#larkin lines

[sentintheclowns]

Larkin Lines 23-24

@ldancersxo and i put on our detective hats to list the larkin lines!

These are not in any order and lmk if you see any mistakes :)

Junior Line

Kelsie Jacobson (12)

Finley Ashfield (12)

Kate Monge (12)

Savannah Manzel (13)

Ingrid Wirtz (13)

Tahari Conrad (13)

Daphnie Braun (13)

Lola Boisen (13)

Savannah Werner (13)

Laura Yeh (13)

Gigi Mourad (13)

Sarah St. Cyr (13)

Ava McCraine (13)

Harlow Pike (14)

Ava Rothmund (14)

Ava Munos (14) CAPTAIN

Kira Reissner (14) CAPTAIN

Brynn Kostka (15) CAPTAIN

Laci Bloss (15)

Matissa Conrad (15)

Juan Pachecho (15)

Senior Line

Claire Monge (15)

Olivia Shelton (15)

Brynn Kostka (15)

Keira Redpath (16)

Caleb Abea (16)

Erik Barker (16)

Ellie Tollefson (16)

Kenzie Karges (16)

Ashley Gutz (16)

Clara Koshire (16)

Delaney Rosewell (16)

Bella Jarvis (17)

Cece Thielen (17)

Annika Padelford (17)

Cami Redpath (17) CAPTAIN

Maddie Raverty (17) CAPTAIN

Lexi Adair (17) CAPTAIN

Ayla Pilrain (18)

Alayna Erpelding (18)

#larkin dance studio #larkin lines #2023 - 2024 season

[lydiaas]

sutherkin + sticking together

#the night agent #thenightagentedit #sutherkinedit #sutherkin #peter x rose #peter sutherland #rose larkin #usergrace #userbrizz #joined at the hip #nervous when the other is not in their line of sight

[lemotomato]

Bonus:

"After we stop it. What next?"

The Night Agent 1.09

#the scream that i scrumpt #Peter watching Rose so intently #He was trying to distract her but then also basically declared his intentions #I thought he was going to ask her on a date but the cabin line was even cuter #I hope we get to see it in season 2? #peter x rose #the night agent #sutherkin #larkland #peter sutherland #rose larkin #my gifs

[forestgreenlesbian]

whats the best love poem of all time

#poem about love. not necessarily love poem i guess #too hard to pick one. song of the anti-sisyphus is up there #want by joan larkin & wikipedia article about love with plenty of citations by bob schofield. love is big lines love is terrible aches etc! #& anne carson o small sad ecstasy of love. i did a road trip all over my mind and heart and there you were #kneeling by the roadside with your little toolkit fixing something

[youngpettyqueen]

so Boom was absolutely foreshadowing the Master coming back right

#doctor who #doctor who spoilers #the skye boat song... #but also I think the last line of the episode has to do with it to- quoting from An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin #a poem about a deceased Earl and Countess #and how what survives of them is their love #and what will be remembered of them is their love #that coupled with using skye boat song #like... of course we KNEW the Master was going to be coming back because of the Toymaster's tooth and everything #but I feel like its being spelled out more here #kdsjfhdskjfhskd im gonna go CRAZY

[khiita]

i don't really have anything to show for the wip wednesday + share smth sunday that @lilas + @sosolenoo tagged me in cuz i've been busy dying but here's a quick cyrus that i did for @larkin-if !! she announced that his fc is jon b/ernthal so after sobbing into my hands for five to ten minutes i had to grab a pic of him and turn it into my vampire malewife 😔

#happy sundnesday.... not tagging anyone since i'm so late #ari.txt #larkin #cyrus sokolov #my art #did not watermark this one cuz it really is just a pic of jon. you know? #i do have some if wips about but they are really just Bright Lines cuz i haven't had time to move past the messy sketch + other than that i #just have v/ent art which. i'm not sharing on this blog lol #i'm so. eepy. bout to enter my snrrk mimimi era. my honk shoo era.

