#the boy across the street

[foldingfittedsheets]

My best friend growing up was a matter of convenience over compatibility. The boy across the street was only a year older than me. We had some common interests but our personality types were a terrible clash. I remember fighting with him just as vividly as any peaceful activity.

We were stuck in the same boat though. There was no other kids to socialize with except our odious older brothers, and being together was slightly less wretched than being alone. Most of the time. Our parents joked that we were like an old married couple, always fighting. We’re both gay now.

His family was better off so he brought more toys and video games to the friendship table. My family had more land so we had animals to play with and secret forest clubhouses. We hung out most days but he refused to acknowledge me at school for the sin of being both a year younger and a girl.

He was a terribly sore loser though. When playing fighting games he’d win four out of five rounds but if I won the fifth he’d turn the console off before letting my character do a victory dance. I was fairly prosaic about this. He liked to play them and I went along. When I won I got to suggest other activities.

Now, I mentioned we both had older brothers. His older brother was only three years above him. They scuffled in a normal sibling manner but the older brother was cognizant that he was bigger and stronger and these fights were more what I would characterize as fencing. There was rules and treaties in place.

My older brother was five years older than me. When we fought it was a no holds barred pit fight. I went absolutely feral. Significantly younger and weaker I unleashed my greatest weapon which was absolute berserker tactics. I bit, scratched, went for the balls, I was a menace. I paid no heed to any injury done to me if it let me land another strike. Most of our fights ended in a stalemate of me pinned or him bleeding too profusely to continue harassing me.

I never considered that I was getting more fighting experience than my friend. When scuffles broke out between us without a controller in hand I won every time. He’d jokingly smack me and we’d go down in a ball of flying hair and monkey screeches, but I always ended on top.

The trouble was, I found, that afterward he was no fun at all. His fragile childhood masculinity couldn’t take these defeats from someone younger and more female than him and he’d always sulk home afterward. I didn’t care for that, especially because fighting him was much more fun than my horrible brother.

Then one day I found the secret. I’d whapped him far too hard upside the head and he began to cry immediately. Full of guilt I whimpered that he’d really hurt my knee. He stopped crying. He hurt my knee? Then we were even! He’d hurt me just as badly and therefore the fight was a draw.

I was delighted by this logic. Every fight thereafter I saw no shame in playing up some injury he’d dealt me retroactively. I had no pride to lose and shamelessly acted beaten to avoid hurting his feelings. Our fights were milder as a result, and we both went away feeling elated by the childhood violence rather than defeated.

#ramblies #funny #story #ffs foibles #writing #fighting #the boy across the street

[inklore]

“in those moment alone, as my fingers trace freckles from cheek to collarbone, or as i watch the way starlight dances across skin, i marvel at how one can feel such intimacy, but also such great distance.”

colin really said yeah sex is great and all but what about love? what about yearning? what about feeling someones soul? what about looking into the eyes of someone and feeling seen, like you’re home. ahhh!!!

#boy needed heavy prescription glasses to see the love of his life and all he’s been looking for lives across the street smh #colin bridgerton #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton spoilers #bridgerton s3 #polin

[morrigan-sims]

And I forget sometimes I'm just flesh and bone.

As he stands in the ruined bathroom, all Rook can think is, At least now I can breathe.

#ts4 #ts4 edit #the sims 4 #sims 4 edit #my edits #ts4 render #my renders #blender render #oc: Rook #dnd sims #ts4 dnd #please I beg of you open this in a new tab and look it it. it's 2080px across and I spent way too long on tiny details. #(like the blood on the shards of glass on the sink. and the mirror alone took well over an hour...) #augh I love my boy so much #he's really going through it right now tho #poor bby #but when he's going through it I'm having fun playing him so... #yeah #blood tw #tw blood #so this is scheduled to go up right as we're starting our session picking up from exactly this point. #I thought that would be thematically fitting #please listen to this song it's so good and it's very Rook. #I almost put the lyrics right after this line (''I saw my reflection on the street that night / he said I got something to change your life #/ he said you don't look wrong but you don't look right'') #bc yk mirror shit. But I ended up going with this line instead because it's VERY VERY fitting for the conversations going on w/ Rook. #specifically about his reckless endangerment of himself to the point where some of his party members consider it to be self-harm. #(and obviously punching a mirror intentionally is self-harm.) #but like Rook doesn't see it that way and he's so confused as to why the party is so upset with him. (esp. his mentor and the gunslinger.) #god I could talk about this ridiculous man for hours so I'll stop here.

