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@babyblueetbaemonster    here is my fanart tribute scenario to your lovable, adorable Dragonborns who have brought me much joy and so many laughs! I love your mind and the shenanigans you always cook up for them! 💖🤗
Bonus scene below!
Epilogue
Jokir and Naythaa are winding down in a tavern after a long day of showing their new friend around, who has already fallen asleep in a chair in the corner. Despite a nearby bard's close proximity, Miraak slumbers peacefully through the noise, a fact that doesn't escape the other Dragonborns' notice.
"Hah! Snoring away like a baby," Jokir chuckles softly. "Must be pretty tired if he can sleep through all that."
"I'm glad he feels safe enough to do so," Naythaa points out, the dunmer spellsword's features softening into a smile. "But after all that time in Apocrypha, it must be nice to be back among things like music, and singing and laughter. Maybe he's a little out of practice, but it's good to see him enjoying himself."
Jokir nods in agreement. "He's so out-of-touch with this world, after not being a part of it for so long... What we need is a 'Modern Nord Crash Course'," Jokir laughs. "I kind of feel like we have a responsibility to do right by him... but sometimes, when he asks about things that I don't know the answer to, I worry I'm letting him down," the Nord warrior frowns, folding his arms.
Naythaa ponders for a moment before her eyes light up. "Hey! Let's take him home to Farkas! Between him and the other Companions, Miraak will be caught up in no time!"
Jokir beams happily. "I love that idea! Farkas is great with kids, and patient with newbies! And you know what they say, it takes a village to raise a child. With all of us guiding him, he'll fit right in!"
With that decided, the two Dragonborn gently wake their companion and head upstairs to the room they've rented for the night. There is only one bed, but it goes unused, as Miraak promptly curls up like a cat upon the fur rug, Jokir and Naythaa doing the same, and everyone enjoys a peaceful, Mora-free sleep.
Sweet Dreams, Dragonborns!
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demonsandbullets · 11 months
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i’m done talking to straight dudes i’m OVER IT!
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dilemmaontwolegs · 6 months
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Not A Verstappen: A New World {6}
Pairing: Charles Leclerc x fem!driver!reader x Lando Norris Summary: Last race before summer break begins. Warnings: 18+ only, nsfw, team friction, bad language, fluff WC: 2k F1 Masterlist NAV: Sibling Rivalry One || Two || Three NAV: Gridlocked One || Two || Three || Four || Five || Six || Seven || Eight || Nine NAV: A New World One || Two || Three || Four || Five || Six || Seven
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Belgium Grand Prix Doctor Turner didn’t know where to look. She had started off looking at you but once Charles started to speak her attention was turned and then Lando chimed in too. Her poor neck was straining with flitting back and forth between the three of you sitting across from her desk.
“I think it is the stress,” Lando said as he squeezed your hand.
“I think it is the medication,” Charles countered, a familiar argument brewing. “Things started to change after she started taking it.”
Dr Turner hummed as she made her notes and prompted him for more as he fell silent. “Changes such as?”
You zoned out of the conversation. The whole appointment was a result of the family meeting they had called and the information was nothing new to you. You were moody, you were tired, you were hungry. Charles had been the one to suggest it was the hormones from the contraception. He had even gone so far as to unfold the very, very large sheet of side effect information hidden in the box. 
“-and her weight.”
“Thanks, Charles. Love you too,” you muttered.
“Not like that, chérie,” he said as he turned to face you, cupping your cheek gently. “You are beautiful and I love your body, but you are training a lot harder with Kristian to maintain your race weight and you didn’t have to do that before.”
That much was true. The team had even stopped putting sandbags in the car for testing since the car was no longer underweight. You had thought your fireproofs had shrunk in the wash when you pulled them on in Hungary last weekend and the sleeves had cut into your wrists. There’s skintight and then there’s skintight.
​​”Those were all possibilities we discussed at the time,” Dr Turner said with a nod. “They are quite common with hormonal contraceptives so you likely wouldn’t find any change with the alternative options like the injection or the rods.”
“See, told you this was pointless. I just have to deal with it.”
“Or you could stop taking them,” Lando suggested. 
“Given the choice…you want to go back to condoms?”
“As much as we enjoy the benefits, it’s not worth it if this is the cost,” Charles answered for the both of them. “Just stop taking the pills for a while and see how you feel.”
You sighed with defeat but you accepted the plan with a nod. “At least I’m stressed enough that there’ll still be no periods. Yay for me.”
Lando snorted a laugh at your sarcasm but Charles didn’t find the humour as he shook his head and thanked Dr Turner for fitting us into her busy schedule. It wasn’t as busy as yours since you needed to get to Côte d'Azur Airport to catch a ride with Max to Belgium, you and half the grid apparently.
“Well that was a waste of time, and now we need to go shopping for condoms,” you muttered as you left her office and got in your car. “Do you think Costco sells them in bulk boxes?”
“I am not buying cheap Kirkland branded condoms,” Lando said with a cringe. “Fuck that.”
“You also said you would never do dry July but here we are,” you pointed out.
“Except for that one night after Silverstone,” Charles added as he started the car.
“Doesn’t matter, I’m not risking anything less than Durex. I’d rather trust myself to pull out.”
You looked at Charles in the rearview mirror before you both broke out in a fit of laughter as you shook your heads at the idea. 
Lando was offended.
“Hey,” he called as he turned in his seat to look at you. “I could pull out if I wanted to.”
“You’re lucky you’re handsome, because you can’t lie to save your life.”
“We both know how it is when you hit that sweet spot, mon cher,” Charles said as he reached across the gearbox and rested his hand on Lando’s thigh. “It’s too good to resist staying buried in her.”
“I said I could if I wanted to, not that I would or want to.”
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By the time you arrived at the airport, and hustled your way through security, you found Max, Daniel and Pierre already seated on the plane and pointed to other empty seats. “Are you expecting the rest of the grid or what?”
“At the rate you're collecting them, maybe,” Max joked. 
You laughed and dropped into the seat opposite your brother, kicking your feet up on his armrest. “You can’t say shit like that in front of Pierre, he gets far too excited. He might even wet your carpet.”
Pierre looked up from his phone and you could tell from the smile on his face that he had been busy texting Kika before he realised what you had said and his lips pouted. “You make me sound like a puppy.”
