#what kind of snaks is he eating?

[romanestuffsposts]

Hey loves! Can you do one with the reader and her daddies runnng errands?

Hi there loves! 💜

Thank you for the request! and thank you for being so patient toward me. I'm sorry it took me so long babe!❤️

I hope you like how I turned it

Enjoy <3

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Warnings : none

Pairings : Daddies!Stucky ; Daddy!Bucky x Papa!Steve x Little!Reader

Summary : a cute afternoon with your Daddies

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"what do you want like veggies, sweetness ?" your Papa asks, looking down at you. You're currently standing in between him and the shopping cart, pretending to pushing it yourself when it fact it's your Papa who's pushing it.

"Caot, tomato, I wanna cucumbe too pwease" you ask, peering up at him with a little smile. He looks down at you and nods "Carrot, tomato and cucumber. Let's go get it then" he winks

You help your Papa pushing the shopping cart and wonders around the store until you finally find the vegetables hallway "you take the ones you want, please ?" he asks and watches you leaving his side to go chose the perfect veggies.

'Is' hose ones awe toot ?" you ask, coming back toward him with a little bag full of veggies. Your Papa checks each one of them to see if you won't get sick while eating them and once he's sure you're safe, he nods and puts them on the cart

"Daddy ?" you ask as you sneak back between your Papa's hands and starts pushing the cart "he's coming, sweetie. He went to look for the bottles of water" he says kissing the top of your hair

"we go get wha now ?" you ask, looking around all the food who are around you as you walk "we go get some fruits now, princess"

Once you're infront of all the fruits, you wonder your eyes at each one of them with open mouhth. That's a lot of fruits. Your Papa brought the shopping cart closer to he can looks with you "you take the ones you want, baby" he says, as he analyses a melon. "Otay!" you happily sneak away from the cart and stop infront of your favorite fruit.

You peer up at your Papa and analyse the fruit just like he does. You don't know why, you don't know what's that for but you do like your Papa.

After some minutes, Steve has the fruits he want and the one he knows Bucky loves and is waiting for you at the shopping cart. He tilts his head and smiles sweetly at you when he sees you coming back with two bags of fruits.

You really like them

"You found everything you wanted, babygirl ?" you hear your Daddy's voice. You look behind your Papa and see your Daddy coming back with water and other drinks in his hands. You squeal and watch him happily coming toward you.

You don't go hug him right away because he has his arms busy so you wait until he drops everything in the cart. You put your fruits in the cart and go hug your Daddy "took you so long" you complain making him laugh

"yea, took you soo long" your Papa says, smirking at his husband who simply rolls his eyes "well yea, no really easy to go faster when you have only two arms and have to hold and grab all the drinks by yourself" now he's the one complaining

You rest your chin against his chest, your arms still around his waist "but Daddy, you have a super arm" you remind him and his face fell. He brings his face closer to yours and bump his forehead with yours "which side your on, little one" he teases and you giggle

"What's left ?" he asks wrapping his arms around you and swinging from side to side as he looks at Steve. Your back at hiding your face in his shirt now.

"We just have to grab some snaks and then we're good" Steve says looking down at his little list.

"Perfect!" Bucky says, tapping your back slowly, signaling you that you're gonna all move.

"Yay snacks!!" you squeal and your Papa is quick to stop you "slow down, little trouble" he says grabbing you little chin to make you look up at him "you can have three different kind of snacks, alright ?"

When you go to do the big errands, your Daddies always tell you to chose snacks. Sometimes it's one, four, two or three like today. Sometime they say only one because the week before you took three differents snacks but weren't feeling well so you didn't ate all of them. And other times it's because you were braty toward them and they had to punish you in a way or another so in the end, either it's no snacks or just a few

They talked about it together and then with you. They don't want to private you from snacks. It's important that you have a little bit of sugar in your body. But they always make sure that you don't exaggerated either.

You nod, happy with his answer. You all start to walk toward the hallway of sugar, you still pushing the cart with your Papa behind you and now your Daddy beside the cart.

When you're infont of the hallway. Your eyes widen at all the choices and all the good things in front of you. You hear your Daddy chuckles behind you and don't have time to react that he lifts you in his arms and rests you on his hip "I can see you drooling" he teases.

You giggle and take his shirt to dry your mouth, just incase, making him laugh "you little snake" his fingers spider your side making you squirming and laughing in his arms

"if she peed herself, you clean it" Your Papa smirks from beside you and your Papa stops his attack "rabageois" he mumbles, rolling his eyes at him making you giggle.

You love how playful they are

"did you chose, sweet thing ?" your Papa asks as he puts his ow snacks in the cart. You nod and squirm out of your Daddy's arms who carefuly puts you back down.

You grab the three snacks you can have and come back toward them. You show them your three treasures and they nod in approval "those are perfect, baby" your Daddy says and helps you putting them in the cart.

They always want you to show them what you chose because it's their money and they want to know what they buy and because they now you. They know you won't take four snacks if you're alowed to just take three but sometimes, you take snacks your Daddies know you won't eat because you don't really like them.

It's depend on how you're feeling but it happens so they explain and remind you that you don't really like them. Sometimes you remeber and go chose other ones and other times you really want the ones you chose, and your Daddies let you have them. Maybe you'll like it better after trying it again ?

You walk toward the box to pay and help your Daddies putting all your food and drinks on the little things who move by itself. You always love that thing.

You greet the ma'am who's scanning your things and watch her putting everyhting in you bags. Your Daddy gives you the lightest bag you were complaining that you didn't have anything to hold and happily take it from him

You help them packing everything in the car and then your Daddy helps you climbing in the car. He makes sure you're secured and after dropping a kiss on your nose, he closes the door and makes his way toward his side

"thank you for the help today, princess" your Papa says. You peer up at his through the little mirror and watch him pulling out of the parking lot, his sunglasses on his nose.

"You're weltomeee" you sing making them smile "did you found everything you wanted ?" your Daddy asks, peering at you behind his shoulder. He sees you nodding and looks back infront of him with a satisfied smile

[shwoo]

Day 31 of @flooftober! Thanks a lot to everyone who read/interacted, and especially @flooftyfizzlebeans for creating the challenge, and saying such nice things about these stories.

I would also like to thank antihistamines. They really... anted those histamines. And unclouded my brain a little.

Anyway, this story involves Gramble, and I'm using both the "Trick" and "Treat" prompts. Also it's double length since it's the last one. I considered making it much longer, but my brain's not quite that unclouded.

(Prompt list)

Title: Has many discipline-specific uses Summary: Floofty notices a sleepwalking Gramble about to make a mistake. (Also on AO3)

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Floofty had released what was happening too late, and Gramble was too far away. They yelled "Wake up!" as they crossed the rest of the distance.

Gramble opened his eyes all the way. "Wh…" He noticed the Grapeskeeto in his hands, which were raised to his mouth. "Ah! Igrapetius!" He lowered his arms and hugged it, as it struggled.

"One of your pets, I assume?" said Floofty. They hadn't seen it get out, but these days, any loose Snak generally belonged to Gramble.

Gramble jumped. "Floofty?! Why're you here?" Floofty wasn't good at judging tone, but they knew suspicion when they heard it.

"As we both reside in the same town, I assume you are asking why am I in this particular spot at this particular time," said Floofty. "I merely observed you come across this Grapeskeeto in your sleep, and prepare to eat it. Knowing your views on this subject, I awoke you before any consumption could occur."

They were too tired to bother trying baby language. Gramble would just have to take what he could understand. Maybe he'd end up being yet another Grumpus who turned out to be smarter than they looked.

"You… saved Igrapetius?" said Gramble. He looked down at the Grapeskeeto in his arms. "I… I didn't know you cared… But why were you watching me in the middle of the night in the first place?"

"I often watch you," said Floofty. They knew Gramble might find that creepy, but that was his problem, because they weren't actually being creepy. "There is precious little else of interest occurring at this time of night."

Gramble didn't run away screaming, but he did frown. "A-are you running some kind of experiment on me, Floofty? Wait. Are you the reason I've been so tired lately?"

Floofty's tired brain took a second to catch up to what was happening now. "What? Your sleep difficulties are clearly the result of stress! I, too, am prone to sleep difficulties. Believe me, I would much prefer to be asleep in my hut right now. Alas, my brain chemistry will not allow it."

"Oh, you just can't sleep?" said Gramble. "I guess I have been a little stressed lately, what with having so many little ones to take care of, and Wambus, and I still got a couple Grumpuween decorations to finish…"

"What?" said Floofty. "Grumpuween already?" Last they'd checked, it had been July. That meant they'd already missed their birthday.

"Um, yeah, it's tomorr--" Gramble looked up at the sky. "Today," he corrected himself. "Wiggle's been real excited, and I thought… Maybe I could knit some little Fryders, or some bats, and hang them up around town. I dunno if the little ones would appreciate it, but I think the others might…?"

Floofty didn't know why he was asking them. "Potentially." They decided they might as well tell him what they did know. "I, at least, would be… disposed toward that concept." They'd always really liked the idea that boundaries between the living and the dead were thin at this time of year, although it was obviously not plausible from a scientific view.

"Y-you would?" said Gramble. He squeezed his Grapeskeeto. "Just goes to show. You never know what someone's gonna like until you talk to them!"

"Yes, I am beginning to see that," said Floofty. If Gramble had seriously believed that Floofty might be experimenting on him without his consent, then it was surprising that he hadn't expected them to like Grumpuween. Maybe they could lean into that. "Perhaps I, too, will create some seasonal decoration," they added, "if my work allows. Yes, some fake blood, perhaps some green lights inside test tubes… It may be quite entertaining."

"Ooh, the more the merrier!" said Gramble. "Just so long as the blood is fake." He almost laughed.

"I shall make every effort to ensure that it is," said Floofty. Gramble had sounded like he was about to laugh, so he was probably joking. Apparently that was something he could do, sometimes.

[marvel-tfic]

Bucky x reader

Taking a shower together with playful tickles? SFW?

Hiii! I never saw this one before i loved it🤍

Thanks for ask

Bucky(ler)×reader(lee) (couple)

(I writed like they were in bath suits because i didn't feel so confortable writing in the other way, sorry)

H/c=hair color

H/l= hair lengh

Bucky had 2 biggest love languages, physical touch and acts of service so him brushing you hair before sleep or giving you a back rub after a long day were normal, but today, he came with a diferent request you both were tired and it was already evening "baby, can we shower together today?" You weren't feeling so comfortable but also liked this idea "well sounds good but can i use a swimsuit i am not so comfortable today" bucky totally comprehended and agreed with it both of you puted swimsuits to shower together.

The water was hot and you both got in together under the water that relaxed the tense muscles from the long day, you and bucky were hugging the water let both your hairs wet and he asked as a kind whisper "may i wash your hair, my doll?" He asked and you smiled "of course baby" you turned your back to him your h/l got a bit darker and shiny with the water dripping on it bucky started washing it and accidentally scratched the back of you ear making you flinch and scrunch your shoulders smiling as he noticed "a bit ticklish y/n/n" bucky teased planting a few kisses on your neck making you giggle "bucky, don't! It tickles" you say giggling softly these were the cutest tickles, this light pecks were a light as a feather but also really ticklish. Bucky by the way couldn't lose this oportunity and washed off the shampoo from your hair and hugged you from your back "sorry baby i can't take it you are so cute" he started tickling your sides and hips while nibbling and kissing your neck, you did a useless attempt to get away but he is a supersoldier there is no escape so you just remained laughing and squirming the much you could on his arms "BUCKY!!! PLEASEE" you say laughing as he just stopped devouring your neck to say "please what? Tickle you more? As you wish maam" he say and keep tickling your neck and sides making you go crazy eventually he started pinching your hips that made you flint and trash in his arms "is my princess squirming a little? Oh she's blushing then i am sure she likes it" he says in a whisper teasing you and oh my god how much it worked you were laughing and squirming the best you could "BUCKYYY, I CAN'T" you say laughing, now he didn't want to go so far so he let you go and kissed your head "ok ok i won't tickle you for now promise" you were still giggly and blushed from it he gave a last peck in your neck and ended washing your hair.