[tatemclegs]

#her lines >>> #larkin dance studio #showbizminneapolis22 #my edits

[annarexcouture]

#blue wives matter #girlblogging #girlblogger #lana del rey #sorry he's hot #sean larkin #sticks #lana is mother #cops #thin blue line #romanticize everything forever #i ship them #cops show #southern aesthetic

[backthebluek9]

This came out after the whole George Floyd incident, so I doubt the show was actually canceled because of this.. it was canceled because A&E is a woke company and canceled because of the whole 'black lives matter' scheme. They refused to bring it back cause they know or refuse to acknowledge that police are important. They sued Reelz because the new show, On Patrol: Live resembled a lot of what they did on Live PD thus now changing theme song, design, placement of Dan and folks and even the cups they used, and is probably the main reason why Sean Larkin is no longer "full time" on the show - he has his own show now on FoxNation I believe it is called Crime Cam ?

#live pd #back the blue #law enforcement #police #police lives matter #thin blue line #back the blue k9 #k9 lives matter #humanize the badge #williamson county #oplivenation #on patrol live #oplive #sean larkin #sticks #sean sticks larkin

[poetrysmackdown]

welcome to the 2023 tumblr poetry smackdown

tumblr has developed something of a canon of poetry over the past couple years, and i figured others might enjoy getting a chance to voice their opinions on a few of those poems! poems i chose for the poetry smackdown had to be more or less widely read on tumblr (generally 10k+ notes, most with more or spread across compilations), and relatively short so as to make voting easier. they also had to be complete—there are a lot of popular lines floating around on tumblr that are excerpted from very long poems and/or poems that are inaccessible via internet, and those aren't included here. a handful of poets are represented here twice reflecting my sense of their popularity, but i arranged the bracket in such a way that it won't be able to stay that way past round 2 at the latest. if i missed a poem that is super popular i'm sorry, that said the bracket is staying as is because this was a shit ton of work to put together and i don't want to. ty.

you can get to the polls by following the links below or going to the #round1 tag on my blog. you can also send me propaganda if you want via ask and i'll post it/add it to the next round's post if the poem wins.

happy voting!

sincerely amelia @poetriarchy :)

ROUND 1: ENDS JULY 17 at 6pm EDT

"The Two-Headed Calf" by Laura Gilpin vs. "Butter Dish" by Leonard Cohen (cow poems)

"Poem" by Langston Hughes vs. "A Meeting" by Wendell Berry

"Miss you. Would like to grab that chilled tofu we love." by Gabrielle Calvocoressi vs. "My Sister, Who Died Young, Takes Up The Task" by Jon Pineda

"Hammond B3 Organ Cistern" by Gabrielle Calvocoressi vs. "Hong Kong" by Sue Zhao

"someone will remember us" (fragment by Sappho trans. Anne Carson) vs. "Wait" by Faraj Bou al-Isha trans. Khaled Mattawa

"The Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel vs "Invisible Fish" by Joy Harjo

"Want" by Joan Larkin vs. "Come, and Be My Baby" by Maya Angelou

"Swan" by Mary Oliver vs. "How I Go to the Woods" by Mary Oliver

"The Orange" by Wendy Cope vs. "The Tenor of Your Yes" by Mary Ruefle

"Here There Are Blueberries" by Mary Syzbist vs. "Instructions on Not Giving Up" by Ada Limón

"To The Young Who Want to Die" by Gwendolyn Brooks vs. "A Litany for Survival" by Audre Lorde

"Night Walk" by Franz Wright vs. "Meditations in an Emergency" by Cameron Awkward-Rich

"Summer Was Forever" by Chen Chen vs. "I'm not a religious person but" by Chen Chen

"How to Be a Dog" by Andrew Kane vs. "Scheherazade" by Richard Siken

"I'm going to Minnesota where sadness makes sense" by Danez Smith vs. "Dream Song 29" by John Berryman

"Having a Coke with You" by Frank O'Hara vs. "Having 'Having a Coke with You' with You" by Mark Leidner

