Prompt from this post by @write-it-motherfuckers

Pairing: Bagginshield

Length: Just under 1,000 words.

He loved Thorin. He did! He certainly wouldn't have dated him for 5 years or dealt with the insane family reunions if he didn't. But this took the cake, as it were.

"Uncle Bilbo! That stray dog is here!" Yavanna bless Frodo. Not only did he choose the singularly most insulting thing one could call a werewolf, but Thorin had asked him to keep it quiet, so there was no way he could complain about the insult.

"Might as well let him in lad! I'll see to him in a few minutes!"

Frodo walked in with a pout, the 'dog'- a wolf considerably larger than a natural one- padding behind him. "I thought you said we couldn't have pets."

"Sorry my boy. Once I finish the last of these payments and I'm officially the owner, I promise I'll let you get that cat you want."

Frodo positively beamed, and Bilbo sincerely hoped someone else had adopted that strange hairless cat at the pound the boy seemed so fond of. Thorin huffed in irritation- at his hatred of cats, of the cat Smeagol in particular, or being talked over like a common animal, Bilbo couldn't be sure.

"Well, I think we've done enough for this afternoon. Didn't you say you wanted to meet Sam at the skating rink?" Once Thorin saw his glare, the ass ducked his head and widened his eyes.

"Really? Thank you!" He darted out before Bilbo could change his mind, and the older man chuckled. He then reached down and tugged one giant, furry ear.

"Thorin, you cannot keep shape-shifting and coming around in the middle of the day every time we have a little tiff!"

His boyfriend made whining, growling sounds that were probably a reasonable argument- if one spoke canine. Bilbo, grateful his business was closed on Tuesdays, shut the door and plopped down in one of the café chairs. Thorin followed and put his heavy head down on one of Bilbo’s knees, looking up with giant blue eyes.

"No."

Thorin whined.

"No, you can't get out of every argument with the puppy eyes!"

Thorin then proceeded to try and lay his entire 250 lb body across Bilbo’s lap.

"Sweet Yavanna Thorin, you're not a chihuahua!"

Finally, he stopped with a huff, and Bilbo hurriedly turned his face away when he saw Thorin's muzzle collapsing in on itself. Somehow, he could handle the sounds of bones forming, breaking, and moving, the squish of rearranging organs, but the sight? Only if he didn't feel like eating for a week.

"Come on." Thorin said- whined, really not that the majestic idiot would ever admit to it. "It wasn't that bad!"

"It wasn't that-" Bilbo made the mistake of looking over and hurriedly looked away. Thorin's upper half was human now. His lower half was...less so. Somehow, it was more unsettling to see a half-shifted werewolf than seeing a gigantic carnivore with human intelligence. "Yes, it was! How many times do I have to tell you that I'll do the laundry? It's sweet that you want to help, but you're colorblind."

"They were all brown!"

Bilbo risked another glance, and thankfully Thorin was human entirely. He still kept his eyes on his boyfriend's face, as he'd definitely be too distracted otherwise. "Thorin. Sweetheart. Love of my life. You are colorblind. You mixed all my green uniform shirts and all Frodo's red ones, and it did not go well. It's not your fault, but just let me do the laundry, alright?"

Thorin huffed and threw his head unceremoniously on Bilbo’s lap- some things never changed. "Fine. I want it known I agree under great duress."

"Thank you. If you really want to help around the house, there's plenty of dishes to be done."

"Sorry, no opposable thumbs."

"Excuse you? Yes you do!" Bilbo laughed, tugging on one of Thorin's shoulders that was now conveniently a furry foreleg again. "No fair!" He called with a teasing grin. Bilbo turned his head again. "I'm shocked you just don't shapeshift every time we have a domestic, you know I can't look at-"

"Hey uncle, have you seen my ice skates? They're not in the shed!" Frodo, seeing the strange shifting from man to wolf, looked appropriately horrified.

Of course, Thorin picked- or maybe not, he'd never asked for an explanation on what shifted first and if there was any way to control it- and Frodo, bless his little heart, had the same reaction his uncle had the first time and fainted.

"Well, cat's out of that bag now."

"Oh, don't huff at me."

❆ ( priscilla quintana, thirty, muse a, cis woman, she/her. ) i just saw ALLISON TORRES in northmount. you know, the VETERINARIAN? there they were, being their typical -UNPREDICTABLE and -VAGUE self. i’ve heard some say they’re +FLEXIBLE and +SINCERE, but i don’t know. they sort of remind me of A WILDFIRE YOU CANNOT TAME; WITH HER FLAMES BURNING RECKLESSLY UNTIL IT CONSUMES EVERYTHING AROUND HER, A BURNING SENSATION TO FILL THE VOID IN GOLDEN HEART & A WILLINGNESS TO FEEL ANYTHING BUT THE SHARP PANG OF LONELINESS, WEARING FLORAL SCENTS AND BURGUNDY LIPS SO MUCH THAT IT BECOMES HER ARMOR, but that’s just me. if you see them around, let me know, okay? and happy holidays! ( tiff, 29, she/her, pst. ) ❆

B A C K G R O U N D :

i.                  for as long as she can remember, it has always been her mom and her. residing in san francisco, california and living in a decent victorian apartment with big bay windows & a rent increase that comes every year. she had a happy childhood with her mom and an even happier adulthood.

ii.                she went to uc davis for college & would go home most weekends as to not be away from her mom. and after graduation, she went back home and started a career at a local vet hospital, specializing in dogs. sadly, she was only there for two years.

iii.               when she was 27, her mom was diagnosed with skin cancer, and it did not take long before she lost the most important thing to her. consumed by grief, she decided to move to the place where it all begun – northmount. it was the most logical choice. it was the place where her mom grew up, where her mom met her dad, and where she was conceived.

iv.               pouring all her life’s savings into a three bedroom white picked fence house with a red door, she is now a northmount resident and has been for the past year. now she works at the only animal hospital in town and trying to find herself again.

v.                 which brings her to now – three months ago she received a phone call from her father, who decided it was time to talk to his daughter after finding out about the passing of her mother. out of the kindness of his heart, and an sudden desire to connect, he invited her to montreal for christmas to meet his family.

vi.               & it has taken her a long time to decide before finally coming to terms and thinking that having a lonely christmas is not an ideal situation, especially for someone who loves christmas. on the way to the airport, regret and panic sank in. meeting rafael was, to her, fate and she clung onto that idea with desperation.

 P E R S O N A L I T Y :

i.                  she is, by nature, impulsive & unpredictable. always been one to follow her heart instead of her head, it has gotten her into situations without thinking. it has gotten her into some sticky situations and made her life seem more…exciting.

ii.                which is fine since she hates sitting alone and listening to the voice in her head. she will always find things to do, be able to whip up random conversations, and was always fleeting from one person to another. she is not constant, not consistent, and never been able to stay in one place for too long.

iii.               & she is a contradiction – she loves the idea of romance and lifelong partnership – the picture of close friends sitting together around the fireplace, but she is a drifter and cannot hold a friendship for too long. she wants love, but she is terrified of it.

iv.               yet she is sincerity, despite her aloofness or distance, she is sincere in her actions and truthful in her words. she lives up to her promises and will try to lend a helping hand when she can. often fostering animals until they find their forever home, she has a weakness for furry things.

v.                 at the end of the day, allison torres is sunshine. is a wildfire. an unpredictable source of warmth that seems to set ablaze what she touches, often leaving behind a trail of cold ashes.

