#the big mall where most of the lights are off and many of the stores haven't been restock in a long time and there's a creepy thrift store

[nostalgicfun]

This is probably Too Niche, but to the vivid dreamers out there: do you ever get nostalgic for a place from your dreams that isn't real? I have recurring locations in my dreams that just. don't exist. And I find myself thinking about them or having "memories" about them even though they don't exist and never have. But they're real in my heart even though I'll never go there.

(tell me about these places in the tags, I'm so curious)

#the house along the highway with all the junk around it that I walk up to but never get to go in #the lake with the houses around it where I walk out onto the little fishing pier and watch the swans every time #the alternate version of the trails at my mom's house where a stream green with algae runs along the railroad tracks #the big mall where most of the lights are off and many of the stores haven't been restock in a long time and there's a creepy thrift store #and I know malls (esp abandoned malls) are common in dreams but this is the same one every time and I'm aware of that in the dream #a yellow victorian house with lots of trees and a fence out front. there's a park nearby. I've always been older in this dream #and it's always MY house. and I'm always so surprised I live there in a self-aware kind of way. I long for that house so bad.

[sexy-opium-ravioli]

Photo Booth

Universe: Resident Evil

wc: 1,791

Pairing: Stepbro!Leon S. Kennedy x Reader

Warnings: Not many, just the fact that Leon is your stepbrother and he is .5 of a little shit. Otherwise, this is a good, old fashioned fluff piece.

a/n: Hihi hello hello :) I've been trying to claw my way out of depression for a while, but here's some cute Leon content in the meantime!

@lipglossanon !! thank you for being such a wonderful writer, honestly reading you has been really inspiring as of late! and your characterization of the Leons you have are among my very favorite.

It not my best work by any means, but I hope anyone reading this enjoys <3

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The liminal space of a mall was the place where you could see through a person, like light through glass. You'd get to see what stores they prefer to go to, what mall food they like to eat (or if they can't), what they buy vs what they don't. 

Or sometimes, as is the case with you and your weird, pseudo-freudian stepbrother-boyfriend Leon, you just get boba and mess around. 

There were other things you'd like to do with him, sure. Sometimes you two would catch a movie- or fuck each other until you're both sensitive and whimpering (as young lovers often do). Really depended on the day. 

But it was earlier in the morning and it was a free, clear Saturday, in the haze of a temperate spring. And, the last couple of days were kind of stressful. Keeping up separate social lives, exams, dealing with your shared parents- sometimes just being apart from each other was okay.

You were starting to suspect something in Leon. You didn't know what it was, really. Everything was in a haze with him- truer emotions he always hid behind something snarky and barbed. And since you could never really get an accurate read on him, you could only try to squint in the dark and decipher the signs in front of you. 

Still, something foundational was shifting. And there was a strange feeling in your stomach that had been there all morning, and it wasn't bad, per se; but it was constant and unusual. You sipped on your boba and started chewing. 

You and Leon were both sitting on public benches. The time was before most of the retail shops started setting up, only the food court was open. You laid your head on Leon's shoulder and closed your eyes while you both soaked in the sun's warmth. 

The mall was bright and quiet, not many were there yet. You still felt a bit sleepy, but it didn't seem like Leon minded resting either. There was a difference in the emotions you feel someone going through when you rest your head on their shoulder- and the way Leon's was giving into the weight of your head spelled relaxation. The both of you spent a bit of your morning like this. You lifted your head and glanced at how the sunlight reflected off of Leon's golden hair. How it also cut a shadow at the curve of his jaw. 

"You wanna walk around?" You asked with your voice low, not wanting to disrupt the quiet, alive whirring of the building. Leon looked at you, smiled a bit and nodded his head before getting up. 

When you caught up to pace with him, you decided to annoy him and cross pinkies. He retaliated by taking hold of your entire hand, and you tried not to make a big deal about it. Your heart was starting to beat really fast, though. 

You thought he would let go after a couple of seconds. He didn't. 

Exiting the first floor common area to the escalators surrounding it, you both enjoyed the warmth of a second floor perch. Leon hasn't let go of your hand yet, but you were joking around about other people you were seeing at the mall, or the vaguely strange sale ads you'd see posted on windows. 

It was light, conversation felt easy for once.

And then Leon saw something, and you watched the way his eyes captured a glint of absolute mischief. 

Your eyes followed the laser point focus of his- and oh. 

Oh. 

A photo booth. 

And before you knew it, the distance between you and the box was already halved from Leon practically yanking your arm off. It didn't hurt, so all you could do was laugh. 

Walking up to it, Leon already got his wallet out and was feeding the machine bills. You decided to slip in and look around inside. All photo booths look different- this one was pretty new and sparkly. 

Not long after, Leon swept the curtains and stepped in with a mean smirk. You got yourself ready, trying to make yourself look alright while Leon selected to start through the menu. 

You always felt a weird sort of anxiety in photo booths. They never gave anybody enough time to actually prepare for a photo, but Leon was already doing someth- "Hey-!"

He quickly stepped behind you, caged you in his arms, gave two hand horns, and made such a twisted face he actually did kind of resemble the devil, because in his heart of hearts, Leon S. Kennedy was a dork. 

You decided that if he was going to suffocate you with all the muscle he was trying to show off, you were going to get a picture of biting it. 

The bite wasn't too hard, but the quick noise that Leon gave was mostly out of being startled anyways. He quickly retaliated by flicking your arm before posing for the next- 

"Let's do a nicer one," you interject, quietly and quickly. You both prepare and in time, you're smiling together while Leon has his arm draped over your shoulders. It all happened so quickly and concisely that the warm feeling you got in your stomach from all the affectionate, silly, friendly contact was delayed. 

The countdown started again. Leon almost shoved you in front of him, but instead of putting his arms over your chest and neck and face, (being annoying about it), he placed them gently over your waist. And then when the camera flashed, he was kissing your cheek. 

You turned around in his arms, not really caring about the photos anymore. But he was the one that leaned down and kissed you gingerly, and with meaning. His lips were always so soft and smooth against yours-

The camera flashed. You two were together a little longer, and then you both separated. It was a few long seconds where time just stopped, and you could swear that if you opened the curtain and tried to find one of the rare morning pedestrians of the mall, they would be left unmoving. 

But all you could do was look at Leon. It didn't help that he was so pretty. But there was this weird flash of emotion in his eyes, that same one you couldn't read and he wasn't looking away-

The camera flash made you both jump a little, and then Leon gave a quiet, nervous laugh to himself that sparked yours. He looked at you again, an upward pull of his lips that didn't seem too mean anymore. "Better get those photos," 

"Yeah," you offer back, already leaving the booth. He followed you, and not long after, the booth started to give out a noise before producing two copies of the same strip. Leon quickly snatched them before you could even hope to grab them, and he held them out of your view after that. 

"Leon," He was snickering. That pretty smile he hasn't dropped for 5 minutes now has had its teasing quality reapplied. Irritation quickly bubbles back up in your throat. 

"Ugh, Leon, you-" He does that little shit older brother thing where he lets the strip creep just into your reach before yanking it away a couple of times, but he doesn't do it too much. He gives you one of the copies after starting to giggle at you. 

You shake your head, ready to be embarrassed at your own face or maybe even his, and- well, the first photo has you laughing. Your head is tilted backward and your eyes are closed, and the laughs pour out of your throat like smooth wine. 

"Leon you're such a dork,-"

"Oh ok! And we're not gonna talk about the absolutely feral thing latching itself to my arm-," 

"Noo~, we're not," You interrupt teasingly, and you take a look back at the pictures. The air swiftly changes from playful, easy and teasing to meaningful, endearing- kind of tense in a way. Leon looked beautiful, and you looked nice too, and now you just noticed that Leon is right behind you actively gauging your reaction. 

The third photo was almost too sweet and intimate to look at publicly, and you could feel the tips of your ears start to heat up. Leon's face is mostly obscured, sure, but the way you react to why it's obscured is so sweet and genuine it kind of embarrasses you. Your lips try to hide a smile and your eyes are cast downward and away from Leon- low, but not closed. One of your arms rests on the lean coils of muscle wrapped around your center, while the other reaches up for your hand to rest on his head. 

The fourth makes you inhale a little sharper, and you can now feel the high part of your cheekbones heat with your ears. Leon's chin is resting on your shoulder now, and you can't even imagine the shit-eating grin he must be wearing on his face. Well, both of your faces can't be seen by the camera, if that's any consolation to your poor, heated skin- you might melt ice at this point. 

You don't know why it has you so weirdly dizzy, but maybe it's the way Leon looks so boyish, almost soft kissing you. His head is so slightly tilted, and the way his body curls around yours is just so engaged-

The fifth one is sweet in a different way. It makes your heart instantly crackle and spark for hope, which any sort of tired rationality your dopamine abused brain has left is probably screaming at. 

There's that fear in your chest, but there's no denying the fact that there's a light glimmering in Leon's sea glass eyes that you haven't seen from him too many times. 

It's a look that makes your entire body feel warm, like your skin is being pricked by needles. At this point, you've stopped looking at the photos altogether and buried your face in your hands. It makes Leon's chin lift off your shoulder, and you hear a chuckle come from him, but nothing sarcastic. 

"C'mon, stores are opening soon, weirdo," And when he says that you realize that there's warmth behind his words. You lift your head and look at him, and he's scratching his nose but- is he blushing too? Oh. 

Oh. 

He is. 

Probably not as scorching hot as you, but still. He starts walking, you start walking with him. And then, he takes your hand like that entire thing just didn't happen, and you find that you can't really stop smiling. Even if you reduce it to the smallest pull of your lips, it's still on your face for a while longer. 

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#leon s. kennedy x reader #leon s. kennedy #resident evil #resident evil x reader #stepbro!leon s. kennedy #stepbro!leon s. kennedy x reader

[f10werfae]

A Week in the life of THE EVANS

Pairing: Husband! Chris Evans × Gothic! Reader

Word count: 1,729

Summary: Y/n and Chris show off their new marriage, the only way they know how, via youtube

Warnings: none

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Requests are open!

Likes, Comments and Re-blogs are appreciated♥️

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(Y/n's P.O.V)

“Hi babies, this week is a very special week, because I know you guys have been very excited for this!” I smiled holding up my vlogging camera, my jet black hair and visible piercings shining in the light.

“So as you know, Chris and I just got married a few months ago, and there have been soooooo many comments asking about the differences in our aesthetics and how we make it work”

Walking over to Chris who was sitting on our bed, I put my cheek to his as I squeezed him tightly squealing in the process. His arms going around my waist to catch me.

“Chris and I are going to show you part of our week, well just the interesting parts anyway, SO STAY TUNED BABIES!!” With Chris and I both waving into the camera, I shut it off, feeling Chris relax and pull me closer so I was on his lap.

(DAY 1 - HUSBAND PICKS MY CLOTHES?!)

“Hey guys so today, i’m on the way to the mall to go see Chris because he said something urgent came up” I said to the camera as I walked to the mall after locking my car, obviously getting strange looks from randomers around me.

“Now where is this hunk of a man… AH THERE HE IS” I flipped the camera to show Chris standing by a clothes shop, waving frantically at me in his stupid disguise of a hat and sunglasses.

“Awk isn’t he just adorable?” I pouted, walking over to him, the camera on my face.

“Hey baby, what’d you need me for” Chris' arms pulled me in for a hug, his lips going to their usual place on my temple.

“Well, I found some of these clothes, thought they’d look nice on ya”

He said excitedly, bringing me to the back of the store, collecting the garments he had hidden behind other clothes.

“You’re such a sneak baby, hiding those clothes for me?”

“Of course, can’t let anyone steal 'em off ya”

“Okay hold on to the camera while I go try these on ok?”