ADDENDUM: at 6pm on July 17th (or possibly a day earlier if there's already a clear sweep), I will be releasing a one-day poll that will give voters the option to sub in "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver for the winner of matchup #8: "Swan" vs. "How I Go to the Woods". this is to help correct my significant oversight when I was remembering which two Oliver poems I've seen most on tumblr, and it's the only time I'm doing this kind of thing, so don't suggest it for any other poems after this please. that said, a sincere ty to @darkcomedies for first bringing its absence to my attention! and keep an eye out for this extra poll which i am calling ROUND 1.5: A HAIL MARY (OLIVER)

#poetry #poll #bracket #round1 #masterpost

[fanonical]

lemony snicket was a real one for making a poem (this be the verse by philip larkin) that starts with the line 'they fuck you up, your mum and dad' the central theme of his children's book

#A Series of Unfortunate Events #ASoUE

[larkingame]

so, i don't usually crosspost these posts, but this week's update on patreon is available to everyone and I know I have a bit of a larger following on tumblr, and I'd really like everyone on the same page so I'm dropping all I have to say here too.

good evening friends!! i hope you're all doing well! welcome to the first update of 2024. momentous for me personally, because this is the year we finish larkin. i am making this post available to all patrons, (paid or not) because I'd really like to start 2024 on the right foot with everyone aware of the road ahead. i am so determined to get it done you have no idea. this is my year. 2024, i christen thee: the year of the vampire cowboy.

okay, so big things ahead, lets talk about the update, explore some of the features we have in the game, plans for this weekends release, the schedule and a couple other things.

so, if you've played at all with the new version of the game, you'll take notice that it's a little bit different than my first image of the game. at first larkin was just a straight interactive fiction following the likes of cog like games, with choices and avenues and split stats and the like. but now, as of 2024 (crazy) we're seeing a game that is more reminiscent of a ttrpg, like dnd or cyberpunk, with stats, classes and dice rolls. admittedly, the very first encounter of the game is well (it's a little rigged) the game, of course, could not really get started if the preacher gets cooked before they've even made it to nevada, so, the odds are a little bit stacked in the players favor this round, but at least, it gives you a little bit of a taste of whats to come. to dive into the specifics of what's important with this first encounter (or just, how to avoid getting your ass really kicked) these first few rolls give bonuses to players with high dexterity and athleticism—-but that's not to say you need to make your character beefed up in these departments. each stat will get their time to shine later down the line.

but let's talk about what i'm really excited to discuss: classes. so with the new version of larkin, i've introduced a system of classes that operate somewhat like your standard dungeons and dragons class, but with a little bit more of that classic background from the original ttrpg mixed in—coloring the way your character sees the world of the game, sort of how a race might effect a dnd character--(a dwarf player is going to have a much different worldview than say, an elf.) for this i was heavily inspired by games like dragon age origins and baldur's gate, and while I do have those original background ready to be dropped a little bit later on the game in relation to your character's perspectives on the abrams family, I really like how these have come to form.

in total there are seven new classes: con-man, outlaw, healer, thief, gambler, showman and slayer. each of these classes warps the perspective of the player character, giving them new motivations, dialogue options, and affects their relationships with the other characters in the game and the world around them. to illustrate this, I'm thinking of making a little bit more of an in depth explanation screen to be added to saturday's update to really get that point across, but I'm still toying with how I want to phrase the specifics of it. what i might do is something similar to baldur's gate with little pop-up tutorials that can be turned off/on depending on how you'd like to play.

to give an example of some of the more in depth motivations/choices each class offers lets talk about the thief and the outlaw classes. the thief class i am especially excited for, because like the con-man class and similar to a few others, it really allows your character to be very money/materialistically motivated. it opens up routes later in the game, like romancing one of the sokolovs—with motivations reminiscent of gold-digging (hehehe very excited for that—i think it will be very fun to write—because you have this idea of a cold hearted player who is entering into a relationship with them strictly for business, versus a cold hearted player who is in it for the cash but also. might be falling in love with one of the sokolovs? ((a lot of fun dynamics afoot here.)) the outlaw class is also one i'm excited to work with because it really puts something of a strain on the preacher and wyatt's relationship—-mostly because you see a strong division in terms of their ethics—the preacher in that case is very 'do what you gotta do to survive,' whereas wyatt believes (key word—believes) he's living by some sort of moral code—that he's failed to instill in the person he views as his child. so like there are layers here boys. layers of resentment, failure—to connect, to teach, to bond. a final tidbit about the slayer class before I move on: if you would really like to play into the enemies to lovers trope with one of the vampires, I would highly recommend giving your player this class ((that's all I'll say))

