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pov you smack quest's heavenly ass (very short)

i started writing this as a joke but it ended up getting me out of a relatively long writing slump and i actually like it despite how short it is,,, all hail quests ass for it is my savior

you might have smacked a liiiittle too hard there.

your hand remains slightly suspended in the air. you and quest stare at each other as silence stretches across the kitchen. his face is contorted in a look that's somewhere between shock and holding back laughter.

you'd just smacked his ass. not like you haven't done it before--if anything you've done it way too much--but this was a particularly crisp slap. one that had reverberated, it seems, throughout your entire apartment. you couldn't help yourself. quest was bent over the sink doing the dishes and you could not help it. you were hypnotized, really.

anyway. he definitely noticed that this spank you just delivered had.... let's say, a little more passion than usual. it practically echoed a bit too. one might say that if you listened close enough, you'd still hear the sound vibrations.

the next thing you know, quest is running at you with soapy hands with the intent of tackling you to the ground, most likely to tickle you until you're begging him for mercy (ha, not the first time).

the dishes lay half cleaned and forgotten in the sink as quest chases you around, the sound of both your giggling filling the apartment where the sound of quest's ass getting smacked once rang.

#if you scroll down a little on my profile #you'll see me obsessing over cove holden's ass too #perhaps i have a thing for butts that i am only now realizing #thinking thoughts #blooming panic #blooming panic quest #bp quest #bloomic

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someone help me im at that point in Being Obsessed With Something in which i literally cannot stop thinking about xyx. everything i see and hear immediately gets associated to him. i cant go 3 videos on tiktok without pausing and imagining xyx in some weirdly specific scenario involving whatever's on my fyp. i cant listen to music without doing the same thing. i cant even READ stuff because regardless of how a male character is being described i am picturing him as xyx. i want to bash my head against a cement wall i love him so much but i need him to leave me ALONE 😭😭😭

#please for the love of god i cant function like this JGDJGDJS #get this sexy bastard out of my head

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OMGGG u captured them so perfectly!!!! this is so cool bless u

i made little mood boards based on @chapsticky0 ‘s bloomic associations <3

#i love this sm

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random things i associate with the bloomic boys with no explanation

nightowl: stuffed toys won from theme park games, the phrase "madly in love", those mugs with little ceramic animals inside them, snowball fights, my old one direction obsession, lying down on the ground and staring at the sky for no reason, grapes, that time when selena gomez and justin bieber were dating, old beat-up converse shoes, glossy ages-old magazines in salons, romcoms

quest: paint-stained clothes, a worn-out library card, the smell of flowers just beginning to wilt, sitting next to a stranger in a laundromat, taking turns with my brother playing minecraft on his phone when we were kids, hugs full of desperate meaning, that mr. brightside song, tiny cactuses, apple juice, crossword puzzles, an old minion toy i got from a cereal box years ago, ABBA, leather eyeglass cases, black and white movies

nakedtoaster: the phrase "kiss him/her/them you fool", that one time i tried on my friend's eyeglasses and it was covered in fingerprints, vending machines, vine compilations on youtube, comfy sweaters, geometry dash, that feeling when you're adjusting to light after watching a movie in a movie theater, going to an 'open 24/7' convenience store to get smoothies in the dead of night

xyx: the smell of old books, the vagina-themed section in a museum i once went to, "i'm a believer" by the monkees (but in shrek), picnics, smugly correcting someone's grammar in an argument, the law & order sound effect, songs with mellow guitar solos and fade-outs, dudes with sexy morning voices, the word "cunt", looking up how to make slime with no borax, dog-eared paperback books, when it rains but the sun's still shining with it

#this was fun to make lmao #blooming panic #blooming panic xyx #blooming panic toasty #blooming panic nightowl #blooming panic quest #bloomic

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xyx takes you to watch the sunrise.

(a/n: hello this is just a lil thing i thought might be cute pls enjoy)

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"hey wake up, sleeping beauty. you up for an adventure?" xyx says softly into your ear, coaxing you from your sleep and earning a small groan from you as you turn over to look at his face, lit up by an excited smile and the lamp on your bedside table.

him calling you sleeping beauty makes you smile groggily in your half-asleep state. it almost makes up for him waking you up in the dead of night.

before you can register the rest of what he said though, he takes your sleepy smile as agreement.

he plants a kiss to your cheek, gets out of bed, and puts on his leather jacket that always hangs beside the bed, ready for whenever xyx decides on a random joyride in the middle of the night.

like now.

you rub the rest of the sleep from your eyes tiredly and let out another small groan as xyx watches you from the other side of the bed with a fond smile.

