#some of these are from mid september lmao

[moogghost]

algebra 2 is singlehandedly going to kill me with these bullshit answers to problems and getting stuck with a teacher who's hardly at the school for my class who then doesn't do shit to explain ANYTHING that actually needs explaining

those "answer keys" and "video instructions without proper subtitles because apparently people who struggle with hearing don't exist" aspects of this class can go suck my ass. i look forwards to the day i leave this school

#vent post #no bc this guy expects everyone to have retained EVERYTHING from algebra 1 #even though. for the juniors that was the year no one did shit and for me it's been at LEAST 2-3 years since that #'oh algebra 2 is at a higher difficulty' no you just refuse to actually review shit with us nor explain it. hope this helps #btw i actually need to at least put some effort in this class because i'm a senior so. lmao that sure is fun ain't it #anyways glad i leave for another state come mid-september

[spid3namy]

— AUGUST

pairing : e!42 miles x mixed!female reader

summary : rumors spread like wildfire around school, everyone knew everyone's business. who knew the only rumor about you and your boyfriend would be true...?

contains : angst, cheating, song inspired (obviously), they are mid to late teens, miles lowkey stupid asf, implied lying (kind of), might have some incorrect spanish, cussing, not proof read

divider creds : saradika

word count : 2031

notes : lowkey, i only wrote this cus i literally love this song and figured why not write angst. this is my way of being productive while also being lazy asf LMAO. i probably might start a taglist for people who wanna be tagged when i post new things but we’ll see. anyways, i hope you enjoy the story <3

“Will you call when you're back at school...?”

Summer vacation.

For some, it was a great way to get away from school. To hang out with friends, to spend time with family. Others, it was nothing but a cruel and long three and a half months. 

For you, it was supposed to be a great three and a half months!

Until you found out that you were being shipped away to your grandparents house to spend time with them. Sure, you loved your grandparents but they were just.. so old. Summer was supposed to be the time when you hung out with your best friends!

And most importantly, your boyfriend! But no. 

Before you knew it, you had been packed up and sent on a flight all the way up to the shitty state of Washington. And that’s cruelly how you spent your summer vacation. Being around old people for a long three and a half months literally sucked.

September 18.

The day school started was a nightmare.

Rumors spread around like wild-fire at Visions Academy. Well, you knew that much. Especially with all the rumors that happened last year about the girl that had gotten pregnant. Of course, that rumor had been a lie. But everyone knew about it in the spam of like 20 minutes.

“Y/N! Have you heard yet?”

Your best friend, Juno, is the first one to come up to you the moment you walk through the doors. She was always so pretty when she came to school. If you all didn’t have to wear uniforms, she’d probably be the hottest girl in school with those fire ass fits you knew she owned.

“Heard what exactly?”

“Okay, so I’m guessing you haven’t heard then.”

You look at the girl and raise an eyebrow, brushing your braids behind your shoulder to flow down your back. What the hell was she on about now? Juno was your best friend, yes, but she was too into the gossip the school had going on. Most times, you couldn’t even believe the words she said. 

“Well, are ya gonna tell me?”

Juno stared at you for a few moments before she shrugged, figuring that if you really wanted to know then she would tell you. Even if she knew it was gonna hurt you, it was best if you found out from her and not some random stranger who probably would tell it in the worst way possible.

“Promise you won’t get mad?”

“Uh.. okay? I promise.”

Juno let out a breath and gripped the strap of her tote bag tightly before she spoke in a mess of jumbled up words. “Okay so basically, I heard from Dorothea who heard it from Suki who heard it from Rose who heard it from Verity who heard it from Betty who heard it from Venus, herself, that she and Miles had a little fling over the summer.”

You blink as you watch Juno suck in a huge intake of air. She was acting as though she had been waiting a long time to gain some type of air in her lungs. 

You soon burst out into laughter and shook your head, holding your stomach as you laughed. Juno watched you with confusion clear on your face; she clearly didn’t understand what the hell was funny. 

Once you had slowly started to calm down, you wiped an imaginary tear from your eye and shook your head, looking at the female. 

“Whew, thanks Jun, I really needed a laugh today.”

“I’m being serious, Y/N. I totally think it’s true too!”

“That’s ridiculous, Miles would never do anything like that. Me and he are locked in.”

Juno stares at you before she shrugged; the two of you started your descent down the hallway to where your shared first class was. 

“‘M just sayin’ what I heard. Only Miles would really know what happened. Just hope he doesn’t lie to you.”

You snort and roll your eyes playfully, nudging her with your shoulder and looking over at her. “He would never lie to me.”

“Whatever you say, Y/N. But just remember: men ain’t shit”

“Tha.. thank you for that, Juno. But you’re not really the greatest person to say that. Especially since you’re biased as hell.”

“What? I am not biased!” 

“Yes you are”

Juno rolled her eyes as the two of you walked into the classroom. Anatomy, the board read.

Great, seeing bodies and stuff at 8 in the morning was gonna be so fun. And it was a block class. How fun.

✰

Lunch. Possibly the only good thing about being at this stupid school. You and Juno stand in line together, looking at all the options of food you can pick out. It’s not much. Pizza, nachos, salads, and hot dogs. Barf. 

You let out a sigh and grabbed a plate that had a pretty decent sized slice of pizza. Juno looks over at you and makes a face before she reaches over to grab a salad. The two of you quickly scan your school ids to pay for the food before you walk over to a table where Miles had been sitting. He had been there alone for a while now. 

He was fortunate enough to have his own food.

Juno sits in front of you two before she nudges her head over to the male who was too busy drawing in his stupid sketchbook to even notice that you were even there. You give a look before you sit down next to your boyfriend, peering over his shoulder a little to see what he was doing.

“Whatcha drawin’?”

“You.”

The answer was so flat, so blunt. It caused your cheeks to heat up when you realized that he was, in fact, drawing you. Miles had always been so good at drawing. It was one of his many talents. 

“You two make me sick.”

“You’re just jealous, Jun. It’s not our fault that your mystery girl doesn’t know you exist.”

Juno lets out a dramatic cry and puts her head down when you mention the girl she had a crush on since 8th grade. It was a little cute that she’s liked her for so long. Yet, she has never even attempted to make a move on her.

“I just wish Leni would notice me.”

“Just talk to her, it ain’t that hard.” That earned Miles a glare despite the fact that he didn’t even really see it. Not like he really cared. He was just speaking the truth.

“Not everyone is brave enough for that, Miles.”

“Jus’ quit being a fuckin’ pussy and talk to her.”

Juno glared at him more and started to stand up. You shake your head quickly to get her to sit down. You already knew where this was headed and you really didn’t want the two of them to get into a huge argument. Not again. Not this school year.

Juno lets out a noise of frustration before she sits back down, her hand gripping the fork in her hands tightly. 

“At least, I didn’t cheat on my girlfriend.”

That seemed to gain his attention. Miles looked up from his sketchbook and quickly put his pencil down, looking at her with a look that could only be described as anger.

“Where the hell did you hear that from?”

“Miles..”

“Callarse la boca”

You look offended by his words but you don’t have time to dwell on it before Miles speaks again, his voice clear with annoyance.

“Where did you hear that from, Juno? Huh?!”

“Dorothea told me.”

Miles takes a deep breath at that, his nostrils flaring slightly as he lets out a deep and heavy exhale. He was screwed because now you knew about it. And he knew how you were going to act now that you knew. 

“Why are you gettin’ so upset, babe? It’s not like it’s true, right?”

Miles looks over at you and sighs, his shoulders tensing up as he clears his throat awkwardly. Guess it was time to be honest now. 

“Mi vida, listen... it-”

You blink and stare at you, anger slowly starting to fill up your body. You don’t even let him get another word out before you raise your hand and slap him. The feeling caused his face to sting, his face turned to the side from the impact. He lets out a slow breath and nods to himself; he knew he deserved it. 

“Fuck you, Morales.”

And with those harsh words spat, you get up and walk away from him. Juno and Miles both watch as you leave before Juno looks over at him, shaking her head and letting out a sigh.

“You fucked up man.”

“No, really? Thanks for the news flash, sherlock.”

“Don’t get smart with me, boy.”

Miles glares at the girl as she gets up and goes after you. God, he was so fucking stupid!

✰

It’s been a week since you last spoke to Miles. You have been avoiding him at school and even went as far as changing seats in the classes you shared with him. You did everything in your power to try and be as far away from him as possible. Miles didn’t seem to let that affect him.

Even if you were far away from him, he would still do his very hardest to talk to you. To explain what happened between him and Venus over the summer. But of course, you didn’t listen. Couldn’t listen to a word he said. It would be nothing but a lie.

Juno was right; men ain’t shit.

It was almost sickening to think that your once loyal and sweet boyfriend would turn out to be a dirty, rotten cheater! And to think it only took one summer for him to change. That was so fucked up man. You hated how easily you had allowed yourself to be betrayed. 

How could someone be so sweet one minute then betray you the first chance they got? It really made no sense to you. 

A knock on your bedroom door was enough to pull yourself from your thoughts. Your head snapped up just as the door opened to reveal Juno, a sheepish smile on her face as she practically jumped on you.

“What are you doin’ here, Jun?”

“I was summoned by your father.”

You let out a snort and roll your eyes, moving over slightly to give her more room to sit on the bed. It was sweet how she wanted to comfort you but you already knew it wasn’t going to work. You were too hurt to ever feel better after just a few visits but you appreciate the effort.

“Should I beat his ass?”

“No.. it’s fine, Jun. I don’t really care, ya know? I already got over it!”

“Mhm. and is that why you’re still avoiding him?”

“Shut the fuck up.”

Juno lets out a chuckle and moves closer to you, wrapping an arm around your shoulder gently and pulling you closer for a side hug. It was the best thing she could think of doing right now. 

“Ya know.. He’s stupid for doing that to you. He don’t know what he’s missing.”

And that did it. Before you knew it, you had burst out into tears. Juno rubbed the side of your arm gently and allowed you to cry on her shoulder, soaking her shirt with your tears. She knew you probably needed this right now.

“I fuckin’ hate him, Jun.”

“I know, Y/N.”

“I wish I never met him!”

“I know, Y/N”

The two of you stay like that for an hour. Maybe longer. Who knew? It didn’t matter anyway. Juno was too busy trying to comfort you while you bawled your eyes out. It hurt so fucking much. 

All the trust that you had put into Miles was now gone. 

And it was all his fault. 

Seeing him everyday at school hurt worse than any pain imaginable. But at least you had Juno by your side, you knew she would never hurt you. She was your best friend. She was different than him.

You wish you had never fallen in love with Miles Morales.

#☆ namy writes #e42 miles #earth 42 miles morales x reader #angst #earth 42 miles angst #earth 42 miles morales angst #e42 angst #e42 miles morales angst #e42 miles morales x reader #across the spider verse angst #across the spiderverse

[stvharrngton]

a lesson in romantics; lesson one

summary: a multi-part series where reader is the new art teacher at hawkins high and the history teacher, mr. harrington, takes a shine to the new girl. mutual pining ensues on their road to love 🥀

a/n: so here's the first part to the series! i hope you all enjoy <3 it takes place in the early 90s where steve and reader are in their mid-late twenties. disclaimer: i have very limited knowledge on the american school systems or how they work lmao so i'm sorry if it comes across as british-y sometimes but i'll do my best to be as authentic as possible :^) also special shoutout to @inkluvs who originally gave me this idea 1635272 years ago and @onceuponaoneshot who inspired me to actually start writing it hehe

characters: steve harrington x fem!reader, robin buckley

word count: 1.3k

warnings: none, just some introductory stuff, steve being a flirt

taglist: @inkluvs @dukesmebby @sweetbabygirlsworld @kennedy-brooke

SERIES MASTERLIST

HAWKINS, FALL, 1992

September. Fall semester.

