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leathfaic · 1 year
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gaz and ghost's relationship is super interesting, we don't really get anything on it except for the fact that they seem to know each other (there are cutscenes they're both in in warzone and gaz pulls ghost up as they escape the prison).
and i think in the beginning that's about it. ghost being ghost he knows the man, works with him and isn't super pissed off because kyle is a competent sergeant. like most his relationships with lower rank.
gaz probably thinks the lieutenant a little eccentric with the whole mask and redacted everything bit he has going on but in the end the results of his work are what matters and they are frighteningly good.
he probably tells soap the little he knows about ghost before they get sent out to al mazrah, tells him the man is cold, scarily efficient and a bit weird but values good work. maybe even tells soap that he's not sure if the friendly approach is the best here, just keep it tactical and professional.
that alone is enough to make soap double down on it of course.
but when ghost and soap get together that's when things start to go sour between them. both have their reasons both rational and emotional. gaz is worried for his best friend, doesn't want him to get hurt in a relationship with someone as emotionally stunted as he thinks ghost is. he doesn't really think ghost deserves someone like his brilliant loving friend. and frankly free time at base is limited and he used to spend all of it joined at the hip with soap who is now dedicating a meaningful portion of that time to ghost too. especially in the early days of the relationship it takes a toll on him.
ghost for his part notices the animosity, is scared for that new and wonderful thing he has with soap because he knows gaz has a significant influence on soap. and especially at the beginning he really craves all of johnny's attention and affection. doesn't like the way soap is physically affectionate towards gaz as well and insists on spending time with him alone sometimes. he has yet to learn to trust in this new relationship. and trust really is an issue with him.
and soap? soap is probably just done with them both.
sits them down together and explains that he loves both of them and refuses to lose out on either relationship because they both decided to be idiots about it.
they don't have to like each other but he demands them to at least keep acting professional for his sake. but also if they both want more time with him they'll have to suck it up and spend time with each other too.
in a rare moment of agreeing with each other both gaz and ghost find that they'd both much rather brawl it out, but johnny is not having that, it would get so much worse if one thought they'd "won" this whole thing. so he gently reminds them that he's a human being not a toy being fought over and neither of them can really say something because rationally they know they are being assholes right then.
soap's dictated peace starts of super tense, two men tolerating each other like two big cats that are forced to close. and in the middle soap who acts like nothing is wrong, who's the sole reason that they are both so tense and at the same time keep grinning and bearing it.
in the field its worse, because that's where rank really comes into play which is not healthy in their dynamic. especially once gaz starts dating price and they get into a weird rank deadlock. but neither of them is willing to escalate. because that would make soap sad and that's the one thing they can agree on not to let happen.
so they keep tolerating each other. keep working together. keep helping each other in the field thinking "fucking hell can't look soap in the eyes if something happened to this idiot."
eventually it shifts from not making soap sad to making soap happy. ghost brings takeout from a quick trip outside base and brings some for gaz too because hanging out with him makes soap happy. gaz plans something fun for the weekend and to make soap happy makes sure it's something ghost can also come to without feeling too uncomfortable.
and soap loves it so much both his beat friend and his partner can't help but share his happiness. it's infectious.
so they get to know each other and slowly come round realise that the only threat to their relationship with soap is their relationship with each other. thus it progresses back to its neutral starting point and then steadily becomes more. they spend too much time with each other not to become friends. not that they would admit it. yet they laugh at each others jokes and sometimes even find themselves accidentally hanging out without soap.
both of them are so offended when they find themselves realising it, how the fuck could that even happen? and then soap waltzes in. who's been even happier ever since they started behaving themselves normal around each other again. soap who's love is too strong for them to stay enemies about it so instead they just accept that they never really had a chance to do anything about it but become friends.
some manly huffing noises are made and then they get on with it because soap decided its movie night.
price adamantly keeps out of it, even once things with gaz start happening. won't even talk about it except with soap when they both need to blow off some steam. i could probably (and might) write an equally long piece how that affects them all.
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melonisopod · 9 months
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Whole chapter showing war being pointless and exploitative and how the government that funded said war was all too happy to throw away the soldiers they used as literal living weapons: Apolitical.
