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helenadurazzo · 6 months
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Ranking Taylor Swift Songs
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1. Enchanted
2. Haunted
3. Picture To Burn
4. Better Than Revenge
5. Mr Perfectly Fine
6. Don’t Blame Me
7. Wildest Dreams
8. Getaway Car
9. Timeless
10. London Boy
11. Story Of Us
12. Love Story
13. Mine
14. Long Live
15. Forever and Always
16. Sparks Fly
17. Cruel Summer
18. Our Song
19. The Way I Loved You
20. Bejeweled
21. Dear John
22. The Last Time
23. Now That We Don’t Talk
24. All Too Well
25. Lavender Haze
26. Wonderland
27. Out Of The Woods
28. White Horse
29. Should’ve Said No
30. The Man
31. The Last Great American Dynasty
32. August
33. Long Story Short
34. Fearless
35. Back To December
36. Hey Stephen
37. Message In A Bottle
38. Safe and Sound
39. New Romantics
40. Karma
41. End Game
42. Look What You Made Me Do
43. Exile
44. Welcome To New York
45. Electric Touch
46. Delicate
47. A Place In This World
48. Mean
49. Change
50. I Almost Do
51. I Bet You Think About Me
52. Willow
53. Paper Rings
54. Fifteen
55. Blank Space
56. Style
57. Snow On The Beach
58. Never Grow Up
59. Breathe
60. Castles Crumbling
61. Ours
62. Anti Hero
63. Marjorie
64. It’s Nice To Have A Friend
65. Bad Blood
66. Lover
67. Cardigan
68. Cornelia Street
69. Labyrinth
70. Holy Ground
71. Treacherous
72. You Need to Calm Down
73. Never Getting Back Together
74. 22
75. I Knew You Were Trouble
76. The Best Day
77. I’m Only Me When I’m With You
78. I Can See You
79. Midnight Rain
80. You’re Not Sorry
81. Gorgeous
82. Seven
83. Mirrorball
84. Afterglow
85. Daylight
86. The 1
87. Red
88. I Did Something Bad
89. You’re On Your Own Kid
90. Great War
91. Me
92. This Is Me Trying
93. State of Grace
94. Invisible
95. The Outside
96. You Belong With Me
97. Teardrops On My Guitar
98. Untouchable
99. Today Was a Fairytale
100. Tell Me Why
101. Mary’s Song
102. Tim McGraw
103. Superman
104. Speak Now
105. That’s When
106. Gold Rush
107. No Body No Crime
108. Right Where You Left Me
109. My Tears Ricochet
110. Superstar
111. Don’t You
112. Jump Then Fall
113. Bye Bye Baby
114. I Know Places
115. Ivy
116. Is It Over Now
117. I Think He Knows
118. Cold As You
119. Last Kiss
120. You All Over Me
121. Say Don’t Go
122. Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
123. I Don’t Want To Live Forever
124. Shake It Off
125. Tolerate It
126. Maroon
127. Champagne Problems
128. Mad Woman
129. Tis The Damn Season
130. Starlight
131. The Other Side Of The Door
132. Come In With The Rain
133. You’re Losing Me
134. Invisible String
135. Illicit Affairs
136. Everything Has Changed
137. A Perfectly Good Heart
138. We Were Happy
139. Babe
140. Suburban Legends
141. Stay
142. The Very First Night
143. Wish You Would
144. Bigger Than The Whole Sky
145. Ready For It
146. Come Back Be Here
147. Closure
148. Mastermind
149. Sweet Nothing
150. Sad Beautiful Tragic
151. Stay Beautiful
152. The Lucky One
153. Begin Again
154. Girl At Home
155. Nothing New
156. Better Man
157. Miss Americana and the HBP
158. Paris
159. Question
160. Ronan
161. Forever Winter
162. Tied Together With A Smile
163. The Moment I Knew
164. Betty
165. Hoax
166. Coney Island
167. Clean
168. Call It What You Want
169. New Years Day
170. False God
171. King of My Heart
172. How You Get The Girl
173. You Are In Love
174. High Infidelity
175. Innocent
176. Foolish One
177. Death By A Thousand Cuts
178. This Love
179. So It Goes
180. The Archer
181. The Lakes
182. Dear Reader
183. Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve
184. I Forgot That You Existed
185. Dancing With Our Hands Tied
186. Dorothea
187. When Emma Falls In Love
188. Run
189. It’s Time To Go
190. Cowboy Like Me
191. Glitch
192. Dress
193. Peace
194. Epiphany
195. Soon You’ll Get Better
196. Evermore
197. Happiness
198. Slut
199. Vigilante Shit
200. Stay Stay Stay
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zephyrine-gale · 2 years
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thinking about scaramouche team dynamics ft scarabedo
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starflungwaddledee · 3 months
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Oooo starstruck dee has little stars at the bottom of her feet! Are they just aesthetic or would they make imprints into the ground? (like pawprints)
exactly like that! though she's not the only one...
