#felt creative

[topsyturvy-turtely]

OTP challenge - Day 10

[previously called June challenge! Find day 9 here]

10: Watching the other sleep

The story of how Sherlock and I got together is a funny one. And it is strange. You wouldn’t guess it if you tried. So I will tell you what happened.

It was a hot summer night when I awoke. Loud honking and screams were heard from the street. I was sleeping lightly anyhow and my curiousness was on alert immediately. I peaked out the window – to see some maniac wandering around on the streets. Only wearing a sheet. It took me a moment to realize that maniac was my flat mate. “Shit, Sherlock- what the-“ I quickly put on my pajama that I have taken off earlier, because it was simply too warm, to see what had gotten into him and rushed downstairs. I burst through our front door: “Sherlock! What the heck are you-“

The man turned around his eyes big and a bit crazy. “Oh, John! Lovely to see you join me! Isn’t it a beautiful day to solve crimes?”, he said, spread his arms and almost dropped the sheet. Then he frowned: “Why are you wearing pajamas at a crime scene, John?”

That’s when it hit me. The crazy eyes, the disorientation about time, not realizing he was in the middle of the street – Sherlock was sleep-walking! Oh dear lord… I had to deal with a few sleepwalkers in the army – the constant danger made you restless – and knew the easiest way to get them back to bed is to just tell them, maybe leading them there.

So I said: “Because it’s the middle of the night, Sherlock. Go back to bed, come!”, I put a hand on his sheet-covered back and led him to the front steps. I waved apologetically at the cars that have stopped.

Sherlock frowned: “But- the case?”

“You can solve it tomorrow. Come now.”, when we were inside I gently pushed him up the steps and warned him of the last one – just in case.

“Tomorrow?”, Sherlock’s confusion was almost adorable.

“Just a few hours, alright?”

Sherlock nodded, while slowly walking into the living room. “Just a few hours.”, he repeated. I nodded, even though Sherlock was not looking at me anymore. I already thought of locking him in his bedroom and taking the key with me when Sherlock asked: “Aren’t you gonna come to bed?”

What did he mean ‘come’? “Why, yes of course, I will head upstairs in just a minute, when I know you are safely in yours.”

Again sleeping Sherlock frowned: “But John… Did I upset you? Why won’t you come sleep in our bed?”

“Our-“, what the hell did this sleeping version of Sherlock imply? “I have my own bedroom, upstairs, Sherlock…”, I said hesitantly.

The frown increased. “No, you don’t. Mrs. Hudson asked if we needed two bedrooms when you moved in and you declined. We share the-“, Sherlock suddenly stumbled back a bit. “You are my boyfriend, John. Did you FORGET we are together?” My flat mate seemed seriously taken back by this. It was eery though, because his eyes looked right through me. He was seeing different things than I was at the moment. My main concern was to bring him to bed safely so I decided jumping into this funny parallel-universe created by my sleeping flat mate was the best way to do just that.

“Ah, of course not, darling. You really gotta got to bed now though. Huh?”

Sherlock crossed his arms. “Only if you will come to bed with me.”

I took in a sharp breath. “Jesus- fine. Alright, I will. Go ahead. I will be right there.”

When Sherlock walked back – only wearing his sheet – shit, was he only wearing a sheet?!

“Sherlock, please tell me you are wearing underpants.”

Sherlock stopped in the door frame to his bedroom. “Of course not.”, he answered, sounding irritated.

“I- Can you put some on, please?”, I said, pinching the bridge of my nose. Sleeping with my platonic flat mate in one bed is one thing; sleeping with my platonic flat mate in one bed without him wearing anything, is a completly different thing.

“Why, John?”, he sounded so irritated. And… hurt?

Fine. It was just a dream, right? At least for Sherlock. I just wanted him to go back to bed so I said – and I still can’t believe I did – the following: “You know how much I like to take them off, Sherlock.”

I couldn’t see his face but I heard the smirk in his voice when he said: “Yeah, you do.”

Still embarrassed by this encounter I finally did slip into his bed. He immediately wrapped an arm around my waist and laid his head on my chest. His breathing soothed into a calm one right away. I felt guilty of how much I liked laying like this.

