#one of the best love stories ever told

[hvemind]

I know it’s been said before but the fact that one of the most important parts of Hannibal’s story is centred around Hannibal not only accepting, but actively admiring and loving Will because of the things Will abhorred most in himself, that he found ugliest, the things he tried to cut away… it just makes me warm inside. It’s the kind of love i think we all want, for someone else to see our flaws and not only say “i accept you as you are” but “i love you more because of them”. and it’s in a literal cannibalism show…

#one of the best love stories ever told #it’s love #literally #gruesome and bloody but real #and that makes up for it #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannigram #hannigram fanart #will graham #hannibal lecter #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy

[poisonousquinzel]

Batman: Urban Legends (2021 - ) #1

Hi, am thinking about Harley and Ivy gardening and setting up Ivy's greenhouse together because they should be allowed to embrace each other's passions and build each other up and help with the other's plans 💖💖 instead of it being an unnecessary sexist and ooc hurdle

(cough @ P*ul D*ni & Br*ce T*mm cough hahahahhahahhahah)

Cause really, Harley would love doing anything with Ivy and would 1000% count gardening with her as dates. It's daily dates! 💞🥺

She loves everything about her enchanting, plant obsessed lady. Ivy sees cool moss and is like !! Moss!! ❤️❤️ And Harley matches her enthusiasm not cause she loves moss but because she loves Ivy. And Ivy being happy and excited about something inherently is gonna make Harley happy because she loves it when her partners are thriving.

If she can help in that, she jumps at the chance. She may mess up and get distracted, but she loves and listens and notes what little things makes them tick because they're special to her.

Harley Quinn: Make 'em Laugh (2020-) #2 "Housewarming"

Like this!!! More of this!! She knew that the Bonsai tree was something Ivy would want to save if she went there and she knew it was something that would be in better hands in the care of Ivy anyway. And then in the end, even though she wasn't able to obtain the tree because of the guard robot, her snake swallowed a couple of rare seeds and hacked them up on Ivy's floor. A bit gross, sure, but Ivy's delighted!

"These--These are gargantua seeds! Some of the rarest in the world! Stolen from their rightful homes centuries ago, and all but extinct! Genuine man-eating trees! This is better than anything I could have dreamed of! Thank you!"

Lots of exclamation points when you write out the dialogue but skdjsksks like they're just so 💖💞💖💞💖 special to me

Omg and the "My Harls" 💞💞💞

And the loveliest "Garden" trope of them all for Harlivy, the Paradise/Eden/Utopia 💖🤌 my Fucking Beloved,,,, I've posted the bits here 💖 but like these ones ?!?

Batman (2016) #97

"She built this paradise for me in a cave system under the park, after a rough time with Mr. J... I wasn't ready to let go of him then, but he'd poisoned me....

This was kinda sorta my rehab clinic. That's why I wanted to bring you here."

"Ivy's usual rules are No Clothes In Eden, but I don't think you and I have that kind of relationship.

And if any of these plants have her residual personality, they'd probably try harder to eat you.

This is where I used to go with her to get my brain in order. To a point, anyways..."

Like the months they probably spent together throughout the years in Eden, their own secret safe haven, a place that Ivy would take her when she needed to get away from it all. And the way she says "if any of these plants have her residual personality, they'd probably try harder to eat you."

the plants probably reacted to Ivy's emotions whenever they were there before, there together. Just the two of them, nude, vulnerable and completely and utterly alone besides the other, far far beneath the world above.

Just the idea of casual vines, grass and ferns brushing lovingly against Harley's legs and arms as they walk together, a perfectly bloomed flower and it's stem wrapping around her bicep.

The two of them spending each night together in the bud of a rose Ivy grew, entrained and intertwined for warmth and comfort. The two of them gently washing each other's backs in the river, skinny-dipping in the dark and getting lost in the feeling of each other's skin against their own.

Ivy creating this perfect escape for them where they didn't have to worry about anything, money, food, cruel and vindictive ex's.