M I S C F A C T S:

i.                  she has a mini aussie (2 years old) named mimi. this is her best friend and her family.

ii.                always wearing some sort of red lipstick and jasmine scent, she is the embodiment of femininity.

iii.               could live in soft sweaters and boots & loves the smell of christmas and hot chocolate.

iv.               have always wanted to live in a classic christmas movie, and didn’t realize how much she loves it until northmount.

v.                 dreams of owning a modern farmhouse on a huge lot so she can convert her backyard into a shelter for animals.

vi.               stands at 5’5 & is a proud cancer (born july 11th)

vii.              biromantic and loves both females and males

O O C :

hi all! super excited to be here. it has been a while since i joined a rp, but i just cannot resist a christmas one! i am very open to plots and love drama so please feel free to hit me up to brainstorm ideas!

TAG GAME !!!

tagged by: @eternallyhyucks ly :( tagging: sjjsjdjejsnebebwjjaja hmm yes um @sooblvr @hyetomi @choibinn3 and whoever wants to try this (no pressure)

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why did u choose ur url?

taehyun is the loml i love him to the moon and back idc if he isnt my bias he still holds a special place in my heart and I'll forever me in love with him

do u have any side blogs?

multiple ones, i try different themes on them and then choose the one i like the most

how long have u been on tumblr?

i have been here even before posting and before even creating my old blog, i was just reading cute stuff anonimously, i also sent asks a lot and stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i was a regular anon for a few people whose works i particularly liked 😋😋 tmi but one of them deactivated their acc and im not even sure if they released the request i sent them and they seemed pretty excited to make it too :(( THEY RELEASED A WHOLE ASS TEASER AND EVERYTHING !! it was a felix from skz request called "the jughead effect" im p sure AND OMFG I WAS SO DJEJDJEJSJJWWJSJAJAJJEJE yet again im not sure if they released it cuz i hadn't checked their account in a while and when i finally got back on tumblr and searched them up they were deactivated </3 idk if any of that made sense its 5AM help me.

do you have a queue tag?

nah 😋

why did u start ur blog in the first place?

i got bored. that's literally the entire reason.

why did u choose ur icon/pfp?

simply cuz it matched the header 😋

why did u choose ur header?

park fucking jisung. need i say more??

whats ur post w the most notes?

txt when u call them bro, txt choi line when you're feeling cold and txt when they have a crush on you 🗣️

how many mutuals do u have?

42 JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THATS A LOT

how many followers do u have?

248 !!! lyasm <3 ill post once my semi-hiatus is over i promise :)

how many ppl do u follow?

101 y'all if i follow u ure sexy asf /hj

have u ever made a shitpost?

yes. absolutely. every single day i still think if i want to make a txt as furries headcanons post...

how often do u use tumblr each day?

quite a lot bcuz i like to interact with mutuals + read some fics and stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ im lonely

did u ever have a fight/argument w another blog once ? who won ?

nope never. never ever. and am not planning to. 🤝🏻

how do u feel ab those “u need to reblog this” posts?

ignore them ?? like depends on what it says yk, but most of them time i scroll cuz i do not care 🤣🙏🏻

do u like tag games?

HELL YWAH THEURE SO FUN

do you like ask games?

YESYEYSYYEYZYSYES I LOVE THEM SM

which of ur mutuals do u think r the most famous?

umm.. @igyus @hobqs @bluhr @ddeonuism @spookybias (not trying to tag any of them)

do u have a crush on a mutual?

BELLE AKA @mjnisode AKA MY SOULMATE AKA THE LOML. I HAVE A BIG FAT CRUSH ON BELLE. LIKE SERIOUSLY. MMDNDJDJSJDJSNSN <3 WHENEEVE I GET A NOTIFICATION FROM HER MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT. and mira and tiff 😊😊 but srsly tho all of my mutuals 😋 y'all are so nice and fun to interact with & i kinda fell in love with u 🙏🏻

Tumblr sucks so I had to post this twice but you should still read it because I had a lot of fun writing it xD Yamato is so easy to tease omg

Today’s Digimon Adventure: 2020 episode is entitled, “Time To Bring Back Visual Kei Bands,” because that’s pretty much where WereGarurumon belongs. I know what you’re thinking, he’s a wolf man in jeans with a kind of grungy rock n roll cowboy theme, how is that visual kei?

My friend, it’s all about the NAILS.

Those perfectly manicured, PINK freaking nails.

Tto start I’ll say this episode lowers the tension significantly compared to previous ones. That’s to be expected, and doesn’t mean it’s boring. It does a lot - it lets us confirm some things about Yamato, and a couple things about Sora and Jou in relation to him as well. It is otherwise a carbon copy of episode 8 in terms of story arc. More below as usual

So this ep is Yamato/Sora/Jou main inside a Taichi/Koushirou/Mimi sandwich.

We are starting to see more of Mimi Herself, complaining and whining about the unfairness of it all. Taichi appears to have scaled this wall by himself and Mimi’s like “YOU HAVE TOO MUCH ENERGY, YOU’LL PUT THE ENERGIZER BUNNY OUT OF A JOB, DO YOU WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOMELESS BUNNIES?? HE HAS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY”

Adding salt to the wound, Koushirou then zips up the wall like this..

zip!

The good thing about Mimi is, though she’s emotional, it’s easy to lift her spirits. She’s very in the moment. And fortunate that she has a partner who is both very patient and useful in these circumstances.

wheeeeee

Meanwhile the slightly-less-energetic group has put their heads together and decided to fly first class to their destination. I would ask where they got the basket but I’m sure I’d get the same answer as Taichi’s raft from episode 4 and Jou’s pergola from episode 7: these kids are extremely good at woodcraft and speedy

(or maybe Sora just had a giant basket in her bag, which we all understand by now is really a Bag of Holding)

While airborne they are Attacked!!! by SandYanmamon and not one but two tornadoes.

Jou: Wonderful!

(for a hot second there I mistook this for Birdramon’s line and was like “??? birdramon’s unusually sarcastic today” but of course it’s the king of morbid humor kido jou)

These Kyaromon appear out of nowhere to show off their dramatic eyeliner. Work it baby

Just when you think SandYanmamon and TWO FREAKING TORNADOES are enough, turns out there’s another threat lurking below the sand for the sole purpose of reminding us yet again “Pokemon this is not!”

SandYanmamon: Aaaaaaahhh nooooooooo i had so much living left to doooo heeeelp mommyyyyyyyyy

NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILD YOU MONSTER!!!

Cool-headed Yamato figures out that the new monster is able to track their movements under the sand. He sends the others away while he stays behind to hold off the bad guy.

The Kyaromon lead them to a cave where they meet...

ewww uuggghh noooo I hate them aaaahh make it stoppp

and also Neemon! and I’m just going to assume this is a parallel universe version of Frontier’s Neemon because it tickles me to think this is what he actually sounds and acts like and is just riding Bokumon out of pure spite

also Bearmon’s cap says “Bears.” Not bear, bears plural. I believe he’s an outcast former member of the Gummy Bears.

