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tayrcse · 3 months

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You’re Losing Me

✎ summary: How long can you be dying inside until he finally notices that he’s losing you?

✎ warnings: angst

✎ characters: Rafe Cameron

✎ word count: 867

You say, “I don’t understand,” and I say, “I know you don’t”

We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won’t

Remember lookin’ at this room? We loved it ‘cause of the light

Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it’s time

“I don’t understand,” Rafe said, tears brimming in his eyes.

You sigh, saying, “I know you don’t.”

You didn’t think this would happen. You never thought the day would come where you would have to give up on your relationship. You truly thought something would come along and fix the two of you. Now, you don’t think it will.

You look around the room, taking it in for the last time. You used to love it here. The light coming through the window shone on Rafe, illuminating his handsome face. You can’t remember the last time the two of you were here together. You don’t remember the last time this room felt like home.

Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?

I’m getting tired even for a phoenix

Always risin’ from the ashes

Mendin’ all her gashes

You might just have dealt the final blow

You weren’t sure you were ready to throw out everything you and Rafe built the last three years. You had held on for so long, been strong for so long. But, you were tired. Nothing had ever been able to break you, but you think Rafe might’ve done just that.

Stop, you’re losin’ me

I can’t find a pulse

My heart won’t start anymore for you

‘Cause you’re losin’ me

You felt yourself slipping from his fingertips. The arms that once held you so tightly were losing their grip. Your heart no longer leapt at the sight of him. Your relationship was dead, you knew that. Rafe lost you a long time ago.

Every mornin’, I glared at you with storms in my eyes

How can you say that you love someone you can’t tell is dyin’?

I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick

My face was gray, but you wouldn’t admit that we were sick

Rafe was oblivious to the storm brewing in your mind. How could he say that he loved you when he couldn’t even see how you were hurting? You gave him so many signs. He never seemed to notice. Did Rafe feel it? Could he feel the poison that was spreading between the two of you?

And the air is thick with loss and indecision

I know my pain is such an imposition

Now, you’re runnin’ down the hallway

And you know what they all say

“You don’t know what you got until it’s gone”

You felt like you were suffocating in this room with him. He wouldn’t say a word. Even now, when the end of your relationship was imminent, he wouldn’t fight for you. With a sigh, you brush past him, suitcase in hand, and walk out the door of the apartment you no longer share. It takes him too long to chase after you. You’re already at the end of the hallway when he’s running to catch up. You know what they say, “you never know what you have until it’s gone.” You don’t turn back.

How long could we be a sad song

’Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?

I gave you all my best me’s, my endless empathy

And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier

Fighting in only your army, frontlines, don’t you ignore me

How long could you and Rafe have lived like that? Like you were the main characters in a movie that could only end in heartbreak. You gave him the best parts of yourself. You held him up when things got hard. All you ever did was fight for you relationship. In return, he ignored you.

I’m the best thing at this party (You’re losin’ me)

And I wouldn’t marry me either

A pathological people pleaser

Who only wanted you to see her

Maybe you can pinpoint where in all went wrong. Maybe it was at your 21st birthday party last year when he had told you that you were the best thing there. Everyone had been convinced he was going to propose that day. He never did. You couldn’t blame him though. You wouldn’t marry you either, if you were him. After all, who would want to marry a pathological people pleaser?

And I’m fadin’, thinkin’

“Do something, babe, say something” (Say something)

“Lose something, babe, risk something” (You’re losin’ me)

“Choose something, babe, I got nothing” (I got nothing)

“To believe, unless you’re choosin’ me”

So many thoughts raced through your head as you walked away from the man you once loved. You were begging him to try harder. Begging him to just say something, do something. Begging him to choose you. But you never felt that hand on your shoulder, stopping you from walking out of his life. You never heard his voice, calling you to just stop and reconsider. You got nothing. And he lost everything.

#outer banks #rafe cameron #rafe cameron x reader #rafe cameron angst #rafe cameron x reader angst #Spotify #tayrcse

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the-lost-boys-whore · 1 year

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Introducing The Lost Boys

Number one (Vamp (Daddy) Dad)

Dwayne!

🐆 Tall, dark, silent, handsome

🐆 Doesn’t own a shirt

🐆 Has a son

🐆 Speaks French and Iroquoian

🐆 The only brunette of the four boys

🐆Soft boyfriend

We love our quiet boi

Number two (Italian Stallion) (nickname from @luv4fandoms )

Marko!

🕊️ Goldie locks number one

🕊️ Pet pigeons

🕊️ Lost half of his shirt (oh well)

🕊️ Speaks Italian

🕊️ Loud boi

🕊️ Affection driven boyfriend

We love our first pot smoker

Number three (THE pot smoker)

Paul!

🍃 Goldie locks number two

🍃 Do not let him bake pot brownies (He will burn down the house)

🍃 Will drop his pants for anything

🍃 Headcannon!! He’s from Amsterdam or Norway (still debating)

🍃 Loud boi 2.0

🍃 Horny stoner boyfriend

We love our twisted sister

Number four (Bleach Blondie)

David!

🍾 Overdressed for Cali

🍾 Mind powers

🍾 Eats worms noodles

🍾 Probably speaks whatever the boys do just to fuck with them

🍾 Glove kink

🍾 Meanie with a soft spot boyfriend

We love our Scarlet Witch vampire

Bonus

Number five (Astrology Girl THE ONLY FEMALE IN THE GROUP SAVE HER)

Star!

🌟 Pro at stick and pokes

🌟 Will make you jewelry

🌟 Bisexual witch

🌟 Totally Latina, fluent in Spanish

🌟The only one you can trust to cook

🌟 Gift-giving girlfriend

We love our girl

Finally! Number six (Phoenix boi)

Michael!

🥡 Picky eater (since the maggot incident)

🥡 Cuddler

🥡 Constant compliments

🥡 I feel like he’d know some type of Spanish not fluent however

🥡 Would totally do skin care with you

🥡 Soft supportive boyfriend

We love our final girl

Send in requests babes. These are the only characters I write for. Probably platonic Laddie cause of Dwayne but that's it. No Sam or frog brothers cause Sam is a minor and I don't like the frogs lol

#the lost boys #the lost boys x reader #Michael Emerson #Michael tlb #star #star tlb #marko #marko tlb #dwayne #dwayne tlb #paul #paul tlb #david #david tlb #tlb x reader

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saintsenara · 2 months

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thoughts on sirius/narcissa

thank you very much for the ask, anon! this has the potential to be an interesting and controversial one...

i've spoken here and there about how - as much as i loathe the character commonly known as fanon!sirius - i'm also not the biggest fan of a version of sirius which has emerged as a reaction to this, who we might call dark!aristocrat!sirius.

this sirius - who appears not to have realised his canon self is being sarcastic when he says his parents considered themselves "practically royal" - is, i'm sorry to say to the aristocracy fans, just as distorted a version of the character as the heavily-tattooed and tiny fanon!sirius. and that's fine, obviously - people are entitled to like and read and write what they want - but it's not going to stop a tear beading in my eye whenever i see it...

