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alixanonymous · 3 years

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Things That Got Me Through 2020: A Long List Of Random Recommendations

Hi! 2020 was awful but throughout it I found a lot of amazing things to get me through it. So just in case things get tough some times in 2021, here’s some wonderful distractions, amazing stories, and things that I just loved in general. Hope you enjoy any that you give a try! Also, I always love new suggestions if anyone has any!

BOOKS (Or actually just one book because I did not read nearly as much as I though I did)

- The Martian By Andy Weir (Sounds like it would be really depressing, actually one of the funniest books I’ve ever read! Can’t recommend more.)

WEBCOMICS (What a great year to discover WebToons I tell you)

- Lore Olympus By Rachel Smythe (Worth the hype in my opinion!)

- Let’s Play By Mongie (I enjoyed this much more than I could’ve imagined, my romance loving self squealed when reading certain parts.)

- SubZero By JunePurr (Amazing balance between romance and plot.)

- The Remarried Empress By Alphatart/Sumpul (Reads like a soap-opera, main character is my favorite type of female protagonist, smart, confident, and not ashamed of it, love interest is adorably infatuated and I live for it.)

- In the Bleak Midwinter; By Kat/Ali (I got sucked into this one. The world building is great, the world itself is so interest and I loved the premise.)

ANIMATED SHOWS (20 minute episodes came in clutch this year with my short attention span due to anxiety)

- The Dragon Prince (If you like animated series at all, you’ll like this I think.)

- RWBY (Season 1 is good, Seasons 2-3 are pretty great, 4-5 were not my favorites by any means, 6 is pretty good, Season 7 was sooo good!)

- Ever After High (Thanks @raesofmoonlight for the recommendation! Possibly the best character design I’ve ever seen. Watch it if you can!)

- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Zuko alone is worth watching the show, add in all the others, the world building, the humor, the writing, just watch it already if you haven’t yet.)

- DC Superhero Girls (Sometimes I think about this show’s version of Bruce Wayne and start cracking up.)

LIVE ACTION SHOWS (I’ve been so caught up in animated shows since March I forgot I watched some really good live action ones till right now)

- Galavant (A medieval musical. Pretty short episodes, hilariously silly, my favorite way to lose twenty minutes of my life at a time. If you’re not sold yet, how about this: They started the second season by singing a song about how they didn’t think they’d get a second season.)

- Anne With An E (Gilbert Blythe owns my heart and soul and wow the show is so much better than the typical teen dramas. Love the historical aspect too!)

- Jane The Virgin (I got so attach to this show’s character my goodness. Top tier writing I think.)

- The Umbrella Academy (This show is so freaking addicting. It’s never what I expect it to be and I love that. I love the music, I love the action scenes, I love the characters. Watching the second season now, wow the characters make you feel for them. )

MOVIES (I’ve never watched so many movies as I did this year so here are my favorites, although half are DC animated ones so sorry if that’s not your thing)

- The Martian (One of the best book to movie adaptations I’ve ever seen, Matt Damon was the perfect person to play Mark Watney. )

- The Entire DC Animated Movie Universe (My favorites are Justice League: War, Son of Batman, Batman v.s. Robin, Justice Leagus v.s. Teen Titans, Reign Of The Supermen, Justice League: Dark Apokolips War but I think it’s worth just watching them all in order. The characters are all so great. Most of them have amazing team dynamics.)

- Batman: Under The Red Hood (If you like Batman, you’ll probably like this movie or maybe you’ll hate how emotional it makes you either way.)

- Miss Americana (This is the Taylor Swift documentary. I actually just discovered how much I love her music and I found this to be super fascinating in showcasing how the media portrays female entertainers.)

MUSIC (I have this horrible feat or people judging my musical taste so if you do please do it silently)

- Taylor Swift (This year has really just been non-stop Taylor Swift for me. Her albums Folklore and Evermore in particular helped me come to terms and cope with 2020 as a whole.)

- Hamilton: An American Musical (I’m not even going to bother to sell this one, there’s no need to.)

- The Little Mermaid: The Musical (I like fairy tales okay and Alan Menken is a musical genius and I will fight anyone who’s says otherwise.)

YOUTUBE (This definitely needed it’s own category)

- Philip DeFranco (I got really overwhelmed with all the news this year so most days I decided to just watch his twenty minute show everyday and it really helped. Just a good way to keep up to date without getting overwhelmed.)

- Technoblade (Okay, real talk: MCYT took over my life since I discovered it in August. I could make a whole separate list of all my favorite minecraft youtubers but I decided to just put my favorite, the Blood God himself. You might consider it a sign of the times that my family and I watched The Potato War saga on the television on Thanksgiving. Highly recommend his whole Hypixel Skyblock series or just his Skywars Solos or everything he does actually.)

- BuzzFeed Unsolved (Great way to get a good laugh in and also learn about creepy cold cases and also aliens. The two host, Shane and Ryan are the best. Ghost in general are fun.)

- Tingting ASMR (Shoot! I almost forgot! A large portion of my sleep last year was due to this woman. I’m not really one for ASMR myself, I don’t really love whispering in general but I really love her approach and I find it super calming!)

Okay! I think that’s it. I hope some of these things bring some of you joy or peace. Please give me any suggestions you have. I am always open to recommendations. Happy New Year everyone!

#Recommendations #Book Recommendations #Movie Recommendations #Random Recommendations #So Long 2020

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sunwoork · 4 years

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mila & sunwoo reporting for duty !! okay so true story i’m writing this as my acceptance is getting posted ... and you guys’ welcome messages are popping in like crazy ?? you guys are fast ... i’m shook ! anyways, it’s so nice to meet you all ! i am mila, and i was here for a v v short time before w another muse but it was so uneventful we’re gonna skip over it lmao ? anywho !

the star of the show is mr. kim sunwoo, our film student at k-arts who eats food and gets scared in his free time ! if i’m being honest he .... doesn’t know what he’s doing at all, literally at all, but that’s what character development’s for !! i’m gonna put some info about him down below, and click for his profile, bio, socials, and the saddest plots page i have ever seen in life ( i had 5 minutes ok it’s a wip .... more is coming i promise >.< ) but anywho i’m excited to meet all of you and i will stop talking all of your ears off !! oh yeah ... and like this to plot with me !

i’m gonna quite literally skip over all his backstory because it sums it all up in the bio and if i start then i’ll never stop !!

but as a VERY short summary, sunwoo’s mom gave him up almost immediately after he was born because she was young & didn’t think she could care for him, sunwoo bounced through the system before eventually being placed with his permanent home & now adoptive mother, kim hyejin !!

and him being left as a kid & getting bounced from foster home to foster home really left a toll on him, and now he really craves clear acceptance and affection ?

sidenote kim hyejin is actually quite older, in her mid-60′s, so she looks more like his grandma than mom ?? which is ... confusing to a lot of people a lot of the time, and he gets tired of the questions but loves her to death ! i’m also so making it canon she looks like moon sook the actress because .... a BEAUTY ?? we stan aging gracefully !!!

he’s also hesitant to call her mom bc he has this undying faith he’ll reunite w his mother, even now so you’ll see him bounce between calling her mom & ms. kim !!

but not to spoil anything sunwoo will discover later but uh ... his relationship w his mom won’t be restored, at least not in the way he wants :((

but onto general sunwoo things !!

( and as a general note, if i refer to his “mom”, i’m referring to his adoptive mom, hyejin kim, unless stated otherwise ! i don’t want to confuse you guys ! )

creator of the channel “scream cuisine”, where he eats food while telling scary stories / conspiracy theories, and gives commentary !! definitely a paranormal enthusiast, with the unbothered energy of shane from buzzfeed unsolved w the hyperactivity of ryan ?? starting his channel def got him into making videos & he’s loved it ever since !

but more than anything, his biggest love is writing ! has a little personal blog where he writes random things spanning from poems to kpop album reviews lmao !! he wanted to be a journalist, but got into k-arts on the biggest whim ever after they apparently liked his video submission ?? so was like ok ... for now we’ll go with that !!

so currently he’s attending k-arts, and honestly finds it quite weird because he doesn’t really fit in w the passion a lot of the other students have for film ?? some of them are like v intense about it while he just sort of does it bc it’s fun ??

inherited a variety of skills from his mom ! these include painting, gardening, cooking, and a love for music ! so he can dabble a bit in all of them ! he’s honestly an overgrown grandma if we’re being honest, it’s what he gets for being raised a generation behind everyone else his age

he actually does love to sing !! ballads more than anything in terms of things he sings himself, but loves jamming to upbeat pop songs more than most things in this world !! he has a softer / higher voice, and though he has a really nice tone he has no professional training so he’s sort of just ... out here doing him ??

and see !!! this is the problem ! if you couldn’t tell already sunwoo literally has a thousand interests, and small talents, but none that really are screaming out at him ?? so his lack of intense passion for something is really frustrating ! he hasn’t been able to find himself yet and is constantly upset at himself for it.

if he knows you, sunwoo KNOWS you - he’ll be super friendly, always talking, etc !! though surprisingly, if sunwoo doesn’t know you he can become super introverted ? not because he doesn’t want to talk, but he is just more conscious of how he presents himself to you !

sunwoo def has chaotic tik tok boy energy ... he has been left with his phone for too long and his brand deteriorated bc of it ... i apologize if he just starts doing tik tok dances or makes weird references in the middle of serious convos it’s his coping mechanism

he does have a rbf but it’s so misleading ?? like this man is SUCH a soft boy and yet when he is zoning out he’s like 😡 but then u talk to him and he’s like 😊

also romance wise, he loves tsundere boys and strong-minded girls that are older than him ?? do i know why ?? i do not !! it just happened this way

he’s honestly so supportive, will stan everyone ?? and when i mean everyone, i mean yes even your random muse who walks past him one time without saying anything ?? he just has developed a v empathetic and loving personality despite his circumstance, and honestly kinda because of it ??

he loves video games, but unfortunately, he’s literally terrible on them ?? tried being a twitch gaming streamer before being gifted $1 by someone, only to have them send a message being like “u suck” so he was like ok wrong choice !!!

if i had to say the chance of sunwoo realizing his potential to be an idol, i would say 3.21%!!!! lmAO listen as much as he likes singing, and he likes attention, he just ... hasn’t really connected the dots ? he’d be the type to audition for fun but like ? he also does a lot of other things for fun he’s really not considering it as a thing for real yet ??

but !! he is about to start taking dance classes because he’s trying to lose this college weight so if anyone wants to help him or join him on this journey be our guest !!

oh !!! right he has a pomeranian named banana, but he calls her nana, and when i tell you this dog is his pride and joy he will never be prouder of anything more than he will be the day he adopted her ??? she’s 2, a diva, and bites him at least a few times a day but if you ask him he’ll say that’s her love language !!!

speaking of love ... phew this man is a lovebug !! goes though crushes like the flu - it comes fast, it hits him hard, and then goes away just like that. chances are if you know him he’s had a crush on you at some point of time or still do ? don’t worry i promise he won’t make it awkward !

anyway i feel like this was an overload of very chaotic information but sunwoo’s an incredibly chaotic overload of energy so !! very in character of me if i do say so myself ... i’m gonna let sunwoo speak for himself and hopefully we can get something going !! i’ve been so excited to bring him here & have been doing a lot of work so i hope he’s taken to well here !! i can’t wait to meet your muses :’))

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tyrannysaurusfloof · 4 years

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Bitter Taste | Shyan

Pairing: Shane/Ryan Tags: First Kiss, Developing Relationship, Fluff. Word Count: 2324 Series: Barren Landscapes - Odd stories of Shane and Ryan on road trips. Summary: It had been an odd summer. Filming Unsolved was always odd. Be it constant travelling for Supernatural, or depressing and gritty details for True Crime, Shane had found both seasons leaving an odd and unappealing taste in his mouth after filming. He had said nothing to Ryan because he still truly enjoyed their work together, and enjoyed spending time with Ryan, but things felt different. Off kilter almost, like there was a tension beneath the surface that needed to be spoken about and yet hadn’t been identified. As Shane’s hands began to change to a dusty black from prodding about in the engine, he decided to think about Ryan instead. Those thoughts always brought him happiness, a quiet comfort in the lackluster process that his brain had become. Things were sluggish around him, unless it was about Ryan. A/N: Listening to Jet Pack Blues by FOB and sitting in a hot car with the window rolled down made me think of these boys on a road trip and it spiralled into this. It’s the beginning of a series of the boys on a road trip to somewhere I think.

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“Pull over.”

Ryan spoke the command in a relatively calm voice considering the situation they were in. They were driving down a thin barren road, barely big enough for one car, in the middle of nowhere, and several warnings, including the ‘check engine’ light, were flashing on the dashboard and their rented car was not doing so well. It made a grinding noise as they moved and Shane felt the steering heavy under his hands as he maneuvered the vehicle onto a rocky patch off the side of the road, the passenger’s side brushing against the pussy willows and weeds of the fields around them. He honestly couldn’t recall where they were going to, which episode of Unsolved they were travelling to film, or why they had taken a car for themselves instead of going with the crew, and it didn’t matter right now.

All that mattered right now was fixing the car.

Or hoping that one of them had cell service to call for assistance.

It was hotter in the car than the temperature outside, Shane noted as he climbed from the vehicle, not bothering to check the road before he did. They had not seen another car in around three hours, and considering the landscape was simply barren, cracked earth spotted with grass, weeds, pussy willows and tree stumps, Shane didn’t expect them to see any cars or other people for another couple at least.

He moved to the boot of the car and shimmied their bags aside to find the tool kit that he had thrown in. Shane didn’t pretend to have a mastery of mechanics, but there was always a niggling part of him that said he should be prepared for long journeys in the wilderness, probably instilled from trips with his dad. Or his boy scout days. And so there was a tool kit for basic mechanics in the boot, hidden by Shane’s bags, and he grabbed it now to check under the hood, pausing only to pop it open with a lever inside the car and grab the manual itself for the vehicle.

Ryan was staring out into the wilderness when Shane rounded the front of the car. He had an eye for aesthetics and places that would make beautiful pictures, and true to form his phone was in his hands, tilted landscape but the camera wasn’t open. No, instead Ryan seemed lost in thought, so Shane left him to it, finding he easily lost himself in his thoughts too as he propped up the hood of the car and looked inside.

It had been an odd summer.

Filming Unsolved was always odd. Be it constant travelling for Supernatural, or depressing and gritty details for True Crime, Shane had found both seasons leaving an odd and unappealing taste in his mouth after filming. He had said nothing to Ryan because he still truly enjoyed their work together, and enjoyed spending time with Ryan, but things felt different. Off kilter almost, like there was a tension beneath the surface that needed to be spoken about and yet hadn’t been identified.

As Shane’s hands began to change to a dusty black from prodding about in the engine, he decided to think about Ryan instead. Those thoughts always brought him happiness, a quiet comfort in the lackluster process that his brain had become. Things were sluggish around him, unless it was about Ryan. Honestly, Shane was no fool to what they meant, to what these thoughts meant in terms of his heart, but he had yet to speak that realisation aloud. And he probably never would. The friendship he shared with Ryan was too important to mess it up with complicated feelings, and there was always the anxious part of his brain that told him it was better to have the close friendship they had now rather than the awkward one that would develop if Ryan rejected him.

Shane always thought in ifs. It wasn’t a case of “when” Ryan rejected him, because Shane wasn’t sure if the man would. They shared such intimate moments that Shane could believe that Ryan would reciprocate those feelings, but it changed nothing.

Bugs chirped around them as Shane wiped his forehead and pulled back from being bent over the engine.

“I didn’t know you were so good with cars.”

Ryan’s voice came out of nowhere and it actually succeeded in making Shane jump, resulting in him banging his head hard on the raised hood of the car.

“Holy shi-, are you okay?”

“Yeah.”

They stared at each other for a moment before they both started laughing, the sound drowning out the bugs and slight breeze and echoing around them.

“So, care to share where you got so good with cars?” Ryan asked and Shane smiled, his eyes creasing as he did.

Ryan liked it when Shane smiled like that.

“I’m not that great,” Shane replied honestly, “But I think I can get us at least to civilisation before we die.”

“Can’t say it wouldn’t be nice to haunt this place.” Ryan joked, “It’s beautiful.”

“It is.”

They both fell silent, Ryan crossing the road to take more pictures and Shane bending back into the car again. He couldn’t really tell what was wrong, but he fiddled and he hummed to himself, and twenty minutes later when he turned the ignition, the car came on with only one warning light. It was the ‘check engine’ light, but it was better than before.

Shane climbed back out to call to Ryan and found he couldn’t see him. In any other place he might not have been that concerned, but this place had nowhere to hide, even for the little guy, and there was no denying the thrill of fear that shot down Shane’s spine.

“Ryan?!” He called, voice steady, “Did you fall asleep in the grass?”

Silence greeted him.

Slamming the hood of the car down, switching it off and grabbing his backpack from the boot, Shane locked the car and began to follow the crushed grass and bent fronds that showed where Ryan had walked. Internally he was cursing Ryan for wandering off. It was bad enough the car had all but broken down in the middle of nowhere, but they really didn’t need to be dealing with a potential injury, or even Ryan disappearing for a few hours.

It was getting dark already.

“Ryan!”

He kept calling Ryan’s name, hoping the desperation stayed out of it as he turned and saw the car was a speck in the distance.

How had he walked so far?

Why had he walked so far?

It didn’t make sense, Shane didn’t see any shots out here that would be aesthetically pleasing than those near the car, but he also didn’t have Ryan’s eyes or vision for things like this.

Damn, it was getting dark fast.

“Ryan! Answer me!” He called out, not caring this time if the desperation crept into his tone, and though he expected silence, his heart hammered when he heard a faint response.

“Shane!”

The echo of Ryan’s voice sounded like it was coming from below him, which was odd. Scanning the ground, Shane spotted Ryan’s phone almost immediately, scooping it up and noticing the screen was a little scratched. Looking a little further on, Shane finally saw where Ryan most likely had gone - a hole in the cracked earth.

Sure enough, when he looked down into the darkness, using his phone as a torch, Ryan’s terrified eyes shone back.