A new town. A new school.

Hawkins’ newest resident and Hawkins High newest teacher. You’d spent the last month settling into your new home - a small apartment, nothing extravagant but it was enough for you.

You looked forward to the new start, to get back into the classroom. You loved to teach but the prospect of a new bunch of kids always made you a little nervous.

Making your way into the teacher’s lounge, you quietly said your hello’s to the fellow teachers you had met at orientation a couple days earlier. You silently went about making your morning coffee when a bickering pair burst through the door, a petite girl with a dirty blonde bob who you vaguely recognised as the music teacher and a taller guy, with pretty brown hair and a patterned tie slung around his neck.

You caught his eye as you turned to see the source of the disturbance, a soft but cheeky smile donning his lips. He struggled to keep up whatever conversation he was having with the girl he strolled in with as he finally tore his eyes away from you. 

The blonde followed his eyeline to you, she smirked followed by a roll of her eyes. She swatted your mystery co-worker on the chest, followed by a hushed, “Steve! Are you even listening to me?”

He wasn’t. She knew he wasn’t. But at least your mystery co-worker had a name now. 

Steve. It suited him.

“You’re such a boy.” She groaned, waving him off before going off the mingle with some of the other teachers.

Steve responded with a laugh as he swanned his way over to the kitchenette where you were stood. “First day?” he asked calmly as he grabbed his regular mug from the cupboard above your head.

“Oh, uh, yeah—“ you stammered, caught a little off guard. 

“Shit,” he muttered under his breath, “I never even introduced myself. I’m Mr. Harrington. History.” He said with much more candor, holding his hand out for you to shake.

You accepted the hand shake, making a mental note at how much bigger his hand was than yours. “I teach art.” You said, after telling him your own name, “Am I supposed to call you Mr. Harrington, then?”

Any confidence and swagger he was sporting crumbled, his cheeks flushed with a pink tinge, “I’m such an idiot,” he confessed with a chuckle, fingers combing through that pretty brunette hair, “I’m Steve. You can call me Steve.”

“Nice to meet you, Steve.” You grinned, a toothy smile that made Steve’s heart thump in his chest. A smile he would be thinking about for days to come.

“Well, I better get going. Minds of the youth to shape and all that but I’ll see you around, yeah?” Steve said, grabbing his coffee cup as he gestured to the door that led to the school halls. 

“Sure,” you nodded, tucking a stray strand of hair behind your ear, grabbing your own warm flask. You couldn’t help but let your tummy go all fuzzy at Steve’s kindness, a smile creeping its way onto your lips.

“Have a good first day, newbie.” Steve joked with a wink before he called out to his friend as he walked out the door, “Buckley! Are you coming or what?”

~

“You’re crushing on the new art teacher, aren’t you?” Robin blurted out.

Steve cursed his best friend under his breath, thanking whatever God was up there that school was yet to start and the hallways were empty. 

“I’m in my late twenties Robin, I don’t get crushes.” Steve waved her off, “I mean, sure, she’s pretty cute but besides, we’ve only exchanged two sentences.”

“Oh, come on, Harrington!” Robin chortled, hand on her stomach as she bellowed in the hallway, “That has never stopped you before.”

“Now you’re just being ridiculous,” Steve hushed the girl with a roll of his eyes, “anyway, why didn’t you say hi to her? Not very nice of you, Buckley.” 

Steve desperately tried to get the attention off of himself, his free hand perched on his hip as he brought his mug of coffee to his lips. His eyes narrowed at Robin over the rim. Like always though, it never worked. His friend far too persistent for his liking.

“Because, dingus,” her tone exasperated now, “I met her at orientation. You know, the thing you didn’t bother showing up for?”

They arrived at the door to Steve’s classroom which was one block over from Robin’s. He groaned audibly at Robin’s comment, “Come on, Robs! I told you I had a migraine,” he muttered as he fished his keys from his pocket, “you know, years of head trauma takes a toll on the ol’ noggin.”

“Yeah, yeah,” she began to turn on her heel to make her way to her own classroom, “it was your loss anyway, Stevie,” Robin teased, a playful undertone to her voice, “‘cause she looked way cuter the other day.”

Steve scoffed at the younger girl, simply not giving her a response, before he closed his classroom door behind him. He slumped in his desk chair as he wondered to himself how he was going to get through the day without his thoughts trailing to you and your smile.

~

You’d never been so glad to hear the bell ring in your life. You enjoyed your first day, sure, but it was a little overwhelming to say the least. A lot of new faces and names to learn and remember, a thick new syllabus you had to preach to these kids.

A sigh of relief fell from your lips as you gathered your things and locked your classroom door behind you. As you made your way towards the teachers parking lot, you dug through your purse for your car keys as you fell face first into someone’s firm body.

It was like a scene out of a movie. The papers and books that were clutched in your arms went flying across the hallway, your purse and the contents of it spilled all over the floor. A total cliche. 

A string of curses tumbled from your lips as you apologised over and over to whoever it was you bumped into. You both knelt to the ground to gather your things when you finally looked into the eyes of who it was.

A pretty set of brown eyes were staring back at you with a coy smile on the lips of their owner. You could only laugh back at him.

Of course it was Steve. 

“I’m sorry,” you giggled, scooping up the stray papers, “I’m a total klutz.”

“Don’t sweat it,” he reassured you, handing you back what he had gathered of yours, “I wasn’t looking where I was going.”

“Right.” You nodded.

You stood back up, papers and car keys safely in hand now. Steve placed his hand on your shoulder, giving you a light squeeze, “You good?”

Plunging the butterflies in your stomach back down to their depths, you squeaked out a reply, “Yeah, yes. Thank you for not getting mad at me.” 

“You kidding?” Steve asked all shocked, tone light and playful, “Can’t get mad at the new girl on her first day. That wouldn’t be very ‘nice and welcoming co-worker’ of me, would it?”

You giggled as you nodded, eyes darting to the floor, unable to meet Steve’s inviting gaze. You gestured to the nearby door with your car keys in hand, “Well, I better get going.”

“Oh! Right, yeah, of course—“ Steve stuttered, waving you off as you made your way to the door, “Hey! A bunch of us get together at a bar downtown after the first Friday of the semester if you wanna join us?”

“Oh, um,” you pondered, “I guess that could be fun.”

“Great,” Steve spoke, “I’ll get you the address. See you tomorrow?”

You nodded as you felt a blush creep on your cheeks. It wasn’t a date. It was not a date, you knew that, but you couldn’t help but wonder what Mr. Harrington would look like in casual clothes.

“You betcha.”

#steve harrington #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x you #steve harrington x y/n #steve harrington fanfiction #steve harrington fanfic #steve harrington blurb #steve harrington oneshot #stranger things fanfiction #teacher!steve #alir #k.fic

[cloudcountry]

the harveston sledathon event: jade leech's "incantation"

i'm not sure if everyone has gotten to this part in the new english server event yet, but this part when they were at the market got me curious. so, in typical me fashion, i committed a day of research to figure out what the hell jade was talking about.

first i would like to say that this was put together with A DAYS WORTH OF RESEARCH so if you know more about these plants/mushrooms and would like to add information or correct me please do so in the replies!! i'm not an expert by any means LMAO

with that said, onto the first plant!! i will list the scientific name that jade uses first and then the common name in parentheses. each plant/mushroom will have a picture after the short description for reference!!

i got all these images from google obv

~~~~~

Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle) - A perennial herb that grows best in moist areas. Grows in late fall to early spring. Fall sun, partial shade. Used as an herbal remedy for sore muscles and seasonal allergies.

Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder) - Marked as an invasive species in some of the eastern states of the US (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont, Michigan, and Wiscousin.) Thrives in moist soil and grows during the summer. It’s commonly used in soup and as a remedy for gouts.

Polypodiopsida (Ferns!!!) - Thrives in moist soil and grows near rivers and creeks. Grows in shady locations in early spring. They reproduce with spores. Fiddlehead ferns are the curled up fronds of a young fern that can be cooked and eaten in various ways (steamed, fried & stored, roasted, pickled, etc.) They can also be used as fertilizer and for landscaping.

Chamaenerion angustifolium (Fireweed) - A perennial herb that flowers in June to September. Grows in full sun to partial shade and moist, well drained soil. Its primary use is medicine but it’s also used in tea, which in turn can be used to treat migraines, infections, and colds. Young fireweed shoots can be cooked and eaten (apparently, they taste like asparagus and should be cooked like them, too.)

Allium ursinum (Wild Garlic or Cowleek) - Thrives in slightly acidic soil & moist conditions. Prefers shady conditions and grows around winter to spring, with a peak season of February to April. You can eat basically the whole plant, but if you eat the bulb the plant obviously won’t grow back. It’s been used as a medical plant and in cooking.

Sorbus (Mountain Ash or Rowan) - A bush that produces edible berries in late summer into early fall, and they stay on the tree into winter. The berries should not be eaten raw, but should be cooked because they contain parasorbic acid. The cooking process converts the parasorbic acid into a preservative sorbic acid. Their astringent taste is made sweeter by the frost. They grow best in full sun to partial shade and moist, well drained soil. They usually grow up to 15 meters tall.

Plantago major (Broadleaf Plantain) - A perennial herb that grows in late spring to summer (and sometimes in autumn.) They prefer moist soil but are very adaptable. Grows in moderate shade to full sun. The entire plant is edible, but apparently the flower shoots are especially delicious. They naturally grow in very dense populations and are easy to harvest. Works as a medicinal herb to treat inflammation and boost the immune system.

Equisetum arvense (Field horsetail) - Another perennial herb that grows from summer to the first frost. Grows in moist soil with full to partial sun. Can be used in tea and benefits the urinary system. Their root systems can grow as deep as six feet.

Craterellus tubaeformis (Winter mushroom, or funnel chanterelle) - Our first mushroom!! They are featured in a lot of recipes and are fairly common. They’re ready to harvest in mid-winter to mid-spring. They can be found in mossy areas with well decayed wood, and grow in loose clusters. They apparently have an earthy/fruity taste, and should be cooked so they don’t taste unbearably peppery.

Boletus edulis (Penny Bun) - Another mushroom with a dark brown cap. Spores grow more mushrooms in summer and autumn. Thrives in moist soil and can be harvested a few days after summer rain. They’re around 25cm tall on average and can weigh a kilo (which made me yell out loud, mind you. That's a big mushroom!!) They have a slightly nutty flavor.

Craterellus lutescens (Yellow Foot) - The last item on this list is another mushroom. It thrives in moist soil and they grow from 2-7 cm in length. They apparently have a peppery flavor when raw, but taste earthy when cooked. They typically grow around moss in loose clusters. They’re pretty similar to the craterellus tubaeformis, as one would expect from their shared genus, “craterellus.”

