#whew so um yeah hope this is okay 😭

[metagalacticx]

“You haven’t even decorated?!”

Fictober Day 7✨

cw: violence (but like, canon-typical violence)

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In the light of day Violet had made a pledge to herself. One that turned into a working mantra. Be chill. Be very chill. Do not freak out.

It had worked for the better part of three hours. No one had upset her enough for her to roll her eyes, or for that saccharine sweet smile she fires when pissed beyond belief to make an appearance. She had driven around downtown Beacon Hills picking up all the pre-ordered gifts, because everyone knows a party with close friends isn’t complete without them. Tiny gifts, but gifts nonetheless. At one point someone had cut her off in traffic and she’d dug nails into the steering wheel with a grimace, but remained otherwise composed. Be chill. Be very chill. Do not freak out.

"Is it… all right if I stand here?"

The voice comes from somewhere behind her and she’s wishing she had blown up at that stupid old lady on the street earlier, because then it’d have probably taken the edge off whatever she’s about to spit at Liam fucking Dunbar and his stupid mop of wet, floppy hair.

"Free country, Dunbar."

"But is it… all right… with you?"

With her jaws still clenched, she spins to find him beside her.

His eyes are wide, lake-blue now under the bleak porch lights.

"I just wanted to say I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was you at the door."

Perfect. So he would have pulled the stupid prank anyway.

Ruining the one event she’s been looking forward to all semester by spraying someone else from head to toe with silly string, dousing someone else with flour, ruining someone else’s salon-perfected hair with yolk and shell and whatever other fucking gross thing he’d swiped over her dress.

"I swear, ask Mase when he gets here! He helped me plan it. It was supposed to be Garett."

Be chill. Be very chill. Do not fucking freak out.

"Are we cool?" He asks through that kicked puppy pout with eyebrows drawn down over piercing blue eyes that look so pathetic on his wet face. He’s lucky it wasn’t Garrett. He’d be nursing a broken nose by now.

"You know what," she cackles, sharp and loud, "we’re cool.

My dress is ruined, my hair is… really ruined, and now I smell like whatever the hell’s growing on the white-stained socks under your bed but we’re really fucking cool, Dunbar. We are ice fucking cold."

Liam winces but doesn’t move. "I know everything sucks, I promise I’ll help you clean up before everyone else gets here. Truce?"

Truce?

She balls her fist and swings. Liam ducks, but just barely.

"Hey!"

"I’m gonna strangle you!"

"Wait!" He’s pleading but not exactly trying to get away. "Hey, I get it, okay? Let’s just— fuck!"

Her kick lands and he’s hopping along the edge of the porch, away from her but not heading inside or out to the lawn like he should. Like she expects him to.

"Violet, wait! I’ll let you punch me, I get it. Just wait!"

She’s seething, eyes tracking the bobbing blur of Liam across the porch of his house. Where everyone else should be showing up in less than an hour for their costume party. The one she’s been planning with him for three weeks. The one he just fucking ruined.

"Stop moving, you fucking glazed donut!"

Liam does stop, but only to let out a surprised chuckle, "Glazed donut…?"

"I’m gonna kill you!"

Someone screams, it sounds like someone screams, but she’s not concerned because she’s got Liam by the throat and he’s flat on his back on the porch. It’s only when he’s knocking wrists and elbows against the floor— in his scramble to get away from the knee lodged in his side— and the sound hits her ears again that she realises the high-pitched shriek had come from him.

"Violet, wait! If you kill me—" he coughs as she tightens her hold around his neck. Her teeth are bared and if she just had slightly bigger hands, a slightly stronger grip she could—

"Who’s gonna—” he splutters, digs blunt nails into her wrist, “who’s gonna decorate the house?"

"You haven’t even decorated?!"

[strawberrykake]

don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious!

aone, iwaizumi & oikawa || reader

warning/notes: paranoia, walking alone on the street and a suspicious person walks behind you lol, mild swearing

aone

you had one earbud in, listening to some tunes on your way back home

the road was quite dark, only the orangey hue of the streetlights illuminated the sidewalk

when suddenly you realize that you were alone on the road

except one large shadow looms from behind you

you panic when you notice the 6 foot giant stomping towards your direction (he’s not stomping it’s just your paranoia)

so you decide to rush your steps

his pace also increases, making your heart beat rise out of fear

is this how i die?

you quickly whip your phone from your bag, ready to dial any phone if something goes wrong

but the mysterious figure behind you was able to catch up easily due to his long legs

you pause and close your eyes tight, ready to face your demise when the stranger runs past you

you blink your eyes open.

he just kept jogging forward

a large sigh of relief releases from your chest

whew, i overreacted

but then the man stops in his tracks, a couple feet away from you and turns around

“oh, um, sorry if i scared you. I’m late for the bus.” The man with snow-colored hair points to the bus stop across the road.