For most of the rest of the night I laid awake, wondering if I had done the right thing. Have I not secretly taken advantage of the situation? Did I not move on my behalf of own crush on my flat mate? For sure I could have said something to make him go to bed by his own, couldn’t I? Several times I tried to free myself and go upstairs, but it seemed undoable. Sherlock held on to me very tightly when I tried to get up. The last thing I thought, before I finally allowed myself to fall asleep was ‘At least he’s not getting hit by a car.’ I slept surprisingly well after that.

The next morning I woke up from someone hugging my upper body tightly: “Jaawwn”, a rough baritone voice said. Then said baritone voice sat up quickly – completely awake now. “John, why are you in my bed?”, Sherlock asked, sounding alert.

I, too, propped myself up on my elbows: “Sherlock, do you remember anything of last night?”

The detective frowned: “I was thinking about the case. Then I went to bed, as it was utterly frustrating to not be able to solve it. I dreamed-“ Sherlock’s eyes grew big. Then he quickly gathered his bedsheets to his chest, as if that could protect him. A second later he dropped them and pinched the bridge of his nose: “I sleep-walked, didn’t I?”

I couldn’t help but smile: “Yeah.”

“I convinced you coming to bed with me?”

I nodded, a grin involuntarily spreading on my face.

“And- and you… did? Come to bed with me?”

“Brilliant deduction, Mr. Holmes.”, I said cheekily.

Quickly he shot a look at me, then he looked away, that frown growing bigger and bigger. “Alright, John, in case I-“

I wanted to know how far this went - maybe Sherlock actually did have feelings for me – and grabbed his hand. He stared at it in wonder. “It’s fine by the way.”, I said, while gently squeezing the bigger hand in mine. “It’s all fine.”, I smiled at him in – what I hoped – adoration.

“Is it?”, he asked insecurely.

“Course. Of course it is. I’ll be your protective boyfriend whenever you need me to.”, I announced, winked, and got up.

Only to have a full on gay crisis in the kitchen. While making breakfast. Why the hell did I just say that to him? Sleep deprivation. That was a good excuse. But would he buy it? Oh. My. GOD.

When he finally emerged from the bedroom – fully dressed in purple shirt and tight black trouser – my breath caught a bit. Then I scooped the egg for him onto a plate and sat opposite of him. We – well actually just me – ate in silence, until – suddenly – Sherlock blurted out: “In fact, I would like you to be my protective boyfriend all the time.”

I smiled at my (very well cooked) eggs: “I would like that too, Sherlock” and stretched my foot out to reach his.

We sat like that, feet touching, silently grinning, until we finished breakfast.

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hey my darling-turtles! i am finally back and here is a sweet fluffy oneshot for ya! i hope you enjoyed it! feedback as always is welcome! tell me mistakes/flaws etc. btw i passed that stupid exam and am totally over that cute person from the pride parade *actually isn't*... anygays... hope you are doing well? *throws badly cut out paper hearts at you*

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#turtely's june challenge #is now #turtely's OTP challenge #yk... since it's not actually june anymore? #yeah so... #otp challenge #day 10 #watching the other sleep #felt creative #cuz i'm writing not what comes up first in your mind when you read that prompt #yk¿ #hopefully #maybe #don't know #anygays gonna stop babbling now #topsyturvy turtely #turtely #turtely writes #thanks for reading #*throws badly cut out paper hearts at you* #johnlock fic #johnlock ficlet #johnlock fanfic #sherlock fic #johnlock #bbc sherlock #sherlock #john watson #sherlock holmes #sherlock x john

[succubus-interactivefiction]

Had fun putting this together for Final Girl

Edit: Just noticed a couple errors I missed...twitch

#happy succubus #the final girl #final girl #the final girl if #interactive fiction #final girl if #bonus #felt creative

[tizzymcwizzy]

for anyone that doesn't know, i recently started school again! (that's why ive been so mia) so ill be posting class projects whenever i finish them,,, this was a figure drawing assignment :)

you can get a print of this here!

#along with moving and starting school again‚ i had a bunch of family and health stuff thrown my way at the start of this semester‚‚ #so im slowly catching up on work from this past month hsbdhdjf #my art #artists on tumblr #art #illustration #uhh i think that's all my original art tags #im really happy with how this piece turned out!!! :D #during critique someone mentioned how this felt like a representation of creative burnout and i was like omg. felt.

[tenracoonsinacrisis]

I lay beneath the stars

A thousand specks in the sky

Scattered like dust among the wind

Here I just lie.

