#2. i had too much wine

[bluebellhairpin]

Why mu tummy hurting this time. Definitely not bc I'm a hot bitch. Not this time.

#lets see what the choices are #1. i just started my period #2. i had too much wine #3. i ate something weird at dinner #4. unwarrented anxiety (again) #5. back out of place that makes the front hurt #6. heart attack at age 20 even though i dont vape and habent had covid once #7. acid levels hate me again #its hard living in a body this problematic #she hates me istg #then again i dont take care of her as i should #i should exercise more #and like maybe eat #anyway its like 7pm and im feelin gross n tired n i wanna sleep for nine days but i also dont #so im not gonna #but i should #nemos thoughts #rant

[inkskinned]

as we enter the start of a semester and the dreaded Hour of Making Friends us upon us... if ur ever at a loss for what to say in one of those weird social situations where you only vaguely-know people, one of my favorite questions to ask is "what is your favorite food crime." a food crime is like the food combination that you love that other people find revolting. press them to take it further than pineapple on pizza, that's rote. food crimes is a good topic that has many benefits as it turns out all people are degenerates and also it will give you some cool ideas to try out later in the privacy of your own degenerate kitchen

the other good thing to ask is "okay but has anyone here ever been someplace haunted" bc it turns out if you ask most people directly they don't believe in ghosts, but many people are like "oh yeah i lived in a haunted house. ghosts aren't real tho"

#my food crime is that i regularly make a “pasta and tuna” situation that has somehow gotten even more evil and degenerate over time. #it is a ''white wine reduction'' (it's just white wine and garlic powder & seasoning) #and tuna from a can. #and plain pasta. #if i have the spoons i will actually chop garlic for it but this tends to be my comfort food for a REALLY bad day #bc its super easy to make: #boil pasta. drain. put into bowl for later. into same pot u used for pasta. #put tuna (with oil/water from can). let fry a little for like 2-3 min. put in whatever amount of wine. season to taste. #the tuna will get a little crisp on it which is nice. important side note: #this began as a Bolognese sauce. #and one day i had to sub for tuna. i know. not ideal. i cried about it too. #somehow over time it is now its own little evil thing. i would never make someone else eat it. it is beautiful. #but yeah i don't even stir the pasta in afterwards i just slap pasta into serving bowl #slap this ''''''sauce'''''''' on top #molto bene #(i really can cook fairly well btw. this is a food crime. not a suggestion of skill or ability) #(i LOVE baking but when i cook for myself. the autism is obvious. bc i just don't understand the point of most of the steps) #(.... i can just eat the deli meat out of the bag. it is protein. i don't even have to like it. i just have to eat enough calories.) #(also i used to cook MUCH more before this apartment which is so small that i can stretch my arms out and overreach the counter length.) #(.... i'm 5.2. so.)

[presiding]

dishonored 2 rewrite: the monster in the hull updated this week 🍷

#dishonored #dishonored 2 #billie lurk #anton sokolov #emily kaldwin #daud #dishonored shitposting #these feel obvious so theyve probably been done but i had fun with them. thats all that matters #new chapter is fun too. i love mindy blanchard so much #there's also sexually charged wine drinking #and fear-based yearning. which is important too #and some musings on delilah and breanna #probably billie should stop being attracted to women who might kill her #but i only give advice i wouldnt take myself

[theeflowerofcarnage]

they will never free my girl nina from that atrocious hair

#simblr #my sims #dina caliente #nina caliente #i think i figured out what was tripping me up abt thier new look #n its that i always thot sims 2 nina n dina had a more warm orange undertone this new one seems more cold or nuetral #w the hair n makeup it looks funky on them #it doesnt match thier undertones so they just look tired in this look i feel the same about what they did to bella goth she cant wear #bright reds like the first bella did shes a dark wine red girly now #im keeping my OG dina makeover just toning down the eyes i love her too much even tho she doesnt really look related to nina #ah well in my head thier still aliens but scary looking this is just thier human disguise #not making them real aliens in game tho it fucks up thier faces so im using cc costumes but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[nebia92]