This would have been an amusing bit had they been filming Unsolved. Shane would make jokes about Ryan being down a hole, most likely distracting him as the crew fashioned a way to get him out. If it was a ghost infested place, Shane would have definitely been singing to Ryan to keep him calm, probably Mama Mia like he always did, and maybe that was what Ryan was expecting right now as he stared up at Shane from the bottom of a hole, but this wasn’t a bit. They weren’t filming Unsolved and they didn’t have a crew behind them. It was just Ryan and Shane and fading light and the heat was still high and who knew what animals would be out here when the sun fully went down.

Everyone said Shane didn’t scare easily, and that was true. But right now, he was scared.

“Are you okay?” He called down, testing the ground around the top of the hole to make sure he wouldn’t go in after Ryan. “D’you hurt anything?”

“My ankle a bit, and my wrist.” Ryan replied, voice still echoey. “But I don’t think it’s bad. Can you reach to get me out?”

“Maybe.”

No matter what, Shane had to get Ryan up and out of the hole. Leaving him was not an option because he knew he probably wouldn’t find him again, not in this landscape with this panic running through his head. Ryan seemed to be able to tell Shane was scared, because his own expression changed from the familiar scared one, to a familiar smile.

“You got this Shane, you’re eighty percent leg so you’ve got a lot of you to dangle in.”

The words made Shane laugh and he felt better, but something else was pressing against his tongue. He had just been telling himself he didn’t want to ruin this friendship, and yet now he was in this situation, Shane felt he needed to say something. The odd tension between them, the bitter taste on Shane’s tongue when they filmed, the ache he was left with when they went home for the day, or they worked on different things and didn’t spend as much time together, he needed to tell Ryan what that was.

What it all was.

They would be forever changed when Shane got Ryan free, but he was willing to take that risk.

“I have to tell you something.” Shane began as he lay on the ground and reached into the hole, as bent as he dared be to make sure he had enough strength to pull them both up.

“Can it wait?” Ryan asked, clambouring to his feet with a hiss of pain and reaching for Shane’s. Their fingertips were a hair's breadth from brushing against each other and Ryan cursed. “I wanna get out of here.”

“I can speak and help.”

Shane sat up and stripped off the jacket and backpack he was wearing, already formulating an idea. He tied the sleeve of the jacket to the backpack handle, and held the other, before lowering it into the hole.

“Ryan-.”

“Look Shane...I know. I know what you’re going to say.” Ryan interrupted, grabbing the bag and testing it. “I know you need to say it but...but I don’t know if now is the time!”

“You’re probably right.” Shane laughed mirthlessly, “Yeah, it probably isn’t.” He felt Ryan’s weight on the bag and began to pull, straining with all he had to lift Ryan up and out of the hole.

“But-.”

“You need to get it out.” Ryan completed, “Despite being afraid it’ll ruin things?”

“How do you know?” Shane grunted, feeling a small sense of relief as he saw the top of the backpack appear. “How?”

“Because I-.”

Ryan’s words were interrupted by a small tearing sound and Shane moving fast. His jacket sleeve was ripping, not strong enough to hold Ryan’s weight hanging freely as he was and Shane needed to do something. He reached blindly into the hole and managed to grab the backpack, Ryan shouting out a line of expletives as the jacket fully tore and fell down into the dusty darkness. The hold Shane had on the bag was cutting off circulation in his fingers, he was pretty sure he had cut himself in his desperation, but he still had hold of Ryan, and with his remaining strength coupled with adrenaline, he hauled Ryan up so he could grab the side of the hole and help get onto solid ground.

They lay there side by side panting for a while, listening to the bugs and the howls and the breeze of nature around them, fingers brushing, chests heaving.

“You don’t...have to say it.” Ryan wheezed after what felt like an eternity lay in breathy silence.

“It’ll ruin everything.” Shane muttered, “But I have to.”

“Won’t ruin anything.” Ryan said, sitting up and examining his ankle with another hiss of pain. “Shane...I know how it feels. I wanna tell you stuff too but I’m also afraid of how things will change. So...why say anything?”

Ryan’s lips were chapped as they pressed against Shane’s, and for a moment Shane forgot how to both breath and kiss. He could feel Ryan’s chest vibrate with laughter before he was kissing back, hand finding Ryan’s where it rested on the ground and curling his fingers around it. Ryan was trembling, from excitement or fear or cold Shane couldn’t tell because he was trembling too.

“Change isn’t always bad.” Ryan whispered as they broke apart, gasping again in the cool air, “It’s also really good.”

Shane nodded, heart thumping. “We should...go back to the car.”

“You’ll have to help me.”

His arm slid easily under Ryan’s shoulders despite their heat difference, and as they hobbled back to the car, Shane found himself thinking of the beginning of their day. When the car had broken down he had been unsure, tense, and happy to sit on his secret for as long as necessary to keep this relationship at its peak. And even in the part of his mind where he had imagined Ryan would like him back, he had never anticipated or entertained the actuality of it.

But when Ryan kissed him again as Shane lent him against the door to open it for him, he wished he had said something sooner and taken that leap to clear the tension, because that bitter taste was gone.

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#shyan #buzzfeed unclean #skeptic believer #sh*ne madej #ry*n bergara #floofy fic #series #sorry if the read more doesn't show on mobile #tumblr be weird like that

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lunawho47 · 3 years

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Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Mysterious Doctor and the Omen of the Blue Box (Part 1)

Fandoms: Buzzfeed Unsolved and Doctor Who

Genre: Total Crackfic, Humor

Rating: 16+ (for language)

Summary: A script for Buzzfeed Unsolved, in which our two favorite jackasses, the Ghoul Boys, discuss the various internet theories surrounding the identity of various mysterious figures known only as “the Doctor” and the blue box that tends to appear around them. Well, Ryan wants to discuss the theories; Shane thinks it’s all urban legends and bullshit.

A/N: So, I’ve read a lot of these mock scripts going around for Unsolved discussing CW’s Supernatural as though it was real, and I thought they were hilarious. So, my brain started wondering what theories the reddit and conspiracy boards would think up about mentions of the Doctor, the Doctor’s companions, UNIT, and Torchwood. And to be honest, my brain came up with A LOT of theories that would make sense, and this format seemed a fun way to discuss all of them. It was originally going to be a one shot, but as I started writing, Shane kept interrupting in my head about how stupid all of it sounds, and that kept making the script longer and longer. So, it’s now going to be a few parts long cos the history of DW (even when seriously truncated) takes a long time to go through when you try to use the serials to make arguments about the Doctor’s potential identity(s).

So, here’s part 1. Please let me know if you like it and would like to see more. And if Shane and Ryan sound anything like themselves because if they don’t then the whole thing is nowhere near as funny as it should be.

Ryan: Today on Buzzfeed Unsolved we're looking into the puzzling mystery of an entity known only as "The Doctor" and the corresponding omen of a blue box. It's a mystery that, in its more comprehensive moments, is whimsically strange and, most of the time, is just plain batshit bizarre.

Shane: Okay, so I can hear the air quotes around the name, and you called it an entity. Are we talking like, cryptid creature that is based in reality or am I going to be sitting through theories about zombie plagues and Ant-man Ax murderers again? Just what am I in for here?

Ryan: No zombie plagues, and the Doctor has never murdered anyone with an ax. At least, not in any of the records available. It's just...well, it's hard to explain here, so let's just get right into it. Just bear in mind this is Gene Wilder Willy Wonka levels of weird when it's at its most sensical. And it's rare that this story makes any sense at all.

Shane: Alright, I'll confess I'm...intrigued. I'm ready to listen.

Ryan: Alright, here we go. *opens folder*

Ryan (in his Unsolved VO): The first documented evidence of a being calling itself "The Doctor" is in the files of now deceased British UNIT officer Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

Shane: Wait. UNIT? What's that? Sounds like something out of a video game.

Ryan: (wheeze) It does a bit, yeah. But there is paperwork evidence that verifies this group -- lame as the acronym is -- actually existed. They were set up in the mid-1960s by the United Nations to look into unexplained phenomena and for a long time they were a covert operation. The British Prime Minister knew they existed, and they answered to Geneva, but they weren't known to the wider public until after they shut down three years ago.

Shane: I'm sure that meeting went GREAT. 'Hey, everybody, thanks for coming down this Monday morning. Erm...thanks for protecting us from alien invasions for the last 50 years and for keeping such a great secret about it. Here's your reward: you're all fired, and we're going to tell the entire world what your names were and let you deal with the press about it for the rest of your life. Have a great rest of your Monday!' (Wheeze) What a bunch of shitty bosses.

Ryan: I mean, based on what little there is to read about how UNIT operated, the Brigadier we'll be talking about really had to go to bat for the organization in front of the Prime Minister a lot over the years in order to keep the operation going. After the Brigadier died, they were able to keep going for awhile, but as you'll see from some of these stories we'll be looking at today, the organization was considered obsolete long before it was disbanded.

Shane: Okay, so the Doctor first appears in conjunction with this UNIT?

Ryan: Right, so in the 1960s, there was some weird circumstance that led to the London Underground shutting down and the Brigadier, who was only a Colonel in the regular British army at the time, ran into what he described as a "(quote) man with a foppish haircut, ratty waistcoat, and tartan patterned clown pants; a young teenage girl; and a full Scotsman (end quote)."

Shane: So which is the Doctor?

Ryan: In this case, it's the first description. The man with the clown pants on. (wheeze)

Shane: (wheeze) Do you think he had clown shoes on, too?

Ryan: See, I know exactly what you're picturing right now. You're thinking of a guy with a depressing Beatles haircut and complete clown regalia, including the extra large shoes.

Shane: I am. 100% And you know, given some of the things we saw when traveling around London, including on (*with a terribly fake posh Oxbridge accent*) the Tube, a man dressed as a clown running around the platforms underground wouldn't even register as weird on a normal day.

Ryan: (Conceding) That is true. And on a normal day, I'd agree with you. But, bear in mind, this was the 1960s -- not the modern day -- and the Tube at the time was closed to the public because of this unknown threat the army was trying to deal with. And what's even more notable -- the reason why the future Brigadier apparently wrote about it in his official report to the Prime Minister -- is that the man who called himself the Doctor, together with the two other civilians, saved the day. The details are sparse, but the Brigadier makes it clear that the Doctor is the one who figured out what was really going on and managed to deal with whatever the situation was with minimal casualties.

And that's just the first time the Doctor and the future Brigadier crossed paths. There are later documents that report the Brigadier -- now promoted from Colonel and officially a Brigadier -- came across the same man and Scotsman, but a different young girl in London just weeks after the military organization known as UNIT was founded. And AGAIN, whatever the situation actually was, the Doctor and his friends were the ones that helped UNIT save the day.

Shane: Am I the only one who finds it suspicious that the details are always missing? Like, shady organization set up by the government to look into extraterrestrial happenings? Sure. (*puts hands in the air in surrender to argument*) I'll buy that. Governments do shady shit all the time. But, I mean, things like shutting down the London Underground and alien happenings in the city of London itself. People are going to notice, right? ��And how shitty are the Brigadier's write ups that no one remembers or knows any of the happenings in Britain's capital? "Dear Prime Minister, stuff happened. Doctor did some other stuff. Stuff stopped. The end. TTYL." Sounds like someone was crap at his job and when things just luckily worked out, everyone just swept it under the rug.

Ryan: You see, I would agree with you there. BUT...there are pictures. We can't show them to the audience because of copyright, but if you know where to look online, people love to discuss the Doctor and all the people who have gone missing while looking for the Doctor, so. Investigate at your own peril. But, Shane, here you go.

*the audience can't see the photos hidden by Ryan's open folder, but we see Shane's expression.*

Shane: (*laughs*) That Doctor looks like a moron. I mean, I still think the Brigadier must have been crap at his job, but he was bang on his descriptor of the Doctor looking like a clown. And I take it the guy in the kilt is the Scotsman?

Ryan: Yeah, I looked up what full Scotsman means when I read the description and apparently it means a guy who wears a kilt with no underwear on underneath it. Before that, I just assumed that it meant this other guy was wandering around the Underground, playing bagpipes and singing songs from Highlander or something.

Shane: You thought this guy was wandering around singing Who Wants to Live Forever over a decade before the film came out. (wheeze)

Ryan: Well, when we get into the theories that idea won't seem entirely out of place, I don't think.

Shane: Well, I'm going to go ahead and call a preemptive bullshit on that theory.

Ryan: Noted.

Ryan: (back in Theory VO) The next record of the Doctor's appearance comes about in the 1970s when a man is admitted to a local hospital after collapsing outside of a blue box in the woods.

Shane: There was a blue box in the woods? Like, human sized or was he scrunched up in it like Shroedinger's cat?

Ryan: We'll get back to the box in a minute, but it's larger than a human, yeah. In fact, it was something called a Police Public Call Box, which were common to see on city or town street corners in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. The idea was that if police or citizens saw a crime being committed, they could either phone the police from the box or shove the criminal in the police box and go fetch a policeman. But what's weird about the box in this case is: 1) it's in the middle of the woods, and not even on like, a hiking path or anything. But, the legit WOODS. And 2) it's the 1970s and police call boxes are no longer really a thing at this point. But, once the man calling himself the Doctor gets to the hospital it gets even stranger.

Shane: I mean, everything about this story so far feels like the Brigadier spinning a yarn, but keep going.

Ryan: So, the Brigadier gets a phone call from the hospital that a man called the Doctor has been admitted to the hospital.

Shane: Wait, how did the hospital know to call the Brigadier about that? Was there a national bulletin? Is the Doctor a wanted man or something?

Ryan: I don't know, man. Maybe the police just call UNIT whenever something with the label "fucking weird" comes across their desk. I don't know. This is just what the report says.

Ryan: (theory voice) Due to a situation UNIT was overseeing in the area at the time, the Doctor's appearance was notably auspicious for the Brigadier, so the UNIT officer went to see if his friend could help with the investigation. However, when he got the hospital, he discovered that he the man calling himself 'The Doctor' was not anyone he recognized.

Shane: Wait...what?

Ryan: (laughing). I told you the situation at the hospital is weird. So, the Brigadier is told that this man who has helped him out before has been admitted to a hospital that is nearby a situation that UNIT is investigating -- a clear sign, in the Brigadier's mind, that this Doctor who is injured is the same one he's met twice before -- and then discovers that it's a completely different man.

Shane: Well, I mean...that's not *too* weird. I mean, the man is in a hospital, and you usually see doctors in a hospital. And I'm sure a lot of doctors are known more by their title than their surname. There are millions of doctors on the planet, so I don't know if two different people wanting to be called Doctor is all that unusual.

Ryan: (with a haughty smile) That makes perfect sense, but listen to this.

Ryan: (Theory voice) The Brigadier assumed at first that the patient calling himself the Doctor was a coincidence and started to leave the room. However, he found himself called back when he heard the unknown man call the Brigadier by name. The conversation made it clear that, not only did the patient know the Brigadier's full name, but also knew the circumstances under which the Doctor and the Brigadier had met both times before. Information which, at the time, was highly classified and known only to those in the Prime Minister's office and those who had been in the UNIT planning room at the time of the situational crises.

Shane: Okay, I'm going to call it. I'm going with spy. I think the Doctor is a code name and this guy inherited the call sign and the information from the Doctor's previous operations.

Ryan: So, you think this is like, a 007 scenario?

Shane: I mean, I'm sure you'll peddle some alien abduction theory or some other supernatural bullshit, but...yeah. I'm going spy call sign. Makes sense to me so far.

Ryan: Well, you might not be a *total* dipshit, but...we'll see. There's still quite a bit more to cover. This isn't even the tip of the weird iceberg.

Shane: (sarcastically) Oh joy...

#buzzfeed unsolved #bfu #doctor who #fanfiction #(or at least fanfic adjacent)#the mysterious doctor and the omen of the blue box

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~ CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT

The Shyan Exchange 2019 has come to an end, and this blog wants to thank everyone who took part on it this year. From participants to pinch hitters, and those who supported by reading and commenting, reblogging and being positive presences in the process of many aritsts and writers.

Here’s this year’s round:

~ FANART

Flowers For You by Gresea for sapoeysap | Not Rated

OH mann so hanuhaki disease intrigues me and the prompt made me think "what if... ryan was about to confess to shane?? and had a bouquet of flowers?? but right before he's about to confess he starts coughing up flowers???"

because I just love me some angstaaaa i hope you enjoy this!!

Tuesday, 2 a.m. by Likeabook for poetdameron | Rated G

When your boyfriend regularly comes home cut up, you start some wound-care courses real quick. When you husband comes home cut up again, you chat along while assessing the damage.

~ FANFICTION

Save a Horse by Booked_Painter for matterbaby | Rated T

Contrary to popular belief, being a cowboy sucks. A cowboy on the run from the law? Even worse.

Shane is an outlaw headed west not for the riches, but to escape his past. But when he meets a lone sheriff by the name of Ryan Bergara, his plans are thrown out the window as he's dragged into a whole slew of not-so new problems.

detour thru ur medium by sapoeysap for LightningRidgeBlackOpal | Rated G

detective unsolved is a ratings hit, good for shane's wallet, less good for his sanity. especially with the producers plan for this episode.

Still Feel the Pull of You by sequence_fairy for Booked_Painter | Rated T

“I–” Shane starts, but he really has no explanation. He blinks again. Ryan’s chest is heaving, he’s breathing hard, and water is dripping off his hair and down onto his shoulders, drops beading against his skin and rolling down his arm and– “what the fuck is on your arm, man?”

Ryan turns to look and blanches, before looking back up at Shane. “Get out,” he says, and there’s enough of a growl in his voice that Shane is half-turning to go before he’s even realised he’s moving.

“No, really,” Shane says, ignoring the voice in the back of his head telling him to just go, and stepping closer again, as if to inspect the patch of strangely coloured skin on Ryan’s arm. “What’s that? It’s like–” It’s like scales, is what Shane wants to say, but that’s ridiculous.

Or: the one where Ryan's a siren and Shane walks in on him singing in the shower.