[one day i'll hit publish on my the black family are not politically important manifesto and be removed from the fandom...]

which is to say, the sirius who tends to be shipped with one or other of his cousins - although, for exactly the tedious pro-aristocracy, people-belong-with-their-own-kind reasons outlined above, the cousin in question never seems to be andromeda - is this dark aristocrat version, and he's usually written as wanting to fuck either narcissa or bellatrix because the only woman worthy to be with a male scion of the house of black is a female scion of the same house.

and i think it's out-of-character and i think it's dull!

now, if you're looking for the whole twisted-obsession-ruins-the-vibe thing, i can see that there's a plausible case for sirius/bellatrix - they're set up by the canon narrative as extraordinarily similar [and i absolutely read sirius' claim in order of the phoenix that andromeda was his favourite cousin as a lie, covering up the fact that, as a child at least, that role was taken by bellatrix]. i think there's something very interesting which can be done with both of them shattering the expectations of their families in ways which would evidently be quite shocking in a society with such restrictive mores. bellatrix massively defies gendered conventions which require a pureblood woman of her social class to be little more than a wife and mother [although that she does so without being able to leave her family, like sirius, is because - you guessed it! - of those gendered conventions themselves], while sirius shirks his expected social role as the eldest son, upsetting the "natural" order of things in his family's eyes. that can, i think give some interesting flavour to that pairing.

but sirius and narcissa never - in my view - hits in the same way. while they're closer in age than sirius and bellatrix, their personality types are sufficiently divergent [but not in an interestingly conflicting way - their major difference is largely that narcissa doesn't seem to be particularly fun] that the spark is lacking. and this, i think, is the reason why siricissa tends to hang really heavily on the idea that it is hot, glamorous, and aristocratic to have sex with your first cousin.

and look, one of the only bits of "pureblood culture" fanon i accept is the idea that blood-supremacist families practise arranged marriage [i think sirius' comment in order of the phoenix about parents "only letting" their children marry other purebloods essentially confirms it], and that first cousin marriage may well be their cultural practise as well. but arranged marriages [and, indeed, cousin marriages - which are obviously considered much less unusual in some cultures than others] aren't inherently interesting things. they're just things some people do.

but the vast, vast majority of the sirius/bellatrix or sirius/narcissa i've ever seen thinks that the blood-relation element and that alone is enough to justify the ship as hot and exciting and wicked. and it's not.

what i would like to make the case for instead is shipping narcissa with regulus.

my reading of narcissa has always been that she's somebody who - a little like petunia dursley - feels an absolutely enormous pressure to adhere to social convention, owing to the shame she perceives her family as receiving following both andromeda's desertion of them and bellatrix's refusal to conform. she's someone, i think, who really leans into the character of the perfect lady-of-the-manor, the model wife and mother, the pure ideal of wizarding womanhood - and i think you can do a lot with her experience in this gilded prison of her own, and society's, making.

regulus too is someone who canonically conforms - again, as sirius tells us, as a reaction to sirius' own defiance of the behaviour expected of him by his class and blood status. i think the two of them finding themselves in a relationship which is constantly battling against this artifice - whether they end up clinging all the more tightly to the masks they wear in public or they're able to help each other gradually become more open and real - would absolutely slap.

#asks answered #asenora's opinions on ships #siricissa #sirius black #narcissa malfoy #this isn't a safe space for pro-aristocracy takes #it comes from living in a colony

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fyeahghosttrick · 10 months

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Ghost Swap 10: closing ceremonies, happy rerelease day, and what comes next

Ghost Trick is out! On Steam, Switch, everywhere! Ghost!!! Tricks!!! Please play Ghost Trick. Let’s party! These are the SIXTY-SEVEN works that were created for the Ghost Swap exchange / the anniversary celebrations last week, in our biggest edition by a landslide. What a triumph:

@ace-cyclic for @catgirl-frostmoon: So You Had a Bad Day (fic, Sith, Sith’s robot, Yonoa crew)

@arbuthnotblob for @gippley-png: Chapter 15 Cabanela angst (art, Cabanela)

@azurefishnets for @dieanywhereelseart: Without Form and Void (fic, Jowd, Missile, Sissel)

@azurefishnets for @arbuthnotblob: FFVI crossover, Personal Demons (fic, Cabanela, Sissel)

@azurefishnets for @laughingmango: Maelstrom (fic, Alma, Jowd, Cabanela, Sissel)

@azurefishnets for @siverwrites: Testing the Waters (fic, Jowd, Cabanela, Alma, Kamila)

@azurefishnets, @laughingmango and @siverwrites: Celestial Miracle: Angelic Investigator (illustrated fic, Kamila, Amelie, Emma, Cabanela, Jowd, Lynne, Yomiel)

@bunnybead123 for @pichumaster: Time in a Bottle (fic, Yomiel, Sissel, Sissel - Yomiel’s wife, Lynne, Jowd, Cabanela)

@catgirl-frostmoon for @katecattus: Memories Come in on Little Cat Feet (fic, Sissel & Yomiel)

@clay-cuttlefish for @ace-cyclic: Lynnvestigation (interactive fic, Lynne, Sissel)

@crushcircuit with @mrkanman for @marenwithanm: Jowd holding Sissel (art, Jowd, Sissel)

@dapskie for @yunaffie: Sissel and Missile being cute together (art, Sissel, Missile)

@darknessconsumesmeslowly for @clay-cuttlefish: The Darkness Within (fic, Yomiel)

@dinner-rol for @starsofcarnephel: Bailey and partner living together (art, Bailey, Bailey’s partner)

@dreamdancerdotfile for @moodlemcdoodle: Ghost Trick/Ace Attorney/Professor Layton crossover (art, Sissel, Professor Layton, Phoenix Wright)

@epiceisaloser for @rookiebotwx78: Sissel trying to be impulse control for Lynne (art, Sissel, Lynne)

@gavinnersroadie for @space-biscuit: AA crossover Lynne and Ema snacking (art, Lynne, Ema)

@gippley-png for @serrangelic-art: Multiple prompts, mob psycho crossover (art, Yomiel, Jowd, Cabanela, Alma, Sissel)

@graegrape for @siverwrites: Odd gift giving Ot3 fluff (art, Alma, Jowd, Cabanela)

@guccisystem for @dinner-rol: Kamila and Amelie pro-gaming (art, Kamila, Amelie, Missile, Sissel)

@gxos for @guccisystem: Yomiel and Sissel caught in the rain (art, Yomiel, Sissel)

@katecattus for @darknessconsumesmeslowly: Question (fic, Yomiel, Sissel, Sissel - Yomiel’s wife, Lynne, Cabanela, Jowd)

@katecattus for @epiceisaloser: Sissel as tarot cards (art, Sissel)

@katecattus for @methemystery: Hair down Yomiel (art, Yomiel)