“Nawww, I wish you had that level of obedience, Gasly.” Your feet were roughly shoved off the seat and you narrowed your eyes at the culprit as the plane began to taxi to the runway. 
“Safety first, zusje, haven’t you read the pamphlet?”
“Why would I do that?” you scoffed as you buckled the belt in. Charles was doing the same where he sat across from Pierre and Lando was next to Daniel. “If something happens at 36,000 feet, bracing isn’t going to save me. Now, are there any stroopwafels on board this thing or do I have to wait another two hours? I'm starving.”
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“The last two races have seen a big drop in performance for both you and Lance, and only a few points added to the tally, and now - failing to finish the sprint with that crash. Is this something the team is looking into?”
You wanted to ask if the Sky Sports reporter had a brain cell but took a steadying breath instead and nodded. “Mhmm.”
“So what is Aston Martin doing to get back up where you were competing earlier in the season and what are your hopes for the race tomorrow starting 9th on the grid?”
“We are doing what is always done: look at the data, continue the upgrades, and keep pushing. Same goes for the race, I’ll try my hardest to make up some places and avoid the gravel. I’m usually good at getting off the start line, the car is great for short acceleration so if I see a gap I’ll be going for it. Plus, you know how turn one goes - that might make my job easier if the boys up ahead get greedy.”
“Speaking of boys, this time last year you were heading into the summer break looking for love. What’s the plan this year?”
“I don’t know, maybe I’ll take Max’s advice and adopt a couple of cats this time.” You laughed as Lando and Charles turned to you from their spots in the media pen. “Is that a yes…no…maybe? Oh, that’s their ‘we will talk about this later’ face. I’m going to go now before I get into trouble.”
The smile you had been holding onto fell away as you stepped into the Aston Martin hospitality building and you grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge before you navigated your way to your room. You almost made it there with no interactions, until your fellow driver caught up and clipped your shoulder as he passed by to his room.
Still annoyed at the reporter, you dropped your hand from the doorknob and turned to him. “What’s your problem?”
“You almost had points and you threw them away. That’s what.”
“I spun out, Lance,” you sighed, already exhausted with where the conversation was heading. “It’s wet and it’s Spa, it's easy to have an accident. It’s not like I saw you up there earning any of them.”
“It’s not my seat that’s on the line though,” he stated. 
“Is that a threat?”
“No, it’s just the truth.” His lips curved into the pretentious smile you hadn’t noticed when you joined the team, but it had become irksome to see grow over time. “My seat is secure.”
“If that were true you wouldn’t be wasting your time hassling me over whatever issue you’ve made up in your head.” You enjoyed watching that smile fade. 
“I don’t have an issue with you.”
“Then you feel threatened by me,” you said with a casual shrug. “It’s basic biology, animals attack when they feel in danger.”
“You should do something about that big ego of yours.”
“It’s big like my dick,” you said as you turned the door handle and shoved it open, “so choke on it.”
“Bitch.”
You gasped theatrically as you paused in the doorway. “Lance Strulovitch, do you kiss your mother with that mouth?”
“Did I offend you?” 
Your laugh started as a tickle in your throat before your lips peeled back and bared your teeth at him. “Sticks and stones, baby, I kind of like it.”
Realising he wasn't going to get the reaction he wanted from you, he shook his head and stepped away. “You’re all kinds of messed up.”
“Thanks for the assessment, Freud.” You slammed the door shut before he could give a response and screamed as you threw your bottle at the body that suddenly appeared. “Jesus, fuck.”
“Nope, just me,” Max chuckled as he rose from the chair that had been hidden by the door. “Nice to see you get along with your team mate too.”
“Oh that, that was just a friendly sparring match. Nothing to worry about.”
“I did warn you, zusje.”
“Yeah, yeah, you love to say I told you so,” you drawled as you grabbed your drink bottle from the floor and cracked it open. “Anyway, what are you doing, hiding in here acting like the godfather?”
“Our mothers have been conspiring again,” he said with a fond smile. “Family dinner tomorrow night after the race.”
“Won’t you have a winner’s after party planned?”
“I don’t think my liver could handle another one so soon.”
“Serves you right,” you snickered as he opened the door. “Wait, can Pascale, Adam and Cisca come too?”
“I said family dinner, didn’t I? They’re pretty much your in-laws.” He pointed to your table and you followed his finger to see a box overflowing with stroopwafels. “Is that enough or should I get some more for the flight home?”
You grinned as you grabbed one and tore through the packaging, talking with a mouthful. “I thought I was walking?”
“With those manners, you should be.” He started to close the door but changed his mind and stepped back in to pull you into a hug. “I’m glad you didn’t hit the barriers, zusje. Drive safe tomorrow.”
You nodded against his shoulder as you hugged him back.
It was only two days earlier that you ran the track with Pierre in memory of his friend, Anthione, and only five weeks before that another driver had lost his life on the track too. You hadn’t been thinking about that when you spun out, it wasn’t like it was anything close to what Lando did two years ago. 
But your brother would always worry about you.
“You too, Maxy.”
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Fifth was the best you could do in the end but for once you weren’t weighed down by the result.
You sat beside Max, sipping from a glass of lemonade that should have been a gin and tonic, and smiled at the story he animatedly recalled from the race. On your other side was Charles, his dimples deepening as Max praised him for the perfect overtake he had made on Lewis to clench third place. Beside him, Lando was grinning proudly and draped his arm over Charles’ shoulder, his fingertips teasing your collarbone.
Your parents lined the other side of the table and you scanned their faces while they were engrossed with the story, not as accustomed to Maxsplaining as you and the other drivers were. No one would have ever thought that the parents of a Red Bull, a McLaren, a Ferrari and an Aston Martin driver would all come together and support them all equally. But there they were. One big happy family.
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When Eddie finally gets into drinking hot teas, Steve loses his goddamn mind. Goes to the store, buys every flavor he can find. Makes a little tea buffet with samples galore on his kitchen island. Even puts little labels out so Eddie knows the name of each one he tries.
Eddie drinks every tiny cup (pretends he’s a fucking giant while doing it) that Steve sets out for him. Goes down the line just sipping and humming in thought/delight. Steve excitedly watches from the adjacent countertop the whole time.
Once Eddie is done, Steve approaches him, hugging Eddie from behind and asking, “Do you have a favorite?”
