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countingdots-tc · 3 months

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TEACHER/STUDENT BOOK RECS

*if you want me to add a forbidden romance list, let me know*

𓃠 This is a list with links to books that have teacher/student, age gap, and experienced/less experienced themes that I have read! These are in order from most recommended to least recommended based on my opinion.

𓃠 This will be updated as I read more! Think something should be added to the list, then let me know!

𓃠 To find the Age Gap/TeacherxStudent Movie list, click on the link on my pinned post!

⭐️= highly recommend/changed my life

😇= no smut

🌶️=contains smut

💦=read to really get your rocks off

highlighted=warning

PROFESSOR/COACH BOOK LIST

The Unrequited by Saffron A. Kent-⭐️😇

ProfessorxStudent & mental health themes

Cute little poet embarrassingly falls for her grumpy professor. Beautiful slow burn and perfectly describes what it feels like to want someone and not feel enough for them. She is such a realistic female lead and reminds me a lot of y’all 😂. This is THE teacher crush community book. If you don’t read anything read this!!

The Professor by Invi Wright-⭐️🌶️

ProfessorxStudent

Cute romance by young, new, and self published author. Very relatable female lead. If you enjoyed The Unrequited, you will like this book for all of the same reasons. Quick and easy read, only 240. She isn’t perfect, she clumsy, and I wouldn’t even say she’s socially awkward, she just a normal college student in her early 20s. She’s a fun narrator. This author has a lot of potential and her writing will only get better.

Gabriel’s Inferno by Slyvain Reynard-⭐️😇

ProfessorxStudent

Such a good dark academia book. Beautifully written and actually has a movie adaptation. I would definitely recommend this if you want a realistic couple but a bit more serious. Characters have so much depth

Off Balance Series by Lucia Franco- 💦

CoachxStudent

Warning: female lead is age of consent NOT legal age.

If you want something really forbidden and fucked up, read this. If you want the MOST insane sex scenes, read this (MINORS STOP). I really don’t even want to add this series to this list but for the girls who wanna go there, have fun. I started this when I was still in high school, read the 3rd one as an adult, it’s not as easy to read now. Take that info as you please

Lessons In Sin by Pam Goodwin-🌶️

TeacherxStudent with 18 Y.O female lead

Troubled rich girl gets sent off to a catholic boarding school and falls for the asshole Dean of the school. Smut is pretty good, plot works. I’m not going to say it’s bad, I think whether or not it’s enjoyable depends on the person. It wasn’t bad, I just wasn’t obsessed. If you’re just trying to live vicariously through her (aren’t we all), then it works!

Teach Me by L. L. Ash-🌶️

ProfessorxStudent

Really good start, and I do mean GREAT start… I just feel like the sex scene came too soon (Ch. 9/32) and it threw me off but I also like SUPER slow burns. It’s still a good book. I enjoyed the male love interest, Professor Harlo. They’re cute together. Grump and Sunshine.

Dark Notes by Pam Goodwin-

TeacherxStudent & themes of abuse

Probably DNF-ing

AGE GAP BOOK LIST

Something In The Way Series by Jessica Hawkins-⭐️😇

Sister’s Boyfriend/Husband & “I saw him first”

Most beautiful romance series I’ve ever read, best written books by Jessica Hawkins. I recommend all of her other books. Lake is 16 when she first meets Manning but nothing sexual happens between them for another 3 books until she’s in her 20s. Beautiful slow burn with characters full of depth.

Sinner by Sierra Simone- ⭐️💦

Brother’s Best Friend & religious themes

Amazing character creation and mapping. These characters feel real! This book is about “teaching” a girl about sex before she becomes a nun. It’s not just a bang bang, hump hump book. It has heart and it really good. If you enjoy religious themed romance, you may enjoy Priest by Sierra Simone too. I didn’t 💀

Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas- 💦

Ex’s Dad

Most popular forbidden romance so whatever you’ve heard about it, dump it. This might be the most tame book on this list. Pacing is good, well written main character. Insane amounts of smut but it doesn’t drive the story forward so feel free to skip it if you get tired.

Love Unexpected by Q. B. Tyler- 💦

Ex Stepdad & parent death

This book is HOT! However after the first few scenes, I got a bit tired of the smut. Well written enough female lead with a rushed ending. However if you just need something to read and not despise it, it’s good enough.

Strictly Off Limits by Jessica Hawkins-🌶️

Dad’s Best Friend

Jessica is my favorite author so I’m a bit biased but she definitely isn’t a smut writer. This novella would’ve been better without smut however it isn’t super present and doesn’t really drive the story forward so don’t feel like you’re missing anything if you skip the smut!

The Doctor by Nikki Sloane- 💦

Ex’s Dad

personally didn’t care for this book, smut starts off way too quick and I’m more of a slow burn girl. It is a novella however, it was still too quick. However! You may love it <3

𓃠 If I’m not reading fast enough for you and you want to see what I will be reading in the future here is my Amazon TBR, have at it!

𓃠 If you want to see a more organized bookshelf of what I’ve read, here is my Goodreads!

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ocean-blueeyes · 8 months

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and I was forced to marry another man (I got put in a different teacher's class)

#when you want to do a tik tok trend but dont have an account to post obscene things like this #tc community #male tc #teacher crush #teacher crush community #tc crush #teacher attachment #tc confessions #tc #male teacher crush #Spotify

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samuel-de-champagne-problems · 3 months

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my lunch break from prek consists of sitting in my car debating on heading back in to make an other coffee but ending up on tik tok doom scrolling and eating kraft mac and cheese and chicken tenders like a literal preker

#this is me rambling #my current tik tok fixation is this really adorable elementary music teacher and i literally am crushing into my phone #i just can’t get away from the trap of thinking when dudes are good with kids it’s cute

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undreaming-fanfiction · 2 months

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Okay, so vampire Eddie is a pretty standard trope at this point, but may I offer...Twilight vampire Eddie who is absolutely pissed off about his sparkly existence?

Eddie actually isn't that old, he was turned in the 80s when he was around 20. He lives with his small and not only vampire family. There's patriarch Wayne, his partner Scott who always becomes a teacher no matter where they move, Claudia Henderson and her son that have been with them ever since Scott noticed Dustin being unusually quiet in his class and soon after, Wayne kicked out his abusive father.

The problem with living with a smart man who loves educating people and a man who never received the education he deserved is - they take school really, really seriously. Whenever they move, Eddie usually has to re-join high school, it's all "just so that you have some socialization! Also we need to be able to blend in, so look around and see what's normal with young people! Also I'm pretty sure some of the stuff we know is now obsolete or disproven, so make sure to tell us!". And Eddie loves Wayne and Scott, he really does, but he had trouble blending in even when he was alive, so now? Impossible. As for gathering information, Eddie has been trying for decades to explain to Wayne that even if becoming a vampire healed the wounds from the lynching mob, it didn't do shit for his ADHD, so there. Wayne finds Eddie banging his head into a desk one day and chanting "WHAT-THE-FUCK-IS-TIK-TOK?!"

So yes, Eddie hates being a forever highschooler, but it also means he can run DnD clubs everywhere he joins and he's not even lynched for it like in the 80s, so hey, progress! He gets mostly content with his existence, except that he's fucking sparkly and can't turn into a bat, so what's the point?!

But then a huge group of people moves from the close town of Hawkins, they had a really fucked up earthquake - Wayne told him all about it, he often volunteered in rescue and high risk works, and he's never seen anything like it - and their little town becomes way more crowded. There are high school freshmen just begging to be introduced to his club, Hellfire, although one of them is scary observant and Eddie is really sure that Jane knows he's a vampire.

And then there's Steve Harrington. A young man with the prettiest hair ever who joined Eddie's class, apparently he needs to repeat the last year too because if your school burns down, you can't take final exams. He's stupidly pretty, snarky, bitchy, and even though he could be partying day and night and spending the rest of his time on dates, he prefers to hang around with the freshmen. Lucas tells him one day that Steve got badly hurt when he was digging through the collapsed middle school, finding and rescuing their whole group, and well...Eddie respects that. Dustin absolutely loves Steve and maybe Eddie feels a bit jealous, but he has to admit - the guy is cool.

