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bbysamu · 3 years

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House Party Series

First party of the semester ft. Akaashi Keiji x f!reader (special appearances by Atsumu, Bokuto, Terushima, Daichi, Makki)

Song: Lotus flower bomb by Wale & Miguel (slowed + reverbed) (make sure to listen as you read, sets the mood)

Warning: mentions of drinking, suggestive-ish

Preview: Akaashi is a member of an asian-interest fraternity and by chance, got to know you better at a mixer (party). Needless to say, he’s intrigued....

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Akaashi Keiji didn’t know why he always allowed himself to be roped into situations like this. Parties really were not his thing, but his brothers insisted on him showing up at every mixer with the other sororities because it’ll “boost” attendance.

“Come on Keiji, you know all the girls only really attend our mixers for you, apparently you’re the cutest one here”.

“that’s not true, you guys are always the one who end up with the girls in your arms.” Akaashi grumbled quietly.

“that is true, but you better come out tonight”.

[ 10:15 pm ]

Akaashi sat on the rugged black sofa and watched his brothers run around prepping the house for the party. Someone (who sounded suspiciously like Atsumu) yelled, “The girls just texted me saying they’ll be here in about ten minutes. They sent me a picture, the babes are looking so good today. Y’all better get ready!”

“Come on Keiji, help me bring the jungle juice to the table” Bokuto yelled out to his friend. Akaashi reluctantly went over, looking at the bright red liquid in skepticsm, “what the heck did you add in here today?”

Bokuto grinned, “oh you know, the special. Some vodka, raspberry juice, a hint of fireball and a whole lot of love”.

Akaashi could practically feel the burning liquid in his throat, Bokuto’s definition of “a hint” usually meant a little more than one bottle.

Suddenly the lights were dimmed, loud, bass-pumping music echoed throughout the house.

“Smile Keiji, the girls are almost here”.

[ 10:30 pm ]

Akaashi was once again placed on door duty because he was “the cutest”. The doorbell rang once, twice.

“Passcode?”

Girly giggles erupted before saying “Terushima Yuji is the hottest”.

Akaashi rolled his eyes, of course Terushima, the social chair, the biggest flirt of the entire house would choose a password like this.

He opened the door, nose immediately hit with a strong mixture of flower, candy and fruit, making him sneeze.

“Bless you baby”, the president of the sorority said, flashing Akaashi a smile. He returned the smile weakly, wanting nothing more than to escape from door duty.

One by one the girls walked in, giggling and flashing flirty smiles at Keiji. He smiled politely, thinking to himself, “yeah I guess Atsumu was right, the girls are looking cute tonight”.

[ 10:59 pm ]

Akaashi sat on the stairs bored, one more minute until his shift was over. He highly doubt there would be anymore guest. A soft knock on the door proved him wrong. He opened the door to find (Y/N) standing there, surprised to see her wrapped in a winter jacket. Though it was definitely a cold night in January, most girls simply showed up in their dresses or skirt, too lazy to carry their jacket.

“Well, Keiji, can I come in?” (Y/N) asked cheekily.

Akaashi cleared his throat, “yeah, of course, come on in”.

“This is so much better, I was freezing out there”.

“If you were freezing out there and you had a jacket on, how much colder were you sisters? none of them had jackets on.”

He watched as her eyes opened in shock, shaking her head in disappointment “again? I specifically told them to wear their jackets and we could just leave it in one of your bedrooms”.

“Speaking of which, Keiji you want to let my jacket borrow your bedroom for the night?” She asked him.

“Nope, use Makki’s”. Akaashi replied, knowing full well that Makki was in love with you.

“Fine, fine I’ll hang it up in Makki’s room”. (Y/N) replied, unbuttoning her jacket and shimmying it off her body. Akaashi’s eyes slightly widened at her outfit underneath. It wasn’t promiscuous at all, Y/N did not like dressing that way, but she had an impeccable sense of style and knew what worked and what didn’t. And right now, that little black halter top, with her black jeans definitely worked for her. Akaashi quickly looked away, coughing to hide his rising blush.

“I know the way, I’ll talk to you later Keiji. Don’t party too hard.”

“I’ll try my best”, he replied, making the both of you laugh knowing full well he’s most likely going to just stay on the sofa later.

[ 11: 10 pm ]

Now that all the guests have arrived, Terushima lowered the music volume and called everyone to the main living room. His eyes glint with mischief.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first mixer of the year!” He waited for the applauses and whistles to die down before continuing, “we got some fresh new faces, so let’s go around and introduce ourselves, and ladies please, after you introduce yourself give us a little twirl so we can admire your outfit”. That last sentence earned Terushima a smack on the head by Daichi, the president, but the girls nodded and giggled.

One by one people started to introduce themselves, their name, year, and that little twirl, which some of the brothers did as well.

The room fell quiet as Y/N introduced herself, the brothers staring intently at her. A coy smile on her face as she introduced herself before twirling around, giving everyone a 360 look at her outfit.

Yells of support echoed throughout the house as her sisters clapped and shouted, “Go Y/N! thats my sister” or “my sister is so hot!”

“Ever the flirt”, Akaashi thought to himself, smiling, knowing full well that’s just her natural personality. He looked over at Makki, who was so obviously blushing, even in the dim light.

Akaashi sighed inwardly, tired of seeing his brother’s lack of action. If Makki really liked Y/N, he should go talk to her instead of always wandering into Keiji’s room ranting about how beautiful she is.

[ 11:30 PM ]

The music was once again turned up full volume. People were scattered all over the house, some were huddled by the kitchen table playing kings’ cup or beer pong, others dancing in the living room, a few cuddled up by the couch.

Makki came over to sit by Keiji.

“Go talk to her”, Keiji’s head nodded slightly in Y/N’s direction, who was walking around the room checking up on her sisters.

Makki sighed, “no, I know she doesn’t like me that way”.