And Eddie, being a indecisive pain in the ass just says, “All of them. All of them are my favorite, babe. What are you gonna do about that?”
Steve is so unfazed by Eddie’s little challenges by now. Just gets a Costco membership, spends the next day buying tea in bulk.
Eddie comes home to towers of cardboard boxes, some are nearly touching the ceiling. Steve has sectioned off the kitchen with a red ribbon tied to each side of the doorframe.
He limbos under the ribbon, holding an oversized pair of scissors.
“Uh? Babe?” Eddie asks gently. Cause ya know… Steve is holding scissors and looking diabolical. “What’s all this?”
“You couldn’t pick a favorite so I bought every flavor available.” Steve says it easily, like this isn’t batshit wild.
“Okay…”
Steve hands Eddie the scissors. “I call it Eddie’s Ci-Tea…. Get it? Like city but... with tea?”
Damnit, it’s so adorable when Steve makes up shitty puns. Eddie has to cover his smushy face in kisses now (carefully though, cause goddamn motherfucking scissors ugh).
“You’re way too loveable, Steve Harrington.” Eddie gushes, cutting the ribbon. Mayor of their weird little relationship.
Steve kisses Eddie’s cheek and he smells like a fucking spice factory from hauling tea around all day. So fucking yummy, Eddie wants to stir him up with one of those ridiculous little spoons. Make a piping-hot cup of Steve Tea that only he gets to drink up.
And as Eddie examines all the boxes, reading over all the different varieties, he remembers this is still a challenge. A game that he started. And he can’t let Steve just win because he’s rich and pretty, right? That would be too easy.
Eddie goes out of his way to make unnecessary shit difficult cause it’s his evil little side hustle. Some people have hobbies, Eddie Munson has schemes.
So he turns around, facing Steve (who is blissfully happy still), and plants a big kiss on his stupidly pink lips.
“It’s great and all, Stevie, but…”
Steve frowns. “But?”
Eddie pouts, but still gives a devilish wink when he says it:
“You forgot the honey.”
Steve kicks one of the towers, makes it look like the cardboard-version of that famous building in Italy. He grabs his keys and his Costco membership card, and storms out the front door.
Eddie is still laughing as he hears Steve swearing in the driveway. He begins boiling a kettle of water to make some Oolong tea while thinking:
‘I’m gonna marry my snobby pretty boyfriend, and we’re gonna serve all this goddamn tea at our wedding reception.’
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drieddpetals · 19 days
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modern things the crows would love
(based of the reference of them being in the victorian era)
(also, i've seen a couple people do this so full credit to them for inspiring this)
kaz:
* (secretly) card shuffling asmr/those asmr videos where they teach you card games, even tho he knows how to play them already
* (when he was a kid) those diaries where you have to have a code to get in with a speaker to record messages in
* ^^ also diaries with locks on them
* combination locks
* hard swing jazz
* mean girls (movie & musical)
* "dark acadamia" literature
* making sure everyone in a fifteen mile radius of him knows that frankenstein was the DOCTOR and the monster was frankenstein's MONSTER
* making up conlangs/ciphers for fun
* ^^ getting the crows to memorize them so they can communicate secretly
* gloves with pads on the fingers that let you use screens
inej:
* tumblr aesthetic moodboards
* taking hyperspecific uquiz personality quizzes
* crystal jewelry
* competitive gymnastics & tumbling
* claw clips & french pins
* colored eyeliner & mascara
* midi skirts
* making boards on pinterest—sharing those boards with jesper & wylan
* ^^ having massive joint pinterest boards with all the crows
* leg warmers
* ballet & "ballet aesthetic"
* any movie with natalie portman
* birkenstocks but specifically the ones with a holder for your big toe (idk if this makes sense)
* phantom of the opera
* oil diffusers
* american girl dolls
jesper:
* laser tag
* rollerskating & roller derby
* plato's closet
* tourist jewelry
* volleyball
* colored & funky shaped sunglasses
* just dance 2
* bruno mars
* fall out boy
* cargo shorts
* hamilton
* finding obscure fashion inspo on pinterest
* showing everyone how he can run barefoot on gravel
* gyaru fashion
* sour candy
* mt. dew
* saying, "i'm just joshing you" ironically
* sneezing extremely loud on purpose when it's dead silent
wylan:
* papa louie arcade games
* laufey
* asmr
* flute beatboxing
* green and brown colored converse
* tumblr aesthetic moodboards
* magnetic puzzle tiles
* percy jackson
* moisturizer with sunscreen in it
* the great comet of 1812
* dr. pepper
* accidentally dropping really traumatizing memories bc he genuinely thinks they're just funny stories from his childhood
* watercolor pencils
* shazam & the google "hum a tune" feature
nina:
* forever 21
* lush
* those mommy baking blogs that post their whole life stories before the recipe
* french tip manicures but in any other color but white
* ^^ also charms on nails
* gel manicures
* megan thee stallion
* lip gloss
* juicy couture
* the met gala
* amy winehouse
* duolingo/memrise/babbel
* panara bread
matthias:
* ^^ also, those mommy baking blogs that post their whole life stories before the recipe
* volunteering at animal shelters
* carhaart & patagonia
* those massage chairs at malls
* apple watches
* buying those massive bottles of ibuprofen at costco
* ^^ buying bulk protein powder from costco
* ^^^ generally he just likes costco & buying things in bulk
* colored fairy lights (HATES LED light strips)
* those big tubs of aquaphor
* vera bradley blankets
* gallon water bottles with the motivational time checkpoints
* at home gyms
* the classic white boy flannel over hoodie combo
* jacuzzis
* massage guns
* steel toe boots
* yawning and sneezing like a dad
* hair and beard oil
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no-see-um-incorrect · 6 months
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How I think the Yuurivoice boys and their listeners would be grocery shopping 
A little backstory I grew up, broke as fuck (still am) and my mom taught me how to get the most groceries to feed the most people with what you have. So let’s see how the Yuurivoice boys are when it comes to grocery shopping 
Auron/Rook
Man is literally rich 
he doesn’t budget. He just goes to the grocery store (let’s face it it’s probably Whole Foods) gets what he wants and leaves. If Rook lives with him it’s not that different they just get more stuff.  but he’s very particular on things that he buys. 