“Gotcha” With a quick kiss, Chris had now turned into the vlogger, the camera at a weird angle as he figured out how to flip the camera

“Ah there we go, now you can see me”

Trying on the first black mini tennis skirt, it already had a thick built in belt which had a buckle, the thick denim fitting snug around my waist accentuating my body's curves.

“Alright you ready hun?” I asked through the changin room curtains

“As ready as I’ll ever be”

Stepping out of the changing room, I did a half twirl to show him the back of the skirt, his jaw dropping as the camera dropped to his side.

“Now you are one hot chick”

“CHRIS!”

“Am not lyin babe, those would look great with the boots I got you from Dollskill”

“You are so right”

“Bend over though, let me see if it’s too short” He smirked at me

“You are such an ass, don’t forget we’re still filming by the way hun”

Comments:

Chrisevansleftboob: Get yourself a man that SHOPS FOR YOU 😭😭

Marvelgal681: How can I have such a big crush on two people

Y/nsteponme: NAH BECAUSE THAT COULDA BEEN ME!!

Captaingothchick: Are we all thinkin the same thing as to how the video ended 😃😏

(DAY 2- OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PIERCINGS)

(Chris' P.O.V)

“Hey guys Chris Evans here, now I am so thankful for such an amazing outcome for Y/n's first vlog with us. So today I wanted to be in charge, so come with me as we go annoy Y/n”

Walking towards the bathroom, I saw my gorgeous wife, adorning a black tank top and the black mini skirt from yesterday. It was taking me everything in my system to not lay a hand on that ass, my gosh.

“Chris are you filming?” Y/n asked looking at me in the camera, one soapy eye open as she was taking off her makeup.

“Yes bub, thought I’d film our routine that we do every first Tuesday of the month”

“hmm alright, do you wanna get the saline solution out”

Once I set the camera up on the tripod, I walked to our drawers and pulled out the saline solution and tissues, laying them out nicely on the counter.

“Okay baby, you ready” I asked looking down as I stood behind her, my hands settled on her waist.

“Mhm, you know what ones to do right?”

“Yes ma'am”

Turning her towards me, I lifted her tank top up to her breast, revealing her white belly button piercing.

Getting down onto my knees, I kissed her stomach softly, before unscrewing the ball and removing the bar; putting it onto the widespread tissue.

“1 Down, lots to go” I whispered to myself

Standing up to face her again, she smiled up at me adorably, my next point of action was her nose ring. Kissing her nose cutely, I manoeuvred the ring out and took the stud out that was on the other side.

“Ok hair up baby” After she had pulled her hair into a makeshift ponytail, I skilfully removed her industrial, helix and earlobe piercings. As the sound of metal clanking filled the room along with my random kisses

I just can’t control myself when it comes to her.

“Alright guys, that’s all we can show on camera, but her nipples and Christina are next on the list”

“CHRIS YOU CANT SAY THAT”

With a wink I shut off the camera, already seeing my wife revealing her breasts to me to take out her bars.

“Hell I love you” I growled pulling her in

Comments:

Rabbit991: YALL THE CHRISTINA PIERCING IS LIT A PIERCING ON HER COOCHIE? I KNEW THIS COUPLE WAS SPICY AS HELL

Y/nfangirl: Okay but where did she find a guy that is willingly to do stuff like this?

ScottyEvans: You guys gross me out, KEEP IT TO THE BEDROOM COME ON😝

-> Y/nEvans: Dont worry dear brother, we did eventually 🦇

——> Marvelgal681: IM CHOKING RIGHT NOW

(DAY 3- ALL TATTED UP)

(Y/n's P.O.V)

“Hey my babies, today i’m at my friend Stacy's tattoo parlour because newsflash i’m getting a new tat”

“ what about this one?” Chris said off to the side, he was helping me choose the design

“Actually baby, I was hoping you’d design my tat”

“WAIT WHAT” Chris said now appearing in frame, his face paralysed in shock.

“Yeah here’s the drawing pad, just get to it man” Stacy smiles handing over her pad and pen, Chris' shaking hands taking them in

“Ok but the catch is bub, I don’t see it until it’s done” I smiled devilishly, his mouth dropping even further.

“I can’t believe this, i didn’t know this marriage would be so short lived” Chris chuckled turning his back to me as her started scribbling, deciding to leave him to it I just started updating the camera on my future streaming and video schedules

(A Few hours later)

“Ok bub i’m ready to see it”

“Listen before we do this, know that I love you very much and there’s a reason that I didn’t go to art school” Chris said nuzzling his head into my neck, careful to avoid the new tat on my ribcage directly underneath my breast

“i’ll love it either way hun, believe me” Cupping his face in my hands I kissed his nose before turning to the side.

Chris' hands went to pull the bandage off and once I saw what had been put on me, I just burst into tears

“Wait are you crying, baby i’m so sorry it was stupid i know” Chris rushed out, pulling my head to his chest as I let out tiny cries.

“I l-love it” I sniffled peering up at him, knowing damn well my eyeliner was probably halfway down my face.

The tattoo was the perfect size, a tiny cartoon version of dodger in a ghost costume.

Comments:

Monkeynuts26: Ok but that tattoo is actually amazing, looks like he can draw

Evansfam123: I SWEAR DODGER IS LIKE THEIR SON ITS TOO MUCH FOR MY HEART 😭

Jessicaburns_: Ok maybe I can let go of my crush for chris evans. JUST FOR HER

tigerstrip: NO BUT IMAGINE HOW THEIR BABY ROOM WOULD TURN OUT AND THE BABYS CLOTHES

—-> Y/nlovesbats: I NEED TO SEE THAT ASAP

(DAY 4- DYE OR DIE)

“Hey babies, today i’m dying my hair to a cotton candy pin-“

“Hey I thought I was doing it” Chris pouted, already mixing the chemicals behind me, blue latex gloves struggling to hold themselves together around his hands.

“Yes baby you are don’t worry” I reassured tilting my head back, tapping my fingers lightly on the bathroom counter

“Okay get your towel around you honey, and let me get into the zone”

“You do know what you’re doing hub right?”

“Of course baby, did you not see how I cut Scott's hair last time?” He said acting offended

“Sorry sorry, I love you” I sneaked out watching as cheeses out a smile but still trying to hold together his poker face.

“oo thats cold” I shivered, the first slap of dye being combed and brushed through my hair, at the sound of my complaint, Chris' free warm hand instantly rubbed up and down comfortingly creating heat.

“Ok now that i’ve covered your hair in it, how long do we wait?”

“I’ll jus let you know baby, I know you’re DYING to get back to your football” Laughing out from my pun, I stood up to press a hot kiss to his lips only to hear him groan when he realised some of the dye had transformed to him

“You’re lucky I love your sweet ass”

Comments:

Buckyforme: DID NO ONE ELSE PEEP THE PREGNANCY TEST BOX IN THE TRASH? DO WE HAVE AN EVANS BABY?

-> Diamondssky: YOO I WAS THINKING THAT TOO, IT SEEMS PRETTY RECENT SINCE ITS AT THE TOP

Evansfam123: Ok but get you someone that looks at you the way they look at each other, they’re for real soulmates

Feverrush: anyone else remember when Chris turned up to Kimmel with painted nail extensions BECAUSE HE LET Y/N PRACTICE ON HIS ASS

Tubbishlove: Ok but that pregnancy test is STARING AT US IN THE EYES

#chris evans imagine #chris evans x reader #chris evans fanfiction #romance #chris evans #chris evans oneshot

[claranight]

Bear Onesie ||

Character: Kurapika, kid!oc(Kurta)

Genre: Very Fluff, slight augst, male!comfort

Summary: You and Kurapika started your relationship with each other. And you and Aki started to live with him in his hotel. You notice how tired and stress he’s getting from his job. So, you started to surprise him, something cute when he comes back home…

 Being cuddle up with Kurapika every night is like paradise. Sometimes Aki will join you in bed, he mostly goes between you and Kurapika. (Jealous little beans~) But it doesn’t stop Kurapika, he will cuddle the both of you, it felt like home to him. Snuggle up to his loved ones.

You saw how tired he is when he gets back home and goes back to his office to do some paperwork in his computer. Most of the time he doesn’t go back to bed and rest. You wanted to help him somehow but how? 

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 “I think we should help Kurapika relax somehow…” you exclaim to Aki. You and Aki went out to buy something in the mall to gain ideas to solve your problem. You finish groceries and buy some more ingredients to make your famous tea for Kurapika.

“How would we be able to do that? He’s stubborn.” He pouted. He is helping you carry the groceries, and he’s toys that he beg you to buy.

“I know you want to help, don’t act like Killua as a tsundere.” You tease him. making Aki bust out steam and you can see how red he is. “I-I’M NOT!!!” he winced. You giggle and ruffle his head.

“You’re so cute!” you walk pass something that caught your eyes and walk backwards to take a closer look. “We’re buying that.” You rush in the store leaving a dumbfounded Aki.

“Buying what?” he looked at the shop stall and blushed. “STOP! COME BACK HERE!” he dropped the groceries and went inside to stop you.

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 “Ekkk! You’re so cute!” you took many pictures of Aki in the onesie while he is sulking with a red beat face on the corner of the living room. “You took my dignity away from me…”

You sweatdrop and lower you phone. “Where did you learn those big words…?” you muttered. “Beside that our problem has been solve! Mwahahah!” you laugh like a manic.

‘Evil lady….” Aki only thought came out, looking at your menace face while you’re laughing.

“Ok, lets get baking!” you took Aki in your arms. “With the onesie on?!” he asked.

“Don’t worry, you will be wearing an apron.” You told him. You started to bake something bittersweet since Kurapika doesn’t like sweet much and you’ll be making your famous tea, but you will add something special on it. You also took some pictures of Aki in an apron, eating cream that was on his finger. He became a taste tester, sometimes he will make a disgusting face when he taste something bitter in his system. You will laugh it off and take pic because you find it cute. (And maybe you’ll show it to Kurapika)

“Oof, hot!” you took out some cookies off the oven.

“Careful!” Aki exclaim.

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 Kurapika finally finish his bodyguard job, dealing with Neon was a handful. He open the door to his hotel room to see how dark it is. He was about to open up the lights until someone grabbed them and throw him into something soft like he is sitting on a cloud, in the living room. He tried to get up but something heavy push him down. He thought there was an intrude in the room, pushing him down but when he felt the heavy person, his size is like a child wearing something fluffy.

“Aki?” he asked. He tried to get a better look but it’s too dark. Until someone open the Transparent Christmas lights, all he saw was bear’s ears and two people in the room. He saw Aki buried his face in his chest, in a bear onesie. ‘Is he embarrass?’

Someone circle their arms on his back. “Hi~”

It was you in your bear onesie. Kurapika blushed a little from this scene. “W-what’s going on?” he asked nervously. Aki pointing at you. “She did this!” that made you laugh.

“‘We’ saw how tired you are, so…. we decide to make a little cute paradise for you.” You kissed his cheek. He felt his heart melted. You and Aki did this for him because you guys were worried about him and you did all this, this late?!

“NO! (Y/n)-niichan, did this. She was worried.” Aki pouted, sitting on Kurapika, glaring at you. You poke his cheek making him fall down on him.

“Aki has become a mini Killua. Cute right?” you asked him. All Kurapika did was nodded at your question, but then he remember something. He tried to get up but you pull him down. “Angel, I got something important to do.” He tried to get up again, but you just pull him harder with the help with Aki

“Don’t worry, I gave your boss a call and pay him to give you, less work and focus on your breaks with you get back home.” Both of them look at you with a shock expression. “YOU BRIDE HIM/THE BOSS?!” they exclaimed.