"Trying to cut my throat open was one thing, but then you come to burn down the only place I still like in this stupid city?" Batman (2016) #98 And if Harley ever did get too cold, if they happened to venture down in the colder months, the No Clothes Rules could always be fudged to mean no Human World clothes. She could craft her clothes just like she makes her own outfits.

But, really, they both enjoy the freedom and intimacy that comes from being fully exposed and naked around each other, the inherent vulnerability and trust.

And Harley always feels okay and loved in her presence, never feels like she needs to cover up her body, because Ivy has and would never make jokes about her body (she's not him.)

And Ivy's affection and sometimes shy nature when it comes to that direct deceleration is always evened out by the connected plants easy nature to show exactly how she's feeling. Like,, If she feels nervous about holding Harley's hand, well she better get on it because those pretty ferns that look purple and blue in the right light will not stop wrapping around her and tickling Harley's palms.

Even in the night, they'll wake up curled together, most of the time in the spooning position, but Harley always has a little visitor or two attempting to warm her alongside Ivy. It makes Ivy flush every time as she wills them away, but Harley loves it and she treasures the fact that Ivy trusts her so much, and loves her so deeply that her connection to the plant life around them is tuned in to the sheer overwhelming emotion she feels towards and about Harley every time she lays eyes on her silly little clown.

Harley wouldn't mention it, but she'd know. She is trained to notice those things 💞

Like, y'all, I am totally a-okay sobs hysterically

#harley quinn #harleen quinzel #poison ivy #pamela isley #harlivy #dc comics #they make me FERAL #EMOTIONAL #DISTRAUGHT AT THE PURE AND UNHINGED ROMANCE OF IT ALL #the way that comic harlivy could easily be one of the best love stories ever told if someone would just get the rights #and write out their story from beginning to end so people wouldn't get so damned confused about it cause really #its fucking 💞💕💖💕💖💕💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💕💖💕💖💕💞💕💖💕💖 perfection #the growth and overcoming trauma?!? the reluctant friends to Best Friends for Years to Lovers #the ups and downs but in the end always coming back and growing stronger and healthier because of their bond #and their want and desire to be with one another #👌💖👌👌💖👌💖👌👌💖👌💖👌👌💖👌💖 #that's some good shit right there #mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah #like its actually such a great love story about a couple of traumatized sapphic women overcoming and growing and healing and i just #i love them so much and i feel like they get reduced so easily to just such a simple and tbf boring arc #that just doesn't capture the lengths and bounds that they've gone through together. #and i think a lot of people that're only getting into them / finding out about them through the Animated HQ show #are really only getting the like last 20% of their pre established arc and then get into the comics and are confused or put off #because they're more than just a quick friends to lovers arc. #the friends arc lasted so long for them and it had so much development and growth in it #like in BTAS alone it was at least 7 years for Harley. and that's just them being friends. #there's a lot of trauma on both sides and the healing process isn't just a nice simple one #that gets patched up because Harley's ex is now running for Mayor. (no i haven't fucking forgiven them 🔪🔪🔪🔪) #tw abuse mention #♢ meta & analysis ♢

[punkeropercyjackson]

"We need more m/f ships that aren't heternormative or enforce gender stereotypes!!!"You guys couldn't even handle Todomomo

