"How come you never talk to me about sports?"
It's late in the afternoon on a lazy Sunday, and they're just curled up on the couch together. Eddie's got a book in one hand, and he's carding the fingers of his other through Steve's hair. Steve's got the sports pages from the morning paper in his lap, and he's looking through it idly.
He stops when he hears Eddie's question, though, cranes his neck back to look at him.
"Huh?"
"How come you never talk about sports? I just realised I don't even know what teams you support." Eddie dog-ears his book and sets his book aside as he asks.
Steve frowns. "But… you don't care about sports. Like, at all. Why would I bore you by talking about it?"
"Are you bored when I talk about D&D?” Eddie asks, hand stilling in Steve’s hair. Steve shakes his head. “I tell you about my sessions all the time. I tell you about the books I'm reading and music shit, and you always listen to me. You don't really care about any of that stuff, either."
Steve shakes his head. "Yeah, but that’s different,” he tries to argue.
“How so?”
Steve wracks his brain for the words to describe it. “I like listening to you talk about D&D because you get so excited. I like hearing you talk about something you care about."
Eddie smiles and kisses Steve’s forehead. He looks almost smug, like he’s won a debate Steve hadn’t even realised he was part of.
"So let me ask again. Why don't you talk about sports more?"
Steve is quiet, staring at nothing in the distance as he puts the pieces together.
"I never... Nobody ever.... I mean, except Lucas, but Robin and Dustin always rolled their eyes when I made references to it, so..."
Eddie cups Steve’s face and looks him in the eye. "Tell me something."
"What?"
"I don't know. What's the drama right now? How's your team doing in the league or the championship or whatever it's called? Tell me about the last game you saw on TV! I wanna hear you talk about your interests, too."
Steve feels warmth burst in his chest as he sets the newspaper aside.
Eddie leans back against the couch, watching fondly as he listens. Steve is hesitant at first, stumbling over his words. A little voice in the back of his head keeps tripping him up, telling him Eddie doesn't care about any of this and you're boring him, wrap it up.
Every time he lets the voice win, though, every time he stops talking, trails off, or tries to change the topic to something Eddie might enjoy more, Eddie asks him a question.
"What does that rule mean?"
"How does team selection even work?"
"What would your dream line-up look like right now?"
And Steve answers. And Eddie listens.
When Eddie finally runs out of questions, Steve's surprised by how happy he is.
"You're really cute when you talk about sports, you know that right? Your face lights up with it."
Steve leans in and kisses Eddie. "I love you."
"Love you too, babe. I really do."
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So the final character turns out to be based on Ryugen, but it feels kinda weird how there is also one based on Zangetsu and they aren't brothers
Or what if plot reveals they are brothers and he was actually adopted or stollen
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ACTUALLY RYUUGEN?! I made a joke about it when Toten got revealed but I didn't actually expect... (I'm counting it as a win though, which means I guessed three out of sixteen! ...given how wacky some of these got, I'm actually pretty proud of that.)
he seems very sweet though! I hope he and his secret hamsters are very happy together. 🐹
(also:
THIS WAS MY EXACT TRAIN OF THOUGHT TOO! either this is an incredible bit of meta foreshadowing, or an incredible bit of Takahashi trolling, and I -- I honestly don't know which is more likely)
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﹄ I’m not sure I made this chaotic enough. ﹃
@zukkaweek day 4 : College High School AU
inspired by @p3nnyl4ne‘s soft, kaleidoscopic story High Tide 💜
Happy pride y’all.
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[ID: Two drawings in very saturated, neon-like colors, drawn in rough, textured lines and scribbles. In the first, Zuko is jumping high over Sokka on a skate, the latter sitting crouched at the bottom of some cracked-up stairs, eyes squeezed shut and screaming for his life, with his arms over his head. Zuko’s hair is flying and his tattooed arms are out for balance, tongue poking out in cheeky concentration. In the second, Zuko holds Sokka piggy-back while balancing the both of them on his skate. They are both looking down, with Zuko’s hair hanging in his face and Sokka hooking his chin over his shoulder. Their mouths are open in a laughing argument. In both drawings, they are wearing modern attire, Zuko with his ripped jeans and t-shirts, Sokka with shorts and first a tank top and then a soft hoodie. Both wear sneakers, and one of Sokka is perpetually untied. The artist’s signature reads BOIIKO by the side of the frame.]
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commissions open: pride flag horse icons! now closed
hello :D i mentioned a short while ago that i wanted to do pride flag icons/profile pictures as june is approaching and now i'm opening them!
my dear polaris is the model for the example drawing. it will be a simple headshot with some minor rendering + the background being the pride flag of your choosing! if several flags apply to you, i can provide the same drawing with different backgrounds without extra cost.
edit: if you would also like the drawing without a flag background that can be arranged as well!
the horse in question can be an oc, a horse from real life, a fictional horse from a show or a video game ... you name it! all the horses are welcome here :)
price: $15
paypal only. full payment upfront!
I may not be able to work very fast at the moment but I will do my absolute best considering the circumstances!^^
if you're interested, send me a message here on tumblr and i'll get back to you as soon as possible! alternatively, you can also email me at
[email protected]
what i need from you:
clear reference images of the horse
for you to tell me which pride flag(s) i should add to the background
payment
that is all! i will then let you know when i've started and let you know when i estimate i'll be done.
if you are not interested in getting a commission but still want to help out, you can find my tip jar here: https://ko-fi.com/saturnvs
happy (almost) pride!
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