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indecisivemuch · 1 month

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The Pact

Pairing: Luke Castellan x Reader

Summary: Seeing you yearn for a relationship and dejected over the lack of one, Luke Castellan proposes a dating pact. Little did you know, he was going to do more than just wait until the day the pact could happen (friends-to-lovers, fluff, pining, a lot of longing, lowkey jealous luke).

Note: Sort of inspired by Monica and Chandler's pact thing from Friends.

Word count: 3.4k

You were spending some time alone near the lake, trying to enjoy mid summer sunlight as well as the silence from the lack of campers and couples around. For some strange reason, the number of people dating at least tripled in the last three weeks. If you were honest, the sight of happy couples was starting to irritate you.

Your eyes glided through the lines in the novel you were reading, though you could barely get past a few pages before a degree of bitterness seeped through. You set the book down and sighed. Your head leaned against the tree behind you while shutting your eyes and furrowing your eyebrows.

Oh, if only someone could love you the same way love was portrayed in books.

Before the scowl could grow permanent on your face, you felt light finger tips setting on the crease between your eyebrows. Instead of getting scared, you remained calm. You knew immediately who it was because there was only one person who would do that. The person sat down next to you and you turned to see them already smiling at you.

To most, Luke Castellan was just the Hermes cabin counselor and best swordsman. But to you, he was a close friend and confidante. He has made it a habit to press softly against your scrunched eyebrows to prevent you from scowling further. It was somewhat sweet to you.

“What’s got you so bothered?” Luke asked, peering at you while tilting his head in a boyish manner. The look alone somehow made you blush. There was no denying that Luke was cute. You knew at least a handful of people at camp who would agree. It honestly surprised you that he was still single. Though you were somewhat relieved at that. For about a year now, you have had a little crush on the Hermes cabin counselor. It was not hard falling for his kind words and sweet actions.

“This is going to sound so stupid…” You let out a deep sigh.

“Oh, come on, since when have I judged you for being stupid?”

“Oh, so you do admit I’m stupid sometimes?”

“Yes, but is that really a problem, considering I find it endearing?” You hope he did not see the way your face heated up at his words.

Little did you know, Luke did notice it, just like he has always noticed little details about you. Knowing he was the reason behind your pink-tinted cheeks filled his heart with joy. In fact, throughout the last year, it got to the point where he would grow very bold with his flirty jokes, disguising his feelings in between them. Honestly, he was surprised you had not caught up to the truth yet.

“Okay, well, so many people have gotten together lately, and it’s got me a little bit annoyed.”

“Why?” Luke questioned.

“Because, I want that experience, you know? The teenage love thing. We already have a strange life, fighting creatures and going on quests that could kill us. I just want to at least experience an aspect of a normal teenage life,” you watched him nod and digest your words. “I didn’t want it, want it. But seeing everybody else experiencing it makes me wonder when it will be my turn, you know?” You sighed before adding, “To make matters worse, it seems like nobody is interested in me that way, so…”

Luke almost let out a chuckle of disbelief at your last remark. Oh, many Demigods found you cute. But if only you knew to look right under your nose. He has always been here. If only you could see him how he wanted you to and give him a chance.

Ever since the day Luke Castellan met you, he became a dreamer. During the night, every dream would be of you, while in the morning, he’d daydream of you until he would see you next. You filled in every thought, walking in his mind like it was your home. But even if it wasn’t your place, he’d still give you the keys without hesitation.

“So…you just want to experience teenage love?”

“Well, that, and ideally, to be loved too. I don’t just want some casual teenage love, but at the same time, I’m tired of waiting around.”

A lightbulb practically lit up inside Luke’s head as an idea popped up. The logical part of his mind was yelling that this was a bad idea, though the more chaotic side was pushing him to just give it a shot. Though, he spent little time contemplating.

“What if we make a pact? By the end of summer - so maybe in about a month - if you haven’t started dating anybody…let’s date each other,” Luke blurted out before his mind could talk him into backing out. It was stupid, and he knew it. But if that was one way to potentially date you, then so be it.

Luke’s heart squeezed when he saw you completely frozen. He started panicking. Maybe he made it too obvious, and perhaps you didn’t like him in that way and were trying to find a way to back out.

“I mean—just so the both of us could experience teenage love, you know? I think it will be great. We already get along well. We’re good friends. What could go wrong?” Luke tried in a more casual voice.

A lot could go wrong — you thought. A possible thing that could go wrong is that you would fall harder for Luke, and that feeling would absolutely destroy you when you two break up because he finally becomes genuinely interested in another girl. Or, it has you so hung up that you would confess to him, only for him to say that whatever you two had was just a pact. But Gods, your heart must actually be a fool to whisper to your brain, ‘I mean…at least you would no longer have to imagine how it would feel like to be his.’

“Sure,” you said before you could think twice about it. “Deal,” you grabbed his hand and shook it.

“Deal.”

Now…Luke just needed to do a couple more things in the meantime.

During the first week, you asked Clarisse to set you up with somebody. She introduced you to one of her friends, Dean. However, when you mentioned Dean to Luke, he clicked his tongue before warning you.

“I just think you deserve better, Y/N. I’ve known him for five years and have never seen him bring one person on a date twice. Last week alone, he went on a date with five people.” Since then, you haven’t spoken to Dean again, deciding that you don’t want to try and date a playboy.

Two weeks later, you asked this guy on a date. He came to the picnic you had set up with a bouquet of flowers. However, your smile faltered slightly when you realized they were the type of flowers you disliked. You shook the negative thoughts away. After all, it’s the effort that counts.

Things quickly went downhill as the guy started sneezing…a lot. His eyes were watering, and it seemed like he was borderline getting sick. You noticed him trying to stop sneezing. You could feel the guy trying—you really did. But the last straw broke when he turned away to sneeze mid-sentence but didn’t do it fast enough.

Three days before the day that marked the day the pact would be able to begin, you attended a party hosted by the Hermes cabin. You were honestly done with trying to find someone to date. Perhaps, this pact thing was not such a bad idea after all, even if Luke might not like you as much as you like him. But at least you knew he would treat you well.

However, your numbers must have turned because somebody had walked up to you and struck up a conversation. With similar humor, your jokes bounced off each other’s, and you almost started crying from laughing at one point.

The sound of your laughter caught the attention of the Hermes cabin counselor. Luke could feel his lips slowly curling up into a smile at the sound of your giggles and laughter. He has always found the sound so endearing.

However, when he turned his gaze over at you, his eyebrows scrunched at the sight of you conversing with another Hermes boy — Oscar, who was also one of his friends. Luke was no longer paying attention to the conversation in his circle right now. His ears were busy trying to make out what that boy was saying to make you laugh like that. However, he almost left his friends when you touched Oscar’s arm while giggling at another one of his jokes.

You always tend to physically react to Luke’s jokes, from small touches while laughing to you playfully slapping his arm at his cheekier jokes. They never fail to make the tip of his ears grow red while his cheeks match the same color. Though Luke swore he had never seen you this way with anybody else. Hence, he was less than enthusiastic at the sight of you doing the same with another guy right now.

You continued talking to Oscar, but your conversation stopped when somebody bumped into Oscar and spilled their drink onto him.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to trip…” the guy who bumped into Oscar apologized.

“Chris, it’s okay, don’t worry about it,” Oscar said, though a sigh quickly followed his words. “I’ll just go and wash the drink off, but I’ll talk to you in a bit, though?” Oscar looked at you. He smiled when you gave him a sweet nod.

“Sorry again, man,” Chris said before watching Oscar exit the cabin. He turned to you now. “So, how are you? Are you enjoying the party?” You answered Chris and started catching up with him. You and Chris met through Luke, though as the years went on you two became friends as well.

With your focus now on Chris, you did not notice the figure of the Hermes cabin counselor zooming past you two and outside, following a certain someone. However, your conversation with Chris didn’t last long because Clarisse swooped in and borrowed you from Chris.

“So, I saw you talking to Oscar. Give me the details,” she said, dragging you down to sit beside her.

“He’s great! It’s so easy to talk to him and be around him.”

“Easier than with Luke?” you gave her a warning glare. You might have told her about your little crush on Luke, though you confessed that to her out of the belief that nothing would ever happen and that it would pass soon. Fast-forward to a year later, your feelings have not changed.

“...No, but—”

“I’m telling you, Luke’s the best one for you.”

“He doesn’t like me like that.”