The problem with Steve Harrington is this - he's seen so much shit that nothing really fazes him. Eddie loves shocking people. Steve is unshockable. It becomes their little game, they get close, Eddie realizes he has an embarrassing crush, all that jazz. He tries dropping hints, he slurps his bloody lunch from a bottle that has a "THIS IS DEFINITELY TOMATO JUICE AND NOTHING ELSE". He wears a cape. He adopts a horrible Dracula accent. Nothing works. Steve always just laughs and tells him that he's weird and that's why he likes him.

Finally, Eddie has enough. They walk in the woods to get high, Eddie decides to break the ice, he scoops up Steve, does his whole dashing-through-the-woods thing, and he hopes that he can finally share his secret with Steve.

Except Steve just pats his back and says "Wow, that was cool, man! You'd be amazing at track. Great core strength too," and Eddie's head implodes.

"Okay, Steve. Don't you think there's something rotten here?" he tries.

"I mean, it's the woods. Of course there's something rotting all the time."

Eddie tries again. "You've noticed something strange, haven't you. I'm inhumanly fast and strong."

"I sure didn't expect that! You must be secretly training. I didn't know this town had a gym."

Again. "My skin is pale white and ice cold."

Steve is watching a nearby squirrel instead of looking horrified. "Yeah, not all people tan great, Robin is like that too. And I told you, man. Your circulation is shit, you need better socks and some gloves too."

"My eyes change color."

"Yeah, I know, I do envy you that you can wear those cool contact lenses. My eyes are too dry for that."

Eddie is growing desperate, he's gesturing at the trees because Steve doesn't listen. "I speak like I'm from a different time."

"80s slashers will do that to you. You basically live on those. But I gotta admit that they're pretty fun. Oh look, she's got an acorn! Clever girl!"

"Very clever. Also I never eat or drink anything."

"Hey, I'm not judging. Some people prefer one or two meals in a day instead of the whole five meal thing."

Eddie feels like howling and he isn't even a werewolf. "I. DON'T. GO. INTO. THE. SUNLIGHT."

Steve's eyes finally leave the squirrel. "Duh. We've already established you can't tan."

And Eddie's had enough. He tears off his t-shirt, marches directly into the sunlight and throws the biggest tantrum of his life. "STEVEN HARRINGTON. PAY ATTENTION. I am 20. I have been 20 for a while now. You know what I am, right? I am a vampire. So ask me the question, what do we eat? That wasn't a fucking tomato juice Steven!!!"

Steve just watches him with quiet amusement, as if he's waiting for something.

Eddie doesn't notice. His monologue is reaching its most dramatic part. "I've killed people before! I'm the world's most dangerous predator!"

Steve snorts. "I saw you trip over your own feet in the cafeteria."

"Not the point!"

"You told a waitress "you too" when she told you to enjoy your meal."

Eddie actually howls now. "THE POINT IS." He spins in the sunlight and sees the reflections of light off his skin. "I wouldn't have minded becoming a vampire, but let me tell you. Being stuck in high school forever? Sucks. Craving chips and throwing them up whenever you try them? SUCKS. And thinking you've become the legendary creature of the night when you're a glorified glitter mascot?! And you can't even fly?! DOUBLE SUCKS."

He points at his bare glittering chest. "THIS THE SKIN OF A FUCKING DISCO BALL, STEVE!"

Steve just laughs and gets up from the tree stump he was sitting on. "Thanks for sharing. I was kinda hoping you'd finally ask me out since this is the first time we've had some privacy, but this was interesting too."

Eddie's sharing mania suddenly stops. He realizes he's shirtless in the middle of the forest, and his yelling has scared off the squirrel. He promptly grabs his shirt and puts in on. "Um. You...you wanted me to ask you out? Because I totally want to do that. Yep. But I thought it would have been unfair to ask you before I told you-"

"That you're a vampire? Dude, I know."

Eddie blinks once. Then again. "Excusemewhat?"

Steve smiles at him and touches his hand. "Look. After what happened in Hawkins, I know the smell of blood. I knew it wasn't tomato juice. Also I've accompanied the kids to enough monster flicks to know."

"Oh." Eddie licks his lips and doesn't really know what to say. "Um. What...does that mean for us?"

Laughing, Steve grabs his other hand too. "Definitely two things. One - you can and should kiss me. Two - you can stop wearing that cape. I got your point."

"Oh okay. Cool. Will do. Both."

And since Eddie Munson is a vampire of his word, he does.

(Wayne is absolutely delighted that Eddie is dating, he watches sports with Steve and discusses the pros and cons of Steve becoming a paramedic. Scott helps Steve with some of the subjects he's struggling with. In return, Steve works with Robin to find a makeup brand that is fully sparkleproof, giving the vampires a chance to walk in the sunlight again. And sometimes, he helps them answer the questions that have been plaguing the Munson-Clarke-Henderson household for years...such as: what is TikTok?)

(oh and also. Turns out Steve really thought Eddie was wearing creepy contact lenses. That one aspect of vampyrism he found very cool)

#eddie munson #steve harrington #stranger things #steddie #steddie drabble #steddie au #twilight au #look I have no excuse #vampire eddie munson #discoball eddie munson

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spooky-holtz · 21 days

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Sicilian Scheming

Melissa Schemmenti x reader

Genre: pure fluff

Word Count: 3.4k

Prompt: "I seen you were looking for ideas for fics and was wondering if you’d write one where Mellisa’s Nona comes to visit her at Abbot during summer planning where she meets teacher Reader and essentially forces them to go on a date together even though they don’t get along well but they end up really hitting it off then a time skip to their wedding where Nona’s bragging about getting them together?"

I've diverted from the prompt a little but the core of it still stands. Strap in.

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Make no mistake, you absolutely love teaching the third grade but by the time summer comes around, you’re glad to see them go. Summer vacation gives you a chance to relax and enjoy your time away from the stuffy brick building that is Abbott Elementary, spending weeks at a time curled up on the window ledge of your apartment basking in the sun with a good novel and often a crisp glass of wine.

You rarely get chance to see your co-workers save for the coffee dates you have with Janine, often meeting the smaller woman around the corner from her home to sit and chat in the large glass windows as the rest of the world passes by. You spend hours at a time chatting about anything and everything your rather uneventful lives have thrown at you, fingers curled around a sweating glass of flavored iced tea. These breaks are always among the highlights of your year, giving you a chance to wind down and refresh ready for the next group of kids that you will take under your wing.

By the time the summer break winds down though, you’re eager to get back to school and see your dysfunctional work family. There’s nothing you love more than the first day after weeks apart, hearing all about Barbra’s annual cruise with Gerald, or Jacob’s latest mission to get himself “down with the kids” - it usually involves some god awful Tik Tok trend that he should NOT be doing, but you don’t have the heart to stop his rather spirited approach to engaging with his students.

You love these conversations but there is somebody else that you find yourself searching for the second you step foot through the green doors of Abbott; Mellisa Schemmenti. The older woman has become an infatuation for you, her rigid exterior always melting when you interact. She knows exactly how you take your coffee, always leaves a seat open for you during meetings, and takes every opportunity to compliment your appearance - whether it's a new pair of earrings, or a slightly different shade of hair dye, Melissa will always notice.

She makes you feel special in the smallest ways, always leaving you with the hope that she might actually like you back. It feels juvenile and you can’t help but imagine yourself as one of the kids you teach every day, sending heart eyes across the room at each other at any given chance, just waiting for her cheeks to flush and that small, suppressed smile to appear on her glossed lips.

Your crush is no secret, but you would never tell anyone - well, except Janine who had managed to guess exactly why you get so nervous around the older woman after a few glasses of wine at the last faculty holiday party. You didn’t have to say anything; your longing looks toward the redhead on the other side of the teachers’ lounge as you nursed a plastic cup full of cheap alcohol was enough to prompt your friend to ask. You could never lie to Janine’s puppy dog eyes, especially not with a buzz courtesy of the liquor store across the street.

You can’t help but let your thoughts drift toward thick Philly accents as you sit in the gym on the first day of school, squashed between Jacob and Janine and caught directly in the middle of their conversation about whatever new Netflix documentary series dropped last week. You’re really trying to listen, but your thoughts are consumed by bright red curls and glittery lip gloss, not true crime documentaries.

