#anyway p sure I died

[aroaceleovaldez]

Nico referring to his mom as "Mama" implies he most likely at least used to refer to Hades as "Papa" and i 100% headcanon he still does but mostly in the manner of him having the entire Underworld wrapped around his finger for being the baby of the family

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #headcanon #my art #nico flexing youngest child privilages by pulling out the most pitiful expression he can manage #anyways i find it fun to explore character word choices #cause yknow no two characters are going to select their words the same way #or even necessarily think about it to the same degree #i like to think Nico thinks about his word choice a lot #so of course every time he uses ''papa'' he fully knows he's pulling the Baby Of The Family card #Hades definitely knows this too but falls for it every time anyways #cause Nico hasnt called him ''papa'' regularly since getting his memory wiped - just detached ''father'' or at best ''dad'' #so it just reminds Hades of How Much He Just Wants His Children To Be Happy Like The Old Days #and how much poor Nico has been through and he's just the baby of the family and- #cue Nico smugly staring at the camera cause he knows how much power he holds #also i say Nico is Hades' only son cause mythologically even when Zagreus *is* Hades' son (rarely) he's. dead. #a major part of Zagreus' mythology is that he died #and im p sure every other deity said to be Hades' children are all goddesses and also are like 50% of the time not his #theres also only like 3 of them. and as far as we know in riordanverse canon one of them is implied to not be his daughter #so Nico is Hades' only son and also youngest in the family (cause Hazel is older by a month chronologically or 1 year biologically) #(and everybody else is a deity if children of hades at all)

[pynkhues]

I love all your succession thoughts in your tags haha. Connor self-correcting about Logan not even liking him because it upset Kendall and Shiv 😭 him comforting all three even though he got left out, again (but didn’t complain). so Big Brother, and I especially love how different Kendall is as the eldest to Roman and Shiv versus as Connor’s little brother. so good and so sad ):

Ahah, thank you, anon! And yes! God, I could talk about Big Brother Connor all day because I love everything about him, not just in terms of his character, but what he means for the story. The show would be worse off without him, not just because Connor's an interesting character and Alan Ruck's wonderful in the role, but because Connor plays as such a neat, narrative shorthand to immediately undermine Kendall's entitlement when it comes to being the clear heir, and the trickle down effect that has on all the dynamics in the show is just so good. It'd be a really, really different show without him.

More to your point though, I really do love Connor's dynamics with all three of his siblings, and I know everyone particularly loves Connor's dynamic with Roman at the moment (which, gosh, I do too!) but I do think I find Connor and Kendall's a more interesting one overall.

All the dynamics are different, but Connor's and Kendall's just marks such a shift in terms of both their places within the family unit. Roman's always the youngest son, Shiv's always the youngest and only daughter, but Connor and Kendall both feel as though they are the eldest son and something else too. There's a version of Connor that's an only child - he has a different mother, he's so much older, he's an outsider more than he is an insider with his little half siblings, and there's a version of Kendall that's a middle child, a little brother; even once, for a few years before Roman and Shiv were born, a youngest son.

In so many ways, Kendall's birth is symbolic for Connor in a way that Roman and Shiv's aren't. It was the end of a period in his life (fifteen years, as Alan Ruck has said), where he was an only child, and the beginning of him having a family beyond his parents. An imperfect one, sure, and I imagine all three of the Golden Trio were absolute nightmares as kids, haha, but I think Connor loves them deeply and in some ways I think they probably saved him. From what the show's peppered in, I can't even fathom what his life would've been like if it had just been him, Logan and his mother, and honestly, it's hard to imagine what Kendall, Roman and Shiv's lives would've been like without Connor too. From childhood camping trips to him being there to walk Shiv down the aisle before Logan decided to show up, Connor's role in their lives is irreplacable and, yeah, taken for granted.

