Gang meets up there a lot he's the sweetest in the world and worries and helps the kids anytime he can i adore him. cherry's gnc af (you're insane) he's pretty as fuck and had a Punk Phase as a kid where he had a couple of piercings and emo bangs and NO ONE has ever looked better EVER but he's Mean but still Cares. when they met adam back in the day him & cherry had a lil somethin somethin going on but he ended up dumping them Both for being boring bc he's insane. i don't wanna talk abt him. so that leaves cherry & joe alone again - which is cool. they've been together since preschool they're the type to bicker and talk shit 24/7 while still always being glued to each other. they're so Horny but they won't fuck. everyone at s wonts them carnally. the kids (by this i mean reki & langa but mostly miya who's like a little shit pro skater they picked up along the way) (shoutout to the icp clown rockstar legend shadow who's the 6th and final member of The Gang) call them mom and dad Frequently and they call the gang "The Kids" an incriminating amount of times (they accidentally adopted two 16yos one 14yo and one 24yo. at age 26)

realizing i don't Know how to explain joe & cherry you kinda just have to witness them. there's this bit where cherry's explaining to The Kids how adam does one of his moves so he skates right up to joe and says "Hello..." in a. weird fucking tone and joe hisses back "You're Too Close!!!" threatheningly like he's gonna fuckin Jump him. there's this other bit during THEE beach episode where joe's flirting w some ladies (he's a manwhore) and miya grabs him pretends that he's his dad and tells him that Mommy's mad !! pointing at cherry who's like napping sexily. and joe actually looks at him and like fuckin whimpers and blushes like a virgin and all he can say for himself is THAT IS NOT YOUR MOM !!!! hello. what was that. also there's the bit where adam fuckin slams his board across cherry's face (?!?!?!?) and joe picks him up like a princess (which he calls him sometimes. princess and pinky and the likes) and gets him to the hospital and THEN cherry sneaks out of the hospital to go to joe's restaurant and falls asleep there and joe looks at him sooo tenderly and says something like "at least we aren't alone right kaoru?" and it's Sweet bc cherry has troubles sleeping but he feels safe enough to sleep around joe..... don't u wanna scream

here look at them. the kids the parents the squad

[ryker-writes]

hiii! Can I ask for a matchup if they aren’t closed already?

likes: Animals (cats and dogs especially seem to like me a lot more than the average person), gaming, anime, cooking, food, rock music, goth/punk/edgy/alternative/emo subculture, makeup and skincare (I like to feel pretty lmao), school, taking pictures

dislikes: bitter food, spicy food,school

hobbies: Acting (#1 hobby!), writing, ig I’ll put studying here since i was a honour student.

physical preferences: none

personality preferences: someone willing to protect me (I’ve been stared by creepy old men for 2 days in a row) and someone not too energetic and bubbly, anyone who is not Ace or Floyd, someone who can comfort me as I’m a generally anxious and insecure person

love languages: physical touch and quality time

extras: I’m an infp, would be in Diasomnia dorm, my personality would be I tend to come off as reserved, intimidating and cold due to my trust issues from being stabbed in the back by someone I trusted at first impressions but as I warm up to someone/they gain my trust I can be warm, caring, loyal, affectionate, and protective

-💔anon

A new anon!!

"Welcome my dear 💔 anon! I'm glad to have you both on my little blog, and here for my event! I'm gonna be honest, this one threw me for a bit of a loop for who to match you with. I had a few candidates in mind, but there was something for each of them that just didn't fit. But then I remembered someone that I sometimes forget about. I feel bad for that, but lets just keep that between us okay?

After all, Epel can be scary when he yells with that country slang of his."

he loves animals too!

like I can see the two of you taking care of animals together and it's so cute, and the animals love both of you so much

he doesn't know too much about video games and anime, but he's open to learning and watching/playing them with you!

pls he looks like one of those pretty anime characters

he loves rock music and the edgy/alternative/punk subculture

it's not something he's experienced with, but once you show him he is all over it

Don't let Vil see you two like that please

skincare routines together!

he has to take care of his skin as part of Pomefiore, but he finds himself enjoying it more when he does it with you

you two can also study together!

Epel is so protective of you

anyone so much as looks at you the wrong way and he's walking up to them yelling and challenging them to a fight

He's not the best at comfort but he certainly tries his best

this boy is big on physical touch and will give you plenty of affection regardless of when, where, or who is around

he's such a fun but loving partner

[ghostfeather]

Kpop asks: 6 and 18?

oops, i reblogged that post and immediately fell asleep lol. alright, let's go!

6. What's your favorite K-Pop music video, and why?

because i can't choose just one, here's my top 5 :D

0x1=lovesong by txt - i love the indie coming-of-age film vibes. it's emotional, it's dramatic, and it just suits the song so perfectly. it was the first time i ever encountered emo/pop punk influence in kpop and i really appreciated that as a former emo. also it was my first txt mv so i cherish it very much.

please don't... by k.will - first of all, i love a plot-based music video. this one is such a classic but the twist at the end is e v e r y t h i n g.

jungle by cix - my friend actually made me watch this a few months ago and it just blew me away. SO visually stunning. it's just a piece of art.

the real by ateez - i love how over-the-top and loud it is. both the song and video are so reminiscent of bollywood to me? it's great.

secret by wjsn - it's so pretty. i love the colors. i love the dreamy, celestial imagery. cosmic girls, indeed.

also, just in general, i really love digipedi. everything they touch is gold.

18. What's your favorite K-Pop cover or collaboration?

yeah, i'm doing top 5 again.

OOO DOLPHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like i'm sorry soobin i love you so much but this should've gotten the cult following. i always love the way they rearrange songs to suit their sound.

i'm also equally obsessed with nine's twenty-three cover. i couldn't even recognize it when i first heard it but it works so well.

keonhee's ah puh cover is also so, so, so cute and wonderful. i'm obsessed. it's so keonhee. i probably listen to it more than the original.

i'm still not over joshua's double take cover. i typically don't love his voice in svt songs because he's singing in way too high a range but he sounds really great here in his lower register. just a lot more comfortable and relaxed.

taking it WAY back but i really love ali's cover of the leopard of kilimanjaro. her voice is incredible. i listen to her immortal songs cover album all the time.

i'll also do collaborations too!

step - yena, yoojung, arin, chuu, yuqi - i've never enjoyed kara (again, sorry soobin...) but this is such a excellent cover. their energy is great and arin is just kills it completely.

pretty u - kep1er, tempest - i feel like boy group/girl group collabs are often awkward but this one is so fun. both groups complement each other well on stage. it's just like a fun little musical number.

celeb five - weus - yes, it's a parody but more importantly, it's the best thing i have ever seen.

trouble maker - hyuna, hyunseung - what a classic. when i think "collaboration," they are the first thing to come to mind. i still listen to the trouble maker mini albums on a regular basis.

falling slowly - sungmin, sunny - an oldie but a goodie. they used to host a radio show together back in the day that i used to watch religiously during high school so watching this always makes me feel nostalgic for those days.

kpop ask game

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Rock Star AU Masterlist

Accidents Don't Just Happen Accidentally (ao3) - AHedgehogNamedMoose, Later

Pastel Dan is forced to take his little cousin to the concert of punk pop sensation Phil Lester, but winds up accidentally meeting him and having an amazing night - and incredible few weeks - with the boy.