You find yourself scanning the room as the pair babble on and you notice that the seating arrangement is half empty as you wait for the rest of the faculty to arrive and for Ava to take the stage for yet another development week speech that will go down in infamy at Abbott. She’s already poked her head from behind the curtain on the stage twice, clearly impatient to make her grand entrance to a group of less than willing participants.

You begin to hear the telltale sound of heeled boots clicking against the linoleum floor and you feel yourself freezing into place just as Melissa waltzes into the hall, Barbara in tow. You don’t know if you’re impressed or terrified at her ability to constantly wear those shoes and the thought makes you realize that you’ve never actually seen Melissa at her normal height.

Just as you suck in a deep breath, her eyes scan the room and instantly land where you sit, sandwiched between two of your rather enthusiastic co-workers. As her green eyes meet yours you see them shrink at the smile she sends your way, her pearly white teeth cutting through the shiny pink lip gloss she’s always wearing. You send a similar smile back, overjoyed at the fact she merely noticed you. God help your heart rate when she decides to talk to you for the first time in two months.

Your attention is pulled away by Barbara, who waves enthusiastically from behind Melissa, making her way toward the empty seats directly in front of you. Your eyes dart back to Melissa as she follows the billowing of the older woman’s cardigan, heels still impossibly loud against the floor.

The dark button down she’s sporting is tight against her torso, the sleeves rolled up to reveal her deceptively toned forearms. You have to remind yourself to look away for a split second, the thought of getting caught ogling her by one of your co-workers forcing you to tear your eyes away. You look toward Janine who has trailed off her conversation with Jacob, the pair watching you and Melissa like a tennis match. You feel your shoulders slump at Jacob’s knowing look, the excitement practically making him vibrate.

“You’re kidding, you know too?” You sigh.

“Uh yeah, you don’t exactly hide the heart eyes,” he scoffs. He must see the deer-in-headlights expression on your face because he continues, “I wouldn’t worry, she was definitely just throwing them right back at you.”

You have no time to reply as the subject of the conversation reaches the row of seats in front of you, sitting in the hard plastic chair and turning her torso to see you, hand resting on the back of her seat. Her smile is wide again as she looks to you. The panic brews in your throat and your palms instantly become sweaty at the prospect of Melissa feeling the intensity of your feelings.

“Hey hun, it’s been a while,” she says, her eyes still crinkled from the smile she wears. Her focus is entirely on you, ignoring the duo that sits on either of your sides.

“Yeah, it has,” you manage to stammer out, “How’ve you been? You look good.”

You inwardly cringe at your words but you’re not lying. She’s obviously had her hair dyed ready for the new school year and it’s even brighter than usual, making her even easier for you to pick out of a crowd. She looks so full of life and at ease, the break clearly having done her well. Her smile grows impossibly wider at your compliment, putting you instantly at ease.

“It was great,” she replies. “Spent a lotta time at the beach with my family, so I’m not as pasty as you may have remembered.”

She throws a wink your way with the last statement, causing a pink blush to cover your cheeks within seconds. What you wouldn’t give to actually see Melissa at the beach, totally relaxed on a sun lounger with a drink in hand. The image turns your cheeks an even deeper shade of red and Mel clearly catches on, her smirk letting you know that she knows exactly where your thoughts have gone.

Before you even have chance to reply, Ava makes her grand entrance from behind the curtain to a chorus of groans that echos throughout the room.

You can feel Janine’s elbow nudging into your side, your friend having had a front row seat to your entire interaction with the redhead. The action earns her a swift kick to the ankle under her seat, accompanied by a hissed “don’t you dare”.

The meeting is over almost as quickly as it begins, Ava rushing back to her office to catch the latest episode of Real Housewives - she didn’t explicitly say it but you all know that’s the only reason she would be running back down the hall. You won’t complain though because it means you can get started with your work to prepare your classroom for the year ahead. You stand from your seat alongside Jacob and Janine and have all intentions of getting back to work when Melissa turns around again. Her emerald eyes stop you in your tracks, mid-stretch, your arms flexed above your head.

“I never got the chance to tell you earlier, but I really like your dress,” she says, completely catching you off guard. Your hands fall, hanging limply by your side and brushing against the floral fabric of your clothing. You’d be lying if you said you didn’t wear it specifically to catch her eye this morning. The soft smile she wears on her face makes your heart melt, the look on her face only reserved for you. “It's real pretty.”

You both stand there for a few seconds, blushing like lovesick teenagers and staring into each other's eyes when a throat clearing brings you back to reality. Janine claps her hands together, flustered by the interaction.

“Okay, I’m gonna get back to my classroom and, uh, get started on cleaning. Have a good day guys!” She calls as she walks away with Jacob in tow, enthusiastic as ever as he throws a thumbs up your way. You know that within five minutes of leaving the school gym she’ll be in your classroom waiting for the rundown on what the hell just happened between you and Melissa, as if she didn’t see it all happen from inches away. At this rate, you wouldn’t be surprised if Jacob shows up with a bag of popcorn to join in with the gossip session.

“Oh shit, yeah, I need to clean before Nonna shows up,” Melissa mumbles, “I don’t wanna even think about the earful I’ll get if my classroom is a mess.” She doesn’t even stop to think before she turns on her heel and practically runs out of the gym and down the hall toward her classroom. You don’t have time to process her words before her best friend speaks.

“Well, I guess that just leaves us,” Barbara says from her place next to where the redhead stood. She wears a gentle smile on her face that will always help you feel at ease. She reaches her arm out to you, linking your arm within hers as she turns to walk. “Come on honey, I’ll walk you to your room and tell you all about the cruise I had with my Gerald.”

After a rather lengthy conversation about ‘Sea Barbara’ and her less-than-christian antics, you’re back at your door for the first time in months and can’t help but feel like you’re home. Nobody particularly likes their job but that couldn’t be further from the truth for you. Already, you’ve planned out the next year and can’t wait to welcome your little Eagles back into the classroom.

It’s a full hour later by the time you actually hear another person’s voice - Janine chose to keep her distance but will no doubt grill you about Melissa at some point today. It’s just a matter of when.

You hear the signature clicking of her heels before you can see her, her footsteps considerably slower than usual. You can hear her talking as she walks, though you can’t make you exactly what she’s saying. The footsteps grow louder and slower before you hear a knock against your doorframe, the door propped open by a thick stack of textbooks that you’ve wedged in front of it in a desperate attempt to get some airflow in the stuffy room.

The sound makes you whip your head from where you stand on your stepladder, stapler and crepe paper in hand as you put together a display for the kids. You know exactly who will be standing there, already smiling as you turn and meet her eyes.

“Hey Hun,” she says, “I’ve got someone here who wanted to really meet you.”

For the first time you notice the presence beside her. You don’t need to take any guesses that this is Melissa’s infamous Nonna, the older woman clearly having stamped her grandchildren with her genes - she looks exactly how you imagine Melissa would in her old age, her hair silver and leaning gently on a cane.

“Melissa Ann Caterina Schemmenti!” she exclaims, making you jump and stand up straighter, terrified at the prospect of already being on her bad side. You climb down from the ladder as she stares at you, smoothing your hands down the front of your dress in an effort to get rid of any creases that may have formed during the morning. “You said she was pretty, but not this pretty!”

You feel your shoulders relax as you laugh at the older woman, taken aback, Melissa by the side of her groaning loudly with a “Nonna, really?” You move toward the pair holding your hand out to shake the wrinkled one of the grey-haired lady before you. Her fingers are adorned by the same kind of jewelry that Melissa wears, her Sicilian heritage extremely clear from the large signet rings that she wears across her hands.

“And there’s no mistaking that you must be Nonna,” you grin, introducing yourself. “I’ve heard a lot about you. You’re like a living legend around here.” She closes her hand around yours, the other still gripping her cane.

“Pretty and complimentary?” She remarks, turning to look at her granddaughter whose face has managed to turn the same colour as her hair. “Well, you kept a lot quiet about this one.”

You can’t help but look at Melissa at this statement, catching her eye and smiling even wider, Nonna’s remarks already making your grin impossibly wide. Her brow relaxes itself slightly, the hard lines around her eyes softening when she sees the pure joy on your face at finally getting to meet the woman you’ve heard so much about over the last few years.