"c'mon doll, you're gonna have to move faster than that if you wanna catch the sunrise with me." he walks over to you and moves some of your hair away from your forehead.

"catch the sunrise?" you ask with a yawn as you get up slowly. "what time is it?"

you're no stranger to these spontaneous adventures with xyx, but those were usually earlier in the night, when the moon was the only source of light.

"it's nearly five a.m., love."

"we've never caught the sunrise before," you state. you move the covers away and stand up, xyx following suit. you're both careful not to disturb cat, who's asleep at the foot of the bed.

"i've actually been wanting to for a while now, but... i keep... forgetting to wake up early enough." he looks down with a sheepish grin.

you laugh a little and peck him on the cheek.

soon enough, after you've put on a jacket over your pajamas, the both of you zoom through the streets on xyx's motorcycle, the moon slowly sinking into the horizon.

by the time you get to the cliff that you visit together every now and then, the sun has begun to peek through, starting to fill the sky with bright shades of orange and blue.

you and xyx sit down near the very edge of the precipice. his legs dangle over the edge as you curl yours against your chest.

he drapes an arm over your shoulders as you lean into him. he kisses the top of your head and you wordlessly admire the sun together. you feel xyx sigh happily against you before he speaks.

"beautiful, isn't it?" he asks quietly, as if speaking too loud would disturb the sleepy city before you. you look up at him, his head tilted towards the sun, following it as it slowly rises in the sky.

then he looks down at you and smiles at you serenely. he looks so content, at peace. you want to frame the moment, keep it in a locket, anything to preserve this peaceful little bubble you're in with him.

you lean in closer and flutter your lips against his. he kisses you back softly, raising his other hand and brushing his fingers against the side of your face, feather-light. after a beat, you pull away. he leans his forehead against yours and sighs contentedly.

"i thought we came here to watch the sunrise?" you mumble with a small smile.

"i've seen enough of it. you're gorgeous in this lighting, you know that?"

you shake your head at him, still smiling. he grins back at you lovingly.

you turn back to face the sun and let out a soft breath, the smile not once leaving your face as you lean back into xyx. he squeezes you with his arm just a little bit and kisses your head before speaking once more.

"i love you."

"i love you too."

#blooming panic x reader #blooming panic xyx #bp xyx #blooming panic

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no bc i'm playing the step 3 scene where cove confesses, and i chose to jump into his arms which is very cute and all but i just thought that if i were passing by and i saw two people on the street having such an adorable moment i would break down right there

#hashtag touch starved lolz! #no but id fr start contemplating sewerslide #i will never find true happiness tbhhhh #abolish happy couples #and then they start KISSING??? absolutely not. strike me dead right there

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random cove headcanons!

just random things lmaoo enjoy :)

starting off strong by saying that he probably doesn't like ketchup and likes mayonnaise

ties his shoes with the bunny ears method

kid cove was probably devastated when he found out that the tooth fairy wasn't real

also he found out about that because cliff accidentally woke him up whilst trying to take his tooth from under his pillow, a dollar in one of his hands

cliff was terrified and just froze

he tried convincing cove that he was just assisting the tooth fairy because she couldn't make it that night

it did not work and cove was inconsolable for days

anyways

asking cove what he thinks of your outfits is ultimately pointless because 1. he thinks you look good in anything and 2. he has zero sense of what clothes look good or bad. to him anything that has complementary colors/the same colors is Good.

has no idea how to use twitter or how it works

total dad humor. dad jokes and corny puns always. wbk but we love him for it!

never uses emojis when texting because he's worried he'll use one wrong or that once he starts using them he won't stop and that it'll get annoying

hates blue cheese. loves mozzarella

dislikes violent movies and adores romcoms/comedies/feel good movies in general

can probably only name like 3 characters in the mcu

absolutely does not care if a movie has low ratings. if he likes it, he likes it period

loves forrest gump and cries every time he watches it (same!). he just loves the story so much and possibly sees a bit of himself in forrest

his favorite instrument to listen to is the piano or violin

cant sleep without hugging something

downloaded vine and posted a couple stupid videos

just those random ass vids that are of literally anything. like a clip of a jar of peanut butter then it cuts to the window and ends. no speaking or context whatsoever

he and cliff have a very "specific and complex" (according to cliff) hair routine that cliff calls the Holden Method

it is really just conditioner

cove's hair always smells amazing (but i believe we all knew that already)

he doesn't change bars of soap until they are super thin and curling.