SPOILERS: MY WINE-FUELED S3 RECAP OF MSHD

You know... I was looking forward to this final season for 12 months. Almost sure that they would end up together because of the promo materials and natural telenovela-esque story arcs (although, let’s be honest, as LB+ watchers we can never be to sure about a happy ending). But, despite my endgame coming true, this season felt deeply underwhelming. After episode 5 the series completely lacked any affection and close scenes between Mariana and Ana, especially on Mariana’s part. Suddenly the episodes solely focused on them in relation to the babies - and on all the other couples. And, with the ending we got, it just felt so underserved. We didn’t truly see Mariana’s realization that she might have been wrong about “being confused”. The break-up with Ferrán came completely out of left field (a bit of a deus ex machina, if you ask me because without him having a kid, she might have even stayed with him, despite his unreliableness and aversion for children in his space/home). We didn’t get a conversation between Ana and Mariana that went beyond the kids’ well-being, their businesses and “by the way I love you”. We didn’t actually see them reconnect and share a space beyond quick pecks. And even the rest of the plotlines... these characters all had so much potential. Instead, we got redundant, repetitive, almost circular stories. I mean...how often can a couple break up and get back together because their priorities don’t align (looking at you, Cynthia and Pablo; as well as Fernanda and Juan Carlos). How often can a teenage boy be insecure about a girl (Ro! Yes, and I know... the answer is “quite often, just like girls and any other teenage hormonal person attracted to the female sex” - however, in a concise narrative approach, that emotionally almost identical situation doesn’t need to be shown 2 or 3 times). I think the series lost focus. It’s an ensemble series, but it forgot its core dynamic. And that’s why a season of only 10 episodes somehow ended up feeling too long and tedious. Because there was so much character development and potential that was just skipped over in favor of repetitive plots. That hunger and physical closeness as well as emotional intimacy we saw in the kiss between Mariana and Ana in the S2 finale was never shown again. Same with Mariana’s tenderness and hope when it came to Ana in S1. And Ana’s love confession involving bikes felt a bit public and cringy. Maybe because we skipped all the potential close and confusing situations/tropes that would have come with “fake dating” not to mention the true emotional repercussions that would have come after that and after sleeping together. Maybe because they rarely had any scenes just the two of them, where they talked about anything but work and the children. Which means: I’m happy about the end game, but narratively I am far from satisfied. Aaaaaaand with that I end my first official tumblr post/ tv rant. Thank you all - which is probably 2 people, if I’m lucky - for reading this far.

#madresolohaydos #madre solo hay dos #madre solo hay 2 #maryana #daughter from another mother #ludwika paleta #recap #my two cents #yes i ship them #mshd #mshd spoilers #yes I had too much wine

[steelycunt]

got THREE NEW PLANTS for my room today. all for the SWEET SWEET PRICE of £6.50. thats cheaper than TWO COFFEES. and i dont even DRINK COFFEE. so on EVERY LEVEL im WINNING.

#the uni su fair had a little stall selling plants w/ student discount...i bought two and then because i spent over £5 i got to spin a little #wheel to win a prize and i won another little plant im so happy with them who would like to see (tumbleweed. crickets. dead air)...fair #was FUN got loads of free stuff drank many a free sample of tonic wine at 11am in the morning...thinking of joining somestuff too i wanna #try writing for the uni magazine and maybe join the subject netball team although im a bit intimidated you get some people who do NAWT #play when it comes to netball. ironically. and also unless i can play centre/wa i fear im pretty much useless...ALSO thinking of trying the #jive class which sounds silly but how fun would it be to know how to jive. like thats so fun. and my friend is trying tango class i think.. #we'll see!! also went 2 ikea with my best friend got snacks and now im back home : ^ ) happy friday!!! #(ridi's) bigmouth strikes again

[hella1975]

worked four sections today bc we were so understaffed. i had 20 tables. a normal section is about 5/6 tables. the way i didn't maul anyone will go down in the guiness book of world records as strongest silly guy alive