“If he doesn’t like you like that, he would have never made that pact with you." When you didn’t reply to her, Clarisse decided to bring something else up. “Alright, let’s move on and talk about something else then…another candidate. Dean told me you didn’t show up.”

“Show up to what?”

“He wrote you a note asking you to meet him?” the look on your face must have told Clarisse you had no idea what she was talking about. “He wanted to ask you out on a date in person after that talk you two had three weeks ago.”

“Where did he leave the note?”

“Apparently, he was planning to get me to give it to you, but he passed Luke on his way to me, who offered to give it to you.”

“Well, I never got the note. I guess it doesn’t matter anyway. Luke told me he’s quite a player.” Clarisse pondered on the information you just provided her. Dean was in no way a player. She knew he has only been on one date with another person at camp. However, the puzzle pieces quickly clicked for Clarisse and she leaned back with a smirk.

Before you could question the look on Clarisse's face, Oscar came back to the party.

“Well, if you don't mind, Oscar is back and I have a good feeling about him. So I'm going to go and talk to him,” you left Clarisse, walking in the direction Oscar did. Meanwhile, Clarisse only silently chuckled. She knew exactly what Luke was up to and it made her shook her head in amusement.

“Hey,” you touched Oscar’s arm, though the cheery grin on your face fell when he slightly flinched and shrugged your hand off. “Uhm, it’s good you got that stain off your shirt,” your eyebrows furrowed when you realized Oscar was not even making eye contact with you.

“So, tell me more about that quest you went on last year?” you asked, hoping to start a conversation again. However, Oscar quickly broke out the truth.

“Listen, you seem very lovely, but I don’t want to put myself in the middle of anything. I don’t want to cause any drama.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m not the type of guy to steal girls my friends are talking to or having a thing with,” you scrunch your eyebrow in confusion. Just as you were going to question what Oscar was referring to, his eyes betrayed him and looked at someone. You followed his eyesight only to see Luke already looking at you while glancing between you and Oscar. Though realizing he had been caught, Luke looked away and back to his friends.

That was when everything made sense.

“Uh oh…” Chris’s voice snapped Luke from whatever his friends were saying. He followed his gaze to where Chris was looking, only to see you storming over.

“We need to talk,” Luke tried not to think too much about the way your hand felt on his wrist as you pulled him through the crowd and outside. As always, he blindly followed you to wherever you were taking him.

You released Luke from your grip and stood with hands on your hips. You took a deep breath.

“Are you kidding me? Have you been sabotaging me? You told me Dean plays around, but apparently he doesn’t. He also gave you a note to give to me, but you never did it. Then, Oscar, who I was getting along with, came back acting weird, wouldn’t even look me in the eye, and then told me we have a thing going on?”

Oh, Gods, you found out about what he has been doing.

“Listen…” Luke started off while rubbing his neck, though he was unsure what to say next because he was indeed guilty of every accusation you were throwing towards him. But how was he meant to trust fate that you would still be single by the time the pact would be able to come true?

So, he intervened in his own way. That included throwing away Dean’s note, having Chris spill a drink on Oscar to get the boy away from you so Luke could have a talk with him. He might have also suggested your date two weeks ago to get you flowers, despite knowing that the boy was allergic to flowers.

All he wanted to do was to make sure the pact could happen.

“Luke…why? You know I wanted this. I wanted to experience things and date someone.” You weren’t mad, but you were slightly disappointed and confused. You didn’t understand Luke’s intentions behind his actions.

However, Luke misinterpreted the look on your face. He thought you were genuinely upset, and that alone pinched Luke’s heart. He gulped at the idea that he might have disappointed you or made you sad. Screw waiting until the pact happens before confessing. What use would that be when you might somehow start hating him?

“...Maybe I wanted it to be me,” Luke confessed, watching your eyes widen. “You told me you wanted to experience teenage love and feel loved, and you’re tired of waiting until it’s your turn. But I have never told you what I want.” Luke took a step closer to you before starting.

“I want to be the one to take you on dates and give you your favorite flowers every single time. I want to be your personal hype man and be your shoulder to cry on if you ever need one. I want to sit with you by the lake while you read. I also want to read the books you read and those little annotations you make. I want to learn about the things you love and the things you don’t. I want to do things you love. I want to show and tell you just how amazing you are every single day. I want to let the feelings I have right now grow cause I really like the idea of loving you, and I want to get there someday.”

You stood there shell-shocked. This felt almost surreal, like something you read from one of your novels. You have always wished to have someone who practically walked out of a romance novel.

“I want you.”

And here he was, standing in front of you, begging for a chance to be yours.

“And I know you just want teenage love, and I could offer you that. But just know I’m also offering so much more, even if you don’t treat the pact the same way as I do and will only view it as a casual relationship. But I suggested that pact and chased all those guys away because I like you a lot, Y/N. And in hindsight, it was stupid and selfish. But I did it because I felt like it was the only way I could have you.”

“I like you too, Luke,” the words slipped out so easily like they were always meant to be said. “I want you to be my teenage love. I want you too.” You’ve been walking around asking when it would be your turn. If only you had paid attention and looked closer instead, you might have noticed he felt the same way. You wanted everything he has spoken of and be just the same for him — to be there for him and learn to love the things he does.

“And I look forward to every single one of the things you’ve told me, and be the same for you. I really can’t wait for it. However, there is one thing I really want right now,” you said as you walked closer to him, one hand taking his own into yours.

“What?” Luke rasped out, looking so tentatively at you. Gods, whatever wish that spills from your lips this second will have him scour the world for it—whatever guarantees your happiness.

“I want you to kiss me.”

Oh, you could ask him for a thousand kisses, and he would give you a million.

Luke’s cheeks grew rosy at your request. He stepped closer, tucking your hair behind your ear without breaking eye contact.

“Can I?” He whispered in a honey-like tone, and you knew right then that if he kept talking to you in that voice, you’d do absolutely anything he asked.

“Mhm,” your quiet hum granted Luke permission to his next addiction. Without hesitation, Luke attached your lips together with both hands caressing your face tenderly. In return, you wrapped your arms around his shoulders and pulled you both closer until your bodies were flushed against one another. Slowly but surely, you also tangled your fingers in his curls. Luke almost immediately melted against your touch, sighing in contentment against the kiss.

Luke was convinced this was now his new favorite thing to do. He wondered if you could taste it through the kiss—his feelings and borderline infatuation for you. Either way, he intended on making every kiss like this: wholeheartedly and as if it would be your last.

Now, if you were to ask Luke Castellan how to get the person of your dreams, here’s what he’d advise you:

Step 1. Be stupid and propose a dating pact (tick).

Step 2. Chase away every other potential candidate (tick).

Step 3. Confess (tick).

Step 4. Fulfill all those promises you have made about loving the person (To be continued...But, he’s intending to do this for as long as you’ll let him).

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specialagentlokitty · 2 months

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Joey x reader - belong together

Can you do one where Joey gets stood up and Make Reader tells him maybe he's not going for the right team and offered to go on a date with him? If that's not your thing maybe have a Female Reader who's a nerd and say he's always going for models or not smart ladies? - Anon💜

Hearing a knock on your door, you looked up from the dinner you were cooking and wiped your hands on the dish cloth, making your way over to open it.

You furrowed your brows in confusion when you saw who was stood on the other side.

“Joey? What’s wrong?”

“Everything sucks…” he grumbled.

You stepped aside, letting him come inside and you closed the door, making your way back to the kitchen.

You slapped his hand away from the fridge as he went to grab a few snacks.

“I’m cooking dinner, it’s nearly ready.”

Joey stood looking over your shoulder, looking at the food in the pans.

“What’re we having?”

“We’re having chilli, can you get me some bowls?”

He nodded, getting the bowls and some cutlery, and you dished his up for him before making your own.

Joey walked to your couch and sat down and you sat next to him, handing him the TV remote so he could put whatever it was he wanted in the TV.

“So, do you want to tell me why everything sucks?” You asked.

Joey sighed, resting his head on your shoulder.

“I had a date with this really hot chick right, we’re talking mind blowingly hot. Set a time and everything, I wasn’t even late, sat there for an hour and she never even turned up.”

You nodded a little bit, carrying on eating your dinner.

“Where’d you meet her?”

“Audition.”

You hummed a little bit, shrugging your shoulder to let him know that you wanted to move.

When Joey sat up, you moved forward to set your bowl on the table and sat back again, letting Joey rest his head on your shoulder.

“I mean I didn’t do anything wrong did it?” He asked.

