#am i like

[luckycharms1701]

You’ve always loved turtles. If you’re truly pressed to say why, you would probably say that what you like about them most is the intermediate space they take up. Between land and water. Between soft and hard. Between big and small. They really do it all.

It doesn’t hurt that turtles are super cute.

So when your soulmark came in as an orange turtle on your bicep, you were beyond ecstatic. There is debate about the soulmark symbols and what they mean, but you hoped that meant your soulmate would share your same interest.

There’s really only one career choice for you.

When Channel 6 approaches you about doing a story on your turtle rescue, you are surprised to learn that reporter April O’Neil is going to be the lead. She’s an amazing investigative journalist, not known for this kind of fluff piece.

You understand when you meet her for the first time. She’s as obsessed with turtles as you are. You almost forget it’s an interview as the two of you chat and chat.

Despite the easy rapport you and April have, you are surprised when she contacts you after the piece runs. All she would say is that some people want to thank you in person, can you meet up with her? The mystery has you intrigued, so you agree.

You are not expecting four giant turtles and their rat father. Once you apologize for being rude and they insist it’s fine, open-mouthed staring is the most minor reaction they can think of, they thank you sincerely for your help with their “kinda, sorta brothers???” as the orange-banded one put it. It seems that when they saw the story your passion for your work moved them.

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Out of this unusual meeting friendship is born.

You, Mikey, and Raph hit it off immediately. They often sneak off during patrol to come help you with your turtle rescue, much to Leo’s chagrin. He can’t really be mad at them though, they are a huge help to you. You have employees and volunteers, but none of them can understand the turtles you rescue like the guys can.

It’s one such night when you realize that friendship isn’t the only thing on your mind when you think of Mikey.

The two of you are passing in the outdoor enclosure, him with a box of his “little bros” in hand, when you trip on a rock. Without even looking at you, he reaches out, catches you with one arm and a “Woah there angelcakes!” and spins to set you back on your feet. He turns and continues on his way, cooing down at the baby turtles in the box.

You, meanwhile, are frozen in place. The way he just… did that, as if it was the easiest thing in the world. Just casually picked you up with one arm and put you back down, as if you weighed no more than a feather. The way he acted like it was normal, reminding you that he is not. The way his scales felt, cool through your shirt. Paradoxically the thought lit a fire in you.

It’s a little harder, interacting with Mikey after that. Every touch causes your heart to stutter, and Mikey likes to touch you a lot. He throws his arm around your shoulder and ruffles your hair. When you are able to successfully rehabilitate a particularly ornery softshell turtle, he picks you up in a hug and spins you around, nearly causing you to faint from the sensation.

And he’s so sweet, especially to the turtles in your care. Your heart swells three sizes whenever you see him handle the turtles with such care, as if they are made of hopes and dreams instead of shells and teeth. He doesn’t even mind when they draw his blood, simply laughing and apologizing for scaring them. Even you curse at them for biting sometimes, on your worst days.

He’s a little too perfect, and sometimes when you think of him you find your hand on your bicep.

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You are thinking of him while you and Raph are building an additional enclosure for a leopard tortoise that isn’t playing well with the others. You feel an itch in your bicep, possibly psychosomatic but annoying nonetheless. You push up your sleeve with the hammer in your hand and scratch at your soulmark with it while you line up the next nail.

“The fuck is that?”

You look up at Raph and blink. That was pretty abrupt, even for him. You follow his gaze to your bicep. “My soulmark?”

A kaleidoscope of emotions flash across his face, too quick to follow. He settles on exasperation. “That’s your soulmark? ‘Nd you never thought to, I dunno, talk to him?”

“Talk to who?”

Raph throws his hands in the air and stalks off. You hear a mutter that sounds suspiciously like “made for each other” as you watch him go.

Part of you wants to follow, to figure out what’s going on, but you really don’t want to have to wrestle this lumber you’re nailing back into place. It took long enough the first time. So you turn back to the task at hand, trying not to get distracted while you hammer the nail in.

It doesn’t take long for Raph to come back, his protesting little brother in tow. He comes up to where you are bandaging your finger after hitting it with the hammer and grabs you as well. He sits the two of you down on the pile of lumber.

“Bro, wha-” Mikey cuts himself off, staring as Raph lifts your sleeve and reveals your soulmark to him.

Raph steps away, letting your sleeve fall back into place, then points between you. “Talk.” He stalks off once again.