#MY FEET HURT!!! #like my sister worked at a HUGE place one time and she had around 20 tables to a section #and she has complained loudly and at length that it's just not something that works #like a single waitress CANNOT take a section that big especially when it consists of tables ranging from 2 people #to 15 people like that's a ridiculous amount of customers relying on a single amount of staff #and that was in a place that was BUILT TO WORK LIKE THAT #MY PLACE IS VERY MUCH NOT BUILT TO WORK LIKE THAT #WE HAVE ONE WAITRESS TO A SECTION AND TWO ON THE BIGGER SECTION NORMALLY! NOT THIS! #IT WAS INSANE #i was soooo lucky we werent busy bc it meant i wasn't slammed off my feet but there was a constant flow of things to do #like i could JUST keep up with the tide of it if that makes sense #but i knew if i fucked up even minutely then id lose it and get overwhelmed #not a fun position to be in #ALSO I DROPPED A FUCKING PLATE #FOUR YEARS OF WAITRESSING AND I FINALLY DROPPED A PLATE IM GONNA KILL MYSELF #IT'S BC THIS BOY WAS TRYING TO BE NICE BY STACKING HIS PLATES BUT HE DID IT IN SUCH A TWATTY WAY #AND THEIR TABLE WAS LITERALLY THEE FARTHEST ONE FROM THE KITCHEN I NEVER STOOD A CHANCE TRULY #IT WAS MORTIFYING THE TABLE NEXT TO WHERE I DROPPED IT WERE SO ANNOYING ABOUT IT #like they were TOO nice about it the bloke asked me like 4 times if i was okay i was like YES IM FINE STOP TALKING ABOUT IT #then i dropped a wine glass like an hour later should've just quit right there and then #the lad i was on shift with went for his fag break at one point and i was joking with him like 'oh you slacking off?' #this boy goes 'im having a fag break for each thing you break' COME ON 😭😭😭 #i am hateful today. i am very sleepy #hella slaves to capitalism

[cosmogyros]

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#went out on the town tonight to the so-called sketchiest area (i find it delightful) #met some friends at a café and then we strolled for a while #ended up at a cute french bar and drank orange wine #then headed to a famous noodle place and bumped into some other people they knew who joined us #the five of us ate noodles and i had an intense conversation with a mexican woman #we were discussing the way the complaint about 'immigrants not learning the language' can be understood two ways #as an american i'm very sensitive to that phrase because i'm accustomed to it being used as a subtle indicator of anti-immigrant sentiment #and here in germany it's unfortunately often used that way too so i always look closely at anyone who says that #but she pointed out that in mexico you kind of just do have to learn spanish if you want to live there successfully #so when she hears germans saying 'immigrants should learn german' she just thinks 'well yeah of course we should' #and i said yeah fair point #i think two important distinctions are 1) why did the immigrants in question come to a different country #and 2) how do we treat them when they don't learn their new country's language very rapidly #because i may be a hypocrite but i'll be honest: #i feel very differently toward a rich white american who comes to berlin 'because it's just so cool' #and doesn't put much effort into learning german 'because everyone speaks english anyway' #than i do towards a refugee who comes here fleeing death and already speaks e.g. both arabic and english #i'm inclined to give the latter a lot more leeway #sure they should do their best to learn german soon if they're planning to stay here for good #but i personally refuse to judge them in the slightest if they take a little while to make that happen #cosmo gyres #personal #language #immigration

[dreamboundedstar]

Bob's Burger's Incorrect Quotes 3

Zeke: [straightening himself out] So, I did write down a wish. [he brings out a card] I'd uh. I'd like to go on a date...with Tina.

Jimmy Jr.: [turns] You? You're terrible with girls.

Zeke: What? No. No. No. Jimmy Jr., look at this. And this. And this here. Jimmy Jr., look at all of this. [he gestures to different parts of his body and spins around] Heh. No. I'm great with girls.