After the shower you both got in confy clothes and the night and got cozy eating snaks and watching movies with bucky eventually teasing you but in the end of the day you loved him any way

[shellsy]

Interview Denrae!

It's time to ask the botanist some questions.

“Have time for an interview?”

“Huh? Oh, sorry, I’m a little busy right now.”

“I’ll make it quick, promise.”

“Then sure! What’ve you got?”

“Who are you?”

“Denrae Bubblebop! Botanist, bioengineer, sorta pathologist? I guess?”

“Why come to Snaktooth Island?”

“Have you even seen a snak? Those little beasts are the key to my next breakthrough!”

“How would you know if you’d never been here?”

“The basics were all I needed. Living things mimicking meat, fruits, whole meals, right down to the taste, all packed into a single creature? It doesn’t take a genius to realize how incredible that is.”

“Thoughts on Bugsnax?”

“Like I just said, they’re fascinating little things, crawling straight out of the ground like they do. Wambus has this idea they may be some sorta type of plant, and if he’s right, that’s even better for me!”

“Yeah, yeah, I get that part. What about their taste?”

“They’re..hmm…Tasty? I guess? Dunno. I used to experiment on the majority of the ones Liz would give me, hehe. Jellene’s always nagging me about not eating enough though.”

“Why did you leave town?”

“When everyone started fighting over food and resources and whatever, my work got caught in the crossfire! Dozens of precious specimens destroyed! Really hoping nothing was set loose, but it's hard to tell. Regardless, it was better to start anew.”

“What would’ve been set loose?”

“Oh y’know, viruses, bacteria, parasites, whole 9 yards. Try not to worry about it too much, you’ll be fine. Should be fine.”

"Why do you have those things just lying around?"

"Well what else do you want me to do with them? You think I can just tell how diseases affect snax without testing it?"

“Any info on Lizbert?”

“Both her and Eggabell are big sweethearts, always helping everyone with everything, both of them. But…”

“But?”

“Everyone here relied on Lizbert. I can’t imagine the kind of stress Liz was under, having an entire town look to her for food, leadership, everything.”

“What happened to Lizbert?”

“Probably just got tired of it. Tired of everyone leaning on her. She’s probably holed up somewhere with Eggabell, waiting on everyone here to learn to take care of themselves. Sorry- That’s a little rude. But I do mean it.”

“Thanks, Denrae. I’ll let you get back to your work now.”

“Oh! Yeah! Before you go, there's something I need to give you. Found this out in the sands a while back, seemed like a cool-looking piece of trash at the time, but maybe you can find some use for it.”

Denrae gave you a map fragment! Check your journals for details.

[lesvegas]

What would dbz look like in the bugsnax universe. Or vice versa

if the saiyans pre-genocide discovered bugsnax theyd succumb to them long before freeza ever got around to dealing with them

beerus would also succumb to bugsnax and i dont know enough about gods of destruction to tell you what would happen after that

namekians, who only need water, would straight up outlast every other race if bugsnax started travelling to other planets

that being said i think gohan would refuse to eat them at all, even before he figures out what they really are (because hes a nerd)

other non-namekians that probably wouldnt eat bugsnax imo: krillin, android 17, android 16, future trunks, bulma, tenshinhan, chaotzu, cell

vegeta wouldnt eat bugsnax at first until goku goes ham and eats as many as possible because no one would/could stop him. vegeta would want in after that

if a saiyan with a tail ate a bugsnak that turned their tail into food then their tail would no longer be a weakness in a fight

the second theres a myth about bugsnax making you stronger literally everyone would be trying to devour as many as possible. freeza would eat the most

if calories of bugsnax = power levels (and if power levels werent bullshit) then the most powerful bugsnax would be cheddaboardle rex (2,132,000), daddy cakelegs (1,344,000), mothzasupreme (1,008,000), megamaki (952,000) and pielobite (402,400). Considering these are all bosses, I'm inclined to believe calories are kind of an indicator for power

this means that each of these boss bugs could possibly beat goku in a fight up until the freeza saga. when goku is fighting captain ginyu he uses the kaio-ken x2 and reaches a power level of 180,000. however, after he recovers from this fight, his power level increases immensely to 3,000,000, vastly outdoing even the cheddaboardle rex in terms of raw power

this wont make sense unless you know how bugsnax ends but any planet with bugsnax on em would start out being worth a lot until the truth about them is uncovered, driving the value of any planet with them into the ground. freeza could make bank on bugsnax-infested planets for a short period of time until finding a planet with them is like a human landlord buying a building already infested with rats and roaches and bedbugs all at once

a new super saiyan transformation drops called super saiyan snak. gokus hair is rainbow now

i literally cannot comprehend bugsnax in toriyama's style or dbz in the bugsnax style but i would still like to see it

[snorpington-fizzlebean]

As an add-on to the "grumps scared of food" anon- I always imagined the grumps would actively seek out food that didn't appear on the island like blueberries or a salad. I can imagine someone from outside the snaktooth gang being like "You guys wanna get burgers" and the entire gang screaming "NO!" in unison and freaking that poor grumpus out.

I’ve actually thought about this quite a lot. I might end up doing a whole rundown of how I think everyone might have taken the parasite revelation and their feelings afterward (why do you think I’ve taken so damn long to answer this... I can’t give a simple ask a simple answer half the time), but for now I’ll just go for an overview with a couple of examples.

There are definitely going to be some grumpuses who have that kind of fear response. I think that it depends mostly on what they thought of bugsnax before they found out about their true nature; developing that kind of fear is a matter of violation of trust, I believe, which isn’t something that’ll really happen if you don’t trust something in the first place. Exposure, too - if they haven’t really eaten any, or many bugsnax, then they’re probably going to fare better than if they’d been eating a lot of them since the impact wouldn’t have been quite so hard. People tend to be most afraid of things that have, or might in future, put them in danger personally - that’s just a fact.

I think Beffica would be the best example of the fear category. She talks a lot about how much she trusts bugsnax, even over other grumpuses, she eats them regularly and eagerly, and she clearly thinks she’s got a strong sense of judgement regarding whether someone or something is suspicious or not. I think finding out that the snax are parasites would hit her hard, and she’d likely have trouble trusting food to be safe (and possibly trusting her own judgement in general) at all in future.

On the other hand, I think, say, Wiggle might do a lot better. She doesn’t trust the snax to be safe; she’s pretty open about that in her interview. She knows she’s going to pay somewhere down the line, it’s just a queston of how and when, so it’s a risk she’s taking knowingly even if she isn’t certain of the nature of it. I don’t think the snax being parasites would come as a surprise at all to her, so I doubt she’d be really shaken. She might be a bit grossed out by snak-like foods for a while, but not afraid... I think that if there’s going to be any foods she has an aversion to post-Snaktooth, it’s going to be ones resembling snax involved in strongly emotionally negative events. Things like sushi might bother her for a while, and probably foods that remind her of snax she’s taken from Gramble - things that remind her of her failures and mistakes.

Meanwhile, Gramble, who never ate any, wouldn’t have that kind of aversion at all, I think. If anything might put him off his food, it might be resemblance to his favourite pets - even after what happened, and even with the understanding that he has people who care about him, he’d probably still be mourning for a while. Even if someone or something was hurting you, or didn’t care for you, losing them, or it, when you’ve poured so much love into that relationship still hurts. I doubt he can stomach a lot of sauces after Snaktooth, though.

I also think that cravings would be a factor; the snax make you really, really want them and practically rewire your brain to achieve that, and they’re supposed to be incredibly delicious. I suspect plenty of the residents have cravings for snax that might last years after Snaktooth, even if they were badly shaken up. Those are some complicated feelings.

[floofy-grumpuses]

Fuck it, you’re gonna hear about them aways!

So, a long time ago (not really *that* long ago) a young grumpus had to flee her home, she was involved in some...slight shady business, she needed to make money because she had two kids and herself to feed, and she was all on her own. The job didn’t turn out to be all sunshine and rainbows, and with a lot of hesitation, she abandoned her home and snuck onto a ferry.

Cherry Piehopper was what she went by, though nobody knew for sure if that was her real name. She had a four-year-old daughter, Meringue Piehopper, and a son who was hardly a year old, Dollip Piehopper. She was sweet as candy, said she came from a baker family, got along well with the other grumps on the ferry.  Then, before she knew it, she was stranded on the shore of a strange island, thankfully both she and her children we a-okay, mostly at least. A kind grumpus who was native to the island took her back to their village, and the leader allowed the small family to stay there. 

Cherry fell in love with bugsnax, she found them so intriguing and adorable, she treated them like she would treat every other animal (happened to be an animal lover), so you could imagine her shock when the village she’d been accepted into ate those magnificent creatures alive.  She did everything she could to find different food sources, she raised her children to treat bugsnax as equals, friends, family, to respect them as much as they would respect any other grumpus.One day, Cherry awoke to find that her entire village had...disappeared. She didn’t know what happened to them, she couldn’t find any evidence, but when all she found was a few stray bugsnax poking around the village, she came to a conclusion that the island must have punished them for eating the bugsnax, and the Piehoppers had been sparred because they respect the creatures of the island. So they spent their days living happily on that island, with the bugsnax, it was great.  Cherry developed a deep bond with those strange googly-eyed creatures, and one day, she transformed, she took on the forms of both her own grumpus self, and the forms of many snax on the island, able to switch out certain snak-like limbs for different ones, any bugsnak on the island, she could take on it’s abilities. But her children could still understand her, no matter how much she changed, and they were just as happy with their mom’s new monster form as they were with her before. She would assist the bugsnax in taking down new visitors, for once she became one with the island, she finally understood what happened to her old village, and why she was sparred.  Dollip and Meringue were essentially co-raised by their mother and pretty much the entirety of Snaktooth, Meringue protected her baby brother from rogue Snaks and taught him everything that she knew, and so when Dollip got older, he took on the same role as his mom did, and so did Meringue. However, Meringue was different, instead of turning into a full on monster, she remained mostly grumpus, and kept her ability to speak with regular grumps as well as her family. Meringue is essentially a translator for her brother and mom. 

They still live on snaktooth, have for years, because they can transform with practically any snak in existence, they are able to go into water as well as fly, though they remain on land most of the time. Their ability to travel underwater has allowed them to visit Broken Tooth even when it was sunken, as well as other interesting locations typically unavailable to most grumpuses. They witnessed Elizabert and her crew, and when she was taken by ‘their kind’? They met her face to face and welcomed her as their queen. 

[hazard-queen]

Hi! I love how you write. Could you write something with Lilia and a s/o who looks cute and innocent and invite him to watch series and choose to see series about crime and horror? Thanks you!

Hello~☆

Sure thing, i can! Have a good day and take care of yourself~♡

Lilia vanrouge

• It was movie night and you invited lilia to drop by your place and watch some series together, he was over excited about that and told you to let him choose what to watch together.

• Being innocent you agreed on that, which can be the mistake of your life later!