“Well… I didn’t ‘bribe’ him. I just gave him some services… I also will give him my service to take care of Neon.” You mutter the last part.

“Angel, you shouldn’t have done all that. This is my responsibility to avenge the Kurta clans. You shouldn’t have taken all my work away from me! What if they have any relate of the Phantom Troupe and connection of the Kurta eyes? What if-“ you stuff him a cookie in to his mouth, to make him shut up because you find it annoying.

“You talk too much. Listen, as your girlfriend, you’re my responsibility. Like Aki.” Aki yelled “Hey!” in the background. “Beside… I’ll looked at the paperwork to see if there are any connection. I don’t just jump and turn away from a blind eye to not notice your work. When it comes to my people, I’ll help. But you’re too stubborned to asked for help. Isn’t that right Aki?” you turned to Aki. He nodded really hard to confirm that you’re right. You took out some papers and gave it to Kurapika.

“Also don’t tell me nonsense that I already know, when I started dating you.” You hugged him close. “All I want you to do, is to relax…” Kurapika felt his face was about to tear up, but he wouldn’t let it.

He sighed and said, “Alright you win…thank you.” He muttered the last part, make you and Aki smiled at each other. “But you still should have involved yourself into my business.” Once he said that you huffed at him. “And where did you get the bear onesie?”

“Her fault! She brought it without thinking!” Aki accused you.

“Hey now, don’t act like you didn’t enjoy it Aki~” you teased. “I brought you that toy, so you have to wear it.”

“Hmph!!” he turned away from. It made you and Kurapika laugh.

The atmosphere was pleasant to Kurapika. It nice and warm, he doesn’t plan on leaving soon.

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BONUS:

“Why are you doing this to me…” Aki sulk. You showed my pictures of Aki making many cute gestures when he wore the onesie with the apron on. Kurapika think all of them is cute, but stop when he saw how upset Aki was, so he distract him with sweets, that you made.

“Sent me some of those.” He whisper in you ear and you nodded secretly.

#kurapika x reader #kurapika #kurapika fluff #hxh x reader #hxh #anime #kurapika comfort #hunter x hunter #hunter x hunter x reader #hunter x hunter character

[drrealityslenderverse]

Mall Date

A03 Request: Chris and Alex (DH) mall date fluff

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It was one of those weekends where everything was perfect. The weather was nice and the noon sun was filtering through the large skylight on the mall ceiling. Chris looked up through the clear glass while listening to the indoor fountain at his back. Some of the water was misting onto his back as he sat on the marble edge but he didn’t mind; it actually felt nice. 

“Chris!” The all too familiar voice he’d been waiting for broke through the mill of other families, couples, and groups of friends.

He looked in the direction of the voice, a smile forming on his lips as he stood and watched Alex walk over. The couple embraced, Alex placing a chaste kiss on top of his shaggy side-swept hair before moving to his side where Chris took his hand. 

“You’re late.” He looked up at the broader man with a light-hearted tone of accusation.

“Sorry, my parents made me finish my chores and I barely got out of watching my little sis.” 

Despite Alex’s annoyed huff at the thought of being stuck home all day to watch his sister, Chris knew he wouldn’t really mind. Alex loved his family and truthfully didn’t mind the make believe games his sister made him play with her—he once dropped by in the middle of a ‘tea party’ to find Alex grumbling with exaggerated displeasure in a frilly tutu and plastic crown.

“Come on, they’ll be sold out if we don’t hurry.” 

Chris tugged his boyfriend along behind him as he be-lined straight for the store they always visited. He’d already seen lines out this morning for the new Zelda game but hoped there was still a copy left that they could split the cost for. He and Alex had been hyped to play it since they’d seen the first trailers for it, especially since they’d already played through the older games several times. Still fun but now they wanted something new to challenge. 

The store was still busy when they walked in, though the lines had certainly gone down. Chris could see cut outs and posters of Link all over the store. As expected, most of the shelves where the new games had once sat were barren. His heart sank despite Alex giving his hand a reassuring squeeze. 

“Don’t worry. I know a guy who works here.” Alex chuckled and headed for the line, waiting patiently.

“Seriously?” Chris shook his head. He probably should’ve guessed considering how calm Alex had been. 

His boyfriend just laughed quietly for a moment and moved to the counter as their turn approached. Chris watched as he spoke to the employee and saw the copy of the game get placed into a plastic bag. He pulled out his half of the payment and sat it on the counter next to Alex’s portion. It was only minutes later that they were walking back out of the store with the new game. Excitement coursed through him as he pondered what adventures the two of them would have while playing through it. 

“You know, it’d be a waste to leave now. Let’s grab some lunch.” Alex suggested, turning to head for the heart of the bustling mall. 

“Sure, you know I could go for one of those big pretzels.” 

“You always get that.” Alex rolled his eyes, teasing of course. He couldn’t actually ridicule Chis about it when a slice of pizza was his constant go-to when eating at the mall.

It was rare they ventured out and tried one of the few actual restaurants here. They usually didn’t have quite enough money for those places unless something on the menu was shareable. Getting good-paying jobs wasn’t exactly easy when they weren’t even out of high school yet. Part time at fast food joints didn’t exactly pay well. 

Minutes later and the two were sitting with their food at one of the many tables in the food court. There were more people bustling around this area of the mall than the rest, though given the time it was to be expected. Chris leaned against Alex’s side as he tore bite-sized pieces of his pretzel off and ate them. The pair chatted between bites of food, excited about the game and complaining about their latest school projects. 

“Where’re we going after this? Mine or your’s?” Chris tilted his head to look up at Alex, cheek still pressed against his boyfriend’s shoulder. 

“Your place. My sister will just interrupt us at my house.” 

Chris figured as much. He shot a quick heads-up to his parents, though knew they wouldn’t care one way or another. His family would let Alex live there if he wanted—he practically did with how often they hung out. Chris was sure Alex’s parents felt similarly about him. 

Alex nudged him and stood, tossing his trash in a bin with Chris following. An arm wrapped around his shoulders as Alex steered them for the exit. “Com’on let’s get going.”

#darkharvest00 #chris darkharvest00 #alex darkharvest00 #one shot #a03 fanfic #darkharvest00 one shot #slenderverse #dh00 #chris dh00 #alex dh00

[nofoundboy]

I am very glad to see you write for any version of Oswald 👀 there’s some versions who get a lot more love than others tbh. I have a request - could you write a more classic comics version of him with a trans man / transmasc s/o? I’m thinking of the newer “classic” comic Penguin who’s a mob boss. And for story, maybe something like they’re going to a big party and his s/o doesn’t have much experience with masculine clothes when it comes to formal wear, so they’re going shopping for suits? Thank you!

I'm so sorry it took that much time.

The feeling of trying something new and long desired came over you at Oswald's announcement.

"I have never attended a ball," you admitted, somewhat uncertainly. It was too public an appearance, and you were just coming out of the shell you had remained in for so many years.

"And that's perfect, my dear boy" Oswald took your hands, tracing circles with his gloved fingers. It was a gentle gesture that you loved to feel, for it had been the first he had given you when you entered into trust and physical closeness at the beginning of your relationship.

"It will be your first public appearance...the first as you" and although you had thought about it, perhaps at the same time as he had, his enthusiasm and conviction made you look at the event with less nervous eyes.

"Do you...do you think we can go for clothes?" and though you looked down, still unaccustomed to your boyfriend's lavish details, you briefly saw the gleam in his dark eyes, that soft light that came when he was especially pleased and expectant. Your words had been struggling to get out of his mouth, but being the absolute gentleman, he preferred to wait for you to bring the subject up.

"Appropriate and new, of course I do, my love" he moved closer to you and you could feel the tip of his nose brush against your cheek before you felt the pressure of his lips on it.

So, that same afternoon and after Oswald had taken care of a few pending matters in his business, you went to the mall (followed by his undercover security team), where Oswald took it upon himself to drag you to the best shoe stores, watch shops and barbershops. Shirts and suits would be the priority and made to measure by the best tailors.

"Mr. Penguin, the measurements have been taken correctly, like to verify?" and with an elegant and kind gesture, probably rehearsed on many previous occasions, the tailor pointed you out. You were standing on top of a polished wooden bench, a suit of a nice, dark blue was fitted and loosened at the right parts, making you look perfectly elegant, of exquisite and manly taste and, to Oswald, like the most attractive man he had ever seen.

So much was the effect of your appearance, that Oswald had to hold tightly to his cane, repressing the impulse to hobble at full speed up to you, grab you by the tie and kiss you in the most passionate way.

"How do you feel? Does it fit? Are you comfortable?" because although he liked to check and punctuate perfection, your opinion seemed to him to be the truly important thing.

Even in spite of Oswald's presence, waiting for your verdict, you had not been able to take your eyes off your reflection in the multiple mirrors of the place. The same thing had happened in the barbershop.

The person looking back at you was so different and yet, undoubtedly you. An image you had longed for a long time to see. You felt finally, right and comfortable with yourself. And that glow that this new confidence in your appearance gave you, did not go unnoticed by Oswald's observant and masterful eye, who did not need your verbal confirmation to know that everything was perfect.

Those days progressed rapidly between the preparations for the celebration, coming and going like that, to the point where each day seemed to happen in a hectic minute, making you anticipate it more and more, thus dissipating your worries. Everything always had to be perfect for Oswald, and the absolute certainty with which he ordered and chose, gave you enough confidence that on the day in question, your nerves were only because it was your first ball and not because of the intrusive thought that something bad would happen.

You were in your room, putting the finishing touches on your appearance. You knew perfectly well what kind of business Oswald was conducting, but the guests in question were truly Gotham's elite with fruitful dealings with The Penguin, so this celebration was, you now understood, of the utmost importance and the perfect opportunity for everyone to behold the one who faithfully accompanied the ruler of Gotham's underworld. You were touched that Oswald wanted to brag about you like that, but above all, that he would focus such a relevant event on you and your finally obtained, comfort.

"You look spectacular, my dear" he declared as he arranged your tie, you both wore matching purple ties, while your suit was somewhat simpler, navy blue and vest, he was in black with a fur coat over it. Ostentation was his trademark, perfectly framed with that long cigar and his monocle, which you didn't hesitate to wipe again and arrange on his face.

"Thanks, it's for your help" you didn't want to ruin any of the look, so even though you wanted so badly to kiss him passionately, you restrained yourself, kissing his lips softly as his hands took hold of your waist.

"Ready?" he asked as he took your hand un that elegant way that only he could have without special affectation, it was natural to him, and although practiced long ago, it had become automatic.

You walked thus to the stairs that led to the great ballroom.

As you left, the stare of the people, so dense, made you lose your breath briefly, but Oswald's hand on your waist and his voice so authoritative and graceful, that of the perfect host, made you calm down.

He introduced you and gently kissed your hand. It was you, in front of everyone and next to the one you loved.

At last, you felt at ease in your own skin.

#oswald cobblepot x reader #the penguin x reader #oswald cobblepot x male reader #the penguin x male reader #oswald cobblepot x transmasc reader #the penguin x transmasc reader #transmasc reader #oswald cobblepot #the penguin

[genlossneg]

Ok hi hi hello, film student anon back here to talk about one of my biggest gripes with genloss that I didn't know about until afterwards: the budget

So, to start off with, filmmaking is expensive. Even on student film sets a lot of them are usually at least a few hundred dollars (keep in mind we're college students). Personally, with the money that I have, the most I spend is on food for feeding my crew, but people with more money than me will spend a bit on props costumes etc

Now Ranboo has the fortune of a massive budget and quite frankly I'm so disappointed by where I've seen where the money's gone too.