[Scene flashes back to a cheap fast food joint. Zeke and a busty, blonde-haired woman are standing at a counter with buckets of chicken drumsticks.]

Zeke: We both got buckets of chicken. Wanna do it?

Blonde Woman: [shrugs] Eh, okay.

[Scene switches back to Jimmy Jr. and Zeke.]

Zeke: But you, Jimmy Junior. You are amazing with ladies. You know, classy ones. The kind that smell good, and can read. And that always have their glasses on just kind of crooked. You know? The ones that don't go for a guy like me.

[Jimmy Jr. looks at Zeke with a smug grin.]

Jimmy Jr.: Hmm, and why is that, do you think?

Zeke: C'mon, Jimmy Jr., I don't know.

Jimmy Jr.: Well, a mystery we will take to our graves then. Goodbye.

Zeke: Wait. Wait. Ah. [sigh] Okay. Look. Fine. Jimmy Junior. This never leaves this room [sigh]. You are better than me. All right? I need your help.

Jimmy Jr.: I'll do it. On one condition.

Jimmy Jr.: Say that [pushes his phone that’s recording towards Zeke] again.

#Zekina #ZekexTina #TinaxZeke #Zeke #Tina #Tina Ruth Belcher #Tina Belcher #Jimmy Jr. #Jimmy Jr. Pesto #Bob's Burgers #incorrect quotes #Source: Team Fortress 2 Expiration Date #I picture them adults for this idea #Jimmy Jr. and Zeke had a falling out but still on relative speaking terms for this one #Jimmy Jr. stop turning into your dad! #Why do I do this to him? I don't hate him I swear! #Jimmy Jr. doesn't make it easy for me to find him likeable either though sorry #I have too much fun making Jay Ju a tool whoops XD #Tina is not that classy lets be honest but we still love her anyway. #Tina is like a fine wine and gets more sophisticated with age we hope anyway #Jimmy Jr. and Tina officially ended their on and off relationship obviously

[youaremysunshine-court]

Dislike how explicit bls have made it so its not a bl unless two men are ripping each others clothes off and fucking on every available surface in my opinion a true bl is where the symbolism is in how they drink their wine, if they talk about the red thread of fate, if flowers fall from the sky when they meet, and in how their hands brush one (1) time in episode 26

#kinnporsche has nothing on lwj and wwx on the steps of koi tower actually #and certainly its got nothing on wenzhou linking hands and drinking wine like theyre at their wedding #like okay they had sex. and what? #where are the memorable lines the way lwjs eyes tell you everything hes thinking the way wheb wkx says wife u know he means zzs is husband #like #this might be me being demi but can we go back to subtext i dont actually want to see some dude try to jack kinn off under a table with his #feet #i just want that 'subtlety' free had when they had rin do the anime girl love interest turn when haru professed his undying love #and i want the flirtation through poetry bc no one can say outright that they are flirting #also tian guan ci fu live action and s2 when i loved that #sharing bedrolls cleaning houses together the husband symbolism in ep 1 #excellent brilliant #link click? two guys living together going mad when ones in danger the tsundere one and the cutesy one !!! #what im getting at is i dont mind sexy scenes so long as theyre there for a reason and not just fanservice #and yes wwx shoving a sword up his ass did nothing for plot or symbolism BUT but we got a good 300 pages of pining BEFORE he did that #and when i see edits of mdzs its always the really loving scenes between them #but when i see kinnporsche edits its just them fucking ive seen way too much of those 2 men making out #and i dont like it #where is the emotional substance #like yeah we know wenzhou spent the rest of their days in that cave fucking like rabbits #but also we got 36 episodes and like 5 deaths at least out of it #like before you get to the sex #build up a good plot and good characters #idk #i miss old bls i guess i miss when bl meant boys LOVE not bloys LOVEMAKING is that so much to ask for

[silverthecupcake]

forever obsessed with the companion music to the black canary run from like 2016. we don’t deserve those two eps ;-; please listen to them if you get the chance. here’s the bandcamp link to ep 1 and ep 2. get in the car on ep 2 is an all time fave 

#black canary #black canary ep 1 #black canary ep 2 #it just good music your honor #i've had too much wine and i just want to share this with you beautidful people #the singer is also in the band caveboy and im in love with their songs landslide and obsessed #very good music

[agelenopsis-potteri]

stardewvalley......

