✤ COFFEE SHOP FICS ✤
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- Top 5 Coffee Shop H/L Fics -
1️⃣ Hiding Out in the Kitchen by LittleMousling [E, 28k]
Harry's in an internationally famous boyband with his three best mates, he gets laid on a pretty regular basis, and he's headed to Australia in a week. He doesn't need anything else, and he certainly doesn't need a boyfriend. If this nice guy he met in a coffeeshop wants to date him, great—but that's all it is. Right?
2️⃣ it's hard to look right at you, baby by kenziexo [E, 14k]
Coffee Shop AU where Louis is going through a dry spell, Zayn wants to be a good friend and help Louis find someone, and Harry ends up finding him instead.
[or the one where louis is 'hella fucking gay and desperately single' and harry wants to change that last part.]
3️⃣ falling for your hallelujah by whiskeyinthejar [M, 19k]
There's a homeless boy who's made his new place outside Louis's work. Louis, in unexpected generosity, offers him a cup of coffee and a sprinkle doughnut.
No one really expected it to become a Thing.
(In which Louis works in a cafe, Harry has no home, and it's freezing cold but no one cares).
4️⃣ Shy Eyes by @isthatyoularry [G, 2k]
Coffee Shop AU where Harry is 21 and famous and he has been in love since the moment he saw those cerulean blue eyes.
5️⃣ blend into my favourite colour by rainbowninja167 / @rainbowninja [T, 19k]
Harry often wonders if they’ll ever meet in real life. And if Harry will recognize Tommo the instant they see each other, like somehow their souls will just know.
Or maybe Harry’s soul is shouting “Louis!” too loudly for any other signals to go through.
Harry is a barista with a secret Werewolf High fan blog, a desperate crush on a customer named Louis, and a best friend on Tumblr who always makes him laugh. Louis can't figure out why the barista at his favorite coffee shop keeps creepily staring at him, and to make matters worse, he may be slightly in love with a friend he met online.
A love square involving two boys, one TV fandom, and one food fight.
- HIDDEN GEMS -
💎 ever since new york by sunflower_live / @sunflower-live [NR, 22k]
Louis works at a coffee shop in NYC and he pines endlessly after the boy who lives above it.
💎 A Love Stronger Than Espresso by tempolarriefics / @tempolarriefix [G, 12k]
Louis is entirely dependent on caramel mocha in the mornings, but soon he finds that there's one thing at the coffee shop he needs more than coffee - a cute barista named Harry.
aka: The one where Harry is a cute barista guy and Louis plays hard to get by using a different name to order coffee each day
💎 Coming Home Through the Dark to You by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup [G, 6k]
Harry Styles works at the Fox in the Snow, the most hipster coffee joint around. He's got too many roommates and a best friend he met his first day of university who he might very well be head-over-heels for.
💎 (knew that we would be alright) from the first time by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed [T, 4k]
“Daddy, tell the story again?”
Louis smiles at his youngest, cuddled up in bed next to him, thumb in his mouth. “What story, love?” He asks, smoothing a hand over curly brown hair. He gets a stare in response, one that’s so familiar to him that he can’t help but laugh.
“You know!” His eldest pipes up, her smile so reminiscent of his own, her eyes just as fierce a blue. “The one about you and papa!”
Ten years into the relationship, Louis Tomlinson tells his children all about how he met and fell in love with their father.
💎 baby baby, you're a caramel macchiato by @missandrogyny [T, 3k]
So, yeah, Harry doesn't think it's that far of a stretch to call himself a good barista. There are some particularly bad ones, and some particularly good ones, and, with his work ethic, his skill, and his charm, he'd probably be lumped in with the latter group.
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Featuring my friend's kitty, Grayson! Warrior name Nightwing. ;3 He showed up a couple of times before now, but I wanted to give him at least a little bit of dialogue, lol.
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MHA 402 about to drop and I'm just over here chanting over and over again they'll be ok they'll be ok please let father and son be ok
please do not repost/reuse/claim as your own (reblogs are welcome!)
==>>do NOT tag this as D//kuM//ght<<==
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I am totally fine
...Lester, who saw that Meg was like him, while observing her and her Beast...
...(and who didn't admit to himself, that he had a Beast too)...
...Meg who was so scared and worried out of her mind that Lester is in dander and is going to die in the cave of Trophonius that she kept trying to catch his attention and started singing in order to guarantee his safety...
