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Elm Grove Business Association Presents the 2023 Elm Grove Fall Fest Saturday

The Elm Grove Business Association is proud to present the 2023 Elm Grove Fall Fest. The event will be held Saturday, September 30th, 2023, from 1-7 p.m. at the Osiris Shriners Temple, located at 1 Monument Drive in Wheeling. The event will feature live music, food trucks, craft/artisan vendors, inflatables, and games for all ages. Admission to the fall fest is free. The event is sponsored by WesBanco, Wildlife League, The Lewis Financial Group, Dairy Queen, Bleifus Tire Service, Vape and Skate, Uncle Pete’s, First Choice Real Estate, Nelson Croft, and the Lion’s Club. “Last year’s Elm Grove Fall Fest was such a great success that we knew then we wanted to make this year’s event even better," said Kristy Ferguson, president of the Elm Grove Business Association. "Once again, we have a great line-up of events, music, games, and over forty vendors for everyone to enjoy. “We at the Elm Grove Business Association also want to thank the Osiris Shriners for hosting this great event again.” The event will feature craft/artisan vendors, who will be displaying their creations and products for purchase. The event will also offer inflatables from Trips of Fun, for the children, along with an assortment of games. These activities are scheduled to run the entire duration of the event. For live music lovers, Shawn Villamagna, 10 Penny, and Verdict are slated to appear on the Elm Grove Business Association stage. Also, if you are looking for an opportunity to display your competitiveness, there will be an adult games section for you to show off your skills. “The Elm Grove Fall Fest is shaping up to be a fun time again for the entire family," Ferguson added, “We had such a wonderful time and turnout with last year’s event, that the Elm Grove Business Association wanted to make sure this year’s event was just as good, if not better. Everyone loves coming out for live music, vendors, games, and food, so come join us Saturday September 30th, at Osiris Shriners Temple in the Grove for a day of fun.” Thank You to our Generous Sponsors Gold (Anonymous) Silver Wesbanco Wildlife league The Lewis Financial Group Dairy Queen Bleifus Tire Service IBEW Local 141 St Mark Lutheran Church Savage Construction Bronze Vape and Skate Uncle Pete’s First Choice Real Estate Nelson Croft Lions Club Elm Grove Eagles Aerie #1891 Elite Massage Therapy Becky’s Hair Salon Lisa’s Hair-um. Fall Fest 2023 Vendor List 1. Mugworth Moonstone 2. Northern Bells 3. Elite Massage Therapy 4. KMF Photography 5. KMF Photo Booth 6. Koonce Wood Working 7. 1 Up Vending & Amusement x3 8. ISE (Student exchange) 9. Edith’s Wood Crafts 10. Leona’s Wood Crafts and Sublimation 11. Ck Hardwoods 12. Evelyne’s Arrangements 13. Humana 14. Candy’s Crafty Creations 15. Power of three tie die 16. Crafty Creations by Jessica Rae 17. Mary Kay 18. Merk & C 19. Simply Chic Candles by AJ 20. Ohio County Animal Shelter 21. Vape n Skate x2 22. Festive Collective 23. Girls of Grace 24. Junk Drawers 25. P&D custom tees 26. Scentsy 27. Breaking Skin 28. Caricatures by Meg 29. Pure Romance 30. Machine Embroidery by Georgi x2 31. Time-to-Dye 32. Natalie Koziara 33. Love Mackenzie 34. Princess Lee Lee's Hair Tinsel and Wraps 35. Cricket Wireless 36. Appalachian Momma Soaps 37. Yellow Rose Reptiles x2 38. 5K Crafts 39. Rod and Iron x 2 40. Boyd’s Crafts 41. Rising Up Yoga 42. Over the Edge Designs 43. Thirty One Gifts 44. Suzie’s Custom Creation Food Southpaw, So Nuts, Gringos, Ig pigs, Euphoric Donuts, Mad Batter Sweet Shoppe, The Jakery, Cheyenne Delights Read the full article

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terrinakamura · 1 year

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It’s so cold here🥶! Spring is MIA. How is it where you live? We just came back from 2 days at our Airbnb, The Horsfall House🏡. We enjoyed seeing the snow fall❄️, but we were really glad it didn’t stick! The past year lots of articles have criticized Airbnb📰 & I understand why. The honeymoon is long over for both the owners of properties as well as the guests who stay in them🥰. Airbnbs used to be a cheaper alternative 💵 & are still a great deal for large groups, but they can also be a pain in the neck🥲. Some hosts have long lists of tasks (strip beds 🛏️, put laundry in the washing machine, etc.) 🧼. Um. No, thanks. When you leave a hotel, the only thing you need to do is close the door. Sadly, we’ve had guests break or take things💔. We’ve lost binoculars, a large bowl, a Pendleton blanket, a collectible vintage Rainier beer bottle & untold numbers of wine glasses🍷 and tumblers have gone missing. Some items are stolen & others probably accidentally broke. A few of our guests over the past 9 years have confessed, but they’re outliers! Also painful for both guests & hosts is the rising cleaning fees. Thanks to Covid😷, it takes much longer to clean a house🏠. Hosts must observe cleaning protocols that add time & require more supplies — all add up. Our house is a unique🏡100+ year old homestead with charming & eccentric features. There is a secret room, decorated by one of our favorite friends, @Wendyadams2724087. It's fun when guests discover it. It’s place to digital detox from SM for a couple of days🤳. When I’m there, I don’t even think about IG, Twitter & others until we’re on the freeway coming home🚘. Do you use social media every day📲? Besides IG, where do you regularly spend time🐦? . . BOOKNOTES: Heartfelt gratitude to IRL friends, @bridge_raftery @alessandrorea @barbiesartgallery PHOTOS: me in @xstitch2018's #cowl #randle #airbnbsuperhost #whitepass #giffordpinchot #mtsthelens #digitaldetox #snowfall #mtrainier . . . (at The Horsfall House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpXC-GDuhyy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cowl #randle #airbnbsuperhost #whitepass #giffordpinchot #mtsthelens #digitaldetox #snowfall #mtrainier