The Labramon look like Rainbow Brite rejects

Pictured above: First lovers’ tiff!

Neemon doesn’t know about the holy Digimon and tells the kids he is leading his group of perfectly helpless Digimon across the monster-infested desert because of the dark forces taking over everywhere. They will seek asylum with Leomon! We got our first mention of Leomon! Quick, cast your bets, how long till he dies? My guess is sooner rather than later because this seems like the kind of show that likes to kill your darlings.

Sora takes one look at this pathetic group and goes “We must go with them to protect them!” conveniently forgetting that she just got her ass kicked, but hey it’s the thought that counts

Yamato is quick to disagree.

Yamato: Did you forget that I stayed behind while you RAN AWAY? When you say let’s protect them, you mean I’M gonna be protecting them, right? RIGHT? That’s what you mean RIGHT??

(he thinks, but doesn’t say. that wouldn’t be Cool)

Yamato doesn’t want to lose sight of their mission, which is to fix things in their home world. He’s already at his limit hanging out with other human children who don’t know what they’re doing, he doesn’t want to be slowed down by freaking Bearmon. Wishy-washy Jou is like “Eh, either way sounds like death and torment to me, so...”

The interesting thing to me here is that no one’s upset. A bit surprised, I think, but Sora just stands her ground, Jou wibbles but eventually gets pumped up enough by Gomamon to decide to help her. They don’t even try much to stop Yamato from leaving which I think is what surprised me the most. I would have expected at least a vibe more like “We shouldn’t split up!” or something. If Taichi were there, maybe we’d have seen more conflict... but I’m really not sure. So far, conflict among the kids has been very low key. Even last week, the first time we saw Taichi and Yamato butt heads, to the other kids it was shocking but to a 99 Adventurer like me it was barely a kerfluffle xP

Well, anyway, the result is Sora and Jou stay with Neemon, and Yamato goes off on his own, and there is surprisingly little bad blood about any of this. They are all just getting to know each other though, so maybe that loyalty’s not quite expected yet.

Same as episode 8, Gabumon hints that there’s more to Yamato’s behavior than he lets on. He’s not just coldly abandoning his friends... except that he totally is >_> (As an adult, I don’t exactly think Yamato is wrong. I’d be more likely to agree with him than the others probably xP But these are children in a show for children, so Protecting Others and Following Your Feelings get a boost over cool rationale.)

Gabumon says Yamato should open up to the other kids. YEAH RIGHT. Yamato says “You’re all I need.” AWWWWWWWWW this wont backfire on them in a way that will wrench out my heart and tear it to a million pieces in forty episodes or so, no way

Ikkakumon becomes a Sand Boat while Birdramon covers the sky. At first I was like “hey! not a bad plan!” If they can help Neemon’s group get across the desert faster, it will be a big help even if they can’t take them further.

Of course, first they have to deal with the SandYanmamon.

Ikkakumon: Why does everyone go straight for the horn!?!

Oh, and also the two tornadoes.

Sora, standing on Birdramon’s leg: don’t look down don’t look down don’t look down

And now Sora’s on fire! That is it, I’m headcanoning it that the kids are basically invulnerable as long as they are touching their partners. THERE’S JUST NO EXPLAINING THIS

The flaming elementary school child does well until her partner is snared by the same monster from before, who turns out to be Scorpiomon. But this ain’t your momma’s Scorpimon from 99 Adventure, who was really Anomalocarimon but that was too hard to expect kids to say. This is the real Scorpiomon who is much scarier.

All of a sudden, from above!

ACTION LINES!!!

Yamato and Garurumon, both physically incapable of doing anything normally when there is a cooler, more awesome method available, drop into the battle from the air and start burning shit up.

They stand, bodies licked by blue flame, piercing eyes bright with the fever of battle, the sound of swooning fan girls echoing into the night

Garurumon does his best but Scorpiomon is a level higher so, duh, he doesn’t stand much of a chance. WHAT WILL OUR HERO DO.

Well, first, same as in episode 8, he flashes back to each of his newfound friends, gaining strength from their memory. Yamato is so sentimental it Hurts

Then his mind flashes to someone else...

... his favorite bobble head doll. No wait, that’s his round-headed baby brother, Charlie Brown.

he is infused with the power of Friendship!!!!!!!

Garurumon: What... is this feeling... so passionate... so... powerful... FFFRIENDSHIPPPPPP IS MAGIC

He then evolves into a brony into a furry in the coolest freakiest way he knows how.

WereGarurumon is basically everything the creators thought little boys like besides dinosaurs (because Taichi’s got that one covered) thrown together to make the ultimate little boy dream action figure: wolves, leather, hardware, piercings, brass knuckles, belts, skulls, scars, dog tags, and fuchsia stiletto nails

Ikkakumon: Sugoi... so shiny... oooh... blinding me...

WereGarurumon kicks Scorpiomon’s ass, it’s a cool battle scenes complete with kicks so fast his foot appears detached from his body. He then gives Yamato thumbs up.

Yamato: With nails like those the brass knuckles are kind of overkill...

Yamato dodges apologizing for going off on his own like that by saying he only came back because it’d be useful to him to have the others around as a decoy. Jou’s like FRIGGING DECOYS AGAIN??

But his dedication to remaining cool and aloof falters and he ends up telling them he’s just extra pressured to get their mission handled because he has a little brother, Takeru, living in Tokyo who is probably very scared stuck in the blackout. Sora and Jou are like “Oh, that makes sense, that’s why you’re so high strung.” They don’t point out the obvious, which is that they also have families affected by the blackout... >_>

Jou passionately thanks Yamato for being so forthcoming so early in the season and looks forward to telling Yamato about himself in the future.

The others: “But we already know all about you.”

Jou: “But HE doesn’t!”

xD look forward to it, Yamato...

It’s episode 11 and Yamato can already smile like this... I had to cap it.

Yamato: Ahh, I’m finally getting used to wearing this purple shirt. Still can’t get quite suppress the urge to cut off the sleeves though...

The other slice of bread completes our sandwich when we shoot back briefly to Taichi/Koushirou/Mimi’s group.

Taichi gets annoyed with Koushirou for the first time because of how much time Koushirou spends taking pictures of everything. Koushirou is that kid on the museum field trip who holds up the entire class reading every last word on the exhibit plaques while everyone else groans ‘cmon dude I wanna get to the dinosaurs before we go extinct too!!’

fyi I, Fizzing Wizard, was and am that slow ass kid

Mimi’s even more impatient than Taichi and in her boredom she starts touching things, because she’s never seen The Mummy.

IT’S A TRAP!!!

lol

Next ep’s trailer includes:

Andromon!!!

And Lillymon!!!

Oprah voice: You get a Perfect level and you get a Perfect level and you get a Perfect level and you get-

Yeah so, clearly everyone’s gonna get to Perfect level much quicker than in 99 Adventure, which again, it’s good they’re mixing things up. The question is, what’s next? My guess is down the line everyone will get Ultimate levels and of course, at some point we’ll see Omegamon. I wonder if there will be other Jogress possibilities? Just because it’s hard to believe evolution will stop being important, but if they’re going through both Adult and Perfect so fast it doesn’t leave much left for the rest of the season...

