the way i break my neck when the beat drops on trap queen. imma be like this for the rest of my life I fear...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN MONTH

heaven ain’t close in a place like this || chapters 13 & 14

Fandom: Resident Evil 4 (Remake) Character(s)/Relationship(s): Luis Serra/Original Female Character, Luis Serra, Leon S. Kennedy, Ashley Graham, others from the game Additional tags: Friends to Idiots to Lovers, i acknowledge that the canon exists but it can get fucked, no betas we die like luis, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Multiple, Bisexual Luis Serra, Luis Serra Lives, Implied neurodivergent Luis Serra CONTENT WARNING(S): Talk of mental illness, stigma against mental illness

Additional note: I use “fat” as a neutral descriptor for a character in chapter 14. It is not meant as an insult or as a negative trait, merely as a way to describe a character as I would describe Luis as tall or Catalina as curly-haired.  Summary: Two lost children return home. It all goes to hell from there.

He tilted his head down to whisper in her ear. “Follow my lead, Cat. I have you.”

He felt her nod slightly. Together, they began to sway to the beat, not really dancing, lifting their feet only a little. It wasn’t a carefully practiced dance like some couples did or the complicated choreographed numbers done by people who wanted to impress everyone who was watching.

It was just him, and her, and the music, and the shared warmth of their bodies. She rested her forehead on his shoulder. Catalina’s skin broke out in goosebumps where his breath tickled her neck. Luis placed a soft kiss to the place where her shoulder and neck met, unable to overcome the urge, and he felt her shiver in his arms. He closed his eyes and breathed her in, strawberry scent in her hair, honey soap from her skin.

When the song ended, neither one of them immediately noticed. It wasn’t until the band started up a fast paced number meant for a flamenco that they both stopped, brought out of their own little world, and looked at each other.

Catalina stared up at him with her brown eyes, her pupils large in the dim light, and her neck worked as she swallowed. Then she whispered, “Can we go home?”

CHAPTER 13: Quiet Days CHAPTER 14: Sway with Me

for context: I read the hobbit first over the course of two years when I was like 13, but I'm only now starting to read lotr. having a blast tho!

anyways, reblog if you feel like it 🙌🏻

#love the plot of 2x01

she says he won't let her get a dog, which is fine, because they're in an apartment, and that's the kind of thing people say about their partners. he won't let me get a dog. and you're at a dinner party and you tilt your head a little to the side just like that dog he won't let her get, because is this the thing that's going to upset you? you don't know every corner of their relationship, she could be joking, they could have had so many healthy conversations about the dog, right, and maybe she's not letting herself get the dog because of money and time and whatever. but, like, she did say let

and she wants to move away from his hometown and he wants to stay and then he tells you with a wink and a conspiratorial stage whisper don't worry i'll convince her and she laughs about it - so clearly this is something they laugh about. but you do just stand there and stare at him like what the fuck, man. you can't say what you want to say which is why do you get the final say on everything because they're both obviously aware of the other person's stance on this and have obviously had private conversations about it and what are you going to do about it except make a scene and then he'll be mad at you and call you one of those bitches behind your back and she'll cut you off, which is a loss that doesn't feel worth it just because he makes you a little skeeved out every 3rd comment

and they both agree he just isn't the type to get flowers which is fine because everyone shows love differently, and are you really gonna judge someone based on their sense of individual relationship responsibility? maybe he's constantly cleaning her car and writing her poems and making her furniture or something. maybe she doesn't even like flowers and this is perfect, actually. and no you couldn't date him, obviously, ew; but like, she tells you she's happy. you almost send her a tiktok that says don't be 25 and the cool girl that doesn't need anything, you'll hate not getting flowers at 30, but that's like, starting drama & you shouldn't start drama needlessly.

and you're a little older than her but not so much older you can pull the whole trust me on this one babe thing and besides that wouldn't have worked anyway (when does it ever) and besides you have trauma so you and your therapist both agree that you're always looking for a problem even when there isn't one. and you tell yourself that just because you see them for 15 minutes every month does not mean you can identify every single red flag based on a single shitty half-joking(?) comment

and besides, what are you going to do? she says i actually wanted another stand mixer but thankfully he stops me when i'm about to spend too much money and you're standing there like are you okay? is this normal? is this just something people say? and again - what are you going to do?

to your therapist you try to language it - it's not, like, any of my business. but sometimes, doesn't it feel like - you should do something. there's got to be something, right? you've tried dropping little hints but they sail right through and you've tried having a single serious conversation and she got upset because why does it matter to you, yes it's different but we're happy, it doesn't need to make sense to you and you're like. really unwilling to push a boundary about it anymore; because the truth is that you know logically it shouldn't matter to you, as long as both parties are happy.

and besides, you've been wrong before. it's just... like, every time you see them both, something else happens, some kind of shiver down your spine like do you even hear each other when you talk. it's their strange, bickering orbit. just the way he's on his phone through dinner or watching sports instead of helping in the kitchen or, fuck, another one of these little throwaway comments he makes about we'll see about that, babe. she laughs when he calls her passions stupid shit and meanwhile she gets him tickets to see the knicks and he tells you well at least she's smart about something and still! it's none of your business.

you say get the dog anyway and she laughs. like, this is is you being funny. and not you saying - no really. get the dog. get the dog and get out of here. pack up and start running.

wife

"south downs" this "and they're not talking" that

but are y'all ready for this hellsite's reaction in s3 every time michael "acting choices" sheen touches his lips

HAPPY HALLOWEEN MONTH

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