Groupie (ao3)- Nefertiti1052 (Succubusphan)

Dan follows a punk band with a hot lead singer around a lot but feels crushed when he watches a live interview.

Growth of Plastic Flowers (ao3)- orphan_account

Dan is a famous musician who started out on Youtube all the way back in 2009, known for his dark lyrics that contrast with his closet of various pastels. Now, a trip to Japan for a music video shoot may lead to uncovering secrets from his past that he's desperately tried to forget for years.

This is the story of a boy who feared love and the other whom he fell for.

Million Dollar Man (ao3) - Lcstqr

❝ baby you're no good for me ❝

Daniel Howell is somewhat of a Rockstar. A Rockstar with anxiety. After a breakdown on stage at one of his biggest concerts, he reluctantly seeks therapy. It just so happens that his new therapist also plays guitar in a band that he'd never heard of in a club that he'd stumbled across only that night. He also has a secret, a big one. From watering plants and making them instantly healthy to changing the weather depending on someones mood, Dan starts to unfold Phil Lester's secret.

Just try not to fall in love with your therapist.

Misplaced (ao3) - jilliancares

Summary: Phil wakes up in an alternate universe. And then Phil… wakes up in an alternate universe. Both Phil’s try to navigate back to their own life while simultaneously trying to deal with each others’. (AKA YouTuber!Phil tries to deal with the fact that he’s in a band and he and Dan are enemies, and Band!Phil tries to understand how in any universe he and Dan could be lovers.)

Scandalous (ao3) - phancontent

Daniel Howell, a well known "emo glam star", a singer and a fashion icon, faces a writing crisis and decides to hire an unemployed famous songwriter named Phil Lester, who can't stop blushing with every grin Dan gives him.

We Don't Have Much Room To Live (ao3) - starrywrite

“And I had these dreams that I would learn to play guitar, maybe cross the country, become a rockstar. And there was hope in me that I could take you there, but dammit you’re so young - well, I don’t think I care” - Something Corporate, Konstantine.

(Band!AU. Phil and his band are about to embark on their first tour, and his boyfriend - and biggest fan - Dan is coming along for the ride. What could possibly go wrong?)

We'll Figure This Out (ao3) - violently_knits

Summary: Dan Howell is in a rock band called Burn This City Down. When Phil Lester, the band's manager, is assigned a bunk on his tour bus, they start to get closer and closer.

You're Too Good For Me (ao3) - satans_spaghetti

Daniel Howell is an exhausted singer who just wants a normal life with people who don't treat him like he'll curb-stomp them if they get one thing wrong.

One day after walking to nowhere in particular, he gets caught in a storm and takes refuge in a small, bright café that's just as cute as it's manager, a bubbly barista.

You should be loving someone (ao3) - orphan_account

Daniel Howell is a musician on break from touring for a few months. He’s staying in London and just trying to relax and be alone before going on the next tour stretch. When he meets Phil Lester, a children’s book author looking for a change, he’s not so sure that he wants to stay alone.

[emoryinaboat]

!! !! !!

TYSM Does this mean introduce 3 ocs??? Idk it does now, just for u bestie <33

(Also important info, all my OCs are magic like it started as a Harry Potter thing but then we obviously transferred them to our own thing and here we are, gay idiots at magic schools)

Cassidy💫

(Bby ur my -inhale- aNGELLL)

Name: Cassidy

Age: 17

Pronouns: She/her (cis)

Sexuality: Omnisexual

General description: The sunshine in the biggest sunshine x stormcloud relationship we have

TRIVIA:

- She has spastic diaplegic cerebral palsy, she can walk independently but not for long so she uses crutches most of the time, wheelchair on low energy days

- All her mobility aids are covered in sanrio stickers or is otherwize bedazzled somehow

- She actually always has beads in her braids, picrew is just a bitch and never has her hairstyle :')

- Has an angsty autistic Kaz Brekker core boyfriend named Booker (my S/O made him) and they are disgustingly in love it's very cute

- She's really good at making origami and she's constantly making little lotuses and dinosaurs for Booker and little frog hoppers for his little sister Bessie

- Talks to her stuffies, she has s o many of them.

- Has been keeping diaries since she was 6, never doesn't have it on her. She's painted a bunch of little white rabbits on the cover because they're her lucky animal

- When she was 9-12 she put those bicycle beads that go click-click-click when you turn the wheel on her chair

- Adores puzzles, riddles and brain teasers. Her rubix cube record is 31 seconds, she's very proud of it

- Idk man she's just really pretty in an aesthetic way, like she always has cute patterns painted on her nails, she has hearts in her edges and eyeliner, she wears cute pajamas to bed, she's just very cute-

- Feels love pains in her arms, needs to squish something

- Love languages are physical touch, gift giving and quality time

Milan⚡

(Bastard./affectionate)

Name: Milan

Age: 18

Pronouns: He/him (cis)

Sexuality: Bisexual

General description: Leading man but he's a little fucked up actually/lh

TRIVIA

- Lead singer and frontman of a famous pop-punk-kindof boyband, at first me and wifey dearest(/lh) couldn't think of a name for the band so we started just calling them Guys Being Dudes but that's what they're called now.

- Is dating his other bandmates, Ruben (mine), AJ and Zach (both my S/O's). Won't shut tf up about them in interviews

- Early diagnosed with bipolar disorder after very nearly decimating their careers.