The fact that the most expensive thing was a *box* is so painful. How the hell was that thing 18k. And the fact that he might not even use it again makes it worse. If he hired a decent art director they should've been able to make that thing so cheaply with materials from a craft store and the mechanism to close it might've cost a few thousand but no where near 18k

That 18k could've gone too better costumes, or better lighting, or a better camera in the second stream. 18k is a lot of money that could've been more evenly spread out throughout the rest of the production and given ranboo a much cleaner final product

Not to mention the prosthetics for jerma also being up there in price when they weren't even blended properly

Also the mall they got. The mall was *massive* and then they proceeded to barely use it and when they did use it, they barely bothered to dress it up. It didn't look like an abandoned mall that had been taken over by some corporation, it looked like an abandoned mall with some lazy set dec on it. They easily could've used a much smaller mall or a warehouse honestly might've worked better.

I can understand the need to have all of these different sets and why a smaller location might hinder that, but there's a lot of work arounds for taking down and reusing a set and still making it obvious it was all a set. Like putting all the furniture and props into a storage room and having ranboo open it and see the previous sets sitting there dismantled, or maybe having sets look similar and reusing furniture that's been dressed up differently and then Ranboo finding the paint they used to make it look different and letting the audience put things together

Thats actually a concept that my school drills into us. It's called creative geography and it's basically making things look bigger than they are or like they're different completely locations even if they're literally the same room by dressing them differently and getting creative with different camera angles etc etc

There's a lot of ways to have less space and still give the same illusion but the team ranboo hired and ranboo himself didn't do anything like it, they just went for big and expensive and it didn't work

In the final stream where it was revealed that it was all some TV show or something, after the initial set where ranboo spawns in, there was one hint of that throughout the rest of the mall that it was a "set" and it was there was a c-stand and a light that I honestly thought at first was a mistake and wasn't supposed to be there but then realized what it was trying to do

The mall probably cost so much and it was so poorly used honestly an abandoned office building or a warehouse would've done better. They probably could've even reneged a proper studio space for a few weeks. And honestly having a smaller space would've stopped the need for the cameraman to be on screen as much as they did cause that honestly really ruined the immersion

This isn't even digging into the money spent on those ridiculous pipe puzzle animations.

Sometimes I feel a little bad for digging into genloss as much as I do, but with how much Ranboo hyped it up and with how many very amateur mistakes there were it's justified. And I have some genuine hope for future installments because it honestly seems like ranboo has some really creative ideas and cool plans, it's just that so far his execution has been very poor so far

Again so sorry for this long ask, hope I don't bother you too much

-film student anon

film student anon <<33 really cool insight into budgeting! i also would've loved to see more of the mall tbh, i think the creative geography stuff could've been really cool

Thats actually a concept that my school drills into us. It's called creative geography and it's basically making things look bigger than they are or like they're different completely locations even if they're literally the same room by dressing them differently and getting creative with different camera angles etc etc

i think this is such an interesting concept, an office space would've also been so cool. man theres so much in this ask and i think all your thoughts are so good. i got nothing to add atp

#ask #gen loss neg #gen loss crit #you deserve your own tag at this rate anon

[invincible-selfxmade-punk]

Dreams Fri 1/27/23

I had nightmares all night last night, but interspersed with them or a few dreams where Chris was somewhere there. I had so many nightmares I really could not remember them all. One was that I was back in my childhood home and my stepmother had sent these people to break in. I had called the cops and the cops and they'd come &it had been a big fight but the people were arrested and dragged off. Then I heard somehow that because of this happening my stepmother sent someone to kill my dad. And I kept trying to call my dad over and over but I could not find him.

I had a dream about my mom at some point too but I cannot remember anything about it. I have been dreaming about my parents a lot I'm not sure why. Plus I have been dreaming about my niece a lot too and I almost never ever dream about her. I had one dream about her last week that felt so real it is like she came down and visited me in the dream.

Then I dreamed I had ordered some books to be given away to charity or to pass out to my students, and when the books came in they were all My Little Golden Books and I was really sad because they were too young to be given out to the kids I taught. And then I kept those books through several other dreams.

Then I dreamed I was 10 years old and was having a sleepover at my paternal grandmother's house with a bunch of my students there--- we were all the same age. And then there was something about some boys crashing the sleepover and getting into my stuff and cutting up a bunch of my stuff. The boys who did this turned out to be the problem students I have in class.

Then I had a snippet of a dream that I was in a gigantic swimming pool, swimming and doing these elaborate dives. I was wondering if somehow Chris was watching me and if my swimming skills were impressing him. 😄

But in real life I never learned how to swim.

In the last dream I was in a mall that was huge and somewhere there I passed Chris by and I don't think I spoke to him. Later on in the dream I was shopping and I was carrying a pair of jeans and in the pocket I had my keys, phone, & wallet. I stopped at some really large kiosk that on one side was a jewelry kiosk but on the other side serve drinks. I went around to the drink side to get something to drink and when I went back the jeans and all my belongings were gone. I was stuck at the mall with no money no phone no keys to my car and no way to get home. And being stranded at the mall for some reason is a really big recurring dream of mine.

I kept going through this mall asking people to help me find my keys and my wallet and nobody would. Most of that dream was me going from store to store and from kiosk to kiosk asking people if they had seen my stuff. Then I ran into one of the kids I teach and they told me it was in a certain store but they had just seen someone turn off the lights in that store and they were pretty sure the store had been closed up. So then I went in search of that store. Then somehow during the dream I got to where I couldn't talk because I was so thirsty but I didn't have enough money to buy myself anything to drink. After a while I got to where I couldn't walk either. Then I was literally crawling on the ground still going from store to store. Finally somebody helped me up and put me on a motorized scooter but the scooter was levitating and wasn't touching the ground. Finally I passed by a place and saw my jeans there. I went up and grabbed them and the guy came up and grabbed them at the same time and then we were fighting over them. And I realized this guy had stolen them to begin with. The dream ended with some woman coming to my rescue with a sword telling the guy she was going to chop off his dick if he didn't give me back my stuff!!

#dreams #being stranded #the nall #Chris #women with swords #really long post #dreaming about the students I teach

[jakestravels]

Europe 2022 - What I Learned About Germany

Wow, a whole month in Germany, both in cities, towns and villages! I learned so many interesting things, and saw so many interesting places. But a handful of thing stuck out, both good and sometime mildly infuriating. So in no particular order: (Also please note - these are only my observations, and admittedly my sample size was pretty small, but give me a break, this isn’t a peer-reviewed academic paper, K?)

1) Germans are very proud of their country. Almost everywhere I went, people were easily able to tell me the sights, the deep, deep history behind the various landmarks and of their city. They are also fiercely proud of their particular state/region. My friend Leonie is on a committee to plan for her village’s 1,000 year anniversary next year! I mean, that’s crazy. And yet...

2) Germans can also be critical of their country. This is perhaps more political, but they also don’t “drink the Kool-Aid.” They have the ability to criticize what they see as unfair or wrong.

3) Germany is very eco-conscious. There are many younger Germans that are vegetarian or vegan, (or light on the meat) often due to them understanding the larger impact of meat processing. In addition, they all separate trash, paper, compost, etc., they have a hefty bottle deposit (.25 for plastic and cans, which is why almost all beer is still bottled in glass (.08 deposit). There are plenty of electric cars or carless folks, there is tons of bike riding (and I’ve never seen so many ebikes), people are converting heating sources to more sustainable ones, and the list goes on and on.

4) It sometimes feel impossible to find a restroom, and when you do... OK, this one is definitely more of a personal bitch of mine, but lots of places that we are accustomed to having restrooms in the US don’t in Germany (and much of Europe at large, honestly). You will not find them in stores unless you’re in a mall, most food places (unless it’s a full fledged restaurant) or in public. And when you do find them in more public places, you are required to pay anywhere between .50 to a Euro, which you may or may not have on you. Or they have an attendant that you pay for the luxury of having the restroom by them (so I guess the place doesn’t pay to clean their own?) And again, some cafes and all bars have restrooms, but all the places are small, so I can’t duck in and out, and so you end up paying for the privilege to use it. Which I’m not against, but sometimes, you just gotta go.

5) People here follow the rules. I have stood at crosswalks with Germans where there is no cars in sight for quite a distance, but no one will jaywalk. And if someone does, they get clucked at by others. You will get yelled at by a car if you’re any way in their way. Most everyone wears their masks on the train, which is required, but even the conductor will tell someone to put it on when they don’t. When it comes to paying bar tabs, I have have seen people tell the server, “Oh you forgot to add a few beers.”

6) Except for when they don’t. There’s only a few exceptions here, but one is when people are taking the train to a party weekend, they bring a big ol’ boombox (but like a modern style, rechargeable WiFi one) or at least a loud-ass phone, and play absolutely terrible German EDM bullshit while they drink. (Which is not allowed on the trains, but no one says anything, which I’m cool with. Just not the loud-ass music bothering everyone else.) The only other thing is breaking the speed limit. They do have speed cameras in certain areas of the country and generally drivers are respectful going through villages AND there are sections of the autobahn that do not have limits, but people drive fast here. Speaking of which...

7) German people KNOW how to drive. Getting a driver’s license is no joke in Germany. It costs a good chunk of money, requires multiple classes, and even slightly off-topic things like first aid. But you know what? It all pays off. These people know how to drive, and drive well. And drive well fast.

8) Every town has its own brewery. The US was once like this way back in the day, but conglomerations and buyouts as well as a diverse culture has all but killed the smalltown US brewery (unless they’re some microbrewery, which are only in certain areas). Not so in Germany, where tiny towns have a brewery, and if they don’t you can bet your ass there’s one the next town over. Sure, you can get other beers at the store, but they are always proud and drink their local brew. And that some brewery will sponsor all the bars in the area. Speaking of beer...

9) Beer culture is a culture. This also applies to other parts of Europe (I’m looking at you, Czech Republic) but everyone drinks beer, even your 75 year old granny. It’s part of the culture, and a great way for people to meet, bond, and just shoot the shit. The pubs are great, biergartens are great, and the beer is great. But of course there are other liquors. Speaking of which,

10) Schnapps is a thing, and so are Aperol Spritzes. Now schnapps aren’t fully prevalent throughout the whole country: most of what I saw was in the Black Forest, but the whole country knows about it. And if thought schnapps were relegated to only orange and peppermint, I got news for ya, buster: That ain’t the case. There are tons of schnapps, different kinds, lots of brands, yadda yadda yadda. And if it’s not that liquor, I can safely tell you that I have never seen so many freaking Aperol Spritzes. They love them here! Second seems like gin.

11) This country is f**king beautiful. Seriously. There are parts of it that give me a hardcore Oregon vibe in spots, and then there are others that I’ve never seen anything like. The natural beauty is some of the best in the world, and the architecture, both new and old, is also wonderful. Speaking of architecture...

12) Houses in this country are built to last. Like, forever. Giant wood beams goes in even the most basic of houses, there’s multiple nook and crevices and side rooms, and this clearly goes way back. When I visited farmhouses in the Black Forest, I was so surprised at how everything seemed so overengineered which would explain how they were some 500 years old.

13) The Germans are known for being prompt and precise, but apparently that doesn’t apply to their trains. Ask any German about Deutsch Bahn, the nationwide train system that runs hear, and prepare for an earful. They think the trains should be better, they think they should be cheaper, and above all, they think it they should show up on time.

That’s what I got for now: If I think of more I’ll add them.