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edit: might need to add some additional dialogue to this to make it more clear, but a clarification in the interim; he knows about his own footprints. he's just surprised to see something similar already there when he knows he's only just landed. he lifts his own shoe to confirm that they're not identical (and also to reveal this to the viewer). seems his stoicism beat off the clarity in this one, sorry 😭
#meta knight#starstruck dee#have had this one sitting around for *months* while i bit my nails on posting it#and then i thought maybe i *shouldn't* during the shipaganza bc it's not a direct prompt; though i do think you can read it that way#and for ~Reasons~ i needed to post this one sooner rather than later so i had to bite the bullet.#though meta knight has understandably been the second most prompted. they do indeed have the Funnest Possible Dynamic for it#stoic guy and the bug eyed little Creature he doesn't really trust as far as he could throw her (long long way)#so just to clarify this one is NOT for the shipaganza but you can read it that way if you want to#this is just a canon scene between them from her storyline. this is just something they canonically share. starry eyed idiots.#also fwiw i think i probably picked up the shoe-patterns for the knights from postitnotes7#been a headcanon in the back of my mind for a long while but i'm pretty sure i osmosis'd it from their work#especially after drawing post's designs so much for the hnkss. i temporarily forgot how i used to draw their armour ngl#and also btw starstruck deetectives psspsps#i'm planning a much better post about this later (probably in march) but i'm going to start using this tag for Important Posts for y'all#🎀🔍#<- for the starstruck deetectives when there's something significant in the post.#i worry about making it 'too easy' but also want stuff to be accessible. it's just for fun? the OC lore game! ARG but it's just my oc.#that would be fun right? maybe? is that too indulgent? i could probably pull it off if folks were actually interested enough to participate#anyway!! go to bed starflung#also if you read this far: anon is open again! still open for shipaganza prompts but i'm not gonna be finished them in february 😂
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buwheal · 6 months
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BEACH OUTFIT 💥💥💥💥
He used to surf the web back in 98'.