I give this ep a 5.5/10 for being basically a remix of episode 8, and I’m looking forward to getting new stuff for Yamato eventually. Next week’s looking to be Mimi-centric if Lillymon’s any indication, but I’ve got my fingers crossed for a few Taishiro moments anyway.

29 Neibolt ST (Monster Roommate AU)

Alright I’m just going to start posting this anyway since I have so much of it already written. This is my first venture into writing so go easy on me. Im normally an artist not a writer. I’ll intro my OC too she’s a grungey stoner girl going through some big changes. Those changes being that she’s slowly turning into a nosferatu style vampire. She “Dropped out” of bartending school, dumped her abusive ex and moved to Maine where she found out that every monster in the world had the same idea. Eventually she moves in with everyones favorite clown and feelings start to happen. This chapter is just intros really smut and romance is coming. Mostly a parody humor fic with horror and romance thrown in. There is lots of gore, NSFW, drug use, alcohol, death, swearing, and violence. So you’ve been warned. Chapter 1 The Contract She had been there for a month now. Somehow she was still alive, and living amongst monsters. “You know…It’s not that bad mom, the house is a bit old but it’s charming you get used to it after awhile.” as she says this a chunk of the Old Well House’s ceiling falls onto the ancient dining room table. She flinches a natural reaction left over from humanity’s days as a prey animal but she recovers quickly mostly unfazed. “Visit? Oooooh no, no, thats not a great idea. Roommates are a bit quirky you wouldn't like them.” she said into the phone. Quirky was a massive understatement. She opened the fridge and let out a groan of frustration at the severed head and arm sitting on top of her tupperware. “that son of a bitch” she whispered “Hey mom call you back, kitchen trouble. Love ya.” she hung up the phone and shouted “ALRIGHT WHO’S IS THIS?!” her voice echoed through out the old decaying house. She was met by heavy breathing and guttural grunting the kind you would hear in a horror movie sound clip. She turned to the doorway towards the owner of the sound, a hulking behemoth donning a butchers apron. He’s covered in old blood soaked handprints and his signature mask made of the leather from a human face. “What the hell Leatherface you have your own fucking fridge for this shit” she stated unafraid. Now one would be wondering at this point why is this girl so relaxed? Why has she not died of a heart attack or been murdered by these horrible housemates. This clearly wasn't your average college drop out living situation, not by a long shot. No my friend, this is the story of a human who literally lived with her monsters and in the process became one herself. But the only thing you need to know right now dear reader, is that Lucy Smith never turned down a good deal.  It all started when she wanted to get out of the city. Adam and our dear Lucy had just broken up after being her high school sweetheart and boyfriend for 5 long years. It happened at the end her second to last year of college, he had become an absolute monster and she was done with his shit. Lucy wanted to get away. Away from everything that reminded her of him and the life they had shared together. “I’ll go to the other side of the country,” she thought “as far as possible I’ll go to fucking Maine.”   When she found the house it looked abandoned. “Fucking hell this must be a fake ad or something. No way this place is inhabitable.” she groaned but there was a small sign in the window of the house on Neibolt Street that read “Room for Rent” in badly drawn red ink. “Wellp I got nothing to lose anyway, either I die via whatever serial killer is squatting here or the drinking will get me later.” She had next to nothing other than a car, her belongings and enough money for three months worth of rent. This really was her only option. As she walked by the sun flowers haphazardly planted in the front yard in some sad attempt to make the house look pleasant, the front door creaked open on its own. “Yeah I’m definitely going to get murdered.” she mumbled. Lucy stepped cautiously in the doorway “Um hello? I’m here about the room?” something scuttled on the floor above her, it sounded like the pitter patter of children’s feet. Lucy’s heart began to pound her blue eyes wide now and her senses heightened. “Anyone?” she called out into the decrepit house. Lucy made her way to the window and picked up the for rent sign clutching it tightly to her chest. She was an avid horror fan, and she was no idiot. This house screamed ghost murderer she began to step further into the house when suddenly the door slammed shut. “FUCK” she shouted trying to pry it back open but it wouldn't budge “ALRIGHT ASSHOLE” she yelled “I’m fucking done with this game! You going to discuss the room with me or not?!” a door in a different room had creaked open and Lucy could have sworn she heard the faint sound of bells. “This isn't funny bitch” she yelled nervously searching for an exit “be brave be brave be brave” she whispered to herself. Down the hall she heard footsteps from something large they seemed to be dragging across the floor. Fucking hide you idiot her brain told her she quickly and silently bolted to the kitchen, almost on the verge of tears now cursing herself for even getting into this situation. She frantically searched the room for something to hide in and a half open cabinet caught her eye. She made a dash for it when she hear the jingle again this time louder and coming form the basement of the Well-house. She reached for the rotting door and screamed when something grey and furry leapt out at her. It smelled almost dead and its eyes were lifeless and faded. The creature was a very pissed off dirty grey cat. “Holy shit little guy” she managed to say. The cat darted off into the house and Lucy let her guard down slightly breathing a sigh of relief, only to turn around to meet a twisted smile with long fangs and glowing yellow eyes. Suddenly the demon clown shot a gloved claw out around her throat. Lucy passed out from sheer terror, dropping the for rent sign on the ground next to her.  ___________ Lucy awoke to voices, they were twisted and clearly agitated. Their tones were enough to make someones skin crawl. Her thoughts were foggy and her head ached from hitting it on her way down. She moved to rub it but she found she was tied to a chair, she thrashed a bit in a sad attempt to escape. the girl knew knew it wouldn't work. She was frail and malnourished looking, a text book punk kid in flannel and a stupid t-shirt that had a skeleton hand holding up the cliche devil horns. She wasn't getting out of this. The voices began to sound clearer now she had yet to open her eyes but she could hear what the owners were saying. “We can’t just kill her we need the money.” “She’s fucking human Tiff, just let the clown and the big guy fight over her meat!” “We’re about to lose the house babe! This is the best place we've had in years!”   “You know the rules no regular humans allowed in our society.” “Leatherface is human!” “PFF barely,” “Will you two PLEASE stop bickering for 5 seconds!” “Oh you wanna finally join us Jingles? Because you've been sitting there drooling for the past five minutes while we've been trying to figure out what to do about YOUR house.” “DO NOT CALL ME JINGLES, DOLL!!!” Lucy opened her eyes, light stung them at first and her vision adjusted. She gurgled out a moan of pain and the room suddenly went silent. Across from her were two dolls one a pretty blonde girl doll with dark makeup the other a boy haphazardly stitched together in a terrifying way. “What the fuck” she mumbled turning to look behind her, she heard heavy breathing that coming out so deep they almost sounded like moans. The monster towered over her and most horrifying of all he wore the skinned face of a dead woman. Lucy quickly turned away to finally find the other inhabitant pouting in the corner, the evil clown from earlier. He was tall, lanky and had a giant forehead with fluffy orange hair twisting around like cotton candy. The clown was staring right at her with a terrifying hunger in his eyes, like he could smell her fear from across the room. She tried to soak it all in. This isn't happening this isn't real. Oh god I'm going to die here she thought. Then, something deep within Lucy’s mind snapped. She began to laugh. Her laughter was a mix of hysteria and horror it was insane and manic. “Wellp I’ve finally lost it.” she thought to herself as her cackling died down. The monstrous flatmates stared at her slightly confused by her reaction.  “Well that the first time I’ve made that kind of impression. Thought makin' them laugh was your thing jingles.” the boy doll mused The clown let off an inhuman warning growl and the doll grinned wickedly. “Y-youre all r-real.” Lucy stuttered starting to slip into insanity. “Careful who you say isn't real around here toots, Jingles over there tends to get real triggered about that subject” the male doll quipped “Are you done insulting me yet? You disgusting excuse for a child’s toy.” the clown hissed “Not on your life chucklefuck.” “Chucky! Can we please focus on the girl!” the dolls female counterpart snapped “Sorry pumpkin, they've been having a bit of a dispute ever since the clown left a huge pile of drool outside the fridge yesterday morning” she turned to Lucy who now was a mix of terrified and utterly confused. “I was very hungry and couldn't decide what to eat!” the clown pouted “YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE PANTRY FULL OF DEAD CHILDREN IN THE SEWER DO YOU EVEN NEED TO EAT ANYTHING ELSE?” Chucky shouted back at him. “Wow that hurt. I don't just eat children you know” the clown mocked being struck in the heart followed by a sharp glare. The silent behemoth behind Lucy had decided enough was enough and banged on the counter next to him. All in the room went quiet. The female doll sighed “Well if you two are going to be children about this I’ll make the decision for us. Alright look hun. We’re in a bit of a pickle and we need an extra roommate or Penny here is going to lose the house. Then well all be shit outta luck, especially you sweetheart. So I’m givin ya two options” she looked at the grumpy killer clown who huffed and finally nodded giving the female doll permission “One, you take the room. You will live here as the fake owner so the town doesn't try to reclaim the house and tear it down. Or two…. you die.”  “And if I don’t want either?” Lucy questioned giving in completely to this new terrifying situation she was in. All the inhabitants in the room smiled wickedly. The clown stepped forward and grabbed Lucy’s chin forcing her to look into his golden predatory eyes, they were slightly out of alignment as if he was barely managing to keep control of himself  “You can try to run kitten, but in a house full of monsters” he grinned his smile sadistic with a sprinkling of insanity “I promise you wont get far.” he inhaled sharply as if sniffing a freshly cooked meal before taking a bite. Lucy swallowed her fear and insanity pushing it down deep within her. “I’m a fucking survivor and I’m not going to die in some rotting haunted house.” She thought to herself. The clown growled and shoved her face back roughly as if offended by her sudden burst of bravery. “How much is rent?” she stated cool and suddenly collected.She wasn't really but the girl was no stranger to putting on a brave face. The group turned to the clown who was suddenly put on the spot “….$450” “Fuck that. Does this crackhouse even have running water?” she spat. “Watch your filthy little mouth!” the clown growled. She had obviously hit a very sore spot. A weakness she smirked. “$300” she haggled.  “Just for that remark, five” the clown sneered in her face again, he was so close she could feel his breath on her nose. “You cant go up you fucker” “How much is your life worth to you little human” “About 300 bucks a month, clown.” “Four.. not including utilities” he smiled like the devil himself. She broke. “Look if you don’t kill me then my ex probably will. Im dead either way. Probably safer with a bunch of monsters than with that psycho, so $350 with utilities and I wont call the cops and make sure people stay away from your place. You all obviously want to remain here in secret so I keep my mouth shut about what you are and you give me a cheap place to live and start over. I honestly don't give a shit if I'm living with demon dolls and cannibals. I just want freedom from my old shitty life and my old shitty ex.” she stared back into the clowns eyes in pure defiance. Blue and gold bore into each other in some unseen battle. Few have ever done this to him before and were allowed to live. Finally the clown broke the stare he was a bit thrown off. “I’m not a cannibal I'm not even human you disgusting Leech.” he mumbled. Clearly the demon clown had a pride issue. “Wait call the cops? Ah shit Chucky you forgot to take her phone???” the Tiffany yelled at the male doll. “You didn't fucking tell me too! I thought we were going to kill her like we do with all the humans that wander in here!! Didn't see the fucking need but apparently were all going soft because Buck Tooth McForehead over here is worried about foreclosure!” “You idiot! You never listen to me!!!!” she screamed and lunged at him.  The clown rolled his eyes at them, apparently this happened a lot. “Can you guys please take this to the bedroom, since I know where this is going and I really don't want walk in to find you making up on my sofa again.” Leatherface who had been mostly silent had moaned and covered his eyes clearly grossed out at the thought. “FINE were leaving! Tell us when you two kids make a damn deal instead of eye fucking each other for hours” Chucky shouted from the floor his wife’s hands around his neck. “Ew what the hell man we weren’t…” Lucy began but was cut off by an eruption of anger from the clown. “GET OUT.” the clown roared.They stood up and Chucky took his wife’s hand in his and Tiffany gave Lucy a wink as she left. “what the hell was that-“ Lucy started. “Ignore them” the clown interrupted once again. “Ok but like what did he mean by-“ “Ignore them” She turned her attention again to the tall murderous, inhuman apparently, clown. Who was clearly extremely annoyed with the whole situation. “So we have a deal clown?” “Pennywise” the clown said. “PennyWhat?” “I have a name and its Pennywise… The dancing clown.” “You dance?” “Not the point.” “Can I see?” “No.” “I thought clowns liked to preform.” “Are you finished?” “Maybe.” Lucy fired back at him.  The clown was not used to this amount of sass from such a small frail looking thing. She could certainly run her mouth. It reminded him of a very specific boy that had smacked him in the head with a baseball bat all those years ago. He knew he was going to hate this human, but he had little to no choice in this. The Well-house was apart of him and desperate times call for desperate measures. He decided to wait to kill her when she tries to move out. It'll happen eventually anyway, after all this human will be living amongst monsters, horrible abominations true living nightmares! No normal sane human would be able to last long in this situation. And then he will enjoy feasting on this small thing’s flesh. Biting into her pale skin hearing her cry out in fear when he turns on her. Oh yes her sweet, delicious, beautiful fear. He'd inhale her scent and burry his nose into her bleeding flesh licking the wound in her neck. Those big blue eyes wide in terror as the filthy leech rose up finally floating. Her short platinum hair swirling around her frozen face. Beautiful, intoxicating, delicious, alluring, all mine, mine, mine, MINE- he woke himself from his trance his eyes had drifted apart and he was drooling immensely. She was staring at him waiting for him to say something. He mentally cursed himself for those strange thoughts that had just drifted through his head. “You uh…. you ok there? It looks like you left earth there for a bit”   The clown sighed and growled more turning to his giant flatmate. “Untie her and bring me some ink Leatherface, lets just get this over with” Pennywise said exhausted. The giant equally concerned and confused grabbed a knife off the kitchen wall and cut her free. Lucy’s first instinct was to run but she glued herself into the reality of her situation. The behemoth walked over to her still holding the knife and she suddenly felt the fear come back. What if the clown had lied? The giant grabbed her hand roughly. Shit she began to panic as he pressed the blade into her hand and cut. Pennywise was now sporting a devilish grin seeing his flatmate to be squirm and whimper under the blade. He suddenly had an old looking contract and a quill in his hand which he laid out on the table in front of her “Read it and sign it Leech” he sneered “Really? Im signing it in blood? Really?” “You’re being difficult and childish just sign the damn paper.” “Why do you keep calling me Leech anyway?” “Because you're sucking me dry with this $350 a month deal, sign the paper.” “Do I get to at least remodel my room?” “SIGN THE PAPER” “Bite me clown. I want to know the fine details.” “Careful what you wish for little Leech it just might come true.” he muttered. “That a threat Penny?” she fired backThe clown glared at the nickname. “You know, you’re cute when you're mad” she chuckled reading the document. “Interesting requirements you got here. Don’t know what the hell this whole community council thing is and all these weird secrets but eh its cheap living can’t complain.” she dabbed the pen on her open wound and scribbled her name on the line.  “Congratulations were flatmates.” the clown growled snatching the paper and walked off towards the basement. Lucy turned to Leatherface and chuckled. “I like him, he’s fun. So you guys gonna take me on the grand tour?” the giant still very confused with the whole situation nodded silently and Lucy followed him out. She didn't quite know what she just agreed to and this definitely wasn't the change she had in mind. All she knew was that she had wished for a new start and she sure as hell was getting one. 

