#another one down

[vox-ex]

romance

supercorptober 2023

"we melt into each other with phrases. We are edged with mist. We make an unsubstantial territory." - Virgina Woolf

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Kara loved Lena.

Kara had loved Lena for a long time.

But there was a difference in loving Lena now.

It was hard to notice the difference at first.

Because there were some things that were the same.

The comfort of soft smiles and quick touches.

The sound of a quiet 'Darling' uttered across a room or a lingering heartbeat filling its whole space.

But still, there was loving Lena then, and there was loving Lena now.

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The sound of the water running woke her up.

She opened her eyes slowly, taking in the familiar surroundings of Lena's bedroom.

Another thing that was different.

Kara smiled as Lena moved around the shared space, humming softly.

She loved that she only ever hummed when she was too tired to realize it.

Lena turned around and caught her staring.

"I didn't mean to wake you," Lena said softly.

"It's okay," Kara replied, sitting up and letting the covers drop to her waist. "I was just admiring the view."

Lena chuckled as she walked over to the bed, sitting down next to Kara, kissing her softly.

Another thing that was different now, too.

"How was your day." Kara reached up to tuck a stray hair behind her ear.

"Utterly exhausting," Lena replied, leaning into Kara's touch.

"Do you need me to beat anyone up? Get you scones from that bakery in Dublin tomorrow? Some other romantic gesture?" Kara joked, trying to lighten the mood.

"No." She shook her head with a small smile, "no, this is enough." kissing her again.

Kara felt Lena's hand linger on her thigh before she stood up from the bed, retreating with slow, tired steps back towards the bathroom, her hands untucking the hem of her blouse as she went. Kara watched the pull of her muscles as she moved, felt that territory between loving Lena before and after blend together into the pale skin of her back.

She pulled off the covers and slipped out from under them. When she stepped into the bathroom, the water running was already echoing off the tiled walls. Lena was still standing in front of the mirror.

"Let me help you," Kara said softly, stepping behind her, fingers moving carefully to the buttons of Lena's blouse.

Lena closed her eyes, giving in readily to Kara's gentle touch. The blouse slipped from her shoulders and fell to the floor, and Kara's fingertips grazed Lena's collarbone as she undid the clasp of her bra. She could feel her breath quicken and her own heartbeat do the same. Her bra joined the blouse. Then, piece by piece, so did the rest.

Kara helped Lena step over the edge of the steaming bath. The hot water enveloped her body.

Kara knelt beside the tub. "Is this okay?" she asked, uncertainty in her voice.

Lena nodded, eyes still closed as the warmth of the water seeped into her skin.

Kara's fingers worked the shampoo into a lather in Lena's hair, trying to be gentle, unhurried.

"Tilt your head back," she murmured.

Lena leaned back into Kara's palm as she rinsed the suds from her hair. The warm water cascaded over her shoulders.

Lena shivered at the contact, goosebumps rising on her bare skin.

Kara hesitated. "Are you cold?"

"No," Lena whispered.

Her fingers traced idle patterns on Lena's arm all the same.

Lena reached out, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind Kara's ear, her fingers lingering on Kara's cheek.

Kara leaned into the touch, her lips parting slightly.

And if loving Lena could feel all different kinds of ways, then kissing her certainly felt different in all kinds of ways too — could mean all different kinds of things too.

Slowly, tentatively, Lena drew Kara's face towards hers. Their breath mingling, cheeks brushing. Lena hesitated just a second, searching Kara's eyes for any sign of doubt — she knew she would find none.

Their lips met. Soft at first. But then Kara's hand came up to cradle Lena's neck, pulling her toward her, edges blurring further and further between all the new ways she had of loving her.

When they finally broke apart, both were panting. Kara rested her forehead against hers.

"Is this okay?" Lena murmured, caressing her cheek.

And Kara realized then that this all felt different to Lena, too. Felt new, too. Felt maybe even a little unknowable.

"Yeah...y-yes" Kara breathed.

Lena reached out again; this time, her hands found the bottom of Kara's shirt, already wet from the water that had spilled over.

Kara stood up, quickly pulling it off and quickly letting the rest follow.

She sank into space behind Lena, the water rising as she settled back against her. Kara's fingers grazed the surface of the water, tracing where the two met.

Some things that were the same.

"You're so beautiful," she whispered.

Some things were different.

Lena's skin flushed, and Kara's heart swelled.

She pressed her lips along the back of Lena's neck.

"Just for future reference."

"Yeah." Kara nodded and leaned in for another kiss.

"This is much more romantic than scones."

She chuckled, smiling into Lena's skin, "What about beating someone up for you?"

"Right now, I'm going to say yes. But honestly, it might depend."

"Noted. Very, very noted."