@katecattus for @okiroash: Touch (fic, Yomiel, Sissel, Sissel - Yomiel’s wife)

@katecattus for @phantriicks: Flower Yomiel (art, Yomiel)

@kiaroou for @octopeachy: A day at the garden (art, Amelie, Kamila, Memry)

@laughingmango for @playghosttrick: Disco Elysium crossover, majestic cockatoos (art, Cabanela, Harry du Bois)

@laughingmango for @arbuthnotblob: FFVI Crossover, Princess Kamila & Feral Pomeranian (art, Kamila, Missile)

@laughingmango for @azurefishnets: New timeline Jowd and Pigeon Man (art, Jowd, Pigeon Man)

@laughingmango for @dapskie: Cabanela & Jowd role swap (art, Jowd, Cabanela)

@laughingmango for @raygirlramblings: A most ignominious dog theft (art, Lynne, Memry, Missile)

@laughingmango for @siverwrites: Undercover Jowd (art, Cabanela, Jowd)

@laughingmango for @yunaffie: Some hurt/comfort (art, Jowd, Cabanela)

@laughingmango for domestic Alma/Jowd/Cabanela lovers: What it says on the tin (art, Alma, Jowd, Cabanela)

@laughingmango for @clay-cuttlefish: Another ghost that night (art, Untitled Goose Game crossover)

@marenwithanm for @soup-for-ghosts: Bittersweet, long-awaited reunion (art, Yomiel, Sissel)

@moodlemcdoodle for @ravensa: Cute pet outfits (art, Sissel, Missile)

@nebulacloudz for @azurefishnets: OT3 arcade winnings (art, Alma, Jowd, Cabanela)

@phantriicks for @dreamdancerdotfile: The most fashionable duo (art, Cabanela, Missile)

@playghosttrick for @arbuthnotblob: Game Night with a Ghost! (fic, Yomiel, Jowd, Alma, Cabanela, Lynne, Kamila, Sissel)

@pichumaster for @gxos: Yomiel as hanged Tarot card (art, Yomiel)

@puzzling-angel for @epiceisaloser: Yomiel and Kamila being witches/wizards with familiars (Yomiel, Kamila, Sissel, Missile)

@octopeachy for @yami-yomiel: Happy anniversary (art, Yomiel)

@okiroash for @wyrmswears: Sissel makes a not-so-convincing human (art, Sissel, Lynne)

@okiroash for @serrangelic-art: Human-sona Sissel and comic (art, Sissel, Jowd, Cabanela)

@ravensa for @emeraldfox11: Ghost Trick Disco Elysium crossover (art, Cabanela, Harry du Bois)

@raygirlramblings for @dapskie: Peace, Love, and Pigeons! (art, Rock Jailbird, Lovey-Dove, pigeons)

@raygirlramblings for @okiroash: Rube Goldberg gift giving machine (art, Kamila, Yomiel, Sissel)

@serrangelic-art for @phantriicks: Sissel comforting Yomiel (art, Sissel, Yomiel)

@shibasquish for @tankens: bothering Jowd after hours (art, Cabanela, Jowd)

@siverwrites for @graegrape: Splintering (fic, Lynne, Cabanela, Kamila)

@siverwrites for @catgirl-frostmoon: Breath of Fresh Air (fic, Lynne, Kamila, Missile)

@siverwrites for @emeraldfox11: The Reticence of Mangoes and Cheesecake: The Guide to Not Getting Answers (fic, Cabanela)

@siverwrites for @yunaffie: An evening’s celebration (fic, Alma, Jowd, Kamila, Cabanela, Lynne, Missile, Sissel)

@s00r00me for Ghost Trick anniversary: Ghostly Yomiel (art, Yomiel)

@soup-for-ghosts for @gavinnersroadie: FianSissel destroying Yomiel at card games (art, FianSissel, Yomiel)

@space-biscuit for @kiaroou: AA crossover, Maya makes a friend (art, Maya, Sissel)

@starsofcarnephel for @alto-tenure: Sissel comforting Yomiel (art, Sissel, Yomiel)

@tankens for @shibasquish: Jowd relaxing with Cabanela (art, Cabanela, Jowd)

@theriveroflight for @darknessconsumesmeslowly: The Case of the Missing Allen Wrench (fic, Sissel, Missile, Kamila, Jowd, Alma, Lynne, Cabanela)

@theriveroflight for @laughingmango: hoping for a last-minute miracle (fic, Cabanela, Jowd, Lynne, Sissel, Pigeon Man, Amelie, Kamila, Yomiel)

@theriveroflight for @okiroash:A Chance Encounter (fic, Jowd, Cabanela, Yomiel, Sissel)

@wyrmswears for @raygirlramblings: Sissel, Missile and Lovey-Dove cuteness (art, Sissel, Missile, Lovey-Dove)

@yami-yomiel for @bunnybead123: Sissel being a good kitty doing something silly (art, Sissel, Yomiel)

@yunaffie for @puzzling-angel: The Good Old Days (fic, Sissel, Yomiel)

@yunaffie for @okiroash: To Feel You At Last (fic, Sissel, Yomiel, Jowd)

A big big thank you to all participants! It’s thrilling and moving to see so much love and energy poured into this edition. As planned, this has been the last edition of Ghost Swap as an exchange. 9 years and 10 editions (pulling double duty to shift to June on the 10th anniversary)! It’s been an honor, folks. Truly. From now on, the event will run as a simpler fan fest: participants will send in their prompts and freely pick at least one that they like. Guaranteed to work on a prompt you love, not guaranteed to get a gift, but if more than just your gift in the list here felt like a present for you in the overall festive spirit, that’ll for sure still apply. But more on that next year! For now: ghost’d. tricks. you know how it goes. Nothing like it, baby!

#ghost trick #ghost swap #mod post #sorry for the belated closing ceremonies and missing all the fun it's been two weeks from hell irl #following a year from hell #hope to be back on here on a more stable basis in the super near future!#also thanks to siverwrites and azurefishnets for helping out with the list

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olivescales3 · 5 months

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With the reveal of an NB character in Ninjago, I feel that people are placing this theme on a pedestal because of this one single move of inclusion. Don't get me wrong— I'm glad that LEGO is including LGBTQIA+ identities into their themes, and I genuinely hope they continue doing so, but we're forgetting that they're investing a step forward into a theme that's always going two steps back.

I don't feel like pointing out the issues of Ninjago, especially because it's tiresome and it's not the point of this post, but I remember that there was an entire thread here on Tumblr about the problematic worldbuilding of Ninjago. I might write something about it as well, but it's unlikely.

Chima had a great amount of inclusion and diversity within its cast (though no canon LGBTQIA+ characters, unfortunately):

POC-equivalent characters (brown and blue crocodiles; vultures with tan and bright blue skin colors), of which a few of those are part of tribes that have a motif from predominantly white cultures (Longtooth and Lavertus, who are brown lions in a tribe with a roman motif; Ehboni, Eglor, who are black and dark blue respectively, alongside unnamed eagles of mixed origins [dark blue x white] in a tribe of greek motif, and even Ewald himself isn't white).