#NAH CAUSE Y'ALL NIGGAS REALLY THREW THAT WORD AT THEM NONSTOP WITH LITERALLY NO BACKING #point to me at a point in the story-i'll even let you use noncanon stuff-where shouto and momo's genders are brought up to their dynamic #you're gonna be searching forever because that never happened even once.SO MANY scenes of them being good best friends to eachother #and not a single one of them indicated they're in love because he's a boy and she's a girl.they don't give a FUCK about that stop projecting #we're literally told and more importantly SHOWN they're close bc of mutual admiration what sweeties they are to and fun they have together #and that they make make eachother feel understood and NORMAL.'heteronormative' my ass tdmm is the most t4t and autistic4autistic ship ever #lower your voice when you speak about them-especially if you stan hawks' dudebro cop ass and think dabitwice or minajirou are platonic #todomomo my darlings i'm so sorry the bnha fandom treated you so horribly because they couldn't accept that not every m/f ship is cishet #or that not every same gender relathionship is realistically queer instead of stereotyping and f*tishization #todomomo #t4t todomomo #todomomo protection squad #todoroki shouto #momo yaoyorozu #half bangladeshi rei agenda #blasian latina momo #trans todoroki #trans momo yaoyorozu #autistic todoroki #autistic momo yaoyorozu #adhd momo #momo yaoyorozu has ocd #momo yaoyorozu has anxiety #goth punk todoroki shouto #pastel punk momo yaoyorozu #agere flips!todomomo #tea blend crew #bnha geekery #💌 #summerposting

[jooniez]

this is actually the best thing that’s ever happened to me 😭😭 The percabeth talking about The percabeth I WON!!!!! walker & leah and percy & annabeth you will always be loved by me 🤧💘🫧🍃🦋

#sorry but this made my day 😭😭 the percy jackson brianrot will never leave! 😓🫡 #I will never get over how perfect this cast is like the way they completely GET the story and their characters and love and respect them #also they’re so so so smart like I was not that well spoken and put together at fifteen it’s very impressive!! #hearing them talk about percabeth healed me 💕💕💕 like they just /understand/ them .. they /GET/ them …. #they’re so passionate and love this story as much as we do and I just LOVE when the actors are actually huge fans themselves who can have #conversations like this!! and I love just hearing them talk excitedly as fans cause they were fans first before being actors in the show :’) #my kids my kids my kids 😭💙 #also so true percabeth soulmates fated written in the stars best love story ever told!!!!!! #god I am so beyond excited for the future seasons these kids have already killed it in season one and this is just the beginning!!! 💓 #bless seaweed brain podcast they’re real ones 🙏 #percy jackson #mine

[arcaneyouth]

being a singlet who is very supportive of systems and has been for a long time makes some experiences really wild because like. ok so i experienced semi good rep of DID when i was very young. i read a brand new story by one of my favorite authors about a character with DID. the story started with the author saying it was likely not perfect representation and it's very important to listen to people with DID and not let his story overtake theirs. i had asked my mom about it and she said this was a real thing people experienced, but it probably wasn't super accurate in the story because the guy writing it didn't have DID. this was my first experience with DID. my takeaway from it was "oh that's neat! sometimes one person is actually lots of people and that's normal!" and then i moved on.

so like. genuinely growing up and realizing the world is super weird about people with DID was like a brick in the face ALIUSDHALSIUDh what do you mean. what do you mean you think these people are weird. i thought we all agreed they were normal. and i STILL experience that even now knowing more than i did before, i may have only had 1 experience with DID as a kid but that was enough to completely normalize it for me, i don't know how you can't just be normal about systems they are literally just sitting there we all know this (<- we apparently don't all know this)

#something to be said about how even flawed attempts at representation can do good #i don't think the story ever got finished but the one short snippet i had that was done in a respectful light #that was all it took for me. that was it #looking back on it it really wasn't an accurate depiction of DID. not at all. but it was kind #and my mom (who as far as i know doesn't have any kind of personal experience with DID) also told me to be kind #and both of them told me systems were very normal and we should listen and be kind to them #and it was enough that the thought of being unkind was so fucking foreign to teenage me actually learning more about DID and meeting people #who have DID that i was surprised by it #to any systems reading this i know i'm not the only person who was taught to be kind to you #there's space out there for you and people who very earnestly try even if they get it wrong sometimes #people like this author who clearly did the best research he could at the time #and people like my mom who didn't really know a lot but still thought it was important to introduce me to it so i knew to be kind #peace and love and all that

[lonely--seeker]

My mom bought the ugliest ass little freak of a 3D printed alien, just because. It's supposed to be like, one of those phone holder thingies.