#germany #eco #ebike #rules #rules don't apply #driving #autobahn #brewery #beer #bier #biergarten #beergarden #natural beauty #db #deutsche bahn

[quirkymarshmallows93]

Update on the walmart encyclopedia

I'm cancelling the project. (what I added below can also be found at the linked page) It was more of an impulsive result of my hyperfixation than anything else. It took me a decent few hours to put together, but I don't want to go forward with it. I'm glad I created the entry for the Chicopee supercenter, it's honestly the most noteworthy store. As a compromise, I leave you with a bunch of fun facts written with shitty grammar about the other western mass stores. This is not information with cited sources, just lore from off the top of my head. That being said, the information for the Chicopee and Springfield stores is the most accurate, but I stopped short of adding sources for them, too. sorry :(

The ones in Gardner, Orange, and Ware were all opened in the 90s, and were later expanded. They are in rural areas, much like the supercenter in North Adams. The rest are in rather suburban areas. Even Hadley, which is technically a rural location, inherently has a different life as a store primarily due to its proximity to UMass Amherst, which has driven many other chains to open in what is otherwise a small town of 5,000.

The North Adams store was opened in the 90s as well, but was closed in 2013 and replaced by a supercenter about a mile south of its former location, built where there used to be a mine I think? An expansion was not feasible because of the store's proximity to the Hoosic River, which flows directly east of the old store. An Ocean State Job Lot and Tractor Supply now share the former Walmart space. This is the ONLY store in Western Mass which was relocated and built anew. Such relocation-expansion combos were common in the US in areas where just starting fresh made more sense.

Speaking of relocations/expansions, one close to Western Mass includes the supercenter in East Windsor, Connecticut, which opened in the 2010s. The store used to be in view of the highway, next to a Big Y, which still stands, and a cinema which closed and was supposed to be redeveloped into a casino but nothing came of it. The new supercenter is across the street and down the hill from it. It even has multiple driveways just like the Chicopee location 😍 The store in Latham, New York was replaced by a Dick's Sporting Goods and Field and Stream, being relocated south across Troy-Schenectady Road in 2014 into a supercenter that was built in place of the Latham Circle Mall along with smaller retailers. I know there are others but I can't name any at the moment.

Sturbridge - it's a store, idk much about it. Opened in the 2000s probably. To my mind that area doesn't count as Western Mass but I put it anyway.

Pittsfield's store is still standing, and was supposed to be relocated into a supercenter right in the city center in the mid-2010s which would have been a questionable decision because the current store is neighbors with a bunch of other stores which probably helps with driving traffic. Probably opened mid to late 90s, early 2000s?

The Hadley store shares a similar fate, and was going to be relocated into a big ass supercenter onto farmland (which remains farmland, which is a comforting reality) southeast of the intersection of Maple Road and the Norwottuck Rail Trail. This was supposed to happen in 2006 or so. The current store opened in 2000 and is close to Maple Road to its east, and shares a wall with Barnes and Noble to its west, inhibiting an expansion and leading the company to try its hand at a relocation. If I recall correctly the town restricted new retailers to be smaller than the square footage of the proposed new location, leading Walmart to shelve its plan. I do wonder how traffic patterns would have changed in the town had this happened. Like, that narrow road would have had to be radically changed. I'm talking new traffic lights and shit.

Holyoke! Where there now sits a Hyundai dealership there was going to be a Walmart supercenter, which was proposed in 2012, to both backlash and praise, but the company ultimately backed out due to "environmental concerns".

In Northampton the store opened in 2001, and it's still the same ol' store. I find it interesting how it's so close to the Hadley store, but likely serves a pretty different clientele, simply because it's on the other side of the Connecticut River. You know what I mean? That kind of reminds me of the local history of that immediate area. In the 17th century, the town of Hadley was comprised of land on both the west and east sides of the Connecticut River, with its church on the east side in what is present-day Hadley. This meant that Hadley residents on the west side of the river had to cross the river every Sunday to go to church. The westsiders petitioned to have services on their side of the river at their own church so they didn’t need to make this trek, to no avail. So, those residents said goodbye to the east side and started their own town named Hatfield, complete with its own church that didn’t require crossing a river to get to. In the same vein, each side of the Connecticut River at this approximate latitude has its own Walmart store that can be visited without crossing a wide body of water, although now we have the Calvin Coolidge Bridge.

The Westfield store opened in 1994 and was expanded into a supercenter in 2013.

Oh, and who could forget Greenfield. Walmart has been trying to open a store there since the 90s, but the community is strongly opposed to this happening. The company has proposed multiple sites for a store to be built. Plans seem to be dormant, but the area is still prime Walmart real estate. Sure, as the retail landscape changes, they'd probably be more hesitant to open in this day and age, but if they had an opportunity, I think they would. One of the proposed lots on which a supercenter could have been built was bought by Stop and Shop, which operates a store half a mile down the road, the land being held solely for the purpose of preventing Walmart from breaking ground. Now, the supermarket chain probably would like to offload the property, but is unable to find a suitable buyer. Heck, maybe even Walmart doesn't wanna buy it because they're too uncertain about how a store would perform there, 30 years after it wanted to open there so badly.

I think that's it. See! This was a more efficient method of conveying most of the same pertinent information. No satellite imagery screenshots, no google street view, no irrelevant square footage data, no citations. I'll copy and paste this onto the webpage for completion's sake.

#walmart #western mass

[delnewtonblog]

Revealing Solutions Of Entryway Security

Walkthrough  steel detectors are  one of the most  usual  kind of detectors that are  made use of. You can  discover them at  Entryway Security shopping malls, schools,  colleges, government buildings, airports  as well as other such  areas. There are  2  standard  groups of walkthrough  steel detectors: single zone  as well as  numerous  area detectors.

A  solitary zone metal detector  will certainly  aid in  determining if the  individual walking through is carrying a weapon or  any type of such  item. A multi  area  steel detector  will certainly help in identifying where the concealed  things is located. That is it will  assist in  determining if the  item is on the right or the left side making it  very easy to  browse the person. Bigger  groups  need  making use of  several zone  steel detectors as it is  really time consuming of the  safety  workers have to perform a physical pat-down  for each other person. To  alleviate there job, they can  likewise use handheld detectors.  Solitary  area detectors are  utilized  typically for  locations where  safety is much more  controlled because a limited access to people from outside. There was a time when  safety detectors were found only at airports  as well as correctional facilities.  For many years however,  steel detectors can be found at police stations, night clubs, malls,  colleges,  company, public  and also  exclusive  structures,  producing facilities  as well as many more. The  place where these will be  positioned can  very  impact the  choice of what type of system you need to  purchase. The next  point that is  consisted of in the buying  choice is the  arrangement of a detection system. You need to see  exactly how  usually you  will certainly move the  steel detector. Will it be  purchased  and also  put at a  particular check pint  as well as  relocated only when it is  changed or  will certainly the  area change many times. If the  place  will certainly  alter many times it is best to buy a detector that is light weight  and also can be  conveniently  moved from one place to  one more. The  following  point to see is the frequency that the system will  call for. Do you need a metal detector that  services high frequency or would a  basic low frequency detector do. It is a good idea to have a tray or basket set up  alongside the system  to make sure that  individuals can  put  personal belongings like belts,  pocketbooks, cell phones coins and jewelry on the tray before they  go through the detector. You can  additionally see if the detector has the  capacity to discriminate between the  kinds of metals that will be  utilized. This way it will be  simpler to select what  sort of material  has actually  established the alarm off. These detectors are  typically  portable and  will certainly be of utmost importance for all high  safety  centers. One last thing to  take into consideration is most metal detectors are designed to detect weapons, cell phones  as well as other  big  steel  items  yet a few companies on the market  produce a loss  avoidance metal detector. These systems work  terrific for  fashion jewelry stores,  cash cow  and also  integrated circuit  makes.

[erwinsvow]

𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬... | 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧

author's note: hope everyone enjoys this, just a little idea i had about cute relationships :) no warnings at all!

𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 always sets down the book he’s reading whenever you walk into the room. you notice it at first because he doesn’t do it for everyone, occasionally ignoring someone’s conversation because he’s so entrapped, but never when it’s you. sometimes you don’t even announce that you’ll be there, but he can just tell it’s you without so much as a glance. it’s like something in him gives a little signal, that you’ll be in front of him and suddenly whatever he’s reading isn’t quite so interesting anymore. he sets it down gently before looking at you with the brightest smile.

𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧 always sends you a text, whether it’s after a date and he’s just dropped you off back home, or it’s getting late and he knows you’ll be asleep within the hour. sometimes it’s like magic—your thoughts drift off to eren and before you know it, your phone is lighting up with his name and a good night text. he has to make sure you’re home safe, or that you got back okay after a late night in the library, and it’s almost intuitive now, fingers typing out the message and hitting send before he even realizes what happened. all he knows is that the response from you moments later will never fail to make him smile.

𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧 always keeps an arm around you when you’re out together. even if it’s just at the store, or the crowded mall, or the beach during a lazy summer day, he always finds himself pulling you close to his side. at first you thought it might just be because he doesn’t want you to wander and get too far away from him, but you notice how much calmer he seems when his hand finds its place on the dip of your waist, or around your shoulder, how he seems more at ease somehow. you don’t think too much of it, since it’s so comforting to you anyways, but it actually is for him too. the smell of your hair and perfume, the warmth coming from your body, all of it, it’s more comforting to him than anything else. he keeps quiet about it, but you know what he’s saying when you feel his familiar touch on your skin.

𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 always brings you flowers, no matter the occasion. you thought boyfriends were only supposed to bring bouquets of roses, daisies, or lilies when it’s an anniversary or after a big fight, but not marco. he always has the beautiful stems wrapped in brown paper in his arms when he comes to pick you up for your weekly date, habitually stepping into your home and watching you get the vase ready. he stops on the walk to wherever he’s going to meet you to pick out the prettiest flower from the bush or the garden, plucking it up and keeping it safely with him until he sees you. you have a whole box full of dried flowers from all these times, because you can’t bring yourself to throw any of them away, not when they mean so much to you both.

𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 always finds a way to make you laugh. whether it’s after the exam you flunked, or when everything in the day is going wrong, or you’re crying at the end of a sad movie, he can bring a smile back to your face. there’s something in the way he speaks, the way he can bring you comfort just with his words and hugs, that you can’t believe you went so long without him in your life. it’s kind of scary to think about sometimes, because you can’t help but wonder what will happen if he’s not there to make you feel better again someday. but connie gets those thoughts right out of your head every time he cracks a joke, or wipes away your tears and grabs two spoons and a tub of ice cream, or lets you know how much you mean to him. it’s so easy to picture the rest of your life with him.

𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐨 always lets you have the last everything. when you two are scarfing down pizza on movie night, he leaves the last slice for you. he lets you eat the last few scoops of ice cream or the last bite of dessert on your dinner dates. he lets you pick the movie you’re watching, or decide where you’re eating. he even lets you have the last word during arguments, because he doesn’t like to take anything away from you. he’s a giver through and through and the best way to express it is through generosity. he forgets how to talk when you start giving back.

𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 always finds himself thinking about you. doesn’t matter if it’s day or night, if he’s at work or driving or with other people. his mind always finds its way back to thoughts of you. your smile, your eyes, and your laugh are constantly plaguing his brain, but he never thought of it as a bad thing, or as a distraction. it’s a welcome intrusion from the daily workings he’s always focused on. sometimes he’s upset, or frustrated, and he finds himself sinking into the anger before there’s suddenly a clear, still feeling taking over. he’s remembered that you’re waiting for him at home, or that your voice is just a phone call away, and suddenly everything else is just trivial.

𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐭 always listens to you talk, patiently and carefully. he listens to every word and nods along, offering his advice and comfort when you pause to take a breath from the rambling. you feel like you could go on for hours and hours, about this and that and all these other thoughts you just need to share with bertholdt, and he’s just so considerate with you. he lets you get out every thought, always picks up every phone call and reads every text. you think you’re being overbearing sometimes, but even if you are, you’d never see him express that. bertholdt thinks the sound of your voice, passionate and expressive and wanting to talk to just him, is the sweetest sound in the whole world.

𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢 always makes you a cup of tea, just how you like it. you don’t know when he memorized the way you take it, but he’s got it down completely, to the point where you couldn’t tell if you or he had made it. it starts with tea and coffee, but before you know it, there’s so many little things he knows about you like the back of his hand. all your favorites, all your orders, the special way you make the bed in the morning and the routine of your day-to-day life. it makes everything feel so endearing, so special, like a bond that just you two have and no one else. nothing can compare to the feeling of levi handing you a cup of tea in your favorite mug. it starts to taste like home to you.

𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 always makes time for you. it’s not easy to be someone with all responsibilities as he has to burden, and there’s always something that has to give in order to fit everything into someone’s life. but that one thing will never be you, not as long as he can help it. you know that he always has something to do, something in the back of his head that he’s thinking about, but you never feel like his attention is anywhere else. there’s phone calls and weekly dates, and a whole host of other things that always guarantee you two will get time together. but, at the end of the day, all it would take is one word from you and he would drop whatever he’s doing, wherever he is to come be by your side. there’s nothing more important to him than being there for you.

𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐞 always presses a kiss to you, wherever and whenever he can help it. sometimes it’s to the back of your hand, gripping it softly in public and meeting your eyes. sometimes it’s to your forehead after a long day, when he’s just seeing you for the first time since yesterday, or to your cheek suddenly on the couch as you browse through the channels after dinner. you wonder why, but never complain, since the affection is sweet and most-appreciated. sometimes he just needs a reminder that you’re real, and right there with him, and there’s no better way than to bring his lips to your soft skin for a moment. he doesn’t think he’ll ever get tired of the way it feels, and the way it makes him feel when he realizes you’re there with him, forever.

#i had so much fun writing this i really hope people enjoy it #armin arlert #eren yeager #jean kirschstein #jean kirstein #marco bott #connie springer #porco galliard #reiner braun #bertholdt hoover #levi ackerman #erwin smith #zeke yeager #armin arlert x reader #eren yeager x reader #jean kirstein x reader #reiner braun x reader #levi ackerman x reader #erwin smith x reader #attack on titan #aot #snk #shingeki no kyojin #aot headcanons #attack on titan headcanons

[akakeiiji]

HI!~ (THIS IS MY FIRST TINE REQUESTING AND IM REALLY EXCITED) Can I request a scenario where their smol s/o (I'm like 155 or 5'1 for reference) gets easily lost? Like they just wonder off on their own cause they think that he's still with them and she tends to leave her phone with him so calling to find her is out of the question??? (Me honestly IM SORRY FRIENDS AND FAMILY) She likes a lot of things so sometimes its hard to find her cause they never know where she is? Ushi, Tsuki and Bokuto-🌼

-`,✎ Ushijima, Tsukishima and Bokuto losing their short S/O in a crowd

THIS REQUEST IS JUST TOO ADORABLE AND IT HITS SO CLOSE TO HOME!! We’re the same height nonnie 🤧🤧✋ Short gang, where ya’ll at? 

Also I apparently don’t know how to read because I thought you requested for headcanons at first despite you clearly asking for scenarios so I decided to keep the hcs since I was already halfway done with them~ hope you don’t mind, nonnie! 

The man is literally built like the empire state building, he just towers over everyone, it’s insane

And then there you are behind him, all tiny and stuff, it’s so friggin adorable

He doesn’t really notice your height difference at all

Whenever people point it out, he just cocks his head with his eyebrows furrowed and is like “Yeah, I’m tall?? And they’re short?? Why are you reacting like that?”

He’s genuinely confused and doesn’t see why it’s a big deal at all

When he looks at you he doesn’t really pick up on itty bitty details like your height and stature; he just sees you for the whole you and sees you simply as this perfect deity that he loves

But he does appreciate the perks that come with it such as the way you feel when he hugs you after a match or the way you look up at him so adorably when you’re trying to get a kiss

He also didn’t realize the cons that came with having a tiny s/o

There are many but we’re focusing on the fact that it’s so easy to lose you in a crowd

He’ll literally look away for 0.5 seconds and when he looks back at you, you’re suddenly gone

He probably won’t notice for a bit but after a while, he’ll wonder why you aren’t holding onto his sleeve or hand anymore

Whenever this happens he usually goes about it in two ways; he’d either stay still where he is and let you find him (which isn’t hard, he sticks out like a sore thumb) or if enough time passes, he’ll retrace his steps and look for you himself

He’ll have a tiny little frown on his face since he gets so worried about you, like you’re so tiny what if you get trampled??

When he does find you though, the wide smile on your face when you catch sight of him honestly makes the search worth it

can you tell that I miss ushi so friggin much

The streets in downtown Tokyo are always so packed at this time of day. There were hundreds of people rushing to and from work, tourists taking in the sights, and busy shoppers such as yourself and Ushijima; you two had just finished shopping together and were heading to your favorite restaurant in the area as you always do to end your date night.

Your hand remained tightly wrapped around the hem of your boyfriend’s coat as you two made your way down the busy streets, struggling to not get pulled away as people continued to mercilessly push past you. You would have much rather held Ushijima’s hand but he insisted on carrying all your shopping bags and was rather preoccupied with them at that moment.

He marched on, oblivious to your struggles behind him. It was during times like this when you hated how short your legs were, you were practically jogging to keep up with your boyfriend who, to him, was only going at a leisurely pace.

Before you knew it, your hand had loosened and you suddenly lost hold of his coat. You looked up, hoping to find him just a few feet away, but he had disappeared into the sea of people all around you.

Ushijima hadn’t noticed anything at first, he was too focused on where he was going to realize that the little tugs on the hem of his coat throughout the journey were suddenly gone. He looked down at both his hands and placed the shopping bags on one of them to the other so that he could use it to hold your own.

He held out his free hand behind him, calling out your name, and motioned for you to grab it. A few seconds went by of him gesturing like this only to be met with no response.

He looked back, eyebrows furrowed, only to find no sign of you.

Ushijima immediately stops in his tracks, eyes widening ever so slightly as he did a little 360 turn in his spot, raking over the crowds rushing past him in hopes he’d find your familiar head of hair bouncing about.

He stood motionless where he was, forcing people to walk around him—most wanted to tell him off for standing in the middle of the street but no one had the balls to.

A few minutes went by and he began walking down the direction he came from looking everywhere for you. Worry began to bubble in him when you were still nowhere to be found but suddenly he saw a figure waving at him from afar.

You were standing on top of those small cement blocks on the bottom street lights, waving your free hand that wasn’t wrapped around the lamp towards your boyfriend, grinning ear to ear when you met eyes with him.

Ushijima smiled in relief, shoulders relaxing as he made his way over to you. You met him halfway, immediately wrapping your arms around him in a hug, burying your face into his chest.

“I’m never letting go of your hand next time.” He said, pressing a chaste kiss on the top of your head before interlocking your fingers together. You laughed, nodding in agreement. “Definitely not.”

We all already know this: Kei is fucking ruthless

It doesn’t matter that you’re dating. It doesn’t matter that you’re literally his favorite person in the world tho he’ll never admit this to you you will not be free from his savageness

No one is more hyper-aware of your height difference than he is and no one teases you more than him

Tsukishima is literally the type to steal your things and hold them over your head or he’ll purposefully stand at full height whenever you want to kiss him just so that he can watch you struggle

“Oh, babe, I didn’t see you from down there.”

Is the type to purposefully put things you use all the time up on the top shelves in cupboards and cabinets

He says that he does this to annoy but really he does this so that you can call him to help you since he banned you from climbing the counters 🤧✋

He really loves your height though as much as he likes to tease you for it

He loves how easy it is to wrap his arms around you and how you burrow into his chest whenever you hug

His favorite thing about your height is probably the fact that it’s so comfortable being the big spoon with you since you fit so snuggly against him 🥺

again he’ll never tell you this, my man is tight-lipped

However he can get very protective over you, it’s like he developed this idea in this head that small = fragile

So whenever he loses track of you in a crowd (which happens a lot, it's honestly embarrassing) he immediately drops everything and searches for you

He’ll have this permanent pout on his face as he retraces his steps, going back to wherever you two were and keeping an eye out for either you or places that would catch your eye

Once he finally catches you, he’d sigh in relief and immediately put up his “i’m annoyed right now, give me attention” face and head over to you, knocking your head with his knuckles lightly

He’d lecture you a bit about staying close to him and he’d spend the rest of your time out with his eye on you and with his hand tightly wrapped around your own

The mall was always so crowded during the weekend especially now that Christmas was just around the corner. Tsukishima told you that you two should visit the mall later during the week but you were just so excited to see this new movie, he simply couldn’t say no; he cursed himself for being so tightly wrapped around your finger.

The building was already pretty full when you two entered the cinema but when you two emerged, it was as if the number of people there seemed to double in just a span of a few hours.

As you two made your way through the tight-knit crowds of people, the frown on Tsukishima’s face never left as people kept pushing and rushing past him. He called out your name behind him and said, “See, I told you we should have come after the weekend, it’s like half the city is here right now.”

He waited for your usual giggle or scoff, maybe a light smack on his arm as you tell him to brighten up but there wasn’t any of that.

“(Y/N)? Did you hear me? I—(Y/N?),” He turned around, worried that you may have been upset at him but instead was surprised to find that you weren’t trailing along behind him like he expected you to be.

He turned around fully, hands coming out of his pocket as he raked his eyes over the crowds of people around him. It would be nearly impossible to find you here, there were probably hundreds of people in the mall now.

Tsukishima groaned slightly as he ran a hand through his locks, his other hand going into his pant pocket to ring your phone only to realize that it was with him as well, right next to his. This elicited a second groan from the blonde.

Knowing you, you probably got distracted by something and wandered away from him.

He retraced his steps, keeping a close eye on his surroundings. He had no idea when you wandered away from him so you could have been anywhere. He stood at full height, towering over the majority of the crowd, and scanned the entirety of the floor and the shops on it.

He entered a few stores he knew you’d most likely visit; the bookstore, the pet store, and a shop that was having a 50% sale but he found no traces of you.

Tsukishima was about to give up and head to the information desk and ask them to announce something on the loudspeaker to grab your attention—probably something along the lines of “To the small gremlin wandering around floor three right now, please meet Tsukishima Kei at the main exit.”—when he spotted a bright store on the other side of the floor.

You were there. He just knew it.

He rolled his eyes as he made his way to the anime store and low and behold, there you were, crouching as you stared at the shelves of anime merchandise, a wide ear to ear grin on your face.

Tsukishima sighed and lightly smacked you, tearing you away from your thoughts and making you look up at him in shock.

“You are such an idiot, (Y/N).” You only laughed in response and wrapped your arms around his waist and pressed your face onto his chest. “Aww, Kei! Were you worried about me?”

“Of course, I was. How do you expect me to feel?” He said with another roll of his eyes. He brought his hand up and placed it on top of your head. “I was worried someone thought you were a child and kidnapped you.”

You let out an indignant gasp and started to smack him but he only laughed and took your hand in his, dragging you out of the store behind him ignoring your protests.

Nobody in the whole entire world thinks you’re more adorable than Bokuto

He adores the fact that you’re so tiny, he likes you call you his pocket-sized s/o  

He never really teases you, instead he always coos and coddles you

He especially loves lifting you up in his arms and twirling you around, he always does this after winning a game and it always leaves you feeling dizzy

But you never complain bc who would complain about being hugged by Kou like that 🤧✋

However, as much as Bokuto loves how smol you are, he always kinda forgets that you’re short??