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fear-no-mort · 6 months
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i cant get over the whole time in the real world rick just sat there watching over morty and when he woke up finally rick sounded SO happy the way he just yelled his name excitedly the second he woke up,,,
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whatever you do, don't think about how lana saw herself in edgeworth, ok? don't think about how she wanted to distance herself from him the moment they met because he could possibly see through the sl-9 plan and ruin everything, but she couldn't because he was kind, if not a little awkward, to her terrified sister in a case where everyone else's only concern was securing a conviction. don't think about how she brought ema to the prosecutor's office (because she damn well wasn't going to let her sister face this alone) with her hackles raised and her defences bolstered because she'd heard about the "demon prosecutor" and his ways just to realise he's nothing but a young man, trying his best to survive under the weight of his mentor's shadow and ensure justice is served by whatever means he can. don't think about how she felt later, when she was under gant's thumb and knew for a fact that all those rumours surrounding von karma's perfect record were, in fact, true and that he was using edgeworth's faith in him to fulfill his own goals. don't think about how she felt when she had to begin doing the same. or what must have gone through her head when she entered her office one morning to find a case approval form waiting for her on her desk: the state v. miles edgeworth. don't think about how she knew, once she saw the name of the prosecutor assigned to his case, that she was signing his death warrant. don't imagine what she rehearsed saying to his sister or her realisation, after his miraculous survival, why he had been so understanding of her own. don't wonder, as she did, ineffectually, if it was his competence or her fondness for him that led to his car and knife being chosen to cover goodman's murder — a second attempt at his permanent removal — and whether it was affection or guilt that made her stand by the corpse, waiting readily to be caught in his stead. don't think about how she finds out, eventually, that he is gone, in a jail cell so far from remorse, gratitude and closure that she can only sit and turn in her head distorted thoughts about luck and fortuitous third chances. don't.
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toffeebeantable · 2 years
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The owl house crew really went "this boy will keep his menacing cool first impression for one episode"
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First entrance: Shoots out of water in a giant kickass fist after Eda says Luz could have gotten killed
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Quotes: "That can still be arranged" while mask is literally steaming
Then the rest are:
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Casually whistles the freaking show's theme on an errand run
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Gets his ass rocketed away like team rocket
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Accidentally falls off a rock ledge directly in front of the people he was spying on
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Gets recognized by his annoying voice and then runs away only to get clowned on
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Gets his sock stolen by some beast after failing to socialize with people his age then tries to run away from a 14 year old girl (I mean that's fair though in this context)
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Gets his ass dragged down to the ground anyway and is literally bound up in vines terrified of middle schoolers (ok mostly the first one tho)
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Walks out of the shadows intimidatingly (in his mind) in the most ugliest raggedy-assed lookin outfit ever and accidentally reveals his trash-pile home
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Tries to look cool like the friends coming along was their idea but gets called the fuck out
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creaturefeaster · 5 months
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the. so far.
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seefasters · 4 months
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thinking about it, apollo might be the only defense attorney in the ace attorney franchise who became a lawyer to actually be a lawyer, which explains a lot about him
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lesbianjodie · 1 month
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Ok folks here's a game:
The black organization is having a secret santa... what little gifts are our dear codenamed agents getting, and from whom?
Send me an ask and in some time (depends on like how many I'm getting at once) I will pick the best ones for each character and draw them with it!! Then a poll may be made for people to guess which agent made the gift 👀
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roses-fallen · 4 months
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i haven't drawn this guy for a hot minute sooo
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He forgor
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radiance1 · 5 months
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'It isn't fair.' She thought, looking on through the window as all the other children laughed, ate, and played with each other while she was left outside.
She shivered, rain soaking through her hair and clothes as she brought a hand up to try and wipe away both the tears and the rainwater threatening to fill her eyes.
"What are you doing outside, Charlie?" Charlie looked up at the sudden lack of rain hitting her body and the voice that called her name.
"Uncle Will!" She beamed, turning from the window to face the man as he pulled out a napkin and bent down, not caring for the water soaking into his pants he wiped face with the cloth.
"What are you doing outside, Charlie?" Afton repeated.
"The other kids locked me outside, I didn't even say anything mean to them uncle Will!" Charlie sniffed, more tears gathering in her eyes as she remembered the mean names the other kids called her after just trying to be their friends, tears that were quickly whipped away by her uncle.
William sighed and got up. "Children can be cruel, Charlie. Just don't let their words get to you for in the end, they are only words." He stuffed the napkin back into his breast pocket, reaching into his pants for his keys.
"Okay uncle Will." Charlie nodded her head as William paused, looking down at her with dark eyes for a few moments. Charlie shifted, tilting her head. "Uncle Will?"