You turn to Mikey, hoping he can shed some light on what’s going on. He’s still staring at your bicep, a little slack-jawed. You wave your hand in front of his face, and his gaze snaps up to your face. He starts fumbling with the bracelets around his arm.

When he manages to push them off his wrist to reveal the matching orange turtle, it’s your turn to gape at his arm. You’re moving before you really process everything, and he meets you in the middle for a searing kiss.

“That’s not talking!” Raph’s annoyed yell comes from the other end of the enclosure. You and Mikey pull away simultaneously and start to laugh.

#bayverse mikey #bayverse michelangelo #tmnt #bayverse mikey x reader #writing tag #soulmates #this #got out of hand #i got lost in the sauce a bit #might have to turn this into a real fic someday #it even has a title in my gdoc #hold on #am i like #a tumblr fic writer now? #do i need to make a masterlist or something #what the fuck

[lesbianneopolitan]

Do you think neo ever felt insecure about her height?

Absolutely, even if in Roman Holiday it's specified that her facial features and body are obviously that of an adult when you see her up close, her short height had people possibly infantilizing her AND, it's also pointed out that the girls at Lady Beat's Academy gossiped a lot about her size, so I'm sure she was bullied for it as well.

Despite the confidence she has today (because she can use her size as an advantage in combat or to make people lower their guard), I'm sure she felt really insecure about it when she was younger

I do KNOW my Neo in particular despised it, specially infantilization- like, if you're someone know knows her already and you mock her size, she will get genuinely angry about it

'haha you can't reach the top of the cupboard' well damn, bitch! She can perfectly turn into someone taller to do it or materialize a stool with her Semblance to get up there, let her live

#Ask #Headcanon #Neopolitan #am I like #Neopolitan/Spicecream central for headcanons now? KNKJGNBKJKFJGBN #it's okay I have fun with these #my brain activates when I talk about my Neo and the Spicecream possibilities

[diorsbrando]

my fit for kay’s race <3 ill be a pretty little spectator me thinks. im cheering u on bae!!! @spitcrank

#—sosa’s thoughts💭 #am i like #overdoing it #i tend to overdress sometimes but oh well #took me too long to think of a fit

[theragethatisdesire]

scary dog privileges is so good and i just think best friends to lovers is the superior trope (i’m biased it’s just my fav lol). i love how down bad bsf eren is for reader and in my mind i would love to see her forget about jean and give eren a chance as her soulmate/lover <3

it’s sooo well written and the smut is so good you really didn’t have to go that hard. so much sexual tension and eren was just perfect i want bsf eren who is secretly obsessed with me and wants me to be his girl fr.

him thirsting for reader since college days? him willing to fake date reader and take care of her??? i need him so bad

all of your work is soooo good so i’m not surprised a fic you didn’t love/put much thought into could be so successful you truly slay every time

hellooooo nonny :’) thank you like, so much??? oh my god? i…have said it before, he isn’t my favorite eren, but maybe i should reread/reconsider bc everyone else LOVES him lmao

he is so down bad and so protective of his reader he just…can’t help it!!!!! he loves her!!! i still think it’s funny how she pretends to be so blindsided and eren’s essentially like “cut the shit” lol

anyways, i’m so happy you enjoyed, thank you for popping by to send me this sweet message <3 maybe i’ll take another lookie loo at it just for you

#rage.rambles #nonny #scary dog privilege #you guys LOVE this man!!!!! #am i like #not seeing it correctly??? #hm…

[ladyluckless]

girl you got arrested the fuck??

it wasn't even related to the meteor. i got fucking accused of murder

#shut up friday #am i like #allowed to talk about this #if i mention any more one of you might doxx me #...do i actually care though #moolthecow

[lyssified]

aweeeeee yall-

#<3 #love yall #am i like #famous now or something

[icantstopthinking2]

i feel like my life ends and begins in waves. like i’m so tired and depressed one day or one hour and then next i’m okay and thriving.