Not the price on anything like that no  he will sit there, staring at two packages of essentially the same butter  for like 15 minutes. And when rook asks what he’s doing.  he gives the excuse of.
“well, if it’s going to take up room in my fridge need to make sure it’s worth the space” 
My man, it is the same butter in a different packaging. 2/10
Lucien/angel 
Lucien is like a child in the grocery store. He wants to touch everything he wants to look at everything he wants to get everything.
And unless it’s with like serious stuff Lucien doesn’t really know how to take no for an answer so somethings he actually succeeds in convincing Angel to get him when he wants.
angel has the problem of going to the grocery store when hungry. Causing them to buy a lot of extra snack things (that Lucien will just end up eating in one sitting anyway)
Lucien obviously gets a lot of looks when he goes grocery shopping by himself because 
I mean, he’s a big red demon with horns and a tail  it’s kind of hard not to stare. But the people at the local grocery store that they frequent kind of just accepted that that’s how he looks and he’s actually quite friendly with them. 5/10
Charlie/Casper 
(I am totally not biased because I kin Charlie  and because he’s my favorite I don’t know why you’d think that)
Charlie by himself is absolute Ass at shopping 
But when he goes with Casper, they’re the best duo for shopping. It’s like a game. One day out of the last week of the month when they both have the day off is when they go grocery shopping. 
Step one: wake up early in the morning, clear out all of the cabinets and the refrigerator of expired or uneaten food
Step two: use the rest of the afternoon to carve out a budget and a shopping list as well as a “reward budget”
(the reward budget is used to reward them if they go under budget and get all the groceries under the time limit that they set themselves)
Step three: night time.  one hour and 20 minutes before the store closes. Charlie sits in the cart with the grocery shopping list as well as a chart with the number of isles, and what is in each aisle. They have one hour to complete their grocery shopping.  if they complete it under the hour, they can use the rest of the remaining time and the reward fund.  check out the last 20 minutes. 
Absolute best at grocery shopping 10/10
Seth/scout 
These two both are a little dumb when it comes to grocery shopping. But they get the job done 
They eat a lot of the same things so they’ll get all of the ingredients they need or mixes they need in bulk  like
Bulk pancake mix, a pack of three jugs of milk(thank you Costco), a pack of salad mixes.
Unless Seth has a big meal planned or they’re going camping or they’re having guests over they mostly just get prepackaged things that are easy to whip up. overall pretty good at staying on budget and sticking to the list  7/10
Alphonse/boo 
Alphonse usually does the grocery shopping but when they go together  they do OK  decent is the word I would use to describe it. You see alphonse also has the problem of going to the grocery store hungry and boo Has to be the voice of reason. 
Sometimes Alphonse likes to forget that he has a candy shop so boo will look away for one minute and then he’s just gone. Boo will eventually find him in the candy aisle, comparing prices of taffy only to be reminded that he owns a candy shop.
Boo is not that much better…… they go in the baking aisle, and they will marvel over the new sprinkles or new piping tips  until Alphonse inevitably makes a dirty baking joke, and then they get their minds back on track.
Not the best for time, but not the worst when it comes to staying on budget and getting what they need 8/10
Faust/star 
I am convinced these two don’t know what a grocery store is. Once again, he’s rich. he just orders food.  I don’t think he knows how to cook either.  so they just order food.  all the time. and it’s a very particular order to.  not to mention someone who looks like Faust is kind of hard to forget so most of the delivery drivers know him by name. 
One time they wanted pizza and Faust remembered seeing a guy talking to Auron in a Sweet Pete’s Pizza shirt,  so he ordered from there and he gets Charlie as a delivery boy 
Charlie: delivery from Sweet Pete’s pizzeria! I got a large cheese, and a-…….. oh my God…
Faust: well, if it isn’t my brothers little bitch boy
Charlie remembers this interaction very vividly and tends to avoid this address at all costs  
Overall 0/10 I think this man would vomit upon seeing a Walmart 
Finn /sunflower 
The only time that he really goes to the grocery store for big trips is during the winter and fall 
(he gets very overstimulated and anxious in grocery stores)
He grows a lot of the vegetables that he uses in his every day cooking  and buys a lot of other things like for baking or specific recipes in bulk specifically so he doesn’t have to go to the grocery store too often but when he does, it’s usually either in the winter time or an ingredients run/stock up 
 Him and sunflower will get ingredients to make certain baked goods and different tea blends  but he always seems to get distracted in the garden section. Sunflower hast to forcibly drag him out of the garden section…..it’s becoming a problem 
Sunflowers usually very productive with their shopping  but they often times get lost in the clothes section looking at stuff that Finn would look good in (provided that he doesn’t get it covered in dirt)
Overall, they’re pretty good at sticking to budget pretty good at sticking to their list  not that great on time (i’m not gonna hold it against them) 8/10
Hope you enjoyed  it’s really late when I’m posting this, but I wanted to give y’all a little something that wasn’t a shitpost. Have a good night stay hydrated eat a snack bye. 
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sacharinee · 1 year
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what do you think shopping/running errands with peter is like? LOVE ur writing btw :-)
pairing: peter parker x reader
a/n: headcanons for petey! this was already on my list to write abt :P idk if u guys go to your local costco but its one of my favorite places in the world. i go shopping with my mom a lot and i think abt this sm. 
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shopping with peter: costco edition!!
↠ going grocery shopping with peter would definitely be hectic
↠ you’re basically babysitting a grown adult
↠ “can we get one of their hot dogs, babe?”
↠ “after we’re finished, pete”
↠ you watch your boyfriend sigh and pout as he pushes the cart
↠ peter gets hangry sometimes
↠ it isn’t your fault though 
↠ you wanted to go early in the afternoon to beat the lunch rush
↠ but because he woke up late, he hasn’t been able to eat breakfast or have an early snack 
↠ you offered him a rice cake in the car
↠ he gagged
↠ peter hates your rice cakes
↠ “ooh! can we get a churro?!”
↠ you sigh back at him, “after, peter”
↠ he throws his head back and groans in response
↠ but your boyfriend is helpful in a lot of ways when grocery shopping
↠ when you make it to the back of the warehouse, you remember you need water bottles
↠ you crouch down to try and grab one of the heavy bottles in bulk 
↠ peter only bumps your hips to the side, making you stumble
↠ he then lifts two!! (2) 40-water bottle packs over his shoulders
↠ you cross your arms as you watch him gently place it on the lower tray of the cart
↠ your eyes roll playfully at his smirking cocky face
↠ he offers you one of his award-winning winks
↠  the freezer section is where peter gets a little crazy
↠ he’s shoving frozen dino nuggets, bean burritos, fish sticks, waffles, and ice cream in the cart
↠ “hey, how bout this?”