Whole chapter about a woman urging her friends to do something about their starving neighbors and how she ended up killing a pawnbroker to enact justice but the system ensured the most helpless were still punished: Apolitical.
Whole chapter where literal Crusaders murder people for modifying their bodies and how it relates to bodily autonomy and identity; main characters visit a border crossing and witness a child being separated forcefully from their family: Apolitical.
Whole chapter about corporations appropriating and exploiting well-meaning genius inventions to benefit themselves and quite literally profit off the suffering of others: Apolitical.
Female character doesn't have her tits out: Evil Feminist Agenda, Forced Politics
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roman-roy-apologist · 2 months
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yeah ok i get it you don’t think transandrophobia exists but you do realize that it’s still bad to be shitty to transmascs right? you get that right?
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jedisassafras · 10 days
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Bridgerton men caught being IDIOTS and paying for it
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cathademia · 4 days
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not to get back on my michael knowles bullshit
but he explicitly analogizes tomboys to "gargoyles" -- interesting, make life better, but should never be central to Christian life. Essentially should be pushed to the fringes the way a gargoyle makes a church more interesting on the outside but should never be the focus of the decorations. This is his way of reconciling the number of gender role nonconforming female Christians in the middle ages, which was the high point of Catholic life. (I say "gender ROLE nonconforming" here because there's not even a lot of evidence that many of these women were particularly masculine; they may have just been ambitious or something.)
i think it's a testament to my growing self esteem that this even bothers me. When I was younger I would have been totally fine with that ("at least he's not calling me a bad person!" "at least I'm included"). Christian life is meant to be applicable to everyone, and God doesn't make people wrong. For the people wondering if this means we'll just allow everything and lose all our standards, no-- you can literally be hardline about what virtue and sin are. But making up fake sins that don't exist is nonsensical
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sol-insidious · 6 months
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Not to fully canonize the Sequel Trilogy in my DinLuke delusions, but if The Force Awakens was basically a modern remix of A New Hope, I’m imagining how funny it would be if the trend continued and we had a Bespin Landing-esque scene in The Last Jedi with Luke and *his* ex.
Luke, pausing from duct-taping the Falcon together: “Wait, is that Concordia?”
Rey & Finn: “…..yes?”
Luke: “I have a plan.”
Luke: “NO, I don’t have a landing permit, but could you please let me reach The Mand‘alor?”
Concordia: [Who is this???]
Luke: “Someone who was *this* close to being alo’riduur if I didn’t ship off his son in an X-wing.”
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fromtheseventhhell · 3 months
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It's crazy that people still uphold show!Sansa as a well-written character and pretend that liking her is the pinnacle of feminism when it would be infinitely more impactful to acknowledge her terrible and misogynistic writing. This is the same character who, while written by two men, was thankful for the abuse she suffered because it allowed her to grow. The same character who we had to be told was smart because the writers were too lazy to develop or show her intelligence. The same character who had to rely heavily on the men surrounding her and ended up accomplishing nothing on her own merit ( and no, thinking that she deserved to be Queen doesn't mean that she earned it). She is not well-written, she is not complex, and she is not a feminist character. Which is fine! If you enjoy her then good on you, but please stop pretending that she's something she isn't just because you feel the need to justify liking her character
#anti got#anti d&d#anti show sansa#anti sansa stans#like literally one of the worst written characters on that show because they tried so hard to make her the most important#while being entirely incompetent and their only method of doing so was to steal from other characters which ruined the plot#the only arguable achievement was defeating LF but even then it's written in the script that she had to go to Bran to explain things#/she rallied the Vale army!/ no she didn't 😭 she wrote a letter to LF and he did everything. instead of showing her arc in the Vale and#her learning about politics to rally them herself they took the quickest route to give her a /badass/ savior scene#which only ended up making her look selfish + power-hungry for putting her brothers' lives at risk for not telling anybody about said lette#and idiotic in the aftermath after relying once again on LF even though he was very obviously manipulating her#/pawn to player/ sounds catchy on paper but without seeing that growth/development it doesn't work#Arya was terribly written but at least we /saw/ her training in a way we never did with Sansa#and people try to apply this same logic to the books and think she's gonna suddenly spring forth as a political mastermind#when that's not how George writes...we see characters develop and make mistakes on page and get actual earned growth#feminism isn't defending the writing of two men who gave her a rape plot not in the books because they thought it was /interesting/#when the only aspect of that plot they adapted was a woman suffering abuse :/#and as per usual with stansas their only /evidence/ of her being well-written is accusing you of being misogynistic if you don't like her