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daisyvstheworld · 1 year

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Day 10 - Jan 10 - Prague

I slept super well the first like 5 hours after drinking all that beer but started waking up again throughout the night - forced myself to get up at 8:15ish bc I wanted to get to the Prague Castle before the buildings opened at 9AM. It was a bit off a rush, but I got up, finally decided to wear my paper boy hat, and started walking to Old Town Square. I found a random coffee shop near the university and ordered ma espresso and this housemade pastry with plum jam - that shit was so good. It was like a mini danish. After that, I started walking to the castle and the route was quite confusing not gonna lie. Because it was so early, there weren’t many people heading a certain way that I could follow. But eventually, I found the stairs and began the hike up to the palace. When I got to the top of the million stairs, there was this group of Japanese film crew taking photos or filming the view from the top. It was kinda cool. I tried taking selfies with my camera and failed. I think they laughed at me 🫠

Anyways; went in the castle and honestly it was pretty confusing.. like everything (the audio guide was $15, the extra exhibits were additional) cost hella extra and the exhibits we did have access to included in the $10 ticket were mid. the golden lane was cool but then I found out it’s free after 5pm everyday!! I guess the campus is large but you don’t need a ticket to wander the campus sigh. So I did that and then walked around the surrounding area. Looked at souvenirs and visited the Lennon Wall until Porks opened so I could order the Prague dish of pork knuckle.

Bruh. This pork knuckle was giGANTIC. It came with sauerkraut and mustard. I ate all the sauerkraut and like 1/8 of the knuckle. Pork in general doesn’t sit too well in my stomach and now I was eating crispy fried skin, fat, and red meat. It was good! But way too much. There were two Chinese girls also dining alone next to me and they both devoured their knuckles, I was so impressed. I took like 75% of it to go.

After eating, I had the energy to hike back up to Petrin Hill and tower. It was a nice park with gorgeous views of the city. I ate my gummies while listening to Call Me Daddy lmao

After that, stopped by the Dancing House and went back to the hostel. I was preeeettty freaking tired at this point. I had walked 13.3 miles already 😂

But then a girl Nova from the Hostelworld chat added me on IG and messaged me asking if I wanted to meet up for a drink! And I was like I need social interaction after like a week so I mustered up the energy and she came to my hostel to meet me before we went to this vegan restaurant for drinks. I got this massive drink called Spicy Mama and it was yummy but strooong. She was super nice!! Super easy to talk to and we had a lot in common. Shes from Norway but loves Berlin, which is where she had just come from, and was moving to Australia for a semester to study later this month. Side note - there was this boy or maybe masc female that was wearing the exact same outfit as me, just slightly more masc and I felt weird lol. Anyways, that placed closed after not too long so we walked back up Wenceslas Square to Old Town to look for a place but after wandering around for a while and not finding anything that wasn’t only occupied by large groups of men, we found a place called Crazy Daisy. It was this cute underground mixology bar that had super Gatsby vibes. We were seated on the side with a bunch of men but turns out they were altogether and had more people coming so they asked us to move and paid for our drinks in exchange. We were like ya ofc that’s fine haha so we moved to the other side and ordered these deliciousss drinks. Even this place that is considered more expensive was like maybe $10-12 per drink. I loved it.

On our way out, I smiled at our waiter and he smiled back so I thought it was coo, but this other guy followed us out and was like “um ur not going to pay?” And we explained and he was like mm the other servers didn’t know that. So we followed him back in and turns out he was wrong, shocker. So we did our little walk of shame back out. At the end of the day, still got free drinks 😊

Also side note - homeless people are so interesting in Prague. Beggars will beg by kneeling on the ground with their head down and hands up as if they’re praying for forgiveness. They have a hat or something in front of their hands that people throw money into. They just kneel there for hours. It’s so dehumanizing… but I guess most begging feels that way..

#europe2023 #winter2023

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geminirum · 2 years

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thank you to @beautifuldrukkari, @endeavornetwork, @siezethenights for all the headcanons!! this was such fun to do and really expanding on druig; this won’t be the last edit

i’m also adding the avengers into this because i can’t wait for them to all meet!! so you’ll see some of your faves in these edits :))

for my makkari ig edit *CLICK HERE*

for my sersi ig edit *CLICK HERE*

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itsdruig: taken on kingo’s private train i guess

spriteintoaction: so was no one gonna tell me that kingo also has his own private train??? or was i supposed to find out through this post

itsdruig: lol oops

officalkingo: wow! what a great photo, the photographer must be insanely talented

itsdruig: and…… you’re blocked 🖤

simplymakkari: hey handsome ;)

itsdruig: hey beautiful ;)

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itsdruig: you were never supposed to find out about my art but makkari insisted i ‘show the world my talent’ so enjoy ☘️

imcaptainamerica: UM!!!! WERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS FROM EVERYONE????

itsdruig: yup.

spriteintoaction: when sam is all of us

simplymakkari: when he’s super talented AND handsome 😍

itsdruig: my beautiful makkari, my muse

lovesersi: OMG!!!!!

guidingajak: you have a magnificent gift, dear! you should display it more often, the world needs more love and creativity ❤️

buckybarnes1940s: its always the pretty boys who can draw

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itsdruig: makkari here, i bet you didn’t know he also plays guitar

officiallyikaris: y’know what, maybe you should lead the group instead. mr. talented over here

itsdruig: i agree, i’ve always been better than you

therealeros: i happen to be a bit of a musician myself. we should get together one day and have a music session ;)

itsdruig: why are you following me?

missthena: i know right, same

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itsdruig: my beautiful girl. happy anniversary

lovesersi: you two are too much!! wishing you two a lifetime of happiness ♥️♥️♥️

thescarletwitch: sending you my best wishes!

itsdruig: she’s next me to and said thank you for the lovely flowers you sent :)

spriteintoaction: can’t believe i’m admitting this,,, but if y’all broke up,,,, i would be so sad

missthena: likewise

cookingwithgil: ditto

guidingajak: they’re my otp!! did i use that right, sprite?

officalkingo: this shit rated R!!! jokes aside, you two are lovely and make all of us believe in love