• "Prepare all kinds of snacks and oh! Make pop-corn too! I love the salty ones...and also Carmel ones...say what make them both!" Said lilia excited and you nodded in agreement

• You prepared everything just as lilia asked , all snacks he likes and also drinks and now everything is ready!

• You heard knocks on the door, you didn't ask who was it cause you know it was lilia!

• He stood there holding a projector and seems he made a list of horror series to watch it with you, he began to set up the projector on a table and he picked a horror movie as a start!

• "Did you prepare all things i told you about?" Asked lilia with a wide smil

• "Yes! Also i made you the Carmel popcorn you wanted!"

• "Good child! Now bring them and close the lights, movie is about to start!"

• You sat by lilia on the sofa and began to watch the movie eating some popcorn and everything was fine till you reached some scary moments

• "Are you scared? You know you can hold my hand any time!" Said lilia smirking

• "N no, thanks I'm fine!" You said sweat drop

• Things began to be unbearable, is that really a movie!? And what made you even more scared that lilia started telling you some untold stories about the movie and how it is based on a real story, he was all happy and joyfully eating snaks and you were scared shaking!

• You reached your hand to hold lilia's and he gladly offered it to you, he can give you a hug if you want!

• Suddenly the projector turned off and it was all dark

• "L lilia.....lilia! Where are you? I can't see anything" you said scared calling for lilia but he didn't answer you, wasn't he just there by you? You felt some cold air by you and felt like if something moving around you then suddenly lilia appeared upside down the ceiling holding a torch close to his face and his fangs were close to your face

• You screamed pushing lilia dropping the torch from his hand and you ran off somewhere, lilia opened the lights and started looking at you

• "(Y/n)!....(y/n)! Where are you?" Lilia called for you but you didn't answer, he could see the bed shaking, he bent down and looked under the bed, you were hiding yourself there, he could even see ears on the corner of your eyes

• After you came out lilia took you into his embrace patting your head to calm you down, but once he remembered your expression he began to chuckle which made you mad at him, you held the pillow and hit lilia with it.

• "Silly girl! As long as I'm here, fear nothing am i being understood?" Said lilia kissing your forehead , you blushed and noded in silence hugging lilia again

• "Now (y/n)....shall we continue the movie?"

[rayofdawnworld]

Fallen Rebel

Hello, here I am, again with another Dark MCU Kink of the Month fic. This one isn’t a one-shot, though so I’m afraid you’ll have to wait a bit for the naughty parts. 

Also, I have noticed a lack of Hawkeye fics, Dark or otherwise which is a pity because Jeramy Renner is in my opinion a SNAK! So... Although it's not Hawkeye, (though that will be coming) Heres one of Jeramy's characters. William Brandt. DARK!William Brandt.

I would like to thank @imanuglywombat for not only making me this beautiful Moodboard but for actually managing to make out what I wanted, out of my very convoluted request.  And I would like to thank @mcudarklibrary​ for hosting this challenge. Can't wait for next month's kink. 

Without further due, ONWARDS TO THE FIC!

Trigger Warnings: 

Mentions Sex Toys. (Blink and you'll miss it.)

Brief Mention of masturbation. (Blink and you'll miss it.) 

Control/authority Kink 

Fallen Rebel

Capter One

She had been SO stupid. She couldn’t even claim that she didn’t know what she was doing, because she did. She wasn’t dumb. She had been her high school valedictorian. She didn’t need her father's connections to get into Harvard. Of course, she knew what she had done. A senator's daughter getting mixed up with Anarchists. Especially followers of the John Larkin Manifesto? And then just to top it all off, agreeing to a foursome. Why? Because Daddy didn’t pay enough attention to her? Mommy was more interested in her charities? Because the hansom intelligence analyst that followed her father everywhere ignored her eighteen-year-old advances? She knew that none of it would matter, knew that none of it would work, yet she did it anyway. 

Lillian Wilkinson looked at herself in her bathroom mirror. 

Her life had gone to shit. First the frat boys she fucked sent a recording to her father, blackmailing him. Then he found out that she had joined an Anarchist group that had been funded by a Russian terrorist cell. She hadn’t known about the cell, her father believed her when she told him, but the damage was already done. That's when she found out that he wasn't only the Secretary of Defense but the Head of a semi-secret agency called the IMF. He called in some favors to one of the IT experts in the IMF to erase all copies of the Sex tape and put the fear of God into the frat boys and erase all evidence of her involvement with any kind of group, Anarchist, or otherwise. He then lectured her for over an hour before informing her that, no, she wasn’t going into Environmental Law, she was going to finish her college year and then claim that the pressure had been too much before dropping out and going to work as some lower-ranking pencil pusher within the IMF. It had been all taken care of. Her actions had put his place within the IMF in jeopardy compromising him. And that had been the last time she had seen him. He had gone to Russia the same evening with the promise that they would finish their conversation when he came back. He never did. Her mother blamed her to some extent. She believed that he had left early for his trip because of their daughter's actions. Trying to convince her mother otherwise was futile. The fact that she had kept to her father's plan not having much of a choice, just sent her mother into a greater spiral of resentment. What would her friends think? 

She hadn't spoken to her mother in over three years. The grieving widow had moved on less than a year after her father's death. She had tried to keep in touch with her mother but, she soon understood that there was no place for her in her mother's new life. 

She did her job, as a legal secretary, she was only one year shy of completing her degree, after all. When the IMF was shut down she had gone on to work as a data analyst for the C.I.A. 

In other words, she put the hard copies of the files away. That's when she suspected it happened. Somewhere in between Brandt, her father's old Intelligence Analyst, becoming an IMF agent and then a C.I.A. agent and being promoted to head of mission control when the IMF was reinstated, he somehow got wind of her Rebelouse Fuck Up. It was only after the inner scandal that was August Walker, that Brandt got all the ammunition and the proof he needed.

August Walker WAS John Larkin. HIS manifesto was what jump-started everything that happened since the bombing in Russia, including her father's death. Solomon Kane, The Apostles, all of it. Everything even remotely connected to any of it was lethal. Even if it had just been a stupid mistake. She would at best, go to jail in some C.I.A. or IMF black site or at worst be eliminated. 

That's when she lost all agency. She was no longer an independent person. Being William Brandts’ obedient minion was far better than the alternative.

And that's how she found herself in her bathroom in nothing but a towel waiting for William to send her a message with instructions on what to wear for the day still flushed from the hot water and her stress relief activity. 

It had started small. Who she could interact with at work, what time she had to be at home, it then escalated to what she could eat and wear to work. Soon after, it spiraled into who she could talk to anywhere, what she could eat, and at what time, the length and type of her exercise regimen. She had none in the past but she did now, overseen by her Lord and Master every Friday night, what she could wear even at home, what perfume she could wear if she could wear perfume. It reached the point that except breathing, dreaming, and thinking, one Miss Lillian Wilkinson had to do everything William Brandt said.

 Just before she lost complete control over her life, she had tried to rebel. Again stupid on her part. She had gone with her boyfriend to Napa Valley for the weekend. When she got home, she was shocked to find it empty with only a piece of paper on the kitchen counter with an address on it. 

It turned out that it was her new apartment. With new furniture, clothes, all cataloged in numbers, and letters, amenities, food, hell she even had a new car, phone, and phone number. The car and phone had locators, the apartment had cameras, her reward for trying to assert herself. He even took her toys away. He had ordered her to leave her boyfriend Or else.

She didn’t want to find out what Brandt would do if she disobeyed him, so she broke up with her boyfriend of three years. She was just thankful that the bathrooms didn’t have any cameras. At least she had a bit of privacy. Everything was luxurious. No, one would ever be able to accuse Brandt of not treating his new pet very well. She had more nice things now than when she was with her parents. Pity the price was her autonomy.  

 She looked at her phone as it dinged. Time to see what Lord Brandt's demands were today. 

Use your white business dress nº 15, black heels nº6, no perfume, no jewelry, minimal makeup, NO underwear. Today you eat breakfast with me. You have 15 minutes.

No underwear? What the hell? She asked herself shocked. And what was this about breakfast? This was a new development. Sure he would tell her what sort of underwear to wear, and if he doubted that she wasn’t wearing what he had ordered he would check, there had been an embarrassing scene once, where Brandt had manhandled her into the bathroom to check if she had worn the underwear he had ordered. She was sure her coworkers assumed, wrongly, that she and Brandt were having an affair. She used to get dressed in the bathroom, to have some privacy, now she just got her underthings on and dressed the rest of the clothes in her room. Walking into her closet and grabbing the dress, she scurried back into the bathroom to put it on. 

She had a sinking feeling that things were about to get worse. 

[mcrmadness]

Feeling like some underlying anxiety needs to get out so here we go...

Hi. I have generalized anxiety disorder. Usually it’s behaving just fine and usually I get along with it. I just overly worry about things, I overthink and I can have minor anxiety attacks because of that. Sometimes I get bigger anxiety attacks but usually I’m able to get over them on my own. Sometimes I’m not. However, yesterday evening and last night were the worst in a long time.

I was triggered by something and my violent intrusive thoughts came back. In my case it means I start to worry about going insane and that I would do something terrible and later regret it. Something that I would never ever want to do! And I don’t actually think I would even be capable of anything like that which is why it makes it so terrifying because I’m literally afraid of falling into a psychosis. And I have never had a psychosis. And I don’t know if it’s just my mind shattering into pieces or my GAD just acting out, making me worried that I would go insane. (If you think of it, I’ve never been actually sane tho :D)

I was able to push these intrusive thoughts away by avoiding the thing that triggered me and I tried to do something else instead but since they are intrusive thoughts, they still keep popping up. I hate the images they create into my head.

Eventually I got super tired and decided to go to sleep and while I was in my bed, I felt it again. The anxiety attack taking over. At some point I had some sort of chronic anxiety and I was in that kind of state 24/7 but I’m pretty sure it was because I was quitting antidepressants and I was eating those with a very low dose, trying to get rid of them. And I had had something “traumatic” happen to me too (first time getting actual suicidal thoughts but in form of intrusive thoughts which meant I just felt so terrible I wanted it to stop and at the same time being terrified of doing something terrible because I still did not want to die! I have never wanted to die, I’ve more of been afraid of it. The reason for this was me just being under so much stress and not eating nor drinking enough + I had been lowering the dose of the meds so drastically at the same time that my brains could not take it all.) which probably caused the anxiety to kinda stick.

I’m actually really scared of the feeling of not feeling good and wanting everything to stop because I literally have no idea what to do with that and it causes me even more anxiety. It’s terrible. I have had these moments several times in my life and they have been really traumatizing. I am someone who cannot tolerate not feeling good, which is probably stupid because life isn’t that perfect ever? Anyway, I always start to feed it with something, basically “self-medicate”, usually literally feeding aka the first thing I start to do when I start feeling bad is to start eating. That often helps, maybe because food gives us endorphines anyway, but also because I often link it to low blood sugar which can has very similar symptoms to anxiety and I have had a hard time telling them apart too, having really bad obsession with my blood sugar levels (I don’t have diabetes, that’s why I call it “mental diabetes”) and I’m pretty sure I have even gained weight because of eating for “low blood sugar” which was just chronic anxiety or me getting anxiety from the idea of not having access to food in case of low-blood sugar aka anxiety attack. When I started to carry around these “fructose pills” and realized that I can eat whenever I want and it’s no one else’s business if I eat something in public (which is sometimes actually really hard with social anxiety, especially in quiet environments), no one even cares! So just having these with me (I literally have them everywhere, even in my bathroom if I’d need them while in the shower) helped so much that I don’t really even need them. It helps to know I have access to something that will increase my blood sugar levels if needed prevents the anxiety attacks and I don’t need to constantly eat because I’d be afraid of not being able to eat.