“No, no of course you didn’t.”

You took your friends hand, giving it a gentle squeeze to reassure him.

You knew ever since Chandler and Monica got together he was struggling with the idea of being alone.

But Joey wasn’t exactly the kind of guy to stick to a stable relationship, he slept around, never interested in getting to know the women after.

He was trying, but he either slipped back into old habits, or he would come up with some excuse as to why it wouldn’t work out between them.

“Then what am I doing wrong? Come on (N/N) you always know everything.”

You sighed a little bit.

“I’m not exactly qualified to give relationship advice J, I’m hardly the statue to compare relationships with. I don’t really do relationships if you haven’t noticed.”

Joey shuffled around a little bit, laying on his back, his head in your lap.

You ran your fingers through his hair, glancing down at him before turning your attention back to the TV.

“You always say smart things. Tell me smart things.”

This made you laugh a little bit.

“Alright, okay. Have you ever considered perhaps you’re dating the wrong demographic of people?”

Joey furrowed his brows in confusion.

“Consider all your past relationships, both actual relationships and casual flings you’ve had with people.”

“Okay?”

“What do they all have in common?”

Joey thought for a moment, going quiet as he thought about your question.

“They’re all smoking hot.”

“Perhaps that’s your mistake.”

“What?”

“Joey you only go for good looking women, you don’t think about how smart they may be, what they do for work, what kind of person they are, you see a hot woman and you chase after her. What happened to you today is no different than what you did to all those other women.”

He slowly nodded his head.

“So, what do I do? How do I have what Monica and Chandler have?”

“Stop chasing after just one night stands and hot women. Find a friend first, build your relationship up from that friendship. Take things slowly.”

“So? Like nerds?”

You slapped his chest and he laughed a little bit, taking your hand to hold it against his chest so you couldn’t slap him again.

“You can’t go around calling people nerds idiot. I’m saying maybe go for a woman with smarts, who can actually look at you and see you for more than just an actor, a chance for big money. Who sees that you’re actually a really sweet guy, who loves animals, who has such a huge and kind heart.”

Joey smiled softly.

“Do you really think that? You don’t think I’m some asshole?”

“I think you’re an asshole at the best of times J, but you wanna know something?”

Joey sat up, turning around so he could look at you.

Getting up, you placed your hand on the side of his face and pressed a tender kiss to his forehead.

“I know you deserve somebody who understand who you actually are, all those models you like to go out with won’t ever see that.”

You grabbed the two bowls, taking them through to the kitchen while Joey just sat there for a moment processing what you had said.

He jumped up, rushing around the couch and he stood in the doorway to the kitchen.

“(Y/N)?”

You turned around to look at him.

He wore a little grin on his face as he gestured from himself to you.

“What about me and you?”

You laughed softly at him.

“Joey have you really though this through?”

“For like a minute yeah, come on, you’re my best friend, and you already know me! You know what I like and don’t like, and I know you! Come on, just a date!”

You sighed a little bit, and he grinned a little bit more, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

“Just dinner?”

“We just had dinner.”

“Tomorrow?”

You hummed a little bit.

“Think about it for a week, if that’s still what you want then alright.”

“Yes!”

Joey ran over to you, crushing you in a hug and you laughed, hugging him back just as tightly, letting him move you from side to side.

You had always had feelings for Joey, but you had never had the guts to act on them, so the thought of going to dinner with him made your whole life light up.

But you needed to make sure that he was serious about this, cause you couldn’t bare a broken heart and loosing your best friend

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finalgirlfae · 2 years

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touch, finn wolfhard

finn x female reader

summary: finn just can’t seem to get enough of his best friend :)

if you don’t like finn smut, don’t read this or comment on it. simple. i really don’t want anyone bitching and moaning in the comments because it’s annoying and i don’t give a shit!

if u do like finn smut, i hope u enjoy<3

finn liked to consider himself a respectable young man. he didn’t do anything that was too out of the ordinary or think any thoughts that any other teenage boy hadn’t.. until there was you. the great reckoning.

he couldn’t seem to control himself around you. you two had been friends for a while, and he always acknowledged that you were really pretty but thought nothing of it. he liked to look at you and admire your kissable lips, perfect hair and pretty eyes. the way your baby hairs fell or the purse of your lips you made when in deep concentration or thought. there’s nothing wrong with admiring your friend. finn thought, that was until the admiration turned into more of a severe sexual pining. everything you did made the boy absolutely feral.

“what do you think about this one?” you asked, turning as he watched the way the short green tennis skirt flowed around your hips. the open window allowed in a gentle breeze which made him narrow his eyes as a hint of your panties were flashed to him.

“i like it better than the pink.” he spoke. he was paying attention- truly. even if half the time he was looking at your hardened nipples and how they poked through your white crop top due to the cold temperature of the room.

you sighed. “i’ll just figure this out in the morning.”

finn watched with a tight jaw as your hands reached for your skirt, tugging it down to reveal your black panties again. your ass was just so fucking perfect. you bent down in front of the dresser, opening the bottom one and pulling out flannel night shorts to change into.

he was fully aware that you could probably feel him staring at your ass, but he couldn’t help himself. you stood up, putting on the shorts and turning around to him with a remote in your hand.

“wanna watch a show?” you asked, sort of snapping him out of his daze.

he only looked at you and nodded, lost in the trance of how good you looked right now. so pretty, he thought. and you were fresh out the shower too, so the scent of vanilla body scrub on your skin did him no justice.

you laid down on the bed facing the tv mounted on to your wall, your feet next to finn’s lap as she scrolled through HBO max beside deciding to settle on friends. it was one of the london episodes.

“would you ever do that?” finn asked, glancing at monica and chandler in bed together the next morning as he played with the anklet around your ankle, pulling at the little gems on it.

“sleep with my best friend?”

he shrugged, though you couldn’t see him, and tried to be nonchalant about it. but really, he wanted to know if it was ever even a possibility that you’d be together intimately- or romantically.

you thought for a second before nodding.,“yeah.”

finn felt himself freeze a bit. “yeah?”

you sat up and paused the tv before turning to face him, you noticed the look in his eyes and smiled a bit to yourself at it. “it’s just nice.. y’know?”

“yeah.” he said in agreement.

you moved closer. “it’s comfortable.”

“mhm.”

“you know them well,” he seemed to lean in closer with every word that fell from your lips. “you know they’ll be good because they know you better than anyone else.” the tomr of your voice was light and teasing, sultry in every was possible.

you watched the way his eyes fell to your lips as his mouth slowly opened and you enjoyed every second of it. you knew finn liked you, you knew it good and well. all the longing stares, the rosy cheeks and touches.

god. his touch.

finn used any and every excuse to touch you and you didn’t mind it the slightest bit. just a moment ago he was playing with your jewelry and before that he played with your hair.

finn would stand close behind you if he could, place his hands on your waist to move you out the way, lean close to you- just anything you get near you.

you enjoyed his affection, and you knew you would be ready to return it if he had just asked. you wanted him to kiss you, to touch you in the ways he’s spent nights dreaming of. you wanted it all. but he had to initiate it.

you turned away quickly and unpaused the episode. “i’m gonna go to the bathroom real quick.”

a small smirk formed on your lips as you reveled in the knowing that you had left him wanting more. you saw the way he was leaning in to kiss you, noticed the trance in his eyes and pulled away anyways. what was the harm in teasing a bit?

you couldn’t even close the door before finn was at it, pushing it open and making you turn around. he stepped closer to you, making you lean back against the counter. you could feel the warmth of his skin from how close he stood.

“it’s comfortable.” he spoke softly, continuing your previous conversation. “you don’t mind it when they look at you like this..’ his eyes swam lust. “or when they touch you like that,” one of his hands moved to your waist while he used the others to hold your chin. “or kiss you like this.”

his lips were warm. the kiss had been long overdue and you both nearly melted into it. his hands began to travel your body, first cupped on your face and then moving down to your hips, massaging them gently before gripping your ass and earning a moan.

finn wrapped an arm around your waist and began to pull you backwards out of the bathroom and back into you room. he tripped over the bed which earned a laugh from you. as he laid there on his back, you took the opportunity to crawl on top of him, continuing the make out session.

the way his fingers traced over your back sent chills up and down your body, he pushed his lips up to yours and at the same time rutted his hips, trying to create some kind of friction between the two of you.

he sat up, pulling your thighs to make you sit on his lap before flipping the two of you over.