so: saturday, that takes us to the bar, where each class will get a unique scene, similar to how the scheming tactic section worked in the original game. we're gonna finish up the encounter with the first vampires, meet our guild pursuers and move to the bar. I'm planning also to implement the character customization here—(sort of a way to prep before the player heads out to the bar.) most likely won't get to all classes by saturday's code, but after that, I'm planning to release again on next wednesday, so we're keeping on track. I'd really like to give a full picture of customization for the player character, with all the original options for physical appearance (i might keep clothes vague for now though and let you dress your character later on, until you get a taste of the inventory/bartering system-—you have to deal with MY poor fashion choices for a little bit.) but that being said, about character customization, if there's something that's lacking here and you'd like to suggest an addition I'd be all ears. This is what I'm planning to implement so far:

skin tone

body type*

hair color

hair texture

hair length

hair style**

height

skin details (acne, scars, vitiligo, rosacea)

facial hair

make-up

piercings

eyewear (glasses, no glasses, eyepatch, prosthetic eye)

gender-affirming customization (for ex. use of binding)

* a note on the body type section, I kind of had this idea of digitally drawing some silhouettes of different heights, shapes and sizes, and allowing the player to click through arrows to select a rough estimation of what their body-type might look like. I'm going to do an art dump later this month, and I have a few sketches of what I'd kinda like to do with that, but I'm still toying with it, because even that could be a little limiting in terms of options. if any of you had thoughts on that, I'd love to hear them.

**I think it might also be cool to kind of have drawings of different hairstyles available to the characters, arranged in the card formats like the previous gender options in that same red colored sketch format.

speaking of art though--and this is purely tangential so I apologize, I'm sure you've taken notice of some of the art being repetitive--for the moment that's purposeful. I'm planning to commission some work for the cards to be implemented in a later update--so what you're seeing are just placeholders for now.

okay! with saturday's notes out of the way, plans for the rest of the week. I need to finish the timeline and then I need to make it readable to people other than myself. it is currently incomprehensible and of the few people that have gotten their eyes on it only one (1) could make sense of my mad ramblings. (shout out to friend of the game bianca from exiled from court if any of you are familiar with her or her stuff, we are  big bianca fans here.) After that I need to do some edits with the new update and such, and poke at the code.

Tonight after I post this, I'm specifically working on sending a few more emails to betas (know that sending emails is. my personal hell because of intense social anxiety. BUT we must persevere. emails will be sent tonight.) after that, I have to work on the phillip/kc/sam schedule + calendar for this month, just to keep the three of us on the same page. I'm in the process of looking at some stamps.com printers for sending out packages with this next round of physical rewards and ordering the merch (hehehe)

okay. super long update for our first one of the year, but I am so excited to get to keep working with you guys :) i'd like to thank you all for your continued support and I can't wait to show you more of the little universe i've crafted :)

until friday! i'm gonna be posting some cyrus asks/scenarios for you all to enjoy, so look forward to that! <3

#larkin if #devlog #patreon

[jrow]

May Prompts (20)

Day 19 here. Start at the beginning here.

Do Over

“Perhaps you need a …. I believe the colloquial term is do over.”

He pulls the mobile away from his ear. “Please don’t try to talk like a normal person ever again,” he says forcefully into the receiver. He returns the mobile to his ear and says, more quietly. “It’s off-putting.”

His brother sighs. “Yes that was unpleasant for me too. But the advice stands, brother mine. This isn’t some grand mystery for you to solve.”

“Mycroft, I assure you I have no idea what you are talking about.”

“Your guilt is getting tedious, Sherlock. And you are far more transparent than you think. You obviously omitted some information in your recounting about the night John fell. me. It’s surely trivial but it’s bothering you so just tell John.”