A majority of these characters are important to the plot and/or have reoccurring appearances;

Diversity in tribe lifestyles, with the Wolf Tribe being nomadic (and not going through the stereotype of nomadic traders).

Each vehicle in Chima follows the motif and lifestyle of their respective tribe. For example, crocodiles are ambush predators and require camouflage, thus their vehicles are heavily based on military vehicles, with camo colors and strong silhouettes;

Marginalized characters whose arcs actually end with them winning and gaining respect. The Ice Hunters vs. Phoenixes arc was an obvious allegory of colonization, and it ends with the Ice Hunters alive and thriving, while the Phoenixes (who started the war) lost and failed to 'educate' their enemies.

The Crawlers also have their arc finished with an anti-war and pro-diversity lesson, where Laval lends them Chi because it's not supposed to be earned, and instead is free for everyone, even though they had stolen all of Mount Cavora's Chi beforehand;

Characters whose appearance is distinctive and break barriers of ableism are not only present in Chima, but are also treated equally to other characters, without having their differences be a point, argument, or lesson. (Cragger with a blind eye, Crug with a prosthetic jaw, the Raven Tribe as a whole, Leonidas with distinctively shaped incisors and Longtooth with long canines).

However, the Rhinoceros Tribe is an unfortunate exception, as they're constantly depicted as dumb;

The Lion Tribe has a lot of diversity by itself, with lions having a variety of mane colors that represent hair colors in real life. Laval has red hair, Leonidas is ginger, Lavertus is blond, Lennox has brown hair;

Other cultural representations such as Dom de La Woosh being based on Brazilian carnivals;

There's Wonald, a vegan character;

My favorite fact of all: Chima and Chi are both real words who exist in multiple languages, and each of their meanings was instrumental to the interpretation we have in this theme. → Chi means: knowledge in japanese; water (literally) and source of life (figuratively) in chinese; god in igbo. Chima means "god knows all" in igbo → in LoC, the Phoenixes created Chi, which looks like water and is the source of life/knowledge in Chima, and they also sculpted Mount Cavora with each tribe's heads before they had even evolved.

All of this unfortunately flew over most people's heads, which is a bad thing, as all of the effort that was put on Chima's diversity was left unnoticed, but it is also a good thing at the same time, because everything was executed seamlessly and naturally, just like how people should view each other in real life (view one another without discrimination). However, this amount of care and thought put into adding a diverse cast of characters is probably not going to be seen again, in any lego theme or any story made by corporations/companies.

#lego chima #lego legends of chima #legends of chima #diversity #inclusion #inclusivity #diverse characters #inclusive design #inclusive writing #respect #anti war #anti ableism #equality #world building #worldbuilding #for chima #lego

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f1xmeinfortyfive · 10 months

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𝚂𝚘 𝙼𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝙵𝚘𝚛 (𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚛)𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜

As the tour has turned out to be a rollercoaster of emotions and nostalgia, I decided to concentrate in a small masterpost each of the surprise songs played by the guys throughout the whole tour. It will be constantly updated and is not free of errors, if you notice any mistake in the dates or the position of the songs, feel free to comment and I will fix it. By now the source is the people who had contributed to the setlist.fm website, so I will try to look for more reliable sources with links to their respective creators (and also videos if it's possible) Thanks for reading, and happy tourdust to all. 🖤✨

GUIDE OF FORMATS:

SONGS PART OF THE PERMANENT SETLIST

SONGS (NOT PART OF MAGIC 8 BALL DYNAMIC OR THE PERMANENT SETLIST) PLAYED

MAGIC 8 BALL SONGS

SONGS PLAYED BY PATRICK ON PIANO

LAST UPDATED: Jul/3

ALBUMS

Take This To Your Grave (2003)

Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today • Dead On Arrival • GRAND THEFT AUTUMN / WHERE IS YOUR BOY • SATURDAY • HOMESICK AT SPACE CAMP (Jun/30) • Sending Postcards From A Plane Crash (Wish You Were Here) • CHICAGO IS SO TWO YEARS AGO • The Pros And Cons Of Breathing • Grenade Jumper • CALM BEFORE THE STORM • Reinventing The Wheel To Run Myself Over • The Patron Saint Of Liars And Fakes • Roxanne

From Under The Cork Tree (2005)

Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (Jun/27) ● OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN ALL THE WORLD (Jun/23) ● DANCE, DANCE ● SUGAR WE'RE GOING DOWN ● Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner ● I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song) ● 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen) ● SOPHOMORE SLUMP OR COMEBACK OF THE YEAR (Jun/24) ● Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends ● I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me ● A LITTLE LESS SIXTEEN CANDLES, A LITTLE MORE "TOUCH ME" ● Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows) ● XO ● Snitches And Talkers Get Stitches And Walkers • The Music Or The Misery

Infinity On High (2007)

Thriller ● "THE TAKE OVER, THE BREAKS OVER" (Jun/23) ● THIS AIN'T A SCENE, IT'S AN ARMS RACE ● I'M LIKE A LAWYER WITH THE WAY I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO GET YOU OFF (ME & YOU) (Jun/24) ● HUM HALLELUJAH (Jun/24) ● GOLDEN (JUL/2) ● THNKS FR TH MMRS ● Don't You Know Who I Think I Am? ● THE (AFTER) LIFE OF THE PARTY (Jun/28)● The Carpal Tunnel Of Love ● BANG THE DOLDRUMS (JUL/3) ● Fame < Infamy ● You're Crashing, But You're No Wave ● I'VE GOT ALL THIS RINGING IN MY EARS AND NONE ON MY FINGERS (JUL/3) ● G.I.N.A.S.F.S. (Jun/21) ● It's Hard To Say "I Do", When I Don't

Folie à Deux (2008)

DISLOYAL ORDER OF WATER BUFFALOES ● I Don't Care ● She's My Winona ● AMERICA'S SUITEHEARTS (JUL/2) ● HEADFIRST SLIDE INTO COOPERSTOWN ON A BAD BET ● The (Shipped) Gold Standard ● (COFFEE'S FOR CLOSERS) (JUL/1) ● WHAT A CATCH, DONNIE (Jun/28) ● 27 ● Tiffany Blews ● w.a.m.s. ● 20 Dollar Nose Bleed ● West Coast Smoker ● Pavlove ● Beat It ● Lullabye

Save Rock And Roll (2013)

The Phoenix ● MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK ● Alone Together ● Where Did The Party Go ● Just One Yesterday ● The Mighty Fall ● Miss Missing You ● Death Valley ● Young Volcanoes ● Rat A Tat ● SAVE ROCK AND ROLL

American Beauty / American Psycho (2015)