I know everyone is getting hella upset about the sterek baiting in the trailer

But honestly, I love it. We already know it’s not going to be canon and we haven’t had any new content with them together in such a long time that it’s nice to see them together again. I mean, hello, they literally showed up together. I bet Derek called Stiles just as Stiles was about to leave for Beacon Hills and was all “When are we leaving?” No context whatsoever. No greetings. Nothing. And I can bet Stiles’ answer was “As soon as your furry ass gets here.” And then there’s a loud bang as the door to whatever car Stiles is driving now is closed and there’s Derek sitting in the passenger seat throwing his bag into the back. Stiles just rolls his eyes but starts driving anyways. Yay road trip! It takes them a day or two because, hello, they are driving across the country. So when Stiles starts to drift off Derek makes him pull over so he can drive and vice versa. By the time they get back to Beacon Hills shits going down, they have just enough time to stop by and see the Sheriff to which they are big hugs between John (because that is his goddamn name okay) and his son. Once they let go of one another the Sheriff takes a look at Derek and is all “it’s been awhile Hale, you look good son.” Before grabbing him into a bone crushing hug which totally takes Derek by surprise but he responds in kind and Stiles is just smiling in the corner. They grab the keys to the jeep cause there’s no way that Stiles would be going anywhere in this town and not have Roscoe and set off to help Scott and their friends. And then when they make their big entrance together Stiles of course has a one liner ready. Right after he runs down the newest bad he turns and delivers it “You really think you’d be doing this without me?” (Something like that I don’t know the actual line by heart yet) and then of course Derek comes around the car and has to step on his moment “Without us?” And you can see Stiles trying to hold in his next smart ass comment which was probably along the lines of “really dude? You totally just stepped on my moment” and Derek just laughs before responding “it wasn’t that great of a line anyways” and then walks to the other side of the car and getting back in. Scott is still staring at them as they have their little tiff, completely at awe that they’re here, that they came back. But more importantly, that they came back together. AND OF COURSE let’s not forget the whole Derek is hurt and needs help and Stiles is the one holding him up and if you look closely not only is his arm around Stiles’ shoulders but his right arm (the one that’s not) is gripping onto Stiles like his life depends on it. And that my friends is why I’m not mad about the baiting because we have such glorious reunion and more canon relationship between the two for more fanfics

I tried oops

These are kinda rushed but I really wanted @lovelylangst to feel better as soon as possible, so hopefully these are okay ^^; KLANGST -Normally tiffs between the two end when either Shiro or Allura put their foot down, but sometimes Lance can't help but keep pushing Keith’s buttons. -Keith has had previous anger issues which had wormed their way out while he was living in the desert, but have made their way back after meeting Lance. -Keith, in need of something to say, says “I bet you couldn't keep quiet for five minutes!” Which Pidge jokingly adds on “I don't think he even knows the definition of quiet.” -Lance is never one to back down from a challenge;) -But our blue boy is a little hurt by Pidge’s comment. -Things take a turn for the worse when- -Lance, wanting to prove he knows the definition of quiet, keeps absolutely silent throughout a whole mission (he thought about just turning his com of, but he isn't a cheater); by doing this, Lance can't call for help when some Galra Soldiers attack. The soldiers keep asking him where Voltron is, and where the Castle of Lions is located, but Lance refuses to answer (now for the sake of keeping his team and the princess safe instead of giving the team the silent treatment) The Galra quickly become annoyed and basically put Lance’s throat beneath their boot, putting more and more pressure on his throat the longer Lance keeps silent. After Lance finally returns to the castle where everyone is waiting, he is quickly yelled at by not only Shiro but also Keith(“Stop being such a kid, Lance! It doesn't fucking matter if you know how to be quiet or not!”) only after Keith finishes yelling is when he realizes that ‘Oh shit, Lance is hurt’ and Lance is quickly placed into a pod. When Lance is released from the pod, they find that the damage done to his vocal cords could not be reversed, leaving Lance to live his life without his voice. The news really hits Keith hard, making him tear up and-“I'm so sorry, it's all my fault. If I hadn't… god, Lance. I love your voice…” KLANGST When Keith was young and being moved into and out of houses, his mind made up an imaginary friend with no name. All he knows is that this friend was his first crush and love, but when he gets older, he finally starts to notice that the unknown friend is something he made up and he forgets about him. After moving in with Shiro and Allura, and their adopted daughter Pidge, he meets Lance at the high school; who looks and acts exactly like his imaginary friend. KLANGST -Keith and Lance both are crushing on each other, but are oblivious to the others feelings. -Keith hadn't ever really felt attraction to somewhere before, so he is scared he caught a weird space flu since his tummy feels like it has butterflies in it and he always feels hot and sweaty whenever he is alone with Lance. -Lance has fallen in love one too many times and is afraid to tell Keith, since they're already fighting purple furries and are super stressed as it is (plus he is sure Shiro would kill him if he hurt Keith’s feelings) -Keith goes to Hunk for advice on his space flu, and only gets sent away with cookies and a reminder to tell Lance how he feels around him. Keith was going to, but of course the castle is suddenly under attack. -And of coURSE LANCE GETS HURT. -AND SO HE HAS TO STAY IN THE PODS AND KEITH THINKS HE NEEDS A POD TOO BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HIS HEART IS GOING FASTER THAN A RUSSIAN RACE HORSE. -I actually don't have anything else for this prompt.