You drag me closer to life by Lori_Cifera for abovetheruins | Rated G

Ryan Bergara looked up at the inn sign, trying to get it in picture with his camera. "So, Boogaras, here we are. Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The rumored haunting ground of... The Mothman." He gave his audience an excited smile. "Let's just hope I'll return alive."

Ryan Bergara has a small Youtube show. This trip to Point Pleasant to hunt for the fabled Mothman was just supposed to broaden the scope of his show but he will end up finding much more than he ever expected.

how big your heart can get (with a little water and sunshine) by abovetheruins for Likeabook | Rated E

In which Ryan deals with a new neighbor, nosy employees who care a little too much about his love life, and flowers. Lots and lots of flowers.

This Candy Got You by smilingsarah10 for Kaya4114 | Rated M

Five times that Shane shares candy with Ryan and one where it really counts. Smut is in the +1.

lovely dark deep by LightningRidgeBlackOpal for Gresea | Rated T

While searching for a cryptid in the woods, investigator Ryan Bergara discovers more than he bargained for, and finds himself speaking to a mysterious man named Shane.

Future holds by commoncookie for somelikeitpink | Rated T

TJ needs a babysitter for his son, luckily Shane and Ryan are up to the task.

A Hazy Vermillion by cleopatraslibrary for big_brother_wrath | Rated E

Demonhunter Ryan Bergara has tracked down Amadeusz and is ready to exorcise the little shit to kingdom come, but when the demon begs not to be sent back, Ryan sees humanity where he doesn't want to. So, they bargain. What could possibly happen?

The Best of You Belongs to Me by big_brother_wrath for chelseyelric | Rated M

Ryan Bergara goes on a hike to clear his mind from all the work back home, and just as the sun enlightens him, he finds himself dropped into a world he doesn't know he can leave. Everywhere he turns, the image of shadows and red eyes haunts him. It's as if the forest itself knows the jig is up, and Ryan must survive long enough to escape or die trying to.

want you in my room by beethechange for smilingsarah10 | Rated E

As they watch, Tall Guy takes his beanie off, revealing a mess of thick, shiny brown hair. He runs his hand through it to shake out the hat hair and Ryan feels like he’s stuck in an Herbal Essences commercial, except he’s the one making inappropriate lustful noises.

Ryan adjusts his snapback, determined. He is, after all, wearing his very finest basketball shorts, without even a single hole at the hem, and the knowledge puts an extra spring in his step.

“I’m gonna climb that dude like a tree,” he tells Curly.

don’t you feel me (feel your heart shine) by LovelyLittleNothing for cleopatraslibrary | Rated G

Prompt: This would be set in canon, but be an AU. So, I'm a huge fan of Kelsey and Curly and love both of their dynamics with the ghoul boys. So, in this AU, one of them is like a seer, but only in regards to soulmates. Soulmates are known in the everyday world but seers that can see who they are? Not so much. They're just a myth. So, what I'm proposing are shenanigans by Curly and Kelsey to get these two together!

Keep Your Enemies Closer by matterbaby for yliegestu | Rated T

Ryan Bergara, son to the boss of La Eme, is suddenly thrust into a leadership position when his father is shot at a wedding. The person behind the killing is obvious to Ryan, but after his accusation is wrong, he has to work with the head of his family’s twenty-year enemy, The Madej Family, to figure out who killed Steven Bergara, and why they framed The Madejs.

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title: pull me closer (until we collide)

word count: 4.646 rating: T fandom: BuzzF. Uns. relationship: Ryan B./Shane M. summary: Ryan is seemingly haunted by a spirit that just really wants to hold his hand.

author’s note: Welp, this is certainly longer than I expected it to be, but oh well! I started this a few months ago and finished it literally today. Special thanks for my friendo @morganmorningstar for helping and test reading, love u dude ❤

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It all started, when Ryan woke to something heavy settling on his palm. He and Shane were all alone in this very creepy house, filming another episode for Unsolved. It took Ryan like four hours of tossing and turning to fall asleep. The floor was too lumpy, or just when Ryan would finally drift off, he'd jerk awake to a knock, or quiet shuffling, that sounded like footsteps. After that, he'd be wide awake again, for at least half an hour, heart beating in his throat like crazy.

And there was someone or something touching him. When he jolted awake by the touch, his first thought was that it must've been Shane. Then, he remembered that Shane wasn't even in the room with him. And why would he be holding his hand anyway? (It might have been a little bit of wishful thinking on Ryan's part).

So naturally, his first reaction was to yell and jump out of his sleeping bag, getting tangled up in it in the process, and nearly twisting an ankle. He took several steps back, frantically looking around in the dark for any presence in the room. Everything seemed to be just as it was before he went to sleep, except for the tall figure standing in the doorway.

Ryan's whole body gone cold in a split second, only half-aware of the strangled noise that escaped his throat.

"Ryan?" The figure spoke, in a deep, scratchy voice that sounded a lot like Shane's. Oh.

"Shane?" Ryan hated how weak he sounded, still on high alert and uncertain.

"The one and only, baby. Well, technically there are a lot of- nevermind that, are you okay, little guy? Heard you screaming your head off." Ryan's eyes adjusted to the dark enough to make out Shane's sleepy, but concerned expression as he leaned on the doorframe.

"Yeah, just... Something touched my hand while I was sleeping."

"Was it furry?" Ryan stared at him.

"What do you mean, was it furry?"

"You know, rats." Shane scrunched up his nose, and Ryan burst into a laugh, the unease seeped out of his body like it wasn't even there in the first place. Shane really just had that effect on him every damn time.

"I'm pretty sure I'd know if a rat would nestle itself on my hand, dude."

"Yeah, probably."

"It felt like- it felt like a hand." Ryan still felt the weight of it, and it made him shudder. It was so warm, much warmer than a human which was weird in itself, Ryan would've expected a spirit or whatever that was to be cold.

"I'm sure it was nothing, Ryan. Maybe you were just dreaming."

"I know I was awake, dude! I'm not staying here alone, fuck that. I'm moving to the other room with you." Ryan knew he shouldn't have been so snappy, and irritated, but he's scared and sleep-deprived and hated everything at the moment.

"Sure, if that makes you feel better." Shane shrugged. Ryan hoped it would. He grabbed the sleeping bag and his backpack following Shane to the room next door where he's stationed at. They left the camera recording in the Ryan was in, just in case, if there would be some activity later in the night.

Ryan set up his sleeping bag a few feet away from Shane, who was already climbing back to his own.

"'Night, Ry. Don't let the demons hold your hand." Shane said in a sing-song voice, his back is turned towards Ryan can see his shoulders trembling, in silent laughter. Dick.

"Shut up, Shane." If Ryan was grinning fondly, no one needed to know.

The second time Ryan felt the same hand-like weight settle on his own happened when he slept in the same room as Shane once more, on location. They were a good five feet apart, so even Shane with his long noodle arms shouldn't have been able to reach him. Ryan bolted up into a sitting position, jerking his hand back so fast, he hit himself in the chest. "Shane?"

He must've called out too silently, voice shaking too hard because Shane hadn't moved. If Ryan stayed very still he could barely make out his friend's soft snores. Of course, he was sleeping like a baby while Ryan was about to have a fucking panic attack from ghosts or demons wanting to hold hands with him.

"Well, this worked last time," he muttered, solely talking to himself at this point. He took a big gulp of air and stood up, legs shaking. He wanted to move quickly, but at the same time, he didn't want Shane to wake up and see him pulling his sleeping bag as close to Shane's as he dared. It would've been really fucking embarrassing, and Shane most certainly would've laughed at him.

As soon as he was close enough to Shane, so it calmed him down a little, he darted back under the cover of the sleeping bag, as if it would protect him. He made sure none of his limbs were hanging out and covered himself up to his nose, which thankfully wasn't too difficult considering his height. He could and would submerge himself in the sleeping bag entirely if he wouldn't need to breathe.

Sleep hadn't come for a long time for Ryan. He was uncomfortable and hot, but he was terrified whatever kept touching him would do it again if he'd peel the covers off himself just a little. It made his face burn in shame. He was acting like a child and they probably had to throw away half of the night footage because Ryan was acting like a baby.

Sometimes, he didn't know what Shane actually thought about him. They've been friends for years, best pals, and they've never talked about what would happen if Ryan was honest to God terrified one day. Sure, Shane genuinely tried to calm him down a few times, distracting Ryan with silly jokes, and asking if he was okay in that soft tone Ryan treasured to hear.

If something big were to happen, would he actually believe Ryan, though?

Because he was pretty sure 'something big' was real, and happening, and instead of waking him up just to find comfort in Shane's teasing, it made him afraid of being judged.

He cared a lot about his friend's opinion, even more so than he probably would've cared about some other friend's. Unsolved brought them closer than ever, but the show also widened the gap between them when it came to their belief system. Ryan didn't care most of the time, despite that, they were still a great duo. It was fine.

Until it wasn't, because he started developing, or perhaps resurfacing some feelings for that tall dork.

Feelings, he vaguely remembered carefully tucking away into the far corner of his mind, into the Never To Be Touched Again box.

And there he was, putting his hands all over it, letting it slowly consume him.

He knew he was overthinking, and all of these messy thoughts would seem ridiculous in the morning, but goddammit, Ryan was scared and guilty and sleep-deprived. He deserved to be a little dramatic.

That also didn't mean there was no truth to them.

If Shane noticed their sleeping bag was way closer to each other in the morning, he didn't say anything about it.

Ryan's Flirty Ghost Problem (as Shane lovingly referred to it) hadn't ceased, in fact, the occasions seemed to increase in number. The warm hand settled on his own every single time he tried to get some sleep outside of his home. Not just at locations, but in hotel rooms, at Shane's apartment at some point during one of their late-night editing session that turned into a sleepover. The only place he could actually feel safe sleeping at was his apartment. Whatever demon or ghost attached itself onto Ryan, it couldn't reach him there it seemed like.

He thought about the issue constantly, approaching it like he approached his True Crime research. The first few times it was a pretty terrifying experience, but it became obvious whatever was the cause, it didn't mean any harm. Ryan never felt threatened by the warm weight of that hand, even though his own paranoia still scared him a little when it happened.

He took notes of everything he knew or suspected so far. It wasn't human (Ryan was so sure of that), seemed harmless and only occurred when Shane was in close proximity to him. And that last point was the one that intrigued Ryan the most because Shane was the only constant in the situation.

He couldn't just confront him about it though, what would he even say? 'Hey dude, are you astral projecting your hand on mine when we sleep in the same room?' That makes no sense at all. He wanted to tell it to someone though, and Shane was his best buddy. Everyone else would think he was crazy.

Shane also made the mistake of asking and that's how they ended up at the library. They weren't filming, but Ryan had papers splayed out on the table in front of him. And Shane was sipping his coffee, all soft like he just woke up because it was eight in the damn morning, so he literally did just wake up.

"Ryan, this is so dumb, nothing is haunting you." Shane sighed after listening to Ryan rambling on about how a ghost attached itself onto him or whatever the hell.

"Then how do you explain it?" Ryan crossed his arms in front of his chest, narrowing his eyes at him and scoffing when Shane only shrugged.

"I don't know, Ry. It could be anything, you could just be..." He cut himself off before he could say anything insensitive.

"Hallucinating? Is that what you think? That I'm making all of this up?" He asked, looking so hurt, Shane's chest tightened.

"That's not what I mean at all. But it could have a logical explanation, it doesn't have to be ghosts. You've been really overworking yourself lately, I always tell you to get more sleep and eat enough, you have to take care of yourself, Ryan." Shane reached out to put a hand on his arm, and squeeze gently. He was more serious, seeing how much this incident actually affected Ryan.

"I know what I felt, Shane. And it keeps happening, I can't sleep anywhere outside my house and even then I keep waking up in the middle of the night every single day, because what if today it will happen in my room, too? I just want it to fucking stop." Ryan said quietly, he sounded so genuinely exhausted it nearly broke Shane's heart. He should've taken this more seriously from the beginning. Ryan was also staring at Shane's hand forgotten on his arm, so he pulled it away, not wanting to make him uncomfortable. Even when he wouldn't have minded to keep it there.

"Alright, give me the theories then, little guy! Who or what is your main suspect? I'll get my detective brain ready." Shane grabbed his red pen and flipped open his notebook, ready to connect some goddamn dots. He wrote Ryan's Flirty Ghost Suspects on the top of the page in big blocky letters and showed it to him, delighted by the laugh Ryan gave him when he read it.

"You're such an idiot," Ryan muttered, shaking his head a bit like he couldn't believe it himself. It was an insult, but Shane heard the fondness and gratefulness behind those words.

"Well, I didn't know how to bring it up, because you'll think it's stupid, but the main suspect is uhh- You."

"Me?" Shane's eyebrows nearly rose up to his hairline. "Why would I be holding your hand while you're trying to sleep?"

He laughed, way too nervously for his own liking. If Ryan figured out that Shane has feelings for him he'll have to deal with that right then and there and he wasn't even ready to fully accept those feelings himself, hoping that ignoring them would make them go away one day. It was about two years of constant pining later when he stopped hoping. The little fuckers weren't going anywhere.

"I mean, not you but it only seems to happen when you're around. And when you're also asleep. Probably. I don't know that yet." Ryan shrugged, helplessly. It did sound pretty dumb when he said it out loud, but it was all he could go by.

"Well, we're having a sleepover then. Your place, today. If your schedule is clear." Shane said, without giving it any consideration, and immediately regretting it. Well, he can't back out now, can he?

"What, why?" Ryan looked up from the process of gathering his papers, eyebrows knitting together in confusion.

"Because we're going to investigate, that's why. We will test your theory. Sleep in the same room, at your place, so we can also check if it's ghost-proof or not."

"Alright, I'm in." Ryan shrugged, because what could go wrong?

A lot can go wrong, apparently.

"Come on, man you can't sleep on the couch, think of your back. It's almost even too small for me." Ryan snorted when Shane came up with the ridiculous idea of crashing on his couch. He spent a night on it, after having a little too much to drink to find his bedroom successfully. It was the most uncomfortable he felt in his life, the following day.

"Where would I sleep anyway? We wanted to test if we really need to be in the same room for it to happen.

"Good point." Shane sat up with a defeated sigh from where he was laying on the couch, legs dangling off the side. "What do you suggest then?"

"I don't know, the bed? We slept in the same bed before, it won't be weird." Ryan sounded like he tried to convince himself too.

"Sure, we can use the bed then." Shane stood and walked towards Ryan's bedroom, just like that. Like the thought of sleeping in the same bed with Ryan didn't make his hands shake with nerves or excitement, maybe a little bit of both, like it made Ryan's. And it probably didn't, Ryan thought, disappointment squeezing at his chest.

Shane's been only in Ryan's bedroom a handful of times, so it felt a little awkward, having him there and not for the reason of Shane pushing him down on the bed, kissing him silly. Ryan stopped that fantasy right there before it had gotten out of hand. Sleeping together would be awkward enough, he didn't need an accidental boner on top it all.

Instead, he focused his attention on the clothes strewn across his unmade bed, and on the chair in front of his desk, painfully aware of how messy his room was. They came here directly after work, hung out and watched a movie they both wanted to see but never had the time for.

"Sorry for the mess, I haven't had the chance to clean up," Ryan said, embarrassed, scrambling to clean the clothes off the bed and throw them into his closet as an impromptu attempt at cleaning. Shane put his hands on his shoulders and looked him directly in the eyes. Ryan stared back, taken aback and vaguely aware of his face burning.

"Calm down, Ryan. It will be alright. I'm here so the ghost can't get you." He had this soft, barely teasing smile on his face and Ryan thought it was insanely unfair how handsome Shane was. How sweet and understanding, even when he thought all of what they were doing was horseshit. How could anyone possibly expect him to not fall in love?

"And anyway, if it turns out that I'm the ghost, you just have to learn to live with it." He added with a shit eating grin and let go of him.

"I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure if you'd be a ghost you'd know about it, big guy." Ryan huffed, finding himself smiling fondly at his friend once again.

"You don't know that. Maybe I don't know I'm dead. It happens in movies all the time"

"I would know if you'd be dead!"

"You could be a figment of my imagination in the afterlife." Shane deadpanned.

"God, just shut up." Ryan snorted, shoulders shaking from laughter as he goes through his closet to find something for Shane to sleep in. Finding a shirt that fit was manageable, they were roughly wearing the same size. Pants, however, those are difficult. Anything that Ryan owned was most probably way too short and small for Shane. They never had this problem when Ryan was sleeping over at Shane's, all of his clothes are baggy on him.

"I can just sleep in my underwear if that's cool with you. It doesn't bother me." Shane suggests after a few moments of awkward silence of Ryan rummaging through his closet. He turned towards him, considering it for a moment.

"It doesn't bother me either," Ryan said, you know, like a liar.

"Shane, your elbow is digging in my back."

"Sorry." There was some shifting from behind Ryan, and then a knee was pressed against the back of his thigh.

"Still bad."

"Your bed is too small, I have to pull up my legs."

"My bed is normal sized, your fucking bone stilts are too long!"

"Stop insulting them, you'll hurt their feelings."

Ryan made a frustrated noise into his pillow and turned around to face Shane, they were closer than he thought they would be. He wasn't able to make out a lot of him in the dark, but Shane was definitely looking at him, he could see the outline of his messy hair, and one of his bony shoulders, his collarbone, peaking out from under the shirt, begging for Ryan to kiss it. His gaze flicked back at Shane's who was still just looking at him, with this unreadable expression that broke as soon as Ryan spoke, quietly.

"Here. This is better."

"Yeah, it is." Shane murmured, almost dazed.

It took a while for Ryan to fell asleep, Shane has been softly snoring next to him for a while before he could doze off too. Shane's breathing actually calmed him down a lot, it was something to focus his attention on, trying to sync it with his own and shortly, he was out like a light.

Until he woke up in the middle of the night, to the weight of a hand on his own. His eyes snapped open and he almost let out a yelp. A weak whimper was what came out instead, that he's really glad nobody heard when he realized Shane's arm was tucked under him, pulling him close in his sleep. His other hand rested gently on Ryan's own between them.

Ryan would've laughed in relief if he wouldn't have been chest to chest pressed against Shane, him breathing into Ryan's neck. Oh God, how was he supposed to go to back to sleep like that?