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itsdruig: 📍LINCOLN CENTRE, NYC

officialkingo: i hope you had a wonderful time! this was a late anniversary present for you and makkari on behalf of all of us!

itsdruig: we had a wonderful time, thank you kingo and everyone for the thoughtful gift

thesorcerersupreme: i know all the best theatres in new york. i can definitely call them up and get you guys the best seats

itsdruig: thank you stephen, i’ll keep that in mind!

peterbparker: would you do that for me and mj, mr. strange?

thesorcerersupreme: no. not when you almost destroyed the city

heyimphastos: please- not the avengers fighting in the comments 😭😭

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itsdruig: 💘

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itsdruig: 📍ETERNAL RECORDS, LA

cookingwithgil: did you end up buying anything?

itsdruig: yeah… i found the beatles 1966 album revolver in great condition! i’ll definitely have you over for a listening party

officiallyikaris: i didn’t know you enjoyed vinyl shops, cousin

itsdruig: i withhold information from you for a reason, cousin :)

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itsdruig: visiting the work of my favourite artist with my favourite person. thank you for the best birthday gift i could ask for, my love ✨

simplymakkari: i would do anything for you ❤️ happy birthday my handsome druig

officalkingo: alright makkari… you win best partner award

missthena: i’m overcome with jealousy but happiness for you two!! visiting the Netherlands has always been a dream of mine, but i’m so glad you two got to experience it together

simplymakkari: you’re so sweet?? thank you thena, we had a wonderful time <3

heyimphastos: take me with you next time please you know i love the history of creativity and innovation 💳💥💳💥

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itsdruig: FAMILY ♾

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#otp: drukkari #ch: druig #movies: marvel #movies: eternals #marvel: cast #my edits!

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Hi, did you see Kat McNamara posted on IG that she had been in London and Sophie said "We miss you already!" Who is "we", Sophie and Sam? Interesting that Sam was in London a few days ago (based on fan photos), so was Sophie, and so was Kat. We've seen how much Kat and Sam interact on social media, but lately it hasn't been as much. What do you make of all of it?

Hi, Anon. I went and looked at actress, Kat McNamara's IG and sure enough, it looks like she was visiting London.

Kat seems to be friendly with some of the cast of Outlander, including Sam and Sophie and has posted pics with them before.

As for Sophie saying "We miss you already!" it could be the "royal we," after all, Sophie IS English. Or she could mean the group of UK friends Kat visited miss her already.

The other person who made a comment on Kat's IG post, matthewmmallalieu is another actor, who was a bartender at TwistLondon back in the day, along with Sam, his good friend Luke Neal, and Luke's brother, Matt Neal. They all bartended while trying to make it as actors. If I remember correctly, Matthew catsat Luke Neal and his then, girlfriend Faye Thomas' cat, while Luke and Faye spent a few months in L.A. That was in 2014, when Faye shot the infamous Poolgate video featuring wet, aviator glasses, golden, half naked, delicious Sam frolicking in the pool with Amy Shiels at a hotel pool in L.A. I think it was L'Ermitage. And for MOST of us, that's the day the music died, um, I mean the SamCait ship sunk. "Who the hell is that little blonde in the pink bikini with Sam?!" we collectively cried out. It's good to have a fandom historian, isn't it? But I digress...

Anyhoo, what do I think? Probably just a bunch of friends hanging out in London. That's all, folks.

#samheughan #sophie skelton #kat mcnamara #matthiewmellalieu #mattneal #lukeneal #london #fayethomas #amyshiels #poolgate #lermitagehotel #losangeles

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missjanjie · 3 years

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Better Than Revenge | Chapter 3

Title: Better Than Revenge Summary: Karma Inc.’s business structure is simple - clients hire them when they’ve been grievously wronged and they send one of their revenge mercenaries to right them. As painstaking as their efforts to remain ethical may be, that may be tested when former detective, Rosé, enlists the squad to pick up where she couldn’t on a much higher scale, with potentially greater consequences. Word Count: ~2.7k (this chapter) | ~8k (total) Relationship(s): Rosnali (Rosé/Denali Foxx), Jankie (Jackie Cox/Jan Sport), Halldoll (Nicky Doll/Jaida Essence Hall), Gimone (Gigi Goode/Symone), Gottlux (Gottmik/Olivia Lux) Rating: T

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Chapter Summary: Rosé learns Gigi, Symone, and Denali's revenge origin stories

Woodstock, IL — 2016

Gigi took a deep breath as she stared at herself in the mirror. She could do this, it was fine. Every time her suspicions or confusion would bubble up, she forced them back down. Hannah was nice, she was different from the other popular girls. She didn’t see the ‘weird art lesbian’ with the braces and thick-rimmed glasses, who rarely got pop culture references post-1989, at least, that’s how she made her feel.

“I’ll text you in the morning,” she assured her mother as she threw her bag over her shoulder. “It’ll be fine, I’m just hanging out with a friend.” She was out to her mom, of course, that was her biggest ally. But she wasn’t ready to tell her that the head cheerleader had taken an interest in her. Maybe when and if they became official. Until then, she shook off the last of her nerves and drove to her house, only pulled from her thoughts by the time she was sitting on Hannah’s bed.

“I’ve been thinking about you all day,” Hannah cooed, batting her lashes and resting her hand on Gigi’s thigh.

If Gigi hadn’t been so blinded by her crush, she might’ve thought Hannah was laying it on a little thick, but she couldn’t act like she didn’t enjoy the attention. “Me too, a-about you, I mean. Sorry, I’m just nervous…”

“How come? I didn’t come on too strong over text, did I?”

“No, no I liked it, it’s just… I’m a virgin, like, I’ve only ever kissed before,” she confessed, her cheeks flushing rosy pink. She had talked a big game over text, but being faced with the chance of starting a physical relationship brought her back to reality.

Hannah pouted, rubbing Gigi’s thigh as she thought, letting her hand inch higher. “Well, you’ve got fantasies, don’t you? I know you’ve masturbated before. What do you think about while you touch yourself?”

Gigi hesitated, chewing on her bottom lip. The other girl wasn’t wrong, she did know what she liked, could conjure up vivid imagery to get herself aroused, but she had never said any of it out loud. “I like powerful, confident women. I guess that’s something that drew me to you,” she started, “I wanna just… give up control, be dominated.”