...Lester, who selflessly agreed to give his life only if Meg is going to live; and then proceeded to put himself under risk of being suffocated...
...Meg who was helplessly watching how [her] dummy stabbed himself in the heart and fell limb (I am sure that for a second she was not sure if it was the end or not)...
...Lester who watched people he knew only for a few hours were killed for his sake, clearly not understanding why they would sacrifice themselves for him ("and, for some reason, Jason Grace decided that I would not die today too")...
...Meg, who was watching how her best friend was dying from poison; she didn't want him to die, she cried because she didn't want him to die...
...Lester who helped her to kill her Beast Nero... (I am sure that he is very proud of this achievement of hers)
...Lester, who promised her to come back, no matter what, because the sun always comes back...
Apollo, who did.
They, who became each other's family, because their families are shit (not all of the people/gods).
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you can pry the tbm scars headcanon from my cold, dead hands
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it takes a lot out of me to remember myself. i turn my face away from it and my body cracks open, spilling glistening hot viscera onto the floor for the audience to coo at. scenes flash behind me—dark corners, the breeze from the window, the floorboards creaking, a shift in the air. close to me, you look over my shoulder. you tell me, “you kept yourself so still when you were younger.” i want to ask how you know that. how do you know? but you reach out to touch my open body, press my hand to your chest, hold my face. it’s in your eyes. you were a boy once. just like me.
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can we talk about how V gives other people second chances to live when he was only granted a second chance to die, and how little v is kind of a dying sunflower because he, too, is something cheerful that’s wasting away..?
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Fasching with König
Because today is Faschingsdienstag, I just had to write something for him on that day! Today is the only day I can post this, afterwards I'll have to wait over a year again! Fasching is an Austrian holiday that is essentially the last day before fasting for 40 days, so people go all out with food and drinks and festivities, they even dress up in costumes! It's not nearly as fancy as what some other countries have, but it's tradition! Besides, who am I to say no to a Krapfen with König!
Mentions of alcohol, but König is Austrian, so what did you expect?
First off, he hates going to the city during that “holiday”, there are far too many people, the crowds are way too big and it’s too loud for his liking as well. The only reason he’s taking you to the city on that day is so you can experience more of Austria with him. At least that’s what he tells you, in reality he just really wants to go eat a Langos or two and drink a few beers. No one would judge him for that on Fasching, there are crazier bastards out there than him. He’s never been a fan of Fasching, not even when he was a kid. The only reason he looked forward to that day was because he could go home from school earlier than usual. But other than that Fasching had always irritated him. He was never one for playing dress up either.
He couldn’t say he was surprised when you came up to him, demanding for the two of you to dress up as something. The most König would do on his own would be to put on a pair of bee feelers on top of his head, but he would never consider putting on a full costume. Not only was there a chance people would stare at him, but he’d feel awkward as well. Besides, which place would actually sell a costume in his size? Not a common one. You’d need to be a bit annoying for him to put on more than just bee feelers. He’s more willing to play dress up with you as long as you put on something as well, though, even if it still wouldn’t be anything too fancy. If he can find one, he might put on a Winnie the Pooh onesie, but only because it’s somewhat comfortable, somewhat warm and because there are weirder people than him out there.
He’d hate seeing the Faschingsumzug, but he’d tolerate it just for you so you can see all the wagons together and comment on all the costumes. The music is far too loud, there are people surrounding him on every side and he still hasn’t had a single drink yet. Tragic. You might wanna hold onto his arm before you’re being swept away by the crowds. Although König usually isn't one for PDA, in this case he’d prefer to keep you close. It keeps him a bit calmer and you’re not getting lost in a city or town you barely know. You can drag him around all you want, though, he’ll comply, even if he might roll his eyes a bit whenever you wanna go take a closer look at some of the other costumes and wagons. However, get ready to be dragged to one of the nearest stands for a few Langos. They’re not amazing, nothing special in the slightest, but they’re not bad either. He’ll pay for them, naturally. You can choose between a regular Langos, a Toast Langos or even a Käsekrainer Langos. König will likely have eaten all three due to his massive appetite, but you’re more than welcome to take a bite out of them as well.
