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sweater-daddiesdumbdork · 6 months

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Curtis and Honey Autumn This or That 🍂

Week Eight: Thrift Shop or Library

Summary- 1.5k Curtis Everett x Plus!Sized Reader. Curtis is looking for a vintage car part. With luck a thrift shop has it, giving you two a chance to go thrifting.

A/N- Very last one of this mini fall series and it's made me a little emotional to have it end. But thank you! thank you! THANK YOU! for reading, sharing, and participating in the polls. You all really are the best. Happy Reading!

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Curtis looked at the address one more time to double-check that they showed up in the right place. Sure enough, the little quaint-looking thrift shop was right where the address led them. You leaned forward in your seat to peer out the window, unable to hide a grin. “Okay, Let’s go in!” Excited as you pushed open the door to pop out of the truck, he followed along but still managed to make sure he reached the door first to hold it open. “I didn’t think these places had car parts though?”

“Me neither, but the ad Grey showed me claims they do. If they have that part for the Camaro, I will be fucking thrilled.” His hand moved to the small of your back, easing you through the door, the tinkle of a bell announcing that the two of you arrived.

Looks can be deceiving because the inside was much larger than the front of the building led to believe and it was full of stuff. Your eyes widened as you took in the packed isles of shelves littered with everything imaginable. Even Curtis gave a soft whistle of surprise at everything. “We could be here all day.” You muttered as you picked a random nearby shelf, peering around and behind all the trinkets scattered on it to see what might be tucked behind it.

The little negative tone that was reserved for fleeting moments of annoyance now piped up. Curtis is only here for one thing, not to look around.

Jake hated this, he gave in once in a while when you really begged him to come, wanting to make a day of thrift shops. He would roll his eyes and give you a smirk that implied he wanted something in return, always something you didn’t necessarily want to do, but would because as he said “I spent my day looking at junk with you and I didn’t even want to do it.”

It always stung, but you would agree to it, because he did go with you just to make you happy. Although those outings never lasted more than a couple hours and he would get a call, saying he was needed right away elsewhere.

Curtis was quick to snap you out of the memories with Jake. “Give me a few seconds to ask about that part and we can look around Honey.” Curtis ran his hand over your hip with an affectionate squeeze before pulling away. “I'm sure we will find some cool stuff to bring home.”

“You sure we have time?” You questioned a bit, trying not to sound hopeful or anything, nor implying that you wanted to stay and look around, being an inconvenience. Curtis gripped your chin gently to turn you enough to look at him.

“Pretty Girl, it's obvious you want to explore. We will take our time, This trip isn’t all about what I want. Okay?”

You could have melted right there with affection, you thought you had been able to hide the resigned yearning in your tone but again, somehow Curtis picked up on what you wanted but wasn’t admitting to, out loud at least. “I would really like that.” You felt him lean in closer, catching a kiss from you and flashing a reassuring smile.

As he went to the counter to discuss why he was visiting, you let yourself relax, exploring now a little less hurriedly, taking your time to really pick up little odds and ends, some you discarded as not really your style. Others you played in your hands, imagining where you would set it up, how it would look.

Those images always were at Curtis’s house so much of your time was spent there. You always set it back down though and moved onto something else. Last thing you needed to do was bring more stuff into his home.

Halfway down the first aisle, you did find a vase. Beautiful with a thicker glass that made it heavy and sturdy even though it came off as looking delicate. It was a soft green, almost a jade color that had swirls of silvery white streaks mixed through the glass. You couldn’t resist picking it up, holding it in your hands with desire. You checked the tag for a moment, debating with yourself.

But in the end, you put it back, stepping away from it. A strong pair of arms curled around you from behind, fingers brushing under your sweater to skim across your skin as Curtis tucked his chin on your shoulder. You instinctively leaned back into him, his chest firm against your back, content at being held.

“See anything you wanted?”

You laughed gently. “Sure, but anything I absolutely need? No, not really.”

He hummed a ‘hmm’ as if in disbelief but never pushed any further about it. You two sorted through old tools, Curtis able to tell you about what some were used for, paintings and prints were just scattered all over the place and you both took the time to shift old frames to see what might be hiding behind the next one.