#me blabbering #there's a whole plottwist in this story because she got mad when i said it was ugly and took it away #then i was like. wait i can maybe do something with it's ugliness and I kinda need a phone holder thingy for my fucked up wrists #so I named him Ricky Montgomery because... i actually don't know. #anyway #a few days later my mum told me she had sold it to someone else and took my Ricky Montgomery awayyy #she said “Dw i'll get you the same one again” and i was like “Actually. like. please don't. i hate this bitch” #a few days later i find him still in the house because somehow one of his feet broke and she couldn't sell it like that. #My mom says Ricky Montgomery really wanted to stay with me because he loves me #i am cursed #I glued his nasty feet on again and gave him make up. He watches me work sitting on my desk and I try not to mind him #I have always hated 3D printed stuff don't ask me why. #I am still trying to think what could I do to make him less ugly. but also. if i paint him he's not going to match my little speaker #irrelevant but my bluetooth speaker is named “little loo” which sounds just like little lu and I am lu so it's like my son #she's playing a song right now. isn't she just the best little loo ever like i don't know what i'd do without her

[trashbaget]

#wrote a fucking poem #because a bitch is fucking feeling things #cue venting in the tags because this is where i'm feeling comfortable to do it right now #a while back i caught the love bug for a friend and tbFCKNh it was the very second time i'd ever actually fallen In Love with someone and.. #the first time it didn't end well. long story short: i asked him out and he turned me down but we stayed friends and it actually made us.. #grow closer regardless. a little while later i'd realized my feelings were Different and it just came out one night when we were having a.. #really deep conversation. and i'm glad i told him because it helped me get over him and we got better and things weren't weird at all. we.. #stayed really good fucking friends. now i didn't get to see him for a summer and i definitely don't have feelings for him anymore and i'm.. #sincerely happy for him and his now partner. i consider him (and always have) my best friend. (among others but he's definitely Up There.. #like no. 2 probably) but way too soon after Talking was summer and we were both farthest from everybody and are both the kind of ppl who.. #pretty much don't text anyone except like 2 ppl and we are not one of each's 2. today i got to see him and a bunch of our friends for the.. #first time since fucking april and god have i missed them all. but seeing him again kinda fucked me up a second. threw me for a massive loop #i got Weird (neg) and i was NERVOUS as HELL at the start and for a few minutes i couldn't figure out what it even WAS because i hadn't felt. #that way in a long time. and i am not about to catch those feelings for him again because No. i chilled out after like 3 minutes bc i got.. #reacclimated to being around ppl My Damn Age again and things weren't Weird (neg) anymore. we talked we joked we sincerely said our I Miss.. #Yous and we hung out. with everyone and alone for a bit because ppl had gone out and come back and it was FINE it was NORMAL () and we.. #were GOOD. we ARE good. and i don't love him in that way anymore. i love him as a friend. and that love is definitely more intense than with #other friends because we have a deeper bond and yes because i Loved him. but the fact is i don't and it's ANNOYING to react like i still do. #and getting nervous like i still do. and i kept worrying that something i'd do might make it seem like i do and i don't and just UGH having. #feelings is annoying. i've never been able to stay friends with someone after having feelings for them at all let alone INTENSE IN LOVE FEEL #INGS!! like wtf!!! and this is sincerely one of the best friendships i've ever had and i don't want to and Won't. lose him especially for.. #this but god DAMN am i not having it right now. and my head's been spinning like a fucking tornado in the 5min ride home and i accidentally. #wrote it out in a poem because the words wouldn't go anywhere when i just tried to brain dump about it because Of Course They Did. because i #can't think about this man in anyway except poetically and i can't write a poem unless it's about love in some degree and just UGH love is #and i'm gonna leave it there because i'm running risk of repeatin myself. #if you read all this i positively adore you and also you need to touch some grass bc reading the vents of internet dwellers is for suckers #i am just kidding i really do sincerely appreciate you and love you very very much thank you for caring #please ignore the following organizational tags: #writing #poetry

[thebadtimewolf]

oh god. they grieved wilf's death together. i cant.