- Had a really traumatic fanmail incident when they were really starting to break it big. Has some issues with their fans now but he's working on that-

- Has a therapy rat named Eddie (after Venom, not Stranger Things). The band also has one of those crusty white woman dogs/lh named MJ

- He will tell you his favourite movie is Back to the Future. This is a lie, his favourite is How to Train Your Dragon

- Best friends with an Olympic gymnast named Evangeline, she's had to hear his pining for his bandmates for years now

- Was really emo when the band was just starting out. Like bottle blond smeared eyeshadow Set It Off Band-T over striped shirt emo

- He gave Ruben his first haircut and thus saved Ruben from the "Awful First Trans Haircut" narrative because he's been cutting his own hair since he was 11

- Kind of emotionally distant Catholic family. Didn't outright say they don't like his lifestyle but by god they made it known. He only sees them around holidays and he only attends church loosely or for special occasions

- Really loves interacting with fan content, his twitter is a constant spam of fanart and fanfic, he follows back content creators, he reads and hypes up fanfic, all the time

- When he's scared (like harmless horror movie viewing kind) he doesn't scream or jump or anything, he just tenses up and starts crying-

- Colours his nails in with sharpie

Caio 🏁

(I promise you he is not as threatening as the picrew shows he's just got a ~persona~)

Name: Caio

Age: 18

Pronouns: He/him (Cis)

Sexuality: Bisexual with a bigg male preference

General description: We're genius for this ship trope.

TRIVIA

- Drag racer, his cars are his fucking babies

- Yes that's cars plural, his adoptive parents are RICH rich and are away for work a lot so they give him and his sister Genesis more allowance than they know what to do with. So what's an ND adrenaline-seeking teenage boy gonna do? Drag racing of course.

- Autism and ADHD and enough people-pleasing trauma to power a small nation. Most of his past relationships were his partners not communicating their relationship expectations and him wanting more than casual hookups and kinda being used :/ and now he doesn't really know how to value his own needs he's working on it-

- But he has a boyfriend now and they are also disgustingly in love and they're gonna make it everyones problem. His name is Keanu (S/O's) and he's a drag queen and I told you we were geniuses for that

- HoH and always forgets to wear his hearing aids, he mostly relies on lip reading. He has a walkie-talkie-radio-thing in his car that flashes when Genesis needs to contact him mid-race (cos like. Cops)

- When he has meltdowns it creates these magic power surges, he's been known to blow out lightbulbs. Once broke down so hard that he cut off the whole house's power

- He used to be on the cheer team and he can still do the flips and stuff, still super flexible

- Has like. No actual friends-

- He acts big at races and stuff but he is just the embodiment of the autism creature. He is just an excitable affection puppy who intensely autism stares when he's hyped

- Is an awful gossip, he needs to know everything about everyone at all times

- He makes rly good coffee-

- Him and Genesis are both fluent in ASL but his parents never bothered to learn. Genesis goes nonverbal sometimes though so Caio acts as translator when that happens

- Love languages are quality time, physical touch, verbal affection and late night drives

[maliciousmalfeasance]

If I typed a live review of my spotify discover would you read it? Too late- (Indie-rock/pop, punk, ???, mid-west emo, math-rock,etc Be warned I am a hater about some petty shit lmao)

Carousel- CJ the X 

This song is beautifully produced, the melody of “everything will be alright” sounding just slightly off kilter and perfectly fits the teetering vibes of the song. I love the carnival vibe- lyrics flow so effortlessly. The RUNS BRO. Really perfect window into a probably fucked up breakdown. Hope things got better CJ <3 “I don’t blame anybody but me/ You’re too kind, I am a disease!” oof.

A big brown dog named bagel- Nep

“I kind of wanted to bite-” I love the incorporation of bossa grooves into this indie rock, gay as hell love song. “I feel like we’re gonna marry way too quickly” This feeling. Really cute. Vocals are so sweet- you just kind of want to scoop the vocalist up and hug her. 

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN - QUEEF JERKY, ethan is online

The best of the worst or the worst of the best? The beat switch up had me actually grooving- good shit. "Go to the zoo and see some fish."

Spirit Week- happy trendy

So cozy, comfy, fuzzy. Whenever I hear fuzzy vocals it feels like my ears are being hugged idk why. Sad but in a kind of melancholy optimist way? If that makes sense. Chords got a little tired by the end but I forgive all sins for fuzzzzzzzz

Glow- Alice Phoebe lou 

Aussie vocals perhaps? "When you were dreaming, I looked in. I saw everything." What a sweet, dizzy tune. Sounds like getting drunk in a carpeted room that looks like it’s from the 70s. “I’m a lover, just never knew how” Relatable. Vocalist has this really nice vibrato that reminds me of judy garland or ella fitzgerald, such a nice warm tone. Lots of hug songs in here. I’m a lover of this one. C:

Wasteland- wooded fang

Surf rock type of vibe? Feels like something I’d listen to as the sun sets on a long car trip- about to have a delirious few hours outside of time. I cannot fathom my man’s lyrics but he’s got such a relaxed delivery it’s real fun. Good vibe. "dododododododododo"

Feelin down- primrose

Drum good. Fr the production/recording on these drums is so nice. I feel like im sitting in the drummers lap but in a comfy way- like the rest of the song is absolutely great also but man.. I appreciate the work that went into getting these drums so nice. Also love the moments where the band stops. Love a stop. Satisfying. Ngl the vocals are nice but I wish he’d put a lil more OOmf in it y’know? Just like SEND IT.

 I Fade Away- Tulips Ballad, M.E, CAT DAD

The high vocals really made this for me, just came in and I was like aaah yeah. Then together?? Lovely. Such nice harmonies. Only wish there was a little less repetition but Idk that might just be me listening too hard rn lmao. I like the more subtle production bits but like, the main guitar loop doesn’t have much movement and it left me a lil like… what if you did more? Bass good. I like the piano but what if.. different chord?

Grade A- Spill Tab, JAWNY

I… might be getting fatigued from listening to all this stuff but these chords at the end feel like the same as the last song bro I’m a lil disappointed. It’s just so quick and so… clean? In a bad way? Lmao I think it feels overproduced to me. So many production decisions that don’t feel like they serve the song and only a couple that really feel earned. (cheated and gave it a second listen because I felt kind of bad about having mostly negative comments. Both the vocalists are great and the quality of production is real nice, I just think the producer needed to pull back a bit and let the vocalists do their thing, y'know?)