So since you know how I often eat when I have anxiety and it often helps too, the worst type of anxiety is what does not go away with food. Because then I’m again in this place: not feeling good but not having any idea how to feel good again! I’m afraid of this because... can you get traumas from your own old defeated depression? Anyway, I’m always afraid of the depression coming back. It was terrible time and I was feeling so terrible so often and that’s why I’m super scared of having to face those feels again. That all ended when I was 17, sitting in the kitchen, again feeling so terrible. I still can remember having low blood sugar - this time probablly FOR REAL because I barely ever ate nor slept because I was never hungry and sleeping felt like a waste of time, so I lost weight but I did not see that either. Until one day I looked at the mirror and realized I was quite skinny and I got so bad case of anxiety that I felt like eating fucking everything from the house because I had always been so determined that I, I do not have an eating disorder! And I did not understand when people said I have lost weight and my parents even were worried that I would have an eating disorder. But I was just so... I knew about eating disorders, I never felt fat and I never felt like losing weight so I was always really shocked and annoyed by people saying that because I had no problems with my self-esteem whatsoever. And so when I realized I had been losing weight, I got so scared by that and I literally wanted to gain weight in one night and I started obsessively eat that night because it was so damn scary to see myself be that skinny. I don’t really think I was underweight tho, but I sure was malnourished since I ate basically never. And I was drinking lots of coffee because it made me laugh.

But yeah, I remember that one night when I was again have one of these “low blood sugar episodes” where I would just feel sick and sit in the kitchen or toilet meanwhile feeling like vomiting and trying to eat something to feel better again. And I had one of these anxiety attacks too and I was just staring at the shadows on the rug and I remember to thinking to myself how I started to feel the old depression to come back. I could feel it approaching and the same stuff from couple of years earlier coming through. And I just thought myself that this has to stop, I can’t live like this anymore. And the next day I told my mom that I’m not feeling good anymore and I need to see a doctor and that I agree on even trying on antidepressants for this, I just need this feeling to be gone. And so did happen too, I ate them for 5 years until I quit at the age of 22.

I have that feeling still so strongly in my memory that I’m always afraid of it coming back. It’s just so terrifying feeling because I feel totally helpless and that I can no longer help myself. That is why I always start to have anxiety attacks when I don’t eat properly. I’m sure this was one of the reasons to trigger last night’s episode because I have been eating so badly cos I have had no energy nor inspiration for cooking. My sleeping schedule is again doing whatever the fuck it wants and I’m again not taking care of myself. Every time this happens that I don’t shower, at properly or start to stop care about my sleeping habits, I start to fall into that dark place. Or not really fall into there, but this kind of behaviour reminds me of it so much I start having anxiety attacks until I get my shit together, go to shower and eventually cook a real meal. I think I got my low blood sugar anxiety only so that I remember to eat. As a kid I always had trouble knowing when I need to eat because I either was never hungry or I “felt hungry” all the time but had no appetite, so I usually ate when I was offered food but I never ate because I would be hungry. A few times I ate because I started shaking and knew to tell my mom I need to eat. But usually I just ate because there was lunch or dinner or because it was a habit for me to get a snak (usually toast) when I came home from school and watch tv while eating. So the food anxiety in my head is like the adult telling me that you haven’t been eating in a while, here, take food.

I often think how good it is that I am a teetotaler. I’m very sure that if I ever drank alcohol, I would be an alcoholic. I once saw on TV how someone was talking about his alcoholism and that he drinks because it makes him numb. And I realized that it’s really good I’ve never been into alcohol because I would probably self-medicate too so strongly I’d probably never be sober because I’d just try to make myself numb. In a way this is also interesting because so many people become numb because of their depression, in my case I definitely am not numb, I just feel shit and I am aware of that and I’d rather be numb than feel that! But I guess if you feel shit for long enough, you eventually will get used to it and become numb... in a way that happened to me too but sometimes the awful feeling woke up anyway and made me feel like I want it to go away. Maybe me being highly sensitive person just makes that feel even stronger and therefore unbearable, idk... (I don’t have depression right now, but I definitely have had and I feel like I am one of those people who could fall back into depression any minute and that’s why I try to take care of myself to prevent that from happening. My depression is also a secretive type, just like the one when I was 17, I thought it went away but I was telling myself so and I had a hidden depression for 1,5 years before I figured it out. And still only after starting with the meds I realized how I was NOT fine!)

Last night I felt that again and my thought are always “no, not this shit again!!!” and I actually fell asleep but I just felt the anxiety raging all over in my body. A few hours later I woke up to go to the toilet and I was also covered in sweat and my blanket and everything were so so so wet. At that moment I actually felt a lot better tho, calmer and when I went back to sleep, I felt like I had “dreamed away” that anxiety. Anyway, I woke up again couple of hours again but the anxiety was back, maybe also low blood sugar (the real one this time) as I was shaking and feeling nauseous. I’m still feeling slightly nauseous and weird even tho I have been eating, but writing REALLY helps me with these things every time. I guess the intrusive thoughts are not that strong anymore which is great, so maybe this is just the aftermath anxiety. Sometimes it can last for a very long time. The last time I had this was when a few years ago MCR uploaded all the uncut versions of their music videos to their YT channel and I was watching those and boom, suddenly they triggered my anxiety because I was watching their dvd literally 24/7, it was on always when I was awake, because I used it as a background noise to hide away my own anxiety. So seeing those videos be on repeat triggered anxiety that lasted for like a few weeks :D But I got over it. (And I still love MCR, they helped me with so many things, I wouldn’t get triggered by the videos if they did not help me!!!)

But I need to shower now, finally. I’m meeting with the neuropsychiatric trainer in an hour so at least I can talk about this with someone. But I can already feel a lot calmer now, even tho I have some small snippets of anxiety going around the whole time but it might also be because I realized that the Apulanta gig will already be on NEXT FRIDAY.

[t-khalynn-tales]

Meetings and Farewells, Part 2

The Letter - Meilee

The sun was just now setting, and the air was already cooling rapidly. Soon enough, the cold would be enough to herd most domesticated folk indoors, safe and warm. The tame folk without would huddle together in what shelter they could find, seeking comfort under ramshackle shanties and moth-eaten tents to shield them from the night.

There were dangers in the desert, after all. Many dangers, hiding in shadows, only waiting for the cover of darkness. And the worst of those wandered on two feet.

Mei knew about those dangers. Had learned to protect herself from them. Where to hide. When to rest. What was safe. Well, safer. For wild things, alone and friendless, there was no true safety.

But she did not have to worry about those dangers tonight.

Tonight, she had a place to stay. And food aplenty. She had a nice, quiet place to settle her blanket. The people were kindly, even friendly, here. And she did not need to sleep with a sharp knife in hand, worried that some shadow might think her easy prey.

Yes, it was a good place, she thought to herself. Quietly, she savored one last mouthful of stew, still warm from the fire. Almost regretfully, she put the bowl aside and tapped the edge with her spoon, catching the attention of the Snaks. Soon enough, the cat was finishing off the bowl, including a few choice pieces of meat she’d saved for the feline.

She was glad Talin had brought her here. Although she didn’t always stay here, more and more often she would return. It was nice. Some of the children had even started teaching her to read, and write. It was a way to talk to people, which was good too, even though she didn’t much like it. Her letters were always messy, and spelling was hard.

But being able to make people understand was nice. Making gestures and drawing pictures didn’t always work right. People didn’t understand. But with writing – the writing helped to make people understand better.

Worth the effort, maybe. Sometimes. But still, it was hard, and took time.

Snaks had finished licking the bowl clean of scraps. With an impatient sniff, the cat butted against the lala’s leg, catching Mei’s attention, then wandered to the pile of blankets There she sat, looking on expectantly, waiting.

The lala sighed, and went to join the imperious feline. Soon enough, beneath the cloudless night sky, the pair were fast asleep.

__________

She didn’t sleep well. She usually didn’t. When she slept, she had dreams. Usually bad dreams. Bad memories, of bad people, and bad things that happened, a long time ago.

Someone was moving too close.

Mismatched eyes flashed in momentary panic as she was instantly alert. There had been times the knack of waking quickly was the only thing that had kept her from falling victim to a greedy or desparate blade in the dark. But today it was not. The person was known, was safe. It was safe. Mei closed her eyes a moment in relief, before she slowly sat up from her nest.

Snaks grumbled, not happy when her primary source of warmth was taken away. The disgruntled cat burrowed into the still-warm blankets left behind.

“Morning,” the man said kindly, being careful to stand a respectful distance away – he was fully aware of how jumpy some street-folk could be. “Stews warming, if you’re looking for a hot meal. And got some chores around the stables, if you want some work today.”

Mei rubbed at her eyes, and nodded twice – for the offer of a meal, and the offer of stablework. She was ok with chocobos now. Or, at least they were ok with her. They didn’t seem so mean now. After she had (mostly) stopped thinking of them as giant walking drumsticks.

“Oh, and there was a message. If you got time, Talin wants to talk to you.”

The lala tilted her head questioningly.

“She didn’t say for what. But if you’re sticking around for the day, I can pass along your message,” he offered, tapping the stone hanging from his ear.

Linkpearl. She knew what they were, but couldn’t really use them. She could hear the conversations and things, but couldn’t talk. And random tapping sounds didn’t really get much attention, and weren’t easy to understand. So she usually just kept hers in her pouch.

She looked up at the man and nodded firmly. If Talin wanted to talk, then she’d be sure to stay around the Refuge for the day.

But first, breakfast.

Mei poked at the curled up ball of fluff still hiding under the covers, but the cat did not budge. Shrugging, she collected her bowl and spoon, and made her way to the large outdoor cookfire. She knew Snaks would get up for food soon enough.

__________

Mei still wasn’t sure how she felt about baths.

She didn’t mind being clean. It was kind of nice, being clean. You couldn’t always be clean on the outside. It wasn’t always easy to find a safe bit of water outside to jump into naked. Because then bad things could happen. And being cold and wet at night outside without a fire was a miserable way to die.

So you got used to the dirt.

And it was easier, being dirty. Easier to blend in. Easier to hide. Sometimes, if your face was dirty and smudged, and your clothes dirty and torn, people didn’t see you at all.

But now, she was getting used to being clean.

But clean mostly meant baths. And baths meant heated water, and smelly soap, and big barrels, and draped sheets, and hiding from people, and seemed like a lot of hassle.

The children said that there was a whole room inside that was for a bath. And that they didn’t need to put up the poles, and sheets, and everything. But, that was inside. And she couldn’t go inside.

Bad things happened inside.

But luckily, she wasn’t the only one who didn’t like to go inside for things. So someone was smart enough to set up a bath outside every week or so. So the outside people could get clean too.

Being clean was nice. And clean clothes were nice too. And the smell of the smelly soap wasn’t too bad anymore.

At least it was better than the smell of chocobo crap.And chocobo crap was not something that was nice to smell at meal time. So it was cleanings before lunch time, and now she was hungry.

Hair still damp, she was wandering back when a familiar voice called out.

“Mei!” It was Talin.

The lala looked up, and waved at the friendly miquo’te.

“Thank you for meeting with me today, Mei. Goodness, I feel like I haven’t spoken with you in ages! How have you been? Are you enjoying your time at the Refuge so far?”