But of course, there is this strain there when it comes to Kendall being so regarded as heir apparent for so long, and I do think it complicates Connor's relationship with Kendall a bit. I think it's easier with Roman - they're the cast offs together, y'know? - and with Shiv too - her gender disadvantages her even more than Connor's mother disadvantages him - but I also don't necessarily think it complicates it as much as either of them think it should. After all, Kendall's not a clear cut golden child, he's not a perfect image of or for their father, and for every time he's an overconfident, brown-nosing, entitled little prince, he's also an anxious stammering, insecure, submissive little boy with addiction issues, and while Connor can chafe and roll his eyes at the former, he seems to be pretty soft and protective when it comes to the latter.

And I think on the flipside, Connor's presence as the eldest son does feel undermining to Kendall. He really clearly tries to position himself as the oldest and the heir, not just in the business, but in the family, and the fact that it's not technically true I think is this kind of awesome character note that underscores all the ways Kendall performs as something he's not. He's not a killer, he's not the eldest, he's not the heir, he's nobody and he's nothing, and it eats him up, and kind of interestingly, I think Connor's the only person Kendall doesn't seem to perform for. He performs for Roman and Shiv all the time, but when it's just him and Connor, they tend to just be Kendall and Connor, warts and all, and I think that's indicative of a safety a little sibling often only finds in an older sibling, especially one who gives as much as Connor gives to them.

#also correct me if i'm wrong but i'm p sure connor and kendall were the first mutual sibling i love you we got way back in 1.08? #anyway i just! #love them! #and god #just the last two eps with kendall actually trying for a minute with the rehearsal dinner and then being such a watery calf-eyed baby #and not being able to tell him their dad died #it just!!! #gets me!!!!!!! #connor + kendall #connor roy #kendall roy #hbo succession #succession spoilers #succession 4.03 #succession meta

[oofuri2003]

#the scan ver of this was blurry/low res so i went n took a photo from my copy of the volume #anyway p sure this is abe and now I'm [EXPLODES DIES BADLY] #and ig mizutani on the left also looking azorable #the text is about how he had to buy uniform looking clothes bc he didnt have any (vol 5 omake) #anyway *screams as loud as possible* okay I'm normal now

[todayisafridaynight]

the sun will explode before rgg starts regularly giving everyone birthdays but they'll absolutely host a funeral event for the dead bitches

#snap chats #HELP ITS SO FUNNY #also.... notice how ryuji isnt there..... heh... almost like... hes not dea //shot// #anyway i neeeeeedd that aoki and mine stands like please. i need to be insane #I CANT. ok i can celebrate aokis birthday BUT LET ME BE MAD ABOUT THE DAY HE DIED TOO #ironically enough theres no concrete day when he died LOL #i forever go by masu's HC that mine died uhhh. march 30th i think.. gotta be the end of march cause of the moon #im lying it was march 11th i just checked ☠️ #aoki's death is such a guess- like y7 takes place in spring #and japan's political electins are july im pretty sure but idk the date... #i know An election is the 11th im p sure. i lied its the 5t (i think). for governor elections #what the fuck was kume even running for again. i forgore #NOT THE POINT POINT IS GIVE MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[swiftfootedachilles]

What are your thoughts about Mickey being asthmatic since he was a kid? (been having breathing problems lately, totally not projecting lol)

Like, how would it affect his south side thug persona, him not being able to smoke that much/at all, dr*ug use, stamina, other stuff, and changes in his life in general?

one thing about mickey is he will definitely be serving the cuntiest COPD symptoms in the retirement home!!

canonically, my mans definitely is not in the best shape due to his smoking lol i always think of his wheezes in s10 after scaling the gallagher house 😭

i have asthma triggered by exercise so i really have no clue what other types of asthma are like. but with that, i imagine mickey would play a more passive role in his familys antics, getting his cousins and siblings to do all his dirty work. he commits lots of drive-bys. no running in this universe bitch! im kinda poor and even spending the few bucks on an emergency inhaler has become futile bc it ends up expiring without getting used and i forget to take it with me anyway. so i think mickey definitely has the same mindset of "yeah imma just avoid triggers and if something happens guess ill die 🤪"

mickey is never beating the pillow process allegations so thats not very different from canon 🤭

i hate the idea of mickey being unable to smoke simply bc 1. smoking sexy and homoerotic 2. he would definitely chew instead and i cant handle that level of nasty redneck-ness 🤢