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fanficlerontheroof · 1 year
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cerise-on-top · 20 hours
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hi :D if you do character x character (with possibly x reader, too) headcanons, may i request nikprice hcs? aghh.. i love them so much, but there's (in my opinion) little content of them compared to other ships.. if you do have to add reader into it too thats okay :) i don't mind poly (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
but besides that how are you doing? i hope youre doing good :]
Hey there! I'm doing well, thank you! I've actually got five days off next week, which I'm really looking forward to! Plus I get to go to my regular department again too soon enough! But unfortunately, the other apprentice left me with so much work ^^;
NikPrice and NikPrice x Reader
NikPrice:
Although the two of them may be a bit older than some of their peers, they can still be considered idiots, especially when they’re with one another. Sometimes they get weirdly competitive with each other, which can result in either of them getting hurt. Nikolai leads Chimera and Price leads the TF141, both of them sometimes need to show off just how good they are at some things. Nikolai is usually a pretty calm guy, but he does get a bit cocky with Price, so he’ll instigate some competitions. Who can carry the most groceries. Who can find the most dogs and take pictures with them. Who will be favored the most for the week among their boys. It’s just dumb things, and Nikolai does try to cheat his way through most of them, but Price knows him well enough by now to know how he will try to weasel his way into victory. Price usually plays fair and forces Nikolai to do the same. The winner gets bragging rights and that’s about it. Sometimes they poker on who pays for dinner, but they don’t really mess around too much when it comes to more serious stuff. However, they both also compete with each other to show off just how good of a partner they are, even if there’s no need to do that anymore. They can both be proud as peacocks and always need to outdo one another.
Although it may sound stupid, the two of them do spar with each other from time to time. Since they’re about equal in strength it’s actually quite interesting to watch the two of them fight, both have a pretty good technique as well. However, Nikolai has more experience under his belt since he’s quite a bit older than Price. Again, he’s also not above cheating by trying to entice Price with just about anything he can think of. They’re adults, they’re leaders, but they are still morons with each other. Sometimes they fight over the TV remote when Price wants to watch his football game and Nikolai wants to tease him. Price gets mad every time he misses the football game just because he lost to his stupid lover. Nikolai gets a good laugh out of it every time. Although he may love Price more than anyone else, he can be a playful and cocky bastard at times. He makes up for it by taking Price to a real football game in a stadium, though. Can’t enrage the boyfriend too much all the time. Price is usually overjoyed when he does since he gets really into it. There’s nothing better than enjoying some football with Nikolai. Unless Nikolai teases Price about his team losing. In that case the two of them won’t be talking more than necessary for an hour. However, Price goes back to normal after the initial anger of his team losing has worn off.
Nikolai is actually a chef of the master class. He can cook just about anything and make it well at that too. Since he’s been pretty much everywhere at this point he’s learned quite a few recipes from all around the world. He also knows how to use his spices well. Though, his favorite recipes to make are still Russian ones. The two of them cook together often, it relaxes them. Besides, Price gets the privilege of eating Nikolai’s pirozhki before anyone else does. It’s an honor to him since he’s never had anything better in his life. Loves being Nikolai’s taste tester as well. Price isn’t as good a cook as Nikolai, but he does like showing his appreciation for all the good food by cooking something in return. However, his food is kind of bland. It could be worse, but it could also use a lot more spices. Nikolai used to tease Price about that before, but he’s stopped since as Price really does put a lot of effort into cooking for Nikolai. The latter really isn’t so mean to genuinely hurt his boyfriend like that. He does give Price some constructive criticism, though. Offers to help with cooking next time, but both of them know that Nikolai will just take the lead. But in the end, they both really do enjoy cooking with each other, regardless of who makes the main dish. They also get really chatty during it.