“I’m not sure if I want to hear exactly what you know about me,” you joke to her, catching Melissa’s eye yet again. The poor woman looks unbelievably flustered but it's a welcome change in your dynamic. She usually gets to revel in the fact that you turn into a puddle in her presence, but now you can only hope to add to the quickly darkening hue of her cheeks.

“Trust me, you do. This one doesn’t shut up about you,” she says, smiling slightly and cocking her head toward Melissa who is actively wishing that a sinkhole would open up beneath her feet. She lets go of your hand and moves further into the classroom, leaning ever so slightly on her stick but still moving with all the confidence of your favourite Schemmenti woman - at least you know where Melissa gets it from now.

Your eyes dart to Melissa, the older woman already looking back at you with a silent apology in her eyes her teeth worrying her bottom lip. You reach out and rub the top of her arm over her shirt in a small act of comfort, letting her know that this entire situation is doing nothing but working in her favour.

“Ya know, it’s nice seeing something other than my Melissa’s classroom or the reception desk at this school for once,” Nonna says, almost speaking to herself. She looks around the room almost in awe, taking in the displays in various degrees of completion around the room.

You follow her further in, Melissa hot on your tail behind you. She’s so close that you feel her almost walk straight into your back as you stop closer to the older woman, her once intimidating heels stuttering slightly on the wooden floor.

“So, tell me,” Nonna begins, turning in place to face you, “What brought a girl like you to Philly? I know you’re not a local.” Her eyes twinkle as she asks, and you have a sneaking suspicion that she already knows the answer to her question from the tales her granddaughter has seemingly told her about you.

“I just wanted a change,” you answer honestly. “I only thought I’d be here a couple years, but it’s been five and I can’t see myself leaving any time soon.”

At your statement you hear Melissa sigh by your side. As your head turns to meet her gaze you see just how much it softened at your words. She knows just how much you love your job and the dedication you’re willing to put into making sure these kids make it. Year after year she’s been the one to help you draft lesson plans and mark countless piles of work over a mug of coffee in the teachers’ lounge, helping you when you feel slightly out of your depth in more ways than she could imagine.

It’s only when she’s this close to your face that you can see the glittering of her lip gloss as she smiles slightly, her lips pulled together in a look that conveys so much softness.

“Do you like Italian food?” Nonna asks, breaking the tense silence that has fallen between you. You feel the redhead beside you jump, both of you completely forgetting that her grandmother is just meters away from your little moment. You can’t answer quick enough, crying out for her approval and hoping that you can focus back from the incredible green eyes that are currently burning into the side of your head.

“Oh yeah, I absolutely love an Italian,” you stutter out, “Can’t get enough.”

You inwardly cringe at your words as you hear Melissa snicker by your side, Nonna’s eyes twinkling with amusement again. You hear a quiet “Bedda Matri” from Melissa through the giggles that shake her body.

“I bet ya do,” Nonna says, her grin revealing her impossibly pearly white teeth. You can feel yourself getting warmer and you’re not sure if it’s from the stuffiness of your classroom and its broken windows or from the pure embarrassment radiating through your system. “You know, I taught Melissa everything she knows about Italian food. Maybe if you’re nice she’ll cook for you sometime.”

Nonna’s eyebrows are raised as you turn to meet Melissa’s eyes, the older woman shrugging in your direction. It's nice to know you aren’t the only person completely lost in this conversation.

“Oh, I know!” Nonna exclaims, making the pair of you jump yet again, “Melissa, how about you cook this nice girl the family baked ziti tonight? Say, 7 o’clock?”

“Uh sure, if you don’t have anything on?” Melissa says, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion once again.

“No no, I’m totally free,” you stammer, your cheeks matching the deep red of your co-worker's hair. “I’ve got your address too.”

“Wonderful!” Nonna almost shouts, her shrill voice echoing off the semi-bare walls of your classroom. “You’re going to love it, trust me.” She says, throwing a wink your way.

You don��t particularly want to admit that the smaller woman is, but you do love it. So much so that two years later you’re twirling around a dance floor in a lacy white dress, Melissa in a matching getup and shiny new diamond rings on your left hands. As Billy Joel croons the chorus of ‘Just the Way You Are’ from the speakers set up around the room, you hear a familiar voice chirp up from a table just out of reach of the dance floor.

“You know, they would never have gotten together if I hadn’t practically knocked their heads together,” Nonna says, her voice carrying over the song as she explains her matchmaking services to Melissa’s Uncle Tony. You feel Melissa grin where her cheek rests against yours, your expression matching hers as you hear the older woman carry on. “I’m telling you now Anthony, this wedding wouldn’t even be happening if it wasn’t for me.”

You feel Melissa begin to giggle where she stands, her hands resting against the lace at the small of your back, thumbs rubbing gently against the surface as you sway together. You hear Nonna carry on, adamant that the life you’ve built wouldn’t be possible if not for her, and as much as you don’t want to give her satisfaction, you both know she’s right.

#wlw #self insert #reader fanfic #reader fic #lisa ann walter #abbott elementary #writing #fluff #abbott elementary fanfic #melissa schemmenti #melissa schemmenti x reader #melissa schemmenti x you #melissa schemmenti fic #melissa schemmenti fanfic #lisa ann walter x reader #lisa ann walter fic #melissa schemmenti x y/n

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justallihere · 2 months

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Hi bestie,

the school librarian x kindergarten teacher has now become my brain rot and I'm thinking of so many potential scenarios/conversations

Idk if you've seen those tik toks where kids ask their teacher the most out-of-pocket questions like Are you married? Are you going to marry Miss Violet, why are you so old, etc

or if its Christmas time X: What presents would you get for someone you care about? and the kids are like "Better style bc all you wear is black and hearing aids bc you're old Mr Xaden" LMAO

Imagine a kid who gets easily overstimulated and likes to hide away in the library since its quiet and Xaden is frantically looking for this missing child and is ready to go mama bear to find this kid

imagine a career day and Violet asks her siblings to come help, Brennan is a surgeon, Mira is in the AirForce and they try to intimidate Xaden bc he's dating their baby sister 😭

No like it’s taken over my life 😭 I’ve got it and SITQ both open and I’ve just been flipping back and forth all day

Xaden would be so good with kids, he’s for sure the type of person to talk to five year olds like they’re grown adults and they LOVE it. They love him. They call him Mr. X and he constantly has at least one child holding his hand. One look and they stop doing whatever bad thing they’re not supposed to be doing. When they do crafts and the kids don’t want to take them home they all march down to the library and give them to Miss Vi and of course she loves the art and has a whole wall dedicated to it but she’s also glaring over their heads at him for bringing all this GLITTER around her BOOKS. He bugs her during lunch or his free period and puts away the books on the shelves she’s too short to reach and walks her to her car at the end of the day. Also he sneaks his dog in sometimes, and Sgaeyl is a perfectly behaved angel who always seems to know exactly which kid is having a bad day and she sits next to them. Xaden tries to set up doggy play dates between her and Tairn and Andarna and Violet won’t agree because she thinks he’s just teasing her

And yes, the kids know he has the world’s biggest, most pathetic crush on Violet

Some nosy-ass kid: “Are you married to Miss Violet?”

Xaden: “buddy if I was married to Miss Violet you’d know”

#modern au wip #librarian violet x kindergarten teacher xaden

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I love your teacher!Ross concept and I had to send this. I saw this tik tok a while ago about this maintenance guy fixing things in a teachers classroom because he had a crush on her and I think Ross would 100% do this.

Shelf’s broke? He’s fixing it

Squeaky chair wheel? He’ll just buy a new version of the same one

Every time he’s in her classroom he’s looking around to see if there’s anything he can do to help make her life easier

I SAW THE EXACT SAME THING!! wasn’t it just so sweet?? when he painted her classroom for her!! and he asked her out and she rejected him!! 😭

anyway back to teacher Ross lol.

a thousand percent this is Ross. I think you’d be sat eating your salad at your desk one day during lunch, he’s sat at a school desk across from you with his laptop set up, supposedly lesson planning but far more invested in a story you’re telling him about one of your friends’ dogs.