He says nothing, unsure of how to respond. He hates when Mycroft is right. He walks back down the hall to John’s room and looks in the window. John is sleeping. He looks so peaceful. “I don’t want John to be mad at me,” he says, unsure of why he feels the need to be honest with his brother of all people.

He can hear Mycroft’s eye roll. “That seems unlikely, under the circumstances. And even if it were a probable outcome, Sherlock, delay is hardly an effective tactic. John will remember whatever it is you aren’t telling him.” A pause. “Dr. Watson has always been much more … let’s say hurt … by subterfuge than anything else. A lie by omission is still a lie.”

“He might not remember.”

“We both know that is unlikely. And, in terms of his recovery, not what you want.”

Arg! Why does it brother have to be right?

… And why is the constable guarding John’s room intently watching Sherlock’s half of this conversation? The man’s recently acquired (and atrocious) bleach blonde hair certainly shows a clear lack of judgment.

“Don’t you have something better to do? Your job perhaps,” he snaps at the constable before turning his back on him. It’s not entirely fair because the man’s job is, basically, just to stand there as it seems the constant presence of police has been enough to deter any further intruders. That and the rather Orwellian number of highly visible CCTV cameras that Mycroft had installed.

He hears Mycroft sigh on the other end of the line. “Go talk to John, Sherlock, and put us all out of our misery.” A pause. “But first, put him on. I need to speak with him.”

“John’s sleeping,” he snaps, “and I won’t be waking him to speak to the likes of you. He’s already having enough trouble keeping food down.”

“I don’t have time for this,” Mycroft mutters. “Sod it. I have a message … give him my condolences. I heard his old friend Robert Larkin died. Fentanyl. Terrible thing. I know old Robbie had been planning on visiting but … well he got tied up, I suppose.”

“I’ll pass on the message,” he says, fingers itching to start looking up everything on this Robert Larkin. Mycroft is not all that great at subtlety.

There is silence for a moment before his brother speaks again. “Sherlock, John is safe. Rosie is safe. Let yourself enjoy it.”

@keirgreeneyes @raina-at @totallysilvergirl @meetinginsamarra @jolieblack @phoenix27884 @friday411 @calaisreno @quimerasyutopias @lisbeth-kk @safedistancefrombeingsmart @momma2boys @helloliriels @dapetty

#johnlock #wip #may prompts 2024

[insanityclause]

Tom Hiddleston's back on the circuit. After wrapping up Loki at the end of last year, the MCU super villain-turned-superhero has been taking some well-earned time off. And good for him! Everyone needs a bit of R&R every now and then. But with spring coming up just around the corner though, the Hiddleston hibernation is officially over. And with it, we're getting some seriously mega menswear.

Last Friday, Brunello Cucinelli held an intimate dinner at the Chiltern Firehouse in London. Kristin Scott Thomas was there. Jonathan Bailey, too. And of course, Tom Hiddleston arrived as well. And like GQ's dinner with Paul Smith just a few days prior (Hiddleston was there too), there's been a slew of events in the capital to celebrate last night's BAFTAs. People who like actors and nice clothes have a nice time. It's a foolproof formula.

📸 German Larkin

The Kong: Skull Island star showed up in a double-breasted suit courtesy of Brunello Cucinelli. However, it wasn't just any ol' double-breasted suit. This one was crafted in Italy, like all things Brunello Cucinelli, and came in a rich burgundy colour. Wide peaked lapels and buffalo horn buttons offered an almost tux-like look. And you'll also find two patch pockets on either side and an extra one across the chest, where Hiddleston switched things up with a patterned pocket square.

He layered the blazer on top of a white shirt and grey tie combo, and he jumped into a pair of matching trousers. What makes this two-piece even more special is the fact that it's made from corduroy – but not your grandad's corduroy. This is constructed from the Italian label's signature Sea Island cotton, which is a material that's grown exclusively in the Caribbean. It's a lot rarer and more expensive compared to the “normal” stuff, but it's meant to be a lot softer and even more flexible. The suit is then finished with a velvet-esque texture, and completely lined with satin along the inside. If you're on the market for a good post-7pm suit, few are more advanced than Brunello Cucinelli.