“Really? Tell me more,” Hannah prompted, kissing along her neck and jaw and slowly tugging Gigi’s shirt off in an attempt to coax her to continue.

When Hannah didn’t seem deterred by her confession, Gigi started to relax. “It’s just, I don’t know, I always feel the need to be in control of my life and with sex, I just wanna let go and give up that power.”

“So like, what would you want someone to do to you?” she asked, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips.

She bit down on her lip. “Um… tie me up, spank me, choke me, and I know it’s kind of intense but maybe something like cnc or—” the incessant buzzing of her phone distracted her and, concerned it might be an urgent call or text from home, she took her phone out. “Sorry, one sec.”

It wasn’t from home, she had two missed calls from her best friend, Crystal, followed by several texts.

Crystal: GIGI STOP Crystal: SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! Crystal: She’s broadcasting you on IG live! Crystal: We can see and hear everything…

Gigi’s face fell, her first instinct to pull her shirt back on. Then she slowly looked up and in front of her, that’s when she saw it, nestled between stuffed animals — Hannah’s phone with an instagram live going. She didn’t say anything, just ran out of the house as fast as her legs would take her and through her tears drove right to Crystal’s house. That was when the two of them formed their plot.

In and of itself, it was simple. Gigi waited one day until Hannah was away for a cheer competition and went to her house. “I’m so sorry to bother you, Mrs. Andrews, but I think I left some of my homework in Hannah’s room, she just said to let you know so I can run in and grab it.” Once inside, she found exactly what she was looking for, sliding Hannah’s diary into her backpack and went right back out.

“This feels very Mean Girls, I love it,” Crystal remarked as they taped page after page of the diary on lockers, walls, anywhere they could.

“Well, plan B was to go the Heathers route, so let’s just hope it works.”

And to say it worked was an understatement. As it turned out, Hannah had written things far more incriminating, and because it came from someone of her social ranking, it made everyone immediately lose interest in Gigi’s livestream scandal, and she graduated with the anonymity she needed for survival.

Present Day

“I’ll be honest with you,” Rosé remarked, “it’s kinda hard to picture you as an ugly duckling, especially the way you described it.” Gigi was too pretty, too perfect. Something didn’t add up.

Gigi got out her phone and scrolled through her photos until she found one from her senior year. “Believe it, doll,” she said as she held her phone up. She watched with an amused expression as Rosé looked from her phone, to her, and back with her eyes wide and mouth agape. “Braces off, lasik, learned a lot about how to dress while going to FIDM, which is where I met Symone, who helped fill in the blanks.”

“And made sure she got to do all them things she listed to that bitch without feeling ashamed about it,” Symone added with a smirk, draping her arm around Gigi and pulling her close, pressing a kiss to the top of her head.

“Why don’t you tell her your story next, baby?” Gigi prompted.

Conway, AR — 2014

Symone watched her sister throw her bag over her shoulder and start to sneak out the window. “Look, I ain’t snitching or nothing, but I still don’t think this is a good idea.”

She and her sister, Lala, were close, sometimes referring to themselves as twins – they were only ten months apart, in the same grade at school. And until the summer after sophomore year, they had the same group of friends. But the crowd Lala ran with now just rubbed her the wrong way.

“You worry too much,” Lala brushed it off. “I’ll be fine, in bed by morning like nothing happened.”

But when Symone got a collect call two hours later, she found out things were far from fine. She drove down to the county jail as fast as she could without getting pulled over herself. Luckily bail was a mere fifty dollars, but once she got her sister back in the car, she looked at her incredulously. “What the fuck happened?”

“One of ‘em brought weed, another brought booze, but when the cops rolled up on us, they said it all was mine. And who was they gonna believe, me or three white kids?” Lala sniffled, wiping her eyes. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen to me,” she whispered.

“I don’t either,” Symone admitted quietly, frustrated at her inability to come up with an immediate solution. “But we’re gonna do our best to get you out of this, okay?”

The best they could do wasn’t easy. It involved a lot of legal maneuvering, meetings with one person in a suit after another. The end result wasn’t ideal, but it was far better than what could have been. Lala was fined three hundred dollars and put on thirty days of probation. In and of itself, it didn’t seem so bad, but the residual consequences took their toll.

“I lost my scholarship, ‘mone. That was my ticket into college,” Lala sighed. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I know I’m getting off with a slap on the wrist, but I really ain’t thrilled about taking out student loans,” she sat down on the floor beside the bed, head leaning against it. “Or maybe I’ll start with community college, I dunno. It just fucking sucks that they all got off with warnings.”

Symone’s brows knitted together, her lips pressed into a fine line. “Don’t you worry baby,” she said after a moment, “they gon’ face consequences one way or another.”

It had taken most of spring break, but Symone finally had all of the pieces for her plan. “Not the most convoluted thing in the world, but it’ll get the job done,” she mused.

Lala looked at her sister, then at her desk and back. “Do I even wanna know where the hell you got coke from?”

“No, you do not.”

Getting the drugs was the hard part. Getting into school early to plant the drugs in the lockers of Lala’s former friends was far easier, as was leaving an ‘anonymous tip’ from a ‘concerned student’ on the principal’s desk.

“God, I wish I could’ve seen them get hauled off in cop cars,” Lala remarked as she and Symone drove home from school. The three students were quietly escorted out of class and arrested, the school wanting to bring as little attention as possible. “Shame that they rich daddies will still get them off lightly.”

Symone sighed and nodded. “Sure, but they’re still gonna get something, which is more than what they got when they threw you under the bus. Bet they’re gonna think twice before they let someone else take the fall for them.”

Her sister smiled softly and shook her head. “You really ain’t gotta do all that for me, you know?”

“I know,” she hummed, “not gonna stop me, though.”

Present Day

“Wow, that’s both selfless and hardcore,” Rosé remarked with an impressed nod. “Did she ever find out where you got the coke from?”

Symone laughed and shook her head. “Nah, that secret I’m taking to the grave.”