~~~~~

Overall Plant Conditions (AKA patterns I noticed while researching):

Practically all of these plants love moist & well drained soil. A lot of these plants grow in the summertime and like full/partial sun, but there’s a few exceptions of course. There’s a lot of herbs and perennial greenery that have medicinal properties. Many plants on this list grow well in disturbed soil or near water and roadways. All of them are edible (but beware of dangerous lookalikes!)

anyways < jade leech 3 i hope you found this somewhat interesting because i sure did!! (which is why i spent all my free time today researching it sigh the things i do for mermen)

#auburn's rambles <3 #gonna make that a tag #jade leech #twst jade leech #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #disney twst #the harveston sledathon #auburn's fungi time <3

[earthstellar]

it is time to be old on the internet: TFP Ratchet's hatred of 2010 era human tech is hilarious

every time Ratchet complains about shitty human technology in TFP, it's so funny to me, that shit is so good

because, I mean, I grew up with the first computer in my house being a fucking Tandy 1000, which to be fair wasn't exactly the hottest model even then, but still LMAO

the first modem I ever messed with as a kid was the wood box phone receiver type, the acoustic coupler ones, which was my dad's, and he only had it because his job at a local university meant he could borrow one from their tech lab (so we didn't technically own it)

if I remember correctly, the one we had ran at 300 baud, which was fucking amazing for such a set up at the time. slightly later AOL dial up looked like lightning speed compared to that shit.

my first chat rooms were BBS/Usenet (whenever I could connect) and IRC chats. now everyone has Discord and I still don't understand how that shit works lmao but that's more of a me problem and less of an age problem, I think

we got dial up (in the "modern" sense of it being AOL dial up service with the infamous hell noises) in my household in 1994, back when it was pretty much a brand new thing (at least for AOL), and I remember the Eternal September Usenet rush, lmao

imagine if TFP took place in the 80s/90s, oh my god

(I'm assuming TFP takes place in roughly 2010 because that's when the show premiered, and Miko has some kind of Razr-inspired flip phone, so if we assume it's supposed to be based on the first model of Razr, then at the earliest that places the show in 2004)

Ratchet would have gone completely insane with old school internet capable consumer level human tech

Ratchet: "How do I look at photos on this monitor?"

80s Raf: "what"

Ratchet: "what"

oh god now I want an 80s/90s TFP AU so fucking bad. imagine 80s Raf. it's so good

oh god, IMAGINE 90s RAF. just getting traumatised by terrifying shitty mid-90s FMV horror games. this poor boy. but imagine his hype when the PS1 would come out in the USA in 1995. the hype would be so fucking real. lmao

also for those of you who are Younger and Blessed With Good Internet From An Early Age, if you want a good idea of old school internet shit, go ahead and watch WarGames (1983) and look up 2600 Magazine and Mondo 2000 if you don't already know about those.

(personally I consider WarGames and Hackers (1995) to be the two best simultaneously dumbest and best movie depictions of computer bullshit in their respective eras, although Hackers was more of a thing that informed cyber culture after it released rather than reflecting actual hacker culture as it was at that exact time but anyway, please watch them if you have not seen them already, you will love this shit lmao)

I assume almost all of you already know about this stuff, but just in case, I want to mention it. those two movies are really good. lol

anyway, Ratchet dealing with early internet. early shitty human tech. or at least the 90s shit. imagine Ratchet having to listen to the fucking dial up screeching. the kids having to look through geocities webrings to see if any images of the bots had been leaked on any conspiracy websites. just 10/10 lmaooo

"I hate talking to machines" Ratchet, buddy, you have NO IDEA how bad it could have been!!!

anyway I'm old, I guess that's the point of this post LOL

#tfp #tfp ratchet #tfp raf #transformers prime #just thinkin' #maccadam #maccadams

[noona96n]

Yoh & Segasaki's timeline

According to Episode 7 (around the 00:33 minute mark), Yoh and segasaki have only been living together for four months. And Nikke-sensei's tweet, also clarifies that the proposal was made 3 years ago and that they’ve only been living together since March or April; which explains, in part, their shit communication lmao. 

Series timeline: June to July of year zero 

Ep 1: June 3rd (Sat)

The sunny weather forecast with Segasaki and Takatsu Reiko around the 12:30 minute mark in the latter part of Episode 1 is for 6月3日 (土). That means the present timeline, as in the drama, starts at the beginning of June; which tracks with the weather in the current episode and the weather in future episodes. Rainy season (梅雨 tsuyu) in Kanto (that includes Tokyo and Yokohama) usually starts in early June and lasts until mid-July, and, by then, typhoons already started ravaging the nation every two days lol 

Ep 2: June 8th (Thur) 

At the 8:03 minute mark, we find out that Hiyoshi Aika starts her job at EW (AHAHA WHAT A GOOFY ABBREVIATION) on the 8th of June (Hiyoshi Aika starts the broadcast by announcing the date: 六月八日). By June 10th, Yoh full-on became a sad, sulky puppy who’s pouting cutely as he made his sad stir-fry pork dinner (Yoh’s phone screen at the 9:05 minute mark reads ６月10日 土曜日). 

Around 9:56 minute mark the in-universe weather forecast shows forecasts for the 12th (Mon), 13th (Tue), 14th (Wed), 15th (Thur), 16th (Fri), 17th (Sat), and 18th (Sun) in Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Naha, suggesting that the day that Yoh resorts to making the Teru Teru Bouzu is June 11th. (Teru Teru Bouzu is a small ghost-like white doll people hang around the house in the hope of stopping the rain and bringing about good weather. Yoh’s desperate for some dicking down lol.) So, the day Yoh got frustrated and masturbated for erotic manga inspiration is at least a day after June 11th. Yoh and Segasaki’s clothes changed by then (the most noticeable is Segasaki’s shirt and tie). 

Since the tail end of Episode 2 probably takes place on June 12th, at the earliest, we can only assume that Episode 3 and 4 take place over the weekend of the 17th and 18th. Or the next weekend after. I’m tempted to even suggest that both episodes take place on the weekend of 24th (Sat) and 25th (Sun) because of how loud the cicadas were in the background in the 4th episode with Man-san. Cicadas in Japan are no joke, guys, they are so fucking damn loud, RIP ears, you will be missed. 

Ep 6: July 24th (Mon) 

*** I think canon dates broke down from Episode 5 onward… Around the 14:47 minute mark of Episode 5, Segasaki and Hiyoshi were presenting the weather for the 7th (Thur). There’s no monthly indication but we can assume that it’s in July; July because we were just in June in the first four episodes but also because (the beginning of) July is when the (awful, terrible, no good) heatwave starts taking Japan by storm (it lasts until fucking August and even spills into September this goddamn year, I kid you not; it was horrible). But, in Episode 6, the weather forecast at the end of the episode (around the 21:33 minute mark) was for 24th (Mon). If the 7th was a Thursday, then the 24th should be a Sunday, not a Monday. 

That’s why I’m just gonna disregard the 7th (Thur) in Episode 5, though I do think it takes place at the beginning of June or the end of July. Also, if we disregard that and count the days from Episode 1 (Saturday, June 3rd), then Monday, July 24th would make sense in Episode 6. So, let's go with that.

By the end of Episode 6, it’s the 24th of July. I know this is a while from Episode 5 but if we consider Man-san’s My Idol Boyfriend manga, then it makes sense. Yoh was ‘offered a job’ by Man-san pretty much immediately after he got dropped by his editor and by Episode 7, their manga was already in print. It would take them some time to finish their manga; less than a month is a very tight time to write, storyboard, edit, and have it approved but let’s make believe lol 

Ep 7: Typhoon No. 5

At the beginning of Episode 7 (around the 00:09 minute mark), Typhoon No. 5 was forecasted to take Tokyo by storm tomorrow. That kinda checks out, to be honest. Typhoon season in Japan could start as early as mid-May and could last until mid-October, depending on how early or late the heat begins and how long it’ll last. So I do think Episode 7 takes place some time after July 24th. 

Interesting tidbit: typhoons in Japan aren’t given names but are usually referred to by numbers. 

Personal (interesting?) tidbit #1: the first year I came to Japan, the super typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan. It was the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in decades and it was one of the strongest and biggest ever recorded. It was hella scary, not gonna lie lol and food was all out, even from the convenience stores. Fortunately, I was living in central Tokyo and wasn’t affected. Still scared though…. And, the crazy thing was, an earthquake struck the coast of Chiba before the typhoon hit so the typhoon’s effect was compounded. Wasn’t a fun experience, 0/10, do not recommend. 

Personal (interesting?) tidbit #2: my parents visited me this passing late May to early June, around the time typhoon Mawar wasn’t waging war in the Pacific. It was not a fun experience… we weren’t directly struck by it but the effects were kinda crazy: roads were closed, trains were suspended, rivers were flooded, and shops and restaurants were mostly closed. Felt really bad cause I took my family to Hakone (booked everything ages in advance and couldn’t cancel our reservation RIP) and we were just stranded up there… thankfully the sky cleared by our last day there and we were able to catch a glimpse of Fuji on our Ashi-no-ko’s cruise and on the train back to Tokyo. Still, wasn’t a fun experience, 0/10, do not recommend. 

Japan’s a wonderful place to visit though! Just… pick the right time. (I recommend autumn (Oct-Nov) because the weather’s great, the food’s fucking amazing, and the autumn foilage’s pretty rad.) 

Ep 8: July 28th 

The date after their (mildly) kinky sexy time was July 28th (Fri). The date can be found on Man-san’s phone around the 11:00 minute mark (7月28日、金曜日). 

There’s also another time indication later in the episode around the 17:13 minute mark where Yoh and Segasaki last texted on July 26th. Segasaki was telling Yoh about the rain and Yoh’s responses were pretty frosty if I’m being honest. Their texts go like this:

Segasaki: 今日午後から雨降る (It’s gonna rain this evening) Yoh: ありがとう (thanks) Segasaki: 洗濯物取り込んどけよ (bring the laundry in) Yoh: うん (k) 

It’s… frosty. Bare minimum from Yoh. Ofc he’s just feeling guilty (about the manga situation and stuff) but, y’know… it feels cold to Segasaki. I honestly feel really bad for the guy lol, especially because, from his perspective, Yoh’s only thinking about leaving and Yoh’s touchy-feely with that editor guy, and Yoh smiles happily and fully at and with that editor guy, and Yoh’s tired from being with him. 

Anyway, the series takes place from June to July of year zero and that’s canon. There, I said it. 

Yoh moving in: April of year zero

As you can see from my shittily drawn ‘graph’, I place Yoh’s moving in with Segasaki at April. This tracks with the timeline and Nikke-sensei’s clarification as well as in-universe narrative of them only been living together for four months. But, I’m extra so I’m gonna explain why (I found out about sensei’s tweet after figuring out the timeline lol)... and it’s not just backtracking from July. 

So, in Japan, the year usually ‘starts’ in April; as in the school year and the fiscal year ends in March and starts in April. This applies to leases as well: contracts are usually for 2 years and will likely end in March. Housing is in very high demand during that time and the prices for each unit are also very expensive because of that. Of course, you can rent a unit any time of the year but the good ones are also mostly available and up for grabs in the March-April period. (Renting a unit in Japan is… an experience lol and not a fun one. My being a foreigner does not help one bit because many landlords do not accept foreign tenants no matter who you are, where you’re from, or what you’re in Japan for.) 