Keiji had enough of Makki’s lack of action. Makki’s crush was a well-known secret, ever since he first laid eyes on Y/N. They were friends, but as his feelings got more intense, Makki found it harder and harder to carry on a full conversation with her.

Keiji didn’t want to endure another late night chat comforting Makki and listening to him ramble about how “perfect” Y/N was.

“Come on, I’ll go with you and join the convo, then leave a little later.”

Makki sighed again and stood up to follow Keiji.

“Hi boys, what’s up?” Y/N said, eyes side glancing over at the two boys before turning her attention back to making sure one of her already-tipsy sister was drinking enough water.

“nothing, we just wanted to chat with you,” Keiji replied, “right, Makki?”

“yes, and uh...you look very nice tonight,” Makki said shyly.

“awww thank you babe, you look nice too” Y/N said absentmindedly. Unbeknownst to Makki, “babe” was Y/N’s “affectionate word of the day”. Keiji had heard from another sister that in order to boost more sisterly love, her sorority has instituted an “affectionate word of the day” activity. But before Keiji could tell Makki, Makki was already a blushing mess, unable to function.

“I...um...babe...um...need water,” Makki said, before dashing away.

Y/N turned to Akaashi confused, “did I say something?”

Akaashi sighed, “nah, he’s just a weirdo”.

Y/N laughed slightly at Keiji’s comment and flashed him a smile, “so...you wanted to chat. How’s it going?”

Akaashi’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, “same old, same old”.

“You know what your problem is Keiji?” Y/N turned her full attention to him, “you need to relax babe.”

“I am relaxed.”

“Yes yes, but your relaxing is boring.”

Akaashi smiled in amusement, “what does that even mean?”

A sudden change of song had Y/N standing up taller, “it means, come dance with me because this is my favorite song”.

♫ We're living in a fantasy I feel it when you dance with me♫

The light seemed to dim even lower as Y/N grabbed Akaashi’s hand, pulling him towards the dance floor. Y/N started moving to the beat of the music, eyes beckoning Akaashi to do the same.

Akaashi knew Y/N was a good dancer from seeing her move at previous mixers, but to dance next to her was a whole other story.

He moved closer, putting one hand on her waist, she glanced up shyly to him, any hint of her usual flirtiness gone. Her duality shocked Akaashi in the best of ways. The two continued dancing, the space between them gradually lessening as the melody played on and on.

“Now, now, this kind of relaxation is more fun isn’t it Keiji?”

Akaashi smiled down at you and nodded.

#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu scenarios #akaashi x reader #akaashi x you #akaashi keiji #bokuto #miya atsumu

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builder051 · 5 years

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Higher (Part I)

Daredevil! Avocados at Columbia. This is Part 1 of what I hope to be a 3-parter. I wanted it to be a one shot, but it’s too long. I have about half of part 2 written, and it will come (hopefully) within the week.

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Can you take me higher?

To the place where blind men see

Can you take me higher?

To the place with golden streets

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Matt’s so relieved to be inside that he almost slips on the patch of bare linoleum in the doorway to his room. His shoes are wet from wading through the soupy trenches of snow that criss-cross the quad. It’s the first full day of classes after the holiday break, but the campus still seems winterized, as if maintenance isn’t expecting students back for a few more days.

Matt breathes in sharply and reaches for the wall, his cane dropping from his limp grip. He’s not too impressed with the way the air burns on its way out of his throat. He feels like he could cough up a fish hook. And there are another 15 or so scraping around in his sinuses.

Matt almost expects to hear the tinkle of fine metal hitting the floor. The sound of his cane bouncing off something big and hollow catches him off guard, but it brings him back to reality. His brain makes the jump, the oh of realization, even though the rest of the faculties necessary to think in words haven’t caught up yet.

“Whoa there.” Swiveling wheels bump over a ridge and grind to a stop on the industrial-grade carpet. Foggy’s suitcase falls over almost immediately. “Hey, buddy.” His voice hitches as he bends to right it, and he hands the cane back to Matt upside-down.

The tip is freezing and gritty against Matt’s palm. “Oh,” he replies lamely. His ability to speak in multi-syllabic words is still offline.

“Whoops.” Foggy straightens up and flips the cane. Matt hears the sleeve of his friend’s sweatshirt brush the body, worn jersey swishing against worn jersey. Presumably he’s holding out the cane and waiting for Matt to take it. But Matt doesn’t need it now; their tiny dorm room is easy to navigate without it, even when stray suitcases pose a trip hazard. Maybe Foggy forgot. Or leftover Christmas cheer is making him extra polite.

“Here ya go, Matt.”

Foggy seems casual enough, but Matt’s ears are ringing, and he doesn’t have enough input from his other senses to tell if he’s putting on airs. Fear and stress induce observable changes, like quickened heart rate and a sour tang to the air. But mild concern sounds like nothing and smells like potato chips and Downy.

A drip escapes Matt’s nose and shivers for a moment before it runs down his upper lip. He wipes the moisture with the back of his hand, cringing a little at the savagery of it. Foggy’s not exactly clean and tidy, but Matt still expects him to unleash a comment or two about acting civilized.

“I’ll just put it here for you.” Foggy steps around his suitcase and leans the cane against the wall beside Matt’s bed. “Alright?”

“Hm?” Was that a question? Is he supposed to answer? Matt jars himself out of the murky world of memory just as he remembers where he was criticized with such pre-Columbian terminology. Sister… what was her name? The one who was a missionary in Asia. Or was it Africa?

Matt’s wristwatch slides an inch or so up his forearm, pulling hairs painfully taut between the icy metal and tender skin. He forces his thoughts through the intervening decade at warp speed, trying to focus on now. On whatever Foggy just asked, or didn’t ask. “Yeah,” Matt says with a wince.