Rosé jokingly put her hands up in surrender. “Okay, okay, fair enough,” she chuckled. After a moment, she turned her attention to Denali. “That just leaves you, princess,” she remarked, a slight smirk tugging at her lips. “What’s your claim to infamy?”

Denali tossed her hair off her shoulder and grinned softly. “Who, me?” she cooed, fluttering her lashes. “Well, it is kind of an interesting story…”

Nicky rolled her eyes and tossed one of the couch pillows at her head. “Stop flirting and get on with it already.”

Fairbanks, AK — 2011

Denali groaned when the sound of loud footsteps racing up the stairs pulled her from her quasi-asleep state, then pulled a pillow over her head when the door swung open.

“What the hell are you still doing in bed when the qualifiers are in two hours?” her friend, Kahmora, asked with incredulous horror. She yanked the covers off of her, but stepped back in concern when she finally caught sight of Denali’s face. “Oh god, you look like shit.”

She frowned and rolled over to face away from her. “I feel like I died and was in the process of being reanimated, then killed again,” she lamented. “It’s probably food poisoning… or maybe swine flu came back, I dunno.”

“Did you eat anything unusual?”

Denali furrowed her brows as she wracked her brain. “I mean, Tara gave me those brownies and I had one, but when she said they were ‘special’, I just thought she meant they had weed in them, but that sure as hell isn’t it.” With as much energy as she could muster, she sat upright. “Oh my god, do you think she poisoned me?”

Kahmora arched her brow. “I think that’s a bit much, even for her. Do I think she put something like a laxative in there so it’d take you out long enough that you couldn’t beat her out in the international qualifiers? Yeah, probably. She’s a cunt.”

The skater scowled, her jaw clenched. “She’s a dead cunt,” she corrected, then suddenly shot out of bed. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” she muttered as she raced to the bathroom yet again.

There wasn’t an obvious revenge plan for Denali. She knew that nothing she did would get her spot in the competition, and she wondered if it was even worth it. But her pettiness and spite won out and she began planning out her course of action.

“Remember,” she was saying, “if all else fails, we go the Tonya Harding route.”

Kahmora sighed. “For the last time, you are not whacking Tara’s kneecaps, now let’s go.” Despite some pouting from Denali, they went to get the gears turning in their plan. They got to the ice rink and slipped into the locker room without being noticed by Tara, who was in the middle of practice.

Denali picked the lock and took out Tara’s change of clothes. Then she reached into her own bag and pulled on latex gloves and a plastic bag containing several leaves of poison ivy. She turned the shirt, pants, and socks inside out and firmly rubbed the leaves against the fabric, making sure she left as little fabric uncovered as possible. “She’s lucky I’m merciful or I’d rub it on her panties too,” she remarked offhandedly.

Kahmora tilted her head as she watched her. “Do you actually think it’ll take her out of the competition?” she asked as her friend put the leaves and gloves into the ziploc bag.

“I don’t know,” she admitted. “I mean, it’s possible, probable really, that the constant itching might make it too difficult for her to skate. But this is more about getting even with her. I might not ever get another chance to compete for internationals. She’s lucky the only retribution she’s getting is a few weeks of itchy blisters.”

“Otherwise you’d Tonya Harding her?”

Denali nodded brightly. “Exactly! Now come on, we have to get rid of the evidence.” And with that, they scurried out of the locker room as inconspicuously as they’d entered it and threw out the evidence in a trash can several blocks over.

When the news broke that Tara had withdrawn from the competition due to ‘unexpected physical problems’, Denali did her best to feign shock and didn’t celebrate until she and Kahmora were alone.

“So, what do you wanna do now?” Kahmora asked.

Denali tilted her head in thought, then smirked. “Let’s go get brownies.”

Present Day

“Personally, I still think you should’ve busted her knees,” Mik mused offhandedly. “Like, I bet you would’ve figured out a way to get away with it, you conniving bitch,” he teased.

Denali shrugged. “Maybe, but it’s not very original and it’d look a lot more suspicious on my end.”

“I think it was pretty badass,” Rosé offered, making the other woman smile which, in turn, made her heart flutter — something she chose to actively ignore. Instead, she let all of their stories sink in. None of their reasons for revenge were out of line, none of their victims undeserving. And none of the consequences were as severe as some of the things she had seen in her time. “You all really know what you’re doing, huh?”

“We wouldn’t have been able to keep this up for three years if we didn’t,” Jan replied. “We had all of the potential on our own, but we make a difference together, and then we added Jackie to tie up the loose ends. It’s been smooth sailing from there.”

“Yeah, and now Jackie ties you up instead,” Nicky teased, earning an eye roll in response.

Rosé watched the group interact with a fond smile. She had assumed they all got along to be working together for as long as they have been, but she hadn’t anticipated them truly behaving like a family. It was a stark contrast to the constant coldness and curtness she had grown accustomed to, both in her previous career and in the environment she grew up in. She only hoped it would make the tasks ahead that much easier for them.

#gimone #rosnali #rpdr rpf #i promise everything else will be present day unless its something important lol

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daesungindistress · 3 years

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fwiw: gd has never been the most thoughtful instagrammer. even after the blackface photo he was still constantly liking drug and sex related memes and softcore porn pictures back when ig allowed nipples, etc. i think ifans forget just how big of a celebrity he is in asia, and how detached he probably is from the reality of ppl reading into his posts. it's entirely possible he just doesn't think s*r* has a right to infringe on his own memories or sense of ownership of bigbang.

Yeah, I have gotten that impression this year. He doesn’t seem to give a flip and there’s a certain sense of detachment in much of what he posts. I’m quite certain he never reads the comments; he doesn’t wade in and converse like TOP or Youngbae, just drops his pics and flits away, only returning on rare occasion to make changes if something wasn’t right with it (the image order, for example).

Given his tremendous celebrity stature over there it’s probably for the best, but man, is it just me or is there a serious disconnect? Aside from Daesung, who doesn’t do social media at all, GD might be the least in touch with the goings-on in the fandom, and, um... I think it shows.