Mei smiled and nodded. Her stomach chose that very moment to grumble loudly. With a slight frown, the lala pushed a fist against her belly, trying to quiet the rumbling beast.

“Oh, sounds like it’s lunchtime,” Talin noted, grinning. “Perfect timing! Why don’t we get something to eat, ok?”

Mei nodded again, a little sheepishly.

__________

Lunch was nice. Rather than going back to the Refuge, Talin led them to a small gathering of food and merchant stalls nearby. One stall was serving tasty bits of grilled meats and some veggie stuff on rounds of flat bread. The smell had her almost drooling right away. Talin insisted that she have some of the veggie stuff as well as the bread and meat, but it was still very tasty.

Snaks missed out on the tasty meal. But then, that’s what the cat got, for skipping out on the bath.

Her hands and face were a little greasy afterwards. Which was a little bad, after all the trouble she’d gone through with the bath. Mei was about to pull up the bottom of her robe to clean her face with, but Talin quickly produced a small cloth, sprinkling some water from a nearby fountain on it before handing it over to use instead.

Mei nodded her thanks before wiping her face vigorously. People sometimes got strange about things. Why dirty another cloth to get a clean face, when the robe was already a little dirty from lunch anyway?

“So Mei, I have something to tell you,” the miquo’te said. “And then I have a letter for you.”

Mei tilted her head. Talin’s voice sounded more serious than normal, so she wanted to pay attention.

“Do you remember when you showed me your book?”

The lala nodded solemnly. It was her treasure, that book. Cursed treasure, but even so.

“There was a symbol on one of the pages.”

Another cautious nod.

“Well, I found someone else connected to that symbol.”

Mei frowned slightly. She trusted Talin, but… the symbol was bad stuff.

“I have a friend. A good friend. Talathar. She is Dunesfolk, like you. And, she has that same mark. From your book. It was burned onto her back.”

Heterochromatic eyes widened in shock.

“And, even though neither of you remember any family, the two of you look very similar! In fact, a few people who have met you both even thought you might be sisters.”

Mei thought about that a moment.

“Well, Tala doesn’t remember, at least.” Talin continued. “I don’t remember if I asked you before. But, do you? Remember anything about your family?”

The lalafell tilted her head, but did not answer. She didn’t remember family, but she remembered before. Not a lot, not everything, but she remembered. A lot of the before was bad. Very bad.  Usually, it was better not to think about it too much.

But there was one good thing from before. One person.

“Anyway, Tala, she wrote you a letter. To explain,” Talin said, as she handed a small bundle of papers to Mei.

Mei took the letter a little hesitantly, turning it over a few times in her hands. She touched the wax seal with curious hands. The shape of a chocobo was pressed into the wax. She looked at her taller friend plaintively.

Talin smiled gently. “Would you like me to read it to you?”

The lala nodded, and handed it back.

The miquo’te took the letter, and after a quick look for permission, broke the wax seal. She started reading.

Once she had finished reading the letter, Talin carefully handed it back. The lala took the parchment gravely, turning it over in her hands a few times as she thought about the words contained within them.

Finally, she turned to Talin.

“What is it, Mei?”

She pointed to herself, making a circling motion around her entire face, then pointed to the letter, before looking up again, question in her mismatched eyes.

“Hmm? Oh, are you asking if you both look alike?”

Mei nodded.

“Well, the picture Tala included is very good, so you can see the resemblance for yourself, yes?”

Mei shrugged and looked away, not meeting Talin’s gaze.

“Hmm? Oh… Mei, do you… do you not know what you look like?”

The lala grimaced and shrugged again, still refusing to look up. She’d seen the occasional glimpse of herself – reflections in clear waters sometimes, when trying to catch fish – but only rarely.

“Oh. Well, we’ll have to fix that, right away!” Talin decided firmly, looking around at the small gathering of merchant stalls. After a few minutes of browsing, she found what she was looking for. She stood and gave Mei a reassuring smile. “Wait here a minute, ok? I’ll be right back.”

Mei nodded. She watched as the miquo’te strode away, headed to a specific merchant stall – one selling small curios and knicknacks. After a few moments of bartering, there was a quick exchange, and Talin returned, handing her newly acquired possession to Mei. The lalafell turned it around in her hands curiously.

It was a mirror.

“See, this is you,” Talin sat close, reaching out to angle the mirror. “You can compare with the picture for yourself. You can see how much you and Tala look alike! Except for the eyes. Hers are both blue.”

Mei looked into the mirror, and blinked. Mismatched eyes blinked back, framed by shaggy and uneven hair, and a round face slightly smudged with grease. She looked back at the picture, then at the mirror again, comparing.

They were right, she saw. It was in the shape of the eyes, the contours of the face. Side by side, they did strongly resemble each other. And maybe, maybe, that face was even familiar, too. Mei couldn’t really tell – she had been very young. And their tormentors had purposely kept them apart, most of the time. But it was possible…

Unconsciously, Mei shivered. Thinking on what the letter had said.

That mark.

She remembered that mark. Of course she did. She had one too – but on her right shoulder, not the left. She had never seen it for herself, but she knew it was there. They had spoken of it, before the bad thing happened. Matching marks, but mirrored, in every detail. Simultaneously seared into their skin.

She remembered that. The blood. The fire, the magic, and the anguish.

And the rage.

Then fire again. So much fire.

She closed her eyes against the memory.

Mei wondered if it was her.

“So, what do you think? Would you be interested in meeting Tala in person?”

She opened her eyes again, then nodded firmly. __________

A.N. - Thanks again to Talin, for permission to have her character in this work!

[tellsubway-blog]

Things We Didn’t Know About Subway Restaurants Across The US

DIDN’T KNOW: UNIQUE SECRET MENU OPTIONS

Numerous natural ways of life have a secret menu intended for certain uncommon customers or those with a one of a kind code to get the extra options. Subway is one of the top options that offers a secret menu in certain situations. It is all the more so the customer getting creative by inventing their very own sandwich by putting it together with the ingredients advertised.

A portion of the secret menu sandwiches are chicken cordon bleu, tuna melt and flame broiled cheddar with tomato. Not each location will conciliate this as certain workers just know how to put together the sandwiches on the menu, but there are all that could possibly be needed chains that would enjoy the off-menu sandwiches.

DIDN’T KNOW: FOUNDED BY A 17-YEAR-OLD

Not numerous customers of Subway would most likely theory that the restaurant was established by a teenager. Fred DeLuca was the one to think of the thought for a sandwich shop. Another prime supporter Peter Buck was part of the procedure as the companion to loan DeLuca $1,000 to get it going.

The restaurant discovered achievement instantly with customers making the most of their sandwiches. Most restaurants to wind up enormous worldwide fast-natural ways of life typically have comparable stories of one vision starting everything. Subway is extraordinary as in somebody yet to turn into a lawful adult was the individual to create such an effective business.

DIDN’T KNOW: WASN’T ORIGINALLY NAMED SUBWAY

Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway in Connecticut, but it wasn’t technically named Subway. The name of the first location was Pete’s Super Submarines, named after the prime supporter. Its prosperity prompted the realization that development was likely going to turn into an option.

The name changed to Subway in 1968 as DeLuca was smart enough to roll out the improvement within a few years before it was too late. Subway was the better name to stand out and locate a more extensive achievement. Numerous individuals would have been content having one fruitful restaurant with an exceptional name, but DeLuca wanted Subway to continue developing under its new name.

DIDN’T KNOW: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFFERS A UNIQUE SPECIAL ON RAINY DAYS

Most customers appreciate Subway for their great arrangements to get offered at certain times. The $5 Footlong specials have turned into its most prominent arrangement at different points in the year. Southern California enthusiasts of Subway have it far and away superior, with a yearlong arrangement that enables them to appreciate a supper on days with terrible weather.

There is an extraordinary Rainy Day Special for Subway restaurants in Southern California that enables one to get a free six-inch sub and soup with the buy of another sub and an enormous beverage. It should be possible to give two individuals a brisk bite or a bigger dinner for one individual.

Stormy days are a lot increasingly a good time for people in Southern California.

DIDN’T KNOW: PRIOR NAME FOR THE 6-INCH SUB WAS “THE SNAK”

One of the biggest choices for a customer at Subway is trying to choose the footlong sub or the six-inch sub. The yearning level for somebody is the biggest factor, but the costs are likewise different. Footlong subs are pricier prompting both sizes being mainstream among different customers.

Subway used to have a ton of fun name for the six-inch sub to market it better. The Snak was the name used to arrange the littler sandwich. It was simpler for marketing purposes to have a cute name to attempt to prevail upon customers. Subway ultimately chosen it was too befuddling as customers requested the exact length of the bread.

DIDN’T KNOW: TOASTING SUBS CHANGED THE GAME IN 2005

The option to toast a sandwich is among the most well known aspects of Subway. Most customers love to have their bread toasted in the broiler with the sandwich being in perfect condition after eating time. Nonetheless, it is anything but difficult to forget or not understand that the toasted subs are a relatively new thing.

Subway didn’t start toasting sandwiches until 2005. They went numerous decades without the toasted option. The new addition to the restaurants in 2005 was an enormous hit. It motivated Subway to put it in each location to turn out to be part of the experience. Subway is tough to envision today without the toasted subs, but it wasn’t constantly accessible.

DIDN’T KNOW: TAKES BREAD MEASURING VERY SERIOUSLY

Customers often question the exactness of the size of their Subway sandwich. It is human instinct to want to a greater degree something worth being thankful for, and numerous people accept their footlong or six-inch subs ought to be bigger when getting it. In any case, Subway takes this quite genuinely when getting the bread prepared.

Each footlong and six-inch sub is each deliberate to explicitly fit exactly the size it advertises. Subway makes it known that the integrity of their image could come into question if the bread size is inaccurate. Except if it is a one of a kind situation, the length of your bread at Subway is exactly what it should be.

DIDN’T KNOW: OREGANO AND OLIVES ARE THE LEAST POPULAR OPTIONS

The toppings and condiments offered by Subway are seemingly the biggest purposes behind their prosperity. With such a significant number of options accessible in front of you, a sandwich can be created to suit anybody’s extraordinary taste inclination.

Two explicit options that don’t really get as much love as the others are oregano and olives. Oregano is the least well known condiment to add on top of your sandwich or serving of mixed greens. Olives are the least prevalent topping that not many individuals place on their sandwich. Don’t stress in case you’re in the minority, as Subway has no designs to get freed of them.

DIDN’T KNOW: COOKIES MORE BELOVED THAN SANDWICHES

There is a tremendous after for the treats at Subway as the favorite item on the menu. The soft-prepared treats at Subway are delightful and have a one of a kind taste dissimilar to most other fast sustenance desserts or snacks of such nature. Numerous customers very much want the treats over the sandwiches as the primary explanation behind going there.

Subway workers have guaranteed that customers often would admit they got the sandwich since it enabled them to likewise arrange the treats at lunch or supper. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, twofold chocolate and raspberry cheesecake are a couple of the more prominent treats accessible.

DIDN’T KNOW: THE SECRET INGREDIENTS FOR VEGGIE PATTIES

The veggie patty at Subway is one of the famous sandwich options accessible. Numerous vegetarians opt out it a try because of the absence of non-meat sandwich combinations on the menu. The veggie patty is often seen as a secret formula to those that appreciate it and want to know exactly how it is made.