A gentle breeze blows

Across the gentle fields

Green grass swaying with a sigh

Here I just lie.

You're there beside me

Our hands intertwined

A smile on our faces

Here, just you and I.

The distant roar of traffic

The grumbles of a storm

The gentle patter at the start of rain

Here, just you and I.

A fork of lightning

Across the sky

But still we lie here

Just you and I.

They open the door

"Dinner" they call

In we go, there we go

Us and them, we dine.

#felt creative #jamie writes #° #○

[spiderziege]

once upon a time, there was a player

#statue is based on the statue in the hypixel post about technos memorial #background is based on the farming area in the hypixel lobby - i just took a lot of creative liberties #technoblade #my art #i miss him a lot and ive been meaning to draw something like this for almost a year now but it just never felt right #happy birthday‚ technoblade‚ and thank you

[stil-lindigo]

the machine.

a comic about being a 'creator' online.

creative notes:

#in light of recent online 'success' i feel like this may come off as ungrateful #just wanna say that all the comics i make in this series are written about experiences i felt in 2022 #which was a rough year personally and creatively #and i very luckily don't feel this way anymore #and this also isnt to shame anyone who DOES feel this way #its easy to start to feel like all you are is a vending machine of art #and like thats all you are to people #theres nothing human to you #it can be a bit of a pit #and on some level this damage is self inflicted but social media really doesnt help that feeling #this wont work for everyone but having friends around you who you can talk to about stuff that ISNT art #going outside for dinner #maybe walking around #its good for when you need that feeling to go away even a bit temporarily #youre a human being #not a mindless content creation machine #and i hope anyone who feels like this now can get to a place where they have a healthier relationship with their own work #good luck to all of you #and thank you for reading #comic art #its 10pm #stillindigo art

[elinbean]

a win for tortured writers and haunted artists everywhere

#alan wake #alan wake 2 #the game awards #tga #the game awards 2023 #tga 2023 #for real. I was so happy to see it win that first Best Narrative I could’ve screamed #to see a game go places no game— and I’m starting to think no film or tv show either— has ever gone creatively #(and execute the landing SO ENCHANTINGLY WELL) #to see a game like that receive even part of the recognition it so richly deserves… it makes my heart swell. #I’ve never felt so creatively inspired in my life. I’m so happy

[demaparbat-hp]

WIP

#atla #zutara #zuko #avatar the last airbender #katara #atla fanart #atla netflix #zutara fanart #temporary post #I know I'm such a tease #But my people asked and I felt compelled to provide #Also is that Katara in Fire Nation armor??? #Hmm... I wonder why that is... #Wink wink #In my defense you'll hear more about that AU when I make the actual post (once I finish this one) #But that new Kiawentiio & Dallas Liu picture gave me huge OMG-that's-ZK-in-the-AU-I've-been-working-on vibes #So I took a few creative liberties with the pic #Fight me #When will I finish the artwork and post it? Only Agni knows #Funny story I was working on another piece (two page comic) for this very same AU when the promo pictures came out #So I was like... well now I have no other choice #Redrawing isn't really my thing but if their chemistry out of set is anything to go by then the actual series will (probably) be a treat #So I had to do something about it #My point? #I'm just begging for ZK crumbs at this point. And I'm not ashamed of it

[teacupsandcyanide]

Something I miss from earlier eras of the creative side of the internet was things just being unabashedly low-budget. Just all unashamedly amateur, unprofessional, ‘I don’t own a good camera but I have a story to tell you’, ‘I can’t afford a good mic but I have a song to sing for you,’ ‘I don’t have any kind of background in editing or lighting and I only just picked up this guitar last Tuesday but here’s an entire musical me and my friends wrote about our favourite book, we filmed it on a potato and put it up on YouTube in ten minute segments because we thought it was pretty funny.’