Only At Your Convenience- Graham Kartna

Big Jack Stauber energy.. Perhaps… too much Jack Stauber energy? I can’t tell if this was a deliberate attempt to emulate the style as an experiment or not. The drowned chords, the vocals that jump down suddenly, all the little cartoon samples. OK I had a look and he’s def got a voice and a sound this song just happens to REALLY sound like it’s going for a Jack Stauber vibe, most of his other stuff is similarly drowned and sample heavy but like… distinct enough that I wouldn’t think to associate the two- it’s literally just this song so he is forgiven in my eyes. Peace and love on planet earth. Honestly I’d forgive him emulating Jack really hard too I mean fuck it man do what satisfies ya. (gave this a second listen and idk why I thought it was so close actually this is good and fine.)

easy - waveform*

Oh! I’ve def heard this one before, love the big warm acoustic guitar+sad vocal. Gay and cute. “I’m on the stairs in a beautiful gown, and you look so stupid your teeth on the ground.” Love the imagery in these lyrics. 

Diane- Dad feels, Yelle 

Holy fuck I hate this man. I haven’t listened to the song yet I’m just like- before I make any comment you have to know I’m severely biased against him lmao He sucks he makes me incredibly uncomfortable to watch. ANYWAY presses play hm. Ok. wow. BAD. First song of his I’ve ever listened to and holy fuck. Worse than I thought. Nothing to like about this. It's so low effort. I’m just trying desperately to tune this trash out while I wait for the next song. Holy fuck. OH THANK GOD

Kill your radio- Heartsrevolution

Cute! Feels like something that would play in a scene while a stereotypical girly character beats the shit out of someone. Is that insane? Idk man. maybe I’m just thinking about violence because of dad. It’s fuzzy. The guitars and vocals got that sweet high fuzz on them. This toes the line for me of being like slightly over produced also but I think it’s just my taste. 

Becky- Be Your Own Pet

I’ve heard this one too! It’s just such an edgy teenage hatred song. Just real petty and fun to yell along to. Love the story and the little moments where the band all yells BECKY AAAAA. Good shit. 

Dark matter- Little Big League 

Oh such a sweet sleepy vocal with nostalgic guitars. Love the way the main vocal kind of leans around the notes, feels so effortless. The slight edge in the tone is used so sparingly but so well, such a cool voice. Oh man!! Sorry band you’re great too I just love these vocals!!! I want more growls but I’m feral for growls- the way that tone is used so sparingly to great effect is lovely. 

Better Go- Mel blum 

Familiar with this one too. Just a really catchy, chill tune. Love the stops and little rhythm guitar moments. “Guess I ain’t using my body anyway.” Yeah. Solid tune fr. Love the floaty vibe of the vocals.

Random Firl -Late Of The Pier

Glanced at the band bio and apparently the band formed when they were 16/17 which is cute. They haven’t released anything in a long while but I wanna believe they’re all still friends. Feels like a song I’d have played on repeat in 2015 when I was in a Smallpools phase. The vocal harmonies are very sweet, such a nice wall of sound. Left me wanting more!! AA

You Make me smile- Mamalarky

This squishy bass is fun. Another soft, floaty voice- I guess Spotify is recommending all of these because I listened to so much Stella Donnelly last year. Really like the structure of this song, the way that the synths swell and fall again to make room for the guitar and piano… Just really cool vibes. Love that blending of synth and ‘real’ instrument. Yeah. Just kind of vibing here. Adding this one to my likes for sure. I feel like what sets this apart from some of the others is that the instrumentation is interesting and thick without drowning or outshining the vocals which is hard as heck to do right!!

IDC- carpetgarden 

First few lines are like. Damn. Yeah. Lyrics are heavy but in a fuck this kind of way. Their vocals are so sweet and yet kind of bored sounding? Genuinely really like the vibes. There’s a great energy to the guitars that makes you wanna dance around, real sad but happy at the same time. Kind of song I’d listen to while on the way somewhere to get myself in a good mood lmao. “Worms in my brain and my eyes are full of daisies, My body’s melting and it feels a-fuckin’-mazing” 

Wicca Kids- Pacific Purgatory

This song is underwater! Pull it out!! AAA! Fr tho it’s so muffled it feels like I’m listening through a wall. Kind of a vibe? I do kind of want it a little less muddy tho. I really like the vocals- feels like they’re hiding I wanna drag them out to the front of the mix. This is prob intentional. It is nice, I’m just making grabby hands at all the high frequencies rn. Baby come back. 

Vampire- Lupin

The shades in that title and song name. Chefs kiss. These vocals are great, confident and straight shooting. They cut through really well. Oh no wonder I like this, he’s the vocalist from hippo campus. Solid song. Not super my current taste but it’s definitely hitting every ball it’s trying to hit… if you get me. Knows what it’s about. 

You’re Terrific - LoudFoxCult 

I love the way the two vocals play off each other. This came out in 2018, real cute highschool indie rock vibe and yet- like way better than you’d expect from a highschool indie band so like.. Yeah. Terrific, even.

Scott Pilgrim- Plumtree

Omg I love Plumtree. Punk girls from the 90s kickin ass. I love this band. This is a great song, I like In The Sink better tho. The main lick is super catchy though I can see why this is their most listened to.  “I’ve liked you for a thousand years” Repeated over and over and over because yeah dude I’ve liked you FOREVER. 

WasteUrTime- Kevin Walkman

Bassline hits. Licking my fingers baby this shit tastes GOOOOOD am I going insane? Idk man this song just has a really satisfying groove going, vocalist has a great laidback tone. Feels perfect for the vibe of the lyrics. Horny songs gotta have a goood bass line and y’know. This one did it. 

brittle (wake up)- Meltycannon

I know this band but can't place them. Really love the grunge/hiphop vibes??

When You Are Not Around- The Band Ice Cream

Breakup song if ever I heard one, “I like you more, when you are not around.” Angry and mean in a satisfying way, feels like a diary entry I wrote about an ex. Just like- raw and unfair amounts of bitterness, you know? Kind of shit you’d never actually say. Well idk maybe you would. I’m only mean in my diary tho. Mostly. Cough. “I don’t fucking care if it hurts you” 

How Could You Ever Think I Hated You?- Cloning

HAHA opposite vibes completely and holy shit a band from perth!!! The aussie accent feels so comfy to me in music mwa. Feels lik the accent is almost going american in parts- maybe that’s just the Perth accent tho idk any perthians. Jumpscared by the stop in the middle of the song lmao i was like NOO. Guitars are lovely, feels like a real lived-in sound. Love the vibe

Meet me in Montauk- Retirement Party

“Had a head so big it sank into the ground.” The noodles in the guitar always make my heart happy- very midwest emo. Just a very cozy angsty song. This is the type of music that turns my brain to like nostalgic goo. “I’m not sure if i don’t believe in a God or if he doesn’t believe in me” - something my 11 year old self would cry about fr. I love how raw and unornamented the vocals are- it’s a mark of the genre for sure but it just makes the lyrics hit even harder. 

