closed for @cloudfms. / tom walked to the door with an air so casual it might accidentally broadcast falsehood - difficult to believe someone might do casual so aggressively if not on purpose. it was the sort of casual that brought to mind cartoons whistling, cartoons deliberately looking away, cartoons hiding something behind their back.
in tom's case, it was purposeless and unintentional. somewhat new to him, but not so new that he noticed it - when around oliver, tom rocketed from extreme to extreme, was either entirely self-conscious or totally oblivious to his own existence. both were easy spaces to occupy around oliver. to share space with oliver was not always easy, and had not always been, but the ease with which tom slipped into those patterns was worthy of note regardless.
he did have a moment of feeling odd when he knocked, though. they were some combination of distant and as close as they'd ever been, and yet at the same time were neither. the need to knock seemed to underline this, despite being entirely normal.
when the door opened, tom took one of his hands out of his jacket pocket and gave a little wave. there was something teasing about it - tom was unsmiling, except around his eyes. his hand fell, and he nodded to the space behind oliver. "you gonna invite me in?"
0 notes
The Ice King is so funny to me because they were just like "Oh hey a fun silly ineffectual villain!! How cute how drole! Let's get the Spongebob guy to play him" then a few years down the line it's like "Okay Tom time for your most emotionally gruelling performance ever"
2K notes
·
View notes
Bring your grandpa/dad to work day, but Jake got attached to this old man named Tom.
Tom was some old guy he snarked off at a coffee shop once and was pleased when the older man calmly gave a witty retort.
He keeps on bumping into the man in the same coffee shop, but he bumps into the old man at the park and grocery place at well.
Surprisingly they hit it off, and Jake looks forward to seeing Tom even though he'll never admit it. Tom's getting fond of the boy. Especially when he realized 3 months in that this was the same Jake "Hangman" Seresin who saved his husband and Baby Goose.
One day there was a bring your dad/grandpa/son to work day. Jake was talking about it to Tom, sad that he doesn't really have anyone to bring and was planning to call out because even tho Mav is great and Javy's family always welcome him, he feels like an outsider in those events. Tom hesitantly offered to come, not wanting to overstep, and Jake looked overjoyed.
Tom comes to the event and Jake was showing him around the base, and the shenanigans he gets into with his squad (Tom is delighted to gain some more blackmail against Mav). He also starts introducing Tom around, and some people are staring wide-eyed or straight up choke when they see Tom.
Why the fuck is the COMPACFLT here and in civvies!??? AND HANGMAN IS CALLING HIM, TOM???
Iceman makes sure to give his trademark glare to everyone who even thinks about mentioning his title or saying something to Jake. Everyone just snaps their mouths shut and smiles awkwardly.
It continues with Jake dragging THE ICEMAN around like an excited puppy, and Tom looking fond and ruffles Hangman's hair every few minutes. The base didn't realize how young Hangman really is until that day.
Eventually Tom and Jake run into Mav and Bradley and both have their mouths wide open as Jake introduces Tom to them.
Eventually ends with Mav saying, "Hey! I adopted him first!" While pouting.
"He takes after me more," Ice says giving Mav a grin as he slung an arm around Jake's shoulder to pull him against his side.
2K notes
·
View notes
Ice: *Distracted* Mav, where are you headed, sweetheart?
Mav: *deranged giggle* I'm celebrating the Ides of March!
Ice: Okay, have fun.
*Ten seconds later*
Ice: He had a knife, didn't he.
Slider: *sips his coffee* He did, indeed.
545 notes
·
View notes