Kara's fingers traced the line of Lena's spine, spreading out across her ribs and dipping beneath the water, Lena's hips instinctively moving forward into Kara's touch.

Below the surface, it was hard to tell where they each started and ended.

Just like it was hard to tell when loving Lena had started and ended.

And even if there was a difference between loving her before and loving her now.

She was sure she was made to love her always.

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#sg prompts #supercorp #supergirl #supercorptober #supercorptober2023 #pretty much just softness this time #maybe just a twinge of heaviness #they just deserve to love each other okay #another one down

[cerealboxlore]

WIP #3: Fear Me For You Know Me

Incompetent. Inferior. Insignificant. These were the kind words Mr. Mind had assigned to humanity and their dimwitted little brains that functioned only to annoy him.

Long had Mr. Mind grown accustomed to working alongside lesser intelligent beings and dumbing down his vocabulary for their sake, so they could comprehend his master plans to act out. However, every time without fail, these dimwits, these members of the Monster Society of Evil, would fail to listen to him, argue and fight amongst themselves for dominance, and every time, the end result would be the same.

Capture and utter humiliation at the hands of Captain Marvel.

But not anymore.

Mr. Mind was done allowing himself to be weighed down by these fools. He was a genius. A brilliant mind. If he wanted to succeed in bringing down the Champion of Magic and the other heroes he associated with, he needed someone just as smart as him. Someone who understood the matters of the mind like he did. Someone who-

Mr. Mind stopped in his thoughts, his tiny body getting rattled around in a shake.

"Hold! The! Jar! Still!! You! IMBISCLE!" Shrieked the Venusian worm, tumbling and being tossed around chaotically inside his prison cell. A pickle jar.

@grimmbitty

#WIP 3 #wips #another one down #more to go #mr mind #dc captain marvel #dc comics

[cerastes]

Fuck editing, we upload raw.

Bald Bull TD Round 1 TKO. Bald Bull’s one of my favorite characters in Punch-Out, the iconic Big Bald Angry Dude That Will Punch You Really Hard... But unlike most every other character, he doesn’t actually cheat, dude’s legit just good at boxing. His gimmick in TD is the same as his second fight in NES Punch-Out: He can only be knocked down with Star Punches.

Getting Stars off of this dude is hard, you have to do frame perfect delayed jabs after non-stun hits or stun limit hits. Then it’s a matter of preserving the Star so you can actually down him (you lose all Stars if you get hit). His uppercuts are always very fast, and I realized that 99% of the time, right after you get a Star, he WILL uppercut. If you get his HP to 0 without a Star Punch, he will survive, heal, and then do set patterns depending on which knockdown he’s in, always opening with two attacks and, if you have no Stars, taunting you for an easy Star (if you have Stars, he skips the taunt) so you can knock him down after getting him low again without needing to actually get the frame perfect Stars.

His Bull Rush, his signature one-hit kill running uppercut, can still be countered with a frame perfect hook to the body, but he is much faster in TD, and instead of knocking him down instantly, it depletes his HP and grants you a Star. If you use the Star Punch right as his HP refills after this (the white becoming red), you get a guaranteed knockdown. The timing is generous and easy to gauge thanks to being able to see exactly when you need to Star Punch. He’ll only Bull Rush once in Round 1 so you have to make it count if you want to get that Round 1 TKO. I think you can counter the Bull Rush with a Star Punch but the timing on that sounds hellish, lol.

#punch out #another one down

[beenjen]

May the 4th be with you - day 4 of Jen taking care of Jen

Today didn’t go like I had planned, but it went.

- work was busy, busy. The first week after vacation always is, I’m covering for another provider which equals double the alerts, then we had a national outage of our computerized charting program. It all comes out in the wash, just makes for a fast paced day.

I was able to walk a quick 1.5 on my lunch break and didn’t get off on time.

- food was solid. Homemade tuna fish with celery, left over roasted green beans and sweet potatoes. Feeling good about the veg, and I can already tell a positive difference in how I feel. That’s encouraging more than any other thing. I haven’t taken the care I needed for myself for a while and it’s just nice to be noticing goodness.

On the way home I stopped to pick up some queso for L’s cinco de mayo party tomorrow - Her teacher messaged me at work with the request - and impulse bought some everything bagel cashews… those bad boys are PRIMO. Can’t wait to try my hand at some home roasted ones of my own making.

- water was slow until lunch, I was hustling, overbooked, and didn’t top 40 ounces, until lunch. Had my typical coffee, kombucha, and my ride home sparkling water. I’m finishing up another 40 of water now.

- Thursday is my ‘me’ evening, C gets Wednesday. I usually hit a yoga after work, get a bath and hubs does dinner/lunches/prep for the next day. With work, I didn’t make it to yoga, which, is a super bummer, it’s something I look forward too.