#went on a hike a couple months ago #forgot my inhaler. p sure it's expired anyway. but damn my lungs were ON FIRE #never forget when i almost died seeing an opera without my inhaler #also fuck steroid inhalers they're such ripoffd they're expensive as fuck and you have to 'prime' them before every use or w/e #half that shit goes in the air. $25 gone with the wind! #asks #shameless #shameless headcanons #oddly specific ask but im always down for disabled people projecting into their fav characters #this-is-estreyla #give my man some montelukast and send him on his way #smoking ref

[ghoul-haunted]

I'm gonna fucking cry my mom just tested positive for covid even though we've all been masking while my dad's been testing positive, because he hasn't been masking and just coughing right into the air and he came into the kitchen and just started touching things and coughing onto stuff and I spent the last two hours scrubbing and washing and disinfecting everything

#im UPSET #my mom has been working so hard to take care of him im u p s e t #fellas i have spent every day since the pandemic vaguely dreading the thought of future health complications #related to covid with my parents. like. every day is just! oh cool the looming spectre of mortality!! #but EXTRA because what if i have to start thinking of funerals NOW what if!!! so many people ive known in art have died #from underlying covid complications that came in the metaphorical night. ive been worried about it with myself!!! #i worked! HARD! to make sure that my parents would never pick it up from me!!! #i want. to scream. and also cry a lot rn #anyway i tested negative again so ye fucking haw or whatever

[gothamcityneedsme]

also new game plus is fun so far because everything feels slightly easier but at the same time i can tell enemies have been bumped up, so i can't get stupid or i'll die.

#shitpost #reminds me of smtiv cycles tbh because like #i play around a lot in smtiv and you can totally die if you fuck around too much #b/c armor is sort of worthless in smtiv so its like. a whole thing #smtiva doesn't have this because for the level cap breaking dlc bosses you have to get nanashi's stats so high to be truly viable for those #that like. the rest of the game becomes a huge joke and like. you can't really die #like. literally #the parts in story where you're supposed to die #including to aldramelech!!!!! #nanashi can just SURVIVE it or dodge. while the story pretends obviously that you still died #its just sort of funny really #anyways. lies of p reminds me of smtiv ng+ with how you can still pay for shit #tho im pretty sure lies of p will get like unbearably hard later (probably somewhat close to how the first run felt tbh)

[stylishanachronism]

I’m still putting citations in like….. the actual essay portion of this thing but seriously is it reasonable to assume that the duc’s household is in charge of major road upkeep?

Like I am doing stupid math about the tax issue and obviously it’s not something that comes up in game but given that Caed Nua’s land grant is somehow both small and encompasses enough of the border/main trade routes that it’s also at least currently the roadwarden’s seat (I have……. Many questions about how that’s supposed to work given the rest of the lore But), so reasonably it’s in charge of that particular portion of roads, except that leaves us with either a. Caed Nua was not anywhere near as rundown as shown (which is better supported) or b. Somebody else is paying for that upkeep, and if it’s somebody else by process of elimination it’s the duc’s problem. Which yes would mean I have to redo all my math because I did all that before going wait hold on.

(The process of elimination is as follows: if it’s not a local expense, it’s not going to be the thayn’s problem either because that’s a really dumb way to break main road expenses down (and also if it were Raedric’s problem it wouldn’t be getting done based on the state of his portion of roads). If it’s not the thayn it probably also isn’t whatever’s above them in authority because at that point you’ve taken the honor away from the erl. It can’t be Bademar’s problem because, again, he wouldn’t be getting it done and also people would probably hate him less, which leaves it up to the Duc.)