#i checked yesterday and i had something like 101 hours and #i checked just now and i have 111 i think #lots of stardew. too much stardew. but i love my husband and i need 2 provide for him and ... #need to expand my fucking HOUSE #and maybe get a shed for all this extra brewing & aging i'm doing now that i have wine and mead and cheese and ALSO hops #i'm just excited :3 i love rediscovering how addicting a game is.... especially when there's no microtransactions or whatever #it's all just your own effort to get things #my course is nearing its end also. very short course. excited to be done with it. i need to make a resume. augh #my mum is like 'ok u gotta make a resume & cover letter so u can go right to the school board and be like GIVE ME A JOB #as soon as u get out of school' #so i should have that ready. this week #anywaybs. wish me luck #mayhap i will post screenshots of my stardew progress cuz i like my house and animals n stuff #and it just turned spring in the game so i'm all !!! yay sunshine and flowers and plants and farming weeeeehehehe #and more coffee plants so i can give harvey coffee every day..... i am a good spouse

[stcnefruit]

— open starter.

status - open to all, but pls read my rules and mobile about (pinned post) first before interacting. don't like my starters. muse - iesha saeng-ah seol, adjunct professor of law/licensed attorney with private practice. bisexual, uses they/she/xe pronouns. vampire, six hundred and sixty-nine, appears twenty-nine. can default to appearance age/5+ for non-supernatural thread (if applicable). wanted opposites - m/f/nb, 30+. mocs (muns/muses of color) preferred. wanted connections - colleague, friend, date they've been seeing for a couple times, that one bitch who's supposedly from a line of vampire hunters but has never actually seen an honest to f*ck vampire in their life, etc, as long as it's not taboo give me all of your sh*t. plot - you were supposed to be discussing international law and cases and sh*t but it's a Sunday evening and you're at their house and now they're calling bullsh*t on the 'garlic repels vampires' folklore after cooking you something from the family heirlooms that you swear to God is not even an extant dish and plying you with wine???? really good wine at that???? or maybe you don't drink that's fine here just have more food and hey is it just you are they f*cking with you for fun or are their canines a little longer than usual. well

— there's only so long someone can talk about trade laws and governmental disputes before their soul looks like it's fixing to crawl halfway out of their body and into the open arms of God, so they're not surprised when the conversation takes a less... formal tone after the meal. vampires, though. their weaknesses, specifically. that's one for the books. they wouldn't have pegged the other as being even vaguely interested in poking around things older than law itself. there is the arch of an eyebrow, then, hovering, the slightest tell as they listen to them continue—curious, how invested this one seems to be in what to normal people is only a hypothetical. curious, how easy it is to figure out how much of it this one thinks is not. 'mean no disrespect, love, but listen to yourself,' they interrupt, wine glass in hand, half lounged over the back of the leather sofa like a cat sunning itself in the light of the open window, ceiling to floor. of course, it's pitch fucking black outside and it's Sunday night so there is no sunning to be had, but they'll never miss the opportunity for a good comparison. (the 1975 Léoville-Las Cases vintage still decanting in the glass doesn't hurt.) 'they've said this shit for years and i've heard it all. i've been all over the fucking world, toured the west coast of Africa twice, studied in France for nine years to get my degrees'—they don't linger on that part, because if the other thinks for too long and starts calculating shit they'll realize that xe'd have to be a fucking genius to head to Europe fresh out of xir teens and still wet behind the ears—'if garlic was really the undead's kryptonite i'd have a three story penthouse and a chauffeur waiting for me in hell at this point, the amount of things i've eaten. tonight included.' xe lean over a little further, soft haze of the chandelier above xem. 1950s, vintage Murano glass, Barovier & Toso mounted flush against the ceiling, light from the corners glinting off of the edge of a fang. veneers, on a cursory glance, unless you knew what you were looking for. 'you know what i think? i think someone got pissy they couldn't eat garlic and passed it off as a vampire problem, and then never had to eat another clove of garlic in their life as a result because they were too busy making money off the rumors by selling it as a magic charm or some shit like that.' or, they were a vampire and just wanted to fuck with humans for the fun of it, she thinks, but who would she be if she gave up trade secrets just to catch the hint of another smile from her guest. terribly unprofessional, according to eomma. then again, professionalism is not what gets you a custom engraved stake to the heart on chuseok. missed by three inches, albeit, but eomma is not one to measure distance, just audacity and the nicely healed scar on her chest. no respect for the ancients, these days. // @indiestarter