#bpd #why #am i like #this #bpd thoughts #bpd problems #bpd vent #bpd things #tw self destructive behavior #bpd shit #actually bpd #moods #swings

[coyoxxtl]

#am i like #cursed to feel like an insecure and childish loser around people im Supposed to find comfort and confide in #why does nothing feel real or genuine or even secretly nefarious or gross or weird #when you have abysmal levels of confidence even your bosses and coworkers tell you #what do i even have to be confident about when this is where i am #when this is what messes me up inside

[yharnamsnewslug]

Did you know that the nazis were animal advocates? Hermann Goring even made it illegal to boil crabs and lobsters...my theory is that animal lovers are often human haters...it's much easier to love an animal because they are cute and can't speak...but it often takes effort to show compassion to your fellow human...so yeah, animal lovers don't impress me much...I hate both humans and animals FYI

#anon #ask #what the fuck is your problem #am i like #famous enough now that i get stupid ass fucking asks????? #this is??? so funny and yet concerning at the same time????

[noxtivagus]

i feel better now THANK GOD

#🌙.vent #OHH I'LL REMOVE THE STUFF FROM MY RPEVIOUS POST BUT #HDFLAKSDJF I MANAGED TO COMFORT MY FRIEND A BIT. I THINK #i feel so bad tho bcs like genuinely at times i get like #i can't help it i rlly overthink n fall to doubt n #i'm so afraid that #am i like #too much or too little? #overwhelming or too distant #i'm really glad i managed to help though aaaa #but i think #helping others rlly puts me at ease.. #bcs i really care so much for all the ppl in my life #not sure how i cld help them. often i really get anxious when it comes to reaching out #something i realized over the years which i find rather peculiar is that i'm far more likely to #idk like #w friends that have no chance of being romantically attracted to me. i can easily be more affectionate #i don't know WHY but that thought just just dumped itself in my head or smth #bcs i am very naturally affectionate at heart i can't help it #i'm just dumping rn i really don't know what to say atp n that isn't rlly related but #there's just sm on my mind rn i need to write wtvr to keep me sane aaaa fdfhslkdafjklfajsdkfj #oh i really do end up unintentionally often restraining aspects of myself around others n i hate ittttt #like w some friends maybe i wldn't really talk about my interests? so they'll have more room to talk about their own #w some other friends maybe i'll tone down being affectionate bcs while i really am just naturally like that at heart i #i don't want them to like. be weirded out by me or smth????? #genuinely btw god i feel rlly bad at times bcs often i'm not rlly specifically high on energy or wtvr #i'm naturally a bit. slow ig. n sometimes i worry like what if i'm being too dry or too much of smth else or #NO I'M OVERTHINKING AGAIN anxiety ig bcs wdym it's 10pm ! endwalker's been out for nearly a year n novembers nearly over #TIME............ I'M GOING A BIT INSANE BUT OTHERWISE I'M DOING FINE I JUST NEED TO HOLD ON N DO WHATEVER IG???? #I AM. OVERWHELMED BUT I'M FINE this is a very weird overlap between being okay enough but also srs just being so overwhelmed i cant . oh my

[schn-tgai-scripted]

Okay but why is it a skant? Skirt pant? Like a long skirt but with pant dividers between? Weird. We called them skorts when I was a lass. Skirt short. Shorts with a false skirt front. Skant as in scantly clad? Not moreso than a skort delivers. Less scant than a skort. Skort uniform. They're skorts.

#its minute but its my minute issue #i wore skorts #ive never seen a skant for sale #i agree with and support every point of why the shorty short uniform is important #bit its not a skant in fashion terms is it #its a skort #am i like #missing a huge aspect in trek terminology #or is trek terminology missing a huge point in established fashion norms?

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

[bookwyrminspiration]

god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait

#executive dysfunction #shitpost #every day I get stuck in waiting mode for SO LONG and SO MANY TIMES #that one time I tried adhd meds it fixed it but then I. was like no I am going to be scared and not continue taking it <3 #and also. I simply did not like the psychologist and did not want to have to go back #so. rawdogging the world <3 #man if I could start a task right now...then you'd see...then you'd all see....

[pjharvey]

making fun of americans is pretty much always ok if youre not doing it in an edgelord “you guys have so many school shootings” way or acting like we’re the only country that has racism. but like posts about americans and hamburger get me every time

#or like that japanese guy on a group chat pretending to be an american and ending every sentence with ‘am i right fellas’

[wild-moss-art]

This is why I read the reddit comments

#on like one of those am I the asshole update subs. I fucking love those #this one was swill tho comment op is right #art philosophy tag

[etakeh]

#humans #population #Robert Evans #I am not a ZPG person necessarily #but I do like the idea of taking care of the people we have before we worry about adding more #but rich people have other priorities #Elon musk