There’s a beat of awkward silence, then the fan of the heater kicks on with a whine, and a gust of hot, dry air blows down from the vent in the ceiling. Matt expects it to feel good. Compared to the drafty halls of the orphanage, a room with a direct connection to the heating system is a luxury. He supposes somewhere in the depths of his brain he’s glad to be rid of the chill in his bones, but the relief is lost in a slick of clamminess beading on his forehead. A minute ago he could excuse his malaise as tiredness. But now Matt just feels sick.

“Huh?” It’s Foggy’s turn to be confused. Matt analyzes his reaction like a brain teaser, grateful for the distraction from what’s quickly becoming nausea. Foggy hadn’t uttered a full word, but his voice was full of the drawn-out, wistful cadence that comes with a stretch of the short-term memory. He’s trying to remember if what Matt said jives with what he originally asked.

“You ok, bud?” He must’ve decided it didn’t. Foggy pulls his pop-up hamper out of Matt’s desk chair, spinning it around and throwing the nylon bag into a slippery heap on his side of the room.

Matt wonders if he’s pale. He’s on the point of shrugging and saying he’s fine, but Foggy keeps talking.

“I was gonna ask if you wanted to go to a party, but I’m gonna go ahead and go with no.” He puts his hand on Matt’s shoulder and squeezes a subtle invitation for him to sit.

The touch of Foggy’s palm doesn’t typically feel like barbed wire. Especially not a gentle gesture through two layers of clothing. The problem’s not with Foggy, though. Mat knows it’s all on him.

“How’d you guess?” Matt tries to joke as he sits. He doesn’t do a good job, but his head gives a renewed throb anyway. It’s like attempting to be funny has drained another reserve from his energy bar. He leans forward and rests his elbows on his knees, head tilted sideways and his cheek pressed against the bony ridges of his knuckles. The difference in temperature between his hands and his face is extreme. The whole setup feels precarious, like he could tumble forward onto the carpet at any moment.

“Oh, something about your color,” Foggy says. He moves his suitcase again, tucking it against the foot of his bed and retracting the handle. “It’s like the snow outside.” He laughs sympathetically. “And that’s not the fresh, pretty kind.”

So it’s worse than Matt thought. He’s past pale, onto grey. “Thanks,” he mutters. Then, “Sorry.” He takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes, though he’s trembling so much he practically sticks his thumb through his orbit. It hurts, but not the spot he poked. Pins and needles erupt under Matt’s cheekbones. He isn’t sure if he’s going to sneeze or throw up.

“Nah, apologize to yourself, man.” Foggy’s shoes cross the room, and Matt hears him pulling tissues out of the box. “Here.”

“I’m ok.” Matt pinches his glasses in one hand and the bridge of his nose in the other. He doesn’t want to let go of either. Even thinking about moving brings a threatening knot to his throat.

“No, you’re not. Trade you.” Foggy snags the glasses and stuffs the tissues between Matt’s fingers. “Like Indiana Jones.” He’s a little less coordinated, but he laughs anyway.

“Stealthy.” Matt sniffles and reluctantly dabs under his nostrils. His ears are plugged up, but the sound of the Kleenex scraping against his stubble still seems loud.

“Yeah, well.” Foggy grabs the creaky wicker basket from atop the microwave. It was a lucky dumpster find at the beginning of the previous semester, and it’s been useful as a mobile medicine cabinet. For as sloppy as Foggy can be when it comes to things like cleaning the shoes that got vomited on at a kegger back in October, he’s surprisingly good at staying organized. He’d arranged all the boxes and bottles of over-the-counter remedies according to function and even offered to get braille labels printed. Matt said no. But thanks. He didn’t go into the details of the smelling and feeling he uses to tell what’s what. He did buy a clean set of shoelaces, though, and re-threaded Foggy’s Nikes one night after he was asleep.

Matt remembers the smell of beer and bile too well. The snot he’s been swallowing all day bubbles a threat , making his gut feel tight and sore somewhere around mid-chest. He swallows hard and tries to forget about it.

“That’s the kind of cold it’s easy to sneak up on.” Foggy paws through the bottles of pills and packets of lozenges. “But I think I’d hear you coming a mile away.”

“Hm.” Matt’s positive that the chills, the nausea, the gunk in his lungs all point to something a touch more severe than a cold. He’d stay in denial if he thought he could, but he’s beginning to seriously doubt he’ll make it to class tomorrow. If he can even get out of bed at all. Foggy will fuss over him regardless, but in the choice of sooner or later, Matt would prefer later. “A party, eh?” He changes the subject. “Bit soon, isn’t it?”

Foggy’s been back at school for, what, eight hours? He hasn’t finished unpacking yet. It might take him the rest of the week to see his neatly folded jeans and boxers back into his dresser, but that’s beside the point. Who goes to a party on a Monday night? Boozers and troublemakers. Not Foggy. And definitely not Matt, even when isn’t feeling like death warmed over.

“Well, maybe party is the wrong word.” Foggy sets a sloshing bottle down on the edge of Matt’s desk, then a rattling one. “Cough medicine and ibuprofen,” he says. “I thought we had dayquil, but looks like you’ll have to take the components individually. Want me to dose you?”

“I can do it.”

It’s not a lie. Matt can. It’s not exactly a smooth process, rubbing the pad of his thumb against the raised lines on the side of the little measuring cup, then holding his ear close as he pours, listening and feeling for minute changes in vibration when the liquid reaches the proper level. He’s more worried about his gag reflex, and he’d rather not have an audience, just in case the syrupy medicine doesn’t go down so well. “So…” Matt reaches for the thread of the conversation. “It’s not a party?”

“You ever played white elephant?” Foggy asks.

“No,” Matt replies, almost defiant in his honesty. “I know what it is, though,” he adds quickly. He’s not in the mood for an explanation. Something about the concept of people buying each other lame gifts on purpose rubs him the wrong way. The cheap stuffed animals and flimsy ping pong games the nuns handed out can be twisted into something goofy when he retells the stories, but they weren’t supposed to be. In the years since, Matt’s flip-flopped, wondering how anyone could think dollar store merchandise would delight children who were all smart enough to know about the Toys R Us catalogue. Then the predictable guilt hits, and he wonders how horrible of a person he is for expecting to get anything at all.