Irresistible ● American Beauty / American Psycho ● CENTURIES ● The Kids Aren't Alright ● UMA THURMAN ● Jet Pack Blues ● Novocaine ● Fourth Of July ● Favorite Record ● Immortals ● Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC)

M A N I A (2018)

Young And Menace ● Champion ● Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea ● HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T ● THE LAST OF THE REAL ONES ● Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) ● Church ● Heaven's Gate ● Sunshine Riptide ● Bishops Knife Trick

So Much (For) Stardust (2023)

LOVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE ● Heartbreak Feels So Good ● HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE ● FAKE OUT ● HEAVEN, IOWA ● So Good Right Now ● THE PINK SEASHELL ● I Am My Own Muse ● Flu Game ● BABY ANNIHILATION ● THE KINTSUGI KID (TEN YEARS)(JUN/27)● WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE (Jun/23) ● So Much (For) Stardust

EPs

Evening Out With Your Girlfriend (2003)

Honorable Mention ● CALM BEFORE THE STORM ● Switchblades And Infidelity ● Pretty In Punk ● Growing Up ● The World's Not Waiting (For Five Tired Boys In A Broken Down Van) ● Short, Fast And Loud ● Moving Pictures ● Parker Lewis Can't Lose (But I'm Gonna Give It My Best Shot)

My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004)

My Heart Is The Worst Kind Of Weapon ● "It's Not A Side Effect Of The Cocaine, I Am Thinking It Must Be Love" ● Love Will Tear Us Apart

PAX AM Days (2013)

We Were Doomed From The Start (The King Is Dead) ● Art Of Keeping Up Disappearances ● Hot To The Touch, Cold On The Inside ● Love, Sex, Death ● Eternal Summer ● Demigods ● American Made ● Caffeine Cold ● New Dreams

Llamania (2018)

Past Life ● Footprints In The Snow ● Wrong Side Of Paradise

Lake Effect Kid (2018)

Lake Effect Kid ● City In A Garden ● Super Fade

OTHERS

LAKE SHORE DRIVE (ALIOTTA HAYNES JEREMIAH COVER) (Jun/21)

SOMEBODY TO LOVE (QUEEN COVER) (Jun/27)

TAKE ON ME (A-HA COVER)(Jun/27)

SPOTLIGHT (PATRICK STUMP SONG) (JUN/30)🧡

NOTHING COMPARES 2 YOU (SINÉAD O'CONNOR COVER) (JUL/1)

MR. BLUE SKY (ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA COVER) (JUL/2)

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (THE POLICE COVER) (JUL/3)

DON'T STOP BELIEVING (JOURNEY COVER)

CRAZY TRAIN (OZZY OSBOURNE COVER)

[NEXT WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS THEY'RE PLAYED]

#during the week i'll be adding links to the videos of each of them dw #fall out boy #patrick stump #pete wentz #andy hurley #joe trohman #so much (for) stardust #so much for stardust #so much for tour dust #so much for (tour) dust #tourdust era #tourdust #fob #fob8 #smfs #tour songlist #toudust spoilers

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of-twilight-and-moonshadow · 1 year

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Intro to: Phoenix

I mentioned that I was in the process of creating Emery's enemy/rival/frenemy for Dark Angel of the Bullet Club, and I was finally able to finish the profile and do a collage for her. These two... they're yin and yang, I swear. So, without further ado;

@moxxieswitchblade @summertimefun1982 @himbos-hotline @blxxckheart @pleasantpastels @regalbanshee

Potential Warnings: Mentions of terrible childhood? Foster care? Group Homes? Abandonment

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Name: Phoenix Grace Costanzo Nickname: Nix, Nixxie Born: May 25, 1991

From: Seaford, Delaware Heritage: Half American, Half Italian (Father: Stephano Costanzo / Mother: Sofia Van Laren)

Hair Color: Auburn Eye Color: Hazel Height: 5’4 Weight: 132 lbs

Small Bio: Sofia had taken a trip to Italy, provided by her job, to help make connections and strengthen current investors’ relationships with the company. There, she met Stephano, and it was a whirlwind relationship. Lasted only five weeks, and when she left, they opted to stay in touch. Two months after returning to the States, Sofia realized she was pregnant and, at the urging of her friend, told Stephano about the baby. He was happy, which surprised her. He obtained a five-year VISA and relocated to Delaware to be a part of both their lives and help raise the baby. Several times, he had asked Sofia to marry him, but each time she said no. Marriage was not something she wanted—ever. Neither were kids, so after Phoenix was born and without telling Stephano, she had her tubes tied. Eventually, Stephano grew tired of her being distant from him, refusing to marry him, and not wanting to be a family. Shortly after Phoenix’s 4th birthday, Stephano packed up and left, returning to Italy and putting his child in his past. It didn’t stop him from caring, though, as he would call and talk to Phoenix on the phone periodically, despite Sofia not wanting it to happen.

Some behavior issues started arising after Phoenix turned 12, and just before her 13th birthday, Sofia walked out and never returned home. By that time, though- Phoenix was used to it. She would cook, clean, and take care of herself anyway since Sofia was never home and never wanted to take care of Phoenix to begin with. A few months after she turned 13, with her mother having been gone for two months, Phoenix got into enough trouble that the cops were called, and she was escorted home. That’s when they realized there was no one there, no parent to take care of her. Sofia was gone, completely missing without a trace, and no father was listed on Phoenix’s birth certificate.

Police had no choice but to put her into foster care, but her behavior only worsened with threats of violence, suicidal thoughts/attempts, and serious mood outbursts. After nine failed fosters in barely a year’s time, the courts opted to put her in a Group Home instead. Her main issue with the foster families was that she didn’t want the pity, the false love, and didn’t believe that anyone could actually care about her- since her own family hadn’t. (Her father had also not contacted her in almost two years by now). Luckily, it was here that things seemed to turn around for Phoenix, as one of the ladies in the Home—Deidre Garret—seemed to be determined to help her, to break down her walls, and to get her to trust again. With some Anger Management lessons, Individual therapy, and behavior programs, Deidre was able to get Phoenix past her anxiety, lack of trust, distancing issues, social issues, and behavior issues. By the time she was 17, Phoenix was a normal teenage girl. Her grades in school had turned around, was on track to graduate high school, and she was getting in amazing athletic shape. To celebrate each victory and each milestone, Deidre took Phoenix to wrestling shows, both Indy and WWE ones, as she knew how much Phoenix liked wrestling.

And that’s where it all begins.