William continued to stare down at her, hand in his pocket, before he sighed. Closing his eyes, he took a few even breaths, before opening them. "Do not refer to me as 'Will' beyond this point, Charlie."
"But dad calls you Will." Charlie pointed out.
William nodded. "Indeed, he does and only he will refer to me as such."
"Then what would I call you?" Charlie put her hands on her hips as she looked down in thought, before blinking. "Your pants are dirty."
William looked down and hummed. "So they are, Charlie." Afton shook his head, fishing out his keys from his pocket and sliding the right one into the keyhole. "Let us get you inside, as I'm sure you don't want to be stuck in the rain for much longer and so I can get a change of pants."
Charlie smiled and nodded her head energetically. "Okay Uncle Afton!"
William paused slightly, before a smile crossed his face. "You truly are a wonderful child, Charlie. It almost makes one sorry for what I did to you back then." He unlocked the door and placed his keys back into his pocket.
Charlie tilted her head with a confused expression. "Sorry for what?"
William shook his head. "Nothing but the ramblings of an old man, don't worry about it. Now," William opened the door to his establishment, petting Charlie on the back. "Off you go, Charlie. I'm sure your father is here somewhere."
Charlie stared at her uncle for a moment, before nodding and walking inside.
William watched her until she disappeared around a corner, before turning his head and staring down a familiar alleyway drenched in rain. The twin phantasmata of a puppet and his host stared back at him.
He kept his eyes fixed on them, and only turned his gaze away when they ceased to exist.
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William didn't quite care much for human laws.
Both before, and after spending decades as a rotting corpse trapped inside his own creation, and even further spending an uncountable amount of years trapped in hell with that disgusting little-
William gripped onto his steering wheel tightly as he thought back to her. That despicable, disgusting little brat that stepped out of line far too many times than he was pleased with. He breathed, held for a few seconds, then breathed out.
Right, yes. He didn't care for human laws, except for when they were most convenient for him to use. The consequences for breaking them aren't of much concern to him, either, so long as he doesn't get caught.
His past misdeeds were a prime example, and he chuckled at the thought.
As of right now, however, he was speeding down a highway. A very empty, and dark, highway. He saw an opportunity when it presented itself, and he isn't and never will be above breaking the law for the sake of his own convenience.
Although this does strike an odd case of deja vu in-
His car thumped.
Not once.
But twice.
He cursed and hit the brakes, coming to a quick stop a distance away and getting out. He took a flashlight out from his pocket (one he always carries with him, fun fact) and flashed it down on the road, a small frown on his face.
The potential lawsuit of running something over depends on what it was, for example, if he ran over a child-seeing as this time it was unintentional- the likelihood of him going to jail is low, but the amount of money he would have to pay is not something he would be quite keen on fulfilling.
If it were a child, he could always just throw them off into a nearby ditch to avoid the potential lawsuit, after all a child running on a road with a car speeding down is its own fault, and to even do such a thing on a night such as this means the parents wouldn't exactly care for them either.
He fixed his flashlight on one area, seeing a pile of brown fur laid out on the ground.
"Ah, so not a child then." William concluded. "Not even a pet." William wrinkled his nose, the thing was in quite the pitiful condition-and not because of being run over, really, though it does indeed add to it- and he checked for a collar just in case.
He took his hand back in mild disgust as it got back up, or tried to, at the very least, before falling back down. It let out a series of pained whimpers, sides heaving rapidly and breaths shallow. William propped his chin up with a gloved hand as he stared at it.
"Well, I must commend you for your willingness to live, at the very least." William murmured, as he watched it try to stand once again, only to fail due to its injured and failing body. It seemed to have a harder time breathing the longer this went on, and William should most likely be looking to call animal control to put it out of its misery by now.
But it seemed to be more of a waste of time, in his opinion.
Perhaps, if the circumstances were different, and Henry were the one to encounter this situation, he would try to save it.