Tbh my gut feeling is it’s subsidized by the Duc but it’s a local work, and there are probably fines for not doing your share, but on the third (fourth?) hand that would mean minimum splitting the tolls and I just can’t see that happening.

#pillars of eternity meta #yes I’m back on my bullshit you should see the point I’m trying to prove #in the main thing #but anyway it’s a puzzle especially since given there’s no inheritance of the ducal title #the duc’s private income is probably just the road tolls and defiance bay #……hold on did we ever find out where/what hadret actually owned #or what happened to it for that matter #p sure the line dies with him hence the soul requirement #so that might be it? but also it might not have been the end in which case ??????????? #why didn’t obsidian give me a real map with county lines :( #also it is very much canon that everybody hates Bademar because he doesn’t do his job #they cut a whole side quest about it #……………not that I can prove that except in abstract

[lunar-fey]

oh yeah ive finally made an honest to god anime fan out of my dad. turns out hes like me and can slam back 12 episodes in a day 😌 whereas skerples can usually only watch like 3 or 4. anyway he started trigun 98 today and like he only had time to watch 1 ep before leaving but yay :)

edit. realized i've probably never talked about this but this is a big deal for me bc i've been trying to get him into anime for over a decade since he first saw me watching trigun 98 in the living room with my bf at the time and would get entranced and watch chunks of the episodes standing in the doorway but always maintain he just "didn't like anime" bc he didn't "like the artstyle" and go on about how the only good anime he's ever seen was afro samurai and after a lot of pressure i've finally convinced him to watch a few recently (i made him watch the twewy anime with my for my birthday last year, + got him to watch dr. stone bc he really likes engineering and stuff so i thought he'd like it), and he's watched bits and pieces of a few others recently, bc he's been getting sick at night and when me n skerples are watching stuff he'll sit and kinda watch with us. recently he decided on his own to watch demon slayer and LOVED it, and as he was finishing s1 he was like "well. i think i'm an anime fan now. i really want to find more good ones. i'm thinking about trigun next" <3

#he has a bunch of shows other people have reccomended to him naruto dbz one ounch etc #and weve talked about them and like whether he would actually like them (answer is no to all of those ones LOL) #but i am waiting fearfully for the day i have to figure out how to explain to him that like. sn k or something is bad #bc he still really wanted to buy the h*p game bc he was like 'well but shell only get a few pennies so who cares' like sighs. #anyway tho having a lot of fun trying to decide what to show him 🤔 #skerples really thinks he should watch fmab and im less sure bc i legit think it might trigger his ptsd..... #he used to not be able to watch anything where a kid dies or with a lot of blood due to it like any slasher or horror stuff was right out #and while anime violence is generally fine for him (actually he really likes it) i do wonder if the context might uh #hit a little closer to home. #anyway more importantly trying to decide if i could get him into mushishi or perhaps death parade. #i think mom would like mushishi but she refuses to give anime a try even when we watch stuff w dad in the living room #she just buries her face in her phone 🙄

[oatbugs]

consequences of me no longer living close to the music practice rooms is that i havent played the violin in a while (this is heartbreaking to think about and whenever someone mentions the violin i want to die) however. i am filling that hole by getting an archery GB certificate and going to the range whenever i have an emotion .