[k-wame]

ROBERT DE NIRO & HARVEY KEITEL Mean Streets (1973) · dir. Martin Scorsese

#the literal eyefucking charlie gave johnny when he first appears onscreen at the club🤤😓 like he's just met the love of his life #lol dis two were fucking fosho --bc tell me how kietel's character charlie wud go off & fuck loads of girls #but reserve the most romance for when he's with johnny the eternal fuckup who he loves bailing out of trouble #ans: he is his MAIN puss & wherever far off he wonders he always ends up back at johnny's looking for romance #if johnny boy is a mistake ---then it's one Charlie LOVES making---thats love whichever way you slice it🥹💖 #they also meet a bunch of queers across the film #robert de niro #harvey keitel #mean streets #martin scorsese #filmedit #mean streets 1973 #film #movie #homoeroticism #charlie cappa #john civello #lgbt #queer #1970s #70s movies #gorgeous #beautiful #beautiful men #affection #intimacy

[puppyeared]

Ever since I was a little girl I always knew I wanted a butch twice my size to call me a good boy

#it hasn’t happened yet but I think it will fix me once it does #Im not much of a boy or a girl or anything and I gave up trying to put a name on it. but I really like that phrase #its weirdly pleasing and I wish I had more situations where I could call myself that…. sigh #I noticed that whenever I do smth like look both ways before crossing the street or hold the door for someone #I find a little voice in the back of my head praising me like wow!! good job!! you’re such a good boy!!! #idk what that says abt me but im not complaining. I am a good boy #I hope everyone is having a good week!! and if not I sincerely hope it gets better and the weeks to come #im updating my blog again for fun ^_^ #so far I’ve updated my header icon and text color but since im on the bus rn I might go back and change things when I get home #I also saw someone walking across campus wearing nothing but a t shirt and shorts in -15 Celsius weather #yapping

[fidgetspringer]

AAAA omg. So, when I first moved back home and got Røst i realised our neighbour down the street also had a springer who happened to be Røst's uncle.

Well i ran into her on the trail just now, WITH HER NEW BABY SPRINGER. Turns out Røst's uncle unfortunately passed away a few months ago, so she's gotten another little spaniel boy to fill the void.

Guess what? Røst is his uncle!

#it's Røst's turn to be the big boy uncle on the street #this little guy was SO BABY #he looked just like Røst did when he was that age #Also Røst was an absolute champ while we stood there right across from each other to chat #not a peep #not any indication of a negative reaction despite this puppy being right there #so proud #i forgot to ask the pup's name cause he was a lil spooked by having a big strange dog so close to him so we didn't stay too long #but my god he was cute

[joemothersfavoritechild]

i’m working on pt 3 of across the street rn, if it goes smoothly i’ll post it late tn 😜

#mike schmidt x reader #across the street #josh hutcherson #mike schmidt fluff #mike schmidt x fem!reader #boy next door #eventual smut #abby schmidt #babysitter #modern au #not canon #canon non-compliant #fanfic #slow burn #fluff #sunshine x grumpy #x reader #no y/n #no animatronics

[myreygn]

modern au dad askeladd except he's not an actual dad but this random kid shows up to his house every day and tries to have beef over the closed food store askeladd bought and turned into an antiquarian store. turns out the food store used to be run by the kid's father until he passed away which is very sad of course but also askeladd is not gonna cooperate with some brat that borderline harasses him day by day. only that he can't call the cops because he kinda has a turbulent past and if they find out he's filling his store with stolen goods it's gonna become a huge problem. and note to destiny, the stupid kid finding out is not that great either because now he has to hear it out if he doesn't wanna go to prison and also he should probably learn the demon child's name while he's at it. shenanigans ensue.

#askeladd agrees to honor the memory of thorfinn's dad and in return thorfinn won't call the cops on him #then they fight about how the honoring should be done #askeladd doesn't want to change his entire store's image only to make sure people don't forget about the former owner #and thorfinn isn't satisfied with just a sign with his dad's name on it which is as far as askeladd is willing to go #things change when some rich jackass wants to buy every building on the street and turn the whole area into a luxury resort #now thorfinn and askeladd have to work together because thorfinn doesn't want his dad's store to vanish #and askeladd doesn’t want HIS STORE to be torn down because smuggling the stolen stuff out of town would be a pain #(also affordable houses with basements big enough to keep the meth laboratory running are rare these days) #(also also thorfinn learns some kind of martial art in the dojo across the street which is whatever but the coach is really nice) #(like. REALLY nice.) #(with a nice voice and a nice face and nice muscles and as if that wasn't enough he makes a kickass apple pie) #“bjorn is single btw” - “shut up thorfinn” - “i'm trying to help” - “go bother your twink why dontcha” #yeah thorfinn actually manages to make friends with the son of that asshole that tries to get their houses #great for the brat of course but now askeladd has to deal with a snobbish teen criticizing his cooking #not to mention the nosey nanny slash accountant the rich idiot hired to keep his twink son entertained who's very curious about the basement #he also knows a lot about modern art which. not great. well great for him but not for askeladd. #anyway tldr #askeladd has to save a street while trying to raise two boys that aren't his not falling in love and keeping ragnar out of the meth basement #thorkell is the construction worker hanging around and refusing to do his job until sven pays him quadruple the original agreement #vinland saga #bjornskeladd #thornute #ragnar and thorkell are also there #and sven but no one wants him to

[mother-rhoyne]