Anyways, as Yoh can see, I think that Yoh graduated in year zero… so, that’s a winter graduation some time in February. (People also graduate in summer some time in August but it’s much rarer because most Japanese enter uni in Spring (April). People who graduate in September are either those who extend their uni year or foreign students who enter during the Autumn intake in September because that’s when the English program school year start (in my department, at least… I entered in April and graduated my Master's 3 years later in February but it’s a somewhat special case.)

Anyway!!! Yoh graduates ‘this’ year so, that means his lease will be up too and it makes perfect sense for him to move with Segasaki around late March or early April. 

The proposal: mid-Feb —  late-March three years ago

I place the proposal at the end of Winter, beginning of Spring in year minus-three. Weather-wise, it’s plausible because we know that the day of the proposal was unusually warm for the time and February is easily one of the coldest months in Japan. And, even though Spring starts in March, warmth doesn’t really come around until later in the month or even April. (It snowed in March, once. In Tokyo. It rarely ever snows in Tokyo but it’s been snowing every other year since I came here.) 

I also headcanon that Segasaki graduated (his Master's) that minus-three year while Yoh is only in his second year of bachelor’s. My logic is that because he’s graduating, this could be his last desperate attempt to lock Yoh down and make sure Yoh’s spoken for (Yoh’s just a dumb-dumb who doesn’t recognize a proposal lol). It also makes sense for the proposal to come up at that period if we think about it… Mizuki’s graduating and Yoh could be asking him about his jobs after graduation and whatever else which, in turn, allows Mizuki to start a conversation about Yoh’s plan for the future. It’s also not uncommon for peeps to hang around uni before they start their jobs (for whatever reasons) so it makes sense to me that the proposal was in some time between Mizuki’s graduation in mid-Feb till late-March, when Yoh’s about to start his new school year and Segasaki will have to start his job. (This could be when Yoh finds out Segasaki will be working with EW and starts watching the broadcast religiously.) 

Job prospect-wise, it’s pretty solid. Segasaki’s confident that he’d be working in a high-paying job when he proposed to Yoh. If Segasaki’s graduating in year minus-three, then he’d extremely likely to already have a job lined up for him; he’s just gonna immediately enter the workforce right out of uni. This is very common in Japan. University graduates are socially expected and pressured into working immediately after finishing their studies which is why it’s common practice for them to start their job-hunting process during the second to last or last year at uni. It’s generally advised that they start second to last year in uni (B3 if you’re in your bachelor’s and M1 if you’re in your Master's) because the process is long and drawn out and it could be a very long time before a job is offered. It’s also ill-advised to do your job-hunting in your final year because final year can be very hectic for some; some B4 and M2 students need to write their thesis, do graduation projects, finish up their experiments, etc. it’s not fun to add job-hunting into the mix. So, even if the proposal happened right after Segasaki’s graduation, Segasaki would be confident that he’d be able to support both of them just fine. 

Why I don’t think Yoh did his job hunting 

I honestly don’t think Yoh did his job-hunting because:

As I talked about here, Yoh became anxious about jobs and job-hunting in general in Episode 5 and this could imply that he didn’t go through the process while he was in university. You could do it on your own, but it’s difficult. That’s why many students take advantage of the recruitment offered by universities. Many also make use of other public recruitment services. 

Yoh’s the kind of person who does things at his own pace and does what he wants. I.E. 1; Yoh is a slow walker who has always walked slow. Segasaki made a point of commenting about his pace but instead of increasing his speed to match that of his sempai’s, he continued at his own pace and said he’s been told that before, and Segasaki was forced to match his pace. Yoh’s aware of his snail's pace, he was criticized for it but said fuck all and went about walking at his speed anyway. This is very not-Japanese. I.E. #2; He doesn’t really care to socialize. That’s it, that’s the reason. I.E. #3; my guy used 俺 (ore) with the stranger seniors. Peeps aren’t expected to drop 俺 (ore) and go for 僕 (boku) when talking to seniors anymore but they’re strangers… he should be using 僕 (boku). I.E. #4; he made fucking curry rice for a sick person because that’s the only thing he can make. Curry rice. He could’ve googled how to make porridge but nah, curry rice lol. I.E. #5; arguing with his editor that the ‘I love you’ dialogue is necessary in his 20 pages long porn manga. I don’t man, Yoh’s not afraid to do his own shit and he totally seems like the kinda guy who’d fuck around and find out when it comes to his career. Which I think is why Yoh’s secured that he has a patron in Segasaki and decided not to do his job-hunting. 

Yoh & Segasaki’s first meeting: May —  June four years ago

I think Yoh first ‘met’ Segasaki four years ago; that’s his first year in university, and that would explain why he hasn’t seen Segasaki sooner. I placed their first meeting in May — June mainly because of their outfits. Everyone was wearing a Spring palette when we first saw them at the cafeteria, but they weren’t wearing any thick outer layers so that’s probably very late into Spring and early June. Their clothes also became progressively lighter throughout the flashback and, by the time Segasaki was sick, there were more layers on everyone again, esp. Segasaki, indicating that Autumn could’ve been around the corner. (Though this could just be due to the timing of the filming!)

Also, Segasaki’s friend asked for his notebook, implying that there’s a report/assignment/quiz coming up that he needs to prepare for. So, at least we know it’s definitely not the start of the semester.

On Mizuki’s Master’s level education 

I’ll be real… I’m entirely biased when it comes to Segasaki’s educational level. I have a Master's and I’m an old, I want my fav to be an old too haha. (I’m currently doing my PhD, it’s… going somewhere lmao) 

Anyway, I didn’t make him have a Master's just because… I think Segasaki has a position of seniority in the workplace despite his young age: he led the discussion and (I presume) implemented the new weather reporting system thing. He was also comfortable with rejecting the welcome dinner (歓迎会 kangeikai) for Hiyoshi… and his co-workers, who are obviously his seniors, just accept it as it is. You don’t just reject invitations to after-work dinners/parties, 飲み会 (nomikai), especially not the kangeikai. It’s a party to welcome new members; rejecting it means you’re not a team player and unwilling to bond with your co-workers to cultivate a harmonious workplace relationship, which is a no-no in Japan (please read up on 和 (wa) if you’re interested in learning why), and definitely a no-no if you’re not high-up in position. (There’s a lot of politics going on in the background that I’m not very familiar with. I understand the most basics; like filling superior’s glasses, ‘hanging out’ with superiors, being frank and up-front and coming away unscathed, power-harassment bosses forcing people to drink, etc.) So, Segasaki must’ve entered the workplace in a relatively high position; which is achievable with a Master's. 

Interesting tidbit #1: did you know, you don’t get fired from a workplace in Japan? If the company wanna lay off people, they usually just close the entire department lol crazy, I know, but it’s legit. It’s why people can be employed for life at work.

Interesting tidbit #2: not many Japanese students go for a Master's but when they do, they usually enter right after their Bachelor’s. However, there are certain majors where having a Master’s is advantageous and students are generally encouraged to go for it. I.E. my major, Architecture and Urbanism, and Civil Engineering. These majors typically take 5 years of undergrad for students to qualify as practitioners. In Japan, their Bachelor’s only lasts for 4 years and a 2 years Master’s will put them on the same level as other practitioners from abroad. (I did 5 years of Undergrad in Architecture and Urbanism and another 3 years for my M.Arch degree lol and there are years to go until I get my Doctoral RIP)

wrote this whole thing bcs of this silly lil fic lmao

#taikan yoho #my personal weatherman #yoh tanada #tanada yoh #yoh x segasaki #segasaki x yoh #segasaki mizuki #kohei higuchi #mashiko atsuki #noona96n #mpw meta

[chain-link-smut]

Are you still taking ideas for smut-ember? If not, please feel free to disregard these x Reader ideas lol

Lazy, sleepy sex with Sky. Like, just slipping his hand under your panties, doing it from the side (or rolling on top of you, smooshing you into the bed as he slips in), etc. Maybe even some overstim

Sky + that whip of his 👀

Time & edging (brat taming the Reader, perhaps?)

Twilight practically ravaging you like a beast (no Wolfie stuff tho, I'm with you on that) bc he could smell your arousal all day

Fierce Deity + body worship (could go both ways, as two separate prompts, if you want)

Wild (pre-TotK) + using magnesis to keep your wrists together & towards the ceiling

Wild (either mid- or post-TotK) + that new arm of his 👀 (I bet it's textured juuuuust right, & tho nails, man)

Cunnilingus w/ any of the boys. Or all of them, individually or as a group. Honestly, just more cunnilingus stories -- there's never enough

Temperature play. Idk which Link would best go with that. Maybe Wild, idk. Hell, maybe Vio would be the one into it.

Sparring with Warriors Gone Wrong (And By Wrong I Mean Sexy)

Hyrule + a modified lightning spell -> vibrating fingers & electrostimulation

Sky meticulously carving you a dildo, trying you up & sits back, telling you he's gonna enjoy the show & won't touch you until you manage to make yourself cum with the dildo alone (he knows you can't. He made it just a little too thin, just a little too short, to get all your favorite spots. He just wants to watch you struggle & beg as you become increasingly desperate for him, until you finally break. And oh, will you be just perfect when he finally deigns to fuck you into oblivion)

I'm now out of ideas lmao but if you liked any of these, I could try to come up with more...?

Well hello Beasty!

Requests will be open for Smut-tember until September 1st. I will post the day before of what to expect every day for those who want to skip some days.

I don’t even know where to start with these delicious ideas!! I love them ALL!

-Sex with the sleepyhead in that sweet way is heaven!🤌

-Sky’s whip! That could be used to tie Reader up or see a different side of Sky if used on him.🥵

-Who doesn’t like a bratty Reader taiming? Especially when it comes to Time and his dom self pinning you down by the wrist. His legs used to keep you still under him with that devilish smile.

-Oooo! I have some good Twi x Reader planned for Day 1 & 2.

-F-Fierce Deity… The god that has my heart! He’s high on power after a big battle and Reader feeds his ego a bit with their praise and – yep, there’s my weakness.

-Reader wears metal cuffs for the Magnesis and Wild has them on their tippy toes or off their feet all together.

-Mid TOTK and Wild just need a damn break from the hero stuff and gets to try out some new thing with that arm of his. Nails dragging across stimulated skin. No, I’m not drooling over that idea…👀

-There is never enough Cunnilingus and I may have an idea for that involving FD, Time, Twi and Wars. All the big time Dom boys.

-WAX and ICE! Maybe even Legend would do it.

-Deffo using Sparring Gone Wrong with Wars, how could I not?

-Hyrule’s lightning spell dances across Reader’s g-spot at the same time their clit for some intense satisfaction.

-OMG! Who knew our Skylotian sweetheart had such a Naughty side to him? He knows exactly what he is doing by making the dildo a bit too small for Reader. Corrects them every time they try to change positions to hit that one spot just right. He deffo has no shame as he strokes himself while being entertained.

Thank you for the feast of ideas!!