“Well, this is like the white elephant of white elephants,” Foggy prattles on. “I guess it’s something the law students do every year? It said annual on the flyer.”

“Must be, then.” It must be the mucous sticking to the walls of Matt’s throat that make him sound like such a dick. He certainly isn’t doing it on purpose. At least, not too much.

“Anyway,” Foggy says, his eye-roll obvious. “You bring your most ridiculous Christmas gift, or the one you’re most eager to get rid of, and pan it off on somebody else. For example…” He trails off as he unzips a pocket on his suitcase. “Behold. The Little Book of Yoga.” Foggy reads aloud in a voice rather like an impresario announcing what’s behind the curtain at a freak show. “Simple poses to change your life!”

Matt coughs out a laugh. “Is that from your mom?”

“Grandma, actually,” Foggy says a little guiltily. “I feel kind of bad giving it away, but it’s not like I’m gonna use it…” Matt assumes he’s shaking his head. Usually he can hear Foggy’s hair whipping around his chin, but his last thick swallow made his ears pop. The echo is yet to die down.

“Can’t beat the logic,” Matt offers. A wave of sickly heat washes over him again, reminding him that he meant to take off his coat and lie down. “I don’t have anything to trade anyway.” Matt wiggles out of his jacket, uncomfortably aware of gaping sweat stains in his armpits. He undoes the top few buttons, just enough to lessen the constricting feeling around his neck a little. He isn’t usually shy about undressing in front of Foggy, but today it seems unnecessarily embarrassing, like baring his body only ups the factors that make him different, that make him lesser.

Matt doesn’t say that he didn’t get a single present this year. He doesn’t need to. Foggy already knows, Matt can tell. He probably observed and inferred, like a proper lawyer-to-be. He probably noticed there weren’t any new knick knacks on Matt’s side of the room and added that to his choice to stay at school for intersession classes despite his perfect GPA. But goosebumps prickle up Matt’s arms, half suspicion and all fever. Can Foggy smell it on him? His poverty? His pitifulness?

“You could wrap up that Delsym. Bet somebody would enjoy it.” Foggy chuckles. When Matt doesn’t reply, he drops into a more serious tone. “For real, though. Get some rest. I’ll give you some space. You probably got all used to life without me, and here I am, mucking things up right when you’re not feeling good.” He laughs again, but this time it’s different. The words are only funny because they’re true.

“No, Fog, it’s fine.” Matt stands up and toes off his shoes, as if that somehow changes the atmosphere between them. “I’m fine.”

“Matt…” Foggy gives him a gentle push in the direction of his bed. “Go to sleep. You sure you don’t want me to measure out your meds?”

“I’m sure. You go have fun.”

“Ok.” Foggy sighs. “If you need something, call me. Otherwise, I’ll stay out of your way. See if I can get some blonde bombshell to take me home for the night.”

“So…” Matt muses, turning down his blankets. “Back by midnight?” He smiles, even though it hurts.

“Ten-thirty, probably.” Foggy picks up his keys. “See ya.”

“Yeah…” The word still hangs in the air after Foggy closes the door. The room feels empty without him. Colder, too. For as much as Matt wanted him to go, now he wishes he still had Foggy’s soft, bumbling presence to distract him from the workings of his own fevered brain.

#daredevil #avocados at columbia #avocados #matt murdock #foggy nelson #friendship #marvel #netflix marvel #sickfic #fever #hurt/comfort #flu #fanfic #fanfiction

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garden-of-succulents · 7 years

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I'M GONNA TALK SOME MORE ABOUT TATER'S LESBIAN MOMS. I had the original idea back in October, and then I decided I was going to do it for my Swawesome Santa, which I thought was super secret like Yuletide, so I clammed up about it since then. So I actually put a fair amount of work into researching the idea, but the fic turned into this monstrously huge unwieldy outline with 14 separate plot-important scenes at its smallest, and like five different emotional arcs, and I couldn't do it, so I wrote Leave Your Lovers Like Campfires instead.

So now I'll just cut it down to one aspect, which is Tater's moms Sasha and Galina. Even just cut down to one aspect, in bullet points, without weaving in the other plot threads, this post is three thousand words long. /o\

I read what I could find in my libraries on social and LGBT history in Russia, but resources in English are honestly pretty limited and I know I'm making shit up here. MY APOLOGIES TO ACTUAL RUSSIANS. But for what it's worth, the books I found most useful were Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia by Francesca Stella, Cracks in the Iron Closet: Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia by David Tuller, and Putin Country: A Journey Into the Real Russia by Anne Garrels.

Content notes: Homophobia, being closeted, coming out, mental illness, and suicide.

So. Tater's moms are Alexandra Yakovna Mashkova (Sasha) and Galina Ivanovna Fedorova (Galina). They were born in Ulyanovsk around 1970.

Galina comes from a hockey family. (No relation to Sergei Fedorov, though.) The men in her family were like ALL ICE HOCKEY ALL THE TIME--her grandfather was part of the first generation of Soviet hockey players, and played for a professional club in Moscow for a couple seasons; her uncle played in the Soviet Championship League. Her dad, although excellent, did not make it quite so far as his brother, and became a hockey coach and coached his sons in hockey.

Galina WANTED to play ice hockey, but it was the 70s and she was A Girl, so what can you do. In the 80s, though, women's field hockey started being a thing, and she nagged her father relentlessly until he agreed to coach a field hockey team in the summer.

Just about that time, Sasha was a 16-year-old ballet dancer who'd just failed several important auditions, and whose ballet instructor admitted that she might have given Sasha slightly overinflated ideas of her balletic potential. In a fit of rage Sasha quit ballet, saw a bunch of girls playing field hockey, and walked over to ask if she could join them.