“can you hear that?” you say suddenly, rolling your chair back and hearing it squeak and he’s like yeah, I can, and takes it upon himself to sort it out.

you’re like ‘it’s fine!! you have so much to do, I can live!!’ and he’s like yeah there’s no way I’m letting u have a squeaky chair disrupting you. he’s got his sleeves rolled up and you’re stood next to him with your arms folded as he looks at it, and he comes to the conclusion the you can just swap chairs with him. you protest it, but obviously he’s got his mind set on it. he goes and gets his chair from his classroom and swaps them, and you find yourself fighting the ridiculously big smile on your face.

I also think you’ve got a faulty window or a shelf like you said, and it’s been bugging you for ages. he’s watched you struggle with it, your books at an angle because you’ve managed to balance the shelf at a slant so it doesn’t completely collapse. you come into work one morning, rushed off your feet because it’s exam season, and it’s been fixed for you. your books are lined up neatly, and the shelf is fixed.

you immediately go to his classroom and poke your head round the door - ‘did you fix my shelf?’ - because there’s no one else in school that knows it’s broken. he’s smiling at you proudly, sat at his desk with his arms folded across his chest. ‘I got here early and I knew it was bothering you, just thought I might as well if I’ve got the time’ he rambles on a bit, trying to play it off cool, but really he’s been desperate to sort it out for you for ages. he trips over his words a bit when you smile at him sweetly - ‘thank you, really. I’ll pay you back in some way, promise!’. you smile as he purses his lips and blushes a little, telling you that he’ll ‘hold you to that!’ as you make your way back down the corridor.

#teacher ross #fanfic #send me asks #ross macdonald #the 1975 #ross macdonald fanfiction #ross macdonald fic #ross macdonald imagine #ross macdonald x reader #ross macdonald fluff #asks open

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finnpavlikovsky · 2 years

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Trevor Spengler x gn!reader

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It has been about a week since the start of school. The whole ghost thing was crazy but somehow things have gone back to normal, or somewhat normal. But Y/N didn't know anything about that. They moved to Summerville just before school started, so everything that had happened was over their head. They didn't know about the famous spanglers.

School was normal. Just days passing buy all too slowly. They haven't made any friends, not by choice. It's just everyone had been living here their whole life, so they were a newcomer. Currently they were in science class, one of the worse classes. Science was somewhat hard (somewhat=very). Honestly chemistry did not make sense but it was okay. The only annoying thing was their science partner. Trevor himself was not annoying, it was the crowds of people who always swarmed him. Girls and boys alike would lean over the shared desk, twirling their hair and perpetually flirting.

Y/N walks into class dropping their backpack next to the desk and slumping into the seat. They pull out their notebook and pencil case, going on their phone immediately after. The rest of the class trails in, Trevor walking in with a group of people surrounding him. He smiles awkwardly, waving them off. Trevor sits in seat, letting out a sigh and resting his head on the desk. Y/N peaks at Trevor, whose head was in his hands. Trevor was attractive, everybody knew that and Y/N was a victim of this. Maybe they had a crush on Trevor but it's not like he would ever even notice them.

The teacher eventually walks in, clapping her hands to draw attention.

“Okay class, today we are going to be working on the project that is on your desks. Please work with your seat partner, and no phones' ' She eyes the class clowns, who are always making tik toks or harassing other students. The teacher gestures to the class to start. Y/N looked down at their desk, they didn't particularly like initiating conversations. Trevor clears his throat, turning to Y/N.

“Um hi, do you want to choose what project we are doing?” Y/N chews on the inside of their cheeks, not looking at trevor.

“You can choose” Trevor lets out a weak smile, taking the paper and quickly reading over it.

“Um, could we do the changes of matter?” Y/N nods.

“Okay cool! Um i can do physical changes and you do chemical phases if you want”

“Yah that's good” Y/N smiles a bit, opening their notebook and the textbook.

“Just in case we want to work on it outside of school, can I have your phone number?” Trevor seems shy, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Yah sure” Y/N writes their phone number on a strip of paper, handing it to trevor.

“Cool” Trevor pockets it, getting to work on his project as well.

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comment for part 2?

#trevor spengler finn wolfhard richie tozier miles fairchild boris pavlikovsky trevor spengler x reader trevor spengler x gnreader

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hanziii-11 · 4 months

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just imagining the hogwarts ppl as 21st century teenagers...

hermione:

- always carrying a tote bag with books in it :)

- comfy clothes

- boba runs :>

- probably surfs the internet for the curly hair community

- pinterest and tumblr are her main apps

- along with every vocabulary app ever

- doesn't stop posting on every social media about house elves

- reads essay writing advice

- likes taylor swift

ginny:

- that one girl who's crazy good at sports

- shorts and sleeveless t-shirts

- literally the coolest person in school

- everybody's crush

- doesn't care much for social media but if she had to she'd post on instagram

- her camera rolls consists of team pictures and family pictures that's it

- would wake up ron at 3 a.m to order pizza because, "what else is a phone for, ron?"

- probably gossips with the teachers

- types in all lowercase

luna:

- nOt LiKe oTheR GiRlS except she's fr

- cozy sweaters

- would find the most random coffee shop and paint there

- definitely has a blog

- probably listens to the weirdest music

- earphones in all the time

- daydreamer (as always)

- wears dungarees

harry:

- that one guy who's always in the drama but doesn't want to be 🥲

- definitely a nike guy (wears jordans for every occasion)

- watches youtube shorts (because he strikes me as someone who disregards any other form of technology)

- never keeps his name as the username for any social media (since he's famous and all)

- basketball. he plays basketball

- him and hermione are swifties although harry doesn't really advertise it

- cargo shorts and loose t-shirts

ron:

- always forwarding tik-toks to his friends

- probably wears hoodies (anything but maroon please)

- says he loves ed sheeran for the music but it's really because he looks like him and wants to be famous like harry

- hates math with a passion

- likes watching try not to laugh videos

- would be really modest about being great at something

- is a converse guy

draco:

- has an extremely concerning search history

- posts controversial text posts on tumblr under a fake name

- is embarrassed about what he likes

- tried a dating app once and searched for death eaters. he was then banned from the app.

- always keeps his hoodie hood on

neville:

- has like a million boards on pinterest

- can't stop watching food videos

- spends all summer trying to convince his grandma to install pinterest and follow him

- likes to crochet?

- reads books with no fandom and then becomes the only one to make fanart of that

- that one quiet guy who has a crazy snap episode that no one expects

#hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #hogwarts 21st century #hermione granger #harry potter #ginny weasley #draco malfoy #neville longbottom #ron weasley #luna lovegood

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heavvnsiighs · 1 year

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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S CLASS OF ‘23 !

it’s the days that seemed so far away as you hit snooze for the fifth time , dreading that 8am class . the death glares in the library as you attempted a study group with your friends , only to scroll & giggle at your phones . it’s walking into that literature final , confident that you’ll at least pass enough to see another semester . it’s the all nighters - jamming in weeks & weeks worth of curriculum into your brain . it’s you finally arriving to the days that made all the stress , the group projects & even the horrible teachers worth it .

welcome to the days of updating your linkdin in bed , wearing a u miami oversized shirt & nursing a hangover . the days you consider going to 3 classes in one week an accomplishment . it’s watching sunsets at the beach with your room mates & group orders on ubereats . it’s mustering up that bit of courage to tell someone you’ve harbored a crush on them since you’ve first laid eyes on them in freshman year . it’s the amount of times you said you hated this walk to class , & the amount of times you now think about how you might miss this walk to class . it’s the days & the nights that you don’t want to end . welcome to your last semester as a hurricane . let’s make it a memorable one !

hurricaneshq revolves around the graduating class at the university of miami , the private research university in coral gables , florida . they’re just trying to get to the finish line in one piece , dead-set on making this their best semester yet .