“where the fuck did you learn that?” you smiled, pulling away from his lips. he didn’t say anything as he moved off the bed and on to the floor, on his knees. again he pulled you by your thighs to the edge of the bed.

“can i?” he asked, putting his hands to the hand of your shorts. your heart thumped and you nodded eagerly. finn pulled down your shorts slowly along with your underwear and the urge to close your legs took over.

he seemed patient as ever, standing up to kiss you for reassurance before getting back down. he gently brought your legs apart, staring in awe at how your pussy glistened.

“i’ve wanted to do this for so long..” finn spoke in a breathless manner. he pushed apart your thighs and slowly kissed the inners of them before bringing his face to your pussy and taking the first lick.

your back arched at the feeling of his warm tongue on you. he wasted no time in wrapping his lips around your clit and sliding two long fingers into you.

a breathy “oh my god..” fell from your lips as you reached and grabbed a fist full of his hair, causing the boy to moan into your pussy. the vibration of the sound made your back arch.

he was so good. he curled his fingers in you, pumping them in and out quickly all while he sucked earnestly on your sensitive clit. when he pulled his fingers out, he was quick to replace them with his tongue.

your back arched even more as moans fells again and again from your lips. his nose rubbed against your clit end you felt the knot in your stomach tighten as you came on his face.

but he didn’t stop.

finn continued to tongue fuck your pussy, swallowing everything that you spilled with fervor.

“finn-” you managed to moan out. he seemed to take the hint and pulled away from your pussy slowly, kissing it one last time.

“fuck me. please.” you begged, gripping his arm. finn began to pull off your shirt as you undid his pants, everything moved so quickly.

soon you were both naked on the. he lined up with your entrance, pushing into your pussy with a moan.

“fuck..” finn moaned out. his gripped your hips steadily, setting in at a slow pace. “you’re so wet.” he spoke, peppermint breath fanning over your face. he leaned down, giving your lips and kiss before pushing deeper into you earning a moan.

finn lifted up your leg, placing it over his shoulder and setting one hand next to your head to support himself. with the other his moved it down, using his thumb to rub circles on your puffy clit. every way he touched felt so good.

his name fell from your lips like a prayer as he picked up the pace. this was all he ever dreamed over. looking down on your as your pussy clenched around him, seeing the look of ecstasy on your face as he slammed his hips into yours.

he couldn’t take his eyes off you. your moans were like a symphony to him and he loved that he was the one making that kind of music. when you clenched again, wrapping your legs around his waist and bringing him closer to you in a hug he nearly came then and there.

“i’m so close..” you moaned, biting his shoulder and digging nails into his skin. he groaned at the way your wet pussy pulled him back in. with every stoke of his thick cock he made you see stars.

another moan of his name spilled from your lips as you came on him for the second time that day. you breathed heavily, leaning back down on the bed and cupping his face and his continued to pound into your pussy.

“fuck, you feel so fucking good y/n oh my god” he closed his eyes, throwing his head back as he pulled out and came on you. finn took a breath before laying beside you on the bed, turning to look at your face.

“what are you thinking about?” he asked, placing a hand on your stomach.

“if i took my birth control today..”

finn laughed and leaned up, kissing your lips quickly before pulling you off the bed. “come on, let’s shower.”

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#smutty #smut fic #finn wolfhard smut #finn wolfhard x y/n #finn wolfhard x reader #finn wolfhard #best friends to lovers

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Bing! (Chandler Bing x Male Reader)

It was another lovley day in New York, and our group was sitting in Monica and Rachel's apartment.

"I mean, it's hard to enjoy a cup of ramen noodles after that. I mean, is that ridiculous? Can she believe she actually thought that?" Chandler asked. We all look at eachother before Rachel speaks up first. "Um... yeah" She laughs nervously under Chandler's gaze. "Well I mean, when I first met you, you know, I thought maybe you might possibly be." Chandler looks at her shocked. "You did?" "Yeah, but then you spent Phoebe's entire birthday party talking to my breasts, so I thought 'maybe not'" Chandler sets down his plate. "huh, did uh, did any of the rest of you guys think that when you first met me?" He asked the remainder of us. I coughed awkwardly and Phoebe and Monica replied saying they did. "Not me!" Joey assured. "Yeah, me neither. In college though, Susan Salidore did." Ross answers. "Well did you tell her I'm not?" My heart sank a bit at his words. Like I needed a reminder. "No" Ross replied, resuming eating. He paused again to say "Yeah, it's just cause I kinda wanted to go out with her too. So I told her you were actually seeing Bernie Spellman, who uh, also liked her so." I rolled my eyes. Joey highfived him.

"Well, this is fascinating. So uh, what is it about me?" Chandler asked. "I don't know, cause you're smart and funny-" Chandler innterupts Phoebe "Ross and Y/n are smart and funny and you don't think that about them" My eyes widened a bit at his statement. I actually was gay, well, bi but still. I've hidden it from my friends because I'm not sure how they'd react, especially Chandler, considering I have a huge crush on him. "Yeah, right!" They all laughed and I awkwardly laughed along with them. "Well, what is it?" Chandler asked again, clearly upset. "I-I don't know, you just have a, a quality!" Monica responded. Everyone agreed with her. "Oh, oh, a quality. Good, I thought you were going to be vauge about it." Chandler sighed.

Later that day it was just Phoebe, Joey, me, and Rachel Waitressing. Monica and Ross were visiting their sick nana and Chandler was at his apartment doing who knows what. "Hey, do you guys ever think about, um, if one of us were gay?" I asked hesitantly. I need to come out eventually, might as well test the waters. "I wouldn't really care, I've dated a few girls" Phoebe shrugged, making my eyes go wide. "You have?" Joey and I gasped. "Yeah, it's not a big deal. I mean, I like guys too, it's more about the soul, y'know?" She explained. I smiled to myself and nodded my head. I totally understood what she meant. I mean, sure it helps for people to be pretty, but I've always been more focused on a person's personality than anything else. "Wait a minute, why did you ask Y/n? Did Chandler say somethin to ya?" He asked, sounding a bit hopeful. I looked at him quizzically. "No, why?" His face dropped and he insisted it was nothing.

After a bit Joey went to join Chandler in his apartment, I looked over at Phoebe nervously before scooting a little closer to her. "Um, Pheebs?" She looks up at me to continue. "So, you're attracted to men and women?" She nodded, smiling. "It's ok Y/n, you can say it." Huh, guess she already knew. "I um. I do too." I smile sheepishly. She sweeps me into a hug and squeals as quietly as possible. "Thank god, I know this great guy that you'd absolutely love!" I chuckle at her. Maybe it'd be ok to tell everyone and explore that part of me, maybe go out with a guy or two. "That'd be great, thank you so much Phoebe"

It's been a few weeks since that moment, and I'd decided it was finally time to tell everyone. We were all gathered in the girl's apartment, and I stood up in front of them all. "Ok, so, I have something to tell you all, nut you have to promise me you won't freak out." "Oh god, you didn't get back with Elizabeth. did you?" Monica gasped. I chuckled and shook my head. "No, it's uh... I'm bisexual, it means I um, I like men and women" I smiled sheepishly at the group. There was a moment of silence before Monica and Rachel tackled me in a hug, Joey smiled at me and pats my shoulder, and Ross and Chandler look at me shocked. I was terrified that they'd say something bad but Ross just sputtered out "Good for you!" and came to join the hug. "Ah, what the hell?" Joey smiled and joined in on the hug, as well as Phoebe. Chandler just stood there, gawking, and it terrified me.

"Sooo, any special guy make you want to share the news?" Monica teased after we all had sat back down. Chandler still hadn't said a word. "Well, not yet, but Pheebs said she was gonna set me up with someone." I blushed. "Oh! Oh! Alexander, yeah! He said he's free saturday if you want me to set you up for this weekend!" Phoebe cheered. I agreed to it and everyone seemed really excited for me, except for the silent Chandler.

It was sunday morning, and I yawned as I left my bedroom to grab a cup of coffee. "Hey, N/n, Do you have any eggs?" Joey asked, letting himself into my apartment. "Joe, I gave you that key for emergencies." I nervously laughed, glancing towards my room. "So what? It's not like I'll see anything-" he was cut off by my bedroom door opening and a tall handsome man walked out, calling for me. "Ohhoho, someone got lucky!" Joey teased. I blushed and glared at him "eggs are in the fridge." I grumbled, glancing at the man next to my room. "So, uh, Alex, this is Joey." I awkwardly muttered, The two nodded at eachother. "Hey Joe, whats-" Chandler stopped when he saw the three of us awkwardly standing there. "Oh, that's what." He huffed, before storming out. "What's his problem?" Alex asked.