Favorite Wrestlers Growing Up: Chyna, Edge, Jeff Hardy, Kane, Lita, Mick Foley, Trish Stratus, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Benoit

First Wrestling Crush: Edge, Lita

Debuts/Years In Wrestling: > CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling): June 1st, 2009 – May 24th 2011 > Evolve: May 1st 2010 – May 19th 2011 > PWG (Pro Wrestling Guerilla): Feb 21st 2010 – June 5th 2011 > WXW (Westside Xtreme Wrestling): Mar 13th 2011 – Apr 10th 2011 > OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling): Nov 2nd 2010 – Apr 10th 2011 > FCW/NXT: June 24th 2011 – Jan 1st 2013 Oct 17th 2017 - Dec 20th 2020 (returned to NXT) > WWE: January 7th 2013 – March 8th 2022 > WWE Raw: January 7th 2013 > WWE Smackdown: April 26th 2013 Dec 21st 2020 (redebut after 2nd stint in NXT) > AEW: May 2nd 2023 - current

Wrestling Style: Mixed. High Flying, strong/hard hitting, technical, not afraid to go extreme/violent

Who is Like Family to Her? Jon Moxley, Roman Reigns, Uso’s, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Kingston

Who has she known the longest? Jon Moxley, Adam Cole, Chuck Taylor, Eddie Kingston

Who would she like to meet in the business? She’s met a GREAT deal of people already, but people she wishes she had met include Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero. She’d love to meet NJPW’s Bullet Club members (all of them that she hasn’t already met)

Hobbies: writing, playing games, traveling, collecting currency from other countries, collecting gems/crystals

If she couldn’t wrestle anymore, she would: Travel, be a travel blogger, etc.

Languages known: Moderate Italian

Secrets of Hers: > Not much of a secret, just not talked about often. She’s Heteroflexible (strong preference for people of the opposing sex, sporadic preference for people of the same sex) / bisexual with a lean towards men. > Also likes older and younger, has an affinity for people with blue eyes > Accents make her knees weak > While she plays it off like she doesn’t care, she would actually like to know why her mother left her and would like to get back into contact with her dad

Phobias: > Autophobia (fear of being alone) > Lilapsophobia (fear of Tornadoes and hurricanes) > Lockiophobia (fear of childbirth) > Not Fear—but hates storms (because its closely related to tornadoes and hurricanes)

Number of Tattoos: 6 (1 on upper left shoulder, 1 on right forearm, 1 on left forearm, 1 on upper right arm, 1 on right outer thigh, and 1 on lower left leg)

Number of Piercings: 7 (3 in Right ear, 2 in Left ear, and snake bite lower lip)

Any History of Broken Bones: Collarbone x2 (Ages 12, 19), wrist fracture, ankle fracture, Forearm fracture, Jones Fracture (foot bone), broken wrist, broken nose

Any Injuries from Wrestling: > Collarbone (late 2010) > Multiple Lacerations and Abrasions (2010-2011) 4 of them needing more than seven stitches > Broken Nose (2011) > Wrist Fracture (2011) > Forearm Fracture (2013) > Broken Wrist (2013) > Concussion (2013) > Ankle Fracture (2017) > Jones Fracture (2020)

Wrestlers She Has Dated/Been in a Relationship with at Some point in her career: > 2011-2013: Seth Rollins, Corey Graves, Drew McIntyre, Tyler Breeze, Justin Gabriel > 2014-2016: Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, Finn Balor, Baron Corbin > 2017-2019: Kyle O’Reilly, Marcel Barthel, Mark Andrews, Joe Coffey, Damian Priest

#njpw #wwe #world wrestling entertainment #all elite wrestling #dark angel of the bullet club #OC #Original Female Character #OC Phoenix #imagine #fanfiction #pro wrestling #meet the original character #NXT #Raw #Smackdown #Dynamite #OC Rivals Emery and Phoenix #Frenemies Emery and Phoenix

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stelladoesstuff · 1 year

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I have an Ace Attorney oneshot request, though you don't have to do it if you don't want to. It's basically just Apollo realising he has feelings for Klavier and, in a panic, asking Phoenix on how to ask someone out because, HEY, he's dating the chief prosecutor! He probably knows something about romance! Turns out, Phoenix isn't dating Edgeworth and is simply pinning/has a crush, and then Phoenix asks why he's asking for romance advice because he just assumed Klavier and Apollo were already dating like how Apollo thought Phoenix and Edgeworth were dating. This is kinda long, I know, I just want some fluffy Klapollo and Wrightworth shenanigans

I love this prompt so much. Just saying. The idea of both Apollo and Phoenix being so oblivious to their own situations is hilarious.

Anywho, hope you enjoy! :D

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Apollo sat on the couch in the Wright Anything Agency, spinning a pencil between his fingers. He was working on a pretty straightforward case, files laying strewn across the table, but every time he tried to pick up a file he just couldn’t seem to focus on it, mind wandering to a certain prosecutor he knew he’d be facing in the trial. He wasn’t even sure why Klavier had decided to take this case, all of the evidence was pretty obviously leaning in Apollo’s favor, but he couldn’t complain. Not when it meant he’d get to trade banter with the man, subtle smirks across the courtroom, Klavier’s many rings catching the light when he objects-

He groaned, hiding his face in his hands as if he could shut out the imagery. This was so stupid, he just needed to work on the case! Why couldn’t he focus?

Well, he knew why. Didn’t make it any less frustrating.

Gavin was… charming, to say the least. He would strut around crime scenes, get way too invasive of people’s personal space, make flashy flirtatious comments, and just be an all around arrogant jerk. At least, that’s what Apollo’s initial impression of the man had been. How could it not have been when, in Ema’s words, Klavier fit the definition of a “glimmerous fop?”

And yet, there was more to him than that.

Klavier was dramatic to a fault, always putting on a show. He could be arrogant, but that was usually just an act he put on to appease fans. Same with the too-wide smiles and overly confident flirting. All of those things built up the general public’s vision of ‘Klavier Gavin, Rockstar Prosecutor,’ but they weren’t who Klavier really was.

Ever since the Misham Trial, Apollo had managed to start seeing through those walls. Who he found beneath them was… well, Klavier.

Klavier, who could nerd-out about different types of guitars and their pros and cons for hours. Klavier, who stumbled over his words and would accidentally slip into full-German when he got tired or was caught off guard. Klavier, who snorted when he laughed and got embarrassed about it afterwards. Klavier, who preferred small, local restaurants to big fancy ones despite absolutely having the money to afford those luxuries.

Klavier, who’d slid his way into Apollo’s heart without him even noticing.

Apollo sighed, leaning back against the couch and staring at the ceiling. He wasn’t getting anywhere like this. He hadn’t even noticed it had gotten this bad until the night before, laying in bed, flashes of Klavier’s laugh playing over and over in his head like a broken record. All he had been able to do was lay there in the dark as his entire world turned upside down. And worse, he couldn’t even talk to anyone about it!

Trucy would tease him relentlessly if she found out. She already joked about him and Klavier going on dates, he didn’t need to add more fuel to that fire before he was ready. Clay came to mind, but he was away at the space center until further notice, and Apollo wasn’t sure he could take the teasing from that side either. And there was no way he was telling Ema about this–he’d never live it down.