GENERAL RULES:

this will be a very laid-back discord group . standard rp etiquette still applies : no godmodding , no ooc drama & be inclusive to all . the group will have a cap of 15 muns - each allowed to take up to 3 muses , all of your muses cannot be white , you must have atleast once poc muse . muses must be between 20 - 23 years old . fcs must be over the age of 19 . muns must be 18+

APPLICATION:

( fc . pronouns . gender . age ) looks like FIRST LAST NAME decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being POSITIVE TRAIT & NEGATIVE TRAIT around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MAJOR & plan to PLANS AFTER GRADUATION after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with 3 - 4 AESTHETICS . optional tik tok video that describes their personality / vibe ( name/alias . age . timezone )

RESERVED FCS:

MUN COUNT:

15 / 15

CHARACTERS :

( maia reficco . she/her . cis woman . 22 ) looks like ABRIL SERRANO AQUINO decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being SACCHARINE & QUIXOTIC around campus . i heard they’re majoring in GRAPHIC DESIGN & plan to WORK FOR MARVEL COMICS after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with RIBBONS IN HER HAIR, OVERLY USED SKETCH BOOKS, A STARBUCKS APRON TIED AROUND HER WAIST AND A DRAWER FILLED WITH MOVIE STUBS . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpbdJek/ ( k . 27 . est )

( becky g . she / her . cisfemale . 23 ) looks like ADRIANA KING decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being ALLURING & MANIPULATIVE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MUSIC BUSINESS & plan to WORK HER WAY UP THE RANKINGS TO GET DISCOVERED after they graduate … hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with UNREAD TEXT MESSAGES , SIX INCH HEELS , FRESHLY MANICURED NAILS . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdtPsKK/ ( sam . 24 . est )

( ergi bardhollari . she/her . cisfemale . 21 ) looks like CAMPBELL ZEQIRI decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being MAGNETIC & FLIGHTY around campus . i heard they’re majoring in POLITICAL SCIENCE & plan to TAKE A YEAR OFF TO TRAVEL BEFORE GOING TO LAW SCHOOL after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with LOW RISE JEANS THAT GIVE A SNEAK PEAK TO A SMALL BUTTERFLY TATTOO ON HER HIP , STUDYING IN THE LIBRARY WITH SUNGLASSES ON AFTER A NIGHT OUT , CHASING BLONDE LOCKS & FOLLOWING HER LAUGHTER AS SHE RUNS & DANCES THROUGH THE RAIN AT MIDNIGHT . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdu478S/ ( sage . 21+ . est )

( mason gooding . he/him . cismale . 23 ) looks like CARTIER SIMMONS decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being LAIDBACK & NEUROTIC around campus . i heard they’re majoring in FILM STUDIES & plan to MAKE THEIR FIRST PUBLICIZED INDIE FILM after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with A SHELF FULL OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS , LIES THAT SOUND GENUINE , SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT OF 7/11 BLASTING MEN I TRUST , THE SMELL OF VANILLA CIGARETTES STUCK TO HIS CLOTHES . https://www.tiktok.com/@drewgunby/video/7097907705603460395 ( chanel . 27 . est )

( zendaya . she/her . cis female . 23 ) looks like CASSANDRA "CASSIE" MOORE decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being OPTIMISTIC & INSECURE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in SOCIAL WORK & plan to BECOME A FOSTER PARENT after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with SCATTERED POLAROID PICTURES, ALWAYS SAVING EVERYONE BUT YOURSELF, VOICE AS SWEET AS HONEY, THE FEELING OF SUNSHINE HITTING YOUR FACE . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpg6xoq/ ( raine . 22 . est )

( madelyn cline . she/her . ciswoman . 23 ) looks like DAPHNE LEDGER decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being CONFIDENT & SELF CENTERED around campus . i heard they’re majoring in FASHION & plan to START HER OWN BUSINESS after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with SILK SHEETS, GLOSSY LIPS, SIX INCH DESIGNER SHOES . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRp4Hap4/ ( lily . 22 . cst )

( cody christian . he/him . cismale . 25 ) looks like HAYDEN DIXON decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being PROTECTIVE & SHORT TEMPERED around campus . i heard they’re majoring in SPORTS SCIENCE & plan to PLAY IN THE NFL after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with BACKWARDS HATS, STACKS OF COMIC BOOKS, DRIVE THROUGHS AT MIDNIGHT AND A CHEEKY SMILE . https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8Add3XS/ ( ace . 24 . awst )

( braydee cardinal . she/her . cis woman . 23 ) looks like JOCELYN "JOSS" BRUNEAU decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being DARING & OBSTINATE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in SOCIAL WORK & plan to WORK WITHIN HER COMMUNITY BACK HOME after they graduate … hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with FOGGED-UP CAR WINDOWS, BECOMING YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND OVER DRINKS AND TAMPONS AT THE CLUB, THERAPEUTIC BATHS WITH THE WELCOMED GLOW OF NATURAL LIGHT, ENGAGING DINNERS WITH LOVED ONES . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdcuvN4/ ( jules . 25 . nt )

( jacob elordi . he/him . male . 22 ) looks like KYLE WESTBROOK decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being CHARMING & CRUEL around campus . i heard they’re majoring in BUISNESS & plan to WORK FOR HIS FATHERS COMPANY after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with CRISP FALL AIR, HORROR FILMS, BLACK COFFEE, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdXqEDQ/ ( sammi . 25 . pst )

( madelaine petsch . she/her . gender . 23 ) looks like LOVE DALEY decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being LOYAL & STUBBORN around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MARINE BIOLOGY & plan to MOVE TO HAWAII TO STUDY STINGRAYS after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with HEART SHAPED SUNGLASSES, OVERSIZED HOODIES, PINK SKIES . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpVHqeS/ ( lily . 22 . cst )

( desire mia . he/him . cismale . 22 ) looks like LUCA SMYTHE decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being SOCIABLE & ARROGANT around campus . i heard they’re majoring in ART HISTORY & plan to PLAY FOR THE NHL after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with A GRIN THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL , A LUXURIOUS SPORTS CAR CARELESSLY PARKED IN THE HANDICAP SPOT , A HAND ON YOUR LOWER BACK AS HE BRUSHES BY YOU TO GET THROUGH . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdHe5DY/ ( sage . 21+ . est )

( froy guiterriez . he/him . cis man . 23 ) looks like MATTHEW FOSS decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being EMPATHETIC & SHY around campus . i heard they’re majoring in ART HISTORY & plan to MOVE SOMEWHERE CHEAPER after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with NORTHERN LIGHTS, HANGING POLAROIDS, PAINT COVERED HANDS . ( lily . 22 . cst )

( maria casals . he/him . cis male . 21) looks like MAVERICK MIRALLES decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being MAGNETIC & IRASCIBLE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & plan to PLAY IN THE NHL after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with UNANSWERED TEXT MESSAGES FLASHING ACROSS A BROKEN PHONE SCREEN , BRUISED KNUCKLES , FALLING ASLEEP IN THE BACK OF CLASS . ( vee . 24 . est )

( archie renaux . he/him . cis man . 22 ) looks like MICAH AHUJA decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being INDEPENDENT & MANIPULATIVE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MARKETING & plan to LIVE OFF HIS PARENTS’ MONEY after they graduate … hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with MUSIC THAT’S TOO LOUD, COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COLOGNE & SMUG SMIRKS . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpghEnc/ ( faye . 25 . est )

( ethan corion . he/him . cismale . 23 ) looks like NOAH BONNER decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being CHARMING & RASH around campus . i heard they’re majoring in MARKETING & plan to TAKE OVER HIS FATHER’S COMPANY after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with TIGHTLY TIED DIME BAGS, WEARING SUITS, COMPETING WITH YOURSELF . ( stella . 24 . est . )

( ryan manick . he/him . cismale . 22 ) looks like PEYTON WEST decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being MAVERICK & AIRY around campus . i heard they’re majoring in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & plan to KEEP ILLEGALLY MODDING CARS after they graduate … hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with NEVER BEING ON TIME, ALWAYS HAVING A SIX PACK OF BEERS READY AND SOMEHOW ALWAYS GETTING OUT OF TROUBLE DESPITE LOOKING (AND BEING) GUILTY . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdthNPE/ ( ac . 25 . gmt+1 )

( christina nadin . she / they . demi woman . twenty two ) looks like SORA PACAON decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being DETERMINED & SPITEFUL around campus . i heard they’re majoring in FASHION DESIGN & plan to CREATE THEIR OWN SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE FASHION LINE after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with FRECKLES DOTTING THE BRIDGE OF YOUR NOSE EVEN IN WINTER, FLIPPING SOMEONE OFF WITH A MANICURED FINGER, SHARING LIPGLOSS WITH A PECK ON THE LIPS, INTIMIDATING GROWN MEN TWICE YOUR SIZE WITH NOTHING BUT A GLARE . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdXT4Dy/ ( pepper . any pronouns . twenty6 . est )