"So, was he hot?" Monica asked me and Joey. "Yeah" I blushed. "Oooo, I knew you two would get along!" Phoebe squealed. "Yeah, it's great" Chandler mumbled. "What's got you down?" "Nothing" He grumbled. "It's just, do we always have t talk about whowe date? Can't we talk about something else?" and there it is, exactly what I feared. He was uncomfortable with me talking about dating a man. I raised an eyebrow "How come you've never had a problem before?" I asked, annoyed. "Well, I, Uh-" He sputtered. "Look Chandler, if you're uncomfortable with me seeing a man just say it!" I huff, storming off.

I sat alone in my apartment, Snuggled up under a blanket, grumbling about Chandler under my breath. Why does it matter to him who I'm dating? It's none of his beeswax! A knock at my door sounded. "I'm not in the mood Pheebs" I assumed she came to comfort me, but the voice coming from behind the door wasn't hers. "Hey, Y/n, it's me." It was Chandler. I stormed over to the door, swinging it open. "What do you want?" I asked sharply. "Look, I-I, I owe you an explanation" "Sure as hell do" I interjected, stepping aside to let him in. "Ok, look, I've only told one other person this before and I don't know how to say it so I'm just going to blurt it out. I'm bisexual and I may like you" He said the last part faster, but I caught it. "R-Really? All this time you, you liked me?" I breathed. "Yes. E-Ever since I met you, you took my breath away. You're handsome, smart, funny, and-and I've only ever liked one guy in college so I thought it was a phase, y'know? I thought there was no way you would like me, because I'd only ever seen you with girls, and then you came out and I thought about tewlling you but you went on a date with that guy and-" I cut him off by smashing my lips onto his. After a few moments of the best kiss I've ever had, we pulled away. "Wow" Chandler breathed. "Sooo, do you wanna head to your room?" He smirked at me. "Bing!" I gasped and hit his chest.

#chandler bing #chandler bing x reader #chandler bing x male reader #x male reader #male reader #friends #friends x reader

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foralleternityidiot · 2 months

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SHIPPER TAG GAME

tagged by @negrowhat

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care anymore?

Hmmmm. I wasn’t the biggest shipper as a teenager and all the ships I did obsess over still own my fucking soul. I ship for life.

2. Which ship would you consider your first one?

That’s a toss up between Monica x Chandler (Friends), Mulder x Scully (The X Files), Cory x Topanga (Boy Meets World), and Rick x Evie (The Mummy) I can’t remember which came first because they all were pretty simultaneous.

3. Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

Romione. Although I remember dabbling in writing fan fiction in a spiral bound notebook at the age of 14, it was always sort of self-insert non-romantic LOTR character building. My first actual fanfiction (reading and/or writing) was Ron x Hermione when I was 19.

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw a fanart over?

100% LOTR… but I don’t remember which pairing. Probably like Frodo x Sam or Legolas x Gimli, but I didn’t get into MM shipping until I was a full blown adult about to finish college.

5. Did you ever get into ship discourse?

Somewhat when I was in the Glee fandom but that fandom was a clusterfuck of ship discourse. I pretty much lived on the corner of fuck off and leave me alone.

6. Did you used to have any no-otp or have it currently?

Maybe? But I didn’t really care too much about looking at anything outside my own ship OR I was a multi-shipper. So I don’t really remember a specific notp. I’m sure there were some though. There was so much trash in the glee fandom, I’m sure I hated something.

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

I haven’t touched a fan fic in over 10 years so (I should get a chip!) the last one I read was likely Klaine. Holy shit wtf time has flown.

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs?

Approximately 1.9 billion. Oh you want names? Well Hualian (TGCF), Wangxian (MDZS) and most recently Ranning (2ha) are the top three out of the 1.9 billion. Remember, I collect ships and keep them in my heart for all eternity.

9. Is there any couple that, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together?

Sam x Jack (Stargate SG1). It’s somewhat implied but my god I still yearn.

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting?

I didn’t dislike Cory x Shawn but I didn’t really get it back in the Girl Meets World hay day and it wasn’t even on my radar at all during Boy Meets World. (Remember, I’m old and the internet was not what it is now during my youth so I didn’t even know about the Cory x Shawn ship for literally decades). Sometime after GMW ended and tiktok became popular there was a resurgence of BMW popularity and a lot of CxS analysis that opened my eyes. I enjoy the ship now but I’m still Cory x Topanga 4eva.

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, was considered normal but now you would be cancelled over?

Tbh not really. I used to be pretty boring. I definitely have some in the present that would though. 🤐

12. What was your favorite crack ship?

There were so many in the Glee fandom but I gotta go with Sebastian x Cooper just because it brought two of my friends together in a RP group and they ended up actually getting married. Ah… memories. I’m gonna tag @believesinponds in this post for the nostalgia.

13. Who is the couple you read more fanfics of?

None. But if I did it would absolutely be wangxian or hualian. Don’t fucking tempt me.

14. What most of your ships usually have in common?

In the past: Canonical.

Now: Canonical and Queer.

15. What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

Im gonna keep was Eboni wrote because it’s spot on: “Miscommunication and the noble idiocy trope.”

I'll tag @believesinponds @linameka @ommited-miscellaneously @ipromisedthesunset @kennyomegasweave @youdontnohme

#tag game

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perflorale · 7 months

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Fragrances i think Monica Geller would wear…

Rose Jam by Lush

Rose Jam is a gorgeous natural rose focused perfume containing rose oil and turkish rose. Not only that, but this fragrance contains actual marmalade! Which, for obvious reasons, fits Monica very well as she went overboard with her plan to make jam. This to me smells very reminiscent of a middle eastern dessert, because a lot of them use rose water and if you are a huge lover of rose like myself, i encourage you to try this fragrance out. It’s actually closer to a turkish delight thanks to that jammy quality so kindly given by the marmalade. There's an aromatic edge to it too, because it also contains spices. The Lemon in there really gives it a light tarty punch as well which enhances the rose notes. It’s an extremely delicious perfume, and Monica is a foodie and a chef and this perfume is legit like a jam. If you have ever eaten ACTUAL rose jam before, (one of my favourite types of jam) it’s extremely on the mark. It has that edible floral smell, quite lovely and suits her perfectly.

Bubble Bath by Maison Margiella

I adore this fragrance. I just had to give this one to Monica as well. She loves cleanliness, and this fragrance is exactly that. It has that clean soapy “just got out of the shower” smell, and is very befitting to Mrs Geller Bing. There was even an episode where it was revealed that taking baths was one of her most favourite things to do and she got Chandler addicted to them too. It’s not unheard of for couples to share fragrances sometimes and since this is a unisex fragrance, I would assign it to Chandler too. It’s got notes of soap, lavender, and white musk. Very calming notes, and since Monica can be neurotic and quite high strung sometimes, she’s deserving of a fragrance that can bring her some peace and tranquillity.

L’interdit Rouge by Givenchy

First of all, can we all pause to admire the gorgeous red bottle? Monica’s colour palette contains a lot of reds and burgundies so I feel her eye would be naturally drawn to the bottle and then when smelling this lovely fragrance she would fall in love with it’s sophistication. It’s a sweet and sophisticated, classy fragrance, as most givenchy fragrances are known to be. Audrey Hepburn herself adored this house and can you blame her? Monica is the most mature member in this friend group, the mom friend and this fragrance suits her well. I feel she would wear this when she wants to feel her most put together and pair it with a lovely red or burgundy dress for a special occasion or date. It opens with blood orange and ginger, which is daring and can represent Monica’s scrappiness and love for a challenge. She’s very driven and competitive and those are intense notes to open with. The middle and base notes are all composed of white florals, woods and plants that give this fragrance it’s sophistication. Finally at the base you have sandalwood and vetiver, which in my opinion make this very sultry and appropriate for like a classy occasion where you want to feel sexy but in a subtle way. Sensual. I know vetiver is considered to be a masculine leaning note, but I honestly adore this note. One of my favourite notes, especially in a fragrance that is more feminine as it gives it a maturity. Now, when i say maturity, i by no means am saying this is something your grandmother would’ve worn or that it’s dated. Far far from that. It’s just a really gorgeous scent. Very womanly. Honestly, I find this to be very on brand for her.