Re: your last point... bit of a personal anecdote again, sorry. In a previous post I said that although I despise it now, that five hands photo once meant the world to me. But thinking about it, in another timeline, things might have unfolded differently. In the spring of 2019 I had said goodbye to Seungri and made my peace with a four-member BB, yet I continued reblogging and appreciating OT5 content for some time -- not because I believed we would return to it, not because I supported it, but because there was, I thought, no real harm in reflecting on it fondly as something that was once special to me, albeit firmly in the past.

Had more VIPs come to the same (and in my opinion obvious) conclusion and accepted the change in BIGBANG’s lineup, things might have remained that way. Me, sensitive toward the memory of OT5, as something to be remembered, but not sympathetic to it, as something to be revived. Side note: this is where KVIPs by and large seem to be today. Secure in BB’s status as four, among themselves they share both OT4 and OT5 content, not because they expect the latter but because that is BIGBANG’s unchangeable past, and the occasional OT4 edit aside, it’s about all we have to survive on to date.

Regrettably, that is not how things played out. Too many IVIPs resisted this necessary change at every turn, and when it comes down to it, this nasty OT4/5 war that we’ve been embroiled in for far too long is primarily what’s driven my views of the group to such extremes. Before long I realized I couldn't post anything OT5 without it being interpreted as support. Only then did I stop. SR/OT5 fans have no idea just how much they’ve personally contributed to the souring of Seungri’s memory by repeatedly forcing him on those of us who do not want him. The more I’m made to see him against my will the less I like him. We could have let him go peacefully, perhaps even somewhat amicably. In the beginning I wanted that, and I implored others to allow it. But no. Instead, removing him from the group has been akin to severing a gangrenous limb with a dull, rusty blade. And we’re still working on it.

My point is, had this been handled better by everyone, even while embracing a four-member BB I might still regard that five hands photo with affection, if nothing else as an artful symbol of unity, had SR/OT5 IVIPs not spent the last ~2 years preventing the fandom and the group from healing and turning 1/5 of the pic into something so inescapable... and therefore detestable.

As far as we can tell, GD seems to have remained largely out of fandom politics. Whatever that photo means to us, it doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to him.

That said, I don’t blame anyone for jumping ship; y’all have every right to walk away if he’s made you uncomfortable. But as for me, I’ll wait and see.

#ask #anon #bigbang #gd

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theydontknowaboutusimagines · 4 years

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The One Where The Fans Love You - Harry Styles Blurb

Request:

A story where the reader is so sweet and lovely with the the fans but also understand how important Harry is to them that the majority of the fans love her so that they defend reader and her relationship with Harry because she doesn't gets angry when they want to spend time with Harry or get cheek kisses and/or hug's from him because she understands how important he is for them. So a story of the reader with the stories and the fan reactions of their interaction between them would be perfect.

You and Harry had been dating for well over a year, almost two. When he met you, he always knew there was something different with your relationship. And it wasn’t just the way he felt about you, it was also about how the fans felt about you. Now, normally, in the past, whenever he was seen next to someone or there was a rumor the two were dating, a lot of his fans would be rude towards the other person.

There were times when they would find the other’s social media and leave rude and hateful comments. Whenever, photos of the two would come out, a lot of people would say it was a fake relationship, mostly for PR or something. A few extreme fans would also send death threats. Because of all of those reasons, and plus he was quite the private person now that he was older after growing up with all eyes on him, he had decided to practically keep all relationships under wraps as possible.

Now, he knew the longer he was dating a person, people finding out the relationship was inevitable. He was okay with that because he didn’t want to always hide away the person he was seeing. But, he was never going to go out of his way to make it public or talk about the other person in interviews. He also wasn’t big on social media for various reasons, so he didn’t worry too much about it being plastered all over there.

However, then he met you and everything sort of went out the window. Not necessarily in a bad way, though. It started when you were seen at a few of Harry’s shows and had started chatting with a few of the fans in the audience. At that point, no one had really known about your relationship with Harry because it was still fresh, about four or five months in. But then when there photos of you and Harry hanging out at the hotel pool on an off day, things got interesting.

When those pictures came out, the fans you had talked to at the recent concerts quickly pointed you out and talked about how lovely you were. How they thought you were simply just another fan, but seeing that you were possibly seeing Harry, they were happy because you seemed very genuine that night.

Of course, there were a few, who thought it was probably just an act and were trying to dig up as much information on you as they could. Harry was a little nervous because usually that’s when shit would hit the fan. He was worried it would all be too much for you, especially since you weren’t famous.

But you weren’t going to let it bother you. You had a plan of your own and you knew that Harry probably wouldn’t like it that much due to him being super private, but you understood what it was like to be a fan, so you went ahead with your plan anyway.

You had set up a different account on social media, one that you wouldn’t post every personal thing about, but would post a few things. You did this so that you would be able to interact with fans when you wanted to. From seeing what happened in his past relationships, most of the “hate” was because many didn’t like the person already, so then adding Harry into the mix was just an even bigger reason.

Didn’t make it right, but you understood. So, you thought that if the fans got to know you on a certain level, maybe they would warm up to you. You weren’t by any means looking for their approval and it wasn’t going to be a make or break moment, but you wanted to try.

At first, Harry wasn’t happy about it. He thought the idea was good, but he also thought it would just cause more issues. But then as soon as he saw your interaction with fans on social media and during his shows, he honestly thought he loved you even more than he already did.

The two of you were out in London for a walk and to get some shopping done when a group of about four or five girls in their early twenties approached Harry.

“Hi, uh, sorry to bother you, but we were wondering if we could get a picture?” One of the asked.

Harry looked over at you and you simply nodded with a smile, “Take your time,” you smiled.

He kissed your cheek quickly before walking over to the group, introducing himself. You smiled as you watched them having a conversation as well as taking a few photos. Just before they left though, they all turned around to look at you.

“Do you mind being in a photo, too?” Another said.

“Um, sure, yeah,” you smiled walking over to him.

You all posed for the photo and before you and Harry turned to leave, one of th girls looked at you.

“Thank you,” she smiled.

“Oh, you’re welcome,” you smiled.

“No, I mean, thank you for being exactly who Harry deserves,” she smiled.

“Oh, uh, wow, you’re welcome,” you said a little caught off guard before the girls went on their way.