It’s because he’s always surrounded by tall people; his friends, the volleyball team, etc.

So he always forgets to adjust when he’s with you

And you know how some people just naturally walk really really fast, like they can’t help it, it’s just how they walk normally??

Yeah, that’s Bokuto

And this paired with the fact that he is literally 6’1 means he practically travels at light speed

Your tiny legs can barely keep up with your excitable boyfriend and you’re always practically jogging to keep up with him so if you take your eyes off of him for even just a few seconds he’ll probably run off somewhere and disappear 😔✋

This occurs so often when you two are out that you’re never shocked whenever it happens

It takes a few minutes before Bokuto realizes that he’s suddenly alone in a crowd and that you aren’t beside him like he thought you would be

AND IM SORRY BUT THE FIRST THING HE’LL DO IS JUST YELL OUT YOUR NAME REPEATEDLY AT FULL VOLUME WITH NO SHAME WHATSOEVER

“(Y/N)!! WHERE ARE YOU??”

Everyone around him would give him looks but he wouldn’t care, he just needs to find you fast or he’ll start panicking tho he lowkey already is

Some people would think that he’s looking for his kid but nah, he’s just looking for his smol s/o who would show up beside him after a while with a disgruntled look on their face

It never takes long for you two to reunite when you get separated, you just have to wait for the distinctive voice of your boyfriend yelling for you somewhere

When you two find each other, the first thing he’ll do is pull you into a tight hug, usually lifting you up from the ground as he presses a few kisses on your cheeks in relief

He’ll remember to walk slowly for the rest of the time you’re out, usually with his arm over your shoulder or with his hand tightly wrapped around your own

It made absolutely no sense to you that Bokuto literally grew up in the city yet has never visited the amusement park in the area before. You’ve visited the park countless times before but for your boyfriend, it was a first.

Bokuto was practically bouncing with excitement ever since you proposed the idea of visiting the amusement park together and it only got more intense as the day of your visit grew closer and closer.

You somewhat regretted not pushing your date to a later day in the week so that it didn’t fall on the weekend since the park was so packed but that feeling quickly dissipated when you glanced at your beaming boyfriend beside you.

What you did regret however was the fact that you didn’t wear more comfortable shoes, ones that were more fitting for exercise rather than leisurely walks since you were practically running around the park just to keep up with Bokuto.

His hand remained tightly clasped on your own as he sprinted all around the park, looking at all the rides, food stands, and gift shops around the place. He wasn’t really running, he was simply walking at a quick pace but this coupled with his long legs made it so difficult to match his pace with your significantly shorter ones.

You two had just gotten off a rather intense roller coaster and you felt your head spin from how dizzy it made you, you halted in your steps as Bokuto was about to begin running towards another ride making Bokuto stop as well as he was pulled back by your hand which was still holding onto his.

“Koutarou, let me rest for a bit,” You said as you sat on a bench in the shade, Bokuto immediately nodded and took a seat beside you, he handed you a bottle of water from his bag. “Sure babe, here drink this.”

After a few minutes of talking and resting under the shade, you stood up, reinvigorated, and filled with more energy. “Okay, let’s go, I’m feeling much better now,”

Bokuto immediately jumped onto his feet and beamed at you, more than ready for another round of rollercoasters and thrilling rides. He held out his hand for you to take and you two headed farther into the park.

“Let’s go on the Viking ride next—wait, hold on, let me fix this.” You let go of your boyfriend’s hand and began adjusting the overpriced headband on your head; Bokuto insisted on buying matching ones at the gift shop despite their ridiculous price (“Look, it’s just so adorable!”)

When you looked up, ready to grab ahold of his hand again, Bokuto was suddenly nowhere to be seen.

You whipped your head all around you but you couldn’t see the familiar head of hair of your boyfriend in the horde of people around you. You stood on your tiptoes, craning your head to get a better view but that didn’t do anything to help. You feel back on your feet and huffed; curse you and your short stature.

You walked down the direction you two were originally headed at, raking your eyes over the crowds of people you walked past when you suddenly heard a familiar voice yelling out your name from a distance. You whipped your head towards the direction of the voice and began to jog towards it.

Bokuto was standing on his tiptoes, his hands cupping his mouth as he called out for you over and over again, oblivious to the looks of shock from the people around him.

As he was about to scream out your name for the dozenth time, you suddenly pushed your way through the people around him and grabbed ahold of his arm, an exasperated yet also relieved look on your face.

Bokuto’s face immediately lit up, the small frown on his lips turning into a large smile as he wrapped his arms around you. He pressed you into his chest and lifted you off the ground as he usually does when he hugs you.

You giggled and flailed around as he did this, when he placed you back safely on the ground, he placed a small kiss on your forehead.

“Sorry for leaving you behind,” Bokuto said as he laced his fingers onto your own, “It won’t happen again,”

You scoffed playfully and let yourself be dragged along by him, “That’s what you said last time, Kou.”

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[ghostgothgeek]

Map of Amity Park

So I did a bunch of research and traced over the map the GIW had in DCMH and extended it to try and build a map of Amity Park. I also paid close attention to locations and places named in canon. I am by no means an artist, map maker, photoshop pro, or civil engineer; I just wanted a general reference map for the phandom to use. 

Here is where I place Amity Park. We know AP isn’t in Michigan or Wisconsin, but is most likely a day drive away from Madison (Bitter Reunions). AP is a decent sized city of itself, so I can see it being an outskirt of a large city like Chicago. Lancer mentions the Northwestern Testing, and Northwestern University is in Evanston, IL, which is why I placed it where it is.

LIST OF PLACES (in great detail): 

Every city needs it’s basic services: energy supply, water supply, sewage, and trash/recycling. These of course are located more on the edge of the city, as they need a large amount of space and are typically isolated.

I placed a local airport in the city as well. Typically you would fly out of one of Chicago’s airports anyway, but private planes (Vlad, Mansons, etc.) can take off and land here. 

University of Amity Park is located at the north side of the city, and is home to a Nasty Burger location, an LGBT Center, and is probably near a gas station. The blocks surrounding the campus are more student housing. 

Near the University, we have the Science Center, Axion Labs, a Mental Institute, and the Museum, as a lot of research from the University would go into those places. 

In the more isolated areas, we have the Penitentiary, the abandoned North Mercy Hospital, and the GIW Headquarters. 

The Zoo is located on the north side of the park and is also close to the University for research purposes.

The Observatory is also located in a more isolated area, so you can actually see the stars without a bunch of light pollution.

Going into the center of town, where most things are actually located:

A community college, which is near the internet cafe where Danny and Tucker play games, a gas station, a liquor store, a thrift shop, a Planned Parenthood, Java Jive (the coffee shop), a tech store, and a gym. 

We also have a shoe store, the hunting goods store and Guitar Palace that Skulker and Ember take over in Reign Storm, the U-Ship Box Store the Box Ghost takes over, a barber and a hardware store.

There is a hair salon, tanning salon, and nail salon, where Paulina frequents. There is also Elmer’s Pharmacy, a dentist office, a law office, the TV repair store, butcher shop, and pet store (which we see next to each other in an episode), a toy store, and a vet office.

Government buildings include City Hall, a public library, a court house, a DMV, a bus station (for all mass transit in the city), a community center (likely where town halls are located and other smaller events; Ida plays bingo here every week), and a retirement home. 

There is also the post office, Amity Park Fire Department, a bank, the 24K Jewelry shop, a nearby ice cream shop, and another Nasty Burger location (this is the one right by Casper High that the trio usually hangs at). Also an animal shelter, a grocery store, and a pizza joint.

Education: there is a preschool and daycare, the elementary school, a playground/park, the middle school (yes, a Beetlejuice reference), and Casper High. Casper High campus also has the track, a fieldhouse, and the football field. 

Moving towards Amity Park Mall:

Bucky’s Music Mega Store, an apartment complex, Amity Park Police Department, a bookstore, doctor clinic, gas station, a Denny’s (where Phight Club happens), Material Grill restaurant, the mini golf course and bowling alley, Freddy Fazbear’s (which is actually a horror video game, but here it’s a kids pizza place like Chuck E. Cheese), a furniture store, a party supply store, and the movie theater (which is Marmel’s Multiplex 22, Amity Park Multiplex, and Googolplex Cinemas...it seems that they go to the same movie theater throughout the series and the names just change, or these could also be other movie theaters in the area (like near the college campus). I just picked Multiplex 22 cause it sounded very mall-y).

Along the interstate, there’s a pawn shop, a publishing house (which somehow prints all 5 of Amity Park’s newspapers), a homeless shelter, the diner, Safe House Motel, a laundromat, the 89¢ Store (a nod to Fanning the Flames), and the car dealership.

Also near the mall is Amity Arena, which hosts concerts, sports events, and other large entertainment events. There is a hotel near both the arena and the hospital (the one that isn’t abandoned and haunted). Towards the outskirts of the hospital, there’s a trailer park; north a few blocks is the TV station, where News 4 is headquartered. There’s also a construction site near Amity Arena, but that kinda went out the window when Undergrowth hit. 

On the other side of town, we have:

A-Mart, a convenience store. I named it like this because it can be like an offshoot of KMart, but A for Amity! 

Floody Waters, right off the interstate.

North of Floody Waters, East of Casper High, we have the main residences: the Foley household and only a couple blocks away is Fenton Works. 

There’s also another gas station and the Amity Park Radio Station nearby. There’s also a private school near ultra posh Polter Heights, but the A-Listers attend Casper High because the private school doesn’t have a football or cheerleading team.

Moving into Polter Heights and the surrounding area:

The Polter Heights Golf Course and Country Club are exclusive to those in the neighborhood, as well as their private neighborhood pool; members only. 

The Mayor’s Mansion (eventually Vlad’s) is located in here too.

All of the A-Listers’ houses are of course in this neighborhood, as well as Val’s previous residence and the Fenton’s temporary mansion from Living Large (which is of course right next door to Vlad, but with some distance, because the rich are always socially distancing with their big houses).

Polter Heights is adjacent to a bunch of farmland (this is the midwest, we like cows and stuff), and there is a church close by as well.

Just outside Polter Heights is the Manson Mansion (with Sam’s greenhouse). Lucky for Sam, the Skulk and Lurk Books and an occult shop are just down the street. The Manson residence is also near a funeral home and graveyard (how did Sam get so lucky? Oh, because I love her), a synagogue, Mario’s restaurant, and a dry cleaners. 

We get more spacious as we get away from the center of town! 

Along the shore of Lake Eerie, there are the docks which are home to many warehouses, including the mattress factory.

Also along the shoreline, there is a pier which doubles as an amusement park (think kinda like Navy Pier in Chicago in comparison) and alongside the pier is the public beach area. 

Camp Skull and Crossbones is located on the other side of Lake Eerie, and the fishing area is more on the north side of the lake. Lake Eerie is not one of the Great Lakes, it’s just its own thing in Amity Park. 

Back towards the park, we have event grounds space, which is where Circus Gothica is located, as well as the Meet Swap and flea market. Basically whatever rotating event hits town, it comes right here. Just next door is a theatre (for music, opera, Broadway, etc.). There is also the third and final Nasty Burger location in AP.

This is all surrounding the actual park Amity Park, which has a pond, a big fountain, and also hosts that really big hill that overlooks City Hall.

On the south side, across the bridge and over the interstate is Elmerton, where Val currently is resided. 

All the other blocks are filled with more office buildings, apartment complexes, houses, and businesses, but all of the main places are already listed and placed. 