Look, you know this story: slender, slightly reticent newcomer to hockey meets far-too-serious beefy hockey nerd who has to teach them how to deal with a little physical contact. They meet for early morning practices. They learn to appreciate each other's strengths and differences. They bond as people. They fall in l o v e.

And then Sasha graduates and moves awa--wait, what?

Galina doesn't know what she was expecting. She was kind of wilfully hoping the future would never come and they'd just be teenage girls playing hockey and getting grass stains and kissing in the bushes forever.

But Sasha graduates and moves away. She breaks up with Galina. Galina's heartbroken. She starts working at the same factory as her brother, keeps playing field hockey, wins a few tournaments, and won't tell her family why she cries when she hears Sasha got married.

Sasha goes to university, to medical school, becomes a doctor. She marries a fellow med student partly because she can have sex with him without gagging, which is more than she can say for most men, but more importantly because it gets them preferential student housing.

When Sasha does a psychiatric rotation, one of the cases a fellow student brings in for supervision is a homosexual man in a deep depression after his long-term boyfriend broke up with him. Their supervisor listens to a long-winded analysis of just what dysfunction caused the man's homosexuality, then snaps, "You're on the wrong track. Whatever makes these people like this, it isn't pathological, and it's a waste of time trying to change it. Focus on his depression instead. Get him functional enough to go back to work and find another lover he'll be happier with."

So she has that to chew on.

When medical school graduation rolls around Sasha and her husband add "arguing over where to move and what work to do" to the other things they bicker over all the time, and divorce. He fucks off somewhere. Sasha accepts a surgical residency back in Ulyanovsk.

Galina's family caught her kissing another girl (look privacy is hard to come by) and threatened to tell her coworkers if she did it again, so she is not on good terms with them. She moves out into shared workers' housing.

Sasha moves back in with her parents and goes to work as a surgeon.

Sasha and Galina... reconnect. *wink wink*

So. This.... is the part where it's important to remember that these are the women who raised Alexei Mashkov.

This is the crucible in which was formed a man willing and able to pick Kent Parson up with one arm like a naughty kitten and cuss him the hell out.

This is a family made of solid fucking steel

These are women who looked at each other in the 1980s and went, "You. You are what I want. I don't want anyone else but you. You... and a couple children."

"But how would they make that work?" you ask

Well

they are just

that

metal

So Sasha goes to a medical colleague who owes her a couple of favours and says, "I want you to artificially inseminate me."

"You could just get pregnant the regular way," he says.

"I could punch you in the face," she says, and he's a good guy (and never suggested he should inseminate her the usual way) so he agrees and she doesn't punch him.

She tells her parents that she's pregnant and doesn't like the father and anyway he's unimportant, pay no attention to the sperm donor behind the curtain, look a baby.

UNRELATEDLY: This is her good friend Galina! Galina lives in an apartment building whose heat just stopped working, and it's December. You don't want Galina to freeze to death, do you? She's going to be living in my room now. Okay thanks!

Anya is born in the spring of 1989, just as the political and economic situation is going to shit. But for Sasha and Galina the upside is, everyone is way too freaked out about everyone else to care about hunting down lesbians. (Lesbianism was never illegal; male homosexuality is decriminalized in 1993)

Sasha's six months pregnant with Alexei when Galina's job just literally stops paying wages and gives all its workers crystal vases in lieu of actual money, and they maybe wouldn't have chosen to have another baby so soon if they knew just how bad it was going to get, but, well, shit happens, they don't die, and Alexei is 57cm long at birth so not everything went wrong.

(Galina is 181cm tall. Sasha is 185. His height was not exactly a surprise.)

So, social order basically collapses in 1991, the year Alexei is born. A lot of shit happens, but then there's a tiny ray of unexpected good: Sasha's father starts speaking Hebrew again.

Nobody in Sasha's generation learned Hebrew, but when her father was very young, he went to secret Hebrew School, and although he never taught his children, he held on to what he knew. And when the 1990s came around, he started speaking Hebrew to the two grandbabies who were living in his apartment.

And then Anya and Alexei started speaking it back.

So like, look. There's cluelessness and general plausible deniability, and then there's your daughter raising her children with her lesbian lover under your roof for six years. It is quite likely that Sasha's parents knew what the fuck was going on.

And they didn't know fuck about LGBT rights or anything like that. They didn't take some enlightened stand. They just listened to their grandchildren playing hide-and-seek in Hebrew and knew that they had to find the good in this as it came.

(Incidentally.)

(Do you know how useful it is when you and your siblings speak a language that your parents don't?)

(ALEXEI knows how useful it is.)

In 1995 Sasha, who was back to working as a surgeon and doing research, got a job with a Swiss medical research company that just opened up a branch office in Moscow, so she, Galina, and their children moved there. They visited Sasha's family over the years, of course, but Alexei considers himself "from" Moscow, even if he was technically born in Ulyanovsk.

Growing up, Sasha was "Mama" to the kids, but Galina (who was "unemployed" a lot of the time and looked after the kids while Sasha worked) was "Auntie". To most people who knew them, Sasha and Galina came off as sisters.

Galina taught the kids how to skate as soon as they could stand, and gave them hockey sticks to help keep their balance. She was their first coach, opponent, and goalie. Girls' ice hockey teams sprung up in Moscow in the 90s, and Anya was on a few of them. Alexei played against his mother and sister for years before he was old enough to go on a team with other boys.

In Moscow, Sasha and Galina started actually making LGBT+ friends, and within the confines of their living room or country house, they had people who fully understood what they were to each other. Their children grew up with gay, queer, and trans "aunts" and "uncles". One of Alexei's earliest memories is accidentally making a chair tip over because he wanted the absolutely beautiful feather boa hanging off the back of it. (After he finished crying and was done being soothed, they did give him the boa to play with, but admonished him to ask before grabbing.)