↠ he holds up a large couch meant for dogs
↠ “baby, those are for dogs” 
↠ “i know”
↠ “but we don’t own a dog”
↠ it gets worse
↠ you and him will pass by some free samples of maybe idk sum mozzarella sticks??
↠ you pay no mind to it but peter gets sidetracked and goes to take one
↠ or two, one for you as well
↠ and then three, another one for him
↠ peter walks back to where he left you
↠ “look what i got!! they’re your- … y/n?”
↠ you don’t even notice peter gone
↠ you’re pushing the cart, phone’s on silent in your purse so you never hear his missed calls
↠ and peter’s panicking in the baby aisle, running his hands through his hair, biting his nails
↠ he even frantically shows your picture to random customers, “have you seen this girl at all?!”
↠ you don’t notice his absence when you're in line, or when you're inserting your card to pay
↠ peter’s in the freezing dairy section hoping you're just getting some eggs
↠ when you’re finished paying, a man in a red vest approaches you
↠ he does not look impressed
↠ “are you missing a grown child?”
↠ he moves to the side and it’s only then that you realize peter missing
↠ your boyfriend cowardly stands there, with tears threatening to spill from his eyes, a jutted-out bottom lip, and three empty eaten samples crushed in his fist
↠ “y-yea, he’s mine” you offer the man an embarrassed smile and take peter into your arms
↠ he shuffles in your embrace when you bring him to rest in the seating area
↠ your boyfriend hangs his head in defeat while you rub his back, “you left me”
↠ “i’m sorry, baby. i didn’t know”
↠ he only sniffles in response
↠ “i’ll buy you a hot dog?” you offer
↠ “and a churro?”
↠ “and a churro.”
↠ ...
↠ “okay.”
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macravishedbymactavish · 10 months
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Dishes Vs. Laundry Headcanons (TF141 + Alex)
Based off the theory that every couple has someone who prefers doing laundry while the other prefers dishes. NOT an x reader HC list
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Amazing at fitting all the dishes into the dishwasher.
Soap // Dishes
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Not to mention it takes care of all the work for his dishwasher safe items (95% of his kitchen)
The other 5% (all his cutlery - somehow he ended up with all handwash only) is washed and drying in under 10 minutes.
Side note: he runs out of forks the quickest and can't quite figure out why.
Then it's waiting for the dishwasher to be done, the dishes to be dried and quickly putting them away.
Gets so, so sick of the guys making jokes about his codename in regards to this.
The first time was funny, the 10th time gets you a soaked shirt and Scottish swear words.
Doesn't hate laundry necessarily, but definitely not big on folding his clothes.
He just kind of accepts the fact that they're going to get wrinkles.
Accepts the fact that he'll be ironing his clothes for the rest of his life.
"Can't let those lessons from Ma go to waste"
Has, on more than one occasion, started doing his bedding in the morning and forgot about it until he was ready to sleep for the night.
Something about the meticulous process with sorting, folding, and putting away clothes just clicks with him.
Ghost // Laundry
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Always sorts whites from colours
Has a seperate hamper by the washer for towels
Folds everything (even the underwear) into small little bundles when he packs for a trip or work.
Soap's entire worldview on laundry stresses him out a bit. Adding steps to a chore you already don't like?
Why
WHY
Not a fan of doing dishes. Somehow finds it more repetitive, time-consuming, and soul crushing.
Has thrown out 2 plates in his life because he couldn't be bothered with washing them
Has also genuinely contemplated Soap as a housemate when doing dishes.
"Solving each other's problems"
Has an expansive plastic cutlery collection.
Not even the type you'd buy in a large bulk pack from the store; but like cutlery, you get from takeout.
Argues that it's amazing for on the go lunches (you toss it out) and uses the forks to stir his coffee in the morning.
I would be lying if I told you this man hasn't thought of buying bulk everything to last him a month just so he doesn't have to clean.
Price // Neither, but does them anyway
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Except Ghost pointed out that the bulk underwear would itchy, and Laswell refused to let him use her Costco card for this.
Not that he's messy or gross - no, no.
He is a rather clean guy but absolutely hates the process of getting there. It's mundane. It's exhausting.
Has walked by the washing machine, full of laundry he's waiting to swap over and muttered "fuckin' hell" when he realized it's not done yet.
Glares into the cupboard when he realizes his favorite mug is dirty, promptly glares at the mug for being dirty.
Then internally complains the entire time he's washing the thing. Despite having many other, perfectly suitable mugs in your cupboard. John.
He has the utmost pride in his appearance and is fairly meticulous about the care of his clothes.
Gaz // Laundry
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It helps that his dad was the same way in his youth and taught him all the tricks to keeping things bright, getting stains out, and having the nicest smelling laundry.
Happily gives this advice out to his teammates and friends (no, I'm not doing your laundry for you. Wankers)
While doing dishes is sort of the same concept (different care needs for different things), he finds it too much of a pain when cooking.
As Kyle is the "seven knives" meme.
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Yeah.
It also doesn't help that he always organizes the cupboards and drawers before all the dishes are done
Then, he has to start re-doing everything when he runs out of room for bowls.
Which typically ends up in the surplus of clean dishes stacked neatly on the counters or table.
Not by concious choice
Alex // Says he doesn't mind either, but it's actually neither
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He truly doesn't mind either. he's just too much of a free spirit about it.
I'm talking: "eh, I'm fine to do it on the weekend"
Then, realizes he has one set of clean boxers left on a random Wednesday night.
Or forgets the clean laundry in the washer until it gets a weird smell and needs to be rewashed
Kyle had no other advice other than:
Just don't forget it in there then???
The same goes for the dishes in the dishwasher (minus the weird smell)
80/20 split on dishes, though (clean, sitting in the dishwasher)
80% of the time, he'll grab whatever dishes he needs for meals or cooking from the dishwasher as he goes.
20% of the time, he'll take everything out and put it away.