Once it’s finally getting a bit later and the masses are starting to disperse, that’s when König will be a bit less grumpy. He gets to finally go to a bar with you and drink to his heart's content, his highlight of the day. You can drink whatever you want, from soda to Pago, from Spritzer to Jägermeister, he’ll always go for a few beers. While he might seem a bit grumpy at first, once he’s had his first beer he’s a bit more cheerful, König just really hates big crowds. However, he got to spend another day with you, which is all he could ever want. While you’re sitting at the bar he might take out a few Krapfen for the both of you to enjoy as well. Might joke about getting some Heringsschmaus with you the next day, even if you don’t like fish. It’s tradition, it’s part of the Faschingszeit, but that doesn’t mean he’s a big fan of it either. No, he much prefers the Krapfen you can eat during Fasching. Not big on fasting, he loves beer and meat too much to give up either of those things and won’t even do so if you ask him to. He’s a simple man, he knows what he wants and he knows what he likes. You can pry his Schweinsbraten from his cold dead hands, and even then he’d put up a fight.
Although König loves spending time with you, he will be glad once Fasching is over and once you finally voice the thought of going home. He’s tired from all the people and the alcohol makes this situation only slightly better. Even so, despite all of that, he’s looking forward to the next holiday, proper or not, he can spend with you. Due to him having drunk some beers, he’ll likely stay in bed a bit longer the next day. A perfect opportunity to snuggle up to him for a bit. Afterwards you can discuss what you would like to eat together.
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🎨 Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot - Portait of Muriel Berman with Flowers - 1975
Françoise Gilot - Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers - 1954
Françoise Gilot - Cornucopia - 2004
Françoise Gilot - 'Le vase fond rouge' (the vase has a red background)- 1958
Françoise Gilot - Sun's Fire - 2004
Françoise Gilot - African Violets - 1971
Françoise Gilot - Sunflowers with Fallen Petals - 1976
Françoise Gilot - Self-Portrait in Orange with Blue Necklace - "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman" - 1944
Françoise Gilot - Self-portrait at Work - 1946.
At 21, Gilot met Pablo Picasso, then 61. Picasso first saw Gilot in a restaurant in the spring of 1943, during the German occupation of France. Picasso painted La femme-fleur, and then his old friend Henri Matisse, who liked Gilot, announced that he would create a portrait of her, in which her body would be pale blue and her hair leaf green.
From 1943 to 1953, Gilot was the partner and artistic muse of Pablo Picasso, with whom she had two children, Claude and Paloma.
In 1969, Gilot was introduced to the American polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk. Their shared appreciation of architecture led to a brief courtship and a 1970 wedding in Paris. During their marriage, which lasted until Salk's death in 1995, the couple lived apart for half of every year as Gilot continued to paint in New York City, La Jolla, and Paris.
Once asked what it was in her that attracted such outstanding men, Gilot responded: "I think I am just as interesting as they. Lions mate with lions. They don't mate with mice."
Pablo Picasso - Portrait of Françoise Gilot -"Femme assise en costume vert" - (Woman sitting in green suit) - 1953
Her memoir first began to dismantle the glorious Picasso legend—more than hinting at his stupefying misogyny and obsessive envy of Matisse’s unflagging invention. She was the only women who ever left Picasso & he tried to ruin her career.
Of Picasso she said: “He did not destroy me because I was of the stuff that cannot be destroyed. I do not need another consciousness to define my own.”
Françoise Gilot - The Telephone Call - Self portrait with Claude and Paloma - 1952
In 1969, Gilot was introduced to the American polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk. Their shared appreciation of architecture led to a brief courtship and a 1970 wedding in Paris. During their marriage, which lasted until Salk's death in 1995, the couple lived apart for half of every year as Gilot continued to paint in New York City, La Jolla, and Paris.
Living Forest - 1977
Once asked what it was in her that attracted such outstanding men, Gilot responded: "I think I am just as interesting as they. Lions mate with lions. They don't mate with mice."
Françoise Gilot in her NY studio, 2011. Still painting everyday at the age of 90.
Françoise Gilot - 1921-2023
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Crimimals
@worlds-oldest-teenager I finished drawing it :p
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wait it's winter already
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everyone loves sunny! (but are too repressed to do anything about it)
(catholic school au)
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The claws are here! Plus some friends. uwu
Some random trivia: BloodClan uses hot tar to seal the talons onto their paws. Sunflower here is carrying an old rag soaked in vegetable oil, which breaks down the excess tar and keeps the medical damage to a minimum.
Firefall belongs to @zeekitties , and Sunflower belongs to @talkingtalltales !
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"Looks like you just earned yourself the bonebreaker title!"
"Guess it runs in the family, eh, kid?"
calling this my emergency NEED FLUFF NOW doodle
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