After a hiatus of a few years, Andrei was born in 1998. His Hebrew isn't nearly as good as Anya or Alexei's, since they taught him their version of the language. He plays right wing in hockey.

It wasn't actually evident early on that Alexei was going to be OMG AMAZING at hockey? Like, he was very good, but there's a difference between "very good" and "NHL scouting wants to talk to you." Even at 14, 15, he looked like he might just be another excellent player. But then at 16 he hit a growth spurt and absolutely blossomed, and people who'd known him for years were saying, "Whoa, who the fuck is that?"

So for most of his childhood, Alexei planned on being a businessman, not a hockey player

He wanted to be like a guy who lived in their apartment building, who was an expert in industrial machinery and travelled to China a lot.

English is Alexei's fifth goddamned language, because after Russian and Hebrew, he learned a little German (Sasha took him to Switzerland on a business trip once), and then a few years of Mandarin in school

and then the pro hockey scouts came a-fucking-round and someone from the NHL tells Tater that they've got their eyes on him

and his response was like

"Fuck fuck fuck, this means I have to learn English, don't I."

IN SCHOOL THEY TOLD HIM LANGUAGES GOT EASIER THE MORE YOU LEARNED THEM

HE WANTS HIS MONEY BACK ON THAT PROMISE

So Tater knew he was gay from about age 13

And if he had known back then that he was going to be a serious contender for the KHL/NHL... oh boy, that's actually something he debates with himself.

If he could go back in time, would he really distance himself from the LGBT+ community? Would he make himself more palatable, cultivate the background of a classic Russian hockey hero?

Is that even possible when the mother who was absolutely essential to him becoming the player he is is the one who isn't related to him by blood?

Does he really want to take back the teenage friends he met who questioned themselves and their sexualities, who followed him home and met his parents and looked at Sasha and Galina with something like hope dawning in their eyes?

Isn't it just cowardice to want to take back his friendship with the lesbian who killed herself anyway? It's painful to look back on all those midnight hours convincing Masha not to commit suicide tonight, telling her to at least wait until morning, and he will always regret that it wasn't enough. But what would he do without the knowledge that came from finally pouring out his troubles out on his mothers' laps, Galina's knowledge of informal suicide counselling and Sasha's knowledge of psychiatric care? She died when he was 15 and left a handprint on his heart, but also an initiation into the mysteries of survival when queer and mentally ill. And for better or worse, his knowledge of that life-or-death struggle has come in useful in his life.

He can't say for sure that anyone in the Russian hockey world knows his mothers are lesbians. No one's ever said so. But his great-uncle, Galina's brother, who's now a League official, definitely knows; since he made the KHL, Galina's younger relatives have slowly come out of the woodwork, wanting to simultaneously condemn his mother and claim him, the professional hockey player, as family. He could drive himself crazy wondering: Who knows? Was the KHL so happy to let me go when I was 20 because of it? Do I not get picked for Team Russia because of it? What am I imagining, and what is real?

He would love to publicly acknowledge Galina as his mother, position himself as the heir of her line of hockey players, of wisdom, of knowledge. As a teenager he made the deliberate choice to stop calling her "aunt". Now it's "Mamochka" when it's just the two of them, fiercely refusing to let himself be distanced from her, from his parents' marriage.

The biggest reason he hasn't come out is Anya, who lives with her husband and two children in Chelyabinsk. She coaches girls' hockey; one of her players made the Olympic women's team. She gets a lot of prestige over having such a famous, skilled brother. If he came out as gay, that would be one misfortune; but if someone traced his family back and showed that their parents were gay, why, then it's practically hereditary, and then who would let her coach their little girls? And to some degree that's just a threat she lives with, an inevitability she knows is waiting for her, but... it's an underlying tension of the family. They know they have very real things to lose, if their secrets come out.

So yeah, Alexei moved to Providence right around the time anti-LGBT legislation was coming out in Russia (2011). After a lot of hemming and hawing, he finally went to George to say, "So here's the thing. My parents are lesbians, the mother who isn't legally my mother is in the habit of breaking the law by telling gay teenagers not to kill themselves, and I'm very worried." George, lesbian extraordinaire, was very nice and reassuring and set Tater up with an excellent immigration lawyer.

Alexei's been trying to convince his parents and Andrei to move to Providence continuously since moving there himself. He's bought a nice big house! IT'S SO EMPTY, LOOK AT ALL THIS SPACE, IT NEEDS FAMILY TO FILL IT.

Sasha's the most resistant--she doesn't speak English at all, fears not being able to research or practice medicine in the USA, and doesn't want to leave her friends and family behind.

(Well, technically Anya is the most resistant--it's just not an option for her. Her husband is a nuclear engineer with a security clearance so high he just can't get its American equivalent. She's staying with him in Russia. Period.)

Galina spends months at a time in Providence, especially during regular season and playoffs. Alexei loves it. It's not about being lazy or helpless, for him, it's about being loved, about coming home from practice to her soup, about going out with her to the movies. Sometimes she goes to NYC or Boston to teach or attend workshops on "queer resistance" and "guerilla lgbt advocacy" and to network with other LGBT+ Russians. He worries about her, but to be honest, the part of her that's a fighter kind of relishes the idea of getting in trouble with the authorities and being rescued and publicly acknowledged by her amazing wonderful homosexual son. Yes, she worries about Anya, but... of all the family, she's least sympathetic to Anya's position.

Andrei's still a teenager. Once his brother brought Kent Parson to their Moscow apartment and, when Andrei wasn't looking, got him to go into Andrei's room and sign his Kent Parson poster. It was... mortifying, but also awesome. Andrei thinks he's maybe straight or maybe pan? He doesn't know. He is pretty good at hockey though, and his brother is trying to convince him that he wants to play ECAC hockey, maybe for Brown University. Jack Zimmermann isn't much of a salesman for his old league--but if Jack gets Tater to introduce Andrei to the new Samwell co-captains, this kid has a much stronger chance of deciding he wants to move to the USA and play there.