Tom Hiddleston is officially back, baby. And boy, did we miss him

#tom hiddleston #brunello cucinelli

[redgoldsparks]

I've got a few events upcoming next month! 

LUMACON- February 3 2024, 10am-4pm Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd Petaluma, CA 94952. This event is free and open to the public!

PRIDE IN PANELS- February 18 2024, 12pm-5pm, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102. This is the first of a new annual queer comics event partly hosted and organized by publisher Silver Sprocket. In addition to the show day, there will be a queer comics reading at Silver Sprocket Friday February 16 from 7-9pm, and a showing of the documentary No Straight Lines at the at the Hormel LGBTQIA Center Reading Room in the SF Public Library’s Main Branch from 2-4:30pm. More info on those other events here. 

I'm also speaking at the SF Writer's Conference on February 17, but that event is extremely expensive. If you are going, find me and say hello!

I'm also going to be honored with an Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature in a ceremony on February 17. The award ceremony will be held at the Fisher Center at Bard College in New York. I decided not to attend the ceremony in person, but when I saw the lineup of other authors being honored that evening, that decision was sorely tempted... Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson, Mike Curato, Alex Gino, George M Johnson, and Jelani Memory will also receive awards. I wish I could meet all of them in person! If you want to attend, tickets are on sale now for the ceremony.

#maia kobabe #comics #lumacon 2024 #pride in panels #comic events

[jesterwriting]

Hi jesteeer! Congrats on the 100 followers dear!! Surely a thing to celebrate /gen

Today I come with an idea, I don't know if you are familiar with dangerously yours(its an old radio show? idk how to explain in english my badd ://) but there is one dialogue that always destroys me from the inside, and I just put crocodile's face on it, it goes like

Crocodile: [Name], I offer you the three things most dear to me: My heart, my country and my dream.

What if this is part of Crocy confession, when he pops the question if they want to marry him? I just really love him as a tottaly devoted and head over heels w reader, almost like Gomez, ya feel me? Anyway, sorry for the ramble, if this inspires you, please take my offering🤲🤲🤲💞💞

♠️-Anon.

pairing: crocodile x gn!reader

contents: angst, breakups, hurt no comfort, still crocodile is absolutely smitten with you

word count: 1.2k words

note: hiiiiiii. okay. listen. this went in a completely opposite direction than i intended because i was trying to think of a scenario where crocodile would say those words, but i dont think he would offer to give up his dream if he thought he could have both his lover and his dream. it’d have to be a one or the other situation. i had to put him in a Situation. thus came the angst train. i fully intended for something sweet and sappy, i really did :( HOWEVER! i do have ideas for a part two that has a happy ending hehe. sorry this is kind of painful, i hope you enjoy all the same <33 if you dont like this, you can send the request in again and ill do something actually sweet, i promise! again im really sorry for the direction this took, inspiration hit me like a brick

playlist: kingdom’s edge - christopher larkin

Through tears, you stuffed your suitcase full of whatever you could get your hands on, purposely leaving out anything he gave you. Not that beautiful necklace he gently clasped around your neck, not those clothes he had tailor made to fit you, and certainly not the rings he slipped onto your fingers when he wanted to spoil you. You wanted nothing to do with him— nothing to do with Crocodile again. Not for the rest of your life, not ever.

Your breathing hitched when a photo of you fluttered from the breast pocket of Crocodile’s dress shirt you tore from the hanger and threw to the ground. It was the size of your palm, an image of you smiling warmly at the camera. You remembered when it was taken: a year ago when you first came to Alabasta. Everything felt so new then. It was your first time on the Grand Line, ecstatic for the promise of adventure that waited around every corner. At first you planned on leaving as soon as you came, but Alabasta enamored you, with its sprawling cities and beautiful sands. Yes, it had its issues, but what country didn’t? You decided that, despite everything, you would make it your home.

If there was one thing you loved more than Crocodile, it was this country, and he was killing it.