NikPrice x Reader
Considering how long they’ve been with each other, they've gotten used to it, but you genuinely cannot cuddle them during summer. You’ll become a sweaty mess and won’t be able to sleep at all since they’re both very warm. Nikolai more so than Price. However, the two of them can cuddle each other just fine since they’re used to warmer nights because of all the missions they’ve gone on. However, it’s pretty nice in winter. They’re two big, burly and warm men who love to make you feel toasty. Price is actually a pretty cuddly guy and Nikolai can be too with the right people. If you’re not on the cuddly side then they’ll settle for giving you a pat on the back every once in a while or just holding your hand. But Price loves touching you and Nikolai. He doesn’t need to do it every single waking moment, but it’s nice to hold your loved ones. Nikolai can go either way, but he’s pretty cuddly with Price. Sometimes the two of them fight over who gets to be the big spoon, other times they’ll just plop into each other’s arms. If you’re shorter than them then you’ll likely get sandwiched between them. If you’re as tall or taller than them then they might ask you to take on the role of big spoon. Sure, they won’t mind it when you’re shorter than them, but they’ll chuckle since you’re just a little backpack.
Both of them will try to teach you how to fight and defend yourself. Even if you’re capable of that already, they’ll teach you something anyway. They’re both military men, they know what they’re talking about. Besides, it’s not as unlikely as one might think that you might get hurt because of them. You need to be able to defend yourself. They’ll take turns teaching you, improving your form and all. They’ll sometimes even deliberately spar in front of you so you could learn something from them fighting with each other. They won’t be as rough with you as they are with each other, especially not if you’re not part of the military, but they’ll be diligent in teaching you either way. If you’re part of the military then they’ll be rougher with you, but not as rough as with each other. Nikolai and Price have known each other for so long, they know where each other’s limits are. You’re the newest addition, so there’s still things they need to get to know. But I can assure you they will take good care of you. They’ll also reward you if you’re doing especially well during your little training lessons. Nikolai tries to bribe you into doing well by offering to cook your favorite meal if you do so.
The two of them actually spoil you rotten, especially if you don’t earn as much money as they do. Nikolai earns even more money than Price, so he has quite a lot to spend. Loves buying you and him all kinds of things. These can range from something useful to just something he saw and thought you might like. Price doesn’t like being indebted to people, so he always tries to buy Nikolai something back, even insisting that he shouldn’t buy him as many things. Nikolai never listens to him in that regard. And since Price buys Nikolai things he has to buy something for you as well. Sometimes it’s just your favorite kind of cake, sometimes it’s some nice and expensive jewelry. It’s always a mystery with Price. You don’t have to feel obligated to buy them something either. You’re more than welcome to if you have the finances to do so, but if you usually barely get by then you really shouldn’t have to. In fact, if you don’t have a lot of money then the two of them will pay for just about anything you need. Clothes, food, other necessities. It doesn’t matter. Together they have more money than they know what to do with anyway. It’s nice to spend it on someone you love and make them happy anyway. Don’t pay them back, they’ll find your bank account and return the money. They love you, let them pamper you like the little royalty you are.
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eerna · 5 months
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gonna explode. I am not noticing the change when she has her hair down in the show, but I AM noticing that the first scene in which her eyes don't look tired is when she is fighting Mikio. I am exploding as we speak
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artemisia-black · 7 months
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Walburga is the Bellatrix of her generation
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sweetcreatxr · 2 years
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♥︎ 10 things he loves about you (and more) ♥︎
✰Where Chris reassures you after catching you crying by telling you what he loves about you.✰
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Chris Evans X husband!male reader ⚣︎♡︎
⚠︎ Warnings : angst in the beginning, homophobia, f slur, a loooot of fluff, Chris being an overprotective and a loving husband, insecurities.
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You were sitting on the living room sofa, phone in your hands and your face shaking with tears.
You were reading the comments that were under the photo that Chris, your husband had posted. It was a photo of both him and you hugging each other on the balcony of your room, it was his sister who took the photo, amazed by your couple.
You also thought that you too made a very nice couple and encouraged him to put the picture on his Instagram. But now that was a different story, millions of strangers may have loved the pic, but thousands more in the comments hated it so much they felt the urge to take their hate out on you.
Most of the comments were like:
"Ew ew ew, Chris my God when I think you could have a beautiful wife, you find yourself having a fucking tuna. That's really embarrassing for you..."