William continued staring with half-lidded eyes as its struggles slowed, before sighing. "Well, I suppose this is a good time to try something new."
He reached into his pocket and took out a case, and from that case came a syringe filled with a purple liquid that seemed to glow in the darkness of their surroundings.
He inserted the syringe into the dog's neck and injected the liquid. Not all of it, of course, but just a quarter of it.
"Live." William whispered, a deceptively kind smile on his face. "Live and let me see if this gift was worth the cost."
William then got up and walked back to his car.
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William didn't expect to see it ever again, if he were to be honest. He didn't quite know how it would have reacted to anything other than a human, and if it did work, he expected it to run off and never be seen again.
Not in his establishment the following week.
It looked remarkably better than it did the night he ran it over, previously matted fur nice and tidy and a nice little collar fit snugly around its neck. Though, its body was deformed a bit from being run over, not as bad as it was, most likely thanks to the agony more likely than not.
But that wasn't what he cared for, truly.
Instead, its eyes. A curious color, brown that seemed to fade into purple, not noticeably really, but when the light hits it just right.
'What a fascinating result of a whim.' He thought, various thoughts of trying to replicate this so he could test various factors and see their end results crossed his mind.
But alas.
He placed a hand on one of his employee's shoulders, a kind, easy going smile on his face. "Let it stay for now, it wouldn't do make a child sad in a place such as this, no?" His employee nodded and left.
William turned his gaze towards the oh so familiar figure of a child, blonde hair, a recognizable red boy tied into her hair and a purple shirt.
Susie, if he remembered correctly.
He smiled down at the girl when he caught her eyes, and gave a little wave before going back to work.
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"Daddy," Elizabeth pulled on the edge of her father's shirt, trying to get his attention. "Can I go see Circus Baby?"
Her father froze and turned his head down to look at her with wide eyes, much to her confusion. She blinked, and his face lacked so much emotion that she questioned if she imagined it. Her father bent down to her level, placing a hand on her head.
"Elizabeth, sweetie. What exactly do you mean by Circus Baby?" Her father asked, and rubbed her foot against the ground. "Well, it's this really cool and pretty robot you made for me, right? She was the leader of the, um." Elizabeth paused for a moment. "Funtime animatronics, I think?"
Her father blinked slowly once, then twice. "The Funtime animatronics do not exist, Elizabeth."
Elizabeth tilted her head in confusion. "Yes they do, they're at Circus Baby's pizza world."
William shook his head softly. "That location does not exist either." Elizabeth pouted and crossed her arms in frustration. "Well I remember them existing, so they exist." She grumbled.
William tilted his head. "Are you sure you haven't just dreamt them up?" Elizabeth scowled slightly, before vehemently shaking her head. "Nuh uh, I know they exist, I've seen them!"
"And where have you seen them, my little princess?"
Elizabeth opened her mouth, before stopping short. She stayed quiet for a moment, before looking down with a pout and gripping her skirt. William chuckled, placing his arms around his daughter and standing up, carrying her in his arms.
"Can you make them for me, Daddy?" Elizabeth hesitantly looked up at her father, gripping onto his shirt and giving the most intense puppy-eyed look she could muster. William stared back at her for a moment, hming and huming as he mulled over it.
"I don't see why not." William shrugged. "Although, it would have to wait a bit before I could get to it."
"Aww." Elizabeth pouted again, intensifying the puppy-eyed look to try and sway her father. "Now, now." William reached a hand up to boop his daughter on the nose. "Patience is a good trait to have, young lady."
"Okay Daddy..." Elizabeth gave up, resting her head on her father's shoulder in disappointment.
"How about some ice cream for now?"
Elizabeth let out quite the loud shout of agreement at that.
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William both liked and disliked children.
He liked them for they were simple, predictable, and so utterly gullible. A few sweet words, the promise of a reward and a smile or two would get them to move exactly how he wanted them too.