Wild Flower | Part 2

Lucy had just sink into her couch and was caressed by her beautiful pillows she used to decorate. One of the pillows was one she had brought from her mums house. It was the one she would always use . It was white with pink Polk a dots all over it. The other was one that her best friend Tiffany had bought her for her house warming party, it was a baby blue furry pillow and it was super soft just like her best friend's heart. The crew giggled and snickered when Lucy mentioned that she was sky high. "You're such a dork, Lucy. This is why we love you." Tiffany answered. Lucy laid her head back on her couch and felt Starboy's arm around her. Then it clicked to her, "Guys!!!! I have-" and she reached into her purse and grabbed 2 baggies with white dust in it. "I have coke !" She smiled . Her friends eyes all blew up, "Whoa! I'm good babes," Tiffany answered. "Are you sure ? I mean you can take a bump si quieres?" Tiffany's eyes closed slightly as she took a minute to think about it, "Okay just a bump." She rapidly answered as she crossed her arms. " Hurry before I change my mind," she added grinning. Lucy grabbed her house keys and walked over to her . She opened the baggy and then instructed Tiffany the easiest way for her to inhale. "So you're gonna pinch one side and inhale from the nostril that's open and then do the same for the other. I can scoop it for you." Lucy didn't want Tiffany to feel uncomfortable in any way since it was going to be her first time trying coke. "Okay, you're ready?" She asked as Tiff nodded in assurance. Lucy dipped her key into the baggy getting a small amount and nodding and looking into Tiff's eyes signaling her to inhale. Then Lucy went ahead and gave her 2 bumps to ease her for the rest of the night. Lucy laughed in satisfaction but went ahead and brought her a water bottle, "you're gonna get a shitty ass taste in your mouth but then it goes away and you feel awake a'f." In mid sentence she saw her best friends face go from sweet to sour real quick. Lucy laughed, "I told you bitch," While Tiffany was adjusting to the coke Lucy went ahead and connected her phone putting her dancing playlist on, "When I come back we're gonna be shaking some asses," She smiled and walked into her room waving her friends to follow. She had her little table ready and set up to cut the individual lines she was going to do. She made four even lines, "Tonight yall are gonna be on my motherfucking level." She explained as she rolled her dollar bill. Lucy went ahead and inhaled hers first splitting it in half for both nostrils. She sighed in gratitude and unrolled the dollar bill and then rolling it back up as she continued to inhale feeling the numbness go from her nose to the back of her throat. She smiled and handed the dollar bill to Starboy. Then the rotation continued until it was Roxanne's turn. " Lucy please help me again," she asked her grabbing Lucy's hand. "You better not leave my sight." "Alright guys y'all know the drill. Get the fuck out," she demanded with a smile on her face. The guys closed the bedroom door behind them and Lucy began to talk Roxanne through it, since she had already taken a line earlier it wasn't difficult anymore . She really just wanted more privacy since it was still her first time trying it. She inhaled as she was instructed to earlier by Lucy and once she was done she smiled laying back on Lucy's bed. "God! This fucking feels amazing." "Watch yourself, you might feel extra amazing if you know what I mean." Lucy stated as she winked at her and laid beside her on the bed. Lucy and Roxanne had a past of hooking up with each other. It was almost like a regular thing, they would go out with friends drink and smoke. Roxanne would always spend the night at Lucy's house and they already flirted with each other in public so why the heck not . Roxanne starred into Lucy's eyes and smiled, "You're so beautiful." She wrapped her arm around Lucy shimming her closer and began to caress her every curve. Lucy chuckled, "stop we can't really do nothing. I have company." Roxanne smirked and scooted closer to Lucy as she began to trail kisses down her face . Kissing her lips and sucking on the bottom making a slight noise. Lucy chuckled as she was consumed by Roxanne's kisses, she always loved her makeout sessions with this girl. They always felt so passionate and heart taking. Meanwhile, Roxanne continued her trail of kisses down Lucy's neck and nibbled a bit trailing her tongue down to her chest. With her hands she magically made one of Lucy's breast pop out of her bra and dress, "Oops," she muffled as she sucked in her breast and circled her tongue around Lucy's pink nipple. Lucy let out a slight gasp as she grabbed Roxanne's hair holding her against her breast but rapidly pulled her away. "Fuck! You don't know how good that fucking felt. But we need to-" before Lucy could finish her sentence Roxanne was pulling Lucy into the bathroom, "take your underwear off," Roxanne instructed her to do. "Wait why?" Lucy answered as she did what she was told. Roxanne tapped on the sink and demanded for Lucy to sit on it. "Spread your legs babe, I wanna taste you so bad right now." Lucy couldn't believe what was happening. "What if they come looking for us?" Roxanne spread open Lucy's cunt separating the lips of her vagina. She automatically shut Lucy's mouth by placing her tongue on Lucy's entrance and wrapping her lips around the clit and sucked. A moan escaped Lucy's mouth as she leaned her head back and arched herself. "Holy fuck!" She exclaimed as she placed her hand on Roxanne's head. "Fuck, you know you won't- " Lucy led a loud gasp and moaned Roxanne's name out as she felt Roxanne's tongue roll over all the curves her vagina had. "Okay okay okay, stop! We gotta go back outside." But Roxanne didn't listen. Lucy was so high with euphoric she felt her orgasm sneak up on her, "Whatever you're fucking doing. Keep fucking doing that shit. I'm gonna cum," Roxanne smiled and whispered, "Please cum in my mouth baby. I wanna taste you so fucking bad." Hearing those words slip out of Roxanne's mouth turned Lucy the fuck on. She began to moan a bit louder and arched her back even more . She placed a hand over her mouth so she wouldn't make so much noise. She kept breathing hard and then finally Roxanne played with Lucy's clit and rubbed it with her tongue as she inserted her indexing finger into her. "Fuck fuck fuck!" Escaped out of Lucy's mouth, "keep doing that." Roxanne did as she was instructed in no time Lucy's head fell back and Roxanne had to grab her thighs keeping her from shaking so much, "Fuuuuuuuuck, im cumiiiiiiing," she whaled out grabbing Roxanne's face and pushing it deep into herself. Roxanne continued to slurp until finally Lucy didn't have anymore strength left in her. Roxanne smiled as she sat back on the bathtub, "I fucking missed my pussy." Lucy laughed and picked up her underwear from her ankles and slid them on. She kissed Roxanne and sucked the finger she used to fuck her. "My pussy missed you too." She answered her as she grabbed some hand sanitizer and perfume spraying it on herself and Roxanne. Roxanne chuckled and pulled Lucy towards her and wrapped one of her arms around her waist and with the other caressed Lucy's cheek and pulled her face closer to hers and kissed her with the warmth of her own lips. Lucy smiled mid way and hugged her beautiful Roxanne. " I fucking love you. Don't you ever leave me !" Roxanne hugged her tight, " I will never!" They released themselves from the hug and held hands as they walked out the restroom and out of her bedroom and out to the living room where the rest of her friends were. "Alright bitches ! I'm ready to shake my ass !" Lucy yelled out startling her friends. "That's more like it !" Tiffany answered playing a song from her phone that was blaring out of the Tv speaker. Her friends began to dance and Lucy joined pulling Starboy behind her and Roxanne in front. "Sandwich bitches!" Lucy was feeling the music and the bass that was blaring out of the speakers combining with her body as it bonded with her friends. It was amazing everyone bonding and not giving a shit about how they looked doing it. It was the best Wild night for her and her wild flowers.