#* open starters. #( * starters - iesha. ) #( * threads - iesha. ) #indie rp #indie oc rp #indie bi rp #independent rp #indie starter #open starter #( * me writing about wine vintages and pulling up research while i'm under the drinking age................. the irony does not escape me #| had too much fun with this tho the lore is that in the main verse [supernatural] both Iesha's parents are 1. vampires and 2. super #| f*cking old ones. her mom's been around since the Shilla kingdom and her dad. well. haven't really seen him in 300 years give #| or take but he's been first tracked back to the heydays of the Ghana empire/the Igbo-Ukwu site in Nigeria. he's a little older ofc they #| just don't have tangible records of him before that. as for the assassination attempt xir mom is very offended that they didn't even #| try and get a proper stake to stab her [the mom] with bc the Buddhist prayers engraved on there are fake which means someone didn't #| do their due diligence. if you're going after a vampire descended from Buddhist monks that's an insult sksksksk #| unlike Vasti however Iesha WILL in fact bite. they have teeth especially for that but they'll ask first before yk. everything. #| i love them your honor )

[beskad]

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#ohhhh #this is also PROBABLY partially because i FOOLISHLY had a glass of wine yesterday smh how dare i #i cannot drink at all. AT ALL. on this medication. #and i still have 2 weeks of it before i stop taking the pills #and another 2 after that before it's out of my system #like SHOULD i ever go back to killing a full bottle of wine in one sitting? no. obviously. 2014-2019 me had a problem lmao #I've had a lot of therapy since then #but I'd like to have 1 damn glass with dinner or friends without wanting to die #I'm down to a half a glass of wine a month and it's still too much while on this medication. and honestly lately ive even skipped that #but i reaaaaaaaally wanted a small glass yesterday while we were eating takeout and then cleaning #i didn't even finish it #and I'm already paying for it #the most fun part of this is that this medication I've been on for like 9-10 months didn't even help #just loaded me up with side effects and pain and no depression relief #so i love that for me #tbd I'm just so freaking tired and this broken filling/tooth is freaking me out and i hate hate HAAAAATE the dentist #tbd

[sharksliveontrains]

I broke my necklace 😓

#watching home alone 2 and having wine #so sad about my necklace tho #was in a bad mood earlier but no idea why #well i have some idea but i was just grumpy really #then my mom started playing cristmas music and i tried so hard to pretend that is didnt make me sick bc ive heard so much while working #had to pull out the wine to deal with it #i dont like drinking alone so i made my mom have some too #by yhat i mean i asked if she wanted some once and she said yes #one of my friends is coming back to town this week im so excited bc the last time i saw her was spring break when i went to visit her #i kinda want to visit another friend whos like an hour and a half away but i havent brought it up to her bc im tired #treating yhis like my diary sorry! #anywhoss #txt

[ghostfacd]

THIN LINE

based on this thought

pairing: young!coriolanus snow x fem!reader

genre: fluff, a bit of angst, descriptions of killing, they’re like in love ig, ooc!snow (he’s still crazy LMAO), SPOILERS for the ballad of the songbirds & snakes, Snow and reader being disgustingly touchy 💀

summary: in which there is a thin line in between yours and coriolanus’ friendship and something more, leading to a sudden shift in your dynamic

“Coryo! I passed! Coryo!” You shriek in excitement as Casca Highbottom passes one of your papers back. It had taken quite your strength when you were given the task to make new proposals and implements for the new Hunger Games, crying to your best friend Coriolanus about how you’ll never get it done on time.