Well, that was it. His entire friend circle was out, so there was nothing left to do but sit and wallow in his own self-pity-

“Apollo?” He jolted upright, so startled he almost broke the pencil he was still aimlessly spinning around. Nobody else was supposed to be in the office, Trucy had gone off to practice magic tricks and Mr. Wright had gone out to lunch with Mr. Edgeworth-

And yet there Mr. Wright stood, having just walked into the office, a humored expression on his face at Apollo’s reaction. He must have just gotten back from their lunch date… wait. Wait, that was it! Of course, why hadn’t he thought of it sooner?!

“M-Mr. Wright!” Apollo basically screamed, then winced at the sound of his own voice. Wright didn’t seem all that phased, used to the assault on his ears by now.

“Lost in thought there, kid?” Wright chuckled, tossing his briefcase haphazardly across the room. Apollo was too distracted to make a comment about it, he had priorities. Wright walked over and slumped down onto the opposite couch, leaning forward with his elbows resting on his knees. “Case got ya stuck? Want me to take a look?”

“Yes- wait, I mean no, the case is insultingly simple, but yes!” Apollo stammered out, his poor boss simply raising an eyebrow. “Yes, meaning I was lost in thought, not about the case though. But I think you can still help?”

“Ah, you’re looking for some good ol’ Phoenix Wright wisdom then.” Phoenix leaned back, holding a hand up to make a finger-gun motion. “Alright, kid. Shoot me.”

“H-huh?” Apollo paused, and Phoenix chuckled.

“Figure of speech, Apollo.” Apollo blinked, and Phoenix sighed. “Forget it. What’s on your mind?” Apollo shook his head, taking a breath before opening and closing his mouth, trying to figure out the best way to word this.

“Well, uh…” Holy Mother, this was awkward. He rubbed at his bracelet, furrowing his brow. “So, uh, I’m gay?” There was a moment of silence, Apollo screaming internally because that was not what he’d meant to say why the fuck did he say that, before Phoenix burst out laughing.

“Yeah, that was pretty obvious.” Apollo stammered in response, flushing.

“L-look, that’s not the point, ok?” It took a moment for his boss to stop laughing at him, but when he did, Apollo continued. “Thing is, I… I like this guy. And I don’t know how to go about handling that because he’s a prosecutor and a really cool guy and I’m me and I don’t wanna mess up our friendship but also I can’t stop thinking about him and then I thought ‘hey, Mr. Wright is married to Mr. Edgeworth who’s also a prosecutor’ and so I thought you might be able to give me some advice because I have no idea what I’m doing?” The entire thing came out as a jumble of words, and probably wouldn’t have made any sense to anyone except for Phoenix Wright, who was used to deciphering Trucy.

Even so, Phoenix looked baffled. Apollo sighed, opening his mouth to repeat himself in a more understandable manner, when Phoenix cut in.

“Hold on, just- ok, wait. Slow down.” Wright leaned forward again, putting a hand to his head like he suddenly had a headache from the influx in information Apollo had just spat at him. “I’m gonna go in order here, ok?”

Apollo clamped his mouth shut and nodded.

“Ok. Number one: This ‘guy’ you’re talking about. It’s the Gavin kid, right?” Apollo felt his heart stutter for a moment, considering playing dumb, before he remembered his boss literally had a lie-detecting rock. Silently, he nodded again. “Ok. Ok. Follow up question, then… you two aren’t already dating?”

Apollo blinked. Then blinked again. Then he finally processed what had been said.

“WHAT??” He shouted, loud enough this time for Wright to flinch back, covering his ears. “Wha- what do you- ALREADY DATING???”

“Ok! Ok! Calm down.” Phoenix shouted back, putting his hands up in a placating motion one might use to calm down a puppy. Apollo tried to interject again, but Phoenix beat him to it. “To be fair, you thought me and Edgeworth were dating, so we’re even.”

Apollo felt like his eyes were going to shoot out of his head. Scratch that, like his entire brain was going to be shot out like a cannonball and sink to the bottom of the ocean.

“YOU’RE NOT-”

“Volume, Apollo, volume!” Apollo clamped his mouth shut again, letting his eyes do the screaming for him. Phoenix met his gaze for a moment before letting out a sound that sounded like a mix between a sigh and a laugh. “Ok, this is gonna take a while. Coffee?”

“I- you-”

“Coffee it is!”

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By the time Wright returned with coffee, which took much longer than it should have since the coffee machine was literally in his office, Apollo had partially calmed down. Only partially.

“So, let’s start this the easy way.” Phoenix said, seeming far too chill about all of this, though Apollo could spot about three different ways he’d been fidgeting in the past five seconds. On a normal day it was usually only two. “What are your questions?”

“You aren’t dating Mr. Edgeworth?”

“No, I’m not.”

“...you’re both aware of this?”

“Yes, we are.” Phoenix, despite his obvious confusion, chuckled at that one. Apollo spared a glance at his bracelet, which sat unmoving on his wrist. Not a lie. Damn. Well, there went that logic. He paused for a moment, thinking, before looking up at his boss with a dead-serious expression.

“And you have no intention of ever dating?” His boss froze, and Apollo smirked. Gottem. Phoenix opened his mouth to reply, likely to deny the implications, but his eyes wandered to Apollo’s bracelet and he stopped. After a few moments, he sighed, a defeated look crossing his face.

“You can’t say anything about it, you’re pining for a prosecutor too.” Apollo gawked, flushing, as a small smirk grew on Phoenix’s face.

“Those are two entirely different scenarios!” He insisted, voice raising in pitch.

“Really? How, exactly? Because how I see it-”

“Well, for one, I’ve only known Klavier for a few months max. You’ve known Mr. Edgeworth for decades. You were literally childhood friends, like c’mon! Sure, you probably didn’t like him like that until you two were adults, but that’s still a long time.” He expected a refute, but Wright wouldn’t even meet his gaze after that last sentence, chuckling awkwardly.

“Well, you see…” Apollo blinked. Then blinked again.

“No.”

“...yeah.”

“Mr. Wright, no.” Apollo groaned, torn between laughing at his boss’s expense and feeling bad for him. “Since you were children?? What grade did you even meet in?!”

“...fourth grade. We were nine. He defended me in class after someone accused me of stealing his lunch money because I was missing in P.E.” Phoenix rubbed the back of his neck, an embarrassed smile playing on his lips. “We uh… we hadn’t talked before that.”

“Are you telling me this was love at first sight in the fourth grade??” Apollo screamed.

“Please, Trucy told me how your face looked when you met Gavin for the first time. ‘Lovesick puppy’ is how she described it, I believe. You can’t tell me you don’t believe in love at first sight, kid.”

“I never said I didn’t, but that was like, six months ago, tops! And I’m trying to figure out how to act on it! Meanwhile you two are sitting there acting like a married couple when you’re actually just a pining hooligan!” Apollo’s words caught up to him, and he smacked a hand over his mouth. He’d just said that. To his boss. Oh, he was so fired.

Or he would be, if this wasn’t Phoenix fucking Wright.