It is a genuinely basic formula with evident ingredients. Subway has uncovered that it is made mostly with soy and mushrooms. Other ingredients like onions, carrots, red chime peppers, darker rice and soy sauce include different tastes that mix together well. The veggie patty is a decent option because of numerous tasty ingredients conveying achievement.

DIDN’T KNOW: OPENED RESTAURANT FOR WORKERS BUILDING 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER

Subway has locations everywhere throughout the country with each state having numerous restaurants. Most are effectively open on a sustenance guide search, but there was at least one amazing location off the framework. The laborers revamping the tower at 1 World Trade Center got lucky with a Subway location opening for them in 2010.

Subway opened the location in a moveable case for the workers to request sandwiches and have a decent supper during lunch or supper at work. The specialists likely appreciated such an option accessible in what was a difficult activity. On the off chance that you ever visit the milestone, appreciate the fun fact that Subway assumed a little job in it.

DIDN’T KNOW: RESTAURANTS SHOULD HAVE 37 MILLION DIFFERENT COMBOS

It is difficult to eat each and every Subway sandwich. The different sandwich types on the menu are conceivable to all try eventually, but the toppings, condiments and breads all add different combinations also to make each sandwich a little different.

Subway figured it out and acknowledged there were a total of 37 million different combinations accessible when factoring each and every ingredient to look over. Most individuals stick with a bunch of sandwiches once they eat at Subway enough. The 37 million combinations could be inspiration to roll out a couple of improvements. Just don’t try to eat each and every combination.

DIDN’T KNOW: JASON BIGGS ONCE WORKED AT SUBWAY IN NEW JERSEY

Most celebrities have maintained ordinary sources of income like the rest of us before finding their approach to acclaim. Actor Jason Biggs is one to work at Subway during his time trying to make an honest living. New Jersey was the spot Biggs experienced childhood in, and he took work as a sandwich artist at a Subway location after leaving school.

Biggs saw his profession explode in the late 90s with the achievement of American Pie. It has enabled him to continue getting work in the acting industry for a long time now. Given a portion of his scenes in the motion picture establishment, a portion of his previous customers may have felt blended emotions after getting sandwiches from him at Subway.

DIDN’T KNOW: BMT NAMED AFTER NYC SUBWAY LINE

The BMT sandwich is a famous decision at Subway and has been for a long time. A meat trio of pepperoni, salami and ham is known for the abbreviation of the Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest sandwich when requesting today. In any case, it used to stand for something else when first created.

Subway was roused by the New York Subway line titled BMT when thinking of a name. The train line stood for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Both names have changed as the MTA presently alludes to it as different individual lettered train lines. Subway chose to go for a name that resonates with individuals outside of NYC.

DIDN’T KNOW: PASSED MCDONALD’S AS BIGGEST RESTAURANT CHAIN

A standout amongst the most prideful facts for Subway is that it has turned into the biggest restaurant chain in both America and the world. Most individuals would not get it, but Subway authoritatively passed McDonald’s to turn into the top in general chain with the most locations.

There are approximately 45,000 Subway restaurants as of this writing. The diversifying options promotion

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Things We Didn't Know About Subway Restaurants Across The US

DIDN'T KNOW: UNIQUE SECRET MENU OPTIONS

Numerous evolved ways of life have a secret menu intended for certain exceptional customers or those with a one of a kind code to get the extra options. Metro is one of the top options that offers a secret menu in certain situations. It is all the more so the customer getting creative by inventing their own sandwich by putting it together with the ingredients advertised.

A portion of the secret menu sandwiches are chicken cordon bleu, tuna melt and flame broiled cheddar with tomato. Not each location will pacify this as certain representatives just know how to put together the sandwiches on the menu, but there are all that could possibly be needed chains that would enjoy the off-menu sandwiches.

DIDN'T KNOW: FOUNDED BY A 17-YEAR-OLD

Not numerous customers of Subway would most likely estimate that the restaurant was established by a teenager. Fred DeLuca was the one to concoct the thought for a sandwich shop. Another fellow benefactor Peter Buck was part of the procedure as the companion to loan DeLuca $1,000 to get it going.

The restaurant discovered achievement instantly with customers making the most of their sandwiches. Most restaurants to end up enormous worldwide fast-natural ways of life typically have comparative stories of one vision starting everything. Metro is exceptional as in somebody yet to turn into a legitimate adult was the individual to create such a fruitful business.

DIDN'T KNOW: WASN'T ORIGINALLY NAMED SUBWAY

Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway in Connecticut, but it wasn't technically named Subway. The name of the first location was Pete's Super Submarines, named after the fellow benefactor. Its prosperity prompted the realization that development was likely going to turn into an option.

The name changed to Subway in 1968 as DeLuca was smart enough to roll out the improvement within two or three years before it was too late. Tram was the better name to stand out and locate a more extensive achievement. Numerous individuals would have been content having one fruitful restaurant with a novel name, but DeLuca wanted Subway to continue developing under its new name.

DIDN'T KNOW: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFFERS A UNIQUE SPECIAL ON RAINY DAYS

Most customers appreciate Subway for their great arrangements to get offered at certain times. The $5 Footlong specials have turned into its most prominent arrangement at different points in the year. Southern California fanatics of Subway have it far and away superior, with a yearlong arrangement that enables them to appreciate a feast on days with awful weather.

There is a unique Rainy Day Special for Subway restaurants in Southern California that enables one to get a free six-inch sub and soup with the buy of another sub and a huge beverage. It should be possible to give two individuals a speedy bite or a bigger feast for one individual.

Blustery days are a lot progressively a good time for people in Southern California.

DIDN'T KNOW: PRIOR NAME FOR THE 6-INCH SUB WAS "THE SNAK"

One of the biggest choices for a customer at Subway is trying to settle on the footlong sub or the six-inch sub. The craving level for somebody is the biggest factor, but the costs are additionally different. Footlong subs are pricier prompting both sizes being prominent among different customers.

Tram used to have a ton of fun name for the six-inch sub to market it better. The Snak was the name used to arrange the littler sandwich. It was simpler for marketing purposes to have a cute name to attempt to prevail upon customers. Tram ultimately chosen it was too befuddling as customers requested the exact length of the bread.

DIDN'T KNOW: TOASTING SUBS CHANGED THE GAME IN 2005

The option to toast a sandwich is among the most well known aspects of Subway. Most customers love to have their bread toasted in the broiler with the sandwich being in perfect condition after eating time. Nonetheless, it is anything but difficult to forget or not understand that the toasted subs are a relatively new thing.

Metro didn't start toasting sandwiches until 2005. They went numerous decades without the toasted option. The new addition to the restaurants in 2005 was a huge hit. It enlivened Subway to put it in each location to turn out to be part of the experience. Tram is tough to envision today without the toasted subs, but it wasn't constantly accessible.

DIDN'T KNOW: TAKES BREAD MEASURING VERY SERIOUSLY

Customers often question the exactness of the size of their Subway sandwich. It is human instinct to want even more something worth being thankful for, and numerous people accept their footlong or six-inch subs ought to be bigger when getting it. Be that as it may, Subway takes this quite genuinely when getting the bread prepared.

Each footlong and six-inch sub is each deliberate to explicitly fit exactly the size it advertises. Tram makes it known that the integrity of their image could come into question if the bread size is inaccurate. Except if it is an extraordinary situation, the length of your bread at Subway is exactly what it should be.

DIDN'T KNOW: OREGANO AND OLIVES ARE THE LEAST POPULAR OPTIONS

The toppings and condiments offered by Subway are seemingly the biggest purposes behind their prosperity. With such a significant number of options accessible in front of you, a sandwich can be created to suit anybody's interesting taste inclination.

Two explicit options that don't really get as much love as the others are oregano and olives. Oregano is the least well known condiment to add on top of your sandwich or serving of mixed greens. Olives are the least prominent topping that not many individuals place on their sandwich. Don't stress in case you're in the minority, as Subway has no designs to get freed of them.

DIDN'T KNOW: COOKIES MORE BELOVED THAN SANDWICHES

There is a colossal after for the treats at Subway as the favorite item on the menu. The soft-heated treats at Subway are scrumptious and have an interesting taste not at all like most other fast sustenance desserts or snacks of such nature. Numerous customers considerably lean toward the treats over the sandwiches as the principle purpose behind going there.

Tram workers have guaranteed that customers often would admit they got the sandwich since it enabled them to likewise arrange the treats at lunch or supper. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, twofold chocolate and raspberry cheesecake are a couple of the more prevalent treats accessible.

DIDN'T KNOW: THE SECRET INGREDIENTS FOR VEGGIE PATTIES

The veggie patty at Subway is one of the well known sandwich options accessible. Numerous vegetarians opt out it a try because of the absence of non-meat sandwich combinations on the menu. The veggie patty is often seen as a secret formula to those that appreciate it and want to know exactly how it is made.

It is a genuinely straightforward formula with evident ingredients. Tram has uncovered that it is made mostly with soy and mushrooms. Other ingredients like onions, carrots, red ringer peppers, dark colored rice and soy sauce include different tastes that mix together well. The veggie patty is a decent option because of numerous tasty ingredients conveying achievement.

DIDN'T KNOW: OPENED RESTAURANT FOR WORKERS BUILDING 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER

Metro has locations everywhere throughout the country with each state having numerous restaurants. Most are effectively available on a nourishment guide search, but there was at least one amazing location off the lattice. The laborers revamping the tower at 1 World Trade Center got lucky with a Subway location opening for them in 2010.

Tram opened the location in a moveable case for the representatives to request sandwiches and have a decent feast during lunch or supper at work. The laborers likely appreciated such an option accessible in what was a difficult activity. In the event that you ever visit the milestone, appreciate the fun fact that Subway assumed a little job in it.

DIDN'T KNOW: RESTAURANTS SHOULD HAVE 37 MILLION DIFFERENT COMBOS

It is difficult to eat each and every Subway sandwich. The different sandwich types on the menu are conceivable to all try sooner or later, but the toppings, condiments and breads all add different combinations also to make each sandwich a little different.

Tram crunched the numbers and acknowledged there were a total of 37 million different combinations accessible when factoring each and every ingredient to look over. Most individuals stick with a bunch of sandwiches once they eat at Subway enough. The 37 million combinations could be inspiration to roll out a couple of improvements. Just don't try to eat each and every combination.

DIDN'T KNOW: JASON BIGGS ONCE WORKED AT SUBWAY IN NEW JERSEY

Most celebrities have maintained typical sources of income like the rest of us before finding their approach to popularity. Actor Jason Biggs is one to work at Subway during his time trying to make an honest living. New Jersey was the spot Biggs experienced childhood in, and he took a vocation as a sandwich artist at a Subway location after leaving school.

Biggs saw his profession explode in the late 90s with the accomplishment of American Pie. It has enabled him to continue getting work in the acting industry for a long time now. Given a portion of his scenes in the motion picture establishment, a portion of his previous customers may have felt blended emotions after getting sandwiches from him at Subway.

DIDN'T KNOW: BMT NAMED AFTER NYC SUBWAY LINE

The BMT sandwich is a well known decision at Subway and has been for a long time. A meat trio of pepperoni, salami and ham is known for the abbreviation of the Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest sandwich when requesting today. Notwithstanding, it used to stand for something else when first created.

Tram was enlivened by the New York Subway line titled BMT when thinking of a name. The train line stood for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Both names have changed as the MTA currently alludes to it as different individual lettered train lines. Tram chose to go for a name that resonates with individuals outside of NYC.