#tv: doctor who #{i. :( made my self sad} #{note: they just told you love interests was never a heal all solution for their psyche. fixing themselves to a 🤎 interest isnt healing} #{why didnt they fix themself to yaz rose sarah jane martha river: they were in the drs eyes friends but remember} #{they only consider them as friends. love interests are friends. donna isnt considered a friend. shes propped up to be his best friend} #{full stop. hell the companion reunion is set up as a group therapy in the show. shes in group therapy for the good and horrors of it all} #{yes this does mean that tentoo is separated from the doctor completely. hes just jackson lake.} #{he actually has a family: what about susan? from susan and down saw him more of a pedestal. it just stayed that way. donna didnt} #{they reiterated this over and over and over and over and OVER again. the dr doesnt need love from someone that sees them like that} #{they need love from someone that is actually willing to make him live day by day to heal to recooperate} #{after power of the doctor and then comics AND TV going back to back IM QUICK SUCCESSION OF NO REST? 14 is at full exhaustion} #{if rose told him to stop he wouldnt if martha clara sarah jane river yaz if any of them told him to stop they wouldnt listen} #{because he uses romantic love as an excuse to burn himself out AND HE DID LITERALLY 9 DOES THIS} #{it was never healthy. and then they kept going. and going and going} #{bill questioned but she couldnt stop him} #{she was the strongest cause of guilt because he retook the role of a professor role a role familiar to ace} #{only it got bill killed because he didnt slow down he didnt talk and decompress. ever. he used trenzalore as an excuse to never confide} #{in anyone and only telling stories so no would ask if HE was alright. yeah they lived but is he actually alright} #{no one talks. except. donna. 15 even states that they do rehab backwards AND THATS NOT HOW REHAB WORKS. YOU DONT GET TO SKIP TO HEALED} #{WITHOUT DOING THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF HEALING} #{he regenerate until he turn into a grain of sand but thats not healing. its just another way of avoid talking thru their grief} #{but they grieved! no they didnt. EVEN IN DW LOCKDOWN THEY DIDNT GRIEVE.} #{penelope garcia's clinical social worker said it best} #{all the things I've survived I have been absorbing trauma since I was really young and thinking I was some sort of hero for doing it.} #{newsflash she wasnt and for garcias 15 yrs vs the dr's billions on billions yrs worth of it: even when u do the right thing even when u} #{stop serial killers (or intergalactic threats) ur body is still absorbing that trauma.} #{they are not a hero for holding on to it because trauma has to be off-loaded. It has to be transformed or ur body will destroy u.} #{end quote.} #{like THATS WHAT DR HAS BEEN DOING THE WHOLE TIME AND 15 SAID: NO MORE! CONSIDER THIS 14S RETIREMENT.} #{i dont like the ending: well i do. 15 and rtd said grief n trauma therapy with donna or bust bitches}

[shima-draws]

JVKE’s this is what ___ feels like album has me feeling some sort of way

#I'm usually not one to get into more modern artists. BUT. #Holy shit.........his music makes me feel shit. Like FEEL it really feel it #It's genius actually. A story told on 4 parts. Connected through other songs. The stages of falling in and out of love #It's heartbreaking. It's fucking heartbreaking actually #The fact that this is what heartbreak feels like comes RIGHT after golden hour?? Shut up. Shut UP THAT HURTS ME #golden hour is deadass the most gorgeous song I've ever heard in my fucking life I can't even express the emotions I feel listening to it #It's beautiful. It's whimsical. It's magical. It captures such a specific feeling and time of day. Time of YEAR even #It's a song about love and how in awe he is of the person he loves and it's perfect and soft and. golden hour. Yeah. That's it. #And then. THEN WE FUCKING GET TO THE NEXT SONG AND IT'S LIKE #All that buildup of what falling in love is like.....what it's like to be in love to love someone to treasure them to feel FEEL for them #And then we get hit with betrayal. It's bitter. It hurts. And you can feel that in the song too #Ugh ugh UGH how does he do it. The whole album is a story from start to finish and it makes me want to cry #Falling in love...heartbreak...sadness...and then. #Acceptance. Moving on. Falling in love with someone new. AHGHH #It really reminds me of The Last Five Years bc that has the same sort of concept #A story of love told through song. Falling in love to falling out of love... #LOVE HURTS!! THIS ALBUM HURTS ME IN ALL THE BEST WAYS. #Shima speaks #Anyway go listen to this is what ___ feels like right now. Do it