But that was about the only thing he liked about them.
His dislikes far outweighed the only good thing about them. They were loud, painfully obnoxious, cried at the simplest inconvenience and so on and so forth.
Children were not something he enjoyed, despite owning a restaurant targeted towards them so they could persuade their parents to give him their money.
Unlike his co-worker, he wasn't in this business for the enjoyment of the little brats.
Again, William disliked children, especially the ones who wailed for no reason just to inconvenience everyone else or to get what they want.
So it begged to question why God (if there ever was one he never answered) decided to bestow him a child in one of the exact flavors he disliked the most.
He breathed in slightly, held, and exhaled. Then looked down at his son, somehow the smallest of his three children despite being the middle child. Red, puffy eyes with dark (almost purple) bags hanging under his eyes stared back up at him with thin limbs holding onto a golden Freddy plushie (how childish) tucked into his arms.
His son was small, frail. Both mentally and physically, one hit would knock the boy down the floor and cause him to cry as he would try to curl up into a ball to lessen the pain of blows to come with tears streaming down his face as broken sentences of pleas and apologies spilled from his mouth.
A corner of his mind replaces his son with a different boy that looked far too similar wearing more prim and proper clothing, the bear replaced by a rabbit and hair a lighter brown with eyes a darker color. He quietly shoves it into a box and locks the key.
A smile graces his lips, one perfectly calculated and perfected to put a child at ease. For some reason, it always seemed to have the opposite effect on this one.
"Yes, Evan?" He tilted his head, hands behind his back as his eyes analyzed the child in front of him, picking apart every minute detail he could find. "Was there something you needed?"
His son squirmed underneath his gaze, and William waited patiently for him to gather the words he wanted to say.
"M-Micheal tore the head off of Foxy and," His son gulped, eyes wetting with unshed tears that made William clench his hands, nails digging into his skin. "And he won't give it back."
This didn't involve him and why don't you get it back yourself are words he wanted to say, words he already said in the before. Words he knew would cause the boy to stumble over his words trying to persuade him, only managing to work himself up into a mess that got him nowhere. Which inevitably lead him to tears that only added onto his mess of a request.
Just thinking about it made William feel a certain way, and his smile almost slipped off his face before he caught himself.
He reached a hand to pat his child on the head, eyes crinkling the tiniest amount. His son's shoulders relaxed minutely, some of the tension leaking from his small body.
"Go grab the sewing kit for me, won't you?'" William took his hand away as his son nodded, already walking down the hall. "I will get your friend back, don't worry."
A few minutes later, and William finds that his son had quite the affinity for sewing. Something he never knew until that moment.
How quaint.
The way his son's face light up when his friend was returned right as rain lifted something from William's chest, and he found his perfectly crafted smile just the ever so slightest amount realer the rest of the day.
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"Michael. Afton." William smiled at his eldest, hands behind his back. Apparently, he held more of a grudge than he thought he did.
His smile was tight.
"What do you want old man?" Michael glanced at him, leaning back on the wall behind him with one hand crossed over his chest. "Not busy enough so you came to bother me?"
"First of all," William tilted his head, smoothing his smile back into perfection. "What did I say about smoking, young man?"
Michael clicked his tongue, holding his father's stare for a good few moments before scoffing and dropping the cigarette down to the floor and stomping it out.
William tracked the movements carefully, before slowly turning his eyes up to look at his son, who scoffed.
"Can you quit staring. already?" Michael asked, before he muttered under his breath and looked away. "You look goddamn creepy when you do that..."
Michael sighed, shaking his head he pushed himself off the wall and placed a hand at his hip and tilted his head upwards. "Well, what do you want old man?"
William's mouth thinned into a line, and Micheal smirked. "Stop bullying your brother, Micheal."
"Oh?" Michael turned to face William. "And why should?"
"Micheal."
"No, no. Tell me why I should after all," Michael stepped closer. "You've never tried to stop me before, why do you suddenly care now, hm?"