“You know, our entire five minute conversation was about you,” Harry said.

“Really? What about exactly?” You asked.

“Just about how they love that you don’t seem to be bothered by the fans,” he said. “That you’re willing to go out of your way to interact with them and make sure they’re okay.”

“It’s nothing, really,” you shrugged.

“It’s not nothing,” he whispered. “Thank you, really. I should have said that a long time ago. They’re right.”

“Harry, it’s not that big of a deal. I know what it’s like to be a fan of someone.. and how some fans can be about their favorite person seeing someone. I just thought, maybe if they knew a little bit about me and didn’t see me as just another girlfriend who wants to keep you all to herself, they’d give me a chance,” you smiled.

“Well, they have,” he smiled. “And quite honestly, I’m a little worried some of them are liking you more than me, now.”

“Impossible,” you laughed.

He wrapped his arm around your shoulder, “I love you, you know.”

“I know,” you smiled. “Now, come on, we’ve got some shopping to finish.”

Good morning! (At least where I am, lol) I finished today’s update early this morning, so I thought I’d go ahead and post it!

Reminder to make sure and get your votes in for tomorrow’s Theme night! So, far it looks like IG Prompts are in the lead!

#One Direction Imagines #Harry Styles Imagines #Harry Styles Blurbs

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applejongho · 3 years

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ten biases game !!

tagged by no one, I do what I want hah

rules: write down your top 10 biases and answer the following questions ! (this is gonna force me to pick a bias for some groups djksflasllsf it’s NOT FINAL)

seungmin (skz)

changbin (skz)

yoongi (bts)

san (ateez)

jongho (ateez)

jisung (skz)

jimin (bts)

rosé (blackpink)

jihyo (twice)

young k (day6)

between 1 and 4 who would you rather kiss?

… this is literally the hardest decision of my life, im going to throw a fit what the fuck. um. seungmin

between 2 and 7 who would be your best friend?

I feel like it’d be cool to be friends with changbin but I think I’d actually be besties with jimin, the vibes feel right

between 5 and 10 who has the better voice?

this is literally so cruel, I have to pick between jongho?? and young k?? ………… im caving and saying jongho

between 1 and 8 who is the funniest?

seungmin is funny as hell but I also haven't rly ever watched rosé so this is biased

between 6 and 9 who would you date?

fuck fuck fuck IDK??? ig jisung BUT JIHYO

between 4 and 8 who is the better dancer?

san san san san san san aaaaaaaaaaaaa his dancing and stage presence is what kills me, ofc san

between 3 and 5 who would you most likely marry?

… yoon

between 1 and 7 who would you nurse when they are sick?

seungmin ofc. how high do you want me to jump bby, I’ll do it

between 2 and 3 who has the better smile?

I hate this so much no. no ononononono ig changbin???? that’s my gut. but yoongi’s smile. hghhgsdl. kjsfksl you know

between 6 and 8 who would you vacation with?

once again going with jisung bc he’d be a time and a half to be with, but rosé would probably be a lot of fun and we’d get a lot of aesthetic photos

this was cruel and unusual punishment

tagging @bucket-hat-jisung bc I want to see you suffer :) @meiiyue you too ;))))))))

#this was so much harder than I thought it would be

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typical-simplelove · 3 years

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3, 14, 27 for the pure asks :)

Thanks for the ask!

3. Last thing that made you laugh.

A photo of an Easter fail my cousin posted on IG.

14. What high school stereotype were/are you?

Um, I think amongst my class, I'm the quiet nerd? In my friend group, I'm the mom friend.

27. What is the last assumption I made?

I assumed that my mother and sister wouldn't be home until late last night. (They were in Philly for a sports tournament, and my dad and I thought they'd be home late.)

#Asks #Answered #2manytabsopen

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sasgfs · 4 years

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ok wait actor/celebrity naruto/sns au i’m posting here bc ion wanna annoy ppl on my other social medias HEKJSJK

umm i have never done this before so just. look away this is literally just a stream of consciousness

- ok so i have in my mind that sakura, ino, naruto and sasuke are all childhood friends? and then they all met the rest of the group in college or sumn idk

- actress! sakura, actor! naruto and then i always imagined ino as like a make-up artist/stylist?? and then our boy sasuke is just vibing doing is own thing bc he hates the spotlight

- this is every celeb au i’ve ever read all in one bc i don’t see a sns ver out there

- i imagine both naruto and sakura do a bunch of genre’s of movies (like...all actors do bye i can’t think) but anYways they’ve both made it big and made names for themselves

- naruto and sakura have made it p obvious they’re good friends and ino is like lowkey famous on instagram bc of her clothes and make-up and sakura n naruto often make appearances (along w the rest of the group)

- so then naruto’s doing a live?? ig w ino and sakura and he shares an apartment w sasuke ofc and they’ve been together for like,, a long time (also inosaku is a thing bc lesbian rights!!)

- anyways he’s doing a live and they’re all doing smth stupid idk cooking in the kitchen and making a mess and sasuke comes home and the camera can’t see him but everyone turns to his direction

- ino and sakura are like aha hi we didn’t do anything and naruto is like hi babe

- and sasuke (off-camera) is like i’m never letting ANY of you into my apartment

- then naruto’s probably like don’t be like that </3

- MEANWHILE everyone on the live is like????? babe????? whomst????????

- the three of them are p open abt their sexualities and inosaku post cute couple pics all the time but naruto has always been v hush hush abt his relationship status (there was no reason really sasuke said he didn’t mind but naruto knows sas is a private person so he purposely said as little as possible)

- fast forward like,,idk a week and naruto is doing an interview and ofc he’s asked abt the whole babe thing and he’s like yeah i’ve been dating someone for like,,, since college and the interviewer is like pray tell but naruto isn’t saying anything until he can actually talk to sasuke abt it

- fast forward another couple of weeks and ino is releasing a new collection (i don’t know how stylists work pls dont hurt me) and she’s posted a new model??? (spoiler alert it’s sasuke)

- sasuke always had a good sense of style but his colour pallette is. limited let’s say so ino made him dress more colourful? i wanna say his usual style is alternative so pastel alternative????? like,, cargo pants or ripped jeans leather jacket kind of style except now it’s pastel? um anyways the point is the clothes are out of his comfort zone but he looks good because of course he fucking does

- the comments ofc freak out everyone’s like hello who are you how do you like your eggs in the morning i love you marry me (so like. me @ sasuke at any given moment)

- ino tagged him in the photo and his account is private but fans notice that both naruto and sakura follow him? (along with other famous™️ people in their group ig)

- behind the scenes sasuke comes home and is like i have a thousand ppl requesting me make it stop

- anyways next day ino posts pictures of naruto and plot twist naruto is dressed in all black like,, cargo pants, leather jacket, bicker gloves and everyone is like holy fuck. holy FUCK.