Finally, yes, I did name some places for myself and my friends because they’re great and they deserve it. These include Steph’s (mine) Occult Shoppe, Nick’s Liquor Emporium (@ecto-american), Lexx R Us Toystore (@lexosaurus and appropriately named after the Lexxpocalypse), Laz’s Law Offices LLC (@kinglazrus), Dee’s Dentistry (@qlinq-qhost​), Lily’s Looks Thrift Store (@dannyphantomisameme​), Ceci’s Funeral Home (@ceciliaspen​), Vic’s Amusement Park (@babypop-phantom​), and Reverie Books (@wastefulreverie​). 

#Danny Phantom #Amity Park #this is literally not a perfect map but here have it anyways #I hope this actually comes into use for you guys #stephanie shares things #Amity Park Map #map of Amity Park #long post

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BakuSquad’s Boy Part 1

A/N: Based on a fic that doesn’t exist anymore :( I’ll be adding my own head canons from what i remember of the og fic. This whole thing is in a headcanon format :)))

Kirishima was sitting down when he noticed their new transfer student walking into the cafeteria looking lost. Without thinking twice he quickly caught the attention of the male and motioned him to come over.

“Is it okay if I join you?” you asked, recognizing the spiky haired student as your classmate.

“Of course, let me introduce you to everybody!”

The redhead introduced all the guys sitting at the table. The talkative blonde with the lightning bolt in his hair was Kaminari . The smiling black haired boy with oddly shaped elbows was Sero and the angry-faced pale blonde with red eyes was Bakugo. While the rest smiled at you he merely sneered and ignored you.

“Don’t let him bother you too much, he's a grouch!” Kirishima said smiling.

The entire lunch period was spent talking to the Bakusquad and explaining how you transferred from the hero school in your home country and enrolled at UA. Laughing with them and bonding over memes and hero training.

It didn’t take long for you to become part of the friend group.

Y’all are a chaotic group of motherfuckers

The group chat is mess; Bakugo is trying to help people w homework, Zero is constantly sharing tick tocks and at 2 am Denki will spam it with memes ( which pisses Bakugo off bc it wakes him up when he forgets to mute his notifications)

Y’all will study together, which surprisingly, can be super productive sometimes.

It honestly didn’t take very long for you guys to become inseparable. They have you back and you have theirs. Training and working out together is a plus because sometimes y’all are too busy to actually fully hangout.

Kirishima will compliment you in a “manly” way and will totally be your hype man. Will be ecstatic when you give back the same energy. One time Bakugo joined you guys for his morning workout and his jaw almost fell to the ground when he saw you take your shirt off.  He couldn’t help but stare like holy shit you were ripped. Training with Kiri really did pay off. Bakugo smirked to himself when he noticed his red haired friend was also checking you out when you didn’t notice. 

Going to the mall with Sero and Denki is a whole ass ride. Y’all will go to so many stores and either waste all your money or just fuck around. Hot Topic is definitely a favorite of theirs. They don’t care if it’s not your vibe because they will want to deck you out in the fitting rooms to see what you look like. Once they pushed the curtain before you were done changing your shirt and both pairs of eyes went straight to your body, making you blush.

After being friends for so long the Bakusquad could read each other's emotions and all recognized that they had crushes on you. They talked about it and concluded that this would by no means would get between their friendship but would amicably flirt with you.

They organized a sleepover not too long after. But it was basically them all fighting each other about who’s room they would be staying in. Ended up going to Bakugo’s room because it was the closest for most of them. When you got there you were so caught up with the movie that you didn't realize they were low-key fighting each other for a spot next to you/ touching you in general. It was when y’all were going to sleep when you realized you left your sheets and what not in your room. Bakugo without missing a beat said you could sleep with him which then prompted Denki to tell you that “Bakugo’s feet smell like shit you don't wanna sleep with him” for Kiri to go “ Hey that isn’t manly, you should sleep w me Y/N.”. While the three of them were battling it out you and Sero were just sitting crouched in the corner. “I mean Y/N I could always get sheets and stuff from my rooms ‘cause it's not that far from here.” only for Bakugo to throw a pillow straight in his face yelling “Shut it Soy-Sauce face!!” Yeah they felt really bad in the morning when you ended up sleeping on the floor with nothing covering you.

Sero will want to smoke with you. The first time he smoked with you, you ended up having a panic attack and he felt responsible for making you panic and so anxious. He tries to smoke by himself for the meanwhile until you convince him to let you try again. It goes much better this time. Y’all start vibing to his latin playlist and he tries to teach you but y’all just end up stumbling over each other and constantly laughing. When dancing becomes physically exhausted and watches tick tocks and videos on his phone. Which ends up with y’all crying over the video where the racoon tries to wash his cotton candy but it dissolves. At some point the tears become too much and you both reach for each other which ends up with y'all sobbing and cuddling each other. Y’all fell asleep like this :)

The whole squad smokes at one point or another. Kirishima does it whenever he’s just in the mood to hangout and he uber chills. Bakugo does it to relieve stress and just enjoy life a bit. Denki smokes the 2nd most in the group just whenever he needs to kill time or he wants to vibe.

There will be times when y'all will smoke together and just fuck shit up. Like, one night after exam y’all are smoking but shit starts getting wild. Like y'all are hopping off the walls and dancing around to random music. Denki will find a roach that's stuck on its back and trying to get back off its legs but y’all are dancing all around it thinking it's like break dancing. “ AYYYY FUCK IT UP” Bakugo would yell “GET INTO IT” Sero would then yell. One of y’all took a video and accidentally posted it on Snapchat so the next day Mina would ask like wth happened last night bc y’alls tik toks and snapchats were wack af. Sero would probably speak on behalf of the group and say “ We were just really hyper.

When they all become hyper aware of their feelings not only for you but like low-key for each other they all change a lil bit. Like:

Denki stops flirting with people outside of the Baku Squad. He’s more touchy with y’all. Holding onto arms, arms over shoulders, hands on waists, holding hands, sitting in y’alls laps (this is a big one)

Kirishima has more energy when he’s with you guys. Like he could be running lower on battery than normal but one of y'all just comes up to him and he lights up like a light bulb.

Bakugo stops ruining desks and promptly yelling at people. He’s toned down and becomes a bit more chilled out. Mostly when he's with you guys. He is still a grumpy gremlin when he is with people who aren’t the Baku Squad.

Sero actually hides it pretty well and no one notices and changes that are indicative of a crush. Probably a bit more confident in himself

Kirishima and Denki acting like they haven't seen each other in sages when it really has only been like five minutes.

“ OMG BRO IT'S BEEN FOREVER”

“OMG DENKI MY MAN I MISSED YOU SM!”

“ BRO C’MERE AND PLANT A PHAT ONE ON ME!”

“HELL YA MY DUDE, THIS IS GONNA BE MANLY.”

And then proceed to aggressively walk toward each other, slap each others asses and plant a kiss on each other's cheeks before erupting into a huge fit of laughter. While people around them are just like ‘wtf is going on’

Touching becomes a thing.

Y’all will actively find each other when y'all want a hug or cuddles or smth. Forehead and cheek kisses are a thing. Bakugo takes much longer to warm up to everyone starting really with you and Kirishima. most comfortable holding y’alls hands loosely and rubbing your knuckles. Denki probably does this the most. He lives for physical affection, just give this poor boy his much needed cuddles and kithes.

Despite y’all high-key crushing for each other you all still are absolutely focused on your career paths as heros. Bakugo helping teach english and you trying to help ( if you know english well enough to teach )

“Ok idiots for the last time what word do we use to describe Sarah?”

“I mean she took these poor dudes apples and all of these are positive adjectives...i think.”

“Yeah Sarah’s kind of a bitch.”

“SHUT IT YOU TOO AND ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!”

“I mean Bakubro they aren’t wrong...”

“NOT YOU TOO KIRI!”

You guys work so well during team vs fights bc of how well you all know each other.

It’s an absolute mess but y’all love eachother <3

I will be making a part 2 ( + 3 i think ) so hang around for more :)

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teenage walmart games??? I’ve been inside walmart maybe 3 times in my life I need an explanation

formal disclaimer: i am not suggesting you do any of these things in a walmart or similar store* even if i admit to having done some of them myself; the employees don't get paid enough to deal with them

-i mentioned in my tags a fictional game of capture the flag. while i think it would be difficult to full-on incorporate nerf guns into this for more than a few minutes irl, i know people play other versions of it in stores sometimes (i have participated on one ocassion & ngl its kind of fun)

-ive personally played hide n seek in walmart more than once (which is a little different than regular hide n seek in my experience, usually the hiding involves moving around a lot)

-walmart has such a wide variety of shit (for those of you who are less familiar, there's a grocery section & a retail section (including electronics, toys, outdoor equipment, home goods, office supplies, furniture). so we also used to play games where we would have a criteria (ex. The Squishiest Thing U Can Find) & everyone would run around in the alotted time to find The Item which best fit it

-there are lots of potential variations off of this. that "three items to freak out the cashier" game everyone always talks about on here & also a quick google search brought up an all-out walmart scavenger hunt & a walmart bingo

-many walmarts used to have a giant "cage" (it was flexible rope) full of those huge plastic bouncy balls. my walmart does not have one anymore. i imagine it's because i (& others) used to yeet the balls out of the cage every time i was there so i could play with them. i havent personally done much more than bounce them while shopping but i have to imagine that people more creative than me have made several games revolving around these balls and their prison

[Image Description: A Walmart bouncy ball cage filled with dozens of giant colorful balls some of which also have pokadot or zigzag patterning. It is taller than the aisles. The balls are mostly contained by roping, but the frame of the cage is made of metal. END ID.]

-idk if this counts as a "game" but when i was a child you could get ear piercings at walmart & it was for sure A Risk

-ive known people who make a game of shoplifting, seeing who can steal what & who can take the most risks without getting into trouble (in my experience folks either know EXACTLY how companies like walmart deal with shoplifters or they don't know jackshit, there is no in-between, my advice is that knowledge is power)

-there are legitimate ways to have fun in some walmarts, ive been to several that have a few (3-5) money-sucking arcade games.

-they also sometimes have fast food places in them, so any kind of havoc you can think of perpetuating at mcdonalds or subway, you can technically do it in a walmart (just a reminder not to terrorize the employees at these places in real life. please. i used to work at a mall subway like i will fight you)

-this is just off the top of my head at 3 am, im sure a group of bored 16 y/os could come up with something really fun

-obviously you can do these things in similar stores but i feel the need to explain the energy of walmarts to those who havent been in them so much. they really do feel like the worst liminal space you can possibly imagine. all the typical social rules and decorum are gone. the rumors about people wearing what they want and doing what they want in walmart are generally very true (yes you see guns on people's backs there in open carry states). the lights are too bright for me in all big stores like that but they reflect off the floors in a way i find particularly blinding. it's also usually crowded unless you're there during work/school hours. recently my walmart went to all self-check, no bags & that made the environment more hostile which i didnt know was possible. if this were a more serious post id explain in detail about why i think walmart gets a bad rep for some classist reasons and why it DESERVES a bad rep for some capitalist ones but since this is funnyman hours im just going to leave it there

-im going to leave off with a question to my walmart-familiar followers: what is the most chaotic thing you've ever witnessed in a walmart?

*except the shoplifting. i always encourage shoplifting

#when i wrote my capture the flag fic #i made an extensive diagram of a local walmart for reference #which included at least one (cant remember if i did it more than once) trip to walmart #wherein i walked around scribbling notes & pics about the layout on my little papers #which is kind of a shady thing to do retrospectively but i was like 17 #anyway #auralieum #asks #answers #not cr #admin speaks #text #walmart #i also want to say like when you live in a small town and you only have a walmart #you just go there bored #like a lot of these things i mentioned personally doing are not a quirky moment from me they're normal for many of the places ive lived