Somehow he managed to do so, convincing himself that if Shane's hand was on his the demon/ghost couldn't do shit. It sounded reasonable at three in the morning. As for the awkwardness of them basically cuddling, well, he thought morning-Ryan can deal with that. Sleep-deprived, 3AM-Ryan buried his face into Shane's hair, breathing him in, indulging in all that he can take before the morning comes and they probably won't ever talk about it again, in favor of not fucking up their friendship.

When the morning did come, Ryan hoped, before even opening his eyes, that Shane would stay, that they would talk, and maybe, if things go right they would make out, among other things. Once again, he painfully had to come to the realization that his life wasn't a Hallmark movie because Shane was gone. And no, he hadn't been in the kitchen, making breakfast, or in Ryan's small bathroom, running the shower. Ryan couldn't rush up to him and finally yank his stupid face into a kiss, so they could laugh about it later. Shane just fucking left and the dread that settled in Ryan's stomach stubbornly stayed there throughout the whole day.

What was even worse is that Shane had acted as nothing happened. He cheerily told Ryan at their desks that "You see, no ghosts were assaulting you, I'm not related to your ghost-problem!"

Ryan had no care for the stupid ghost anymore. How was he supposed to ask Shane to explain himself when he had no right to do so in the first place? He could've asked Why were you gone in the morning? or You could've texted me at least. and most importantly, I wanted you to stay.

Instead, he laughed, and shut his mouth, afraid of the answers he'd receive. And that was it, they both gone back to staring at their screens. They were back to square one then, always afraid to take the final big step, that leap of faith, because Ryan was kind of a coward.

But then Ryan realized something, as he looked at Shane, really looked at him. His usually elegantly messy hair was even more of a disaster like he kept carding his hands through it the whole morning. His eyes were tired too, for someone who had enough sleep, Ryan should know, he was right there. Shane acted well put together, but Ryan realized right then and there that Shane was kind of a coward too.

When Ryan finally decided to get his head out of his ass and kiss Shane, they were staying overnight at a supposedly haunted cabin just at the edge of the endless forest behind it. It was creepy as hell, to say the least, so Ryan was glad the cabin had only one room, where they put down their sleeping bags, closer to each other than they normally would, because it was pretty chilly out there.

None of them made a big deal out of it when it was time to go to bed they set up the night cameras and a comfortable silence fell upon them, only broken by one of them quietly snorting at something they saw on social media.

Ryan doesn't remember falling asleep, but he was certainly woke up by an arm around his waist, and a hand on top of his. Similarly to that night, he woke up cuddled up to Shane. Ryan didn't even open his eyes, his racing heart somewhat calmed down, because it was just Shane, but holy fuck it was Shane. Ryan didn't know what exactly gave him the courage, it could've been the fact that it was probably around 2 or 3 AM, and everything felt less real. He knew if he didn't kiss Shane then and there, he'd never do it.

So he leaned up, eyes still closed, aiming for Shane's lips. He mostly got it right, but he wasn't prepared for how abnormally hot they felt. That's when Ryan realized that something was very wrong. He opened his eyes. It wasn't Shane looking back at him, but a pitch black person shaped mass instead. It had horns, and bright red eyes, boring right into his soul.

There was silence for a second, then two, then Ryan screamed, scrambling backward, away from that demonic thing, and Shane right behind it, who bolted right up into a sitting position, woken by Ryan screaming fucking murder in the middle of the night.

"What the hell, Ryan? Are you okay?"

Ryan barely heard him over the blood rushing into his ears at the sight of the demon gradually phasing onto Shane, melting into him as if it belonged there. And Shane wasn't affected by it at all, still staring at him, concerned and lips moving, the words never reaching Ryan. He just saw his friend get possessed, with his own two eyes and he felt like he was gonna pass out.

Suddenly Shane was in front of him, hands on Ryan's shoulders, telling him to breathe and it felt like Ryan was slammed right back into his body, he was breathing again, taking big gulps of air.

"I think I kissed a demon." Was the first thing he blurted out when he finally felt stable enough to talk.

"What?" Shane starts laughing, and sure, the sheer panic which he said that with is kind of funny, but this was serious stuff. And oh God, Shane was probably possessed and Ryan didn't know what the hell to do.

"Ry? Calm down, it's okay. I'm here, I'm here." Shane's voice had gone soft, and deep, his thumb rubbed soothing circles into Ryan's shoulder. "Tell me what happened, alright?"

"I woke up to uh, someone hugging me. I thought it was you. And when I opened my eyes, it was this black mass, with red eyes and- and horns. I think it was a demon, it must have been. And I think- are you possessed? I just saw the thing going inside you when you woke up. It's- I'm terrified, dude. Please tell me you're not possessed."

Ryan just noticed how violently he was shaking and gripping Shane's arms desperately.

"I'm not possessed, I promise. I'm alright, see?"

Shane's smile hadn't quite reached his eyes, it was gone as soon as it showed up, leaving his lips in a thin line. In the faint light of the flashlight of Shane's phone that he probably turned on when Ryan was freaking out he could see how pale he was. He almost looked scared, which definitely didn't soothe Ryan's nerves.

"What's going on Shane? You know something that I don't."

"Did you just try to kiss me?" Shane asked, blatantly avoiding the subject. "You said you thought I was the one hugging you and then you kissed it. Does that mean you wanted to kiss me?"

"I- yeah? I do," Ryan stammered, eyes wide and possibly just as scared as he was two minutes ago. "But that's not the point now, stop avoid-"

Shane's lips were on his, effectively shutting him up and Ryan lost all of his willpower, melting into him. Every thought and worry he previously had got thrown out the window because Shane fucking kissed him, he even chased after Ryan's lips after he had to pull back to breathe, and that was a hell of a thought.

"I'll explain everything. Later, not now. I'm not possessed, you're not haunted and I've been a little in love with you for years now." Shane was smiling, he looked just as hopeful as Ryan felt.

"Okay, fine. I'm probably crazy, but I trust you. By the way, I'm a little in love with you too," Ryan huffed, his heart picked up the pace again, because fuck, everything got so real all of a sudden. The way Shane grinned at him was so worth that confession, he would say it over and over again just to see him smile like that for the rest of his life. He sure had it bad, and he couldn't even care, his heart was so full for this idiot of a man in front of him.

"But if you stab me in my sleep I will haunt your ass so hard, Shane, I swear to God!"

"Is that a metaphor for something? Haunting my ass real hard? Sounds kinky." Shane winked, just to annoy him. Ryan bristled, clearly giving Shane the reaction he was looking for because he had that smug grin on his face again and Ryan was amazed by the fact that he's allowed to kiss it off whenever he pleases.

"Shut up, you're such an asshole."

Shane indeed shut up, pressing his lips against Ryan's again. And again, and again until none of them felt the need to saying anything else.

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Scrapbook 2020 | Pt. I

Reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read seventy-five books, finish five video games, write something novel-length and write something original. These last two goals CAN be combined. So you know, nearly the exact same goals from last year.

MOVIES

January

My Neighbor Totoro

(Matilda)

(The Mummy)

The Pacifier

(Moana)

Lion King (2019)

February

Hereditary

(The Lion King 2)

Kiki’s Delivery Service

March

(Tangled)

(Zootopia)

(Lilo and Stitch)

(The Swan Princess)

(The Swan Princess: Secret of the Castle)

(The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom)

April

Onward

(Your Name)

(Frozen 2)

Happy Death Day

Promare

May

(Free Willy)

(Star Wars: The Last Skywalker)

(Free Willy 2)

(The Road to El Dorado)

(Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)

(Prince of Egypt)

BOOKS

January

The Secret Commonwealth | Philip Pullman [Fin]

The Great Hunt | Robert Jordan [Fin]

Wanderers | Chuck Wendig

The Dragon Republic | R.F. Kuang

February

Wanderers | Chuck Wendig [Fin]

The Dragon Republic | R.F. Kuang [Fin]

Runebinder | Alex Kahler [Fin]

The Book of M | Peng Shepherd [Fin]

Call Down the Hawk | Maggie Stiefvater [Fin]

(The Diviners | Libba Bray) [Fin]

(Lair of Dreams | Libba Bray) [Fin]

(Before the Devil Breaks You | Libba Bray) [Fin]

King of Crows | Libba Bray [Fin]

Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Fin]

The City of Brass | S.A. Chakraborty

March

The City of Brass | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Legion | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Taproot | Keezy Young [Fin]

Mooncakes | Suzanna Walker, Wendy Xu [Fin]

Loki: the God Who Fell to Earth | Daniel Kibblesmith [Fin]

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow | Natasha Pulley [Fin]

The Hazel Wood | Melissa Albert [Fin]

The Black Tides of Heaven | J.Y. Yang [Fin]

Gideon the Ninth | Tamsyn Muir** [Fin]

Loki: Where Mischief Lies | Mackenzie Lee [Fin]

American Royals | Katharine McGee [Fin]

River of Teeth | Sarah Gailey [Fin]

We Are Okay | Nina LaCour [Fin]

Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens [Fin]

A Memory Called Empire | Arkady Martine [Fin]

April

The Dream Peddler | Martine Fournier Watson [Fin]

The Dragon Reborn | Robert Jordan [Fin]

The Glass Hotel | Emily St John Mandel [Fin]

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong [Fin]

The Unhoneymooners | Christina Lauren [Fin]

(Captive Prince 1 | C.S.Pacat) [Fin]

(Captive Prince 2 | CS Pacat) [Fin]

(Captive Prince 3 | CS Pacat) [Fin]

The Flatshare | Bath O’Leary [Fin]

A Study in Brimstone | G.S. Denning [Fin]

May

Sky In the Deep | Adrienne Young [Fin]

House of Salt and Sorrows | Erin Craig [Fin]

The Sparrow | Mary Russell [Fin]

Here and Now and Then | Mike Chen [Fin]

Burn for Me | Ilona Andrews [Fin]

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N.K. Jemisin [Fin]

Mister Monday | Garth Nix

PODCASTS

January

King Falls AM, Eps 35-75

February

King Falls AM, Eps Live Special-84

The Penumbra Podcast | Juno Steel and the Tools of Rust

(Zero Hours - Ep 7)

March

King Falls AM, Eps 84-100

April

(The Magnus Archive, s1)

The Magnus Archive, s5

Welcome to Night Vale

The Bridge

The Adventure Zone

May

The Magnus Archive, s5

TV SHOWS BY SEASON

January

The Great British Baking Show, s7, s6

Lost In Space, s2

The Magicians, s3, s4

The Untamed

February

The Untamed**

The Terror, s2

March

Guardian

Haikyuu

Westworld, s3

April

The Great British Baking Show, s6

Westworld, s3

Jeopardy

The Guardian

May

Motherland: Fort Salem

(Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

Watcher Entertainment

She-Ra, s5**

The Guardian

(Avatar: The Last Airbender)

VIDEO GAMES

January

Pokemon: Shield (30 hrs) [Fin]

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (10 hrs)

February

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (30 hrs)

Transistor [Fin]

Plague Tales: Innocence (15 hrs)

Civ VI (France- FIN, Victory)

Assassin’s Creed: Origins (20 hrs)

March

Kingdom Hearts 3

Luigi’s Mansion [Fin]

(LoZ: Breath of the Wild)

April

(LoZ: Breath of the Wild)

The Outer Worlds

Oxenfree

May

Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Shadow of the Colossus

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

A Miracle in Thunder by LazyBaker | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 4.5k | Christmas morning, Steve’s pulling into a nearly empty parking lot to open Family Video on his own.

The White Wolf by norgbelulah | Castlevania | Alucard/Trevor/Sypha | 6k | Trevor and Sypha travel back to the Belmont Estate and Castle Dracula, unsure of what they will find there.

Stainless by Fahye | The Untamed | Lan Zhan/Wei Wuxian | 6.5k | "I'm starting to feel," says Lan Xichen, "that this was a counterproductive suggestion."

sleep in your bed by copperwings | The Untamed | Lan Zhan/Wei Wuxian | 12k | or; Wei WuXian has a tendency to fall asleep in places where he shouldn't. Lan WangJi disapproves.

by the grace of a ride along by brawlite | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 5k | They shouldn't so often find themselves in situations like this. And yet.

this line bisects by adspexi | The Queen’s Thief | Attolia/Eugenides/Costis | 1k | The rumors around Costis' status as a royal favorite haven't quieted down. The king doesn't seem to mind.

Be kind by longnationalnightmare | The Magicians | Quentin/Eliot | 10k | It was absurd how much Eliot meant it— you’re cute—so cute Eliot wanted to swallow him whole.

Reclaimed by betts | Star Wars | Reylo | 14k | Or: After the passing of new legislation, Rey and thousands of other omegas are rescued from the abusive grasps of their alphas. She gets adopted by a new alpha and braces herself for the cruelty she’s grown used to. But Ben isn’t like other alphas, and Rey slowly warms to his kindness.

Make a list of things you need by longnationalnightmare | The Magicians | Quentin/Eliot | 10k | “Whose wedding?” he asked, and only stopped assessing the room when Eliot failed to answer. “El, who’s getting married?”

seldom all they seem by Fahye | The Untamed | Lan Zhan/Wei Wuxian | 24k | or, one hundred and thirty-three principles of the Gusu Lan, pertaining to the state of marriage

love is touching souls (surely you touched mine) by ToAStranger | Harry Potter | Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | 34k | Voldemort is dead. It's Christmas, and Harry's just opened a gift from Fred and George Weasley.

back to back by serenfire | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 13k | (Or: If Yennefer gets to be improbably naked in canon, then I am making Jaskier equally, if not more, naked. It's equality.)

You're a Story (I Can Follow) by Page161of180 | The Magicians | Queliot | 20k | The Monster's been defeated, Quentin is dead, and Eliot has a quest of his own--if he can trust himself to complete it. An Orpheus and Eurydice remix.

Lover's Touch by Rizandace | The Magicians | Queliot | 25k | Q gets cursed, and Alice can't help. Magic forces Q and Eliot to cuddle and talk about their feelings.

Possession by yaskween | The Magicians | Queliot | 9k | “Honestly? I don’t mean to be rude,” Eliot started, having trouble meeting Quentin’s eyes again. “But I don’t think I can handle being this close to you right now.”

You In My Head by stele3 | The Magicians | Queliot | 5k | Apparently, the Monster hadn’t cared much about hydration. Eliot hasn’t been this parched since Ibiza 2012.

fall through by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan/Sara | 8k | “Sorry man, our flights are grounded because of some freak storm. Waiting to see if we can get one out tomorrow,” Shane reads aloud, and Sara pouts down at the screen.

with them indiana boys (on them indiana nights) by ToAStranger | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 5k | The thing is, when Billy first saw Steve Harrington, he knew.

The Genius of the Western River by Siria | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 14k | Shane’s totally working on being flippant about all those times he joked about Ryan’s godlike physique, never suspecting how true those jokes might be—the two of them just have to defeat a supernatural serial killer first.

I was born to blanket you in flowers by MyFandomCausesHanaji | The Untamed | Wei Wuxan/Lan Zhan | 5k | “I have folded a thousand paper flowers for you.”

A Temporary Favor by oxymoronic | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 30k | It’s barely three days since El closed the gate when Hopper tells him he wants to rip a hole in space and time to rescue Billy Hargrove. Steve thinks it’s the dumbest thing he’s ever heard.

February

it’s a long way forward (so trust in me) by suzukiblu | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 25k | “Does that stop heat?” Jaskier asks curiously, absentmindedly tuning his lute as he speaks. He hadn’t thought anything could, but, well . . . witchers and their potions.

Love as You Are by thisgirlsays22 | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 16k | Jaskier didn’t want to marry just any noblewoman--no matter how comely she may be--he wanted adventure and many loves, but most importantly his biggest, greatest love of all.

GERALT'S A SOFT BOI send tweet by relenafanel | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 2k | WIP | “Hey, so this is where you ended up,” Jaskier said, sliding into the chair across from Geralt in the sad truck-stop diner 50 kilometres outside of the backwater swamp-dump reporting an infestation of drowners.

The Rule Of Opposites by entanglednow | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 6k | In which they are opposing forces, not designed to touch, anathema to each other. Crowley refuses to accept it.

have you noticed I’ve been gone? by suzukiblu | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 12k | Jaskier is a very good kisser, and almost kisses Geralt often enough, which is a damn sight closer than most people get. Even when he’s paying for it, he doesn’t get kissed enough. Jaskier gets close, though.

Chattoter Trending by DragonBandit | Pokemon | Leon/Raihan | 2.5k | Neither Raihan or Leon have told the greater public about their relationship. Then Raihan posts the wrong picture to Chattoter.

from me to you by Ceta | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 14k | Wei Too Cool ✓ @wei-wuxian correct me if i’m wrong but i’m pretty sure that’s a love song @LanWangJi #AtFirstSight

Do it Again by thisgirlsays22 | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 7k | By the twentieth time Geralt has gone through the loop, he decides to just throw himself off the cliff’s edge after Borch.

March

The Absolutely True Story of the Yiling Patriarch: A Manifesto in Many Parts by aubreyli | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 20k | “Love?” he croaks, then clears his throat and tries again. “Lan Zh— uh, Hanguang-jun, in love?”

bend all the rules by brawlite | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 14k | Billy knows that it’s a bad idea to hook up with his old high school rival and certified Straight Guy™, Steve Harrington -- but Hawkins is real bleak during the holidays, and Billy’s just trying to make it through winter break without dying of boredom.

April

Probability Engine by @kaikamahine | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street | Keita/Thaniel | 22k | The worst part about knowing you will have to shove Merrick Tremayne into the path of an oncoming cannonball is that you genuinely enjoy the man's company. Unfortunately, this becomes something of a recurring theme.

rare the man who'll hold to faith by Fahye | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 13k | "There is the mark of our bargain, and here is the challenge," said the Yiling Patriarch.

a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 180k | When the entire cultivation world turns against Wei WuXian, Jiang Cheng comes up with a plan to save him and arranges a marriage between his brother and the Second Jade of Lan, Lan WangJi.

a prize for rotten judgement by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 10k | “You’d drive each other crazy. You sit together at your office all day, and then you’d be commuting home together, eating dinner together, watching TV together, going to bed — well, not together, but you get it, right?”

Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 39k | "Tell Lan Zhan that I'm weeping uncontrollably," Wei Wuxian says to the juniors. "Tell him I'm truly pitiful and he needs to do everything I say until I'm well again."

Every ridge hand-picked by the late sun’s slant light by wildestranger | The Guardian | Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan | 7k | “Long time, no see,” he says.The Black Cloaked Envoy blanches.

If Life Was A Movie We’d Have A Better Soundtrack Than This by galaxysoup | The Guardian | Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan | 46k | The first time Shen Wei meets Zhao Yunlan is when he innocently steps out of his Monday morning office hours and is immediately slammed into by 180 pounds of cop pursuing a suspect on foot.

Sex, Science, and True Love: A Rigid Analysis of the Practical Applications of Dual Cultivation by aubreyli | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 24k | WIP | “The Lans are far too boring and repressed for something like this,” Wei Wuxian said, with the authority of one who had been resoundingly ignored by a Lan for the past month. “Can you imagine Lan Wangji dual cultivating?”

and so my heart beats wildly by lily_winterwood | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 106k | “You know, you’re the one to beat this year,” Jiang Cheng offers helpfully, having seen the glare from right next to him. “Hanguang-jun’s been through juniors with the rest of us, he knows all of our tics. You’re an unknown variable, since he’s never competed against you before.”

Weird and/or Wonderful by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 12k | Or: During the filming of an episode of Weird and/or Wonderful World, Ryan tosses a shoelace and a wish in an ancient magical wishing well. Mistakes are made.

one good thing by Yuu_chi | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 26k | Wei Wuxian has been haunting his childhood home for three years. He's perfected the fine art of scaring away all the tenants, and has grown used to living with the dying flowers in the garden as his only company.

stay with me, go places by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 16k | “Never have I ever,” Shane says, feeling his way delicately around the syllables, making nice with all the consonants and vowels, “hooked up with a friend at a wedding.”

once more with feeling by sarsaparillia | Oxenfree | Alex/Jonas | 26k | Alex, stumbling through the time-stream.

hey boy, take a look at me by weakspots | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 17k | Ryan is 27, for Christ’s sake, and he’s not exactly hideous, so there’s really no reason to spend his money on a dude — a dude — whose face he’ll never see but whose livestreams he’s been jerking off to for roughly 4 months now.

Warm Blanket by surveycorpsjean | Promare | Lio/Galo | 19k | He wonders if Lio remembers.

spend some time with me (i really like your company) by fencer_x | Promare | Galo/Lio | 73k | Galo Thymos is the worst hostage ever, and Lio regrets kidnapping him with every waking breath.

times that are broken can often be one again by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane/Sara | The moment the lights come on, Shane senses that something is wrong.

my age has never made me wise by idrilka | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Zhan | 63k | “We hear that His Excellency might be married by summer’s end,” the merchant’s wife says and Wei Wuxian freezes, his heart in his throat. “The Gusu Lan sect has been buying enough red silk and brocade that the merchants in Caiyi can’t satisfy the demand.”

May

The Shops on Morning Street by mikkimouse | Castlevania | Alucard/Trevor | 7k | Trevor Belmont, former monster hunter and current florist, is tasked with looking into the proprietor of the new tattoo parlor across the street, much to his annoyance.

Sarva by rageprufrock | Guardian | Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan | 5k | Or, 一切. At work, in public, Shen Wei is meticulously, seamlessly polite. In bed, he's something else.

Heartbeat by quackers | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 66k | So the guy Ryan sits next to at work is a vampire. That's no big deal, right?

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats | Harry Potter | Draco/Harry | 104k | Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

until you fit beneath me (and you’re breaking like a wave) by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | In which Shane Madej succumbs to the mortifying ordeal of being known—but not before being a real butthead about it for many thousands of words first.

there is no such thing by gh0stly | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 10k | A simple investigation turns serious as Ryan suspects the black dog of Hawthorn road isn't the only demonic entity to have followed him home.

oracle bones by orphan_account | Avatar: TLA | Zuko/Katara | 3k | The foreign, pictorial characters that bracelet Zuko's left wrist have never been covered in any of his lessons. He cannot read them.

Third Time's A Charm by quackers | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 31k | Shane can't help but fall for the hot young lifeguard that stars in his Baywatch inspired daydreams, but he has a secret that no one can know. Not even Ryan.

Milk and Honey by quackers | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 18k | Sure, the fae were real. Everyone knew that.Ryan being fae? As likely as ghosts existing.

Technically-Terrestrial by quackers | Buzzfeed Unsolved | 60k | Nearly forty years ago, the disgraced group of an alien race found refuge amongst the population of Earth.And now Shane Madej, who is more-or-less human, kind-of-actually-an-alien, has to convince his terrified best friend Ryan that he's not about to abduct him.

play me like a love song by sky_somedays | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 10k | Shane is Ryan's beleaguered history TA. Ryan won't stop suggesting insane theories.

one word from you by mme_anxious | The Untamed | Lan Zhan/Wei Wuxian | 5k | Wei Wuxian manages to get himself cursed and Lan Wangji just wants to be helpful.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January

A Tribute to 2019 Cinema

Geralt & Yennefer | Wicked Game

chaos | Yennefer of Vengerberg

Yennefer of Vengerberg || SURVIVOR

The Multifandom Mashup 2019

Multifandom Mashup 2019

Natural ][ Multifandom

Yennefer Of Vengerberg | Here I Am

destiny [The Witcher]

star wars || war pigs

THE WITCHER || IN THE END [Happy New Year!]

Sucker [Jaskier & Geralt / Humor]

The Witcher || War Pigs

Lee Scoresby ][ Rebel Just For Kicks || HDM

Jaskier & Geralt || Hold on

February

The Art of Cinema

Jaskier & Geralt || Hold on

Jaskier || Oh No!

The Witcher || River

Geralt Of Rivia || Old Town Road

Multifandom | Glitter & Gold

Everybody knows | Multifandom

Merlin | Survivor

March

xue yang & xiao xingchen (the untamed MV) | hold on

Wei Wuxian | The Yiling Patriarch

The Untamed | Devil from Heaven

陈情令-The Untamed (2019) | but I'm only human | Yiling Patriarch

wei wu xian & lan wang ji (the untamed MV) | they don't know about us

Wangxian || Us Against the World (The Untamed)

Wei Wu Xian & Lan Wang Ji | A Thousand Years (The Untamed FMV)

hannibal || the way you are

Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji | Bury our Love《陈情令 The Untamed》

The Untamed FMV | Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji | 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓎

The Untamed MV - Rule the World

𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 || wei wu xian 陈情令

陈情令 | The Untamed - I Will Carry You

wei wu xian & lan wang ji (the untamed MV) | beautiful mess

The Witcher | Geralt Of Rivia

Kylo Ren & Rey | I Know You

Miles Morales | Whatever It Takes

EGO - Wei Wuxian

Wei Wuxian | Rebel Just For Kicks

Geralt of Rivia // Glitter and Gold

Glitter & Gold ][ TUA

Eliot Waugh - Let It Happen

Jaskier ❤️️ Everybody Loves Me

April

DJ Earworm - YouTube Sings Dance Monkey (100 COVERS)

Khan ][ Believer

Roman Sionis | Black Mask ][ Bad Guy

(Star Wars) Kylo Ren | Redemption

(The Witcher) Geralt of Rivia | The White Wolf

Sirius & Regulus | Black Flies

The Marauders | HOME

(Marvel) Thor | The New Path

(Marvel) Tony Stark | My Legacy

A Song of Ice & Fire

(GoT) Daenerys Targaryen | My Reign is Over

Harley Quinn ][ Feeling Good

Multifandom II You'll Always Be A Monster

Haru & Rin || Deep Blue

Star Wars - Anime Opening 1 (A New Hope Arc)

It's hard

Severus Snape

Marvel || BLUE MONDAY

never surrender

May

[AMV] In The Name of Love [Yuri!!! on ICE]

Catra & Adora | I love you, I always have (+S5)

Sherlock ][ Bohemian Rhapsody

(Marvel) Avengers | Catastrophe

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

There She Goes - Sixpence None the Richer

Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Devil Side - Foxes

Medhel an Gwyns - Anna Dudley

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Tori Amos

Toss A Coin to Your Witcher - Witcher OST

Smile For the Camera - UPSAHL

Fail We Must Sail We Must - Unloved

It’s Not You, It’s Me -Unloved

Bill - Unloved

Cry Baby Cry - Unloved

Sigh - Unloved

Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

My Dear - The Castros

Us - Regina Spektor

Houses - Great Northern

Beautiful Dreamer - The Magicians Cast

Graveyard - Halsey

Imperfections - Celine Dion

Premonitions - Vaults

Jagwar - Shells

Nice To Meet You - Niall Horan

Handsome and Wealthy - Migos

Thunder - Shaed

6 Underground - The Sneaker Pimps

February

Land of Yesterday - Anastasia Original Broadway Cast

You’re Somebody Else - Flora Cash

Masterpiece - Vargas & Lagola

Everybody Knows - Sigrid

Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

Cringe - Stripped - Matt Maeson

Black Out Days - Phantogram

You Don’t Get Me High Anymore - Wakey!Wakey!

Pep Talk - Judah & the Lion

Ag Bruach Dhun Reimhe - Eithne Ni Uallachan

Grave Digger - Matt Maeson

Hidden Lakes - Shearwater

Maker - Anjimile

The Untamed sountracks - vocal and instrumental

Cut My Lip - 21 Pilots

Cancer - 21 Pilots

Strawberry Fields - The Beatles

March

Infinity - Jaymes Young

Chadelier - Sia

No Time to Die - Billie Eilish

South of the Border - Camila Cabello & Cardi B

Moondust - Jaymes Young

April

2020 playlist

May

2020 playlist

POSTED FIC

January

a different kind of danger in the daylight | Shades of Magic | Kell/Lila/Holland | 6,930 words | Sleeping with Holland was never part of the plan.

February

love will have it's sacrifices | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 7,719 words | “So,” Allison starts, biting her lip. “You’re telling me that you think your roommate is a werewolf.”

March

Teeth | The Witcher | Jaskier/Geralt | 2,368 words | “You wrote a song about my teeth,” Geralt says.

April

Lithium | Kingdom Hearts | Axel/Roxas | 378 words | The grass is cool and faintly damp, still springy under your palms.

the thrill of knowing how alone we are | Stargate Atlantis | Rodney/John | 1,077 words | “Right now, I really don’t know if I want to kiss you or shove you off the damn bridge.”Rodney, who is, in fact, on a bridge right now, has never had the best sense of self preservation, because he snaps right back, “Oh good, can I pick?”

i hope you lose your way | Kingdom Hearts | Sora/Riku | 1,725 words | The last summer that he and Sora were together, truly together, before the inexplicable pull of adulthood drew them further and further apart until that thread finally snapped, they went on a road trip.

ephemeral | The Untamed | Lan Zhan/Wei Wuxian | 2,353 words | “Composing is what suits me now,” Lan Wangji says, his voice like a shrug. “In a year, it may be dancing.”

May

fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes | Stranger Things | Billy/Steve | 4,108 words | As Steve watches, the man arches one of those eyebrows and asks, “Are you trying to get eaten by a shark?”

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

The Untamed, ephemeral, 2148 words

May

Untitled Mermay Fic | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 3.367 words

FANMIXES/GRAPHICS

January

All the 8tracks imports

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

Writing Playlist

#heather says what #heather writes #scrapbook #2020

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Aftermath Unsolved || The Cray Cray Case of Patricia Walker

RYAN: This week on Aftermath Unsolved we are investigating the Cray Cray case of Patricia Walker. SHANE: Can... can we legally say that? RYAN: What? SHANE: Cray Cray? Like - isn't that trademarked? RYAN: Probably. But I think that as long as we demonetize it's... fine? SHANE: I - What? That's not how it works. No. It - *what*? RYAN: I mean? If we're not making a profit from it they can't sue! SHANE: That... does not check out. RYAN: Let the lawyers handle it. SHANE: God, I feel bad for whoever has to talk to Dorothy Walker on the phone after *this*. RYAN: Well, I know one thing, and that is it won't be me. SHANE: (tsks) Causin' all the trouble and dealing with none of the aftermath. RYAN: YOU SAID IT. SHANE: OH SHIT. RYAN: (wheezing) Wow. That didn't take long. SHANE: Go big or go home - RYAN: Does that apply? SHANE: (shrugs) It does now. RYAN: Okay, okay. So, this one is a doozy. SHANE: *Doozy*. RYAN: Shut - shut up. So, Patricia Walker, formerly known as Patsy Walker and currently know as Trish Walker, was a child star that most of us grew up on - and she is now a talk show host. She's had a rollercoaster of a life, riddled with all sort of things - SHANE: Drug addiction... public breakdowns... RYAN: Just... just right out there with that, really? SHANE: IT'S PUBLIC RECORD. RYAN: I'M TRYING TO KEEP US FROM GETTING SUED BY DOROTHY WALKER. SHANE: She can sue us but she won't stop the truth! RYAN: But she can stop us. SHANE: Okay but wasn't Trish Walker like, *fucked up* at that club in Brooklyn? RYAN: Vortex? SHANE: THAT ONE, yeah, it's not like she's really *trying* to hide any of this. RYAN: I feel like Dorothy Walker won't take that as an excuse. SHANE: (shakes his head) Dorothy be cray cray. RYAN: (wheezes) You can't - you SHANE: I did. RYAN: We should amend the intro to 'on our final episode.' SHANE: Don't be dramatic. You too, Dorothy Walker. Stop it. Just. Just stop it. RYAN: You done? SHANE: I'm done. For now. RYAN: There are a lot of things that have happened in Trish Walker's life, but focusing on a more recent event - we're looking at how she was reported as dead and now she's - SHANE: Walkin' around all hunky-dory with a Starbucks? RYAN: I mean - you have to admit she seems different since she came back from 'the dead.' SHANE: She went to rehab this fake death stuff... I can't. RYAN: Ahahaha! SHANE: I can't! I cannot deal with this. Just admit you went to rehab. Case closed. RYAN: Wait, wait - you have to hear the rest first. SHANE: (mouths) Rehab. RYAN: Trish Walker was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and an additional gunshot wound in her stomach. The story was covered up by Dorothy Walker at first, presumably to protect Trish from the fallout of a public scandal - or to prevent whoever tried to assassinate her from coming to the hospital to finish the job. SHANE: Who the fuck would want to assassinate her? RYAN: Let me finish! SHANE: Hurry up! RYAN: Anyway, Trish Walker succumbed to her wounds in the hospital and was declared dead. A week later, her body goes missing from the morgue and a short time after that, there are reported sightings of her. SHANE: (sighs) RYAN: What? SHANE: Is it really believable that she just... got up out of the morgue and went back to life? Like, what? A fucking zombie? They fucking misidentified a Jane Doe, called her Trish Walker and when Trish showed up alive - oops the body went missing. RYAN: *Oops the body went missing*? SHANE: Makes more sense than this bullshit zombie story. RYAN: And with that - we're on our first theory. Trish Walker is a known addict, and most online communities feel that it is totally plausible that Trish Walker went to rehab and that - I hate to say it - but you were right and that this was a case of misidentification - maybe even purposeful misidentification of the body to keep Trish Walker's stint in rehab a secret. SHANE: Because being dead is better than going to rehab? RYAN: Well - wait, wait put yourself in Trish Walker's shoes - SHANE: (closes eyes and starts humming the tune of cray cray) RYAN: What... what are you doing? SHANE: Getting into character. RYAN: ... Okay. Your life is under a microscope and you're headed to rehab *again*. Your career is hanging on by a thread and you're pretty sure that it can't survive if you go to rehab. SHANE: So I fake my death? RYAN: So you vanish from the public eye to sober up. A body of a - a homeless woman shows up and she looks kinda like you and there you go! Perfect alibi. You can't be in rehab if you're dead. SHANE: Please tell me this gets better. RYAN: You are so hard to please. SHANE: I have standards, Ryan! RYAN: Fine, well, they only get weird from here. SHANE: Goddamnit. RYAN: Theory number two is that Trish Walker was abducted by aliens, but only her consciousness and not her physical body. The separation of her body from her mind killed her - SHANE: I hate this. RYAN: And so Trish Walker did technically die, but only for a short time before the aliens returned her. SHANE: So, how does that explain the double-tap? RYAN: Double-tap? SHANE: Two shots. One to the head - one to the stomach? RYAN: It - someone shot her after? SHANE: WHAT? Really? That's - that's so flimsy. Even for you, Ryan. RYAN: This theory doesn't talk about the gunshot wounds - it's completely focused on aliens. SHANE: Okay, fine. What did the aliens do? Why did they take her? RYAN: For... science? SHANE: And they picked *her*? RYAN: Maybe they liked the song? You know - SHANE: THEY TOOK HER FOR HER MUSIC, and what? Found out she didn't sing anymore and went "ah, shit, nevermind?" RYAN: (wheezing) Maybe? SHANE: (sighs) RYAN: You know what? Fine - just, just fine. The next theory though, it's... it's better. SHANE: Is it really? RYAN: Lizard people. SHANE: Rock bottom early? RYAN: Think about it - Trish Walker is assassinated, reported dead, two gunshot wounds, and then her body just... vanishes? What if she was being replaced by a lizard person, assimilated into the hierarchy of lizard people - you know, like how Beyonce is a clone? SHANE: I can't... No. RYAN: No? You can't just 'no' it - SHANE: No. RYAN: What else explains the fact that she is reported and confirmed dead and then is suddenly walkin' around? SHANE: Nope. You're trying to combine the clone theory and lizard people? That's too much. RYAN: You can't - SHANE: Ryan. No. Nope. It's just. No. Absolutely not. RYAN: You are a frustrating man. SHANE: I take great pride in that status. RYAN: And it infuriates me. SHANE: Good. RYAN: So, this next theory is another one that we've heard on the show, and that's that Trish Walker, the one we see now, is actually -- wait for it SHANE: (sighs heavily) RYAN: A clone. SHANE: This shit again? RYAN: It's a popular theory that the elite - SHANE: Are lizards and/or clones. RYAN: First of all, it's not and/or it's one or the other. Only *or*. SHANE: Uh-huh. RYAN: So the going theory is that Trish Walker was spiraling right? Her drug habit was coming back with a fury and she was showing increased signs of irritability. SHANE: Sure. Because no one else ever has shown signs of irritability. RYAN: Anyway, what I'mn getting at, is that Trish Walker was hurting the Walker brand. It was less than a year ago when she came back to Trish Talk and starts hosting regular shows, everything looked fine on the surface. SHANE: I'm hearing an *except* coming. RYAN: Except - SHANE: Called it! RYAN: (wheezing) Stop -- just stop it. There are some rumors surrounding her coming back to the show and these rumors suggest that coming back wasn’t *her* choice, but in fact, Dorothy Walker's. SHANE: Ugh. That name makes me itchy. RYAN: Itchy? SHANE: Like hives, Ryan. Dorothy Walker makes me feel like I'm breaking out in hives. RYAN: I... I have no words. SHANE: (shrugs) RYAN: This metaphorical toilet that Trish was being flushed down - it was too much, right? So she turns back to drugs and starts falling into old habits and in an attempt to protect the Walker brand, and Trish from herself, Dorothy had Trish replaced with a clone. Though I think an android, in this case, makes more sense because clones start as babies. SHANE: So, let me get this straight -- clones but not clones? RYAN: An android. SHANE: Like... what? An LMD? RYAN: I -- I don't know what that is. SHANE: (sighs) I expect too much of you. RYAN: Wow okay, okay. Fine. Let's google this random string of words and see who the real idiot is here - SHANE: Do it. RYAN: I'm doing it! (RYAN pulls out of his phone) RYAN: Urban dictionary says it means 'let me die.' SHANE: Not what I meant, but relatable. RYAN: So what did *you* mean? SHANE: A life model decoy. Fancy word for android. RYAN: (sighs and shakes his head) Alright. SHANE: Don't get mad at me because you didn't know the word. RYAN: Okay, well, since you have a fancy name for this, is this the theory you like? SHANE: No - (laughing) androids might be more believable than lizard people but no. I'm still on board with Trish going to rehab. The dead body is some dramatic flair but celebrities, man. RYAN: (wheezing) Dead bodies and celebrities huh? SHANE: You got enough money, you can get away with anything (winks) RYAN: Did you just - you know what. No. I'm not gonna engage. SHANE: For this theory though, I do like the involvement of Dorothy Walker. She seems the type to have a backup daughter or ten. Just... hidden away. RYAN: And what? Rotates them? SHANE: Yeah, one starts to show any signs of, I don't know, mental instability and she replaces them. Pulls another fucking daughter out of the basement and is like (waves finger) "the last Patricia was a *very* naughty girl" RYAN: That is a horrifying idea. SHANE: I feel like it's the right level of yikes. Just enough that you can see it happening but also so far out there that you're like: nah, that'd NEVER happen! And then, oops, it does. RYAN: OOPS, IT DOES? (wheezing) SHANE: It's only an oops if you get caught! RYAN: Our last theory is a bit of a stretch, even for me. SHANE: Oh goody. RYAN: (wheezing) You have no faith in me! SHANE: Zero. RYAN: Trish Walker is actually a servant of Satan and sold her soul for extended life. SHANE: (wheezing) Is Trish Walker supposed to be Dracula? Who - who said this? Who did this? Who put this dumb idea in your brain. RYAN: I'm just the messenger! SHANE: Except you believe it! RYAN: You can't prove if I believe or not - SHANE: Just - replay the episode. He believes. RYAN: (wheezing) How dare you - SHANE: HOW DARE I? How dare you, whispering these... these heracies about Trish Walker being a bride of Satan! RYAN: I said no such thing! SHANE: You implied it with your 'selling her soul' thing. RYAN: Okay fine, maybe she's a bride of Satan - SHANE: So, Patsy Walker went to Hadestown? Do you think they did a cover of 'Wait for me'? RYAN: *What*? SHANE: It's a good song. I don't think Patsy had the voice for it but you know, maybe the devil can't tell. RYAN: And you know enough about music to make this assessment? SHANE: I have the internet. That's all I need. RYAN: That is... a frustrating answer. You are a frustrating person, Shane. SHANE: So, what's her biopic going to be called? It's Patsy, the bride to Satan? RYAN: A Woman of Nine Lives: A Patsy Walker story. SHANE: Oh -- oh that's actually good! RYAN: I know, right? SHANE: I like what you're implying here. Nine lives - so she's like a cat. Like a, uh, a hellcat! RYAN: Hellcat: A Patsy Walker Story? SHANE: Bingo. Perfect. Love it. RYAN: We got it? SHANE: Nailed it. RYAN: (wheezing) Okay good. So, out of all the theories, which one do you like? SHANE: Like, which one do I believe or which one I find the most interesting? RYAN: Both. Both is good. SHANE: (laughs) Okay. Well, as far as one that I can believe in? I am firmly sold on rehab. And the body being misidentified. But one that I *want* to be true is the clone theory. RYAN: Realy? That one? SHANE: Well, my addition to that theory. I just... I love the idea of Dorothy Walker having a small army of children in her basement and she just rotates them like dolls. It's delectably evil. RYAN: That's twisted. SHANE: That would be the plot twist that blue screens the world. And I for one, am here for it. RYAN: (wheezing) I - I have no words. SHANE: Okay, are we done? This, this has been something else. RYAN: Yeah, we're done. SHANE: Good. Let's hope that we don't get sued by Dorothy Walker - RYAN: We might just because of that daughter dungeon theory - SHANE: That was comedy, Ryan. She can't sue over that! RYAN: I feel like she'd find a way. SHANE: You're right. She's the type. See you next week, or not! Who knows? We sure don't! RYAN, voiceover: Have any weird, unsolved mysteries you’d like us to cover? Send in a comment or an ask and maybe we’ll pick your story next!