White Tea by Elizabeth Arden

Last but not least, this is the perfume I consider to be her everyday fragrance. It’s clean smelling, it’s affordable and Monica is the type to be smart with how she spends. It quite literally smells like a spa, and I think she would appreciate how clean it smells. It’s a no fuss affordable fragrance. It’s got two notes of tea in the middle, delicate florals, some aromatic woods at the base along with amber and tonka to give it body and depth. The ocean note and clary sage note at the top also give it a freshness. Very much a day time fragrance, she can wear for every occasion. It’s very forgiving. I highly recommend this beautiful fragrance if you love tea and tend to lean towards clean smelling perfumes. Its feminine and pretty in an effortless way. Monica is a very routine oriented and organised lady, and i think she would love this fragrance for it’s clean and fresh no nonsense characteristics.

🌸 As always if you want to see more fragrance match ups for characters you love or for yourself, hit me with an ask! 🌸

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renthebarbarian · 19 days

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How I think the Friends would feel about trans people (in 2024 because we know the original show was hella transphobic)

Phoebe: not only is a trans supporter, but uses she/they pronouns every now and then

Ross: claims he’s “not a transphobe”, just arguing that “sex is real” and that trans people “don’t understand biology”

Chandler: has done some work on himself, come to terms with the fact that he doesn’t really hate trans people, he just has unresolved trauma from his parents’ divorce, and he now considers himself a supporter (he makes jokes that Helena was invisible in his life growing up because she’s a “trans parent”)

Rachel: accepts trans people but hasn’t quite broken the habit of using words like “transsexual” or the t-slur

Monica: considers herself an ally but is struggling with the whole non-binary thing (“okay but like what parts do you have?”)

Joey: believes trans women are women, and that they belong in the kitchen making him a sandwich (he’s just kidding)

Gunther: is a trans woman now

#friends #shut up ren

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insanelydeadlybookcollector · 2 years

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722 The One With Chandler's Dad

The awkward segway, "so, you're bald," that shows these two people are related, giving us a glimpse of where Chandler gets his sense of timing and social understanding from.

I love that Chandler sees someone hurting and immediately does whatever he can to change that. He stands up, possessed with the need to make things right - he's not forgiving his father, but he's extending an olive branch.

( I know a handful of people think that this is all because of Monica's pushing, but he doesn't glance at her, doesn't consider her at all. His eyes are firmly on the person he's hurting and Chandler recognises he's doing the same neglecting that his parents did, that it hurts them just as much, and comes to the conclusion that he doesn't want to do that anymore). (And that's all Monica wanted him to do anyway, a peace offering and an invitation).

"We." Because even in moments like this Chandler thinks in terms of him and Monica as a couple. And they both do want to extend the invitation. It's just so easy for him to say it. I think the language is also really important. Monica wants to meet his family. Chandler agrees he doesn't want to regret anything and sees that it might be important to invite his family. Chandler would like his father to be at his wedding. But what word does he use? "LOVE" A friendly form of address, a strong positive emotion, the highest modality he could possibly use. And I don't think he uses it to be persuasive, I think he genuinely means it.

I love the glance down to Monica. To me, it says two things:

1. Charles/Helena cannot believe this is happening, "Really?!" This is everything.

2. Recognition of Monica's positive influence on Chandler and thanking her for this. And Monica grins because this is really happening but also shakes her head, because this wasn't her doing. It's all Chandler. I repeat: She shakes her head because this wasn't her. She just got him in proximity. Chandler made this decision all by himself.

And then Chandler corrects himself (he sees his father's glance to Monica and doesn't want there to be any doubt). Chandler recognises the "we" indicates he's been pressured to do this, but he hasn't and he wants to make that known. "I know it would make me happy."

I know a lot of people think Chandler's issue with his father is the sexuality, even Charles/Helena does (which is why the smile is so big when Chandler accepts it). But that's not the case, Chandler's biggest issue is the neglect - that's why he doesn't return calls, not because he's taken issue with his father's lifestyle (at fifteen he plucked eyebrows and he's featured in the show) - the fact that he was left by the wayside by someone I'd say he was probably very close to, given how betrayed Chandler feels by his father leaving, and Chandler gave up contact because he was tired of deciphering what was genuine and what was a manipulation. And this, "ma'am" is Chandler letting his father know that he doesn't care, that he accepts this part of this person who ruined his childhood. That he's angry about a lot of things but not that and he's working on forgiving the rest of it.

#friends season seven #mondler #chandler and monica #monica and chandler #chandler x monica #monica x chandler #friends tv #monica geller and chandler bing #monica geller #chandler bing #monica geller bing #monica geller x chandler bing #chandler bing and monica geller #f.r.i.e.n.d.s

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firelord-suki · 2 months

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Heyyyy, Bianca!!! Happy Valentines!!! 💚💜💚💜

I was wondering here: which ships are your Top OTP? (And the reason you put them so high if you want to share!)

Heyyy! Happy late Valentines Day 💝 💘

Thank you for the question. At first, I struggled to come up with more than two ships, but then, once I started thinking back to old hypefixations, I couldn't stop lol to keep it short, I selected only four.

Here they are:

1. Levi and Hange

I mean, they gotta be on top, right? This is the ship that brought me back to fandom life and made me want to start writing and sharing my fanfics online. What first caught my interest was their interactions, their bickering, their bright & energetic/calm & annoyed dynamic. But now I think what I like the most about their relationship is their friendship, how much they trust and can count on one another. Considering how fucked up their world is, it's nice to know they have each other's back. AND the tragic element keeps me chained to them 😢 (I'll stop here otherwise I'd keep going on and on forever...)

2. Artemis and Wally (Young Justice)

These two... Honestly, Young Justice is probably what got me into the DC Universe and it was also my first contact with fandom spaces (I still remember the fics I used to read about this couple on ff.net back in 2012 lol). I think their relationship was so well constructed throughout the first season that it's impossible not to fall in love. The "I hate you but we're forced to work together" trope is one of my favorite and it excels with them! The annoyance and mistrust at the beginning slowly fading as they work together and finally learn to care about it each other as more than just teammates, but friends too? Peak romance 😭 Artemis' individual storyline was also very well done, and I love the angst coming from her past trauma, how it caused her wariness of the team and doubt their true intentions towards her. She's been mistreated her entire life but finally learned how to trust and love again, and Wally was a part of that <3

3. Vincenzo and Cha Young (Vincenzo)

This is a relatively new one. Granted, I'm not as obsessed with them as the other ones, but I still think they deserve their place here. Again, these two start off not really liking each other but end up on the same side, so they set their differences aside to work together (this seems to be a theme with my ships Lol). I just think they built a beautiful friendship and partnership. Cha Young was probably the only person Vincenzo could fully trust in that scenario (being in a new country, away from his subordinates and all). I liked how they learned how to rely on and trust the other. Yeah, Vincenzo was a Mafia consigliere but that didn't really made their relationship unbalanced? That was my main concern going through the series, considering that Cha Young is not as physically strong as him. But she's still just as smart, witty, brave and stubborn as him.

4. Kat and Patrick (10 things I hate about you)

Ahhhh, there's always a place in your heart for your first love ship. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love how Kat was always so abrasive and Patrick just wasn't put out by it. Of course, he was paid to take her out, but I know he secretly liked having her fight him all the time and always speak her mind. And I love that it didn't change towards the end, her character growth didn't involve her getting calmer or sweeter, just learning how to be vulnerable. Do I think that these two would've stayed together in the long run? Definitely no, but I still like the enemies-to-lovers situation going on here.

Honorable mentions that didn't make the cut: Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (in basically every universe, lol), Shikamaru and Temari, Suki and Sokka, Kaz and Inej, Mulder and Scully, Koyanagi and Kabakura, Ash and Eiji, Ava and Beatrice, Anne and Gilbert, Jaime and Brienne, Monica and Chandler, Jiwon and Sungming + Yina Yeeun (both from Age of Youth), Keith and Lance (happily, I outgrew my Voltron fase), Howl and Sophie, and last but not least, Ymir and Historia.

Thank you again!

#ask #about me #i'm kind of obsessed with the annoyance-to-lovers trope

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silverhallow · 6 months

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Do you ever think it might not be Francesca who is infertile but rather the Stirlings? The Bridgertons are incredibly fertile, it seems weird how Francesca struggle so hard. Meanwhile, both John and Michael are the only child, and Francesca had only married into the Stirling family and struggled to get pregnant with both of them.