doesn't really like poetry, mainly because he thinks its confusing to read and dissect. would much prefer just hearing other people's thoughts on it rather than interpreting it himself

similar thing with paintings (although he does enjoy looking at art) and some music

knows nothing about makeup tbh. he probably thinks eyeliner is for both the eyes and eyebrows.

also did not know that fake lashes were a thing until he was like 20 and before that he just thought it was a special kind of mascara or something that made eyelashes look like that

that is all thank you

#probably no one wanted to hear about the soap one but it had to be said #sorry #cove holden #our life #our life: beginnings & always #our life beginnings and always

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#hashtag relatable i hope #its practice for when i actually get married duhhh #the wedding dlc is gonna be the best thing to ever happen to me tbh

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the feminine urge to manifest cove into existence just to smack his ass

#being able to slap his butt in step 4 was quite possibly the best moment of the whole game #plus grabbing his butt if you make out w him #like thanks for letting me worship that ass fr #ass shitpost you're welcome

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legend has it that if you go to the beach and say "cove james holden" three times while facing the ocean, a seafoam haired merman will appear and whisk you away into his magical underwater world

#its true #i tried it and he appeared #im actually posting this from the bottom of the ocean #the wifi is amazing down here yall omg #our life: beginnings & always #our life

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cove pretzel headcanons????

i'm bored so here's what i think would've been if the Pretzel Plan actually happened (if both of you owned a pretzel stand together)

both of you smelling like pretzels 24/7

eating leftover pretzels/reject pretzels for snacks and breakfast

hanging out in your little booth and just enjoying each other's company on slow days

having to play rock paper scissors or draw straws to determine who's gonna step out of the booth and yell "PRETZELS, PRETZELS, COME GET YOUR PRETZELS"

cove absolutely laughing his ass off when you do it and vice versa

"why are we running out of frosting so quickly?"

cove, with a frosting cup in one hand and a pretzel in the other: "um"

your shop's name probably has some sort of pretzel based pun in it that makes cove laugh every time he reads it

MATCHING PRETZEL PATTERNED APRONS. maybe even hats

cove smiling whenever a kid comes by to buy a pretzel cause it reminds him of when the two of you were kids

cove not caring when a customer is short of a dollar and you (fondly) reprimanding him about it when the customer leaves

pretzel memorabilia around your house because why not

cove offering to take over for the rest of the day if he notices that you're tired, and you doing the same for him

funky names for some of the flavors that cove thought of

cove being extremely good at customer service, putting on his best smile and straightening his back whenever someone comes around

lots of the customers swooning over cove (and you)

your booth gaining some popularity in the community and you and cove becoming known as "the hot pretzel vendors"

customers ocassionally commenting on how you're a cute couple and cove getting flustered over it

you defending each other if there's a rude customer

cove literally in his element when making pretzels. like he does it so well its like he was born to make them

also he definitely hums while making them which is just a cute image

both of you just being really happy to be able to do this sort of thing with the person you love. adorable.

#okay but cove in an apron?????? hot #our life #our life beginnings and always #our life: beginnings & always #ol:ba #cove holden

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hm....it's starting to get a little bit colder...... wouldn't it be so crazy if a tall green haired boy with wavy eyebrows came and cuddled with me and kept me warm? aha....... so crazy.......

#im gonna cry. why isnt he my boyfriend. #WHYY #i am miserable

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i need to know what time cove was born. i swear to god if i don’t get my hands on his birth chart……..

#we have the same sun and mercury #sounds like soulmates to me!

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ITS COVES BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!! MY FAVORITE SCORPIO SO TRUE!!!!! (scorpio supremacy)🥳🥳🎉 i love him SO MUCH it's unreal

#literally my favorite fictional human ever💔💔

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i need to know what time cove was born. i swear to god if i don't get my hands on his birth chart........