“and um, i didn’t want to jaywalk,” he mumbles.

you smile and nod, and he bows before jogging up to the first crosswalk that appears from the long aisle of the road.

iwaizumi and oikawa

you were walking by yourself, thinking that nobody would be around this late on your way home

but maybe you should’ve thought it through cuz that could be the reason you shouldn’t be alone

what if there was a serial killer scanning the are for his next victim?

lots of scary thoughts entered your mind

what made it worse was the fact that two male figures were seen crossing the road

not to mention two VERY TALL males

you silently curse to yourself when you saw them walking your way

they both had bandages wrapped around their hands

were their knuckles bleeding from punching anyone who dares to walk in their path?

you walk a little faster, trying not to catch their attention

looking over your shoulder to make sure they’re at a good distance, you accidentally make eye contact with one of them

and you swear he grinned at you (iwa is trying to be friendly stop it you’re scaring them 😭)

is he already planning to beat me to a pulp?

you reach into your bag to look for your self-defense device when a cheery voice calls out to you

“Hey, bestie!!”

you turn around to one of the guys waving, he had brownish hair and had softer features than the dude next to him.

you pause, watching them approaching you

and…they were holding hands. you don’t remember them holding hands, what??

“m-me?” you ask even though there’s no one else around.

“yeah,” the same guy laughs. “sorry, me and my boyfriend were wondering where the number 5 bust stop was, teehee!” he had a friendly tone to his voice.

“oh,” you respond, eyes flickering between them both.

the friendly boy had a welcoming smile stuck on his face, the other had a scowl on his face.

“actually it’s up this road, and then you take the first right after crossing the crosswalk,” you inform them.

“aw, thanks, queen!” the overly outgoing guy says. “I’m Oikawa bee tee dubs haha, and this is my mans Iwaizumi, but I like to call him—ah!”

the setter releases his hold from Iwaizumi suddenly, screeching in pain.

“okay! we’re going now! Thanks for the help!” Iwaizumi feigns a smile toward you before sending a look to his best friend, tugging his arm.

Oikawa waves at you with a weak smile as he’s being dragged away by his “bf”

you feel a sense of relief, when you realize they aren’t that threatening after all.

their pov below lmao

aone

he’s just exited a shop to buy a small bag of chestnuts, feeling all happy and giddy with his new snacks

and he notices a figure walking alone in front of him

the person had an earbud in their ear

“they must’ve not noticed me yet”

hoping and crossing his fingers that you don’t notice him bc he’s always getting into these awkward situations

ppl thinking he’s about to pull them into a dark valley and “deal with them”

but he catches you looking over your shoulder and increasing your pace

no!!!!!!

so what does he do? (which always works!!)

try to catch up to the stranger and go past them

yes! that’s why he was given long legs for! running past strangers who think is being chased by him (and volleyball of course lol)

so he tries to catch up to you but your pace only increases

wow, they’re fast

however he knows he can be faster

and he finally catches up

oh, they stopped. that’s a first.

he kept jogging to keep a certain, safe comforting distance for you both

and he turns and explains his situation, apologizing for scaring you

mission complete!

he lets out a sigh of relief once he got to his destination

well. that’s over.

now, chestnuts time! teehee~ he enjoys his bag of chestnuts happily

iwaizumi & oikawa

“aw that cute person is alone, we should invite them to walk with us!”

“Oikawa, don’t be dumb. Do you realize how suspicious that would make us?”

he grumbles. “hmph. fine.” places his hands back in his pockets

they notice you looking back at them and walking a bit faster.

“see? we look suspicious as hell” iwaizumi groans. “what do we do?” he whispers to his friend.

iwaizumi looks back at you and accidentally makes eye contact, and you look away before him

he tried his best to give a friendly smile and oikawa chuckled at his poor attempt

“shitttt, we made eye contact, quick oikawa, think of something!” Iwaizumi panics.

“ok, fine. Hold my hand.”

“I’m not holding your hand.”

“hold. my f-ckin hand, iwa-chan,” Oikawa grits.

Iwaizumi finally relents, grasping the extended arm of his friend.

That’s when Oikawa finally called your attention, making Iwaizumi sweat from anxiousness

You better not screw this up, shittykawa

And he doesn’t, because your body language seems to slowly be more relaxed

however, the ace couldn’t keep the act up any longer as Oikawa started rambling

“this is my mans Iwaizumi, but I like to call him—ah!” he squeezes his fake boyfriends hand a little too hard

with that, they leave you to your business, wondering what would’ve happened if they didn’t pull that stunt

probably nothing

Oikawa probably used that opportunity to have a little fun~

“we’re to not speak of this ever. You hear me, trashykawa?”

“sure~” the setter says insincerely, winking, making Iwaizumi pinch his arm.

“Ow! Ok, ok, ok!!”

meanwhile you were in the distance thinking “aw, what a cute couple.”