I know I don't have to tell this Anon this, but- Keep it Naughty you Beautiful Beasties!🖤

#loz smut #purely smut #Smut-tember requests #LU Boys x Reader

[starlight-ascension]

collection of all stars christmas headcanons (these have all been featured on my blog before, from multiple different users, thought i'd compile them in one post)

if you have any ideas feel free to comment 'em

hinata starts hyping in september. everyone tells her not until november. yeah, november, because so many of them start going into christmas mode in early november that everyone's caved in before that month ends

the girls taking Ako, Aguri, and Emiru to the mall to see Santa

Team KiraKira spends three days straight in the kitchen, making enough Christmas cookies to feed an entire village. Seriously, we’ve got over six dozen girls and over three dozen fairies, and some of them eat half their weight in junk food on a regular basis. KiraKira’s gonna be up all night for days, taking shifts for who sleeps and who makes Christmas cookies. They do every recipe in the book and by the time they’re done, they’ve spent tons of money on ingredients which whats-his-name ghost guy fetches (thank goodness Aoi has money to spare, eh?) They also appoint Pikario and Bibury to guard the cookies, so that no one steals from the cooling racks. The fairies and Cures take that as a challenge, and come up with increasingly crazy ways to steal some cookies, which the cookie guards respond with increased security measures to protect the cookies from both other Cures and each other; gotta appoint 2 guards because just one will have no one to stop them from taking all the cookies! it gets to Looney Tunes Heist Movie levels

there's many Christmas movie nights and sometimes on weekends, the girls will watch two or three movies in one night and wind up all falling asleep on top of each other mid-movie. There’s always popcorn with pieces of gingerbread or candy cane in it

Decorating the different teams’ Christmas trees involves every team pitching in, tons of sparkly garlands, bows, glittery ornaments, bells, rainbow lights everywhere because lmao imagine only using one colour for your christmas tree, the tree decked in the team’s motif (i.e. butterflies for team yes!5, clovers for team fresh, flowers for team heartcatch, musical notes for team suite, card suits for team dokidoki, stars for team star twinkle, etc), and flying mascots putting the massive glittery golden star on top

everyone 13 and under puts on a Christmas play for the older ones. Starring Kirara, of course, and complete with musical numbers and precure magic used for special effects/cool costumes. Everyone goes wild at the end

there is a LOT of gay kissing under the mistletoe

Team Suite 100% goes caroling around the city. In costume.

on Christmas Eve, Reika uses her powers to make it snow. she does so while flying above them in Ultra form. people who spot her go "omg i saw a christmas angel" because, well. girl in the sky with white wings and a white feathery dress, a glowing golden halo, and a golden crown. bringing snow.

team heartcatch decorate coppe like a christmas tree

-Inori knows all the secret extra verses to every Christmas carol. The cures who only know the first verse of each song are impressed. 

-speaking of caroling, the girls totally gather around the tree to sing carols. Several fairies who don’t want to sing instead choose to send Mana on a scavenger hunt throughout a dimension of their choice. This is treated like a spy mission that will decide the fate of the world, in the same way sneaking cookies from the cooling rack is treated as a major heist. There’s secret codes involved. 

from just-someone-online, the king/queen/idk what term they prefer of precure headcanons:

Miyuki pulls out all the stops with the Christmas movies. Rudolph, Frosty, everything. Her love of Christmas classics rivals her love for storybooks.

-Setsuna and Yuko teleport the other cures around their respective towns so they can get their shopping done as quickly as possible.

-Mana and Madoka arrange a Secret Santa party for everyone. It turns out to be way more work than either of them expected since there are so figgin many of them.

-Erika, Nozomi, and Hime keep trying to sneak a peek at their gifts. Their respective teams are having a hell of a time keeping them hidden.

-The weather takes a turn for the worse a few days before Christmas so the ice and fire cures work together to keep the roads clear so people can get home safely.

-Yayoi, Mai, and Yui design invitations to the Christmas party. (I know Yui’s not a cure but I feel like they’d invite everyone who knew they were Precure)

-On the day of the party, everyone’s freaking out because they all got a cure that they aren’t overly familiar with (Hikaru got Hikari, Aguri got Nagisa, etc.). Some the gifts end up being right on the money. Others…not so much. Let’s just say Nao didn’t like the ladybug plush as much as Komachi thought she would.

-The MahoPre use their magic to make it snow indoors once they finish with the gift exchange.

-Hugtan and Ai are in little Santa outfits and toddle around giving candy canes to everyone. Everybody gushes about how cute they look.

-On Christmas day, some of the cures track down some of the villains who weren’t reformed and wish them a Merry Christmas. None of them will admit it, but it brightened their day.

from kennycantdecide

- Team Star Twinkle has to take off early to help deliver presents

- Most teams try to join them, but end up getting motion sickness from the ship

- After too many present mishaps, they decide to make it so you get someone from the same color group

- Leads to arguments on color schemes (where does Black and Sunny fit?)

- They all try to have a sleep over at Alice’s manor near Christmas

- Many cures end up sneaking out because they can’t stand watching Christmas movies anymore

- Couples who aren’t officially together yet are always tricked into getting under a mistletoe, and the reactions are varied

- Mai and Yayoi are asked to help design the party decorations

- Erika tries to design Christmas outfits for everyone, but fails because there are so many of them

- The fairies dress like elves, some love it, others despise it

from kiramaipink

-Yuko totally helps KiraKira with the holiday treats!!

-Hana gets so caught up in cheering everyone on with the decorating & baking that Saaya & Homare have to remind her to do her gift shopping

-Ruru & Emiru perform a lil christmas song they wrote together

-Aside from the secret Santa exchange, Mirai, Riko, and Ha-Chan each made little handmade gifts for Mofurun <3

-Hime & Kirara working on styling cute holiday outfits for everyone

-At some point Yukari & Akira sneak away to have a quiet little gift exchange <3

from sunnypokegrapher22

- the ice cures would make a ice palace theme amusment park for the other cures to play in. it aways has a team motif included in the designs. the team motif i decided in a ruffle 

#long ass post

[c1tyhaunts]

─ PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER !

ALIAS / NAME : jacket.jpg (the handle to most of my socmed) or xera (alias) BIRTHDAY : September 19th ZODIAC SIGN : Virgo HEIGHT : 5'4" HOBBIES : writing, listening to music, weight lifting, watching youtube essays, reading novels & manga - i keep myself busy lmao FAVOURITE COLOUR : pastels or jewel-toned cool colors, including purples, blues, greens; also black & brown lol FAVOURITE BOOK : Mexican Gothic by S*lvia M*reno-G*rcia still ranks as one of my favorites; great descriptions, eldritch horror, and one of the better well written romance side plots. plus the final chapter? slays me every time LAST SONG : I'm right now powering through the new Ar*ana Gr*nde album as i write this so eternal sunshine. LAST FILM / SHOW : ... my boys and i were binging the live action ATLA to judge it. it's very, very mid. Now currently watching Iron Reign at the request of @artmadc RECENT READS : Pride & Prejudice for my book club, personal reads included House of Cotton by M*nica Br*shears (Great stylistically, content wise? Very, very strange. I'm still conflicted), Grown by T*ffany J*ckson (An AMAZING READ), and Heartsick by Ch*lsea C*in (give me hannibal lecter but make her a woman; we accept woman's wrongs here) INSPIRATION : BOYYYYY I am heavily, heavily inspired by the music I'm listening to in the moment, so here's a few albums that have my current Brain Rot™ for the blog. tl;dr: i love messy people ↪ Dead Club City - N*thing But Thieves (biggest blog inspo RN) ↪ Dawn FM - The W*eknd ↪ After Hours - The W*eknd ↪ Lemonade - B*yonce STORY BEHIND URL : ↪ based on the song "City Haunts" by N*thing But Thieves; the album, DEAD CLUB CITY, has a loose plot based in the fictional city that the album's named after, and City Haunts is the end of one of the character's story lines from the album. The vague premise of "City Haunts" is that the character we are following in this context is choosing to stay in Dead Club City, letting themselves succumb to the madness and vices that keeps them tied to the city. Which these eight characters on the blog have some sort of Vice/Virtue that they've succumbed to that they need to climb out of (or not, I promote character detractment instead of growth). ↪ the url is also a reference to a "haunt" on multiple levels - a) a place frequented by a specific person or group of people, b) to continually seek the company of, or c) to stay around or persist; for all the characters on this blog, I feel like each of them are going their own "haunt", whether they are doing the haunting themselves or they continue to linger / stagnante in a place they shouldn't. They're all haunting this so-called "Dead Club City" and they have to figure out what to do there... Plus, the url looks cool. FUN FACT ABOUT ME : I've been one of the top performers at my job for the past 2+ years which is apparently achievement. Sales is a scam. Don't do it kids.

tagged by: @artmadc <3 tagging: i love goin down my most recent follows w this meme so @allevils, @obrighta/@haeymitch (whichever!), @rottine, @fiendrites, @bloodykneestm and YOU, cause I wanna get to know you too :)

#▶⌜dead air :: ooc⌟ #perfect timing Leah since I just did the blog reup #also no pressure to the people tagged! ;v;

[azumasoroshi]

Izaya & Shizuo Drama CD??????

so guess what i learned about today! it's truly incredible how much lesser-known content there is about shizaya once you start digging

ive known about dear girls stories for ages but i didnt realize there were actual drama cds for izaya and shizuo too 😭i thought this was just people pretending that daisuke ono and hiroshi kamiya were talking as shizaya (<-CLOWN behavior)

but nope 4 seconds in we got a Shizu-chan name drop so lmAOOO time to listen i guess

there's two of these translated by the DGS subs channel (tracks 9-15) so idk if there's more before or after these or if those tracks have different characters, which i probably wont watch unless shizuo and celty have one or something lmao

according to google translate, "kenka" = "fight" which is funny

can we talk about that official art btw because how did izaya get close enough to shizuo to steal his glasses without getting caught?? dawg???? i guess he came up from behind him or something but fuckin imagine izaya just hanging down from above and doing the spiderman thing...except he steals shizu-chan's glasses instead of kissing him. i should draw that actually

this is hilarious actually i cant stop grinning bskjgHDSH why are they talking civilly about the date. what are they doing

it took them 51 seconds to actually reference hating each other which might be a record! good job gays

wait we're skipping ahead?? to august 30th??? we're just not gonna explain why/how they were in a bathhouse together???? okay?????

bro chased izaya up a mountain??? there are songs written about that kind of stufff bro 😭 like "id climb the tallest mountains and cross the widest rivers for you". something along those lines. shizuoooo you're so dedicateddddd <33333

why does he sound surprised bsdkgshk 1. YOU called him and 2. YOU led him up the mountain. little shit

i had to delete a whole segment because my brain is dead and i thought the dates were going backwards and i was like huh. interesting amount of nonlinear storytelling going on here

yes because august and september come before july soro good job

adventurer day, cleaning day, mid-year day? is this whole drama cd just them unintentionally celebrating obscure holidays together what the fuck

shizuo was just talking about ironing where did you come from??? izaya????? and shizuo didnt even react bdsjkgsh i literally cant wrap my brain around this like how are they just casually talking

WHAT DOES "THAT KIND OF WORK" MEAN HUH

izaya stripper au real (im sorry. my head is permanently in the gutter i think)

izaya i think you're losing it a bit because how the fuck do you watch someone IRONING HIS CLOTHES and still think it's entertaining?? does literally anything shizuo does entertain you what the hell

bro is down horrendous

oh so THIS is the bath one, i thought that was the first scenario (half-year day) because of the cicadas?? for some reason. i mistook cicada noises for cricket noises im a clown

NERDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

damn izaya read his mind. #justcouplethings

shizuo joining in on the wordplay too GOD they're so annoying

and cue giant crashing wave sound effect

the tweet above mentions that this basically confirms that shizuo entered the bath with izaya and i havent been able to stop thinking about it. like izaya would enter the bath to fuck with shizuo but here shizuo joins him. hmmmmmmmm

translator asking the real questions here pFFF

#shizaya #shizuo heiwajima #izaya orihara #durarara #insane that this whole cd is just them being as chill as humanly possible for them #like what #they're just hanging out???? #it took me forever to finish this post because of my 1 hour limit auhwgushhggh i have to write my posts faster

[sisterofficerlucychen]

the trailer left me with so many more questions than it did answers lol.

because a. what happens at the wedding?????????? like there's an op at some point or another? which likely toward the end because tim clearly ends up with a cut on his face but then chenford has that v cute moment??? so that has to be before whatever it is they're doing in the official trailer. (also nolan jinxing the wedding probs happens at the beginning in front of celina and nyla?)

also (*puts on clown hat*) what if it's a fake wedding to draw out the bad guy??? because it was alluded that the wedding will be in september and regardless of everything, i think they're still doing a time jump? because aaron likely can't be at the wedding completely healed if it's only been a few weeks (i mean he could but my man was on the verge of death - and not bailey "it's not the first time i've died" nune - so i'd assume months to recover would be more likely? so they could do a time jump to put on a fake wedding as a trap (especially considering the bad guys were attacking mid-wilshire??? so it is personal) and then have another time jump and have that be the real wedding??? (like season finale and place it in september).

i'm also saying this and i have no idea when in terms of their timeline when 5x22 took place lmao. was it in real time? bc celina did say it was 2023 in 5x10.

because that would also extend celina's rookie year and we know that nolan's storyline of being a training officer is a big part of the show and lisseth just got promoted to series regular so i doubt they'd be bringing in a new rookie soon? so her rookie year has to get stretched out like it did for the original three.

also what if lucy getting hurt is a continuation of whatever happens at the wedding??? like whoever they're trying to get, gets away and they track them down and that's when all of that happens? because at least in the bts pictures, those with lucy are tim, grey, and wesley - and we know at some point or another bailey, nolan, nyla, and angela are all at the beach (for different reasons but same place, i think?)

(also as i rewatch the trailer for idk how many more times now and end up with new thoughts) - from what grey says, it does sound like they catch "the big bad" at the end of 6x01 but they're clearly not buying it and also clearly don't ... so that'll be interesting

i'm laughing to myself a little though because i am wondering if this will be like the undercover op situation when hajek offered tim (jake) another job and said it was "heavy ... wet ... and tomorrow" and that they needed a getaway driver (so to bring his "old lady" because he heard she was "fast") and then it turned out to be them taking out the guards as the rest of the crew grabbed madris??? which, 100% not complaining about it, that will always just be such a funny thing to me and i'll never stop wondering what the original idea was (if it had been different) because what it seems like is a bank robbery? at least from the trailer or some type of money heist? except that for sure can't be it from everything they've presented so far? like it seems like such drastic measures for a robbery?

anyway, just 20 more days!!!!!!! y'all there's a light at the end of the tunnel ♡

#the rookie

[flodaya]

Wow as long as they’ve been together she finally stayed with him in London from March to mid May. When neither were busy. When has she ever been out there before to have y’all thinking she’s moving to London. Lmao one month long trip compared to his countless trips seeing her. Like did they go on some romantic get away in Cali. But sure she’s moving to London after going there once lol

are we only talking 2.0? okay let’s see

Atlanta for five months together until end of March 2021

Z in LA because of Euphoria from march until november, Tom stretching any possible covid allowed entrance to the US to stay with her as long as possible

spent Christmas and nye in LA, and went to visit his family in early 2021

Tom had uncharted press tour in late January/early feburary all over Europe and finishing in New York, and they met up again in new york mid feburary

they spent almost their entire time on the east coast between boston and new york from March until July, mostly New York, and actually only nyc as soon as Z finished filming challengers

Z went to film dune in budapest but spent her three week break in august/September in New York

Tom finished tcr and moved back to london, frequently visited Z while she was filming in Jordan and UAE

spent a couple weeks in Cali before Christmas, separated for 10ish days, met up again shortly before nye in LA

spent the entire month of January 2023 on vacation in the Caribbean

Z spent feburary between LA and Europe working on her brand deals and award shows

and as soon as her work obligations were done she moved her ass and noon’s to London until tom had tcr press and she went back to LA for work and to visit family

and now they’re both (all three if we’re counting noon) back in london

when before this year would it have made sense or been even possible for her to spend significant time in london? use your brain a little, it will thank you for it

#ask

[greaseonmymouth]

i am perhaps several years (and books*) late to this but I've been wondering where the hell does Carl live. I put him in Brøndby in my latest fic** based on nothing but the vibes of his terraced house as seen in the films - a common type of house in suburbs of Copenhagen and considering the colour of the wood and bricks inside the house it's probably one of those solidly built mid-century brick houses rather than a modern one with cement and cladding - and for some reason I couldn't put my finger on, this particular one gave me a Vestegnen vibe rather than a, say, Amager vibe or Nordsjælland vibe idk. so I went with Brøndby

and now I think? I might have been right??

I was rewatching Kvinden i Buret again, as you do, and at the start of he film as the intro credits roll, we see Carl commute in on the S-train. as the train pulls away we see it's a Linje B train (that green square on the back of the train is the Linje B marker). (Copenhagen central station, KBH H, is a mere 6 minute walk from politigården.)

the interior view of the train, which I do not have a screenshot of because I kept getting a black screen for some stupid reason, shows the stops in the background but it's too blurry to make out where on the line he is so he could be coming in from the north rather than the west, but I'm choosing to believe he came from the west. he could be as far out as Albertslund but I think Brøndby is a better fit for like...his general vibe. he just doesn't seem like somebody who'd enjoy living in a snobby area, lol.

depending on where he lives in Brøndby his stop would either be Glostrup, Brøndbyøster (both Linje B) or Brøndby Strand (Linje A), but since he came in on Linje B and not Linje A (blue) and since Brøndby Strand is more of a villakvarter type area I think somewhere along the west end of Linje B makes sense. i mean he could also have been dissociating on the platform for long enough that his Linje A train has left and the next Linje B train has pulled in instead, but I don't think that's very likely

*haven't read them

**for those who don't know: Assad's argument that it's easier to get to work from Nørrebro is absolute garbage, or at least it was up until 2019! the s-train commute from Glostrup to KBH H is like 20 minutes direct but from Nørrebro you had to take 1-2 buses to get into KBH H and either way it would take you at least 30 minutes. unless you cycle, in which case you can make it in like 15 minutes, but neither Carl nor Assad strike me as cycle commuters so moot point, and driving to work when you live and work that centrally is just fucking stupid, neither of them seems to have a car either (the car they are using in the film seems to be a 'company car' even though it doesn't have yellow plates). in September 2019 the new Metro ring (Cityringen) opened which does have a direct line through Nørrebro and into KBH H and also takes about 20 minutes. in-fic by the time Assad makes that argument, I am reckoning the timeline of him convincing Carl to move in with him is in the second half of 2019, so he's right, but he also had to time his argument very very carefully lmao

#afdeling q #department q #WHY do i even care #also I put Assad on Nørrebro but it could just as well have been Østerbro or Vesterbro tbh #the view of his street we saw in Journal 64 could've been any of those three #Nørrebro is just far more multicultural than the other two which are more shall we say expensive places to live #Nørrebro is also getting gentrified but it's still somewhere you can go and there'll be a greengrocer on the corner run by a ME immigrant s

[sapphire-weapon]

in an effort to not mansplain on someone else's post, I'm just going to vomit this here so I can get it out lmao

saw someone say that there's no way that Leon could have a BA because there wouldn't have been enough time for him to do 4 years of college and also police academy before RE2.

I don't know how long this person thinks police academy actually is, but. police academy is one of those things that varies wildly from city/county/state. modern-day academy is about 14-20 weeks long on average (of course there are anomalies like Las Vegas where it's 27 weeks), but that's a number that got doubled after the BLM movement started. when I was studying criminal justice in college in 2009, the average length of academy nation-wide was 6-8 weeks.

so, in 1998, yes, Leon had more than enough time to graduate a 4-year college in May and then get hired by the RPD and go through academy and be ready for work by mid-September (if you're going by Remake's explanation that he was supposed to start two weeks prior to the events of RE2).

in terms of his age not matching up -- yes, technically, he should be 22 in RE2 if he did in fact go to a 4 year college due to how the American school system handles ages and birthdays because the school year starts in September, but please understand that RE2 was written by a bunch of Japanese dudes who did not speak English -- much less understand the American school system -- so all they did was look at the average age Americans graduated college and assign that number to Leon.

for reference, I graduated high school at age 17 in 2007. I got my BA at age 21 in May 2011. I then turned 22 on Sept 6 2011.

I was among the final cutoff of people to be included in my graduating class; if I'd been born a week later, I would've been in the high school graduating class of 2008, not 2007. So, by all rights, even the youngest person to have gone through all of high school and then a 4 year college at age 21 in 1998 should have turned 22 by Sept 30 1998.

I do not expect any non-US person to understand that.

it makes far more sense to assume Leon has a BA than not, because there's no other way to account for the gap of time between him graduating high school and starting with the RPD. with how motivated and ambitious he was, and with how good of a student he was, I really do not see him just... settling for an associate's degree at a community college and then working some other random job for a year and a half before deciding to become a cop. that just doesn't make any sense.

[ladylooch]

Letters in Your Last Name - Chapter 7

A/N: LMAO, all the Wild players except like two in this chapter aren't even on the team anymore 🤣

Word Count: 41.k

Warnings: SMUT 18+ Content, Swearing

The Minneapolis- St,. Paul airport is busy for a mid-September Tuesday. I try not to get frustrated as I wait for Kevin. He texted me that he was just about to the front of the customs line, but each minute has been passing painstakingly slow since then. After two and a half months apart, I’m as desperate for him as I was when we parted in Sweden. Time does nothing to calm the ache or the desire that I have for Kevin. I’m utterly obsessed with him in a way that scares and excited me.

The doors to the international customs area open again causing me to turn and then, there he is walking casually down the stairs. I grin widely in response and wait for his eyes to lock on me. I know the moment that he sees me because his entire body responds with excitement and he motions for me to run to him. I do, not caring at all what people must think about this desperate girl running to a man in the airport. When we meet, Kevin catches me and spins me around while I wrap my legs around him. I bounce against him excitedly as he laughs.

“Best welcome home ever.” He whispers as I pull back. I connect our lips in a desperate kiss and sigh as I lose myself in the feeling of being with him again. “Hi baby.” He says when we have to pull apart because our smiles are too wide. “Did you miss me?”

“God, yes.” I whine to him with a pout. He captures my lip in his teeth briefly and then slides me back down to the ground.

“Good. Let’s get my stuff and get out of here.” He winds our fingers together. I clutch his arm with my other hand, kissing his bicep through his sweatshirt as we walk. He smells exactly as I remember- clean, fresh and sweet.

We grab Kevin’s bags and set off to the parking lot where my SUV awaits. We throw his stuff in the trunk and I climb into the driver’s seat.