“...acting like a married couple?” Phoenix echoed, raising an eyebrow. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You mean it isn’t on purpose?” Apollo started, eyes wide, as Phoenix just stared back at him, dumbfounded, and shrugged. “You two have literally discussed the economic benefits of marriage, at length, numerous times.”

“Well, yeah, because Edgeworth is interested in that! If that’s your entire defense-”

“Oh, I’m not done.” He smirked, leaning back and crossing his arms. “He’s at every single one of Trucy’s performances despite mentioning how busy his schedule is whenever he needs to make plans. You’ve walked in here wearing magenta turtleneck sweaters that absolutely are not yours. You both spend your lunch breaks together at least twice a week, hell, you just came back from visiting him! Not to mention the sickening longing in both of your eyes whenever you’re within like, a mile of each other. Like seriously, if Mr. Edgeworth thinks he’s being subtle when he slides the phrase ‘that man’ in every other conversation, I’m not sure how he wins some cases. He literally has a chess board with pieces custom-made to be themed around you two just sitting in his office! Also, just look at him for two seconds when he goes up against you in court! He’s literally staring at you with that look in his eyes-”

“Apollo.” Wright cut in, voice sounding much harsher than before. Apollo immediately shut up, having gotten so lost in the rambling he hadn’t noticed his boss stiffening up.

“...too much?”

“What- oh, no-” Phoenix shook his head, sighing. “It’s just- half of the things your saying aren’t even relevant to what you’re trying to prove.”

“...huh?”

“You’re giving me examples of why you thought me and Edgeworth were in a relationship, right?”

“...well, married, but yeah.”

“Married-” Phoenix choked on the word, but recovered. “-regardless, you keep giving inaccurate examples of Edgeworth’s actions.” Phoenix reached down to take another sip of his coffee, and Apollo furrowed his brow, playing his own words back in his head to try to figure out what Phoenix was talking about. How was any of that inaccurate? He’d only listed off all of the ways they were quite obviously pining for each other, that should be proof enough! He was literally a witness to this, after all-

…unless.

“Mr. Wright…” Apollo started, hesitantly trying to figure out how to ask this in the most respectful way possible so as to not be stuck on toilet duty for the next… forever. “You, uh… you are aware that Mr. Edgeworth quite obviously uh… he very clearly has romantic intent Mr. Wright.”

Wright choked on the coffee he was trying to drink, sending half of it right back into his mug.

“I-” He was cut off by a coughing fit, catching his breath before continuing. “What, no, that’s just… that’s just Edgeworth, Apollo!”

“...right. Tell me, who else does he always make time for despite his work schedule being so crammed sometimes he should probably have a team of people doing his job? Who else does he offer to replace a broken printer for ‘just because,’ or spend hours consulting on cases despite knowing he’s helping you beat him?” Phoenix went to respond, then blinked. Apollo could see the exact moment when the pieces clicked in his head–the way his eyes widened just slightly, his breath caught, and a slight tremor went through his hands.

“Oh. Shit.” Phoenix said, staring intently at the floor before bursting out in sporadic laughter, startling Apollo. “Wow. Wow, we’re both idiots, then.”

“Yup, you and Mr. Edgeworth-”

“No, no.” Phoenix cut in, still wheezing. “Me and you, Apollo. I mean, yeah, me and Edgeworth have… quite a bit to talk about, it seems, but that wasn’t the meaning of that ‘both.’”

“What-” Apollo began to ask, then it hit him. Immediately, he backtracked. “Oh, oh no, no, Mr. Wright that’s not-”

“You were so gracious as to list off the reasons you thought me and Edgeworth were involved, so how about I return the favor? The Justice and Gavin Chronicles, ey?” Phoenix smirked, and all Apollo could do was sit there, dread building in his stomach.

“You really don’t have to-”

“Ah, yes, but that’s what makes me so generous.” He did a mock-bow while sitting down. It looked stupid. When Apollo’s embarrassed glare didn’t ease up, the smirk fell slightly off of Phoenix’s face, shifting into a softer grin. “Look, bud. You like him, that much is obvious, right?”

No point in denying that one at this point. Apollo confirmed.

“Good. Now, you’re pretty good at putting pieces together, so let me give you the pieces, and you can choose how you wanna see them.” Phoenix leaned forward, looking far less smug about all of this than Apollo had when he’d been listing off examples. It almost made him feel guilty. “You mentioned me and Edgeworth going out to lunch, looking over cases together–you do the same thing with Gavin. Gavin flirts with you every time you step into a room, and sure, he does that a lot with people, but anyone with eyes can see the difference when it’s with you. He just seems more relaxed, and…”

Phoenix pulls a small green rock out of his pocket. Apollo distantly recognizes it as a magatama.

“He isn’t lying when he says stuff like that. Not in the slightest.” He puts the magatama back in his pocket, and instead gestures to Apollo’s bracelet. “I know you know that. Even if it was a joke, you’d be able to pick up on subtle tells, right? Tell me, Apollo, do his comments set off your bracelet?”

Apollo stared down at his wrist, knowing the answer immediately. No, they don’t. He knew because he’d specifically paid attention to it, he’d focused on it, looked for any sign that Gavin was just playing around with him… and he never was.

Something on Apollo’s face must have revealed his thoughts, because Phoenix shot him a smile before standing up, walking over to the door. It seemed like he was about to walk out-

“Hey!” Phoenix stopped, casting a glance over his shoulder. “Where are you going?”

“Back to the prosecutor’s office.” Phoenix replied, cracking the door open. “I just realized I left something pretty important behind. Figured I’d go find it.”

“You did?” Apollo raised an eyebrow, glancing over to where Phoenix’s briefcase was still haphazardly laying on the floor. “I thought you only brought your briefcase with your case files?”

Phoenix stared at him. Apollo stared back.

Then it clicked.

“Oh.”

“Oh, indeed, Apollo.” Phoenix chuckled, winking. “If Truce asks where I am, let her know-”

“Herr Wright!” Both Apollo and Phoenix froze at the familiar voice. Phoenix slowly opened the door to the agency the rest of the way, revealing the one and only Klavier Gavin standing outside, who then spotted Apollo sitting on the couch. “Herr Forehead! Figured I’d stop in and see how the case investigation was going, exchange notes, ja?” He held up a case file, beaming.

Phoenix sent Apollo a knowing look. Apollo glared back.

“Yup, cool, bye Mr. Wright!” Apollo squeaked, and Phoenix huffed a laugh, patting Klavier on the shoulder before walking out, leaving the two of them alone. Klavier stood in the doorframe, shifting his weight between his legs and spinning one of the rings on his left hand with his thumb.

“So… the case?” Klavier sounded so unsure that Apollo couldn’t help but find it endearing.

Well, if Phoenix could walk out of here with the intention of telling Edgeworth, Apollo wasn’t going to be the coward. Finding it weirdly easy to smile, chest feeling light, Apollo beamed back.

“Shut the door behind you, yeah? I’ve got something I wanna tell you first.”

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