“Oh yeah?” He asks, looking over at your paper. There was a bright red A+ along with the sloppy cursive writing of Good Job Miss. L/N!

“Good job,” Coriolanus says, snaking his arms over to pull you back into his chest, placing a sloppy but soft kiss on your cheek. “Knew you had it in you.”

The scene makes Arachne Crane let out a moan of disgust, rolling her eyes as she turned to another corner.

“What’s wrong Arachne?” One of her friends asked, and she only points to the two of you, who were too engrossed in each other to notice.

“Snow and L/N, are we even surprised?” Livia let out a huff of irritation.

When Casca Highbottom announced that you all will be meeting in the largest room of the Academy, you thought it was to finally announce the winner of the Plinth prize. The only rightful ones were you and Coriolanus, anyway. And maybe Sejanus, the boy whom you’ve gotten soft for these past few days.

You and Coriolanus entered arm in arm, avoxes had wove through the crowd of students with trays of posca, a concoction of watery wine laced with herbs and honey.

Coriolanus quickly grabbed two goblets, handing one to you and then chugging it quickly down his throat. For a minute, it burned.

“Oh there you two are,” Arachne waves you over, her face gloomy. “Obviously, no amount of bribing would make Sejanus tell me who won the prize. Not like it matters, we all know I deserve it most.”

There was an eye roll from Felix Ravinstill. “Sure Arachne, and I’m the richest man on the planet.”

That earned him a scowl from the girl, who then turned her attention to Sejanus. “He can have as much money as he wants, but he’ll always be district, you know.”

A few of your classmates laugh, nodding in bitter agreement as they watched Sejanus conversing with one of the professors.

“Right.” Coriolanus mumbles, surprising you. He hadn’t ever agreed with Arachne before—calling her a psychopath even—so why was he now?

“Oh please,” the girl snaps back. “You and Y/N are friends with him.”

“We tolerate him,” Coriolanus says, his hand that was holding yours became tighter. “He’s district.”

When Sejanus comes, the murmur of your classmates grows silent, and from the looks of it, he could already tell they weren’t saying much good about him.

“It’s time to assign the tributes.” Is all he says, motioning to Dean Highbottom.

“As you all know, the Plinth prize and money would usually go to the student with the highest mark,” Highbottom begins, clearing his throat. “But this year, we’d like to do something different.”

You can tell Coriolanus has stiffened in his seat. Even though you want to hold his hand and caress it, you know you can’t, so you keep your desire inside.

“Whoever is the best mentor among all of you will be able to win the Plinth prize.”

“Oh that is not fair!” Livia complains. “What if I get some poor weak district girl and she dies 2 minutes in the games?”

“It’s not just about your tribute winning,” Highbottom says, “you will be assessed.”

You and Coriolanus sit through the announcement of which mentor gets which tribute. You had gotten Coral, a girl from District 4 while Coriolanus had gotten the girl from 12. Lucy Gray Baird, apparently.

“Hey, you okay?” You say as you two stepped out from the Academy. “Look at me Coryo.”

He looks up from the ground, his eyebrows furrowed and his face upset.

“He hates me.” He says, referring to Dean Highbottom. “Always has, always will. Gave me the worst district of them all.”

“Hey,” you say, cradling his face as your eyes quickly scanned his. “Don’t say that. We saw Lucy Gray on stage, she can sing and she sure as hell can put on a charismatic personality for the crowd. You’ll be okay, Coryo.”

“I don’t know,”

This was the first time you saw Coriolanus so upset, so lost in his thought. Without a second thought, you pulled his head towards you, giving him a long kiss on his jawline.