I Dropped Out- And The Kids

Feels like I’ve heard this one a thousand times and yet it’s not in my likes. The vocals are swimmin' in reverb and they’re just- asufghdsuigifih I Love The Dreamy-ness. The “I went to graduation" line coming back with altered timing/tone always hits so good idk it’s such a simple thing but with the force of the band crescendo behind it- it’s like. Fuck yeah, you did!

Been thinking- Fishing In japan

SO laid back, these lyrics flow so naturally- the vocals sound half asleep in the best way. Solid band. Nothing really stands out to me more than the silly sleepy vocals which are a very good vibe, kind of wish the guitars were played a little less straight to emphasise the drag of the vocals. It’d be different song. Better? Maybe? But this song is nice too. 

And that’s all wowweeeee

[feverinfeveroutfic]

chapter two: fool’s gold

“punk: the world is fucked and i’m pissed. emo: the world is fucked and i’m sad. goth: the world is fucked but there’s beauty. ska: the world is fucked. i have trumpet.” -tweet i saw once

“Okay, so where’s the house at?”

“It’s over here somewhere, Alex. Somewhere in the woods, I know that much. This cute little house across the street from an apartment complex.”

They had arrived to the outskirts of Syracuse and Sam could feel the butterflies within her with each passing mile. She felt no butterflies during her wedding but she could feel them there on the way to Joey and Krista’s house. It had been so long since they had seen the two of them in their new place, almost an eternity. Indeed, with each and every passing mile, their house felt ancient, truly timeless, as if the two of them had always been together, and more so with the city itself rising up.

Sam directed him to the next exit and Alex brought them down off of the freeway, and towards the next road which in turn led them closer to Camillus and the neighborhood in question.

“Oh, yeah!” Alex said with a wag of his finger. “I remember this neighborhood now.”

He hung a corner and he posted up by the curb before their cute little house. Sam and Alex climbed out of the car first, followed by Marla, Belinda, and Zelda. The sun had all but set at that point, and the five of them filed up to the doorstep. Sam rang the doorbell and they all hesitated there for a moment. Marla's bubblegum pink hair fluttered a bit under the cool September breeze, while Belinda and Zelda huddled closer to each other like a couple of penguins.

“You guys cold?” Sam asked them.

“I’ve been sweating all day,” Zelda replied with a shiver.

“Oh, yeah, that’s right.”

The front door opened and they were met with Krista, who had kept her short blonde haircut short, down to her shoulders. Nothing could deny the intense grief on her heart-shaped face.

“Oh, hi,” she greeted Sam with surprise, and she brought her gaze to Alex, then Marla, Belinda, and Zelda. “Wow, brought a whole party with you.”

“Forgive us for the short notice, Krista,” Sam started. “It’s a—a long story, actually. But the five of us got caught up outside of New York City and we can’t get home.”

“We don’t have much money, either,” Alex added. “I don’t especially, either. You know.” He tucked his hands into his jean pockets and shrugged his shoulders. “Not like we can get a couple of rooms for ourselves.”

“Well... we don’t have much space but we’ll see what we can do for all of you, though.” She backed from the doorway and gestured for the five of them to come into the house. Zelda shivered as she stepped inside of the front foyer last; Krista shut the door and examined the five of them, but she returned to Zelda and her rubbing her upper arms.

“Are you feeling okay?” Krista asked her. “You look cold.”

“I’ve been drumming all afternoon,” Zelda replied. “Literally all afternoon. I never worked so hard in my life.”

“Krista? Where's—” Joey emerged from the other side of the living room with the top half of a smoke detector in hand. He stopped right in his tracks and the five of them turned around to face him. He had aged a great deal since Sam had last seen him at the Millennium Party; she also spotted the silver wedding band on his left hand. She wondered when they had finally tied the knot themselves, but she would have to save that question for later on.  

“The hell?” he sputtered.

“They told me it’s a long story,” she echoed Sam’s words.

“Well, I was just changin’ the batteries in the smoke detector before we got started on dinner,” Joey said in a single breath. “We got time.”

And indeed, they did: the five of them took their spots in Joey and Krista’s living room and told them both what had happened.

“I left Providence early this morning, before the attacks, in search of a studio for myself somewhere out here upstate. When the collapse happened, I was heading down to the City... I don’t even remember what for now, but I was headed down there. I got caught up behind Sam and Alex on the way down.”

“There was no one on the road, either,” Sam joined in. “I mean, really. There was no one on the highway on the way down from the Lake—Alex and I took a little camping trip after Labor Day weekend. And we were gonna come on home today before class started.”  

“It felt like the apocalypse hit, Krista,” Alex added. “Samantha and I were actually speculating it a bit on the way down to the toll booth. The guy in the booth told us to go back because traffic was horrible for miles on end. So, we did.”

“We got back to Binghamton because we needed gas and something to eat,” Sam continued. “I was sitting in the car outside of the gas station and Alex called me to come in. We watched it go down on TV.”

“I didn’t know what the hell was going on,” Zelda confessed. “The guy in the toll booth didn’t know what was happening, either. I stopped and asked some people posted up on the side of the road—got bupkiss. I didn’t want to loop all the way around and head on back to Providence, either, because I just had a feeling that traffic was going to be even worse over by Schenectady and Albany. I said ‘fuck it’ and followed Sam and Alex.”

“We were over in Newark,” Marla joined in. “Belinda and I were in a camera store and we were gonna go over to Atlantic City, hence why we took a car, and a guy behind us said something was happening in New York. I ran outside real quick and way off in the distance, I saw a bunch of dark smoke and then there was this big flash of light in the sky. I thought Russia finally pushed the button and got us. But at the same time, I wondered ‘why New York?’ when they could’ve picked D.C. But I ran back inside and I told Bel about it, and the person behind the counter had turned on TV and the two of us looked at each other and went ‘no way.’”

“I tried to call Sam and Alex but got no answer,” Belinda said, and Sam had a sinking feeling that maybe that signified the end of their apartment complex: as far as she knew, Hell’s Kitchen was gone from the great collapse. “So, I called up Zelda and told her where we were at and I asked her if she knew where Sam and Alex were and they were right next to her in some restaurant upstate. I told her we couldn’t come because as far as we knew, the turnpike and the freeways were all backed up on the way back to New York. But we boogied out of there and took some back roads until we got to Harrisburg. Called Zelda again when we got there and she told us the three of them were in an old recording studio up in Rochester. Drove up there as fast as we could.”