#as if i dont have severe astigmatism. whatever #after i did my training and got the certificate which is basically like. u may now legally shoot arrows using bows. etc #the first thing i did was a tournament w 0 extra practice im p sure i came dead last esp bc #we were competing w much more experienced oxford archers lmao . anyway #anyway omw to the range again . slightly addicted to this actually. thinks abt microtones thinks abt violin dies #nothing can ever be you

[trauma-shit]

"it isn't consent if you're scared to say no"

#i convince myself that i wasnt raped bc i didnt say no but i would never think that abt someone else if they were in my situation #esp bc i went into it consensually like 'are u sure' 'yeah?' p immediately i was like nooooooo haha nevermind get me out of here #but i couldn't say no!!!!! he'd pull that ridiculous guilt tripping shit and be mad at me and i couldn't take it #I CRIED AFTER!!!!! i'm just. still so affected by the girl who said it was just sex i regret. hope she dies #i was scared to in the first place but i felt like i had to!!!!! i brought it up but its like 1. he'd never let me stop in the middle #of anything sexual. 2. it's something everyone is like 'boys love this u have to do it' esp w the guilf tripping i was already getting #like it would've been my fault if i said no anyway. god i'm just so upset about it still #he's dating someone now and i just worry about her #think i might message one of those hot lines because i feel like shit

[crowsnest-reblogs]

dont make an alien stage au

dont make an alien stage au

dont make an alien stage au

dont make an alien stage au

dont make an alien stage au

dont make an alien stage au

#I am #this close 🤏 #holding myself back I’m trying so hard #literally binged every ep but round 6 and I’m abt to lose it (affectionate) #p sure I know who dies next but I’m mentally preparing myself anyway letss gooo

[themyscirah]

SHAAK TI AGAIN?!?@?@?!?!?@?@?@?@

#losing my mind... #literally their go to whenever they need a dead jedi ahdiayhd #also we know these guys are dead shaak has literally died onscreen like 3 diff times #and aayla secura is here too and shes VERY dead as well #but like still ahdisbdhsebebrhd hi shaak ti #literally nothing star wars writers love more than to put her into things #p sure luke has run into a message from her like 3 or 4 times at this point #anyways : ) #swishy liveblogs #star wars posting #new organizational tag bc i dont want to spam the main one #which im sure is unusual anyways due to the scale but its the principle of the thing

[orcelito]

I'm tired of the mood swings man like wtf is my problem

#speculation nation #it's the grief and the everything else i know #im supposed to be contacting a psychiatrist but guess what i have not been doing :p #at this rate with how bad my mental health has been & how i was nearly paralyzed with fear upon realizing school is starting soon #im half convinced i should just take another semester off lol. bc i really am not sure i wont just crash and burn again #i was taking the summer off for school bc i knew i needed the time to chill #then my cat and my uncle both fucking died & so ive had no goddamned time to chill #the week i was Supposed to be chilling i spent like half the time fighting off my demons so i could just Function #and im on academic probation bc of how hilariously badly my last semester ended #& if i enter the next semester feeling Like This i really dont think it would end well. #i think... i might email my advisor to ask if taking a semester off would fuck with my probation #or maybe i could just take one class. i dont fucking know. 2 classes on top of nearly full time work was clearly too much still #like im taking forever with school anyways might as well take it even slower if it means i wont wanna fucking kill myself lmao #like not to be flippant but that's the reality im working with here. that's the point i got to last semester. #and ive been unstable At Best & outright self destructive at worst. i cant fucking handle school under these conditions. #maybe getting meds would help. im gonna try to do that soon bc obviously this shit aint working lmao #we'll... see. either way it's obvious smth has to change. im just gonna try to do whats best for me overall. #negative/ #suicide ment/ #:p not to get too real or anything lol but i am on the End Of My Fucking Rope and needed to yell about it Somewhere lmao #animal death ment/

[teruthecreator]

me trying not to lose my goddamn mind

#in neg city #rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh performing one of my favorite self-deprecating activities: looking at more popular #fics and looking at how many comments they get and how in depth they are #it’s so dumb it’s so dumb it’s so dumb but oh my godddd literally my fav author is reading this other fic and commenting and ACK!!!! #IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT OUTTA THIS ONE FOLKS #yes i understand jealousy is a human emotion and ur allowed to feel it however have u considered im not. i’m not allowed #i just like at this point i wanna stop writing and never pick it up again and just delete all my social media and throw my phone out a wind #tumblr hates when i have long tags so i’m not finishing that one u get it. the misery whatever #idk it’s a dumb thing to like harp on but it just feels like the effort i put in doesn’t matter bc no one ever has a like real reaction #other than it’s good :-) and that’s like. not enough. does #*dies #p sure it autocorrected to does and i’m not rewriting that whole tag #ANYWAY killing dying exploding etc etc etc