“Sleepover tonight?” You ask as you pull away.

“Sure, I just have to tell Tigris first.”

That night, you and Coriolanus talk about your futures under your warm white covers, limbs tangling one another.

“Do you ever want kids, Coryo?” You ask, saying anything that came to your mind.

“Maybe.” He replies. “Only if I find a girl as worthy as you.”

His words make you smile, pulling him closer to your body. “As worthy as me?”

“Mhm. Or else I’d marry out of convenience. For profit. To ensure no one takes advantage of me.”

You shake your head, placing a small kiss on his forehead. “I hope that never happens, Coryo.”

“I hope it never does either.”

You turn over to turn off your nightlight, snuggling yourself under the covers as Coriolanus throws an arm around your frame.

“Goodnight Coryo.”

“Goodnight Y/N.”

- - -

After Coriolanus’ little involvement in the tribute cage, Highbottom, to say the least, was unimpressed. He claimed Coriolanus was breaking many of the Academy rules, including endangering an Academy student. However, he agreed to let the mentors visit their tributes and offer them water or food.

You were talking to Coral, handling her a glass bottle filled with water. If you couldn’t get her out of here, the least you could do is hydrate and feed her.

You turn to look at Arachne, who was busy swinging water in front of her tribute. Her tribute almost looked pitiful as the bottle always seemed to swing out of her reach.

Coriolanus was talking to Lucy Gray, a little too close for your liking, but you knew it was just to discuss strategies.

“You think you’re gonna make it in the arena?” You ask Coral, who only glared at you, taking small sips of water at a time.

“Hey.” Coriolanus suddenly comes up from behind you, once again wrapping his arms around your shoulders before bringing your face in for a long kiss on the cheek.

“Hi,” you giggle, continuing to hold on him as you turned your entire body to face him.

Coral let out a scowl of disgust, eyeing you and Coriolanus up and down.

“Coral, meet my friend, Coriolanus Snow. He’s Lucy Gray’s mentor.” You say, pointing at the girl who was currently talking to another tribute; Jessup, you think his name is.

Coral doesn’t respond, only continuing to snarl at the two of you.

“They’re like wild animals,” Coriolanus whispers in your ear.

“Hey pretty boy,” she finally speaks, smirking from ear to ear. “You were on the truck earlier.”

“I was,” he replied curtly.

“Maybe I can’t kill you—but I’ll definitely kill your tribute.”

Before you could hold Coriolanus back from jumping at Coral, you all hear a scream.

Arachne’s tribute had somehow managed to grab the bottle of water, smashing it against the metal cage and stabbing Arachne directly in the throat with it.

“Oh my god!” You scream, running over to the girl. Although you and Coriolanus disliked her, she was still your classmate, and someone who you spoke to on a regular basis.

“You two, off.” The peacekeepers say, grabbing ahold of you and Coriolanus; dragging you away from the scene.

- - -

The walk to Coriolanus’s home was quiet, aside from occasional twig snapping and leaves falling.

“I’m scared,” you finally say, staring up at Coriolanus. His icy blue eyes bore into yours before they softened.

“I know,” he says, cupping your head in his hands. “I know you’re scared, that should’ve never happened.”

“But it did,” you say, placing your hands into Coriolanus’s coat to keep them warm. “What if it happens to us next, Coryo?”

“Hey.” Coriolanus’s face is only a meter away from yours, lips almost touching. “I’ll never let that happen to you, do you understand? As long as I’m alive, no one will hurt you.”

You nod, a few tears rolled down your cheeks.

“Hey, don’t cry,” Coriolanus wipes away your tears with his thumb, one of his fingers caressed your cheek lightly. “They’ll have to shoot me dead before anything can happen to you.”

And before you could let out another one of your worries, Coriolanus leans in, placing a much awaited kiss on your lips. He pulls away for air after a minute, forehead against yours.

“I love you, Y/N. I’ll never let anyone hurt you, ever.”

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