We Hiked Some of the Best Trails in Colorado in 3 Days

I never tire of visiting Colorado. It attracts me in a way that no other state can or has so far, (except maybe northern California). My first time driving through the western side of the state was back in 2015, which I covered in this article. Since then Tiff and I have been back twice. The first time we visited Denver and Evergreen Colorado, which I wrote about here. Our second time there together, we drove further and down highway 70 going west. Today’s article is about that journey back in June of 2019.

[Day 1 - June 6, 2019]

Our first day was spent flying from Dallas to Denver early in the morning, picking up our rental car, getting breakfast at Butcher’s Block, and heading west toward Mt. Evans and the Chicago Trail. This trail, in particular, holds a special place in my heart. My brother Jim and I hiked it when I was a little kid and it was my first camping experience. On the way up the mountain, before we got to the nostalgic-to-me path, we stopped at some bathrooms and explored the river next to it. All of the snow was still melting from the passing winter and it was absolutely beautiful.

Following our short stop near the stream, we got back into the car and headed up Mt. Evans. Our rental car was not prepared for inclines it turns out as it fought against us the entire way. About 20 minutes passed and we found parking next to a campground. After gearing up for the hike, we walked only a minute or so before we came upon a serene view with a calm lake and mountains as the foreground. We realized our altitude via short bursts of lightheaded-ness and deep breathes. With ducks diving and only a few other quiet hikers around, everything was pretty peaceful.

We walked around the lake for a bit until we came upon the Chicago Lakes Trail entrance.

I couldn’t remember anything from when I had been there before at a young age. Only trees, my brothers truck that we slept in, and the forever darkness of the night we camped in could be remembered. It was drastically different this time around, naturally, since I was older.

The trail fell for an eternity on one side and scaled further up on the other. Trees stretched upward and enticed my wife to climb a few. There were so many minerals in the walls that neighbored our path. Some parts were pretty treacherous, but not impossibly so.

Our goal was to make it to an outlook a few hikers had told us about near the beginning of the trail and then turn back since we still had to make our way to our hotel that same day in Eagle, Colorado. The hike was well worth it once we got to that point. Tiff bought me binoculars for Valentine’s Day which I finally got to use on this trip and for the first time at this outlook. The view was stunning, helped immensely by Tiff being in it.

The rest of the day was spent traveling down highway 70 towards Eagle, Colorado. (More of this drive can be seen in the video at the end of this article.) Since our flight, hiking, and traveling had all been in one day, we decided to get dinner and call it a day.

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[Day 2 - June 7, 2019]

On day two, our goal was to drive further down highway 70 to Glenwood Springs. We decided along the way which trails to stop at. The passage through the soaring cliffs of Glenwood that accompany you down the highway are among my favorite all time scenic drives. One day, we hope to live in this area.

The road winded through cliffs almost aimlessly. It’s the perfect place to feel lost. Our first path to explore was Grizzly Creek which turned out to be a fantastic choice, (though we didn’t see any grizzlies).

There’s something incredibly beautiful, scary, and allegorical about fast-moving water and Grizzly Creek runs next to some of the craziest rapids I’ve ever experienced. Knowing how powerful they are and how dangerous they can be, gives me an indescribable and almost mythical feeling.

Pre-trail and just after you park, you’re greeted by the quick-moving water, bathrooms, a wooden bridge, and a cement overpass. 50+ more feet and you reach the sign above. As you move forward, the trail opens up to lush green plants and a large cliff face to your left, just over the immature traveling rapids.

We only walked about 25% of Grizzly trail before we turned back as were beckoned by another trail about an hour away that we wanted to get to while there was still light in the day. Once we got back to the car, we were starving. We stopped by this little restaurant right off highway 70 called, “A Whistle Stop Cafe” which was delicious! They had this wonderful hot sauce from Aspen that was kind to my sensitive 30+ stomach.

Completely stuffed, we made our way back toward Eagle, Colorado where we were staying. GPS took us back through downtown Eagle and out to paved road that slowly turned to a dirt one. This led us into White River National Forest toward our destination, which was a cave I had found a lot of stories about online. It was called Fulford Cave.

The trailhead is fairly easy to get to, but we had to obtain a permit via White River Nation Forest (forest service) to go into the cave. We secured one here a few days prior. We had our headlamps, water, and cameras ready to go in our camping backpacks once we arrived. Upon entering the trail, it’s important to note as we did from signage, that there are a lot of bears in this area, so we were pretty cautious the entire time.

For the most part, the trail was an incline surrounded by tall, enchanting Birch trees. Five minutes into our hike, we accidentally scared some deer. I was just glad they weren’t bears.

I carried a stick most of the way to make sound so black bears in the area would know we were coming through. The last thing we wanted to do was startle them. The trail continued upward as we saw more and more snow patches on the ground.

As is customary with most of our hikes, we had to pay homage to the forest through silent screaming.

Sadly, the hike ended abruptly as the trail forward began to disappear the further we went due to fallen trees, overgrown brush, and a myriad of snow sections. (You can see more in the video at the end of this article).

In the photo below, you can see where we were forced to stop as the snow was deeper than we were tall.

Our only choice was to head back down the trail toward where we had parked, about 30 minutes down the mountain. One day we will see Fulford cave…ONE DAY. We stopped a few more time before we got to the bottom for some photo ops.

We eventually made our way down to the parking lot where we took a couple more pictures before we headed back toward the town of Eagle.

It was nearing late afternoon when we got back into Eagle. I put a copy of my book in the Little Library there in town.

We settled on eating dinner in Vail and arrived there about 45 minutes later. Unbeknownst to us until we got there, we happened to go on a day when a GoPro sponsored action sports event was happening. Everywhere we looked something was going on.

We ate dinner at a little Mexican food place there called La Cantina and then explored. I had never seen so many dogs; almost everyone was walking one. Made us miss ours! Although fun, it was starting to get dark so we headed back to the hotel. We got some pizza after dark and walked a few blocks to a local brewery in Eagle called, “Bonfire Brewing”. We ended our night with some delicious beer and conversations that lasted late into the night.

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[Day 3 - June 8, 2019]

On our last day in Colorado, our flight wasn’t until around 8pm so we basically had an entire day ahead of us. We checked out of the hotel and got Starbucks and a few snacks for the road. All packed up, we headed toward Breckenridge to check out the main shopping strip. The drive there was as amazing as the rest of western Colorado had been.

Although Tiff had been once before, out of the many times my family and I traveled to Colorado as a kid, I never got to experience Breckenridge. I couldn’t imagine spending more than a day there unless I was skiing, but it was a blast looking through all the shops and driving through the unique and undoubtedly expensive neighborhoods.

We walked the main street for about 4 hours.

Before heading to the airport, we wanted to hit one last trail we had heard a lot about right outside of Breckenridge called Sapphire Point. I had seen pictures, but had no idea how pretty it was there and what furry critters we would meet there. It was a perfect end to another perfect vacation with Tiff.

Below are the last pictures we got while walking the Sapphire Point trail.

Now that you’ve read the article, check out the random video I made below from the sporadic footage we got while there!

Have you traveled to any of these places? Let me know in the comments below. Also, if you have any recommendations for when we go back, leave that in the comments as well. Thanks for reading!