“Really, Bel never drove so fast in her life,” Marla said with a shake of her head. “I was like, ‘the Twin Towers burned up and then collapsed and our place might be gone just from the dust cloud alone—we need to get pulled over like we need a hole in our head, Bel.’ But we never did get pulled over, though, even when we got into the Catskills and down in Binghamton and then the straight shot up to Syracuse. We got up to Rochester in like two and a half hours. Almost ran out of gas, we were going so fast.”

“Explains why they got there so quickly,” Alex whispered to Sam, who nodded her head in agreement.

“Yeah, that’s usually a four-and-a-half-hour drive,” she muttered to him as she flashed back on the tour with Stormtroopers of Death: such innocent times then.

“Oh, yeah. I mean, Belinda called her again at like a quarter to three and she said ‘we’re on our way!’ and you know—it was almost five o’clock when they got there. Zelda and I were both like ‘jeez, you two must’ve been hauling all the way up.”

“My goodness,” Krista remarked with a hand up to her chest.

“To make matters worse,” Alex proclaimed, and he put an arm around Sam’s shoulder; Joey shifted his weight at the sight of that; “Mr. and Mrs. Shelley may have been casualties.”

The tears welled up again. She bowed her head and brought a hand to her lips to keep herself from screaming, or vomiting.

Krista leaned forward and patted her knee.

“Might have been,” Marla pointed out in a soft voice. “Until it’s confirmed, we can only assume things.”

Alex stroked Sam’s shoulder and she leaned in closer to his softness. They were all silent for a good long moment until Sam lifted her head and rubbed her eyes.

“Quick shift of gears—what happened with the music?” Joey asked from the kitchen counter.

“Well, there was this old drum kit in there,” Zelda proceeded; it was right then that if Sam didn’t know better, she swore that Zelda hailed from upstate New York as well given her accent never changed even a little bit. “On the way up to Rochester, Sam and Alex lent me a pad of paper and I was writing lyrics. I wrote a bunch of songs and when we were in the studio, I found some blank tapes and laid down the drums right there. Took me a whole afternoon. Like I said, I never worked so hard in my life. And I played with this guy over here at one point!” She gestured over to Alex, who raised his eyebrows at her.

“Is it a Cherry Suicides album or sump’n else?” Joey asked again as he twisted off the metallic cap from a soda bottle.

“It’s all me,” Zelda replied. “We are on indefinite hiatus right now because we tried to get political, like more feminist type stuff, before the New Millennium and it didn’t go anywhere. I admit it didn’t feel honest, either. It didn’t feel like us because while we’re feminist, we’re more about the liberty that comes with it rather than preach it. So, we backed away from each other for a while—and Rose admitted that she wasn’t happy so she needed some time away, anyway. I have no idea if or when we’ll get back together, I hope we do. We got too far along in our career and had one minor hit ten years ago and I would really just—fucking hate it if that was it. The Suicides were my baby. So, when we get back to the studio and lay down the other instruments and all of it... it’s going to quite vitriolic. Between my band, the extent of everything that happened down in the City, and what Alex and I kept on hearing on the radio in the restaurant over breakfast, I just stuck the knife in and bled over the paper.”

Sam frowned at that. She was there in the restaurant as well, even if she had her mind on her parents all the while. Joey tipped the soda bottle back onto his dark lips and took a hearty swig. He set it down on the countertop before him.

“I want to offer my help, too—if it’s not too much to ask, anyway,” he told her with a gulp and a lap of his tongue over his lips like that of a dog.

Krista’s face lit up at the sound of that.

“I want to give you my vocals on a song or two,” he continued.

“You would do that?” Zelda asked him, excited.

“I’ve been trying to get my own album out lately, too,” he explained.

“Another one?” Sam joined in.

“A third one, yeah!” Joey replied; nothing could deny the twinkle in his eye as he locked eyes with her. “The label has very little money and my last album didn’t fare to well, either.”

“You all know he did a song with Anthrax last year, right?” Krista spoke right then.

“Oh, my god, really?” Marla was stunned; Belinda and Zelda gaped at one another; Sam and Alex glanced at one another.

“A Temptations cover,” Joey clarified. “But yeah—I got to do a song with John. The two of us weren’t in the same room as—as them, but we did it, though. It would also explain why I never got to come to you and Frankie’s wedding last spring, Zelda. I was layin’ down vocals for that. But I guess they got dropped from their label right after that—it was something, though.” He rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. “But anyways, I'm thinking this record’ll just be a self-release sorta thing.”

“How’re you going to do that?” Sam asked him.

“Internet. Next to the whole downloading songs horse shit going on right now, there’s the opposite: a bunch of nobodies have been stepping out of the shadows and uploading songs and albums to the Internet.”

Zelda’s face lit up at the sound of that.

“And you want to sing on a couple of songs?” she asked him.

“If it’s not too much trouble.”

“Not at all! I'd be honored, Joey! Y’know, it’s either that or do the Phil Collins thing.”

“I know the pain of that,” he assured her with a slight smirk and a shake of his head, and some of his black ringlets sprawled down his shoulder and the top of his chest. The lead singer once again.

“Oh my god!” She stood to her feet and opened her arms for him. Joey cracked a big smile as she rested her head against his chest.

The five of them joined Joey and Krista for dinner and, after Zelda had a shower, the bunch of them turned in for the night. Sam and Alex cozied up together on the couch while Zelda took to the recliner right across from them. Before Sam dozed off, she caught Alex whispering something to Zelda, which in turn made her giggle. It was a high-pitched giddy giggle, too, the kind that made Sam think of flirting. But she had fallen asleep before she could say anything.

But she kept on thinking about it the next day when they all woke up bright and early and headed out to Rochester.

Since there were more people at the studio this time around, it was much trickier for Sam to find her way to that nylon string guitar. She found it rather odd that Zelda would ask Alex if he could play bass because he had done a whole tour with her in the past. But then again, she wondered if the trauma and the adrenaline of everything had gotten to her a bit. That would explain as to why Zelda never mentioned Sam in her part about overhearing the news reports, either. But it seemed strange because Zelda always seemed so focused about everything, even when times became tough.

The tough scrawny little tomboyish chick from the streets of Rhode Island who always seemed to be in survival mode, ever since she and Louie were a thing away from his real thing out in California. Perhaps it had just gotten old and it began to wear away on her, especially with everything that had happened the day before. It made sense, but it felt so strange. So unlike Zelda. But then again, she was also in her mid-thirties at that point, away from her band and away from the world in the backwoods of upstate New York because she, too, had no way of coming home herself.