100% of the time, he promises himself to get the entire process done in one day (then 80% of the time forgets)
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to-thelakes · 20 days
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Luke missing you while he's away so when you say you're going grocery shopping and running errands he asks you to film a haul (you go to Costco so the haul might be boring but he loves every second of it) (even more when you pick up things he's running low on or if it s things for his go bag so he has back ups)
he would absolutely ask for this and it's such a cute thought. i do this ALL THE TIME to my friends so at least with me personally, this man would have to deal with it, no questions asked!
also here's some little thoughts
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luke is away quite a lot with work which you don't mind at all so the two of you have come up with ways of staying in touch
one of them being you film little hauls to send him, it can be the most mundane thing but you love doing it, you even film like cooking and talk about your day so he can see it when he's having a rough case
but you also call at night when he can and you are usually back home by like 6pm so usually, no matter what timezone, you are usually able to call him for at least half an hour
but back to the hauls! literally it would be any haul, going to the grocery store but wanna talk to him, HAUL, costco? HAUL, walmart/target, HAUL, literally anything
like one time you decided to do a big shop at Costco to replenish some stuff that you like to buy in bulk (you were also CRAVING costco pizza) and when you get home, you decide to do a little video for luke
you do hauls literally anywhere in the house, bedroom, kitchen, living room, all over the place
but this costco haul, you're stood in the kitchen with your bags and you're going through everything that you bought, some like usual toiletries, packet rice that you can only find at Costco cause you had been craving it and you wanted it, all the usual stuff but there's something new this time
luke loves hiking/running and all that jazz and while you were shopping you found like a box of different snacks that he could use for hikes
it's like peanuts, cashews, dried blueberries, trail mix, all of this stuff in a box and you start rambling about it to him
"i just saw it and thought it would be useful because you always make yourself like a pack lunch thing and you never finish things at the right time so this might be easier. i just thought you'd like it"
you have like a sheepish smile on your face as you continue with the rest of the haul
you do this all the time
you sometimes just send him pictures of things you've bought for him because they made you think of him
he finds it incredibly endearing and usually with your little hauls, he doesn't expect to have anything bought specifically for him but sometimes you surprise him and you ramble about something that you specifically bought for him and he LOVES it
the fact that you think of him and care enough to grab something that you thought he might like absolutely warms his heart and it makes him appreciate you SO MUCH MORE, it's so cute and he finds you incredibly cute
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archivistofnerddom · 8 months
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The Bad Batch and Costco headcanons:
Because I have it in my head that they would be the family that needs to buy things in bulk. Once it was there, the headcanons followed.
Hunter
He’s usually the one responsible for their food purchases. The grocery list he takes is long, extensive, and heavily annotated with everyone’s preferences.
The most tired dad in Costco award goes to him. Trying to corral the rest of the Batch is a losing game, so he’s figured out how to divide and conquer, sending everyone out to pick up certain things. (They don’t always follow through with what they were supposed to get though, hence why he wins the most tired dad award.)
He’s willing to stop and try samples though. Hunter needs snacks to get through this gauntlet with the full family. Plus, focusing on food keeps him sane and his senses in line.
Even still, he’s always down to get a hot meal from Costco’s kitchen after check-out. It’s the only time that day the whole family agrees on anything and is in the same place in the store.
He’s usually in possession of one of the family’s membership cards and definitely has one of their debit cards. There will be few surprise purchases on his watch. (There are always surprise purchases on his watch.)
Crosshair
Disappears almost as soon as they walk in the door. He appears out of nowhere to deposit what he wants in one of their carts (because they have many) and disappears again. (Coffee and dark chocolate are pretty much the only consistent items he adds.)
He can usually be found hanging near the check-out lanes with a mountain of coolers and boxes at the ready for when they’re checking out.
It’s an unspoken rule in their local Costco that no one tries to filch any of the cardboard boxes from his horde. Legend has it he will throw hands to defend his stash. Few dare to test that assumption.
The one responsible for ordering food so that it’s ready to eat once the rest of the family is through the check-out line. Don’t ask how he always times it perfectly. It’s a mystery not even Tech could solve.
Unsurprisingly, he usually garners a following of moody teenagers who just don’t want to be there. He gives off the same energy most of the time, even if he’s just trying to catch a nap. It’s a crapshot if Crosshair actually likes that the moody punk kids want to hang with him. They’re just afraid enough of him to ask.
Tech
Tech can be found in the auto section and the electronics section. He knows precisely what they meet and has already shopped the best deals.
He needs several texts and alarms so that he doesn’t get lost in conversation. (Hunter isn’t above sending Wrecker to go re-claim Tech, if he doesn’t show up after a timely fashion.)
Like Crosshair, he’ll just drop whatever non-electronic items he wants (such as snacks and what have you) into the cart after he’s finished his assigned tasks before he disappears. He usually winds up hanging with Crosshair to wait for the rest of the family.
Tech is only sometimes in charge of the family Costco membership card and debit car. He can’t be left fully unattended though, if only because he’ll go overboard with purchases.
Can be used to distract the moody punk kids who want to vibe with Crosshair, while also having Crosshair use his shoulder as a pillow.
Wrecker
He has to go with Hunter, if only because he’s usually on cart duty. (Wrecker also needs to be supervised, or else he’ll grab all the snacks.) Being on cart duty doesn’t stop him from having a great time. He’s that guy who can push the most improbably packed cart with true expertise.
Guess who will still sneak in special treats and surprises for Omega into the cart? This guy.
Wrecker gets geared up for the post-Costco run family meal. He’ll eat an entire pizza all by himself, if left unattended and unsupervised. (Crosshair buys extra for him because of that.)
He’s the most enthusiastic about trying samples and will always encourage Hunter to stop and try. Wrecker knows when his brother needs a break from the chaos.
Wrecker and the Costco employees who run the sample stations always get along. He’s so nice to them and complimentary to them. This is the guy who will always wind up getting extra samples handed to him.
Echo
He’s usually on Omega duty, if only to make sure she doesn’t sneak off on them.
Echo also is usually responsible for stocking up their pharmacy needs and buying some clothes in bulk for the family. With how hard their lives are, getting clothes in bulk is necessary.
He’s always in charge of one of their membership cards and a debit card. Echo is the most responsible one on that front.
That doesn’t stop him from conspiring with Omega to find some fun things for the cart. It’s always something random, but will brighten up their chaotic lives.