Right under your nose. The “hero” of Alabasta was destroying everything right under your fucking nose. The thought made you sick. You were under no illusions that Crocodile was a good man. You knew what happened to the handsy men who bothered you in the casino, or to those who attempted to scam you under your boyfriend’s watchful gaze. He was possessive and cruel, but still, you loved him. All of his rough edges seemed to disappear when it came to you. The way he touched you, gentle and reverent in the night, to his rare smiles only you got to see. When you loved, it was with everything you had, and you thought you could handle Crocodile at his worst; that you could carry his burdens alongside him.

But not this. Never this.

You slammed your suitcase shut. It was hard to see through your tears, sniffling sporadically as you wrestled to zip the bag closed. So caught up in your desperation, you didn’t hear the door close until it was too late.

“You’re leaving.” It wasn’t a question, it was a statement. The scent of Crocodile’s cigar filled the room, and you fought to keep from basking in its familiarity.

Everything hurt. You wanted this to all be a bad dream so you could bury your face in Crocodile’s chest and let him hold you until you fell asleep. You wanted everything to go back to normal, and some traitorous part of you wished, deep down, you never found out what exactly Baroque Works was.

Worst of all, you wanted to forgive him. It pulled at your heart, tugged at your tongue, made fat tears roll down your cheeks, and you hated it.

“Yeah. I’m leaving.” You hastily wiped away your face clean before you faced him — though you were sure your eyes were still red — and hefted your suitcase off the ground. It was heavy. You let the weight ground you.

Crocodile didn’t move from in front of the door. “It’s amusing how you think I’d let you.”

“Well, you can’t fucking keep me here. I’d make your life a living hell, I promise you.” With your back on one arm, you stomped past him and towards the door. Crocodile didn’t move an inch, staring down at you like you were no more than a petulant child.

“Stop being a brat and unpack.”

You glared up at him. “I’m serious. I’m leaving, and you can’t stop me. Now move.”

Of course, Crocodile didn’t move. You both knew he wouldn’t, but you weren’t staying here a second longer either. Letting out a heavy sigh, you stormed around him and threw open the door. To your surprise, he made no moves to grab you, remaining still as a statue as you marched to the elevator that would take you out of his goddamned penthouse.

You pressed the button, and still, Crocodile stayed in place. Unable to see his expression, you couldn’t begin to read him, nor did you want to. It was over. Whatever you had with him was done. Swallowing the lump in your throat, you choked on a m sob as the elevator dinged and the doors slid open.

“I’ll give it up.”

You froze. “What?”

“I’ll give it up. Everything. As long as you stay.”

When you turned, he was right behind you, expression the same as always. Hard and unforgiving. The only sign of any emotional lapse was the way his Adam’s apple bobbed when he swallowed, waiting for you to make your decision. When you didn’t respond, Crocodile spoke again. You tried not to think about the slight waver that interrupted his smooth words.

“I offer you the three things most dear to me: my heart, my country, and my dream. I’ll give up everything if it means you’ll stay by my side. Stay, Y/N.”

You dropped your bag and took his hand in yours. Crocodile’s fingers played with your own as you ran your thumb over each of his rings. “I can’t ask you to do that.”

Crocodile furrowed his brow. “Don’t make me ask again.”

That was the closest you would ever get to hearing the warlord beg. You let his hand drop.

“It would be better for everyone for you to give up your dream, but how could I ever ask you to do that? I love you. I’ve known you're not a good person for a long time, and I thought I was okay with that. But to ask you to give everything up, change the very foundations of who you are just so I can stay? I can’t. Even at the expense of everyone else, I can’t.” Picking up your suitcase, you turned your back to him. “You’ve made me a worse person.”

As you walked through the elevator doors and pressed the button for the lobby, all you were met with was silence. Your last glimpse of Crocodile’s face broke your heart. Instead of the stony façade he had managed to keep the entire night, he looked completely and utterly lost.

You left Alabasta that night.

It wasn’t until three weeks later, when you read that Crocodile had been arrested, did you realize that horrible pit in your gut was regret.

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