A stranger in a strange land.

Alex strode out of the room at one point for the television and the news report. He seemed far more preoccupied than he had been before; he wasn’t this on edge when the events at Tiananmen Square happened and Sam had to put her arms around him to calm him down. Zelda joined him in there for more updates herself.

Joey and Krista had gone off into the rest of the studio to check out what the rest of the place was like in comparison to that main room. Marla and Belinda meanwhile, went out to fetch some coffee and to contact Ruben, that is if they could.

This in turn left Sam alone there on the bench, right across the room from the nylon strings.

Alex and Zelda were preoccupied with what was happening down in New York City and the rest of the world. Surely, they wouldn’t pay least bit of attention to her all the while.

She stood up and sauntered across the floor for the guitar. Light in her hands and the strings were in fact smooth: the softest smoothest nylon right inside of her hand.

She took her seat again and plucked it across her lap. She lay her fingers across the fretboard: Alex made it look so easy. Something about it warped something inside of her; but she plucked at the top string with the edge of her thumb and it gave her a soft mutter of a noise. She would pluck harder but that meant catching their attention in the next room.

She then caught a gasp right next to her. She raised her attention and there was Zelda standing right before her.

“What’cha doin’?” she asked her with a bewildered expression on her face. Sam waved her hand about to silence her and Zelda huddled in closer to her.

“What’cha doin’?” she repeated the question, that time in a hushed whisper.

“Trying out what Alex does,” was all she could muster as she brushed the top string again with the sound of her thumb.

Zelda leaned in closer to her and then her face lit up. She peered over her shoulder again, and then she gestured Sam to follow her away from there.

“What’re we doing?” Sam asked her.

“Just come with me.”

She followed Zelda into the hallway by the front door with the guitar still in hand. There was a separate room off to the side, which Sam soon recognized as the mixing room from the times she and Aurora were at the hole in the wall. A tape recorder stood on a stool in there, along with a keyboard and some accompanying effect pedals.

Zelda shut the door behind her and ran her fingers through her black hair.

“Strum it like that again, Sam.”

Sam held the guitar close to her body and she strummed with the side of her thumb.

“Soft and wispy... like wind. Hang on a second—” Zelda picked up a cable from the floor and plugged it into the bottom of the guitar, and she then plugged it into the pedals on the floor. She took a seat before the keyboard and lay one foot on one pedal.

“Try it again.”

Sam plucked it again and the sound came out a bit louder.

“Hang on...”

Zelda stooped over and turned a dial.

“Do it again—a bit more force this time. Like, use your nail.”

Sam did and the sound the guitar made resembled to the rattle of a rattlesnake.

“It’s a lot like that Korn sound, only ghostlier,” Zelda remarked. “Like, the lynchpin between Korn and the Deftones. I dunno if you’ve heard Korn before—”

“Oh, yeah, Alex has told me about them,” Sam assured her.

“Their bassist steps his bass down like a whole one and a half, or two octaves so the strings are really loose. Best way I can describe it is that it almost sounds like maracas, and it conjures the image of a bunch of corn on the cob rattling around on the bottom of a basket. It's kinda cool-sounding—and it’s kinda ethereal on this guitar, too. Like—”

She leaned down again and she pushed a button, and Sam’s rattling nylon guitar noise persisted except it panned out a bit. Zelda turned the dial again and it panned out more and more until it sounded as though it enveloped them. A single monotonous plucking on the heaviest of six nylon strings made into an ominous grind like that of a grimy, churning machine. An industrial sound that Zelda had been vouching for.

“There you go!” Zelda said in a near whisper. “That’s how you do it.”

Sam clamped her hand across the guitar neck and she stopped the sound for a moment. Zelda stood up and reached for the tape recorder, and she pressed the rewind button. She plugged it into the keyboard.

“Here... do it again.”

Sam plucked again and it made the sound again, and Zelda pressed the red button. Sam dropped one finger to the next string for a different sound and Zelda nodded her head at that.

Sam went back and forth on the two strings for a whole minute before Zelda pressed the red button again. Sam stopped the strings again with her left hand again.

“A little magic and I can make it loop,” Zelda assured her.

“I don’t really want Alex to know about this, though,” Sam confessed.

“Why?” Zelda asked with a frown.

“I dunno... I’m a little embarrassed that I haven’t been able to get into guitar like him.”

“If it makes you feel any better, I am, too,” she assured her, to which she raised her eyebrows at her. She opened the recorder and took out the tape. Sam set the guitar off to the side for a moment.

“I also did it out of curiosity, too,” Sam continued. Zelda held the cassette before her face.

“Don’t tell your husband,” she whispered to Sam. “I’ll play this on loop for the titular track but I won’t tell him about it, though. If he asks, I'll just tell him that it was just me fooling around with the nylon—it's sort of the truth, anyway. It's just you and me playing around with the nylon. But it kind of needs that sideways sound to it, like... I felt like it was missing something.” She turned to Sam and showed her a warm little smile. “Thank you. Thank you for that.” Zelda extended an arm and embraced her right there.

“I’m gonna hide this away for a bit, too,” she continued and she tucked the cassette into her back jean pocket.

Sam then bowed out of there and returned the nylon guitar to its rightful spot there on the other side of the room. She ducked into the next room to find Alex, where he lay on his left side and he let his knees sprawl apart. She wondered as to how long he had been laying there. He lifted his head and Sam then remembered his making Zelda giggle the night before.

“Do you still love Zelda?” she asked him right then.

“Do I still love Zelda?” he echoed her with a stunned laugh. “Yes, I'm going to tell my best friend who also happens to be my wife that I still have leftover feelings for a short-lived relationship that wound up completely breaking me. Why would you ask me that, Samantha?”

“Because you and her were getting a little flirty earlier,” Sam pointed out.

“There was no flirting. I assure you that.” He pursed his lips and he bowed his head a bit. “I still love her as a friend. She is, too—she's my friend and your friend. She's our friend. But... as far as romance goes, no way. That ship has long sailed. We went out for a while and messed around at one point but that was it. I mean, I cried in your lap about it, for god’s sake.”

“I still can’t get the pain on your face about it out of my mind, either,” Sam confessed in a low voice.

“There you go. Besides... voiding things or not, I still love you, Samantha. I feel like you and I have been together forever, even if marriage isn’t the right thing for us.”

He had a soft look in his eye when he told her that, too. Even without the proper union, she could still feel his softness.