[geometricalien]

Seijūrō would wear a Japanese-style wedding kimono for men, since IMO he's a traditionalist.

But if he's to don a tux like Kōki, then this is the closest that Seijūrō would wear.

(Because Kōki has brown hair & eyes, so...🤷🏻‍♂️)

Unless if they have double wedding ceremonies. Like, the first one is in a traditional Japanese-style, with shrine, prayers, etc. And the second is in a Western-style, with church, bouquet-tossing, etc.

IDK how Japanese weddings customary works, so I could be wrong LOL

!!!! CUTE!!!

I've had some thoughts on their potential wedding rites since I have 2 fics that center around their union. (I'm also not completely knowledgeable on japanese wedding/marriage customs either so take all of this with a grain of salt)

Forgetting that the closest thing Japan currently has to legalized gay marriage is the partnership certification system which allows same sex partners the same rights and benefits as a married couple regarding housing, and etc in 12 prefectures (this is why some fics have a destination wedding outside of their home country- it wouldn't be recognized in Japan but they would have the ceremony and celebration) and assuming a shrine would perform a wedding ceremony for a same sex couple-- I see a couple of likely options for their nuptials:

1. Destination wedding and their following honeymoon. It would be a western affair, akashi has deep enough pockets to make this happen and get their loved ones there, but would the furihata family accept akashi paying for everything? I'm not sure

2. Purely traditional affair at a shrine that has deep ties to at least one of their families. I agree that akashi is the more traditional one between the two of them but furihata has an appreciation for the traditional as well. And I think he'd like a traditional ceremony just as much as akashi- maybe even more if we want to consider my personal hc of the akashi clan- masaomi doesn't just become masaomi by himself (Yada Yada generational trauma, masaomi and seijuurou are parallels, live long enough to see yourself become the villain, long live the controlling overbearing conservative elite akashi clan 💕💕 )

3. A mix of both customs! This is what I see as most likely (do you really think akashi would chose only one ahsndndm): shinto marriage rites in the traditional garb, drinking from the cups, everything. And then for the reception afterwards they switch to a more western theme where they are in tuxedos and do all the various customs- like furihata smashing cake on akashi's face and him grabbing him, pulling him tight, and kissing him so the smushed frosting also gets on furihata's face.

Yes I think far too much about their wedding svdndnnd

#akafuri #ask box #knb #realistically- like in our world- they get married through 1 and they probably only have Kouki's family there or (more likely) no one there #and then they have a celebration/reception at home with their loved ones #god the akashi clan... sometimes i really fucking wish that knb was actually a slice of life drama focused a third of the time (or all) on #akashi... #and like i get it. its a sports anime. and what i truly truly want is to see a spark of light as a completed anime. #but goddamnit thats one of the best love stories ever told #but its fine. its. fine. #if you want to hear more about the akashi clan hcs ill glad talk about them btw they are very special to me ahdhdj

[mazojo]