Pretending to be a knight and then showing up on the tourney field to the sound of We Will Rock You? I've never watched A Knight's Tale but I've definitely read it before

#how dunkcore is this #buddy you're a boy make a big noise playing in the streets gonna be a big man someday #you've got mud on your face you big disgrace kicking your banner all over the place #we will we will rock you across the face with this stone we found at the bottom of a disputed river

[planetary]

sweet baby animal i NEED you to go back inside omfg…

#its 6° go back across the street + inside!!!! she makes me so worried #animal encounters #impostor boy

[corvidaedream]

theres something extremely powerful in studying your local history and ive said that before but also its extra intense when you keep running into a guy who 250 years ago was the same age you are now and was working in the field your degree is in and you're just looking up maps of the city for research unrelated to him, and your search gets you an unbelievably beautiful and detailed map he drew of this city you both share across time.

#messages from the ouija board #his work is so beautiful. the compass and surveying pass at the top..... #and its a map of a city and environs that was his home that was being torn to pieces #he describes it as basically unrecognizable when he writes to his brother in london #and this map is for the military force occupying his city to use. #henry my neighbor across time. my fellow artist. you fascinate me. #anyway im literally just trying to look up certain street intersections for the game im working on #but! heres henry pelham w truly stunning work #squirrel boy

[mattzerella-sticks]

Soldier Boy didn't love Crimson Countess, despite what he said.

He loved that she would always be there for him, which was why he was so angry she didn't come for him. He loved the idea of her that was obsessed and subservient to him, when the truth is like how Mallory explained it - no one likes him and is really scared of him. Crimson Countess was just another person who told Soldier Boy what he wanted to hear.

And when she stopped doing that, when she didn't rush after him and die trying to save him - proving her love and loyalty to him despite how he would never do the same - he was so angry and, while the love was a twisted, toxic version of it that wasn't real, that betrayal was real and he played that off so well.

#the boys #the boys s3 #jensen ackles #soldier boy #crimson countess #like i don't know if soldier boy knows how to love #his love is all about power and who is subservient to him #which is why i feel like next episode we are going to see him go on a rebound fuckfest in herogasm #but i can also see him butcher and maeve getting it on #because while he is bigoted across the board he might possibly be closeted too and like legend views mlm sex as not gay #gay was what he saw on the streets of nyc and was like 'what? really okay you look weak' #which again shows he DOESN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

[jakemyboy]

Blu's staring face when he sees another dog. 🤣

#blu❤️ #it was across the street on a leash #he was good and didn't make noises or lunge #he did that later when we saw another dog #😐 #big walk though #good boy!

[payuappa]

my oc’s got dressed up 4 halloween!!! happy halloween!!!

Extras:

#payoodles #oc #halloween #go rin #K3N #adam across the street #christopher m. florence #doctor across the street #bunny boi #bastos haltak #trelos blazen #nana utomo

[fis-paprikas]

my friend studies philosophy and he posted himself with a gif of harry from disco elysium bc he thought it was slavoj zizek

#I've never played this game. one of these days i swear I'll see kim kitsuragi across the street but a bus will pass in front of him #and I'll just go quietly insane #harry du bois #disco elysium #slavoj zizek #I GUESS

[bimiio]

<3

#y’all idk wut it is abt me but da last like 4 or 5 times i’ve gone out i’ve been asked if i’m latina by latina women #(n one man we’ll get 2 dat in a sec hold awn) #i have ended up making out w two of em tho so i mean hey ig just looking n dancing da way i do is a good way 2 get hot bitches 2 approach me #back 2 da MAN tho cuz dis was wild #i wasn’t even in da club i was OUTSIDE ACROSS DA STREET!!!! w a group of like 5 ppl 4 of which were MEN #n these two guys come up 2 us n then zero in on me #one of da guys speaks spanish da other guy speaks spanish n english #so da one dat speaks spanish said smthn 2 me but i clearly didn’t understand so his friend starts translating 4 him #talkin abt sum ‘ur so beautiful how’s ur night going are u gonna go back in the club?’ etcetc #n i’m answering very uninterested but still polite looking at da ppl around me like do y’all see dis like..: cant even escape men outside😭 #n then i tell them i’m a lesbian n not interested n da spanish speaking guy gets his friend 2 translate him saying “even better’ #EVEN BETTER?? 4 WHO my boy????😭 #n THEN he gets his buddy 2 translate ‘there’s no way this girl doesn’t speak spanish she’s just lying cause she doesn’t wanna talk to me’ #which.. first of all #if sum1 is fully pretending not 2 know a language they speak 2 avoid talking 2 u dat is ur cue 2 exit #second of all i only speak english i’m SORRY😭 #then dis mf turns 2 me n starts speaking directly 2 me in spanish??? #sir.. no hablo español! no entiendo español!!! #then i told him 2 gimme his phone so i could get his instagram so i could block him <3 #n his friend went ‘oh hell no’ n steered him away😁 #anyways moral of da story is #men r annoying women r sexy n fun amen #m1n3 #m1sc #0ut