To make up for it, I spent 45 minutes on the treadmill. It wasn’t a run, it wasn’t fast paced, it was a walk, it was steady, it was perfect. Instead of being discouraged that I can’t run 10 miles nonstop at this point, I’m just glad I’m able to carve out time to move my body. Happy to be consistently showing up for myself. That feels good.

- tomorrow is Friday and it’s the freakin’ weekend. Another one bites the dust.

- we are hosting a baby shower for our friends this weekend and I have a grocery pickup for the final goodies for after work and get to come home and scrub a dub bathrooms - Yeay!!!!

- realized today, I’m off next Thursday and Friday, I had taken off several months back, for a long weekend, and forgot. What a fun happenstance for me 🤘

Happy Friday Eve xx

#another one down

[crownedcaps]

★ Castlevania: Nocturne  // Episodes 05 - 08

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#castlevania (2017) #castlevania #castlevania nocturne #castlevania: nocturne #juuviias #crownedcaps #anime screencaps #another one down #love the sotn art style for alucard

[jade278]

WHEEZING

#jade278 #oh no there he goes #another one down

[orchid-151]

Now is Orchids voicecannon time... I didn't know what voice to give her till I looked up a Disney princess that fit her just right...

Mulan~

So enjoy this small clip... The small song sample only has three images because I could not find enough images to match up with the whole song...

#minecraft oc #voice cannons #Orchid's turn #another one down #first post of the morning #because cannot go back sleep 🤣

[sinnadreams]

Barcode has covid ☹️

#barcode isarapongporn #kinnporsche #another one down

[danikindofwrites]

2/3 tarot style portraits for Character Creation Origin selection. There's one more to go for this group and then I’ll probably end up posting them together too cause they look better that way 🤷

#Another one down #i really threw myself in the deep end when I decided to make 13 cards #this is fine 🙂 #tarot style art #official art #the rising night art #the rising night if #TRN character creation #my art

[bugbaiting]

🍘 Round 4 Complete 🍘

Another one down @tiku-anime I’m so glad we got to check out this cute,short and informative anime ! I know so much more about Nagoya and Gifu !

#liveblog #anime roulette #txt #WOOOOOO #another one down

[bronzetomatoes]

🦀🦀🦀

#look anika's talking! #another one down #liveblog moment #tommyinnit #loh

[francoisceverts]

[GOES "WHEEEEYYYYY" LIKE WHEN SOMEONE IN A PUB SMASHES THEIR GLASS]

#ANOTHER ONE DOWN

[hack-saw2004]

ONE HOUR AGO: greg abbott, who i have the great displeasure of calling my governor, is calling for the expulsion and jailing of ut austin students exercising their first amendment right to freedom of speech an assembly. every single motherfucker on the right soooo concerned about the first amendment seems to be creaming their pants over college students being brutalized and arrested for protesting. its fucking reprehensible.

#greg abbott from one wheelchair user to another i will push your wheelchair down a flight of stairs #free palestine #end aid to israel #current events #palestine genocide #let gaza live #west bank under attack #save palestine #end the genocide #end the occupation #bds movement #ut austin #palestine solidarity coalition ut austin #university of texas austin #austin texas #students for justice in palestine #acab #boycott divest sanction #from the river to the sea #free palestine in our lifetime #no one is free until we are all free #america is a fascist police state

[mountainshroom]

can you guess who’s in my top 3 best female characters of all time

#my mom loves toph a LOT #and i agree with her so bad #i need to draw her with her hair down #last one is another headcanon of my older design for herr #atla #avatar the last airbender #toph #toph beifong #art #my art #fanart

[crownedcaps]

Arknights: Prelude to Dawn // Episodes 06-08

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#Arknights #arknights the animation #arknights prelude to dawn #arknights: reimei zensou #arknights: prelude to dawn #juuviias #anime screencaps #crownedcaps #another one down

[lgbtlunaverse]

There's a version of the "don't go grocery shopping while hungry" rule specifically for writers where you should never under any circumstances be allowed to touch your draft within 3 hours of reading a really good story. Because sometimes when you read something great your head goes "fuck this is so much better than my stuff I should make that more like THIS instead!" Look at me. That's the devil talking and you should close the document NOW.

#you will make superficial edits that do not gell well with the rest of your work #and won't actually capture what you thought was so good about that story #close the doc. sit down. think about it for a while. inspiration is fine. getting a 'eureka' moment from another story is fine #but if you find yourself comparing your work one to one with someone else's and taking any differences to be flaws on your part then STOP #you will never write good stuff by trying to make it look less like you wrote it #writing #writing advice #guess who just had to go into her google doc history and undo a bunch of panic-induced edits #because she read a fic about the same characters she's writing for? #meeee. they aged badly within just a few hours of hindsight. learn from my mistakes #self-hatred is not a good motivation for creation #fic writing