#ara is the only one i can be sure of and idk if you'll even see this babes but if u do [blows kiss to the sky]

[billdenbrough]

“We’re out of juice,” is what Ronan says when he sits down beside Gansey, legs sprawling across the floor in contrast to Gansey’s carefully-crossed ones. Their knees still touch, like Ronan has been pulled into Gansey’s orbit so completely that it extends even to his limbs, a fact of the universe written out even on the most mundane of scales.

It’s a good representation of them: Gansey, cross-legged in soft cotton sweatpants, as if the lack of visible branding will make it any less evident to someone like Ronan—or Parrish, if he were here, but he’d know that the way he always does, the differences between him and Gansey mapped out on that invisible layer Adam holds between them, the one Gansey likes to pretend doesn’t exist—that they cost at least three figures; Ronan, leaning back a little, wearing his shitty expensive jeans that Parrish hates so much, the ones that cost at least four figures and Ronan doesn’t care about the washing instructions for, the ones fraying at the knee that Ronan has pressed up against the junction of where Gansey’s knee meets thigh.

This is the truth of things: two boys who look very, very different, but are more connected than you’d think, if you look closely enough. If it’s not their eyes, it’s their knees. If it’s not their knees, it’s their souls.

Ronan’s opinion on his soul’s eternal state is a complicated thing, but the way it matches Gansey’s is never in doubt. Not to him.

A two-headed-beast, Ronan thinks, staring out at Gansey’s insomnia-driven cardboard rendition of Henrietta. Gansey says excelsior, and Ronan’s the fucking sword cutting through. Onwards and upwards, no matter what.

“What, again?” Gansey replies.

Gansey looks like shit, so Ronan tells him so instead of answering. 

He also looks like a king, handsome and regal and untouchable. He also looks like a boy, young and soft around the edges, like how ink fades with time. He also looks like everything Ronan has ever believed in, like a room in Monmouth Manufacturing and driving to the Barns and chasing down Glendower and needing help with Latin, like the gasoline-lit curve of his mouth saying the difference is we matter / dream me the world / ronan, like Ronan’s name is somehow worth holding safe in his mouth.

Ronan does not tell him any of those things.

“It’s hard to meet the standards for male beauty without juice,” Gansey remarks.

Adam says that Ronan isn’t as honest as he says he is; that telling the truth is not the same as being honest, and that Ronan might not lie, but that’s not the same thing. He says this a lot, in various ways, but especially he says it when Ronan is looking at Gansey, and Adam is watching the way they move around each other.

He’s probably right. Otherwise Ronan would tell Gansey that there’s no version of him that isn’t beautiful, and not just because of his inherited pretty face and nice clothes. It’s the kind of knowledge that just is, the sort of thing you live with and learn to move around, like how a punch to the chest leaves an ache throbbing through your entire rib cage. Ronan is bruised with it, the knowledge of all Gansey is, how impossible and exquisite and fucking fundamental he is to Ronan’s continued existence.

“Sounds like a you problem, Dick,” Ronan replies. Gansey makes a face, always hearing the capital letter when Ronan says it, and Ronan grins at him, like always. It’s a routine, this; there is a rhythm to the way they co-exist, one that had been established prior to Ronan moving into Monmouth, but has only become more entrenched in their bones in the time since. “We could get some more.”

Gansey considers this. It’s a common occurrence, these two a.m. juice runs. It’s a wonder they never realised Noah was fucking dead, honestly, considering he never came with them but never gave any indication of sleeping either.

Then again, rituals leave little room for doubt, and nights like this are a ritual for them. They always have been, even before Monmouth, and Niall Lynch’s death, and Ronan forgetting how to smile without his mouth turning into a knife. Ronan-and-Gansey, always up against the world together, whether it be ley lines and dead fathers or an inability to sleep and a lack of acceptable beverage options.

There aren’t many things Ronan relies on. Richard Gansey III—all the versions of him, including his annoying Congresswoman’s son one, and the one that holds all the wild burning pieces inside him so the other Ganseys may remain contained and safe for consumption, and the one he has right now, this teenage boy with grand goals and hair mussed from tossing and turning on his pillow before he gave up—is one of them.

Nights like this, with the Henrietta air sweet with past rain and no fucking juice in the fridge but four of Blue’s favourite yoghurt for some goddamn reason and Gansey right beside him, are another.