And
"Since when Chris is a fucking fag? Lol"
Or
"We're gonna pretend I didn't see anything and pretend they're friends or I'm gonna puke..."
It wasn't the comments themselves that hurt him the most but more the likes underneath, a lot of people agreed and thought Chris was making a huge mistake being married to Y/n.
This thought made Y/n even sadder, who burst into tears and lay down dramatically, throwing his phone on the ground.
At the same time Chris opened the front door with a smile on his face, happy to have finally returned to his cozy nest and to his loving husband.
"Love I'm home!"
He had rushed to Los Angeles a week ago because the film crew had called him back to shoot important scenes for his new film, but he was now reassured to be back in Boston with his darling.
He was also a little worried because Y/n hadn't given him any news since last night when they usually couldn't live without each other for more than thirty minutes.
And his concern grew even more when his husband didn't answer him but he instead saw him lying on the sofa, his phone broken due to the violent impact with the ground, and tears all over his face.
Chris rushed to him, got on his knees and took him in his arms.
"My love, hey what's happening ?!"
He hated seeing the love of his life sad and crying even though those feelings were something that was inevitable for a human being. Y/n continued to cry as Chris hugged him tightly.
"Shhhh don't worry I'm here now, everything is fine"
Chris was aware that something was wrong for Y/n to get into such a state and as long as he didn't stop crying, his husband will know no more.
He then took his lover's phone which was cracked but where you could still make out the comments that Y/n had read earlier and Chris guessed, all day too.
"Holy shit..."
Chris seethed in rage, he wanted to kill every single person who had dared to hurt his husband but for now he had to make him feel a little better.
"Listen to me love, everything that these people are saying are bullshits okay?! Pure bullshit! You are the most amazing person I know and I can't see myself spending the rest of my life without you by my side, it's simply impossible!”
"But they're right Christopher! You can have all the chicks on the planet, the hottest models and you choose to be with me, why? What's special about me? Why do you love me?
His questions were heartbreaking for Chris who hugged Y/n even tighter by fear that he would leave. How long had his husband thought that he wasn't good enough for him? And why hadn't he told him anything ?
Y/n tried to get up in front of Chris's silence but was sat down by him who had no intention of letting him go.
"Christopher leave me alone-"
"1: the fact that you call me by my full first name instead of Chris like everyone else
2: the sweatshirts that you borrow from me all the time because you love having my smell on you and that you will end up giving me back only when the smell is gone. I can say goodbye to the one you're wearing right now."
Y/n blushed and lowered his head but Chris lifted him up
" 3: How you blush and lower your head every time I compliment you"
"That wasn't really a compliment, Christopher..."
"Shut up, it is for me"
Y/n burst into a hearty laugh and smiled lovingly at Chris's comment.
" 4 : When you laugh it makes me want to make love to you endlessly and your smile could kill anyone so much it lights up the room you're in.
5 : Your love for dogs, Seeing you playing with our dog already makes me imagine how you will play with our future children.
6 : your taste in clothes, everything you wear, even a very ugly floral shirt, becomes beautiful on you.
7 : your tattoos and their meanings, I think it's just too sexy
8: the way you sing in the shower or when I play piano, it gives me a lot of shivers
9 : you being sassy and the way you put people in their places when necessary, it's very admirable of you
And finally but the most important
10 : your first name next to mine
These are the reasons I'm in love with you Y/n Evans even though there are more but it was just too long to list them all. All of that just for saying that what matters is you and me and nothing else, okay? "
Y/n nodded and took his phone from his hand before adding
"I'm going to have to buy a new phone"
"That'll teach you not to throw valuables without thinking of the consequences"
Y/n slapped Chris's arm who reacted dramatically
"you stupid fuck, you're lucky I love you"
Chris laughed and kissed Y/n who pulled his hair to kiss him harder."
11 : the way you kiss me, always passionately"
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OMAGADDFJDJDH ! I sooo proud of this one and I'm so sorry for any spelling errors that I did if there are any but anyway I'm really happy it's my first time writing about Chris and just let me know if you guys liked it !
yeah i edited it
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scuopsie · 1 year
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markantonys · 10 months
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anyway here's a bi text post for aviendha that does not include internalized biphobia! because she deserves it
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stiltonbasket · 8 months
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For wen!wwx: "you are a fool wei wuxian," Wen Qing hissed angrily. "What of a-yuan? How will you protect him if you are dead?" She asked, violence on her face. "This poison will destroy your jindan, if not outright kill you!" But A-Ying had already made his decision. She can only have faith. They may not be of the same blood, but Wen Zhuliu had taught him all he knew. And there was no one alive or dead who knew more about the jindan than the core melting hand himself.