Curtis did find an old painting easel that he was genuinely interested in, watching his eyes light up as he lifted the hideous print resting on it to check it out further. You nudged at him a bit as he debated with himself. “You really love this?”

“Well, recently I thought I might want to try my hand at painting? I don’t know, be another thing sitting in the corner of the house that I don’t have time for.” He started talking himself out of it.

“I think you should, try it anyways.” You let your hand reach for his, fingers pushing through his and giving a light squeeze. Curtis returned it, but did end up leading you away with a ‘Maybe later when I have time for it.’

Hours later, you two managed to make it back to the counter, Curtis setting a rather nice winter work coat he came across and you did let yourself be convinced by Curtis that you needed an old map of Lake Superiour, intending on hanging it up in your classroom to match it alongside an updated one to show off the differences to your students. “Will ths be all for you two?” The kind older lady asked as Curtis made his way around the counter to lift up the heavier box of car parts he had wanted so she wouldn’t have to.

“I’m all set.” You said with a smile and Curtis shook his head.

“Give me a second, I need to grab one last thing.” He held up a finger, indicating a moment before bolting off down the first aisle you two had browsed. You thought maybe he was going for the easel from before.

But he came around with the jade green vase you had so wanted. Your mouth opened to say he didn’t have to, but he flashed you a look. “Nope, I caught you admiring this earlier, more than anything else in here Honey.”

“Okay, but let me at least pay for it.” You tried but he shook his head at that too while taking out his wallet before you even could.

“Let me, this time? Next time you can.” He asked and you hesitated, glancing at the vase and map for a second. “Promise, next time we do this I won’t put up a fight about it… much.” He broke into a grin.

“Let him dear.” The lady across the counter finally said. “I’m giving him a deal anyways with those car parts, my husband would have wanted them to go to someone rebuilding a car.”

You hesitated, for half a second more and gave in, letting your bag resettle on your shoulder. “Next time Curtis, it’s on me.” You said while he handed over the cash.

“Sure…” He said as he picked up the heavier box. “Can you grab my receipt? I'm gonna get this loaded into the truck.”

You waited till he slipped away, making sure he was occupied with going out to put the heavy box in the truck. Pulling out your card, you set it on the counter. “You know that easel in the back?”

“Nice piece isn’t it? It’s held up so well for being one that was used in a college.”

“I want it.” You slipped your card over. “Whatever the cost, I will take it. But it’s a gift for him, so can I come back later in the week to pick it up?”

“Oh sure! I will put it in the back so no one else tries to pick it up.” She rang up your order next and was quick to hand the card and receipt back to you to tuck away, just in time because Curtis made his way back inside to get the other few items.

“We are gonna come back another time.” Thanking the owner, you nodded in agreement.

“Sooner rather then later is what I’m thinking Curtis.”

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whatinthefuckingninjaturtles · 10 months

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round 3 / part 1 -- voting information

(original round three information post)

theme: pastries date: july 16th (next sunday) at 1:00 PM MDT*

(other information, including this upcoming rounds' brackets can be found below the cut!)

first off, round three's theme will be: pastries

i don't even particularly like most pastries, and also find them hellish to try and create, so the heat is on!

we'll see if i can come up with something even more painful for round four (/lh)

(if you guys have any ideas as well, feel free to send 'em in!)

second order of business: date and time!

during the preliminaries, one of our creators mentioned that the polls went up while they were otherwise occupied. i knew that i should have got more info out about it beforehand, but i was in a rush so i just ran with it.

for this round, i'm planning on the date/time listed above (july 16th, 1:00 PM MDT). if this is a problem for any creators involved, feel free to shoot us as ask/message me or sun via tumblr (or sun on discord!) and we'll see what we can do.

third: iteration cover images

you may or may not have noticed the change in set-up for the poll image. while i can only do so much about the blur (it vexes me continually), i did put background colors behind the cover art.

if you are a creator and are in this upcoming poll, make sure sun or i have your preferred cover art, but along with that, feel free to send in the hex code of what color you want for your background.

this is by no means a necessary component. if you don't care, i'm happy just making them up. but if you do care, feel free to shoot me or sun a message or ask. @/ing sun or i on the discord will work as well.