“Okay,” Gansey says finally, pressing his knee a little deeper into Ronan’s in a bump of warmth and acknowledgement and something that burns quietly in that part of Ronan’s chest he does his best not to name. “Let’s go get some juice.”

#trc #ronan lynch #gansey #ronan x gansey #ronsey #richard gansey #the raven cycle #this is definitely not the longest thing i've put here lol but for once i am not writing on my phone so we get to use a read more <3 #these tags are a fucking wreck bc of gansey's ridiculous name #anyway i wrote this for a flash exchange and thought it kinda fit the bill of the stuff i normally put here so #[gestures blankly] have at it if there are any trc crew amongst u #ara is the only one i can be sure of and idk if you'll even see this babes but if u do [blows kiss to the sky] #jane writes sometimes

[soraenun-archive]

No can do! We are all here to celebrate (& help) you Shannon. There will not be a moment where you're wrong. And if you happen to miss something, clues will be given to you ;) You'll always win bestie :D

I'm so 🥺 that you took the time to listen to the songs I recommended. And it's totally normal and okay to not like certain songs. We all have our own taste in music ^^

Amélie is indeed one of my favourite movies of all time (so great guess!) but I was talking about azur & asmar (a french animated movie by michel ocelot : a masterpiece!) . As for the disney/pixar movie question, let me give you two little clues: BOO & a lot of doors!!! I think this will help you, or at least if I'm still good at giving clues hehe

Of course 🥺 If I make a promise, I try my hardest to complete it. In fact, you gave a few of my favorite elo songs in your answer. While waiting for your answer, I had the time to finish listening to his entire discography. Rose, angel, cupcake, lip service, falling dreams & can't be happy are my fave elo songs <3 We must really have the same taste in music if you had so many correct answers wow I'm impressed!

If I'm being honest, I'm not a sone </3 I know I know, this must come as a shock to a lot of people but I started my kpop experience with f(x) and I was so focused on them that I didn't dive into snsd's music :/ But you still got the correct answer because the other groups mentioned are a part of my fave 2nd gen ggs. Other answers I would've accepted are t-ara & 4minute :)

Well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight's the last show of the shannon game (disappointed oh's can be heard) but alas, there is an end to every good thing. But, worry not! it is for a good cause :D I will finally reveal myself to shannon! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'M SO NERVOUS!!!

Tonight, there will only be one question, but it is a very important one (drumrolls)

Question #10: How would you describe our friendship?

Folks! That's it! That's the end of the Shannon game :( It was a pleasure being with you for this long and I'd like to thank Shannon for being such a good sport and taking the time to answer those questions. One more time, let's give a round of applause to Shannon (clap clap clap)

Ilu & please take care <3

from 🐘💌 anon

thank you for rigging the game so i can never lose i really appreciate it <3 it would be pretty bad to lose a game that was literally named after me

of course!! i always enjoy a good music rec and i had a lot of fun listening to them even if they weren't all my taste i still enjoyed it since i knew they were songs you liked 💞

oo okay yeah you’re right i have never heard of that!! but it sounds really interesting and it seems to be a pretty popular film and it won a lot of awards and stuff so maybe i will have to watch it sometime!! okay you are way too generous with your clues! you basically gave me the answer but i will accept it because i would have had no idea without that! (it would be funny if i was still wrong but i think i'm right) monsters inc is an excellent choice!! it’s such a cute movie 🥺 idk if i have a favourite disney/pixar movie but monsters inc is a really good one!

wow i can't believe i guessed so many of your favourites either but we really do have similar taste!! can't be happy is one of my favs as well his new album is really good!! i really appreciate you checking out his music and i'm glad you found some songs you really like <3

ohh i really thought you liked snsd because i’m sure i have seen you reblog some taeyeon posts before but are you more just a fan of her rather than snsd? but i’m glad i still got a couple answers right then i can’t be too disappointed <3

aww no im so sad the game is over :( but i’m very excited for the big reveal !! oh this is kind of hard because i’m not very good with words but i think our friendship is like when u meet up with an old friend and it’s like no time has passed and you just pick up where you left off and catch up! sometimes a few days or weeks may pass between our messages but it feels like no time at all… and we have a lot in common so it feels very familiar and comfortable but also we share lots of new things with each other too!!  genuinely your messages are a huge comfort and your warm and kind personality always comes through <3 they really do make my day! 💗💕

thank u so much it has been an honour !! i had so much fun playing <3 love u too bestie i will be looking forward to your big reveal !! 💓

#🐘💌 #anonymous #💌