I mean it is entirely possible that it is Francesca but sometimes it just takes time for people.

We don't know the reasons for John and Michael being old children but some families chose not to have multiples and I think given how John and Michael were brought up as close as brother's, perhaps Janet had a horrible pregnancy which is why she didn't have more than one since Michael is technically the "spare"

i think it's more likely a combination of both, a bit like Monica and Chandler in Friends but considering Janet is born nearly a full year after John is born, i think the whole infertile thing isn't really right... I think maybe it just was one of those that was taking time.

We don't know much about John and Fran's marriage but it could just be that they weren't really "trying" and whilst Michael and Fran did try, sometimes over trying can actually hinder your efforts (something the doctors told me when I started trying for my first) so it could be a combination of everything

#bridgerton #ask ash #francesca bridgerton #michael stirling #john stirling

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tannerjolson · 6 months

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Matthew Perry was my teacher

In high school, Matthew Perry was one of my teachers. Night after night I’d watch rerun episodes of Friends, learning from Perry’s iconic character, Chandler Bing. Through 30 minute episodes, Perry taught me how to be funny. He showed me how to be quick and witty. He demonstrated how to pay attention and be present and to show up as the only person you can show up as: yourself. Like the theme song says, Friends has always been there for me. Friends brought me comfort when I was homesick at college and while I lived alone in my early 20s. In some strange way, this show prepared me for what I didn’t know was ahead. If you’re familiar with the show, you know that Chandler and Monica get married and eventually, after trying (and trying and trying) to get pregnant, choose to grow their family through adoption. I have a vivid memory from high school of watching the episode, The One with the Birth Mother. After dinner, I turned on the episode and watched alone in our living room. I sat with my left leg tucked under right, leaning against the arm of the couch. My hands were empty and I was completely locked in on the story. In the episode, Chandler and Monica meet with a young pregnant woman, Erica, who is considering them to adopt her child. In one particular scene, Chandler speaks alone with Erica.

He tells her how it kills him that he cannot give Monica a baby. Chandler isn’t trying to be witty or sarcastic. Comedy is all about timing and this is not the time. He appears tired as he holds pain and hope together. He is helpless, willing to do whatever to give the woman he loves what she desires. Chandler goes on and says, “I really want a kid. And when the day finally comes, I’ll learn how to be a good dad, but my wife, she’s already there. She’s a mother without a baby.” The scene wasn’t funny or dramatic. Although it was a scripted show, the scene felt real and authentic. It was heartbreaking. I remember being moved to tears as Chandler was honest about their journey with infertility. I remember thinking how hard it must be for a couple to try and wait and try and wait. I remember watching this scene and thinking to myself: this story is going to be similar to yours. I cannot tell you why I thought that, but I did. And it is.

As I write this, my wife and I are in a place similar to Chandler and Monica. We are waiting for a birth mom to choose us to parent her baby. Like them we’ve been walking through the pain of infertility while looking forward with hope. Through the character Chandler Bing, Matthew Perry didn’t just teach me how to be funny, but how to lean on your friends “when it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.” He showed me how to be honest and vulnerable with your story. He showed me life won’t always go the way you think it’s going to go. And now, as I re-watch clips from the show, Chandler is reminding me once again of something I often forget: I can hold pain and hope together as I wait.

And that’s how I’ll remember the man who taught me to be funny.

About the Author

Tanner Olson is an author, poet, speaker, and podcaster living in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of I’m All Over the Place, As You Go, Walk A Little Slower, and Continue: Poems and Prayers of Hope. You can find Tanner Olson’s books on Amazon. His podcast is The Walk A Little Slower Podcast with Tanner Olson and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.

Tanner Olson travels around the country sharing poetry, telling stories, and delivering messages of hope. You can follow Tanner Olson on Instagram (@writtentospeak) and Facebook where you’ll daily find encouraging words of faith and hope.

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flirting-with-psychology · 6 months

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When you’re visiting a site, do you still type ‘www.’?

Can you still read the time if an analogue clock doesn’t have numbers on it?

Yes, but it's slower

To whom will/did you first talk about the first time you’ve had sex?

My mom I think lol

Have you ever fallen asleep while taking an exam?

No, but I have zoned out

Tell me something ridiculous about the place or country you live in:

We had a reality TV star as a president

Did you know that ` is not an apostrophe? Are you guilty of using it?

What is it then?

Have you ever gave the rejection hotline number to anyone?

What is something you didn’t like about being thirteen?

Being obsessed with being popular (and completely failing at it)

What can you hear right now?

Cars

Do you think it’s okay for kids to have cellphones?

Depends what age. Once they are old enough to go places without an adult they should have a cellphone

Do you watch anime? If so, what are some of your favorites?

Not really, but I have watched a couple. Recently watched Attack on Titan

A quote/funny line from the last movie you saw?

I can't remember any lines from it

Don’t you hate yes/no surveys? Or do you prefer the ones that make you think and explain your thoughts?

I like the bolding ones for yes/no, otherwise I like more interesting questions

Do you have a favorite curse word? If so, what is it and why?

Probably fuck

How well would you say you do in school? Do you actually exert effort or are you naturally good at your subjects?

I was naturally good, got all As in high school and As and Bs in college

Do you have any siblings? If so which one of them do you get along with the best?

What’s your favorite TV show? And who’s your favorite character from it?

Friends, either Monica or Chandler

Is there someone that you look up to? If so, who and why?

Not especially

Do you take surveys on other sites besides Bzoink?

I only take them on Tumblr

When did/will summer start for you?

Around lunchtime

Do you have a poor eyesight? If so, what is the power of your eyes?

A little but not bad, like .75/1.25 I think

…do you use glasses or contacts for it?

Glasses

Have you violated any of the 10 Commandments? If so, what?

What are the 10 commandments again?... The ones I have broken are: 1. Recognize God, 2. Take god's name in vain, 3. Keep sabbath, 4. Honor parents, 9. Covet neighbor's wife (or spouse), 10. Covet neighbor's goods

What would you consider to be your most valued possession? Why?

My stuffed animals and my journals

Are you ever satisfied? Or are you one of those people who always want more?

I will never be satisfied

What were you like as a kid?

Really into playing pretend

#survey

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my-shields-are-down · 1 year

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I'll play! :) What was your very first fandom?

Ooh, this is fun. Great question.

I always rooted for the unexpected couple like Chloe + Clark, Chandler + Monica, Carter + Lucy, Carrie + Aiden, Sidney + Will, Joey + Pacey, etc.

But I really wasn’t an active “fandom” participant until ARROW.

I started watching ARROW during the second season in the spring of 2013. I had just been let go from a job I hated (no loss) and had all this free time. I had been scanning Twitter and a tweet popped up by jbuffyangel where she gave an in depth analysis of the latest episode of ARROW - like hard core analysis - down to the lighting and script- with a link to her blog here on tumblr.

I was intrigued. As I have mentioned before, my mom was an English scholar and she edited all my book reports and she always wanted me to “read below the surface” and to “find meaning beyond the obvious metaphors.” I always did very well when I could find a nugget and build a whole argument around it pleading my case with other aspects of the story as supporting evidence. Up until that point, I had never considered turning that critical eye towards a tv show. Jen had taken the teachings of my mom, and applied them to a tv show, with a built in mythology and this thing called “canon.”

I thought ARROW was such a random choice - why do I care about a second tier super hero on a second rate network (CW had just rebranded itself)? And her analysis was breathtaking. I had never seen an episode when I read her critique and I fell in love with Oliver and Tommy and Diggle and Felicity… and I now had a critical filter through which watch the show.

I love movies and tv shows - the idea of dropping out of my current state of existence and “being Andrea” and stepping into a whole new world, letting go of my deeply-rooted in science belief system and just getting sucked in to these new characters and their experiences was and still is like real world magic to me. I don’t care about the lighting or the staging, I just want a story to make me feel something.

I binged ARROW on Netflix and then watched it religiously through the remaining seasons. I was and still am an Olicity super fan. I donated money so an Olicity bench could be put up in a park in Vancouver. I watched every Facebook live with Stephen Amell learning about him and Oliver and the show in general.

I was part of the Olicity army that supported the show through all the show renewals, through the spin-offs, through the building of this whole universe of DC SUPERHeores- which is still a core part of the CW line up almost 10 years later.