Actually, if Alexei could have anything in the world, he'd introduce his now very old grandfather to his lesbian rabbi in Providence. But he's not so sure that's within the range of possibility, given his grandfather's health.

That's Tater

And his moms

#stuff i wrote #alexei mashkov #i don't know field hockey that well #but whatever position it is where you're very tall and you team up and knock people down?#that's what his moms played together #forbidden hockey lesbians

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21 Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Your Husband

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21 Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Your Husband

21 Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Your Husband Harini Natarajan Hyderabd040-395603080 January 30, 2020

Valentine’s Day is back, and you have the perfect opportunity to shower some gifts on your husband. If you are dying to show some love to your husband through gifts, here are 21 best Valentine’s Day gift options that are worth considering. This list consists of some thoughtful, novelty, funny, romantic, and super cheesy gift options for your man. Whether he is a businessman who travels frequently, a beer lover, a beard lover, or a techie, these gifts will surprise even the choosiest man.

1. Grow Alpha Beard Beard Brush And Comb Set For Men’s Care

If your man loves growing out his beard, here is the perfect grooming kit you can gift him this Valentine’s Day. This functional gift comes with small mustache scissors, a beard brush, and a mustache comb. This travel-friendly kit consists of brushes with broad bristles that stimulate oil production and remove facial dirt. The bamboo comb massages the skin and keeps your facial hair healthy.

Key Features

High-quality bamboo wood grooming kit

Boar bristles

Eco-friendly and reusable product

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2. Hydro Flask

Want your husband to stay hydrated while working out and throughout the day? Gift him this vacuum-insulated stainless steel flask this Valentine’s Day. This flask is available in a range of vibrant and appealing colors and will become his favorite. It also keeps beverages cold for up to 12 hours when used with the lid. The bottle is made of 18/8 grade stainless steel and is BPA- and phthalate-free.

Key Features

Double-wall insulation to keep the beverages hot or cold for hours

Made using rust-free and corrosion-free stainless steel

Comfortable grip

Durable

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3. Nonda ZUS Smart Car Charger

Give this smart car charger to your techie husband this Valentine’s Day and help him manage his car with a single touch. The smart charger comes with a car-charging app that is compatible with various models of the iPhone. The ZUS app saves your parking location and helps you find or locate your car easily. It is also a great app for recording your business mileage, and it has a parking meter alert feature.

Key Features

You can share your parking location with your friends or family

Locates your car within seconds

The ZUS app records your business mileage

Parking meter alert feature

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4. Brooklyn Brew Shop Everyday IPA Beer Making Kit

Does your husband love beer? Here is a beer-making kit that will make his day. This is the perfect kit for beginners that turns the beer-making process into a fun and adventurous activity. Using this pro kit, you and your husband can make delicious beer at home. The kit includes an IPA-making mix, a glass spirit-filled thermometer, a 1-gallon glass fermenter, a cleanser, a screw-cap stopper, and vinyl tubing.

Key Features

Makes 1 gallon of beer

Natural and organic beer making ingredients

Comes with essential beer-making tools like a glass spirit-filled thermometer, a 1-gallon glass fermenter, a cleanser, a screw-cap stopper, and vinyl tubing

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5. Anker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker

Here is a thoughtful gift for your music-loving husband. Surprise him with this Anker Bluetooth speaker that offers loud stereo sound and 24-hour play time. He’ll surely love this speaker that features a built-in mic, offers 66-ft Bluetooth range, and is compatible with all smartphones. It is easy to use and designed with seamless controls. This is a travel-friendly gift that will make your vacations more fun.

Key Features

Deep bass

Extraordinary sound quality

Zero distortion

24 hours of play time

Maintains a strong Bluetooth connection up to 66 ft

Lightweight and travel-friendly

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6. Moji Heated Foam Roller

If your husband is a fitness freak, this heated foam roller is a great gift option for him. It offers intensive heat therapy and is highly effective in reducing muscle pain. It is also great for reducing body pain and releasing trigger points. This is also a great massager for conditions like a stiff neck, muscle spasms,and regular back pain.

Key Features:

Works best on glutes, back, neck, hamstrings, calves, and hips

Two-piece design to target two muscle groups at the same time

Assists muscle recovery and soothes pain

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7. Outlaw Soaps Blazing Saddles Solid Cologne

Surprise him this Valentine’s Day with thisrefreshing solid cologne. This cologne smells luxurious and features the perfect balance of leather, sagebrush, gun powder, and sandalwood fragrances. It is made using natural ingredients like beeswax and cocoa butter. It is bold, impactful, and great for men who like unique fragrances!

Key Features

Smells like campfire, sandalwood, gunpowder, sage, and leather

Organic product

Made using natural ingredients like beeswax, vitamins, and fragrance oils

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8. Kollea Stainless Steel Reusable Ice Cubes Chilling Stones

If your husband loves sipping on ice-cold whiskey or beer, these chilling stones will be a great gift for him. This Valentine’s Day, offer these stainless steel ice cubes that will keep his drinks chilled without diluting them. The stones are made using premium-grade stainless steel and are an exciting gift for spirit lovers. Simply freeze the cubes for an hour and drop them in your drinks to keep them chilled for a long time.

Key Features

Comes with a pair of tongs

Keeps your drinks chilled without diluting them

Made using high-quality stainless steel

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9. Espro Travel Coffee Press

This is a travel-friendly and sturdy stainless steel coffee press and leak-proof mug that you need to get for your husband if he loves coffee. Frequent traveling can make him long for his tasty and delicious coffee when he is on the road. With this mug, he will never feel far from home. This coffee press and no-leak mug are made using insulated, double-walled stainless steel that keeps your coffee hot and yummy for hours.