DIDN'T KNOW: PASSED MCDONALD'S AS BIGGEST RESTAURANT CHAIN

A standout amongst the most prideful facts for Subway is that it has turned into the biggest restaurant chain in both America and the world. Most individuals would not get it, but Subway formally passed McDonald's to turn into the top by and large chain with the most locations.

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Story time! Today: My trip to Italy in 2013.

I made the trip with my old class as some sort of ‘graduation journey’. The bus ride itself was awesome and funny. The drive was very long ( I think about 8 hours) but the landscape was beautiful.

@michelmcfly​ / @chellum​ used to say:”Oh my gosh, look! How romantic!”, all the time. We also droe through a tunnel that was long af. I thought we’ll never see the light again. Rip.

We stayed at a campsite (San Benedetto) in nice little bungalows right next to the lake Garda, which I shared with @michelmcfly​ / @chellum​ , @kiraeh97​  and another friend of ours (ok back then we weren’t friends at all but we got along and she wasn’t around most of the time anyway).

(I have no idea what’s wrong with @michelmcfly​ / @chellum​ in this picture.) I shared a room with @michelmcfly​ / @chellum​  (of cause) and we had way too much fun as soon as the bedroom door closed (not ambiguous at all ;) ). We laughed about the light dimmer, made shadow plays, looked at the photos from each day and zommed in only too laugh about random people in the background and not to forget I twerked for her and she just said:”You‘re not Miley Cyrus.”. I’m sure there were even more crazy things we did but these are the best ones I can remember. Our window (it’s the one she’s standing in front of on the picture) was also perfect for stalking everyone who came by. Like I said the bungalow was quite nice, but we had some problems with ants (we bought a trap for them) and needed one day to figure out that we need to turn on the heater (which was in the main room) as soon as we can and leave the other doors to our rooms open so they can also warm up ( we were there at in autumn and at night is was cold af).

On our first real day we checked out locations in the neughbourhood ( Peschiera and Sirmione) which showed us the typical italian architecture and the lake garda in day light and we tasted out first italian ice cream.

We walked up a little hill and took a funny ‘street train’ back down and waved and screamed at all people we’re passing. Crazy tourists. The funniest thing was when one of our teachers said:”I’ve got a suprise for you!”, and everyone thought that we’re going to get ice cream or something like that and then we walked to a train station and her daugther came out of a train. She invited her daugther to stay with us. Ok….but why is that a suprise for us? We never saw her before and maybe ever heard of her existence. Like…wtf. Tbh everyone was quite pissed. :’D We ate dinner at the campsite and they had little fishs as snaks which I thought was disgusting because you could still see their little eyes and stuff but two of my friends tried them as a test of courage. Disgusting.

The next day was my personal highlight because we visited Venice which was really really beautiful. We took a ferry to get there and were able to discover the city by ourselfs for some hours.

Besides exploring Venice and shopping souvenirs we used our free time to eat a real italian pizza and another italian ice cream (as if these were the only to things too eat in whole Italy. lol.). Our group had this thing that one classmate started. We were shouting around the word “Whop!” all the time which was handy if you searched the others. You just needed to shout “Whop!” and if you got an answer you knew they weren’t far. It became a real insider on this trip.

In the evening the campsite made a ‘disco’ for kids but it was really boring so we went back to our bungalows and had the best prank idea. We hided in the bungalow of our friends, turned the light of etc. and pranked @michelmcfly / @chellum who came later because….idk where she was (?). It was really hard to stay quite but her reaction was to funny even if our prank was just stupid. :’D We even repeated this ‘prank’a couple of times. Another funny thing was, when we had a huge moth in our friends bungalow and all of us ran for their lifes. One of our boys who saw us running out of the bungalow asked what we’re doing and we told him about the moth (he was a very muscular / strong guy). He took a look inside the bungalow and ran our screaming. My kind of aesthetics. But the ‘best’ thing was when one of our classmates were drugged. we didn’t know how it happened but he was stoned af. Another classmate took him for a walk to calm down and when they came back he started to tell that they saw a HUGE beaver. It was funny but from todays perspective it could have been very dangerous. He was responsible for too many funny things that evening and I bet that I only remember half of it.

We also went to Verona ( the City of Rome and Juliet) on our next day. It’s a really cute city (but the highlight was probably the Disney Store).

Thank’s to my english teacher in highschool I am able to say the beginning of Romeo and Juliet by heart now: “Two households both alike in dignity ; In fair Verona where we lay our scene ; From acient grudge break to new mutiny ; Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean…” There’s that bitch’s balcony:

Ok, it was quite romantic and cute back then, but now that I read the drama for english class I can’t see or hear anything from Romeo and Juliet ever again. I’m done with Shakespeare. In the evening we went to buy a cake for @kiraeh97 because her birthday was at the next day and gave it to her right after midnight. In between we had a dinner with the whole group at which we gave our teachers shirts with the italian flag and our insider ("Whop!").

Our last day was pretty much driving on a boat over the lake garda the whole day… Of cause we made breakes to check out two towns (they were really beautiful but we’re just so tired). Of cause we needed to eat another ice cream in one of the towns.

In the evening we finally arrived ot the habour where our bus waited and after another pizza we were able to ride home.

Later we got to know that our bus driver was really bad and didn’t made his mandatory breakes or switched drivers (because you need to do that on a drive as long as this one). Our teachers told us that they were really feared. In the end we got some money back!

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Emotions - Alexander Hamilton/Thomas Jefferson

Part: 10/10; -Ending- (Index)

Pairing: Jamilton;

Summary: Life was always composed by emotions i felt           Good or bad, they shaped the days           Being the guides to my actions           Being the way i saw the world

         Until, one day, my emotions weren’t the only ones affecting me          Because yours took place on me          Shaping my life          Shaping my heart

Words: 1.710

Ao3 link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/8924482

Tags: @suspicious-protagonist;

A/N: Thanks for anyone who read! I hope you guys liked it <3

It was almost midnight, the new year was almost there. The snow fell lightly on the outside of Alex's apartment, painting the balcony in white.

Thomas had stayed the night and the whole day there with him, just talking to each other and doing sweet nothings. Thomas ended up cooking for Alex again, since he hadn't the chance to taste the delicious food he was preparing for him last night.

As the day passed, Alexander kept noticing the few barriers that Thomas had finally fall to the ground. He looked more relaxed than ever that night, as if he had nothing to worry about.

And now they were, sitting on the ground by the balcony with the glass doors closed, watching the snow falling and waiting for the new year. They were with thick sheets around them, a portable heater next to them, a few snaks and a bottle of cold champagne sitting there together with two fancy glasses –the only ones of the kind that Alex had. Thomas tried to open the bottle again but Alex took it from his hands.

"Can't you just wait? It's almost midnight!"

"I'm just trying to open it to get it ready."

"Yeah, sure."

Thomas snorted and rested his head on Alex's shoulder, making his hair tickle Alex's face a little bit.

Both of them smiled. The silence around them seemed comfortable, like they were safe there. Alexander made Jefferson leave his position and moved himself to sit at Jefferson's lap, getting comfortable there, while still looking at the balcony. Thomas roled his eyes and hugged Alex's body against his, resting his head on top of his shoulder.

"I like this..." Alex said suddenly

" 'This'?"

"Yeah. Me and you. Right here. Like this. I like it."

Thomas remained silent for a few seconds.

"Me too." he said, in a low voice

Then, all of the sudden, fireworks started to blow outside the windows, lighting the sky. Alexander smiled and looked at Thomas's face. "Happy new year."

He stopped for a moment, looking at Thomas's eyes. He felt the air leave his lungs and his cheeks blush at the intensity of the look he was receiving.

And there it was; Another emotion Alex had never seen on Thomas's face. His eyes were shinning –partially for the fireworks outside, but there was another kind of light there–, his lips were curved in an almost invisible smile and his face in general seemed relaxed.

Alex liked that one. His favorite until that moment, and probably for the rest of his life.

Love.

Thomas blinked a few times, as if trying to get back to reality, and smiled wide. "Happy new year, Alex."

Hamilton got closer, catching his lips on his own, feeling his heart beating faster. As they broke the kiss, Thomas gave a short laugh and raised an eyebrown at Alex.

"Now, can I open this thing?"

*** 2 DAYS LATER

"So, you and Hamilton–"

"Yeah."

"And it's, like, real?"

"Yes."

"But you hated him."

"Well, things change."

"It's been a week."

"Things change fast."

James Madison was standing on Jefferson's living room, looking at his friend, not believing him for even one second. He didn't expect to be back from Virginia and recieve the news that his best friend was dating their "worst enemy".

"Are you trying to prank me?"

"James!"

"Look, it's just... Very weird, ok?"

"Yes, I know, it's weird for me too sometimes."

"And you're okay?"

Thomas looked at him, noticing the protective tone behind his words. Madison, just as Lafayette, knew about Thomas' problems and how much baggage he carried on his back. It was normal that he got worried.

"Yes. As I wasn't for a long time."

Madison nodded, looking at the ground and thinking for a while, trying to get the idea of Hamilton and Thomas together.

"Well, in this case, congratulations." he said, giving him a reassuring smile "But, I guess I owe you a Christmas present!"

Thomas widened his eyes and moved slightly on his seat like a child. Madison took the box, that had been sitting by his side since he arrived, and handed it to Thomas.

He looked at the box, seeing his name on it and a little piece of folded paper, probably a message. He took it, opening it and reading the words. The calligraphy was Dolley's, and the little 'Merry Christmas' message written on it made him smile, wishing Dolley was there so he could hug her.

'I wish you could have come with us, but, unfortunately, fate had other plans for these days. But I hope you remember we will always be back for you.

I hope you like this gift, Tommy. But try not to get them banned from random places.

Merry Christmas.

James & Dolley Madison (But mostly Dolley).'

Thomas moved his hands to unwrap the gift and laughed out loud when he saw what it was. There was a box of hand-made macaroons with different colors and a bottle of wine from Virginia there. Of course Dolley would send him those things.

"She insisted on making them. She knows you love those and keeps laughing when she remembers that snacks were banned because you couldn't stop eating macaroons."

"Remember me to thank her when I see her again."

*** 10 MONTHS LATER

"No."

"Please?"

"Alex, Washington is here. I'm not going to sing a karaoke of a romantic-country song with you with the president of the United States in the room."

"Thomas, listen–"

"No."

"You didn't even know what I was going to say!"

"Still no."

Alexander pouted and crossed his arms. "Come on! It'll be fun!"

"Alex–"

"Thomas!"

Jefferson looked around. He knew Alexander enough to know that he would act extra about that for the rest of the night. He took a deep breath, silently cursing Washington for the choice of a bar that had karaoke.

"Fine, but just one song!"

Alexander's eyes shined and he opened a wide smile that made Thomas almost feel that all of the embarrassment would be worth it.

Almost.

Alex pulled him by the hand to the karaoke machine, already picking a song, making Thomas frown.

"Pink?"

"Yeah, I like her."

"Of course you do."

Alexander narrowed his eyes, choosing a duet on the machine and getting ready to start to sing. He could hear the laughter coming from their friends, but he decided to only focus on Alexander's happiness for him accepting that. It was all that mattered.

*** 2 YEARS LATER

"Thomas Jefferson, can you for fucks sake get ready faster? If we get to Angelica's wedding late she's going to smite us!"

"Can you calm down? I'm almost ready! What about you? Are you going to leave without shoes?"

Alexander frowned and looked at his feet, noticing that his shoes were missing. He ran through Thomas' house, searching for them while Thomas smiled, finishing getting ready.

He had hidden Alex's shoes so he would be too worried looking for them to bother him on getting ready fast.