"As his father, I have certain obli-"
Michael barked a laugh, making a move to place a hand over his mouth in an attempt to block his laughter before giving up. He laughed for a few good and hard minutes, before suddenly cutting off and bringing his face back down.
"You're being serious. Aren't you?"
"I do not joke, Michael." William's hands tightened behind his back, and he finds himself thankful he chose to wear gloves for this particular conversation. "You of all people should know that very well."
"Well you're certainly a joke of a father, so maybe I didn't quite get the memo."
"Watch want you say towards me, boy." William shifted his stance the slightest amount, fingers digging into his palm.
"Why? Because you can't handle the truth?" Michael asked, and the look in his eyes told William it was a genuine question.
William inhaled sharply, held, then exhaled slowly. "Michael, I won't say this again. Stop bullying your brother and maybe, just, maybe." William hissed. "I can start to see you as someone worthy of respect."
"I don't need your respect, so how about." Michael looked at his nails for a moment, pretending to think hard about his answer before throwing his head back to look at William. "No."
William's hands tightened.
"You disappoint me, Micheal." William tilted his head to the side, a smile on his face that was neither kind nor easing. "You frequently bite at the hand that feeds you and fail to follow even the most simple of requests asked of you."
Michael chuckled humorlessly. "Wonder who I got that from then."
"Truly a mystery, it would seem."
The temperature of the room seemed to plumet, as both of its occupants stayed silent. Michael's stance remained defiant, as he stared William down.
William sighed, bringing a hand up to fix his tie. "Until after his birthday," William checked his watch. "Stop bullying him until after his birthday, Micheal."
"No."
"I am trying to compromise with you, Michael." William sighed, bringing a hand up to rub his face. "Stop bullying him until after his birthday, and if you can, you will have my respect."
Michael scoffed. "I thought I already said-"
"If you succeed, I'll give you ten thousand."
Michael's eyes widened in shock as he stepped back a bit. The next moment his eyes narrowed.
"I'm not lying, Michael. After all." William's face eased back into that perfect smile. "I always keep my promises."
Michael scowled and rolled his eyes. "Fine, I won't bully him until after his birthday."
William stared his son down for a few moments, before nodding his head and leaving.
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"Elizabeth, my little princess."
"Yes Daddy?" Elizabeth swung her legs back and forth from the edge of the desk, turning her attention away from the complex blueprints she tried to make sense of.
"Can you be a dear and keep an eye on your brothers for me? You're the only one I trust enough to do this."
Elizabeth beamed and nodded her head. "Of course, Daddy!"
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'It seems Michael truly will hold up his end of the compromise.' William thought. Over the period of the next few weeks both his own observations and Elizabeth's proved that Michael acted on his word when Evan stopped being bullied and such, cried significantly less.
William even found himself extending the smallest tendrils of trust towards his son, and with that trust came the expectation that he stopped his friends from the bullying as well.
The day came, and William woke up to find himself at ease. It was a rare feeling for him, the impending weight of his mortality and thoughts of Henry somehow irreversibly fucking up clawing at the edges of his mind, so much so that he had to consciously will his body to relax to maintain his facade.
William was-dare he say, happy on his son's birthday and he found that not even the thought of his mortality could weigh down the pep in his step. Which was much, much different than how he acted before, but he couldn't find himself disliking the change.
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@starwrighter @xxwintrynightzxx 
Don't mind me @ing these two just because.
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amethystina · 8 months
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So I just found a document in the "Yo Han's POV" folder of Who Holds the Devil that I don't remember making
And when I open it, it's just two sentences in an otherwise empty document. Which are:
"Ga On loved Yoon Soo Hyun too much, and Yo Han not enough. If at all."
... and now I kind of want to sue myself for emotional damages.
What the hell, me? Why did you leave that there? For me to stumble over? RUDE.
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lavender-temult · 1 month
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