The one area I never participated in was writing fan fiction. Oh I read a lot of it (gimme all the Bratva Felicity/Oliver stories please). But Chenford and the Rookie is what triggered in me a desire to actually write about episodes, and answer questions (like this one) and write stories about characters I see in my head. I am so grateful for that.

Chenford & Olicity 4 Ever!

#askandrea #andrea writes #tim bradford #chenford #lucy chen #the rookie #tim x lucy #i love them #i love this so much

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If you know me at all, you know I'm cynical of real life romance but I'm a SUCKER for fictional romances...especially slow burns and friends to lovers or enemies to lovers.

That being said, it was only a matter of time before I started having shippy feels while watching the great adventure that is One Piece.

That brings me to my current top ship (which I doubt will ever NOT be top ship): Sanji and Nami.

I know, I know, Oda has stated many times that this isn't a story about romance and that this is about friendship and adventure and family. But, hear me out...why do those two things need to be separated? The answer is...they don't. The perfect example of this is the TV show, Friends. Romances bloom and die and finalize over the entirety of this show, and the friendships, although tested, do not fail and the family dynamic remains all the way through.

Many people tell me that the superior ship for Nami is with Luffy but I can't help but get the Joey and Rachel vibes when I think of it. They WORK, sure, and it's even really cute and funny...but they just don't...have the momentum to push past that friendship vibe into something else (I'm only in the Skypiea Arc so maybe my thoughts will adapt on this). Sanji and Nami give me Chandler snd Monica vibes (she's strict, he's a known womanizer, she doubts his genuine affection, but he IS capable of faithfulness, it's a slow and satisfying burn). Long thought short: Romance and friendship can and should go hand in hand without interrupting the plot of a story or drastically changing the dynamics of a group.

One Piece EXCELLS at this, in my opinion, with Sanji and Nami.

My observations supporting them are as follows:

1. Started out as comedy, but is slowly and steadily progressing to just plain endearing. I find myself less and less amused and much more happy about their interactions.

2. Sanji IS a gentleman in spite of his tendency towards being an irrepressible horn dog. More often than not, that chivalry is directed towards Nami (and every woman) but extends to his entire circle of people. He DOES have that Chandler Bing type potential to be domestic and loyal, he just needs someone to take him seriously. He's not simply trying to impress the ladies, he TRULY means to protect them and treat them well and it shows because he can and does back up his protectiveness.

3. Nami, for all her money lust, does genuinely care for her crewmates, complaining over and over about how much of a failure everything was since they got no treasure or money for their deeds. However, she ALWAYS chooses her crew in the end. Nami isn't just bossy or gold digging!

4. The. Honorifics. Used. In. The. Original. Japanese.

I'm gonna expand on this point specifically because when I noticed this, it actually changed me from a casual "aw, cute" shipper to a "Okay, this HAS to be endgame" shipper.

Honorifics in Japanese are very deliberate and each one means something very specific. The way these honorifics are used could be (and I hope, are) little sprinkles of foreshadowing because Sensei Oda loves to do that.

Chan - an honorific used in a cutesy, casual, playful way more often than not. It's often attached to a name of someone younger, someone you consider cute or endearing.

Kun - an honorific similar to chan but more commonly used for males. But when used by a female to a male, it can and often does signify a strong emotional attachment and familiarity.

San- an honorific that is still casual, but denotes respect and equality.

Here is how I noticed these being used by Sanji and Nami.

Chan: This is the most commonly used by Sanji. EVERY girl he meets is "Name-chan" squealed and gushed in all manner of wackiness. He genuinely does mean it when he says every girl is cute and endearing.

San: Nami-san. It's ALWAYS Nami-san. As of right now in my watch through, I have not heard Sanji call any other woman by this term (if he did, then please correct me). But even so, this basically means "Nami, who I respect and hold in higher regard than anyone around us including myself". He does mix this up and make it cutesy by using Nami-SWAN sometimes when he's less serious, but he RARELY ever says her name without adding the honorific of respect.

Kun- As far as I remember again, Nami exclusively uses this honorific with Sanji. At first it started as her way of using him for whatever she needed, her over dramatic way of dragging it out or saying it sweetly always got him running to do what she asked (he always does anyway, but whatever). But now, the addition is constant. "Sanji-kun" is her go to, almost always now, and it no longer holds that fake sweetness, it's just...natural to her.

I have heard told that very recently in the newest episodes Sanji has called Nami "MY Nami-San" which apparently he has never said before so that's cool but I haven't got there so I can't read into it too much yet.

Theese are details dub only watchers might miss!

There's a LOT more to unpack about them and why them getting together WOULD work and not disrupt the dynamic one bit. However...my hope is that thing continue like they are, small details that grow and change with them so you hardly even notice until you do, and then at the VERY end either they're confirmed or a very solid promise of confirmation is given. Slow burns are always the best.

Anyway....they're cute, I ship it hard, let my Strawhat babies be a family no matter that looks like ❤️

(This "little" observation got way longer than I intended...)

#tail-less || ooc #one piece #sanji x nami #sanami

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1.Why did JP & Co. choose to go the "without even realising it" route with Steroline? I personally loved how they had Stefan slowly move on in s5, early s6 angst and Stefan's obliviousness about both Caroline's feelings for him and his own for her.We haven't really seen the whole falling-in-love & admitting-acknowledging-your-feelings being explored on TV before.SC was kinda unique,right?It felt organic & realistic.But at the same time I noticed how the show had always been a bit late with revealing Stefan's point of view.They deleted two of Stefan's scene in 6×08 & in 6×12 which made it obvious that SC wasn't one-sided.It can't be a coincidence.Were they pandering to their bigger fandoms or did it serve any narrative purpose other than the slowest of slow burn pattern they had been following since s4? It was enjoyable to be honest but the whole "will-they-won't-they" does get tedious after a point like it did in * cough * S7 * cough *. 2. Do you have any meta on Katherine-Elena?I always felt like they were the same at the core.It's just that Elena tried really hard to not be like Katherine in the beginning precisely because it was drilled into her that she was the "Good" one.Your thoughts?

Question 1:

I think that there are a couple of reasons why the writers went with a slow burn with Stefan & Caroline.

Reason 1: “Caroline, you and me, it’s not gonna happen. Sorry.”

From the start, the writers established that Stefan was not romantically interested in Caroline because was besotted with Elena. In fact, Stefan was so deeply in love with Elena that he was blinded to other romantic options. For years. And specifically, it blinded him to Caroline. One could argue that this is a central tension in their relationship.

Reason 2: They wanted to differentiate Steroline from the other ships on the show, particularly Delena.

Stories become boring if writers give the characters the same character arcs (or relationship arcs). With Steroline, the writers decided to grow the slow burn best-friends-to-lovers trope because it really hadn’t been done before on this show.

Reason 3: Stefan’s had to undergo some character development before getting together with Caroline.

I’ve written about this before so I won’t retype it here. Instead, I’ll just link to my previous meta on the subject:

Stefan’s Belief That He’d Never Love Anyone As Much As He Loved Elena (6x22 Analysis)

Reason 4: Romance narratives require a really solid reason to keep the characters apart in order to be believable.

Stefan and Caroline had to have a really good reason for not getting together earlier In the early years it was other romantic interests keeping them apart (Elena, Tyler, etc.). By season 6, those love interests weren’t in the picture anymore so the writers had to come up with another reason – Stefan fell in love with Caroline without realizing that he had fallen in love with her.

Also, I don’t think that the writers seriously considered putting Stefan & Caroline together until season 4, which meant the narrative had a lot of work to get Stefan & Caroline over Elena & Tyler & fall for each other. That takes time. Other shows that do the slow-burn-friends-to-lovers story also take their sweet time (e.g., Josh & Donna on The West Wing, Mulder & Scully on The X-Files, Luke & Lorelai on Gilmore Girls, Monica & Chandler on Friends).

Question 2:

I don’t think I’ve ever written a meta about Elena & Katherine before. I do agree with you that Elena is more like Katherine than she likes to admit. They’re both selfish and self-centered. They both lack empathy and are narcissistic. I always thought that the key difference was that Elena lacks self-awareness. However, I think you’re onto something about Elena’s self-conception. As you stated, Elena believed that she was “good.” That’s normal. Pretty much everyone does because it’s a defense mechanism. When people’s behavior doesn’t match their values, they suffer from cognitive dissonance. I think that’s probably what was going on with Elena, and she projected her (self) contempt onto Katherine.

#anon #anon for ts #steroline #elena for ts #tvd meta #meta #tvd

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