“Are you tired or hungry?” I question, looking at him as he reaches over and begins to trace hearts on my thigh.

“I’m starving.” He tells me. When his eyes meet mine, I know he’s not talking about food. I suck my bottom lip into my mouth and nod in understanding. “Are you hungry, baby?” He murmurs to me.

“I could go for a mouthful of something.” I suggest to him, giggling afterwards as I back out of my parking spot.

“Mmm, that’s my girl.” Kevin sucks in a breath through his teeth which is follow by an immediate yawn. “I am tired though. I only got like two hours of sleep on the plane.”

“No.” I pout to him.

“Yeah, I see jet lag in my future.” He rolls his neck from side to side, stretching out his muscles. I notice that his biceps are bulging a bit more out of his shirt than last time I saw him.

“You’re looking cut.” I point out to him as I stop for a red light just outside the airport. “Must have worked cutting out all that cake.”

“It just about killed me though.” He wrinkles his nose in disgust. “But yes, I’m faster and stronger. I feel like I’ve lost some more of my baby pudge.”

“You did not have baby pudge.” I say to him. “But your cheeks and jaw are some how even more pronounced than before. You’re like fine wine, you get better with age.” I touch his cheek gently, turning back to the road when the light turns green.

“I hear I’ve got an excellent face for sitting on.” My eyes widen and I let out a loud laugh in surprise as his hand returns to my thigh. One finger slices under the leg of my shorts and brushes the inside of my thigh.

“Definitely.” I agree calmly, even though I’m anything but calm with his fingers teasing me.

“You know why I couldn’t sleep on the plane?” He asks me as I pull off the freeway and into downtown.

“Why?” I wonder innocently, but I’m well aware of where this is going.

“I couldn’t stop thinking about how damn good your tits look when I’m fucking you.” Heat instantly pools between my legs. I keep my eyes on the road, acting like his words aren’t making me melt. I know if I do this, he’ll keep going like it’s a challenge. Kevin pauses to study my face. I bite the left corner of my mouth to keep my smile at bay. “Then, that got me thinking about when you were in my bed in Sweden. Having you early in the morning and late at night. You squirming under me and begging for me not to stop. How’s a guy supposed to sleep when all he can hear is the moans of a beautiful woman?”

“Kevin.” I say incredulously. “Good lord.” We pull into the underground garage of his building. I’m thankful for a darker space where he can’t see the pink taking over my cheeks. He talks dirty like a hockey player and I love him for it. I put the car in park and Kevin continues.

“On the plane, knowing I would be buried inside of you in mere hours, sleep just wouldn’t come.” That does it.

“Oh my fucking god…” I gasp, unclipping my seat belt and throwing myself at him. Our lips smash together and even though it’s awkward with the console between us, it’s just as hot as he wanted it to be. My tongue slides into his mouth and tangles with his. His hand moves from my back to reach for my ass, giving it a rough squeeze. I bring a hand to his pants and slide my fingers easily into the waistband of his boxer briefs giving his hard shaft a tug. He pulls away with a moan followed by a hearty laugh.

“Nailed it.” He grins, finishing with a brief kiss. “Let’s leave this stuff in here and bang one out quick.”

I don’t have to be told twice.

We fall into bed minutes later, naked and groping at each other like it’s been years not months since we’ve been apart. Kevin’s on top of me, his fingers are indulgent on my breasts. He moans as I run the tip of my finger over the head of his engorged penis.

“Fuck!” He exclaims all of a sudden, pulling back from me quickly. “I don’t have any condoms here. Do you have any?” He wonders, but I shake my head no. The thought never crossed my mind because I figured there were some left from earlier this year. “I’ll go grab some from the store down the street.” He’s rolling off of me and I grab his wrist to stop him.

“Kev, I trust you.” I say to him honesty because I do. I believe him when he says he’s clean, that he hasn’t been with anyone, and I’ve been on birth control for years. We are safe together and I want this right now, not in twenty minutes.

“Are you sure?” He asks me, coming back on the bed and cupping my face in his hands. “We don’t have to do this. We can wait and I can go get some.”

“Are you honest with me?” I ask him seriously even though I know the answer.

“Of course. I’m good. Are you?”

“Yes.” His eyes take in my face again before he leans down and kisses me softly. “I love you.” I tell him, running a hand through the side of his hair.

“I love you, Sam. So much.” He whispers against my lips. He’s poised at my entrance but he stops and sucks in a slow, measured breath. “I have to be honest, I was going to rail into you and now I’m trying to wait so I can slow down.” I laugh loudly in delight.

“You know I like it hard and fast.” I trace the outline of his right pectoral muscle.

“I know, but now I want to make love to you slow and sweet like this moment deserves.”

The way he is looking at me makes happy tears sting in my eyes. I have never felt so safe and loved in someone’s arms before. I want him slow and fast and hard and gentle all at the same time. He eases into me and my eyes close at the addictive pleasure of having him again. I don’t care what he does at this point. I just want him to stay right here, this close to me. When he’s all the way in, he pauses there, letting me accommodate to him. He brushes a strand of hair from my face and tenderly kisses my lips.

“I’ve never felt this way about anyone.” He confesses to me as he begins to move. The feeling of no barrier already has me quivering in his arms. I’m so turned on that he easily glides in and out. I turn my face away from him and sink my teeth gently into his forearm to hold back from the scream I want to let loose. When Kevin speaks again, I can hear the smile dancing in his voice. “Tell me you feel the same.”

“Yes!” I moan and he laughs in response at the exasperation in my voice. “Can you focus?” I breathe out, unsure of why he keeps talking to me needlessly.

“I am. This is hot. I love making you beg for more.”

“Kevin, you are the most incredible man I have ever met. Now, for the love of all that is good in this world, please just fuck me.” My hands reach for his hips and hold him deep inside of me while I complain to him.

“Okay baby.” He gives me one last smirk and then thrusts into me so hard that I’m shoved higher up the bed.

Incredible doesn’t even begin to describe the orgasm that comes next.

Welcome home, Kev. 

_ _ _

“Whoa.” I breathe out to Kevin with wide eyes as we roll up to Mikko and Helena Koivu’s house in the lush suburbs of Edina, three weeks later. The captain and his wife are hosting a welcome back dinner for all the players following the completion of training camp. It’s one last opportunity for us all to bond and have some fun prior to the season kicking into full, exhausting gear.

“Yeah. Goals.” Kevin grins at me.

“What do you do with a house this big?” I wonder. “I mean the cleaning alone.”

“Babe, when you live in a house like this, you pay someone to clean it.” Kevin parks the car and we exit, walking up the cobble stone walkway to the impressive entrance.

“Hello!” Helena exclaims excitedly when she sees us. “Come, come, come. Sam, welcome to the WAGS.” She gives me a huge hug. “You and Kevin, just stunning.” She motions with her hands. “Everyone is in the kitchen, so head on in.”

Kevin and I share an amused look as we enter into the party. I notice immediately that Alex is relatively close to where we are standing. I’m not quite sure how to approach this situation so I just give him and Felicia a small wave. Alex acknowledges us with a brief nod and returns to his conversation with Marcus Foligno. Okay, that was relatively painless.

“Do you want something to drink?” Kevin asks me, motioning to the other side of the room where various drinks are.

“Um, maybe some wine?” I question. “You know what I like.”

“Fireball it is.” He confirms with a joke before sauntering away.

“Sam, Hi!” A woman with long brown hair and perfect cheek bones greets me. I know she is Jared Spurgeon’s wife, but I’m unsure what her name is. “Danielle.” She tells me. “I’ve seen you around the lounge, but we haven’t met.”

“Yeah, Hi! Nice to meet you.

“Welcome.” She grins, “It’s always nice to see new faces join our group.” She is warm and genuine while she talks which puts me at ease.

“Thank you.” Kevin returns with a glass of white wine for me. I smile gratefully at him. I glance around the party. Even though I’ve been in the family lounge before, I haven’t spent much time with the other WAGS. I feel a bit out of place, like the only new person, even though I know I’m not. My eyes look in my brother’s direction and I can tell he is purposefully avoiding us.

“Sam.” Zach Parise greets me as he walks in with his wife, Alisha.

“Hey!” I greet Zach with a wave. I have babysat Zach and Alisha’s two kids a few times over the years as they live relatively close to Alex and tend to double date together.

“Al told me about you and Kev. You sure about this guy?” He is teasing but Kevin’s shoulders tighten a bit in response.

“For the most part. We will see how he plays this year before we make any long-term decisions.” I give Kevin’s arm a loving, kidding squeeze.

“Superstars only in your family.” Zach chuckles. “You’ve got a good one, Kev. Take care of her.”

As the Parises move on, Helena begins to buzz around the kitchen, handing out light blue jean jackets that are seemingly adorned with various patches and letters in the Wild colors of green and red. She hands one to Danielle, who shows me the jacket in full, both the front and the back.

“A few of the veteran WAGS designed these to hand out to the girls this year. We went with denim because they are easy to wear for all season and can be worn under a winter jacket. We do this every year as a fun, kick off for the season.”

“Wow.” I tell her, taking in the Wild logo, the numbers and the large letters on the back that spell out Spurgeon along with his number of 46. “They’re very cute.”

“Sam! Fiala!” Helena hands one to me. I reach for it unexpectedly. I wasn’t anticipating getting a jacket because one, I didn’t know this was a thing. And two, I never gave anyone my size.

“I snatched your jacket one day when you weren’t looking.” Kevin fills me in on how they happened to guess my jacket size.

“Sneaky.” I glare jokingly at him. “There is just one problem.” I tell him as the kitchen begins to clear out with people move farther into the house and party.

“What’s that?” He wonders leaning a hip against the counter, eyes narrowing in on me seductively.

“I don’t know if you’ve earned the right for me to swap out the last name that I wear.” I’m teasing, but I know it will lead somewhere fun.

“Excuse me?” He looks taken aback, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yeah. The last name I’m rocking to games right now has some pretty serious NHL caliber play behind it. Jury is still out on you.”

He lets out an incredulous laugh, blinking rapidly and eyeing me up. “That’s big talk for someone who came here with me. You might need to find your own ride back.”

“Oh… you’re gonna leave me behind, Kevin? Looking like this?” I motion to my tight jeans that grip my ass like a glove and the sweater that allows sinister peeks at my cleavage. “Okay. Maybe I’ll see what Dumba’s doing later.”

“Sure, I can save this for my next girlfriend then.” He shrugs as if he doesn’t care, holding the jacket up. My mouth drops open in surprise and slight annoyance at that comment. Even though we are kidding, the thought of someone else wearing Kevin’s name lights my heart on fire- and not in a good way.

“Fine. Matt!” I yell out, trying to get Matt Dumba’s attention from across the room.

“Enough.” Kevin silences me with a hard press of his lips causing me to squeal into his mouth. “Why do you do this stuff to drive me nuts?”

“Because it keeps things interesting…. And you humble.”

“Please wear this.” He places the jacket in my hands and I accept it from him. He softens instantly.

“Kev, of course I’m going to wear this. Just don’t pout if it not on the nights Al starts.”

“Okay, we can agree on that.” He nods in agreement. He leans down again, placing a sweet kiss on my lips. When we pull apart, his eyes have melted into chocolate pools that I want to bathe in. I step closer to him and run my hands up his chest, lacing them behind his head and pulling him to me again.