(as a side note: if you are in a team, feel free to collaborate on your cover art/background color choices!)

i will only be accepting changes to art/hex codes up until saturday, july 15th. if you're redesigning anything and know you won't have it finished until the day of, please let me know so i can plan accordingly.

finally: the brackets.

(the moment you've all been waiting for...)

poll one: doublestep & sewer punks || @tomatoshapedstars @kettle-bird eon rewind & mirrored mutation || @rubberducky2pointoh @gayemeralds

poll two: ez's turtles || @ezgurple Mystic forest || @bluepeachstudios + @wondrous-art

the winner(s) will head off to round four. the losers will be disgraced from the pastry world... forever (/j /nsrs)

now, an important part of this: ties going forward.

while sun and i have agreed that two-way ties will still be allowed moving forward, three-way or four-way ties are messy and a little unfair. soo, in the event of three-way or four-way tie, a separate elimination round will take place.

if one of these ties occurs, i'll release the information about how it will all go down. for now, i won't make this post any longer than it needs to be.

if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to sun or myself either here or on discord. the ask box, as always, is open.

best of luck to all of our contestants, and we'll see you there!

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#''tldr'' version above the cut. more in-depth + brackets below the cut #the stars indicate other maybe important information that i elaborate on farther in the post #mod ˗ˏˋ ´ˎ˗#tmnt iteration bakeoff #round 3 / part 1 #long post #i did mean to post this earlier but i think sunday will work better for me than the day i had it planned on before #and i've been busy enough that the break was good for me #however we are back!#tag us send asks etc etc and i'll try and reply when i can

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throwaway-yandere · 2 years

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Yup I'm the same person! I wasn't sure what alias I went by before so I used smth that sounded rather similar in hopes that that was it, thank you for being able to recognise me www. A bigger thank you for your kind words and I hope y'all break free from exam/coding hell soon! Best of luck!!

ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ thank you!!! (Un)fortunately my university moved my midterms to next week and I absolutely have no idea wtf I should be doing lolol–

Also, for your other ask:

MAJOR OCMC CHAPTER 3 SPOILERS:

CAN YOU BLAME ME THERE'S NO WAY I WON'T WRITE A SCENE WHERE READER PETS TIGHNA–

I aligned everything so that you wouldn't know Tighnari's affection meter hehe. You wouldn't be able to find out how he feels about you either way. Alhaitham's either unconscious or dead so you can't get any hints from the terminal. You gotta admire Tighnari's bravery tho, man really called everyone "replaceable", and his bloody leg was literally hanging by the barrier before he flooded the theater lmaoooo

jsiaia uGh same I swear my fricking shock when I saw the poll change was Some Experience ™️ hAHAHAHAH. idk what I was feeling. Shock, disbelief, happiness, anger??? I have no clue, it was an emotional rollercoaster lmao

The chemistry between "Deshret" and "(N/n)" are pure angst material for me and I will keep making y'all feel bad for him lmao. This is why during your visit to Diluc's house, Alhaitham feels absolutely repulsed about the Visconti. He doesn't like the idea of caging you when he truly does respect you. Yan!Alhaitham can't see himself selfishly taking your limited freedom away from you like Diluc. Relish in the angst with me–

I'm pretty satisfied with how I executed that ngl, if I wrote it as crudely as my "alhaitham knew capo because they were friends, he still waits for them like a dog with separation anxiety by the morepesok fountain. He still stalks them for 6 years even though the reader doesn't even know his face." outline it'd probably give a more creepy and less romantic vibe than whatever's in the final product even though they're the same story. The guilt trip worked huh?

If no one reaches 50%... Well, that's just a bad ending– and I'd be incredibly shocked if no one reaches at least 50% considering how generous I'm gonna be with points lol (Cyno's was around 30%+ but you guys chose not to invite him lol.) Then again, I do have ideas in case that happens lmao

You do get a short route with a certain character (still a bad ending.) if that happens but the entire ride will be painful. I'm not telling you guys who that is but I'm pretty sure you can guess who's the LI lmao. Everything goes downhill with him and I wanna fricking high five him for it

#ansytea-talks #🎐 anon #tag: ocmc - cta

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