Key Features

Comes with a double micro filter that keeps your coffee fresh and prevents sludge or grit

The cup prevents your coffee from getting bitter

Durable and insulated mug

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10. Travelambo RFID-Blocking Minimalist Leather Slim Wallet

If your husband needs a super slim and sturdy leather wallet that can easily hold all his cards and cash, gift him the Travelambo Minimalistic Leather Wallet this Valentine ’s Day. This RFID-blocking wallet protects your important information and holds your credit cards, debit cards, cash, ID, and other documents effortlessly. It does not make your pocket look bulky and slides easily into the tightest pockets.

Key Features

12” thick

Made using 100% genuine leather

Features 6 layered card slots

Available in numerous colors

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11. Guento Airus Mens Tie Bar Clips

Treat your gentleman with these amazing tie bar clips and make him look fabulous. This Valentine’s Day, show your love for him with this sophisticated present. The black, gold, and silver finishes of the clips will complement all his shirts and cuff-links. They work with both narrow and broad ties.

Key Features

3 uniquely designed and luxurious tie bar clips

Great for formal events

Fit on both broad and narrow ties

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12. Gift A Cup “Best Husband Ever” Coffee Mug

Even a little gift like a coffee mug can bring a smile on your husband’s face, and this mug will surely make him blush. This ceramic mug with the caption “Best Husband Ever” will melt his heart. So stop wondering and get this heavy-duty and durable mug for your husband.

Key Features

Ceramic mug

Great for hot and cold beverages

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13. Boldloft “You’re Irresistible” His And Her Drinking Glasses

Here’s a romantic and cheesy gift you can buy for your husband this Valentine’s Day. These creative and fun drinking glasses with romantic graphics on both the sides will surely make his day. The set is made of hiball glass and is a perfect Valentine’s Day treat for couples. These glasses will make your husband feel loved as soon as he sets his eyes on them.

Key Features

Durable and sturdy

12-oz glasses

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14. LParkin “Drive Safe, Handsome. I Love You” Keychain

As a wife, you can never not be concerned about your husband. Remind him to drive safe and also how much you love him with this keychain. This little stainless steel keychain features a quote that will remind him of you. This is a great gift if your husband is a trucker or just loves driving.

Key Features

Made using high-quality stainless steel

Nickel- and lead-free key chain with a glossy finish

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15. XMCOSOCS Survival Kit

Who doesn’t want their loved ones to be safe? If you want a thoughtful and functional gift for your husband this Valentine’s Day, gift him this survival kit to help him stay safe. This survival kit will help him if he ever gets stuck in a jungle, on the wild road, or in any dangerous place. The set contains a flashlight, a loud whistle, a keychain LED, a fire starter, a scraper, a versatile tool card, and a compass.

Key Features

Functional and useful tools

Weighs 0.9 kgs

Travel-friendly and compact kit

Consists of all necessary tools for survival in unfavorable conditions

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16. Davidoff Cool Water EDT Spray For Men

Men love cologne, and your husband will not mind if you add another one to his collection. Surprise him with theclassic Davidoff Cool Water EDT.Its fresh fragrance opens with notes of peppermint and lavender that fade into oak moss, geranium, and sandalwood and settle into a warm flow of amber and musk.

Key Features

Made using natural ingredients like honey, wheat flour, whey, and buttermilk

Long-lasting and refreshing scent

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17. FJ Frederick James Engraved “To My Husband” Pocket Watch

Love those vintage style nostalgic gifts? Here is something that will turn your husband’s cheeks red. This romantic pocket watch is an adorable gift option for valentine’s day. The message “To my husband. I loved you then, I love you still. Always have, always will” is beautifully engraved on the cover of the watch, making it a sentimental gift. This watch will remind your husband how much you love him every time he looks at it.

Key Features

Intricate engraving done by professional artists

5cm in diameter

Comes with a chain measuring 40 cm in length

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18. Love Bites Design Company “Sorry This Beard is Taken” T-Shirt

If your husband just can’t get enough of his beard, here is a funny Insta-worthy gift for him. This cute T-shirt that reads “Sorry, this beard is taken” will make him laugh and love you more. This cool T-shirt is made using cotton and polyester, making it super comfortable to wear. It is a lightweight and breathable T-shirt that is great for everyday use.

Key Features

Made using breathable and skin-friendly cotton

Available in 5 different colors

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19. PajamaMania Plush Long Sleeve Fleece Bathrobe

Just like you, your man needs a super soft and comfortable long bathrobe too. If he secretly adores and uses your fluffy bathrobe, gift him this fleece bathrobe this Valentine’s Day to make him feel loved. The robe is available in six bright colors and has a contemporary plaid design. Made using 100% polyester, this robe is soft to touch and will make him feel warm and cozy after a shower.

Key Features

100% polyester

Super soft

Features a hanger loop, a removable belt, 2 front pockets, and a shawl collar

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20. Simple Modern Wanderer Backpack

Whether he is a frequent traveler or likes to go on weekend trips, this functional backpack will become his favorite accessory. It has a thick cushioned laptop compartment and pockets for storing other important gear. It looks stylish and can accommodate all your belongings effortlessly. Available in a range of bright and appealing colors, this backpack features a laptop compartment, a concealed front pocket, an interior file pocket, and a mesh zip pocket on the inside.

Key Features

Suitable for business travel and unplanned weekend getaways

Water-resistant backpack for hiking, camping, and adventure trips

Durable and reinforced zippers for prolonged use

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21. Woodies Wooden Sunglasses with Black Polarized Lens

Gift these wooden sunglasses to him this Valentine’s Day to make him look stylish. These are uniquely designed wooden sunglasses with black polarized lenses. The frame is made using plastic while the arms are made using zebra wood. These anti-reflective glasses offer a comfortable and lightweight fit.

Key Features

Stainless steel durable hinges

Protect from UVA and UVB rays

Buy it here!

Valentine’s Day is a day for celebrating love, and giving one of thesecute gifts to your husband will make him feel even more special. Offer these wonderful gifts to your husband and show him how much you treasure him!

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