[annikasevenshots]

Star Trek Picard: S2E8 Reaction (spoilers)

Guinan's red hair ❤️❤️❤️

SEVEN AND RAFFI AND RIOS <3 <3 <3

HOLY FUCK SEVEN AND RAFFI'S BORG CONVO

I HATE THIS SO MUCH I WAS LITERALLY COMPLAINING HOW THEY LOWKEY IGNORED SEVEN'S UN-BORG-NESS THE OTHER DAY

"You're Seven?" "And who is that exactly to you" GOODBYE. I AM JUMPING OFF A CLIFF

Seven ADAPTING JUST LIKE THAT TO THE DUDE WTF HOLY SHIT WHAT

she just blows me away time after time. and the way jeri plays her as well.

Raffi's little glance when Seven says Agnes is her sister i-

Big, red beard??? Did Agnes leave with the bus punk????

"How's that for analog?" Raffi's little "i-". goodbye. fucking kill me. i'm dead

SEVEN AND RAFFI BEING IN THE SAME PICTURE IN THE DATABASE SO TRUE <3

"I'm only human" don't sing it don't sing it don't s-

"No wonder i'm president" SO TRUE 😭✊

RAFFI'S IMMEDIATE LOOK OF ATTENTION WHEN SEVEN STARTS OPENING UP????? SEVEN NEEDING TO TAKE THE W ON THE "IM NOT BORG" ARGUMENT BUT COMING BACK TO HELP RAFFI ANYWAY???????? NO??????

Seven's voice going back to her deeper cadence when she's talking about the Borg, yes.

NO NOT SEVEN LASHING OUT ON RAFFI HOLY FUCKFUDNCND

"You manipulate" Raffi's hurt in her eyes????? oh no. oh no no no.

"Everyone has to be exactly where Raffi wants them to" I MEAN YES BUT FUCK, MY FEELINGS. YALL DOING THIS WHILE IM EATING MY RICE 😭

Raffi's "um" when she gets back to work mode with Seven???? She's been completely knocked off her - fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

oh my god. seven. as a baby.

WHAT THE FUCK I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE LYING ABOUT HER EATING CAR BATTERIES OMFG

Agnes wearing platform boots under her dress so true bestie. did she steal them off the dude???

Oh. My god. Seven being so weak she can't run to Raffi. the cinematography of agnes walking off having kicked their asses. ohhhhhhh my god. OH MY GOD???????

me: dying over seven and raffi

some kid: fOUr CaKEs.

LIKE READ THE ROOM 💀

i still love how Rios and Teresa switch languages. multilingual representation.

i swear to GOD if rios and teresa kiss before saffi—

What is it with this replicator making tummy hurting cake

THEY KISSED BEFORE SAFFI?????? IM RIOTING. BOO. BOOOOOOOO. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Lol rip Q i guess

Q finds meaning in life via Picard? Qcard crumbs

God i was like "are we back to seven and raffi?" and they show me a fucking beverly hills pool

Dr Soong really needs to reinterpret his meaning of thriving lmao

Okayyy but what does Kore achieve by walking out. nothing?

God this episode has felt so long already because Saffi has just drained me. I can't have my moms fighting i have issues okay

"LET ME SEE YOUR NECK" BY GOD THESE TWO HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK

"I'm almost okay" -puts hand on her arm- FUCK FUCK FICKENR

"Can we jump the battery with our tricorder" yes baby your tricorder is a samsung

WHAT. HOLY SHIT????????? ELNOR FLASHBACK

RAFFI FIXING SEVEN'S SHIP EVEN THOUGH SHE WANTS HER TO STAY??? OH MY GOD?????????????

Elnor not working in security because absolute candor? MY GOD WEREN'T WE LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE DISCORD

HOW DID THE USS SAFFI PREDICT THIS WHOLE EPISODE

yeah i can see raffi being manipulative but hdjshsjsshsnsbsh i don't. fuck. i fuck. FUCK.

"I thought you wanted to follow in my footsteps"

also whew. raffi's words were my childhood. and that's on ✨ helicopter parenting ✨

Also fuck this lowkey renders my Academy graduation fic void now that we know why Elnor stayed

CAN WE STOP INTERRUPTING MOMENTS PLEASE. FUCK.

Agnes talking as Wersching as BQ? iconic. like she literally talks as if wersching was inside of her.

Picard being a monster in the dark so true, he has haunted my dreams since he let agnes be assimilated /j

Did this dude join the FBI because he met a vulcan as a kid once in the rare hopes that aliens would exist

When Picard said he was here to save the galaxy i LAUGHED. IS HE REALLY????? 🤡

omg i thought this episode was ending with the FBI agent and the enterprise theme music. this season is so weird with timing and cuts

What does Renee discover on the Europa mission? Like, dilithium?

in conclusion, i can't do this anymore. will attempt fix it fics in 5-9 business days when i have recovered.