( cindy kimberly . she/her . cis-female . 22) looks like STELLA FLORES decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being CHARISMATIC & RECKLESS around campus . i heard they’re majoring in BUSINESS & plan to PARTY AROUND THE WORLD ON HER DADS YACHT after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with 2AM DRUNKEN ADVENTURES, CLOSETS FILLED WITH DESIGNER CLOTHES, CHERRY GLOSSED LIPS . https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdXVJHV/ ( caroline . 27 . est )

( aaron liebregts . he/him . cis-male . 23 ) looks like VINCENT BANKS decided to show up to class today . they’ve got quite the reputation for being CHAOTIC & MANIPULATIVE around campus . i heard they’re majoring in BUSINESS & plan to OPEN A TATTOO SHOP after they graduate . . . hm , good luck with that , i guess ! it’s definitely going to be weird not having them around but i’ll never not associate them with “ACCIDENTALLY” LIGHTING A BUNCH OF THE DUMPSTERS ON FIRE AFTER A LATE NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS . https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpbefnS/ ( arianna . 21+ . est )

#rpc #rpt #discord rp #college rp #let's see how this goes #<3

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flowingaura · 11 months

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May 27, 2023

“You saw value in him that he didn’t see for himself. He had to settle in what he saw in himself.”

Hearing this statement stood out the most. Suddenly I had a memory I thought I’d never had to think about after watching a Tik-Tok video that stumbled onto my For You page.. The title of the video was “If you’re wondering why men ruin relationships for someone who is not at your level, this is why.”

My very first relationship with Matthew. It was a beautiful relationship that grew to Dangerously in Love. We were very passionate with one another that we grew together during High School which turned into a fucking nightmare.

It was so toxic to the point we wanted to leave each other but we were in love with each other. In hopes we can go back to what we started together. Toxic lovers that needed each other.

I was trying to find love in someone to build my own version representation of love pouring out of me. My home life turned toxic, built up anger, heartbreaks, sacrifices etc when a household gets tough for my parents starting a new life in a new country finally together. At this very moment I admit I never thought of it in this perspective when it comes to my parents POV. It makes me feel guilty for being a spoiled brat this whole time due to the fact my trauma runs so deep within me that it’s just my walking actions repeating the parasitic behavior.

Going back to my first relationship.. we both were jealous when other’s had our attention and protective of keeping potential threats from someone who may had interests in us. For a period we were a power couple to others until things slowly turned to the opposite. I was running away from my home because I hated being strapped down at home and do nothing. I was so adventurous and young... like every young teen goes through when they’re in love with someone giving and wanting from each other. My Air sign with his Fire sign, we endlessly fed each other in order for our elements to fuse into each other and burn.

So young to the point we suffocated each other, close in contact but distant internally. At times it felt like a saw going back and forth unknowingly cutting through chains weighing us down.

“I’d rather have you hurt me than see you go”

When he brought up about needing space I just knew it was his way of slowing breaking up. To me it’s either be with me or not at all, there was no pause in between. He stopped showing interest and I found out he was talking to other girls just to get over me. I battled with trusting others and I trusted him and all I did was give and I only asked just to be loved properly. I was addicted to the love he gave and I wanted more each time. I cried so much feeling like I didn’t matter or was respected enough for him to do that when I focused on myself, be around my friends more and didn’t have interest with other guys. It took some time accepting to move forward to be happy if he needed space for himself.

I picked myself up realizing those around me stayed but respected my time with him. I felt like shit, realizing I was that shitty friend that left them because I was engulfed in my relationship. My grades slowly started to get better, I was enjoying my Junior year in High School and I started to meet new people such as my classmate who happened to be my middle school crush. HA, it was a nerve wrecking moment. Still heartbroken at the fact Matthew left me to talk to other girls which made me jealous but accepted he didn’t need me anymore. So i moved forward with my life. Peter and I started to talk, Matthew didn’t like that one bit..

The only reason we started to get close was because our Marine Biology teacher, Mr. Rueda, seated us together, next to each other. My heart was racing so fast and I’ve never felt this way before. Matt was popping in my head at times out of guilt thinking if I did anything with Peter or even had feelings, I’m just cheating.. but then got reminded he’s doing everything else with other girls and Peter was the only guy that shared he cared for me as a classmate, a friend and someone who has interest in me this whole time. He respected me enough to have boundaries, hugged me when I needed comfort, instead of crying outloud into my pillow, he would just hug me and let me cry into his chest and yelled.

He embraced me because he was the only one to hear me cry for help inside. My grades started to get better because we studied together. I learned how to drive manually, tried things I’ve never experienced like learning a new culture, his love for animals, put others before him, family oriented, and in his words “I put my heart on both sleeves” “I know you’re running away from the hurt but let me be the reason your heart heals and everything else.”

biiiitch my heart exploded, I slowly felt love healing me, my mind, body and soul. When I thought things were getting better for me, Matthew decides to catch up with me and he saw how happy I’ve become and looked healthier (lost weight). He started to cry because he said he messed up and he thought he was better off without me. In my point of view, the girls he was trying to talk to probably didn’t have interest in him or got tired of using him etc he was trying to get me back and I was so dumb to let him back in. Matthew hated himself but hated Peter more. He turned crazy stalking me, asking others to keep an eye on me at my high school, coming to Peter’s home with a bat ready to hurt both of us. I felt disturbed by this and he fucked with my mental stability. I thought I was the problem but he was too.

There was so much lying, trust issues and instability.

Did I lose someone who could have made my life better? Yes, but this was my journey and my lesson to go through on my own. I own up to my actions knowing we both were toxically in love with one another. I forgive you Matthew for hurting me and I hope you forgive me for hurting you too. We didn’t robbed each other of our youth, we were just teens falling in love for the first time and we just gave to each other the way we knew how to love.

It was just hard for us to let go because of the “what ifs” “I could change” and the two words that we needed to hear. “I’m sorry.”

It was a beautiful relationship that led to a dangerous level.

#forgiveness #spilled ink

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Last of my Trans Rights Readathon reviews!! “The Wicked Bargain” by Gabe Cole Novoa

(Strap in everyone, this is going to be a long one! Not only did I have a lot of thoughts on this, but it was somewhat an excuse for one of my hyperfixs to make a cameo. I don’t think I’ve had a 2K word review since The Dragon’s Promise?!)

Hello, Tumblrians! This wraps up my fifth and final review of my Trans Rights Readathon reads!! This one in particular might’ve been anticipated by y’all, as I’d mentioned both looking forward to it and listening to it on Audible for weeks. This particular review will be covering The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa!

I feel this is the only one with a worthwhile Book Discovery Backstory(or whatever fucking name I’ve used before), to be honest: I haven’t shared on here, despite it being the platform to do so (this is just a bookish account for now and I’ve yet to post art outside of that), but I’ve been an Our Flag Means Death fan for about a year now! I’ve gotten attached to the characters, especially a select few, and consequently, I followed a good chunk of the actors on Instagram. For reference, Jim’s my favorite (although my other top three are Oluwande and Jackie, as a sidenote), so I follow their actor, Vico Ortiz, on Instagram! Turns out they do voiceover work, particularly with audiobook narration(which I found out about in November but only remembered beginning of this year?), and they made a story post in January or so that was day 2 of them recording in the studio the narration for this book. The next day they actually made a video dropping the title of it, and I rushed to go check it out! It’s absolutely delightful, reading a gay pirate book narrated by my favorite from the gay pirate show. (Even if I suck ass with staying focused with audiobooks and as a result also had to have a hard copy on hand lmao. I haven’t listened to one since my seventh grade art teacher played all three audiobooks for The Hunger Games. Sidenote, who decided those were for kids?! They’re terrifying!) Despite that being the main reason I got into the book and knew about it in the first place, somehow I ended up forgetting it was actually real and not just something I’d gaslit myself into believing until a week or two until the release date💀

(No but seriously though I followed Gabe Cole Novoa’s Instagram and regularly commented under his updates, I had grown into a certified actual TWB fan between February and when I actually read it in March😭)

So yeah! The more you know, haha. Sorry about the long rant, and also to my dear friend who may be reading this and who I have ranted about my fictional crushes enough times that he can recognize some of them (including the aforementioned) by just pronoun, based on context alone.