“I’m so in love with you, Kevin Fiala.” I whisper so quietly I’m not sure he can hear. Then his lips tilt into a smirk and I know he does. I wrinkle my nose at his cockiness which makes his smile larger.

“My number 1 fan.” He murmurs back to me.

“Aw!” Luke Kunin yells as he walks by. “FiFi’s in love!”

“Yeah, tell your friends.” Kevin responds without breaking eye contact with me.

“Al! Kev’s smooching your sister!” I drop my hands from Kevin’s neck in an exasperated response.

“Great. That’s going to be a thing isn’t it?” I mutter to Kevin, stepping back from his embrace.

“Absolutely.”

“Good thing you’re worth the trouble.” I chirp at him before I turn, noticing Alex and Felicia walking towards us. “I’m innocent!” I jokingly hold my hands up.

“You may be, but the cheesing cat right there isn’t.” Alex narrows his eyes at my boyfriend. Kevin widens his stance, shoving his hands into his pockets casually with a shrug of his shoulders.

“Just trying to treat her right, man.”

“The jackets are so cute this year!” Felicia exclaims, changing the subject. “You picked a good year to join the group.” She winks at me.

“Yes, I did hear about the jackets, so that’s why I let this guy catch me.” I snap my teeth teasingly at Kevin who shrugs.

“Whatever works for you, baby.”

As a foursome, we slide deeper into the party and begin engaging with other members of the team. Kevin and I quickly find Ryan Hartman and his girlfriend Lauren and engage in conversation with them. I find out that Lauren is from a southern suburb of Minneapolis as well and graduated from high school around the same time that I did. We even have a mutual friend from college that we joke about her obsession with her dog on Instagram.

“Truthfully, if I had a dog that cute, I would probably be just as obnoxious.” I laugh with Lauren, thinking of the beautiful blue Pit Bull with crystal blue eyes and a face that would be impossible to say no to.

“Hey!” Felicia pokes me, entering the circle again after her and Alex wandered off to chat with Jason Zucker and his wife, Carly. “We are going to play a team bonding game. Join us!” She insists. The four of us comply and settle into the massive seating area of the living room. I look at the cards centered on the table and see we are playing a game called Buzzed.

“So this game is like a drinking version of Never Have I Ever. You pick a card, read it out, and anyone who has done that thing has to drink. Does everyone have a full drink?” Carly wonders, holding up her own. “You’ll need a full one because I know at least half of you in here are nasty.” The group laughs in response and some members dip to grab refills of their drink before rejoining the circle.

The cards start out innocent enough with soft balls such as drink if you’ve ever failed a test, got a speeding ticket, or lied to your parents. Soon, though, the questions turn a little deeper and the embarrassment begins to creep up my neck. I become very aware of exactly where my brother is and unfortunately, it’s directly across from Kevin and I.

“Drink if you’ve ever had sex in a public place.” Jared Spurgeon calls out.

“Define sex?” Marcus wonders.

“Moose, if you have to ask, drink.” Alex points at him with a laugh while taking his own swig of beer. I look down at my drink and side eye Kevin, who is trying not to make eye contact with anyone. I casually lift my drink and give a small sip. It was one time in high school and I was so terrified of getting caught that I didn’t even enjoy it.

“Good to know.” Kevin murmurs to me, shoving my shoulder as his drink stays in it’s position.

“It was once.” I mutter, giving my head a slight shake.

“Okay!” Natascia, Marcus’ wife, calls us all back to her. “Drink if you’ve ever kissed a friend’s sibling.”

“Kevin!” Luke yells and the others join in. Kevin shakes his head and sucks down the rest of his drink.

“Who said Al was a friend?” Jordan Greenway laughs.

“As far as Fiala is concerned, I’m the best damn friend he’s ever had.” Alex insists with a slight glare.

“Sure.” Kevin nods with a shrug, laughing as Jordan gives him another beer. Next up is Carly, Jason Zucker’s wife.

“Okay… drink if you’ve ever given or received road head.” The room roars with laughter and several people suck down sips of their drink. Both Kevin and I take a drink, thinking of a certain date earlier this fall when we just couldn’t wait.

“I hate this game.” Alex mutters, rubbing at his forehead.

“Look away!” Felicia jokes at him, shoving his face away from our direction.

“There are some things I just don’t need to know.”

“Then mind your business!” Carly laughs at him. “Good for you, Sam! Woo!”

Lauren is next and thankfully gives us a break of the sexual related cards. “Everyone must take a drink without using their hands.”

“Oh god.” Helena mutters, looking around at all the white, cream and grey furniture in the living room. “Mind your wine!” She says with a laugh while we all attempt it.

“Shit, my beer is full.” Kevin mutters, encircling his beer with his lips and tilting it up. I laugh at how much goes into his mouth as he attempts to swallow it all. I grab the bottle from him when I see it slipping and giggle. I take a sip of it, figuring I can do that easier than I can with my glass of wine.

“Not bad.” Ryan, who is next to me, says as he grabs the next card. “Everyone who is single, take a drink. Woo!” Ryan yells, grabbing Lauren and laying a hot smooch on her. The boys in committed relationship howl in response while the single boys willingly take a sip. None of them seem overly disappointed by not having someone here. Next, it’s my turn. I grab a card from the top of the pile and read.

“Drink if you’ve ever had sex multiple times in one day. Good for you, people.” I slowly slide the card back to the table and then raise my wine to my lips and take a big gulp. I shrug my shoulders as I laugh at Kevin, who is also taking a drink. He reaches for the next card after a majority of the people in the room take a sip of their drinks.

“Drink if you’ve ever been in love.” Kevin clinks our drinks together before we both take a sip. When we are done, he reaches for me and pulls me into a sweet and sensitive kiss. “Never like this though.” He nuzzles my nose with his before he leans away.

I watch him as he turns and rejoins the game. I swallow my wine and take in every feature of his. His beautiful eyes, strong jaw, perfectly styled hair. He’s everything I’ve been missing. Like he said in Sweden, the missing piece but one I didn’t even know I was waiting for. I gulp down the emotion building in my throat and turn away from him. My eyes find my brother’s and he gives me a heartfelt smile. I know Alex can see how much we love each other and that helps reaffirm what I’m feeling internally.

Hours later, the night is ending and I’m in the car, heading back to Minneapolis with the man of my dreams. Kevin’s hand instinctively reaches for mine as we hit the freeway. Just like our first date, he raises my hand to his lips for a sincere kiss.

“I love you, baby.” He quietly tells me, the passing street lights illuminating his beautiful face as he drives.

“I love you too, Kev. Always.” And it’s the truth.

No matter what happens in the future, I know for certain that I’ll never stop loving Kevin Fiala.

#letters in your last name au #kevin fiala #Kevin Fiala Fic #los angeles kings #my writing #hockey fan fiction #hockey writing #NHL writing

[rewordthis]

If Love Unravels…

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463 words SuguSato NSFW (and angst! Take it or leave it.)

Summary:

Geto Suguru never spiralled enough to turn himself into an outcast from the Jujutsu World.

What his internalised conflict brought about however, was a drastic change in his character…

The suppressed hate and desperation from feeling trapped made him volatile and often found release in covert yet vicious outbursts, most notably against the one person he trusted the most but also blamed the most.

The one that acted as a chain and a root to this twisted, cursed world—

Hello, sweeties~ I come bringing yet another 🔞 fic. I mean idk, I was minding my own business watching K-pop vids and then it hit me: “He pulls off his hat and runs a hand through luscious black hair.”

Like… that’s it. That’s what this whole fic is about! That one line. Go figure, ok? And no, I don’t feel one bit sorry for making Geto like *gestures vaguely* this... I’m not on that ship. lmao

They have just arrived home from their evening missions and all they both crave right now is a hot bath and a light dinner before going to sleep.

But he is irritated for some inexplicable reason. He just can’t relax. He pulls off his hat and runs a hand through luscious black hair.

It never registers with him how much overwhelming his aura has become, filling the room with anxious energy.

The other is just following his every move, engrossed in his very presence. Captive of the sensations these hands have left on his skin that suddenly feels too hot to bear and yet, frozen in his place with unreasonable fear.

Whatever has put him on the offensive, is going to be resolved one way…

And that is what terrifies him.

They have done this enough times until now for him to know that whenever the raven-head was in this state, it would become unbearable if he didn’t outer his anger. The fact that most of his piled up frustrations came from various times and incidents was making things worse, sending him over the edge with one wrong touch — one wrong word — like throwing a lit match in a tank full of gasoline.

And next thing he knows, is the cold of the surface he’s being pushed against or the hardness that grinds his bones when he’s finally snapped.

He knows the roughness that he is. The hard yanks and angry thrusts. The heat of his possessive marking.

The sickness of overstimulation…

He fucks him raw on the spot where he stands the minute he loses control of himself. And there is never — never — an apology that follows. A reason to justify his desecration. Just anything, to make him feel like this all is worthwhile.

There is… nothing—

That’s not to say he’s never been treated with delicacy and tenderness. He has. He’s found himself lost in his arms more times than he’d like to admit; warmth blooming under the chaste kisses and traces of his digits ghosting along the lines of his body. Their heated breaths mingled into whispered sweet words. Playful licks and soft bites. Long-lasting embraces and contented smiles.

He’s been a happy man.

Yes.

Yes. For a while now.

But every added time they do it like this, has him wondering whether he’s being used as a punch sack or if it’s just his imagination.

It hurts. And it’s not just his body or his pride. It hits someplace different. Deeper. Somewhere that would make him feel disgusted and sick in his stomach.

It’s not a feeling of being fed up with it, rather, it’s the sensation of emptiness that has his guts turn and makes him retch.

‘If love can unravel… it is while waiting for your return.’

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a.n.:

Thanks for reading this far!!!

This is ridiculous, actually… had this siting in my notes since last year; probably from September or October — definitely before mid-November — inspired by this K-pop live short I saw on YouTube ‘cause welp… *bonks herself on head* started it with a specific pair in mind when suddenly halfway through I was writing for another!? lmao

So yeah… I liked how it turned out but I couldn’t really appoint it to any of my ships because the dynamics ended up a bit distorted…? Or more like all over the place! Yeah… ahahaha 😅😂

I mean it’s literally this one single line that sparked this short, that is also the only thing that kept my hands from tagging with any of the ships I drew inspiration from… 😗🤨 And oh, boy! After reading it it was screaming yet another one, too!? Gah!

Ngl, I short-circuited my brain many times thinking about a black haired seme and an uke that could fit the bill but nothing came to mind… 😮‍💨🙄 (ironically, also why this survived my writing app fiasco. Well, I don’t want to dwell on that anymore sooo, I just guess it sat in my notes long enough!)

But, hey! After a year — literally this week — Geto and Gojo popped up in my head and while I first went ‘Nooo!’, they did sound so good for this! I mean Gojo is so going to be this quietly suffering mess not because of character but because this is Suguru? Pff! I can see it so clearly, now! And Geto of course would exploit Satoru’s secrecy for his sake and neither would face the issue until they both become unable to face each other, like… Don’t you think so, too? I’d like to hear any thoughts on this, I’m very curious. hoho

Again, if you read through all this long-ass rambling, thank you so so much and I hope you had a nice time reading this story! 😊

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