I'm guessing that this prompt assumes that Wei Wuxian was behind his own poisoning/is preventing his recovery in some way, so here's some more background for the AU.
This wasn't covered in previous asks, but Wei Wuxian has been subtly influencing battles/supply runs in favor of the Sunshot alliance for years, since the obedience seals bound to his life-force prevent him from openly rebelling against Wen Ruohan. Until the year before his poisoning, WWX was ferrying information across the Jiangling battlefront to Yunmeng by way of Yu Zhenhong and Li Shuai; and when he was forcibly retired and sent back to the Nightless City, he could no longer interact with his spies and gather information in person. Furthermore, the safety of his household depends on how well he serves Wen Ruohan, which means that Wei Wuxian has to be more useful to WRH as a wounded battle strategist than he was as a general on the front lines.
Wei Wuxian would much rather have found a cure and gone back to the Hejian (Qinghe) battlefront, but Wen Qing couldn't find a remedy for his core-poisoning in time—which is unsurprising, because the poison was developed in Gusu Lan as a last recourse in case of siege, and never tested on a single human victim prior to Wei Wuxian.
Re: the poisoned arrow, Jingyi was the archer who shot Wei Wuxian. He switched places with one of Nie Mingjue's disciples and sneaked in as part of his dad's first regiment; and when he actually got to the front lines, he panicked and shot WWX. :/
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archivomeow · 1 month
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it’s supposed to be fun, turning twenty-one
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palestine etc. read on ao3. writing masterlist
description; Yelena and Kate are stuck in traffic when they head to Yelena’s birthday party, she’s turing twenty one and during the car ride she makes a new discovery about herself, she is aroace.
Yelena was sat behind the wheel in the car, Kate had some trouble when her mom was in jail, so Yelena was kind enough to give her a lift while they went over what of their property was actually bought with money that wasn’t a result of fraud.
It was Yelena’s 21st birthday and there was a small party that Natasha threw her with the help of Clint in what they said was a nearby club, it was in fact not nearby.
What made it all worse was the traffic, the streets were jammed with cars and there was no way around it, it was the winter break season.
So far the ride was good, Yelena had to stop Kate from eating in the car, as it was rented, but besides that it went smoothly, Kate was in charge of the radio, she kept playing recent pop hits which made Yelena’s ear ring, but seeing how happy Kate was to sing along she let it go.
But soon enough Kate got bored, she decreased the volume of the radio as she blankly stared at the side of Yelena’s head. The blonde noticed that immediately, but chose to ignore it, knowing very well that Kate had something to say and she could talk about it for the next couple hours and she was already agitated enough. She didn’t want to snap at Kate or be rude and not listen, but her mind was wandering for the last couple of days and traffic was a good place to collect her thoughts before she had to walk into a party that was hosted for her.
“So…” Kate cleared her throat. “It’s your party, so you make the rules…”
“No, Kate. You cannot drink.”
“Why not?!” She whined like a kid, Yelena felt like she was babysitting, not that anyone would actually leave her alone with a child, she instead got left with Kate, who was very lovely, but also insufferable a lot of the time.
“Because you’re not 21.” Yelena responded with a sense of obviousness in her tone.
Kate just scoffed in response.
The car feel into silence again and Yelena would be okay with it, but the radio remained on a low volume and Kate being this silent was alarming, so she made a call in that moment, a stupid idea popped into her head, but she still chose to cheer up Kate, they were stuck in traffic either way.
“Come on… You wanna play a game or something?” Yelena turned her head to Kate, Kate sat up straight and looked confused at Yelena.
“Like what?” She mumbled.
“Like… Questions! You can ask me something or… yeah…” She came up with that on the spot, Kate loved to talk, she talked a lot and she would definitely take her chance to make Yelena talk more.