#everything felt so much less like Content then #and as someone who wants to share creative stuff online #it’s now incredibly daunting thinking about doing that bc #especially as a disabled person who can’t work full time #it feels almost impossible to extricate art from being Content #like there’s this immense pressure to produce things that could pass as professionally produced by a team of educated people #and to make smart decisions so that somehow eventually you can profit off your art #and instead of it being a ‘hey look at my silly little song’ it becomes #competing in an over saturated market already dominated by the nepotism afforded by wealth and connections #and it feels like it would very difficult not to measure my personal satisfaction with how a certain piece of art turned out #by how much attention it got online #even though I genuinely have zero desire to be famous and it sounds like a complete nightmare #anyway I’m gonna have ice cream for dinner how about you guys #hmp42

[gh0stlymoth]

wild shape express for tired bats (:

#bg3 #halstarion #bloodbear #bg3 astarion #bg3 halsin #batstarion #the ghost scribbles #he screm #i know halsin doesn't have his face tattoos in wild shape but i felt like drawing them #creative freedom baby

[entamewitchlulu]

once i was in a creative writing class in college, and in a bit of humor i wrote the line:

"Um," I said, eloquently.

And my teacher was so adamant that I had to remove it because "um is not an eloquent word, so it makes no sense" and i was like my brother in christ it's called Irony

#she was so so adamant about it like. #ma'am. #specifically i did it that way because i wanted to express the fact that the character felt particularly foolish #like their brain being all like 'oh nice job what an eloquent way of putting it dumbass' #but without writing all that out ya know. #but no it was 'wrong' and it had to be removed :/ #creative writing courses have never done a damn thing for me tbh #i know there has got to be a better way to teach it so that it doesn't quash someone's creativity #but i have yet to find one that does so #people are so weird about writing as an art compared to other visual arts :/ #lulu talks

[valerielillis]

When it comes to creative writing, the best plan is whichever one that actually works. Individual habits, patterns, and needs of writers are mainly why there are so many plans to choose from in the first place.

#just felt like sharing #writers #writerblr #writers of tumblr #writing advice #writing community #creative writing #writing tips

[journey-to-the-attic]

the rest of the cast got their new song covers, so i wanted to try putting the others in a band :>

i did want to make it look a bit like an album cover but i have no idea how those are designed so eh?? i also couldn't think of any band or album/song names so. if anyone has any ideas...

#art #obey me #obey me raphael #jtta ik #obey me mephistopheles #obey me thirteen #from left to right they are: lead singer/rhythm guitar - drummer - lead guitar - bass #tbh any of them could've taken any role but bassist girl thirteen spoke to me and raph canonically sings well so that felt like it fit #i did consider ik as lead but she'd absolutely shred on the drums. she has so much pent-up rage to let out... #in context this is for a music festival diavolo's putting on but it'd be a fun au as well #i like to think thirteen is the overwhelming favourite of all the fangirls #also in terms of band name... #i was thinking something based on the fact that there's one of each species (human/demon/angel/reaper) but what word can i use for that #jo has suggested something involving the numbers 3 and 4 for 3 realms and 4 members #3.4HZ Harmony was the best we could come up but it feels like there should be a sorta other-world element to it #then again if it's an au then i guess they'd all be humans anyway #ah whatever #life and work related obligations have been growing so naturally i've been starting a bunch of creative endeavours to try to get away from #is this a long term good thing for future career prospects? probably not. but i'd rather be happy

[spindrifters]

among other things, the wga strike is a shatterpoint moment in deciding how much of a critical profession within an industry can be reduced to a poverty wage gig economy while ai takes over

if you think this doesn't affect your job somewhere down the line, reconsider that thought

#wga strike #and I'm not just talking about creative industries #my obgyn friend was telling me about some really disturbing parallels she's seeing in the medical field #I've seen people in the nonprofit sector discussing this on twitter #anyway felt like this deserved its own post

[heavydistraction]

#dincobb #din djarin #cobb vanth #the mandalorian #fanart #my art #let those middle aged men make out like they're teenagers 2k24 #listened to cowboy carter on repeat for two weekends and felt a boost of creativity i haven't had in ages. thank you beyonce. love is real

[stil-lindigo]

your favourite arach-narchists 🕷️

prints

#tried to draw this like how miles would in his sketchbook #god i love this movie to death #i preordered the artbook #you should too #i havent felt this rabid over a piece of media in YEARS #did i cry? yes #after the past couple of years for creatives this movie was like a warm hug and a nudge in the right direction #spiderverse team you are my everything #i think im done with my fanart spree though #at least until i rewatch spiderverse this weekend #spiderman #spiderman across the spiderverse #spiderverse #miles morales #hobie brown #gwen stacy #spidergwen #stillindigo art