The full rough recording session took all week and at that point, Sam, Alex, Marla, and Belinda could return to New York City to assess the rubble and all the damage down there. Sam dreaded it, however, because that meant they would have to see if their apartment and her parents were all gone with the Twin Towers.

The silver lining however, came within the form of fool’s gold and Zelda sharing the full rough tape with Joey and Krista.

“Sounds amazing,” Joey said with a nod of his head. “More vitriolic than anything I had ever heard, too.”

“The ghostliness and power of Karen Carpenter fused with the sardonic bite of Kim Gordon,” Krista noted. Sam rested a hand on Zelda’s shoulder out of pride.

“Welcome to ‘Fool’s Gold’,” she declared. “My debut self-produced solo record, started the morning after the attacks as I watched it all unfold right before my eyes and completed over the course of two weeks in an abandoned studio in Rochester, New York. Being born and raised in New England, in Rhode Island, this attack shook me down to my foundations. What shook me even further was our government’s flimsiness and transparency about everything. The American Dream is fucked from here and out, and thus we’re all having to pick up the pieces. I am sure that we’re all going to be questioning ourselves from here on out, especially if we ever find our true calling. War is not fun and not the answer in any way for us. This is my very own protest record, something to pay homage to Korn, Rage Against the Machine, The Cranberries, Nine Inch Nails, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, David Crosby, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan while being my own thing in the wake of the attacks and the pain that’s riddled throughout the country, while also being critical of the dark specter looming over the country. The specter being President Bush. Dig up your own fool’s gold and bleed on the minds outside of ground zero. Coming out on the Internet on New Year’s Day 2002 simply under the name ‘Zelda’.”

“Hey, Zelda, when’s the next Cherry Suicides record coming out?” Joey joined in from behind her as if he acted as a hyped fan in anticipation.

“Soon, Joseph,” she replied with a straight face. “I’ve got a bunch of songs written—and I mean a bunch, we’re talking forty or fifty songs and poems and stories written. Some of them, I don’t know who they’re for, though. They might be for the Cherries, or they might be for another solo record. We'll have to see once this record comes out in the end.”

Joey then took his seat at the couch, right across from Alex, who took his spot in the recliner with a soda bottle for himself.

“She mentioned Neil Young, too,” Joey pointed out. “I just realized the name itself feels like an homage to ‘Rust Never Sleeps’.”

“Yeah, it does!” Alex exclaimed. “That’s probably why I liked it so much.” He kept his head bowed a bit so the shadows crossed over his deep eyes. Even with the shadows on his eyes, Sam could see it in his eyes. That evening on the grass.

She could see it in Joey as well. The way in which he gritted his teeth.

All the intense feelings between Joey and Alex that went back for years.

“You can cut the tension with a knife,” Zelda whispered into her ear right then.

“And how,” Sam replied with a raise of her eyebrow. She turned her head right as Zelda flashed her a knowing wink.

“We can’t let it get the best of us, though,” she pointed out, her voice still a whisper. “Not when you and him have things to worry about. And I gotta get this thing polished, too.”

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Hi I saw that your requests are open and I love your writting sm 💕 Can I request how Law, Kid, Killer, and Hawkins would react to a Y/N that has a similar personality to them? Would they get annoyed and avoid them or would they find comfort in someone who has the same mindset as them and establish a relationship with them?

aww that was such a cute request, thank you for sending it in! and please forgive me for leaving out Hawkins, i tried but i really don't have any thoughts about him and couldn't come up with anything that would please me 😭 i elaborated more on the other ones to make up for it. hope you'll like them!

🌀 Law, Kid & Killer reacting to someone w/ a similar personality to theirs

Law

pre-timeskip Law would probably eye you a bit wary first, trying to find out if you’re laid back or trouble

once you both warm up to each other, he might also grow a bit fond of you, finally someone who understands him

you both avoid causing chaos on your own, but you sure like to watch it when others do

you’ll probably be sitting in an ice cafe together, sipping milk shakes as you judge others through your oversized sunglasses, mumbling “what idiots” and nodding in agreement

post-timeskip Law will need even more time to warm up to you, but since it’s equal you both just hang around together like two house cats who really don’t want to be there but yet here they are

you can still enjoy each others company at least when everyone around you is annoying the fuck out of you

he’ll actually grow really fond of you, actively seeking your presence whenever people were exhausting but he also didn’t wanted to be alone with his own thoughts

you’re both really good listeners who can help each other out with advice if needed (“i don’t think i can spend any more minutes with mugiwara-ya.” “just roll with it. at least their chef prepares onigiri for you?”)

you’re besties now. might turn into something more, you know, if you both manage to open up enough?

Kid

oh boy, get ready to rumble

you see each other breathing the wrong way and both of you just snap, fist clashing, hair pulling, chairs being thrown through the room

you’re both fearless and bold, ready to snap anyone’s neck who dares to cross your paths

Kid seems to be irritated by you first, wondering why the hell you wouldn’t back down when he clearly demonstrated his strength and willingness to kill, instead you show off that you’re not one to mess with either

moreover, it does turn him on a bit

which only makes him more angry and confused

you might find him listening in his cabin listening to 00s emo punk rock on full volume to sort out his feelings, staring angry at the ceiling

Kid is very distrusting about the whole deal– you, being able to cuss him out without blinking and yet holding strong values for the people you love, jumping into fire for them if you must

what were these kind of feelings and why wouldn’t they go away when you’re clearly not into him, because why else would you show all this aggressive behavior towards him

oh right, because you were the same…

turn the volume down of your sad and angry playlist because a certain captain might knock on your door tonight, challenging you to a fight (or a kiss)…

Killer

Killer and you, you’re chill. nothing can shake you except maybe injustice against your crew and loved ones

you both come off as a bit arrogant first, making you eye each other up and down at your first encounter

at least you think he did so, it was hard to tell through his mask to be honest

“tsk.”

you both raise an eyebrow at each other (again, you assumed he did the same) and you walk the other ways, giving each other space, sometimes it was best to avoid trouble

then again, when he finds you in the kitchen cooking pasta for everyone, he seems to warm up to you a little and so do you

you end up making pasta from scratch, discussing the perfect pasta shape for an hour (“but this one can hold the most sauce.” “okay, but this one can be eaten with a mask on.”)

you end up doing two different shapes, both respectfully complimenting each other for their work

maybe under the mask was actually a very sweet soul?

you’re about to find out when he shows up with a milkshake and two straws late at night, ready to discuss the pros and cons of reusable straws with you, daring you to take of your mask too because he grew a liking on you…