Kate sighed, pretending to think about it, but Yelena could see the spark of excitement in her eyes. “Okay… So… What’s your favourite color?”
“Seriously? That’s your first question?”
“Baby steps, Yelena, baby steps…”
“I— Whatever…I like green.”
Kate nodded as she stared to think for a moment before she spoke up again.
In that brief moment Yelena scolded herself in her head, because she was sure this is how the rest of the ride will look like.
“What is your favourite animal?”
“Dogs.”
“Favourite meal?”
“Mac’&Cheese”
“Ever shot anyone?”
The question rolled off of Kate’s tongue so naturally, like she was asking Yelena her favourite movie or her best memory. It made Yelena’s grip on the wheel tighten and after a pause she sighed and answered reluctantly.
“You know the answer to that, Kate.”
“Ever stabbed anyone?”
Again a pause struck in the conversation as it was moving in a direction Yelena did not like.
“Kate.” She said firmly doing her best to make Kate read the room.
“Right, sorry…” She cleared her throat as she asked a next question. “Have you ever been in love? Like… Love, love from the movies, you know?”
“That’s not real.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean love. It’s not real.”
“You don’t love?”
“I love… I love Natasha, my… um Melina and Alexei…” She sighed. “I mean in the movies, the cutesy first meet, the idealistic way of loving, the amazing and full of love sex or kissing… That’s fake.”
Kate paused, she needed a brief moment, because she didn’t understand what Yelena was on about. “What?”
“What?” Yelena turned to her, her green eyes meeting Kate’s as the two stared at each other in silence for a brief moment. “You didn’t know it was all made up?”
“So, you’re telling me that romance isn’t real? That no one falls in love, ever?”
Yelena nodded as a response as the traffic moved so she had to focus on the road.
“That is exactly what I’m saying.”
“H-Have you never been in love?”
She groaned irritated. “Yeah. No one has, because those are not actual feeling you can feel.”
“I have thought… many people have, like a lot.”
Yelena rolled her eyes at the statement.
“Can you stop fucking with me? I need to focus on the road.”
“Yelena. I am not fucking… with you…” She paused and whispered an awkward “That sounds weird.”
Kate sighed as she sat up straight, Yelena could very well hear her, but her focus was on the road.
“I have loved before and I have kissed before and… It is real. I think that if you don’t feel it, there might be something wrong.”
Yelena shook her head. “Have you ever thought there’s something wrong with you for feeling that?”
“No, well… I’m not alone, but I’ve never heard of… that.”
“That?”
“Not loving people in that way, not wanting to kiss them or fuck them… Like sure not everyone, but no one, ever? That sounds…”
“That sounds what?”
“Sad. It sounds sad, Yelena.”
Yelena could feel her heart drop with each of Kate’s words, she could feel a hole in her stomach, of course it wasn’t real and it was all in her head, but it felt real, it felt like she was dying in that moment, Kate talked more and more and as Yelena listened to everything she was saying she fet as if it made more and more sense. She was the odd one out. She was broken and everyone could love? How come she never caught up on that? It wasn’t all an act? It wasn’t all forced?
While Yelena was deep in her thoughts, Kate pulled put her phone and started to type.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m looking it up…” Kate bit her lower lip as she focused on getting all the words correct and still misspelled most. “Hm… So… It’s actually a thing.”
“What is?” Yelena cleared her throat as she did her best to focus on Kate.
“Not loving and all that you are… It’s this thing called aro…aromatic, um no, aromantic and asexual.”
“Read it, the, whatever you just said.”
“Aromantic people have little or no romantic attraction to others. They may or may not feel sexual attraction. An aromantic person can fall into one of two groups: aromantic sexual people or aromantic asexual people.”
Aromantic.
Asexual.
“Well, I support it… Fuck yeah.” Kate smiled reassuringly at Yelena. “I was a bitch earlier, I’m sorry, I— There are other things worth living for and if you don’t feel what I feel… It’s okay.”
“…Thanks.”
Yelena was silent and Kate just kept reading more and more about it on her phone. That was it, two words that so precisely described her and not the whole world as she thought, not everyone felt like it was fake, forced or pretend… It didn’t feel gross and almost repulsive to everyone else, but it did to her and as Kate Bishop said… It’s okay.
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