Echo is most likely to pass out once he eats though. He’s happy to get off his feet and to have a chance to relax. Walking around Costco takes effort sometimes, especially with his prosthetics.
Omega
Like Wrecker, she makes friends with everyone who gives out samples. She’s the reason why Echo stays fed before they check-out.
Omega would walk out with so many large squishy toys, if she could get away with it. That’s why she and Wrecker can’t be in Costco together and unsupervised. They’d have so many comfy squishy toys and hammocks if they were.
Somehow, she gets covered in stickers and starts sharing them with her brothers. It doesn’t matter where she got them. Omega has stickers books and she shares them. Little kids love her because she inevitably turns into the feral sticker fairy of Costco. (Who knows how the parents to said little kids feel about that.)
Omega is very serious about making sure her brothers all walk away from each Costco trip with a surprise in the cart. She gets sneaky about getting them past Echo and Hunter. (Wrecker provides distractions as appropriate.)
Remember those moody punk kids who were hanging around Crosshair (and inevitably Tech)? Well, Omega chats all of them up. She’s the best person to embarrass the crap out of her brothers with stories. Omega makes her brothers look either way cooler or significantly less cool when she shares stories with the punk kids.
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eros-elove4 · 2 months
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Who in your headcanon would have a Costco membership?
Liu would definitely, I feel like he’s too used to taking care of his brother and those close to him. And since it’s cheaper to buy in bulk he just has a small stock pile of food for whenever Jeff decides to crash at his place, Also I hc that he always keeps chocolate in stock for Nina when she inevitably shows up at his door crying because of something Jeff said. Toby likes to go with him to Costco just for the $1.50 hot dog.
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thesunshineriptide · 2 years
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Our world au - twst boys get jobs in our world
They’ve been stranded for a month now, and expenses are getting a bit tight. Off to work you go, you funky little wizards!
Characters: riddle, Trey, Leona, Ruggie, Azul, Jade, Floyd.
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Riddle:
* Riddle’s saga of finding a job begins when he realizes he needs money
* He’s an only child raised by rich parents
* They focused entirely on his academic studies
* And in a world without magic?
* He literally has no fucking clue
* He has no records of his existence
* So what’s a boy to do?
* Tutoring
* Riddle’s ability to study is unparalleled
* And math stays virtually the same in both twisted wonderland and this new world he’s in
* So he signs up to be an in-person tutor first at the nearest library
* Once he gets enough money, he buys a phone or laptop so he can do online tutoring instead
* It’s more efficient and easier for him
* Especially when Trey is sitting five feet behind riddle’s laptop, staring at him as he works
* It keeps his temper in check
* He’s almost instantly in high demand for his skills, and he learns other subjects too rather quickly
* Genuinely begins to enjoy this work and considers becoming a teacher when he gets back home
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Trey:
* This should be no surprise, let’s be real
* He’s going to the local bakery and asking to work
* Baked goods are consistent, but he knows a few tricks to improve everything
* Oh, the chocolate chip cookies aren’t selling well? Add some vanilla paste to the dough and then give out a few free samples
* He brings over his strawberry tart recipe and instantly the bakery is selling out of them
* He’s not rolling in dough or anything, but he’s making a solid wage at this point
* When he’s not at the bakery, he’s studying more about this world (and it’s recipes) with Riddle
* Also, the bakery lets him take home anything that hasn’t sold at the end of the night
* And he has 15 magicless magicians at home so he’s takin that shit
* He eats whatever he specifically wants on his walk/ride home and then puts the rest in the common area
* He puts aside the good good pastries for you, your family, and riddle though
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Leona:
* Leona’s best skills are being a little bitch and sleeping
* Ruggie has literally done just about everything for him
* On the plus side, though,
* It seems like animals really like him
* Not in the same way as Silver, mind you
* But more of a ‘ah, you. You’re familiar’ way
* So where does he work?
* The animal shelter!
* He’s not prepared for the grueling work ahead of him, but despite his tough exterior, he finds himself caring deeply for the animals he helps
* Specially the cats
* He’s almost always stationed in the cats area, and specifically asked to help tame some of the strays
* They warm up to him surprisingly fast
* He’s spending time bottle feeding kittens and cleaning litter boxes and doing lime dips on the stray cats and he says he hates it but every time someone asks him if he wants to quit he just grumbles and looks away
* He swears the first time he cried was when he helped adopt out a cat with three legs to an elderly woman
* Everyone’s noticed he’s changed a little, but nobody (except Floyd) is bold enough to comment on it
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Ruggie:
* Ruggie has literally so many skills, he could work any job
* Slight hiccup though: he’s working really hard at not doing that
* He wants to stay in your house and work from there
* It takes him maybe two hours to do all the chores around the house.
* That means the rest of the time is his to do whatever
* Which is mostly just eating popcorn and watching soap operas (sometimes with lilia)
* He can go to work and all but really
* Does it get better than ‘doing the shit you normally do”
* Yes, actually, you could get paid
* He realizes this after he goes to the grocery store
* So he ends up working at Costco
* Why?
* Because Costco’s benefits are fuckin killer and they pay everyone pretty well
* Not to mention, look at the amount of shit you can buy in bulk!!
* He brought home a lot of food from that
* He got that good good employee discount
* He’ll make you pay him back if you eat any of it though
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Azul:
* He…he’s not in his element, okay?
* He has no contracts, no contacts, and no money
* Also, no records
* Which means no starting his own business (for now, give him like two months)
* Unfortunately, he can’t exactly sit around
* And he really really would like some financial freedom
* He hates being dependent on you and your family
* He is immediately bullshitting a resume and applying indescribably to everyone and everywhere
* He gets a few responses!
* The local bookstore, the local antique shop, a few chains, a couple big box stores, and a clothing store
* He interviews them all diligently
* He ends up at the bookstore
* He doesn’t do too well in bustling places, especially not with the added stress of ✨a whole new world✨
* And books? You don’t have to read them all, you just have to sell them
* He can sell it
* His numbers are actually some of the best the store has seen in a while
* He’s promoted to manager in like a month
* He also gets a pay raise
* He’s trying to pay back you and your family whether you want it or not
* He also enjoys the fact he can just grab a book and start reading any time he wants at work since it’s so quiet
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Jade:
* He also has roughly 5 million different talents, and yet…
* And yet Jade is actually completely ready to work
* So long as the benefits and pay is worth it, though
* He’s not going to put in his excellence for just anyone
* It takes him a while to find the right match, but he’s quite happy with it
* And guess what?