My villain origin story is every single Byler moment

#it has been like. a week. and I am still so 🥸🥸🥸 #well no not really more like 3 days but aha #starting from the scene where Mike tells him he is his best friend and that was the best day of his life basically #lol the way to iTs nOt mY fAuLt yOu dOnT likE gIrlS 💀💀💀 #to the entirety of season 4. whatever that was. that. that was my villain origin story #becauSE YOU ARE THE HEART MIKE AND I MADE THIS PAINTING BECAUSE IVE BEEN DROPPING HINTS ILY BUT YOU ARE DUMB AND AHA EL CARES SO MUCH MIKE #AND SHE LOVES YOU YEP EL DOES SHE TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE HAHA AINT THAT FUNNY ANYWAYS HAHA PLEASE IGNORE MY TIERS #The whole spiel of not feeling normal not only because he is ostriched and pitied for the whole upside down situation but also his own #struggles with queerness and I- in this essay of why Will Byers is the only one ever #stranger things #Byler

[mistressemmedi]

I just saw the new Top Gun and I'm obsessed. OBSESSED I tell you.

#top gun maverick #is it propaganda? absolutely #am i still in love with the first one? also yes #still the best gay love story ever told #mav and iceman my otp 4eva #obsessed with the notion implied in the second film that iceman rose through the ranks #yet constantly watched over Mav #OBSESSED I TELL YOU

[gayvillains]

whenever I go into the tlou 2 tags and see people complaining that the plot/writing sucks I genuinely feel like I've entered a parallel dimension 🧍 are you insane or stupid or both

#it hasn't left my brain since I played it and I genuinely believe it's one of the best stories ever told #I know it's kind of a meme at this point that it's the best game ever or whatever but it's just true I love it it's perfect to me

[theolddivorcedzukka]

izumi with no gaydar should have a day of the week. like it’s more than just a part of the divorcedzukkaverse not everything has to be about them

#it’s like zuko and sokka are living through one of the best love stories ever told (in my humble opinion) #and izumi is rooting for her lesbian aunt and her gay dad to get together #vee keep talking #u know what i’m sick in the head enough to make it a wednesday thing #why knot? #divorce tw

[gaysindistress]

Things that I feel like would happen when you’re in a relationship with Simon Riley.

Simon Riley masterlist

1. First off he hates the word ‘boyfriend’.

Maybe it’s because he’s in his mid thirties or something but he can’t stand being called your boyfriend. He’s more than that but also not at the same time. You live together, have access to each other’s bank accounts (which is only because he hates it when you try to fight him about him giving you money), and you’re each others emergency contact. He thinks of himself as your husband. The man wears a silicone ring when he’s home and a necklace with the ring that’s totally not a wedding band when he’s working. Price has seen the chain once or twice and smirks, shooting him a knowing look but never says a word.

Simon cannot stand it when people get nosy and want to know what your relationship status is. You’re together and that’s all that matters. No one needs to know that you’re the beneficiary of his will and life insurance policy or that he’s put you on all of his accounts. No one needs to know that he buys you anything you want but has only ever bought you two rings; a thin gold band with a flower engraved on it and its twin a matching emerald ring. No one needs to know that when he gifted them to you, there were tears and promises of safety, love, and happiness whispered against feverish skin. No one needs to know that he has your name woven into his chest tattoo.

No one needs to know any of that because your relationship is between him and you only.

2. You are not some submissive little house wife. You are a strong independent woman and he prefers it that way.

I know this one goes against what most people say but hear me out on this. Simon has been independent since birth practically. He’s only had himself to count on for years. Even in the military, he’s only been able to rely himself. Sure the others watch out for him but if it came down to it, he’s the only one who’s going to get himself out alive.

The thought of someone else relying on him in that way is terrifying. He can’t even fathom what it would be like to look at another person and fully trust them in that way. Half the time he feels like he can’t even be trusted to take care of himself let alone another human. In theory a sweet docile housewife is great with the meals and clean house but not for him. He needs to know that you can hold your own. He needs to know that you can be independent and carry on without him if something happened while he was working. He needs to know that you will be okay if he doesn’t come back.

You have to be okay without him no matter how much it pains him to think about it.