[fangisms]

hiii i loved „spring breaks loose”!!🤍 could i request another something for theodore, where the reader is quite bubbly and loves talking and he, the quiet guy he is, just likes to listen? and maybe the reader is worried that she talks too much and it could be annoying to him but he’s just so in love that he’s obsessed with all her rabling😭😭 sorry if thats too specific

darling socialite

A/N: um i love this because if someone let me chat their ear off, i would fall in love. i love a chatter and i love a listener 🩷 gif creds: @perfectlyfuckingcivils

Pairings: Theodore Nott x Fem!Reader

Summary: You are talkative as all hell, and Theo has dubbed himself your devoted listener. 1.3k words

Warnings: i be cursing, fluff, mild self-consciousness, two dummies in LOVE, mattheo being a perv (boy moment), kissing…, pansy being a slight bitch (lovingly)

Everyday, you look forward to telling Theo anything and everything. Sometimes, you'll get so excited to tell him something that you'll jot it down on the nearest surface. Most of the time, that surface is your hand. Who can blame you; you can't resist the gory details.

Everyday, Theo looks forward to hearing anything and everything from you. You're his favorite news source, his sweetest messenger, his darling socialite, and he is your devoted subscriber. He's worried one day you'll run out of things to tell him, but according to the ink splotches across your skin, there's a slim chance that'll happen.

"Hi, teddy!" you chirp, and he turns to welcome you into the seat beside him. "You will not believe what I saw in the courtyard on my way here: a willow tit!"

Mattheo chokes on a gulp of juice, sputtering in his seat and looking over at you. "Pardon?"

"Don't be crude, Matty. I'm talking about birds."

"Yeah, I got that, I just never realized you’re playing for the other team—"

"Mattheo!" you holler, glaring at him in utter disbelief, "you complete idiot! Birds, as in real birds. As in those things that fly around and chirp and eat berries!"

"Let me get this straight, we're not talking about some bird's tits? Suddenly, I'm uninterested," he says, earning a pointed glare from Theo.

"Anyway," you say, rolling your eyes and facing Theo, "You hardly see them anymore, they're very rare, but I saw one, and it was the cutest creature I've ever seen on campus! It was so round, I could have died. He must've liked all the rain we got over the weekend. I hope he survives the winter and has lots of little tit babies in the spring!"

Theo could not be more head over heels for you while you babble about round tits and babies. He thinks if he ever opens his mouth to respond, he’ll screw it up in an instant. Thank Merlin, he's naturally quiet and content to listen to you all day. And thank Merlin, you never ask for anything more from him.

If only you knew how much he truly adores you and your ramblings. He holds your company in his highest regard and considers every time you choose him a blessing.

You never think too much of Theo's tight-lippedness. You figure if he was completely sick of it, he'd just get up and walk away. Or maybe that's not like him, and maybe you are a bother.

It doesn't help when Pansy skips up to you in the hall and says, "I'm really impressed you're able to hold Theo's attention as long as you do."

"What are you talking about, P?" you say.

"Well... don't you ever worry he's, like... bored with you? I mean, when was the last time he actually contributed to your 'conversations'. I just don't want you to get your hopes up, you know?" —she shrugs it off like it's not an unforgivable curse to the gut—"If I were you, I'd find a more attentive playmate. You can always talk to me!"

"Thanks, Pansy," you say.

"Just looking out for a friend! See ya!"