#theaftermathunsolved #the cray cray case of patricia walker

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shyanlibrary · 6 years

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Hey nina!! I was wondering if you had any fics with Shane crying?? I always feel like we see Ryan cry but not Shane and I need more content of my tall boy sad.

Well, you didn’t said if you wanted, like, him being upset or crying for happiness or being scared, so here’s a bunch of very different fics that include Shane crying for one reason or another lol.

The Body That Lies by Lafayette1777

Summary: Ryan is dead and haunting Shane. Because he misses him, of course.

But also to prove a point.

Rated: Not Rated (T)

Commentary: I cried while reading this fic, and I cry every time I re-read it because I love suffering. In this one, Ryan dies leaving a very confused, very sad Shane that mus tkeep going with his life. Then, Ryan’s ghost comes to him.

Unconventional by InkStainsOnMyHands

Summary: …In that moment, [Shane] can’t find an elegant way to ask, “Hey, you’re exceptionally healthy, have a great personality and are well-educated. Want to be my baby’s daddy?”

Shane and Ryan take an unconventional path to parenthood.

Rated: E

Commentary: The confort in this fanfic is so sweet, you feel for Shane all the time and it’s just– oh my god. One of my favorite fanfics with a trans character (Shane) that explores one of my favorite themes in the world (parenthood). It’s very sweet, and very well done.

Pieces Of The People We Love by strwbrryhoney

Summary: Shane snorted, “That she is. She likes you a lot. We both do.” He reached out, grasping Ryan’s wrist and giving it a gentle squeeze.

“Oh,” Ryan said, looking flustered, “Well… I’m glad. Me too. Like you both, I mean.“

shane is a single parent

Rated: G

Commentary: This fic is adorable! What your are looking for is here but maybe not in the way you are hoping, still– I think it’s gotta be in here. It has a lovely plot with good characteriztion, and develops Ryan and Shane’s relationship in a very sweet way. I love this fic!

sing me to sleep by isthepartyover

Summary: Nobody in the office thinks it’s a good idea. Most are quiet about it after Ryan announces he’s going to try it out, just an “are you sure” here, a “good luck with that” there.

Shane, however, is the most vocal, harassing his boyfriend almost daily with sleeping facts and warnings and general concern.

“You’re going to actually lose your mind and crack and start killing people.” he jokes, right after Ryan tells him, rolling his eyes behind his clear frames. “And then what will I do?”

Rated: G

Commentary: A very worried to the point of crying Shane is always good for a list like this. In this one, their relationship is one of trust, even if Ryan is too stubborn to recognize it. This is a great fic.

that we may fall in love (every time we open our eyes) by Hugabug

Summary: “With golden stringOur universe was clothed in lightPulling at the seamsOur once barren world now brims with life.”-Sun, Sleeping at Last

Rated: T

Works: 3

Commentary: This whole ass series is a tears fest, like– there’s nothing more sad than this. But it also has a happy ending? Like? It’s so wholesome? And yeah, the one that cries the most is Shane, so it’s up your likings.

Big God by fuckcitybitch

Summary: The time comes for Shane to stop running and reap what he carelessly sewed.

Rated: T

Commentary: In this one, not only does Shane cries, he is fucking scared out of his mind and with good reason. This fic is amazing, my man, it’s gonna make you piss your pants. Warning for Major Character Death and Implied Suicide.

i’m lost without your love by bodhirookes

Summary: Ryan’s weekend long Star Wars marathon gets interrupted when Shane starts throwing rocks at his window, and it only gets better from there. As in, lots of boys crying and having life-affirming sex and Jake Bergara kicking ass and taking names better.

Rated: M

Commentary: A very sweet AU where both are childhood sweethearts and are now about to go to College together. Both cry in this one, but my man, this is SO damn sweet. Great to read after the horror fest that is Big God, lol. Also, smuuuut.

Kismet. by poetdameron

Summary: Everyone is born with Gifts. It doesn’t matter if they didn’t ask for it.

Shane never thought he would meet the only person in the world he can touch without killing them, let alone fall for him.

Rated: E

Commentary: I wrote this fic, so here’s a bookmark on AO3 by user meraqueen: “I’m intimadated by how good this is. Favorite shyan fanfic!”. I can tell you that there’s a lot of Shane crying.

be all my sins remembered by spoopyy

Summary: In every lifetime, they find each other.

Rated: E

Commentary: A classic in the fandom, one of the first soulmate AUs and the first vampire AU, with one of the most interestings and well done plots in our fandom. It explores Shane’s feelings as he searches for Ryan in every life time and boy, does he suffers. You are gonna suffer with him.

and he takes and he takes by cooliohoolio

Summary: Shane wants to say I will be dead within the next year. He wants to say the flowers in my lungs are there because of you. He wants to say I’m in love with you and it’s killing me.

Rated: T

Commentary: BOY, I LOVE SUFFERING and this should be the actual title of this fic. It killed me the first time I read it and it will kill YOU. Anyway, there’s Major Character Death and a lot of tears.

The Chain by Lafayette1777

Summary: Do you not know how love works?

Shane and Ryan, in transition.

Rated: Not Rated (T)

Commentary: My favorite fic, ladies and gents. A masterpiece that will never be replaced, it seems. The last chapters are a lot of pain and boy, you are gonna want to cry with Shane. Love this fic!

#shyan #shyan fic #skeptic believer #answered #recs #personal recs #rec list #fanfictions #multiple #shane crying #y'all pls stop asking me for this list PLEASE #on ao3

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wetookanoath · 6 years

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ooh what are your headcanons for the coco au?? 👀

Well, right now I have…

TW: Racism, implied homophobia and transphobia, sexism, way too many languages in one tiny family, necessary Major Character(s) Death(s), this is not a fanfic but a way too elavorated AU lol, Trans Male Character, trans pregnancy.

S/O to @faequill and @impossiblevvings for educating my ass by sharing his experiences as a trans parents. And also S/O to @from-one-fandom-to-the-other for making THIS and THIS wonderful art and talking about this AU with me. And also S/O to this anon for asking.

Set in the 30s, I’m thinking in maybe Baja California or Guadalajara. During this time, Mexico is still getting together after the Mexican Revolution left tons of deads and shattered states. In this time, the Golden Age of cinema flourishes and singers like Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete become famous. Enter the music theme of the story.

That said, Mexico has a long history of having good relations with european countries such as Germany, Ireland, Austria and Poland. During the Colony, tons of people came to Latinamerica because there was work, commerce and land (I mean, stolen land– you know how that goes), so entire families would come with the hopes of a better life.

During this time, chinese people build a China Town in what will be Mexico City later (still stands and is a wonderful place), japanese people will came in their own commercial ships to either work or be with their families, since samurai getting jobs as big names spaniard’s bodyguards, and soon other business people came with their families.

I’m saying all this to then say that,

Ryan’s family has always had it bad because they are mixed. His father’s grandpa decided to move to a small community where most people is mixed near the principal city of their state, yet not so close. This is so they can all live in peace.

Ryan’s grandfather gets out the country, builds a life in the States where he meets Ryan’s grandma, an also mexican woman who went to live in the States. Years later, Steve, Ryan’s dad, meets Linda, daughter of immigrants too, and they build their own family.

When Ryan is a teenager, his parents understand he is trans and caliming economic problems, Steve decides to take his family back to the family’s ranch in Mexico, where they can protect their kid, so no one knows he is trans and they know him only as Ryan. They grow up learning from all their cultures and speaking very accented english and spanish. Ryan and Jake also talk a broken japanese their mom is always cheering. They cook strange stuff that convines all three cultures and people think they are weird, but it works.

To their little town comes a group of immigrants from Poland, men are there to work in the energy plant near the Bergara’s ranch.

Ryan and Jake met Shane then, he’s older than them and Ryan gets irritated at his funny spanish, but finds himself talking to him daily until Shane starts to work, too.

So, every day, Shane and his brother walk in front of the Bergara ranch and he can always see Ryan at the window with a guitar or just asleep. He always waves at him and soon, Ryan finds himself waiting for the boy to pass by his window.

There’s a lot of Ryan insulting Shane in either spanish or japanese, to what Shane always answers with polish and both look at each other like ¬¬

They fall in love eventually.

Both families get along well, it’s then when Linda and Sherry start to notice something between their kids. It’s unspoken and like a known secret, and only once did they tried to talk about it but, like it happens so often in remote places of Mexico, no one said a word.

Ryan’s family is well known, names move sea, dirt and sky in Mexican societies, and so life goes on– of course, leaving the santity of their small town means dead and treats, and so none go.

Scott and Jake both leave eventually, it is known then that Ryan will take the ranch. When he’s already an adult, Shane and his mom move to the ranch after his father dies and Scott leaves.

Later in life, Scott gets married in the ranch, and they are all such a funny and curious mix of a family.

They have a few happy years where Ryan and Shane are together, dream of music and suddenly, something changes.

When Ryan realizes he’s pregnant, he’s worried shit will go down. Shane is actually pretty happy and excited, and after the initial shock, both feel good about it. With his mother’s support, he is able to tell his father, and to his freakin’ surprise, he’s happy.

Ryan has to stay in the ranch to protect himself and the baby, seeing the struggle, fear starts flourishing in Shane and instead of saying something, he keeps it all in him. He needs an actual job, not just his music delucions, and he needs to do better and make sure nothing ever happens to Ryan and their baby.

They have a girl, they name her Alejandra, and she grews up listening to her parents sing together and even with economic struggles, they were happy.

Then Shane leaves.

When Alejandra was little, Shane met bitch ass Ernesto who used to listen to him at the local bar where he sang with Ryan and other pals they had. Shane originally didn’t want to become a singer, but he wanted to keep writing songs, Ernesto made him believe they could be both singers.

Note: Mexico has a big time problem with colorism and favoritism of whites™, but when it comes to music and so, especially at that time, the mexican public wanted to the men who sang to be the stereotype of a Strong Mexican Man™, like Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante (this doesn’t mean they weren’t talented and amazing at their art, because they sure as hell were). A man like Shane would had never find fame and acceptance at that time, so this bitch ass Ernesto fooled him deeply.

Ryan doesn’t like Ernesto one bit, and feels him fake as shit with his “support” of their family when Shane is idiot enough to tell him the truth. This causes their first big fight, since Ryan didn’t want a man like this bitch to know about him and that Ale is their biological daughter.

Fights start to become terrible, and finally Shane tells Ryan he wants to try this and if it doesn’t work, he’s coming back right away. If in six months he hasn’t done shit, he is coming back.

Ultimately, Ryan believes in Shane’s talent and lets him go. At first, they write to each other constantly and Ryan always reads part of Shane’s laters to Ale.

Eventually, the letters stop and a year later, Ernesto is in everyone’s TV and Ryan tries his best to find out what happened to Shane. When he finds out he was murdered, Ernesto tells him some story about being mugged and what not, and in his pain he believes it.

In the back of his head, there’s always the tiny voice that says this is not true, but the pain and his pride are stronger, and so he decides to keep going.

He makes the ranch prosper with his bare hands and the whole family helps, as years goes by, they can mantain themselves with the ranch’s production of meat and leather.

Note: totally not based on my own ranch, lol.

Ryan dies later in life, having his daughter carry his name when he decided to change her name to take away Shane’s (because we mexicans are petty and this was super common. Your husband left you? Change your kids’ name to yours– my name should be Rivera, guys, but my great grandma said fuck you to his father, and changed her name to León -her mom’s name- and here we are…) and the ranch.

~ The After Life ~

Shane is there before anyone else. He could be send to his polish family, he could find the other Bergaras, but he is not sure of what to do. His situation as someone his family has decided to forget mantains him in the streets with the ones without a family, which is bullshit because he knows his family must be somwhere.

His first years, he forgets about the Día de los Muertos tradition, among other traditions, and is only worried to find a way to know if Ryan and Ale are okay, and soon he’s hit with a newspaper from a maxican lady that has hear his story of having his family in Mexico, she reminds him of the bridge that opens on November 2.

That’s when he starts trying and when he’s told his family doesn’t put a picture of him, that breaks his heart and spirit more than he cares to admit. He gives up after.

Years later, re-animated by the fact that he needs to let Ale know he loves her more than anything in the world, he keeps trying. This is when he recognizes Ryan for the first time.