* It’s the cafe in Azul’s bookstore *cough*barnes and noble*cough*
* This shouldn’t be a surprise at all, honestly
* With his calm and disarming demeanor, charming words, and peak professionalism, he’s a perfect worker for anyone
* But what sold him is the fact that it’s got enough to do, there’s free drinks, and it’s somewhere quiet
* And the fact that Azul’s nearby? That’s just a coincidence no it’s not
* He makes good pay, and gets excellent tips, so he’s happy enough for now
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Floyd:
* Floyd doesn’t work
* Floyd is not particularly employable to most companies
* Floyd is employable to crime syndicates and Azul and that’s about it
* Well, unless we start talking about gym bros
* I think he would probably do really well as a personal trainer
* He’s not as diligent about training/keeping fit as other NRC members are, but he’s passionate and genuinely enjoys his work
* He also does it part time and through a service that lets him pick his hours
* Which means he can take days off when he’s in a bad mood without getting (severely) penalized
* He mostly trains people at the nearby gym
* He is so excited to see people flipping tires
* He immediately throws a tire halfway across the room and everyone stares a little as he grins proudly
* He’s a surprisingly good teacher, all things considered, but he still threatens to squeeze people
* Luckily the people are generally okay with this
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trivialbob · 4 months
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As much as I cook with my sous vide and like to purchase some food in bulk, I should have had a vacuum sealer long ago.
Sometimes I buy a package of steaks at Costco or just a really large cut of meat at a nice butcher shop. The big steak I cut into smaller pieces and save some for later. The Costco steaks I package individually and freeze most of them. Pork tenderloins are a favorite of mine. They cook wonderfully with sous vide. I cut them into two or three servings. A whole one is too much for one or two people as long as you have side dishes.
I've been using Ziploc freezer bags to store the extra cuts of meat. I never manage to get all the air out of the bags, so the meat can get some frost on it.
When cooking with the sous vide, submerging the bag in the water gets out most of the air. But I thought it would be nice to vacuum seal both for storage and for cooking. Plus is just way more cool than zipping a baggie.
After watching some YouTube videos I ordered the Anova Precision Vacuum Sealer Pro. I bought directly from Anova. At the time of my order the price was much better than Amazon's, and there was no shipping charge. Plus I prefer to order direct instead of through Amazon anytime I can.
Last night it arrived. I tried it on all sorts of food. One YouTube video had a tip on how to put a seal down the middle of a bag so two items could share a bag without mixing, like when Peter Brady put a white masking tape line across the floor of the bedroom he shared with Bobby Brady. (Am I dating myself?)
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tricitymonsters · 2 months
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UHMMM totally not speaking from experience here or anything, but Mori in heat+MC ovulating has to be insane. Like. There's no way if the stars align an MC who can get pregnant will not end up pregnant first go-round of that. An MC who goes totally feral during ovulation and whose body is SCREAMING for someone to put a baby in it???? They may have to quarantine, because Idk if birth control could even stand up to that, it is civil war all up in there.And you know Mori's got tenacious lil swimmers. MC even dares to say "Breed me" and its game over. Time to buy Plan B in bulk at Costco or start a registry.
Boy there has been something in the water lately cause we're all fighting our hormones down like dick's suddenly gotten endangered or some shit. Can 100% guarantee you better not BREATHE the words breed me around mori cause that slut will be all over you like a cheap suit.
HE'S having a good time at least but yeah yall better put lots of condoms and plan b in your instacart or get his ass fixed. You'll save money if you take him to a vet.
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toomuchracket · 2 months
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This week has honestly been such a shitstorm for me at work 🙃 have you got any sweetheart!george thoughts you can share to cheer me up?
yeah! i think he always has a scrunchie on his wrist, hair ties in the back pockets of all his jeans, claw clips in his schoolbag and his show bag and whatever other bag he has with him when you're together - you're always losing them, and also he quite enjoys putting your hair up for you when you're too sleepy/tipsy/high/busy to do it yourself. he always kisses your head when he's done, too, and it's cute as hell. also reckon he stashes a box of macaroni cheese in his bag if you're both going to smoke at someone's house, because he knows it's your fave food when you get the munchies lmfao; the back of the van is just stacked with boxes of it, because at one point you were going through it so quickly that george decided to go to costco and buy it in bulk, which drives matty fucking insane (but lowkey he's yearning about the romance of it all. he wants to be able to do that for someone (someone we all know and love and stan, specifically) lol). but yeah, george is just such an attentive bf. love him <3
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sableflynn · 9 months
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V-Volkan shopping at Costco o.o
Volkan approached Costco as he approached all matters in life: methodically and with full confidence in his control of the situation. There was an order to this, as to all things. He didn't dawdle, but moved with purpose from aisle to aisle, the running list in his mind all he needed to guide his journey. And it truly was a journey.
He always began with the household supplies: bleach, disinfectant, endless mops and brooms and sponges for the endless mess that was his basement. After a moment's consideration, he added a bulk set of crisp white button-up shirts for himself, and a bulk set of plain but stylish underwear for the girl, something he could tear off at a moment's notice without it costing him a fortune. He'd splurge on the nicer sets, of course, but for the day-to-day he wanted something he wouldn't be afraid to ruin.
Even Volkan couldn't deny the allure of bulk savings when buying nonperishables. He grabbed a massive box of nutrient shakes, something that could keep the girl going for weeks in the basement. Then there was the macaroni and cheese for Pete—Kraft, always, and Volkan didn't think much of his tastes, but he grabbed a set of spirals anyway, because Pete deserved a little whimsy in his life. It would be delicious with the rotisserie chicken.
Most important of all, there was the matter of liquor. Volkan prided himself on being a generous host, as free with liquor as he was with the girl. Some may have considered him dishonest for decanting the relatively inexpensive Costco wine and liquor into much nicer bottles. As if anyone could tell the difference. As if they weren't tripping over themselves to compliment his brandy or scotch or whatever he chose to serve along with his full-bodied red. He knew better than anyone that you didn't climb to the top without cutting a few corners, and if secret penny-pinching was his biggest vice, then Costco was the devil on his shoulder.
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