FINALLY i'd love some mafia restaurant!!! neil really is the worst server and i love that for him :)
WIP Wednesday (10/4) | Mafia Front Restaurant AU
When Neil reenters the kitchen, he finds his associates each with a plate of spaghetti. Kevin on his stool with his leg crossed and his plate balanced on it. Jean is leaned up against the counter with his. There’s a third plate beside him and he gestures at it with his fork.
“Made you a plate.”
“Thanks,” Neil says as he picks it up. He goes to lean on the wall opposite of Jean. After a moment, Neil sighs.
“What’s the matter?” Kevin asks, giving him a look.
“Andrew Minyard called me a lousy waiter, to my face.” Neil says. “Or rather, to my back.”
Jean laughs. “Well, he’s right.”
“I thought I was doing a decent job,” Neil says.
“Decent job? You keep rushing back in here and hiding.” Jean points out. “We have to remind you to do anything.”
Neil glares at him, but there’s no heat behind his eyes. “Yeah, you’re right. I suck. Maybe Kevin should’ve served. I could’ve played taste tester and resident princess.”
“You can be a princess if you like,” Kevin says with a shrug. “I’m queen.”
“Oh thank you, your majesty.” Neil does a curtsy with his plate held out in his hand.
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my favorite part about the new(ish) popular narrative about the suffragists is that we are supposed to pretend like the suffrage movement was entirely run by like 5 women so that people who know absolutely nothing about the suffrage movement can act shocked when people push back against blanket characterization of the movement as racist. you have the systematic erasure of working class and racialized suffragists from popular memory to serve a deliberately anti-feminist narrative. and then i also feel the need to say that no, it is not accurate either to state that well white suffragists were racist because, no, they were all not.
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SCREAMING the Egg Moon arc is so ridiculous. How did it take them three whole ass episodes to figure out that the Egg Moon wasn’t “malfunctioning” and stuck in front of the sun indefinitely because to cause an endless eclipse it would have to be rotating with the Earth. Therefore moving. Therefore immediately discrediting Eggman’s bullshit “Oh there must be something wrong with it :(“ claim. How was Sonic the ONLY person to figure it out when he has a genius for a best friend (points to Tails) and when there’s legit scientists and astronomers on Earth? NOBODY questioned the logistics of an endless eclipse?? Not even the people in that job field that would KNOW the Egg Moon would have to be constantly moving and calculating properly to block out the sun 24/7?? Everyone just accepted that Eggman was suddenly a Good Boy™️ and had their best interests in mind? Because of COURSE the evil genius who’s been causing violence and mayhem this whole time can be trusted. Okay. ALRIGHT,
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I just about had a heart attack pulling up Ari's save files, and realizing almost everything prior to the end game content was gone.
(Thank god most of it was backed up to Backblaze. Although I do seem to be missing most of the Iron Throne stuff and anything past the Lorrokan fight up until Cazador's palace 🥺)
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eddie was in the sandbox when the chicken finds him. it coasted down from who knows where and landed next to him with a small cluck. he was oh so small, but the chicken wasnt much bigger, full grown but not full sized. being all of two or so he went "fluffy!" the chicken sniffed, if chickens could sniff, and stated that her name is primrose. shes a cautious thing, a voice of wisdom. one that eddie needs with his wild energy. but also very, as eddie said, fluffy. perfect for warm hugs and an afternoon nap. and oh how eddie needs that comfort far too soon. as far too soon his home is gone and hes moves to hawkins...
steve never had much comfort, his parents never were the... best. he never knew a day without smaug though, maybe that was a part of his parents distance? they saw steve as the perfect solution, a bandaid to their failing marriage. and well, people didnt see snake daemons as perfect. but it didnt matter to steve, he had a friend and a confidant. someone he could whisper secrets to. someone who would hold those secrets tight and guard them. and who also whispered back, stories and tales, a loyal friend in the night.
eddie felt small in hawkins. people laughed at primrose and they laughed at him too. she would curl up on his chest at night and cluck soothingly. he was smaller than everyone else and primrose told him that it was alright, everyone went at their own speed and chickens always protected their own. they would fight desperately, but it was always okay to run back to the safety of the coop. eddie felt loved when primrose preened his hair, felt that it was okay to be different.
steve always had a snake curled around his left wrist, smaug watched lazily as he took notes and curled up on the bench as he played basketball. his friends used to ask how he got stuck with a snake, why he let it cling to him. but he didn't cling, smaug anchored him. kept him afloat all those years. held him close and how steve needed to be held close. a constant presence, a little unusual and definitely not the norm. but he didnt care.
eddie got even more dumbass comments about having a chicken daemon in high school. eddie the coward, always running. eddie and his chicken, the perfect pair. regardless, eddie loved his chicken as it snuggled close and kept him warm. a constant reminder that he wasnt alone.
steve heard dustin go on and on about his fast talking dm and his dramatics and flair. how he would set something up and lure them in. and steve could tell that dustin loved this guy, another important figure in his life, and how that stung at first. but also... steve knew he wasnt at school anymore... and anyone looking out for his twerps was a good thing. even if it was eddie and his chicken.
eddie rolled his eyes as dustin kept talking about steve this and that. how he was picking him up after the session. how he helped study, even if it was just by providing a quiet space and support. how he helped lucas practice basketball before tryouts. ugh. but it wasnt until dustin rattled off another story about how steve could be such a mother hen that eddies annoyance turned to curiosity. he always had thought that steves snake had been kind of metal.
steve sees eddie in the boathouse, eating cereal and holding some out to his daemon. primrose nestled tight, almost as if she was weighing eddie down and keeping him anchored.
eddie watches steve drive, his snake curled tight around his wrist. a constant pressure, holding steve together even though eddie can see cracks.
they watch each other and see a reflection of themselves.
their daemons look at each other and see home.
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