He is an emotional mess, trying to reach him and when he sees he is with their entire family, he is a rying mess. But then, Ryan looks at him and there’s complete silence– it’s unspoken that Ryan is kind of the family’s head, so the others wave at him but don’t do much when Ryan finallly turns around to cross the bridge without saying a word to Shane.

His heart is shattered to not repair that night and on.

Shane concentrates then into getting to the Human World to see Ale. His parents and other family members would talk to him from time to time, and at least he gets to know his daughter grow well, but also gets to know Ryan had it bad for a while and will take him time to accept him back.

He tries to tell Ryan about Ernesto more than once. He courts him, and sings, and does all he can until Ryan is tired of him and finally tells him he doesn’t want excuses, he doesn’t want to see him and he should go right now.

Shane is not sure anymore if there’s more heart to break, but it hurts all the same.

Ryan, when in the After Life, woke to his family and only accepted to himself to be disappointed of not seeing Shane there. He finds out later about his situation, and for a while decided to not search. It’s better this way.

When he hears Ernesto has died and it’s there among them, he tries to find Shane, and maybe clear things once and for all. But he finally drops the idea and lets it go.

His no-life goes on, and when he sees Shane for the first time before the bridge, all he wants is to slap the idiot and kiss him, but his pride is stronger and so he turns around and leaves.

He cried all the way to the Human World.

When he realized their great-great grandson was a lot like Shane, a lot like both of them, he couldn’t help but smile.

After Ryan finds out the truth, Shane’s picture is put on the Altar of their family and he goes to no-live with them in the Land of the Death, they have a long talk about their lives and cry together for having found their way to each other again, no matter what.

Both feel guilty for a while, though. Shane for leaving and never finding a way to let Ryan know what happened. And Ryan for closing himself and not believing in Shane’s love for him and Ale, and for their family forgetting him for such a long time.

Eventually, they can heal together. They have all the time in the world now.

At some point, Ryan looks up at Shane with a smirk and goes, “See? Ghosts are real” and Shane wants to die again.

When Ale dies and she reuinites with her parents, there’s a crying fest.

It hurts Shane that he didn’t get to see his Alejandrita grow up, and that she thought for a long time that he decided to leave them and was selfish enough to never look back to his family.

But seeing Ale’s happiness to see him again and all the love of his family, helps him slowly heal. Now they can all be together.

Shane’s first Día de los Muertos is so funny to everyone, because he doesn’t know what to do and still gets all ?? with some tradition, but he enjoys it all the same.

Life goes on in the Human World, their great-great grandson grows up, he gets married and has his own children than still put their picture in their Altar, and like that, things are okay.

#shyan #skeptic believer #shane x ryan #nini got mail #au time with nonnies #my aus #coco au #listen i'm a history nerd and i enjoyed thinking just of the background to make this au possible #thanks for this question my man #anonymous #au #otp: we took an oath

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ghoulboyboos · 6 years

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Could you do some pinning Shane in his point of view please? (P.s love your work!)

Okay nonny, I’m gonna assume you meant “pining” Shane because that’s my jam. If you for some reason asked for Shane pinning down Ryan, please let me know! (Also Sara is Shane’s BFF here.)

Shanesits back in his chair and sighs, rubbing at his eyes. He has beenediting Ruining History for over three hours now and his eyes arestarting to feel like boiled eggs. Something about it drains him andShane technically knows what it is, but he doesn’t like to thinkabout it.

It’sRyan.

Heskips through the different camera shots and stops at a shot of Ryanlaughing. His face is lit up with that brilliant smile and Shaneremembers exactly when it was. He is editing the Alesia episode andRyan is smiling at the camera because Shane put a sports referencein. Just for him. Ryan picked up on it and so did Sara. Sara whoimmediately “awww”-ed because she knows of Shane’s crush. Shanecould smack himself with his own keyboard because it’s too obviouswhat he is doing. Instead, he looks up. Ryan is smiling right at thecamera as he mentions how sweet Shane is being and Shane stares inthose deep, brown eyes and allows himself to imagine that Ryan couldlook at him just like that. Surprised and happy and kind. Shanesighs.

Part ofhim wants to reach out and touch the screen, imagine being able totouch Ryan’s face for real. But that would be a little too cliché,so he doesn’t. Instead, he saves his work and closes the program.He’s already too blunt sometimes. He remembers grabbing at Ryanwhen they were at Knott’s Berry Farm and holding onto his shoulder.He remembers every time Ryan gives him a hug, which sadly isn’tvery often and how hard it is to let him go. Shane remembers that onenight where they hung out at the Tiki Bar and had a couple of drinks,laughing about something he doesn’t remember.

Ryanhad dropped against his shoulder because he couldn’t sit uprightwith how hard he was laughing and Shane had looked down, fully awarethat his cheeks were flushed and Ryan had looked up at him andgrinned. With the alcohol numbing his inhibitions, Shane had reachedout and cupped Ryan’s chin to tilt up his face. He barely remembersRyan’s reaction, except for those deep brown eyes widening. Shanehad barely leaned in when somewhere across the bar, a tray of glasseshad fallen and smashed on the ground and both of them had shot upfrom where they sat and checked in to see if anyone was hurt. Ryannever brought it up again and Shane is grateful. Sure, the memorymakes him feel warm and excited, but the idea of scaring Ryan off andmaking him uncomfortable is too much to bear. He is glad that Ryanapparently decided to ignore it. Or maybe he had been too drunk andjust forgotten about it.

Shanestares at his dark screen and sighs.

He hasbecome so dependent on Ryan. The man is his best friend and Shanewill always hit him up when there is something social going on. Shaneis not the most outgoing or social person ever, he prefers outingswith one or two friends. Going to the movies with Ryan means beingclose to him and indulging in the fantasy that somehow, they could bemore. But he usually drags Sara along so there is someone to keep aneye on him and make sure he doesn’t mess up.

Saraalways wanted him to tell Ryan the truth and Shane agrees. Ryandeserves the truth. But Shane is just so damn afraid.

Onenight he is lying in bed, listening to the radio and “Please Don’tLeave Me” by P!nk comes on and without any warning, he startscrying. He has no idea why the hell the song even has an impact onhim, but he guesses it’s the title alone that scares the fuck outof him. Shane grabs a pillow and pulls it close, crying into it likehe is a teenager with a crush and he just begs and hopes and prays towhoever or whatever is listening, that one day Ryan might entertainthe idea of loving him back.

A bunchof their friends are getting married and announce that they are goingto have kids and Shane would be a bad best friend if he didn’tnotice Ryan’s soft, sad expressions whenever something like thatwas announced. Ryan was everyone’s biggest supporter, the type togive you a way-too-expensive wedding gift or the one who is the firstto notice that someone is pregnant.

Shaneknows why. Above all, Ryan wants a family and Shane hopes dearly thathe will have that some day. Despite his infatuation, he wants Ryan tobe happy his way. So insteadof focusing on his crush, he sometimes dreams about Ryan finding “theone”, a beautiful and kind woman that matches his personality andmakes him happy. Someone to raise kids with, someone to grow oldwith. Shane’s heart breaks at the thought but at least the image ofRyan hugging his kids and smiling soothes the pain. Maybe, one day,after everything has died down a little, Shane would be able to tellhim.

Lifenever goes the way he planned.

Theyare out one night. Sara is nursing a cold so she told them shewouldn’t be able to come last minute and there is nobody to keepShane in line when they’re watching a movie. He is gripping thearmrests of his seat tightly, as if they are watching a horror movie,because he doesn’t trust himself that he won’t reach out to Ryanand breach a barrier he’s not allowed to break down.

Atone point, Ryan puts his arm on the space between them and his handlands on Shane’s and Shane gasps and pulls back.

“Sorry.”He whispers. “Didn’t mean to hog it all.”

Inthe flickering of the film projector he can see Ryan’s white teethand his friend is grinning.

“Noworries, man. It’s all good.”

Shaneswallows. If Ryan only knew. Thing were not good at all.

It’sRyan’s idea to go for karaoke afterwards and Shane loves karaoke,but he is also terrified.

Theyhave a lot of fun drinking and singing songs. It always takes them abit to get buzzed enough to feel comfortable to sing, but at somepoint they usually get too drunk to keep singing.

Agirl stumbles on the stage and the familiar “dadadada dadadada”comes on and Shane swallows. She doesn’t quite have P!nk’s lungs,but she doesn’t sound bad. Ryan next to him moves his head slightlyin the beat, but when the singer croons “Please, don’t leaveme...” Shane feels tears well up behind his eyes. He drops his headand chokes on a sob and when Ryan puts a hand on his shoulder, hebreaks down into sobs.

Hedoesn’t remember much of the night, there are only quick and shortimpressions. Ryan’s worried face, the seat of an Uber car, hisfront door, his bed.

Shanewakes up to a series of text messages from Ryan explaining that hehad made sure Shane got home safe and that he hopes he’s fine and areminder that they are best friends and that Shane can come to himwith anything.

Shaneswallows hard and types a single message back.

“Ican’t tell you this one. You would hate me.”

Themessage is read almost immediately afterwards, but he doesn’t get aresponse. There is not even a notification that Ryan is typing, soShane drops his phone in his bed and forces himself out of hisbedroom to take a shower. He stands in the middle of his kitchen,chewing on cereal and contemplating his life when the doorbell rings.

It’sRyan.

Shane’sheart beats hard enough to make him feel nauseous as he counts theseconds Ryan will need to call the elevator and ride it up. There isa knock on his door and Shane takes a deep breath before he opens it.

Ryanlooks amazing for someone who had been out drinking until three inthe morning. He seizes Shane up and looks at him like he isn’t surewhat to say.

“CanI come in?” He finally says.

Shanesteps to the side and lets him.

Theysit on Shane’s couch, each of them nursing a coffee. Finally, Ryanis talking.

“Listen…Shane. I know I’m not good at relationships myself, but if you needany advice or support… or even an open ear… You know I’m herefor you, right?”

Shanecloses his eyes. He wants to laugh and cry at the same time, but morethan everything he wants to hug Ryan.

“Iknow.”

“And…I mean, you’re entitled to your opinion but I have to say it kindahurt to hear that you think I would hate you for you being in lovewith someone. I mean, hey, even if I didn’t like them, if they makeyou happy? That’s a great reason for me to support you.”

Shanepresses a hand to his mouth and tries to keep his breathing even.

“Shane.You can tell me anything. I really mean it.”

Shanetakes a deep breath and steels himself.

“Iwas afraid for multiple reasons…. It’s not because of you, notjust. In general. You see...”

Hesighs and places his mug on the table, leaning back to stare at hisempty hands.

“It’sa guy.”

Heglances up and sees Ryan’s eyes transfixed on him as he puts hiscup away as well.

“Okay?Is that… Shane, I would never judge you for that. I really- I meanit sounds stupid saying that but I have no problem with people whoaren’t straight.”

“Iknow.” Shane sighs. “The thing is, you know him, very well.”

“Okay?”Shane can see that Ryan is mentally going through a list of theirmale friends. “So, why is it a problem? Is he married?”

Shaneswallows. “No.”

“Inany sort of relationship?”

Shaneshakes his head.

“So…are you afraid that he’s straight?”

Shanethinks for a moment.

“That’snot it… He wants a family. He wants children. Even if he were to…indulge me… I’m scared of taking that life away from him.”

Shaneexpects Ryan to nod in understanding, instead his friend scoffs.

“Thatdoesn’t have to mean anything! There are many ways to have childrenand a family when you’re a same sex couple or when you can’t haveyour own kids.” He glances over at Shane. “Don’t let that…you never know! If he makes you happy, you probably make him happytoo! I know you make me happy.”

Hesmiles up at Shane and Shane feels his breath stop.

“Youdon’t mean that.” He says, trying to fight the pain in histhroat. “You mean it differently...”

Ryanblinks. Then he blinks again. Then, his eyes widen.

“Oh…Shane...”

“Please.”Shane wrenches his eyes shut. “I’m sorry. I… I won’t make youuncomfortable, I promise, I just want to be your friend, okay? Pleasedon’t-”

Hecan’t say it, but in his head he is shouting “Please, pleasedon’t leave me. Please, Ryan, any way you want me to be yourfriend, I will be that-”

Ryancups Shane’s face in his hands and smiles up at him.

“Isthat it? Is that what was on your mind the last couple of weeks…months?”

Shanewrenches his eyes shut and nods.

“OhShane…”

“I’msorry...”

“No,Shane. I’m sorry. You’ve gone through so much pain… do you…do you hate me now?”

Shanelaughs. It’s dry and painful. He finally opens his eyes to look atRyan.

“Icould never hate you. I was so afraid you would leave.”

“OhShane...”

Ryanshakes his head and then he pulls his legs up on the couch and pushesup on his knees. His hands still cradle Shane’s face and then hepulls the stunned man into a soft kiss.

“Whydidn’t you tell me? I saw you back off and I thought you didn’twant this… I thought…”

Ryanshakes his head and Shane can only stare at him, stunned.

“Oh.”He finally says. “You’re not leaving?”

Ryanchuckles and kisses his cheek.

“I’mnot going anywhere.”

Shaneslowly brings his arms up to wrap them around Ryan’s form. He’ssolid and real and not a dream.

Theygo on their first date the following evening. Shane can hold Ryan’shand while they are watching the movie and when Ryan drops him off athis apartment, Ryan pulls Shane down and gives him a soft kiss on themouth.

Shanemelts into Ryan and when he falls asleep later, he dreams of hangingwith Ryan in their flat and he can take his hand without problem andthere is the vague memory of planning a family and everything isokay.

#shyan #skeptic believer #ask #anonymous #prompts #Anonymous

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beaniegara · 6 years

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11 Questions

tagged both by @yaboybergara and @ricky-goldsworth which is great because that gives me 22 questions mwahhahaha thank you folks!! <3

RULES

1. always post the rules

2. answer the questions given by the person who tagged you

3. write 11 questions of your own

4. tag 11 people you want to get to know better (or however many you want)

now, see, I don’t know what to ask........ so I’m gonna be a little shit and tag folks to pick 11 of these 22 questions and answer them too. nini and gray pls don’t sue me for reusing your questions, thank fdgkfndgfdsk I’m tagging @kaylotta, @queerunsolved, @haunted-gays, @thatmademadej, and @i-am-ghost-proof-baby <3 if yall wanna do it, of course. no pressure.

this is incredibly long (and uncomfortably honest). let’s go lesbians let’s go

first, nini’s questions:

1. How many pets have you had in your life?

one. I’ve always wanted them but my mom and I have always lived in tiny apartments and had no way to care for a pet so it wasn’t until I was 17 that we adopted a kitten!! his name was merlin and he was the laziest, moodiest lil ball of fluff I’ve ever met. I.. had to give him away a year later because we moved to a place even smaller that wouldn’t allow pets so long story short I’m scarred for life and don’t think I can ever take any more pets without feeling guilty to my bone

this is merlin btw I love him with all my heart and he now lives in a farm. as far as I know anyway.. :(

2. Do you believe in destiny? Why?

mmm interesting question. weird, metaphysical theories aside, I don’t believe anything is set in stone per se, but I do believe that some things are just... meant to be? in a way? for example, you can’t tell me ryan and shane weren’t meant to be friends and find each other in such an unlikely place as they did. one of my mottos, completely stripped from context because it’s from a rather pretentious tv show, is “the universe is rarely so lazy”. meaning that good things happen for a reason, and that you trailed that path for that to happen. yknow what I’m saying? I can’t really explain this without writing a 10 page essay because that’s just how my gemini ass thinks

3. If you could chose one person on the great beyond, would you take the chance to talk to them?

you mean someone who has passed away? oh yeah, I would talk to my grandmother. she was raising me and died when she was 4 and that changed not only my entirely life but our whole extended family dynamic... so many questions.

4. From all your hobbies, which one would you love to make a living of?

oh man, writing. I’ve been dreaming of being a writer ever since I was 9 or something. never panned out but that would certainly be the dream. if I could work with videos, subtitling, tv shows, cinema etc that would also be dope as hell!

5. What’s your favorite color palette to wear?

fkgjfsdgiusfdksd I have no fashion sense whatsoever, idk? I do like to wear dark clothes (because weight..) and reds (because pale).

6. What’s your opinion on queerbaiting?

I don’t have the time for it. for starters, it’s something that usually comes from people with very poor writing skills that can’t come up with plots interesting enough to keep viewers/readers hooked in. that already says something. no offense to anyone who is a fan of shows like these, but when it’s mostly written by white men I just don’t have any high hopes for it. you can ask flavs what my reaction was like when I realized the character I had headcanon’ed as wlw in hannibal was actually a wlw. I couldn’t believe it, because what???? since when does that happen, especially in a show run by a white man??? kjdfghsjgd

I think this is part of a bigger conversation but my point is, don’t fall for it. I know it’s all part of the fight for representation, asking big names to produce big shows with lgbtq+ characters in it and so on, but for the love of god, watch something else too!!!! let GOT rot and die!!!!!!!!! look up different, smaller, cheaper shows, that’s where you find lgbtq+ content creators!!!!!! there’s so many wlw webseries out there, you wouldn’t believe it. you have a choice. don’t give any more of your time and love and word-of-mouth to shows/movies that clearly have no interest in being more diverse. they don’t deserve you.

and that’s not to say any of it is on us. quite on the contrary, they’re using us. but aside from calling out their bullshit, we do have a chance to boost lgbtq+ content creators. don’t let them fool you into thinking they’re doing you any favors, or that they’re our last chance so we should be paying attention to what they’re doing/saying. fuck them!!!! you can’t queerbait me because I don’t trust you or give you the chance to do it. and you can shove your very straight, very white shows where the sun doesn’t shine, @ hollywood.

7. Is there a language you would love to speak?

french and korean, mostly. I can understand a little bit of both, but I really wish I was fluent :( oh, will to live and learn, where art thou...

8. Do you have, like, a dream so wild you think it’s impossible?

kjgnsfdkjhjjs having enough money to support myself and my mother??? I don’t have any big, wild dreams, I think. just.......... living comfortably would be a+

9. How many AUs of your own life do you have in your head?

oh man. I keep thinking about living somewhere in idk iceland or scotland just like... tending goats or something. that’s the most comfortable version of myself I can think of.