Like I said before, he’s made you the beneficiary of everything so he knows you’ll be set financially but that’s not enough. He’s made Price promise to keep an eye out for you. He’s made you promise to let Price do that and you agreed because it’s Simon who’s asking but you’d tell anyone else to fuck off.

In addition to all of that, he’s installed the best security system the government has to offer in your house. You have a very expensive and large safe in your shared closet that he’s instructed you to only open if you feel unsafe. While you might not like it, you agree to go shooting with him so he can sleep at night knowing that you could protect yourself if he’s not home. He’s gone as far as to make sure you have all of the licenses and certificates that are needed to legally own firearms in the UK.

He’s not leaving any opportunity for you to be vulnerable or have your ‘safety checks’, as he calls them, taken away.

3. Simon Riley is a godless man…until he meets you.

Now this is entirely my own headcannon with no evidence to support it so bear with me.

Simon had a shitty childhood where his mom would pray to a god who never listened and his dad would shout verses at him when he was drunk. God was a mythical figure that he was told stories off with nothing to show for it. He did believe at one point but then his dad never got better, his mom wore bruises of every shade, and his brother found comfort in drugs.

He found himself praying when he was being tortured by the Mexican cartel. Between the flashbacks of his abusive past, he prayed to a god who had failed him so many times before to help him. He prayed again as he dug himself out of that Texas grave with the major’s jaw bone. He wailed his prayers when he found his family executed after Sparks tried to kill him.

After that he deemed himself a Godless man. Years of praying had passed with nothing. This god had decided that Simon was not worthy of a miracle so why would he continue to worship him?

That was until he met you. He finds himself praying before every mission, every time he has to leave you, every time he’s on his way home, and just about any other time he thinks of you. He doesn’t know what exactly he’s praying for other than for you to be there when he gets back.

He whispers his prayers to an absent god against your skin as he worships your body, soul, and heart. He promises to be devoted to you until his last breath and vows to find you again in whatever afterlife awaits you. He pledges to find solace in you and only you when his haunting nightmares return. He makes an oath to your heart that it will never weather another storm alone again for his will take whatever beating that comes your way. He shows you that he will love you in the same manner as a Hozier song; putting you above all else because you have become his religion, his faith, his beliefs, his life.

You have become all that he is and he thanks the god he once believed in for you. He prays again but to you, his heart, his love, and his beacon through the enteral storm of life.

#simon riley x you #simon ghost x reader #simon riley x female reader #simon riley imagine #simon riley x reader #simon ghost riley #simon riley #ghost imagine #ghost call of duty #ghost x reader #ghost cod #ghost #ghost x female reader

[victory-cookies]

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#I love not having any close friends here anymore #it’s not like I’ve ever had a ton of close friends #and the past year has been mostly me and my one best friend who’s still in town #but she’s moving soon for uni and will be on the other side of the country #which leaves me with pretty much nothing #I have some friends who I enjoy hanging with but none of us are super close #I’m more a last-minute passing-thought addition to a group get-together #none of them would hang out with me one on one bc we’re not that close plus half of them are leaving too #and my old friends the ones that moved last year for uni #don’t really talk to me anymore #we were never very good at communicating and I’ve kinda come to terms with them probably being over me #but it still hurts to see on one of their stories that the three of them are in the next town over going shopping and eating a nice dinner #like. no one even told me they were back in town #and like. I want to have friends who I can spend time with. but I don’t have those anymore #my last good friend is moving and while I know we’ll still talk every day it’s still not the same #if it wasn’t for her making sure I didn’t fall into a depressive spiral where I never went anywhere but school work or my room #idk if I could have made it though last year #but now I’m gonna have no one here #and I have a single friend at uni who is in engineering so she’s so busy I never get to see her #and our lunch breaks don’t line up this semester #school sucks enough without feeling completely alone #but now I’ve got no one but my parents and a couple of people that live in my phone #who I love dearly but also can’t really. yknow. get me out of the house or come to class with me #which are the issues causing me a lot of the depression #anyway. not feeling stellar rn #vent #sorry