As he finished, he could hear Alex's complaints, so he took the shoes out of his hiding spot and walked to the living room with them.

"Found 'em."

Alex took his shoes, sticking his feet inside as fast as he could. He dared a glance to Jefferson and felt his cheeks blush. Beautiful, as always.

"Ready?" Thomas asked

"Yeah, yeah..." Alex answered already running through the door

***

The wedding happened well, and the after party was going even better. All of the guests were having fun.

Alex dragged Thomas to talk to Angelica, who was surrounded by people. When they finally got to her she smiled wide at them, hugging them both.

"It's so good to see my boys here."

"I'm hppy for you, Angie." Thomas said, looking quickly at Angelica's husband "Mr. Church seem to be a nice man."

"Thank you, Tommy."

"Why do you insist on calling me this?"

"It's fun!" she said, patting on Thomas's shoulder "But, now, let's be serious. When will you two finally get married? It's been two years and you guys are still living apart!"

Both of them stopped for a moment, hearing that question. They looked at each other for a second before Alex opened his mouth to talk.

But, before he could say something, another person came to talk to Angelica, saving Alex's words.

*** 3 YEARS LATER

The rain was strong outside and Alex felt like he was going to cry. He and Thomas had planned a amazing night, and everything was going okay until the rain started.

They thought it would stop fast, but it had been already two hours and nothing. For Alex, the night was ruined.

Thomas arrived on the living room with two plates of mac and cheese in his hands, putting them next to the couch, walking towards Alexander, noticing how sad he was.

"Hey, we can go tomorrow!"

"The restaurant won't be vacant tomorrow, Thomas! We've been planning this night for one week..."

"Yeah, I know." Thomas bit his lip "I had a way more romantic way to do that tonight, but I guess this will do..."

Alex looked at him, confused, seeing him take a little box of his pocket, and widening his eyes.

"Thomas–"

"Alexander Hamilton. You know, the first time we've met I thought you were a piece of shit. But, you know, that Christmas happened, and you ended up being my piece of shit–"

"Are you se–"

"Shut up and let me finish." he said, covering Alexander's mouth "And after three years together there's no doubt that I love you. And that I want to live the rest of my life with you. So, would you give me the honor to do that?" he said, getting down on one knee and showing him the ring "Will you marry me?"

Silence. Alexander felt like he couldn't breathe anymore, and Thomas got nervous. He treated the silence as a bad sign and was almost taking back all of it when Alex jumped onto him, hugging him.

"Yes." he whispered the answer "Yes, Thomas. Yes!"

Jefferson smiled, hugging him back, feeling as happy as he never felt. Alex was his, and he was Alex's. There was nothing more for him to ask.

He was happy.

[thesubwaycard-blog]

Things We Didn’t Know About Subway Restaurants Across The US

DIDN’T KNOW: UNIQUE SECRET MENU OPTIONS

Numerous natural ways of life have a secret menu intended for certain uncommon customers or those with a one of a kind code to get the extra options. Subway is one of the top options that offers a secret menu in certain situations. It is all the more so the customer getting creative by inventing their very own sandwich by putting it together with the ingredients advertised.

A portion of the secret menu sandwiches are chicken cordon bleu, tuna melt and flame broiled cheddar with tomato. Not each location will conciliate this as certain workers just know how to put together the sandwiches on the menu, but there are all that could possibly be needed chains that would enjoy the off-menu sandwiches.

DIDN’T KNOW: FOUNDED BY A 17-YEAR-OLD

Not numerous customers of Subway would most likely theory that the restaurant was established by a teenager. Fred DeLuca was the one to think of the thought for a sandwich shop. Another prime supporter Peter Buck was part of the procedure as the companion to loan DeLuca $1,000 to get it going.

The restaurant discovered achievement instantly with customers making the most of their sandwiches. Most restaurants to wind up enormous worldwide fast-natural ways of life typically have comparable stories of one vision starting everything. Subway is extraordinary as in somebody yet to turn into a lawful adult was the individual to create such an effective business.

DIDN’T KNOW: WASN’T ORIGINALLY NAMED SUBWAY

Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway in Connecticut, but it wasn’t technically named Subway. The name of the first location was Pete’s Super Submarines, named after the prime supporter. Its prosperity prompted the realization that development was likely going to turn into an option.

The name changed to Subway in 1968 as DeLuca was smart enough to roll out the improvement within a few years before it was too late. Subway was the better name to stand out and locate a more extensive achievement. Numerous individuals would have been content having one fruitful restaurant with an exceptional name, but DeLuca wanted Subway to continue developing under its new name.

DIDN’T KNOW: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFFERS A UNIQUE SPECIAL ON RAINY DAYS

Most customers appreciate Subway for their great arrangements to get offered at certain times. The $5 Footlong specials have turned into its most prominent arrangement at different points in the year. Southern California enthusiasts of Subway have it far and away superior, with a yearlong arrangement that enables them to appreciate a supper on days with terrible weather.

There is an extraordinary Rainy Day Special for Subway restaurants in Southern California that enables one to get a free six-inch sub and soup with the buy of another sub and an enormous beverage. It should be possible to give two individuals a brisk bite or a bigger dinner for one individual.

Stormy days are a lot increasingly a good time for people in Southern California.

DIDN’T KNOW: PRIOR NAME FOR THE 6-INCH SUB WAS “THE SNAK”

One of the biggest choices for a customer at Subway is trying to choose the footlong sub or the six-inch sub. The yearning level for somebody is the biggest factor, but the costs are likewise different. Footlong subs are pricier prompting both sizes being mainstream among different customers.

Subway used to have a ton of fun name for the six-inch sub to market it better. The Snak was the name used to arrange the littler sandwich. It was simpler for marketing purposes to have a cute name to attempt to prevail upon customers. Subway ultimately chosen it was too befuddling as customers requested the exact length of the bread.

DIDN’T KNOW: TOASTING SUBS CHANGED THE GAME IN 2005

The option to toast a sandwich is among the most well known aspects of Subway. Most customers love to have their bread toasted in the broiler with the sandwich being in perfect condition after eating time. Nonetheless, it is anything but difficult to forget or not understand that the toasted subs are a relatively new thing.

Subway didn’t start toasting sandwiches until 2005. They went numerous decades without the toasted option. The new addition to the restaurants in 2005 was an enormous hit. It motivated Subway to put it in each location to turn out to be part of the experience. Subway is tough to envision today without the toasted subs, but it wasn’t constantly accessible.

DIDN’T KNOW: TAKES BREAD MEASURING VERY SERIOUSLY

Customers often question the exactness of the size of their Subway sandwich. It is human instinct to want to a greater degree something worth being thankful for, and numerous people accept their footlong or six-inch subs ought to be bigger when getting it. In any case, Subway takes this quite genuinely when getting the bread prepared.

Each footlong and six-inch sub is each deliberate to explicitly fit exactly the size it advertises. Subway makes it known that the integrity of their image could come into question if the bread size is inaccurate. Except if it is a one of a kind situation, the length of your bread at Subway is exactly what it should be.

DIDN’T KNOW: OREGANO AND OLIVES ARE THE LEAST POPULAR OPTIONS

The toppings and condiments offered by Subway are seemingly the biggest purposes behind their prosperity. With such a significant number of options accessible in front of you, a sandwich can be created to suit anybody’s extraordinary taste inclination.

Two explicit options that don’t really get as much love as the others are oregano and olives. Oregano is the least well known condiment to add on top of your sandwich or serving of mixed greens. Olives are the least prevalent topping that not many individuals place on their sandwich. Don’t stress in case you’re in the minority, as Subway has no designs to get freed of them.

DIDN’T KNOW: COOKIES MORE BELOVED THAN SANDWICHES

There is a tremendous after for the treats at Subway as the favorite item on the menu. The soft-prepared treats at Subway are delightful and have a one of a kind taste dissimilar to most other fast sustenance desserts or snacks of such nature. Numerous customers very much want the treats over the sandwiches as the primary explanation behind going there.

Subway workers have guaranteed that customers often would admit they got the sandwich since it enabled them to likewise arrange the treats at lunch or supper. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, twofold chocolate and raspberry cheesecake are a couple of the more prominent treats accessible.

DIDN’T KNOW: THE SECRET INGREDIENTS FOR VEGGIE PATTIES

The veggie patty at Subway is one of the famous sandwich options accessible. Numerous vegetarians opt out it a try because of the absence of non-meat sandwich combinations on the menu. The veggie patty is often seen as a secret formula to those that appreciate it and want to know exactly how it is made.

It is a genuinely basic formula with evident ingredients. Subway has uncovered that it is made mostly with soy and mushrooms. Other ingredients like onions, carrots, red chime peppers, darker rice and soy sauce include different tastes that mix together well. The veggie patty is a decent option because of numerous tasty ingredients conveying achievement.

DIDN’T KNOW: OPENED RESTAURANT FOR WORKERS BUILDING 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER

Subway has locations everywhere throughout the country with each state having numerous restaurants. Most are effectively open on a sustenance guide search, but there was at least one amazing location off the framework. The laborers revamping the tower at 1 World Trade Center got lucky with a Subway location opening for them in 2010.

Subway opened the location in a moveable case for the workers to request sandwiches and have a decent supper during lunch or supper at work. The specialists likely appreciated such an option accessible in what was a difficult activity. On the off chance that you ever visit the milestone, appreciate the fun fact that Subway assumed a little job in it.

DIDN’T KNOW: RESTAURANTS SHOULD HAVE 37 MILLION DIFFERENT COMBOS

It is difficult to eat each and every Subway sandwich. The different sandwich types on the menu are conceivable to all try eventually, but the toppings, condiments and breads all add different combinations also to make each sandwich a little different.

Subway figured it out and acknowledged there were a total of 37 million different combinations accessible when factoring each and every ingredient to look over. Most individuals stick with a bunch of sandwiches once they eat at Subway enough. The 37 million combinations could be inspiration to roll out a couple of improvements. Just don’t try to eat each and every combination.

DIDN’T KNOW: JASON BIGGS ONCE WORKED AT SUBWAY IN NEW JERSEY

Most celebrities have maintained ordinary sources of income like the rest of us before finding their approach to acclaim. Actor Jason Biggs is one to work at Subway during his time trying to make an honest living. New Jersey was the spot Biggs experienced childhood in, and he took work as a sandwich artist at a Subway location after leaving school.

Biggs saw his profession explode in the late 90s with the achievement of American Pie. It has enabled him to continue getting work in the acting industry for a long time now. Given a portion of his scenes in the motion picture establishment, a portion of his previous customers may have felt blended emotions after getting sandwiches from him at Subway.

DIDN’T KNOW: BMT NAMED AFTER NYC SUBWAY LINE

The BMT sandwich is a famous decision at Subway and has been for a long time. A meat trio of pepperoni, salami and ham is known for the abbreviation of the Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest sandwich when requesting today. In any case, it used to stand for something else when first created.

Subway was roused by the New York Subway line titled BMT when thinking of a name. The train line stood for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Both names have changed as the MTA presently alludes to it as different individual lettered train lines. Subway chose to go for a name that resonates with individuals outside of NYC.

DIDN’T KNOW: PASSED MCDONALD’S AS BIGGEST RESTAURANT CHAIN

A standout amongst the most prideful facts for Subway is that it has turned into the biggest restaurant chain in both America and the world. Most individuals would not get it, but Subway authoritatively passed McDonald’s to turn into the top in general chain with the most locations.

There are approximately 45,000 Subway restaurants as of this writing. The diversifying options promotion