I also like to imagine if I could handle being a film director, because that sounds like fun. maybe a screenwriter? anything creative in films, really.

there’s also the unattainable dream of having a wife and idk maybe adopting a kid? and we’d just. support each other. and love each other. and that’s just. I. [cries]

I like to think how things would be if I were actually hot and not socially awkward.. I’d be someone completely different, basically lol

10. If you were to meet your younger self, do you think they would think you cool or not?

oh god, younger me would hate present me D: I had such high hopes for myself, I had lots of dreams lol never in a million years did I think I’d be where I am today...

11. Not a question, but please add something postive about yourself, something that you love about you.

IDJFSSIODUGSDFKGDSJ IT’S LIKE YOU KNEW I’D BE A NEGATIVE FUCK, NINI. I................................ I like that I have an easy time with languages? or with classes in general. I like to learn from people, I’m just really unmotivated to leave the house lol

now onto gray’s q’s:

1. What’s your favourite music video of all time?

straight-up impossible questions right out of the gate huh I SEE YOU, GRAY. I SEE YOU kjdfgjfsdhgkdsjfs

I’ll have to go with a few,

“prototype” by viktoria modesta is just GORGEOUS. I can’t get over this video & song and it’s been years.

youtube

“jackpot” by block b looks creepy as shit but the context makes it such a clever yet fun video. take into account that these guys were screwed over by the kpop company that created the group, and that the lyrics talk about hitting jackpot in an industry that’s savage to say the least. to me this video is a visual representation of what a dangerous trap entertainment companies are in the kpop industry, and it also ties in with the groups’ story of being made into dolls by a company and then telling them to fuck off in the end lol

youtube

“treat me like your mother” by the dead weather. I don’t know why I just love it. (cw: gun violence)

youtube

“emperor’s new clothes” by panic! at the disco. I MEAN, LOOK AT IT.

youtube

“manyo maash” by puer kim. I just love the aesthetic?

youtube

honorable mention: “tick tick boom” by the hives because that’s a banger. ba dum tssss.

2. What’s a favourite memory of yours?

I have plenty of good memories, thank god. I think one of my favorites is just hanging out with my friends in 2008-9; one of their older brothers was driving us around town, we were listening to the white stripes at full volume, singing along, all sitting pressed up close together in his shitty car. man, my teenage years would’ve been fantastic if I had stayed there with them!!

3. Do you play video games? If so, which one’s your favourite?

I DO!!! I mean, not as much as I’d like because a) no money to spare on games/consoles, and b) I suck at basically everything. but I’m obsessed with paladins these days, and I’m also a big fan of LOTRO. I like horror games--mostly the resident evil and silent hill type--and fps. I grew up playing some tomb raider, medal of honor, resident evil... oh, those were the days.

4. How did you first get into [your fandom of choice]?

with bfu it was that kind of thing where I’d see a meme or two cross my dash and it was always this ridiculous screenshot, or those “that’s it, that’s the show” kinda things with dozens of thousands of notes... until one day I was incredibly anxious, and I needed to watch something or I’d never finish the assignments I had for college. so I just thought “oh hey I should check out that unsolved thing people like so much, it’s buzzfeed so it’s probably good bg noise to work with” lol and it did work, and I did finish my assignments, and that means that I first watched the show barely paying any attention to it because I was busy doing something else. but ryan’s and shane’s voices helped me relax and to this day they still help a lot with my anxiety, to the point that I need to keep coming back every minute or so during episodes because I get distracted just listening to their voices and not absorbing a word lol

5. How did you first get into fandom in general?

uhh.. well, I was a big “pottermaniac” (that’s how I called it) since I was 9, but that was before I realized fandom was a Thing on the internet too. I remember when I was maybe 10 or 11, I entered a chatroom (god, those were wild) just in time to see someone saying in all caps HARRY POTTER IS GREAT AND YOU’RE ALL DUMB FOR NOT SEEING IT or something fkdsjgfdugfsdk and it was this girl using the nickname fawkes. she was older than me, I think that 15 or something, and we exchanged addresses (!!! how am I alive!!!) and were pen pals for a while. but it took me so fucking long to actually find the fandom online that I think my first brush with it was with the arctic monkeys forum I found online in 2008, where I mistakenly said I liked “the muse” and people laughed at me so I never went back to it lol then in 2010 I found out about kpop and that’s when I really dived head-first into fandom life. took me long enough (tbf I was very against the notion of being a “fan” because I was an idiot).

6. What’s at the top of your bucket list?

great fucking question. no idea. I guess.. traveling overseas? if we’re talking wild, distant things. but closer to my reality, getting a job that pays me at least the minimum wage disjgdfgkfsdk #fuckinternships

7. What’s something not many people know about you?

I love dancing and miss it like hell.

8. What’s your favourite medium for storytelling - movie, book, television, musical, comic, internet video, video game, something else? Why that medium?

ohhhhhhh this is an interesting question. as much as I love writing, and think that’s one of the best things we humans have ever come up with, I do love.. musicals? not necessarily theater--although that’s great and I’d sell my soul to see chicago live--but I love the idea of telling stories through music. I really wish we could bring back the custom of telling stories orally, and through music, and that we could as society agree that collective singing is beautiful and should be reintroduced in our day-to-day lives. sure listening to (1) artist singing is great but hAVE YOU TRIED SINGING ALONG DURING A CONCERT WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS SINGING TOO? best fucking feeling in the world.

we had two bands in brazil, in different periods of time, that were so incredibly famous they’re still cornerstones in our music history. one was legião urbana, some folk-ey rock band that had a couple of songs telling these really long stories that I LOVE with all my heart. faroeste caboclo is our bohemian rhapsody, most people my age or older know the lyrics to it. and mamonas assassinas was this comical (?) rock band that sang dumb, fun songs that usually told stories too and that was the best. I miss that kinda thing.

9. What’s your favourite food?

red meat, mainly churrasco. but I also can’t live without chocolate milk AND the whopper. capitalism has me by the stomach.

10. Do you have a joke to share?

fjgfsdgskfdgfsk I don’t.. it’s been so long since I last tried telling a joke, I don’t think I know any?

11. What song/artist helped you through your struggles?

pitty has been a big part of my life for some 14-odd years now. “be ok” by ingrid michaelson and “starlight” by muse were my anthems when depression hit hard during my teenage years. the white stripes has also been a constant, with gems like “blue orchid” and “a martyr for my love for you” turning into sort of theme songs for certain parts of my life. choi sam helped me through college. and even though they were a huge disappointment to the point that I stopped listening to them altogether, block b gave me a good 4 or 5 years of distraction from life.

#not bfu #long post #txt #i hope to god the read more works #bc this is long as shitfuck

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surveysandthings · 2 years

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who will you be with saturday night? Well it’ll be Christmas so I’ll be with my husband and our pup!

what woke you up this morning? Beebs woke me up before he left for work and then I went back to sleep until 9:30 when he called on his first break.

if you took a drug test would you pass it? Yup. The only drug I’ve ever done was well over a year ago and it was terrible.

is tomorrow going to be a good night? It’s Christmas Eve so I really hope so!

did you kiss or hug anyone today? Yup! My husband before he left.

who was the last person you rode in a car with? Again, my husband.

how many myspace accounts do you have? I had one about 13 years ago.

what was your first thought this morning? Phone is ringing...must answer...agh.

do or did you like school? It had its okay moments! My friends made it bearable.

where would you like to live? I wanna find the perfect middle ground where we get all four seasons but the winters aren’t horrific, a small enough town that there isn’t a ton of traffic and overcrowding but big enough to still have some stuff to do and is within driving distance of bigger places we’d wanna visit, and has beautiful, old homes. Is that too much to ask? We’ll see.

do long distance relationships work? They definitely can but not everyone is cut out for them.

what do you want to be when you grow up? Happy.

where do you see yourself in 5 years? I dunno man. I don’t usually make those types of plans because you’ll literally never know what the next year has in store for you, let alone 5 years from now. I’m just along for the ride.

who do you wish you were with right now? My husbandddd. One hour until Christmas vacay!

if you had one whole day to yourself, what would you do? Sleep in, clean the house, light a candle, watch TV, make good food, maybe do some baking, journal, sew...whatever I felt like, really.

is anything bothering you? Ooooh yes.

do you miss someone? I miss my siblings dearly. I haven’t seen them in almost 2 1/2 years because of this stupid pandemic.

what do you want to do right now? I should really get up and go do a tidy before Beebs gets home.

are you listening to music right now? Yup, Hozier!

are you in a good mood? A decent one, yeah!

what are you doing this weekend? It’s Christmas! So we’re gonna be bunking down and drinking lots of hot chocolate, watching movies in bed, Beebs just got a new Switch that I let him open early so he’ll be doing lots of that, I still have some baking left to do, along with dog treats, and then presentssss!

are you talking to anyone while doing this? Nope, it’s just me.

when were you the saddest in your life? Sadly I’ve had quite a few of those and I don’t really feel like thinking about them right now or I’ll ruin my own day.

do you own more than one cell phone? I mean, I have one of my old Blackberries but it doesn’t even turn on anymore so it’s barely a phone. I just keep it for the nostalgia.

do you use ebay to buy or sell? I buy stuff of eBay all the time! I feel like most people nowadays go to Poshmark and Mercari to buy secondhand/vintage stuff and they neglect eBay because it’s outdated so there are way more options for a much better price than you can find elsewhere.

have you ever had a song written about you? Uhhh, mot that I’m aware of.

have you ever sang in public? I mean like...when I was a kid at church with other people? But never when I was the only one singing. I would rather die.

what do you like to listen to before you go to bed? I always turn on Unsolved on YouTube. Now every time I hear Shane or Ryan’s voice, I just pass the fuck out, even if I’m wide awake and watching it with Beebs. I successfully pavloved myself.

what does your ipod have in it right now? A shitttt ton of music. I still have my old iPod classic that I bought with my babysitting money when I was like 16 years old and I have absolutely thousands of songs on there, it’s ridiculous.

have you ever loved someone and were too scared to tell them? When I was a teenager but it also wasn’t really love, so.

next concert? Who the fuck knows with the way shit is going rn.

#survey

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buzzfeedwheeze · 7 years

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The New Teacher - Shyan fanfic

This is not complete, and I just wrote it, so there might be mistakes and ugh I hope it’s not that bad.

Shane parked the car in front of the school and to his horror there were already a bunch of teens leaving the building. Fuck. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and checked the time. He was late. Of all days to be late it had to be on the first day after he won the shared custody. He had fought so hard during two years of trials to keep his boy and now he felt like at any time Sara would appear out of thin air and take Andrew away again. His mind began to swirl with flashbacks of Sara telling him he wouldn’t be able to take care of their son since he didn’t even know how to take care of himself. Shane started to feel the familiar sensation of a hand clutching his heart as it began to race and the numbness beginning to spread. Before his sense of reality was affected, Shane jumped out of the car and slammed the door as if trying to keep the negative thoughts locked inside the car as he searched for his boy. It wasn’t the time for an anxiety attack.

Navigating through the sea of loud teenagers wasn’t a problem with his long legs, but looking for his son in the midst of them was next to impossible so he tried instead to look for Andrew’s friend, a tall boy named Steven. His heart kept a rapid pace and there was a slight tremor on his hands but when he spotted Steven’s unmistaken silver hair he sighed in relief.

As Shane was approaching them he noticed that Steven, who was apparently having an enthusiastic conversation with a boy he vaguely remembered was called Andy or Adam, had his arms wrapped around his son’s waist. Shane smirked, he was totally going to rub it on Sara’s face. Who’s the good parent now? He always felt like maybe they were more than just good friends. Andrew was always a quiet kid, but when Steven was around, it was like his son was a completely different person. Watching his boy resting his head on the chest of the tall boy and chuckling at whatever non sense they were discussing, warmed his heart.

Steven was the first one to see him.

“Hi, Mr. Madej!” he shouted and waved his hand like a maniac. Andrew on the other hand was frozen, he looked from Shane to Steven’s arms wrapped around his waist. He began to move but Shane just smiled and gave him a thumbs up. Andrew clearly relaxed at that and mouthed a thank you to his father before melting again in Steven’s arms.

“Hey, Steven, kiddo” Andrew rolled his eyes at the stupid nickname but he jumped into the open arms of his father. Shane hugged him tight, afraid that he would disappear. “I missed you a lot son.” his voice was strained and he tried to control the urge to cry.

“Me too, dad.” Andrew let go of him slowly. He then looked at the ground, pink coloring his cheeks, and asked “Do you think it would be okay to invite Steven to have dinner with us tomorrow?”

“Well, I don’t see why that would be a problem.” Andrew gave him one of those rare million-watt smile. “But we’ll have to talk about you two. I don’t want to pressure you but as a father I need to know certain things.”he whispered so that no one would hear them. Well, this is awkward.

“Why are you two blushing?” Steven asked, an eyebrow raised as he searched their faces for answers.

“Oh, for fuck sake! Not now, Steven!” Andrew barked at the other boy.

“Whatever you say honey.” he just shrugged and turned to Adam. “So as I was saying, Mr. Bergara is so cool! He’s the new physics teacher, but he’s really young and he did an alien’s facts pop quiz on our class. Can you believe that?”

Shane was about to ask if Andrew was ready to go when he heard the words ‘alien’, ‘teacher’ and ‘class’ on the same sentence. He shook his head, there was no way he heard it right. “Steven, my boy, care to repeat what you just said?”

Steven Lim, a genuine sweetheart, smiling like his words carried no real danger said “You see, Mr. Madej, our new teacher is super cool. Today, he was wearing a shirt of an old tv series about aliens and all that stuff, and a this girl, Jen, asked him if he believed in extraterrestrial beings… Things escalated quickly and the whole class was about aliens and theories.”

“We even had a great debate between skeptics and believers, dad.” Andrew’s voice dripping with sarcasm. “Don’t worry, I know it’s all bullshit.”

“That’s my kid” he laughed. “Bergara, right? Wait here, I’m going to have a talk with this new teacher.” As he turned his back to the boys he could practically hear Andrew’s eyes rolling and Steven’s barely contained laugh.

Shane couldn’t believe that a teacher decided that it was proper to start babbling about lizard people and crazy people abduction’s stories at a fucking school. This guy was shaping the bright minds of the future and instead of showing the kids how amazing science can be, he was teaching them how to become professional ghosthunters for fuck sake. Not that he hated people who believed in aliens and ghosts or that he considered them to be stupid or crazy, but the school was not the place to discuss that horseshit.

He was wandering through the empty corridors of the school mumbling how he was going to show that new professor what’s real science when he heard a voice calling from behind. Shane turned quickly and almost fell when he noticed the cute asian guy standing by the lockers and staring at him like he grew a second head.

“Hm… Hi.” the man’s voice was unsure. “Can I help you in any way, sir?” Shane’s mind was blank. Hell yeah, you can go on a date with me Mr. Big Arms. Shane shook his head trying to make the inappropriate thoughts go away. “So, I can’t help you?”

Fuck

“No” Shane began to approach him and he had to hold his breath because that man was fucking beautiful. And also pretty small. “Sorry, I’m Shane Madej.”

The man chuckled and extended his hand which Shane quickly accepted. “I’m Ryan Bergara. I think your kid is my student.”

Kill Bill’s sirens began to sound on Shane’s head and he quickly retracted his hand causing the other man to arch en eyebrow. “You are the alien believer!”

Ryan was now more defensive as he pointed to his X-files tee. “Well, yeah. They are real!” he wheeze, and if that wasn’t adorable then Shane didn’t know what adorable meant.

“No fucking way! You’re not teaching my kid all this alien crap. There might be aliens, but they’re just like a bacteria or something like that. Aren’t you supposed to be teaching formulas and stuff?”

“That’s such a boring view about extraterrestrial creatures ” Ryan snorted. “Next, you’re going to tell me you don’t believe in ghost, Mr. Madej.”

“Oh no! I thought I was just exaggerating things in my head, but you are insane!” he laughed. “You’re teaching the kids about ghouls on the next class? Will you make a seminar on bigfoot?”

“If I decide to do a seminar on the sasquatch I might as well invite you, since you are fine specimen of bigfoot.” he said between little giggles. “As much as I’d like to keep this discussion I have to go now. I have to correct the answers of the alien quiz I did today.” with that he turned around and strode off.

Shane would be lying if he said wasn’t mesmerized by the swing of the other man’s hips. And those tight jeans were the definition of sin on his dictionary. Shane sighed. “I’m fucked.”

He quickly left the school building and found Andrew alone waiting by the car while texting someone on his phone. Andrew looked up with curiosity as he noticed how perturbed his father was. Without saying a word they entered in the car. Only after a couple of minutes in an awkward silence, Andrew decided to speak.

“How was your talk with Mr. Bergara? Did you give him hell?”

“His a tiny prick. That’s what he is. A tiny and very cute prick who has no clue about the impact of his actions. Heads up kiddo, next class will be about ghouls and demons.” he rolled his eyes. “I need you to give him a taste of what hell is like. Show him no mercy, ask questions, bring videos of his ‘proof’ being debunked. I trust you to follow your Madej instincts.”

“So, you already got a crush on my new teacher?”

“What? No.” Shane’s mind was singing ‘don’t be suspicious’ on a loop. “Where did you get this idea?” his hands were all sweaty but his grip on the steering wheel was like iron.

“You confessed that you think he’s cute.” Andrew was smirking. “I’m just exposing the facts, I’m a Madej.”

“I taught you so well, you little shit.” Shane was laughing “But I’m not talking about that with you.”

“Why?”

“Because there’s nothing to talk about in the first place. Your new teacher is cute” and a tease, and sexy and full of shit. “That’s all. However, if you are so keen on talking about relationships, how about you tell me about you and Steven?”

“Ugh, dad!” Andrew put on his headphones and Shane just laughed. It was good to have his kid back.

#fanfic #shyan fanfic #mine #buzzfeed unsolved #buzzfeed worth it #shane madej #ryan bergara #andrew ilnyckyj #or madej?#steven lim

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