#I NEED TO KNOW THIS BOYS MOON AND RISING SIGNS. #this is very essential information for me

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drunk cove headcanons

this was so fun to picture. someone arrange a drink date for me and cove </3

he's definitely very giggly when he starts getting tipsy. you cannot convince me otherwise

like his face gets all flushed and he laughs at literally everything. you can point to a doorknob or a potted plant and his tipsy little brain will find something funny about it and there's nothing you can do to stop the giggles from tumbling from his mouth

but once he's had a little more to drink and he's no longer tipsy and just becomes full on drunk, he becomes VERY emotional.

we all know how he's a very sentimental person and can get teary quite easily

but drunk cove???? a whole other level of crybaby

is there a calendar nearby? don't let cove see it or else he'll start crying about the passage of time

don't let him open the fridge either because the second he sees ice? he'll start sobbing about how global warming is affecting the icecaps in the arctic

(bonus image: cove taking out the ice tray and cradling it in his arms as he sobs about how he needs to deliver this ice to the polar bears asap)

if left unsupervised, he WILL call his parents and tell him how he loves them so very much and he's very grateful to have had them in his life

like a full on speech of appreciation will be recited to a very confused cliff (who doesn't even understand what the hell cove is saying because his speech is slurred and he's trying to talk through sobs)

you'd think he was giving out a speech at his dad's funeral

don't even get me started on what he'll say to mc

he'll be sobbing at your feet and gripping your clothes talking about how much he loves and appreciates you and is so thankful that you're with him and also he loves you so much

which would be very sweet if you could understand the words coming out of his mouth. but you don't. at all.

everything he says is really just incoherent gibberish at this point

and he just turns into a full mess

tears getting into his mouth and everything

"i love you so much and i'm so grateful to have you in my life and also i love you and i don't know if i've already said that but if i did i don't care because i love you so much and i have to say it" is what he thinks he's saying

but actually he's saying "you... love...mmmrrrhhmm.... thank you... (insert sobs and hiccups) you're so mmmhh...lovely.."

anyway after maybe 15 minutes of crying at your feet, he passes out.

very ungracefully

like. just a heap of tears and green hair on the floor.

will begin to snore (very cutely)

#you'd need to carry him into bed #i mean #if you can #he's much heavier than he looks #maybe just leave him on the floor and apologize the next morning #jk #drag him to the couch at least #our life beginnings and always #our life: beginnings & always #our life #cove holden

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random our life social media headcanons

bascially just how i think each of the characters use social media!

cove: probably only signed up for a social media account because of mc. doesn't post that often tbh, and when he does it's either a beach pic or something involving orca. he'd definitely make a post when orca hits some sort of milestone. only ever posts selfies when it's with mc for special occasions like christmas or their anniversary. there would definitely be a random post of just a really pretty picture of mc that he didn't mean to post but kept it there anyway because the picture's just so damn perfect.

derek: didn't make a social media acc until sometime in step 4 because he was always too busy for it before that. i feel like he'd post quite often, be it about what he did that day/week, a new book he read or a film he watched, and some photo dumps here and there. definitely has a decent amount of followers.

baxter: this man's social medias definitely follow a certain aesthetic. edgy poetry quotes, film quotes, dark song lyrics. some black and white photography in between. absolutely zero pictures of himself. his profile pic is probably a landscape photo that he took ages ago. his bio would either be a song lyric or completely blank. (or he probably doesn't have social media at all)

cliff: doesn't really know how to use social media, but enjoys it nonetheless. posts pictures of the beach and sometimes stuff about his shop. in my head he's totally obssessed with national geographic. once he figured out that post notifs were a thing, he decided he most definitely wanted to be notified when nat geo posted. and i feel like maybe he'd post a baby pic of cove, just because he could.

kyra: posts pictures pretty often of just about anything. like coffee or a glass of wine, or some photos of places she visits. is a pretty good photographer and you can tell by her posts that it's something she prides herself upon. definitely posts cove's baby pics when it's his birthday. does a lot of DIY stuff and posts about that too.

pamela: total facebook mom. spends so much of her time scrolling through argument threads in comment sections. picks a side and leaves a like on all of that person's replies. probably gets into a few arguments herself, tbh. only posts family pics. can watch 5 minute crafts videos for hours on end, albeit while angrily talking to her screen about how none of what they're doing makes sense. scrolls with her index finger.

noelani: definitely falls into the most random internet rabbit holes at like 3 am. mostly just shares what her wife posts. gets the most random mix of content on her feed and she lives for every bit of it. unironically uses 😀 and 🙂. watches plenty of kitten and puppy videos

liz: doesn't use social media that often, but when she does, it's to post a quick but somehow meticulously well-written rant about something that may have been bothering her. or to post something family related for a special occasion like a birthday or something

lee: probably an influencer. actively participates in trends, posts selfies often, and maybe a singing video or two. has probably made a thirst trap. she probably also has a fanbase of her own. has a spam account that she posts on about 15 times a day.

#tag urself i'm lani #our life beginnings and always #our life #ol:ba #cove holden #baxter ward #also first post heyyy