You nod and wait by the bottom of the stairs as she hops her way up. You didn't think you were getting your hopes up, necessarily. You thought Theo was just a good listener. And sure, he's not super responsive, but he's just shy. That's not his fault.

…

There's a rapping of knuckles at the door, and Mattheo hurdles his bed and reaches for the knob.

"Why, good evening, dearest birdwatcher"—Theo perks up from where he's rifling through his trunk.

"I could say the same to you, perv," you tease, "Is Theo around? I need—"

"To talk to him? Figures. He's just hiding his softcore stash—"

"Shut up!" Theo hollers, popping up and hurrying to the door, a little flushed to find you looking at him, "he's just joking."

Mattheo chuckles, "No, he's right, Theo would never have so much fun"—he dodges the jab to his side—"Alright, I'll leave you two lovebirds to your tits and whatnot. Try not to make too much noise, we have downstairs neighbors." He winks and makes his way down the boys dormitories stairwell.

And suddenly, Theo can't remember the last time he was truly alone with you. No onlookers or eavesdroppers, no Pansy and no Mattheo. Just the two of you. His sweaty palms and your rapid heartbeat.

"I need to ask you something," you finally blurt. He looked so nervous you thought he might throw up over the railing, so you put him out of his misery before he has the chance.

"Yes, yeah, anything," he huffs.

"Well," you say, "I was thinking—just... ruminating, really, because it was suggested that I bore you with my chattiness"—you cross your arms over your chest and look to the floor—"and not that I'm begging for pity or even a response, I just wanted to know how you feel because I realized maybe I don't ask about you enough. You know, like I'm always worried about me, or something, but I do worry about you, too! I just wasn't sure if that's something—if you maybe wanted to talk about it more. Because I can be a good listener! I'd be happy to hear whatever you have to say!"

Theo leans his shoulder against the doorframe, adjusting the bottom of his sweater as it clings to his hips. How could he let you believe you're too much for him. How could he let you believe yourself to be some kind of social burden to him. All because he'd much rather listen to you than contribute his own two cents.

"See! Merlin, even now, I've just talked your ear off while trying to apologize for constantly talking your ear off! And I haven't even apologized, yet! I'm so sorry, Theo, I know it's a problem, and I didn't mean to take advantage of your politeness."

You scuff your sole on the landing with a whine, and he leans to the side to watch you look over the edge. It's so quiet for a moment, he can hear your soft breathing if he focuses on it.

"It's not a problem," Theo says. You look over, lips parted at the smug look on his face. "And if I was the one who suggested otherwise, I couldn't be more apologetic."

It makes you smile. He's just said two very thoughtful things to you. Out loud. To your face. You could crumble.

"No! No, teddy, it wasn't you, it was... doesn't matter. You really don't mind?"

He shakes his head, a little amused, honestly. How could he mind? You’re the greatest thing since dark chocolate, and he’d still give that up. You’d go just as well with his afternoon tea.

“Well, then,” you huff, warmer under his gaze, determined to get this damned apology across.

“Alright,” Theo says. Apology accepted. Apology not even necessary. But still accepted.

“Okay. But next time you catch me rambling, you better just shut me up! Tell me to ‘shush’ or something! It’s a problem, and I give you full permission to—”

He kisses you. He leans down, smug with his fingers under your chin, and he kisses you! Shuts you right up like you’re still some gullible first year completely wooed by his boyish charms! Oh, but he’s kissing you very sweetly. And when your knees go a tad wobbly, he rushes to cradle your elbow.

“Like that?” he says.

“That’s no way to treat a lady, Theodore. You should be completely ashamed of yourself for ever thinkin—”

He kisses you again. More sure and much quicker. Like a reflex. A knee jerk reaction without the kneeing or the jerking. Just his stupidly soft lips.

“Yeah,” you whisper, “that works… but you can’t just kiss me every time you want to shut me up.”

“No”—he pecks your lips, fingers gentle at your cheek—“I plan on kissing you much more often than that.”

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