BUT YEAH! So the ultimate question: was this book worth the hype? Not just from me, personally, but for most of Tik Tok and some of the bookish Crew folks who’d caught on to its existence? My final verdict? Yes, yes it was. It was an absolute blast of a book.

Ok, onto my actual review now! This is already plenty long, and we haven’t even talked about the plot.

The Wicked Bargain follows (newly) 16 year-old Mar León De La Rosa, a Latine nonbinary (transmasculine) teen working alongside their father on the ship he’s captaining(and became notorious for), La Catalina. (It’s worth mentioning that this book takes place somewhere in the beginnings of the Golden Age Of Piracy, I think the exact year the story starts is legitimately 1717?) On the night of their sixteenth birthday, however, El Diablo comes to claim their father’s soul because of a deal he made with him when Mar was born, then killing everyone else on La Catalina except for him and Mar. Mar has to find a way to get him back before it’s too late, having to learn to hone their own magical abilities (fire and ice elemental stuff!) if they have any hopes of successfully defeating El Diablo, and finding a new home in the ship, La Ana, that saved them from drowning at sea. (Of course, there’s other notable characters: like my personal favorite, a gender-fluid demonio named Dami with somewhat questionable morals, and the son of La Ana’s captain, Bas, who Mar much to their dismay ends up falling for.)

(Sidenote: premise for this sounds sick as fuck, right?! There’s so much plot going on though that it’s taken me five tries to correctly condense and explain it to my friends. Five! Like..go to the Goodreads page, you’ll see what I mean. I legit needed to take a breather the first time I went ahead and read the blurb back in January ‘cause it’s a mouthful.) (I’ve noticed that the bullet-point explanation/“tagging” format used by a few Bookstagrammers works in their favor this time because they can just use a couple quotes, include “found family”, “magic”, “gay pirates” and “a deal with the devil” and call it a day.)

So as you can tell, plot-wise, this book is packed. There’s some other details and aspects I left out because it would be spoiler-y to include them, which can be overwhelming for a few (especially given on how long it takes for Mar to pick things up and start throwing baddies around, yeah it takes a while for them to actually be comfortable with using their abilities)(this does not work within the time constraints of the deal and every time it would mention weeks going by and the moon phases changing I’d be like “oh no”)! It took a bit of getting used to on my part, but it keeps things moving along and it ties into the swashbuckling part of it all (see: pirates, haha). This does not work in the ending’s favor, however, because it ended very quickly to the point where it felt a little abrupt.

I really liked the cast of characters! (I think ensemble casts are starting to grow on me a bit.) A lot of them were so much fun, the obvious favorite being Dami. While a few of their schemes got…convoluted (especially in the last act, but that was kinda mandatory for it to work), I absolutely ate up their moral ambiguity and their banter with Mar. This book also had a solid villain, too! (And an interesting pick as well, being that it’s..the literal devil lmao.) El Diablo got a kickass introduction, cementing him as a threat and a force to be reckoned with in the story’s plot, and he remained menacing throughout basically the entire book. I enjoyed that a lot, he’s probably one of the more solid YA villains I’ve read about! (Even if I have a few questions about his identity at the end. We don’t have a spoiler section for this review, so I’m keeping things vague at that?) As for the non-villainous/morally gray characters I liked, Bas, although he got a horrible first impression with Mar, remained a fun character to bounce off of them. (“Them” singular, I mean bouncing off of Mar lol.) Eventually, when the romance between Bas and Mar was introduced into the plot, I actually liked it and thought that there was a gradual shift in Mar’s opinion of him rather than a total 180 just to make it work(maybe it was because the drag from listening to this and it taking me four times as long to read, though, that made me think it wasn’t rushed). (LMK what you guys think in the comments!)

To wrap up my discussion on the other characters, Tito got mentioned only a few times I think, but he was one of my favorites too. He was just really sweet, I liked how caring he was towards Mar (especially during the point of the book when they were terrified after being discovered by him) and I appreciate fictional dudes like that. I missed him when Mar and Bas were the centerpieces of the second act and not the La Ana crew as a whole, because it meant there wasn’t any more time to be spent with him :(

Anyhow! Now, Mar themselves. They’re in emotional pain for a lot of the book, and have a sizable amount of trauma attributed to their magic(which is just called the Spanish word for it, magía, here). That prevents them from seeking out solutions related to that. I get it. But damn I was SO annoyed at them for just. Making things drag out?! Literally half of the book would’ve never happened had they just realized they had these super powerful abilities at their disposal!! The one time that Dami tried to get them to use their abilities was kinda convoluted (did the rest of the crew seriously have to be involved, too?!)(and by involved I just mean endangered bro), but their reasoning was understandable imo. When they were frustrated at Mar for their hesitance I was too oh my gods. (Seriously though, when Dami was basically about to pull their hair out because of anger and stress, I was too, and started full-on laughing because it was basically my reaction. I felt seen by that! Sigh.) Anyhow. That issue aside, I loved their characterization as a transmasc non-binary protagonist. I related heavily to their feelings of gender dysphoria, and appreciated as a Spanish learner that the La Catalina crew (and some other folks who knew about Mar not being a boy but non-binary) added the “e” ending to their Spanish when referring to them. Also, little bit of a personal note but I thought it was interesting how they presented really masculine and were alright with “boy” being used as a descriptor for themselves sometimes; a lot of non-binary rep is kept strictly androgynous(well, particularly in television because books are more diverse I noticed), and as a non-binary person who also identifies as gender-fluid and uses male/masculine labels occasionally, this was yet another facet of their gender identity I connected with :).

(Additional thoughts on the nonbinary representation: I appreciated having this be in a story within the historical fiction genre, because although yes, the characters aren’t real, there’s still that acknowledgement that queerness has always been around. It especially helped to have that be told through the Latine lense that Gabe Cole Novoa wrote it in, because in non-European/white cultures, it’s been an integral part of them but got erased by colonialism. Colonization was semi-frequently mentioned in this book, due to Mar’s cultural background, so that was a point of complexity that was brought up along with it. I’m glad that got to be highlighted here, it’s a layer of queer history typically not talked/written about in mainstream narratives because they're mostly white-centered.)

Magic system I’m a little on-the-fence about, to be honest, because we have some idea of how the strain on Mar limits their usage of it and it ties into the plot(I liked the added detail of them having to use their magic every 2 or so weeks because it would build up!), but they also get pretty powerful with little to no training and I wish the book was a bit longer so we could get more time to develop that. And, as the paragraph on Mar’s characterization gave away, we didn’t get a ton of action scenes involving magic! It stilted its development, sadly, and kinda led to the sudden influx of power in the quick ending. (I was expecting Dami to try to train them a little more! I guess that didn’t happen. Maybe it could, in a version of the story where there were a few more pages and the pacing was a little less clunky towards the last act.)

Ok, in conclusion! I loved TWB a lot. (That’s the acronym that Gabe Cole Novoa uses in regards to it, and I picked up on that because it’s fun! It’s like talking about something with a dedicated fandom.) Even though it didn’t get the highest rating of my Trans Rights Readathon books due to the pacing hindering it a little, I think I enjoyed it the most out of all of them (maybe I’m a bit biased though, see the Book Discovery Backstory). Mar, Dami and Bas have stuck with me for weeks after I initially read about them on-page in March, I still have my hold receipt for my library copy(which I had to return, sad face) stored away in a tiny box in my room, and I’ll be reading anything Gabe Cole Novoa publishes from here on out :).

(Also, I tried drawing digitally for my last fanart piece bc I just got a new iPad and it’s easier for me to sketch on this one, for some reason! I hope you’ve enjoyed the addition of my fanart!)

(Edit, August 10, 2023: I removed the second piece of fanart from this post only to include my art of Bas and Mar. My Dami drawing was inaccurate to how they look on the cover art for The Diablo’s Curse, and I felt the need to take it down for that reason.)

Book rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars

(Book content/trigger warnings: Drowning, confinement, grief, gender dysphoria, some instances of underage drinking, semi-frequent mentions of colonization, mention of racial slavery.)

~Paz, signing off!

Trans Rights Readathon Reviews: 5/5

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