- side note sasuke wore eyeliner in his pics bc sasuke in eyeliner lives in my mind rent free and naruto probably had some eye look to contrast the black uh moral of the story eyeshadow and eyeliner is as sexy as hell on anyone and everyone

- so instead of being POLITE and letting people RECOVER from naruto and sasuke’s pictures ino posts more pictures of them. together. very close.

- naruto was nervous abt hate ofc bc people SUCK but when the pictures came out everyone was like HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL US YOUR BOYFRIEND WAS THIS HOT???

- ino posts some behind the scenes on her story and we witness sns being an old married couple

- literally a whole minute is just sasuke yelling at him for being an idiot what’s new

- but then there are others in between photos being taken and they’re just... so fucking cute oh my god you’ve got sasuke helping naruto with his jewelry and naruto feeding sasuke hello these two idiots are so in LOVE

- (you alr know one of the pictures was just them almost kissing you already KNOW)

- everyone online is just freaking out bc not only has our bi king got a boyfriend he is HOT and suddenly the entire fandom has a crush on him (him being sasuke wbk everyone is in love w naruto anyway)

- obviously the next interview naruto does he gets asked about sasuke and he’s just like yeah he’s my boyfriend and he’s amazing and gorgeous and

- then sakura’s like once you get him started on sasuke he’ll never stop

- and naruto’s like if YOU were dating sasuke you’d talk about him all the time as well

- have i mentioned they’re in love?

- so the interviewer’s like can u tell us more and of course naruto is like YES i can

- all four of them (sakura, ino, naruto and sasuke) have been friends since they were children and sasuke and naruto always had this weird rivalry enemies thing they were best friends

- sasuke was there for all of them but esp naruto always helping him with lines and helping him practice

- i always imagine sasuke to either be into art or smth rlly smart so for this let’s say he majored in some kind of science for college

- so naruto goes on about how amazing sasuke is for like five minutes no joke (w prompts from the interviewer and sakura)

- and all his fans are just so happy bc naruto seemed so happy when talking about him like he was glowing he was so in loveeee

- anyways after u know naruto is our here posting about sasuke 24/7 and even tho sas looks so unapproachable people see how much he loves naruto and visa versa

- in lives sasuke is always bickering w naruto about anything and everything and it always ends with a kiss on the cheek and a “you’re lucky i love you” :((

- suddenly naruto’s feed is just full of sasuke and pictures of them

- idk how to end this uhh sns are in love <3

#sasunaru #narusasu #sasuke uchiha #naruto uzumaki #headcanon??#texpost #celebrity au #actor au #what is this bye #an overuse of question marks #oh i have no idea what this is #i just love my boys so much #and i love celebrity aus #and i wanted both #inosaku mention #idiots in love <33 #just 10pm thoughts #ok im gonna shut up now #goodnight stan sasunaru

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knives-out20 · 4 years

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Meeting The Parents - Erik Lehnsherr x Male!OC

Fandom: X-Men

Pairing: Karmel Rosenstein (OC) x Erik Lehnsherr

Warnings: Swearing, Fluffy ig, Sad Karmel, Karmel crying, Talking to the dead,

Notes: Had this idea bouncing around my head all day like a DVD screensaver. Enjoy!

Karmel and Erik stood at the front gates of a cemetery, wearing dark clothes. He adjusted the tie he wore, one that was his dad’s favourite. “You- You sure you wanna come in? You don’t need to, Erik, sometimes I start talkin’ to ‘em and, uh, it’s kinda weird, I wouldn’t wanna weird you out.”

Erik looked up, reading the cemetery name. “It’s fine, Karmel. Trust me, love...Kinda convenient, right? How this cemetery is the closest to your house?”

Karmel shrugged. “I had a whole temper tantrum over it being this exact one. That way, they’d always be...close by, y’know? I could run to here from the estate real easily.”

“I assume you did that a lot?”

“Guilty.” Karmel shrugged, leading Erik into the yard. He looped around the other graves he had looped around like a billion times at that point, by a small flowerpatch and over to a big grave with a pair of names and lifespans on them. “Well...This is what it looks like.” Karmel cleared his throat, letting go of Erik’s hand. He held the bouquet he had in both hands, lips forming a line as he bent down to place it in front of the headstone.

Ezra Rosenstein and Naomi Rosenstien.

Both born in the 1900′s, Naomi being a year younger then Ezra; strangely like how Karmel’s a year younger than Erik. They- obviously- died in the same year, 1945. A year after Erik’s mom died, meaning Karmel was 13 then.

Below their names, Erik mumbled what was written. “‘In loving memory of the most amazing parents, together forever.’”

Karmel sat down in front of his mom’s name, Erik quick to sit down beside him. The two sat in silence for a moment. “Y’know, uh, funny thing,” he piped up. “After they were buried, I would constantly come crawling back to their grave, right here. I’d sit right where we are now, and every time my uncle came to take me back home, I remember begging him not to take me away from them.” Karmel started to explain, eyes darting from dark cloud to dark cloud in the night sky.

Erik listened patiently.

“’Cause I didn’t wanna leave ‘em, y’know? Before you say anything, I was like, thirteen. Shit’s pretty reasonable, a grieving kid at that age to be stubborn ‘n’ unrealistic. I really fucking believed that after they died, I couldn’t be truly happy anymore. But, uh...” Karmel turned to look at Erik. “Guess that changed, huh?”

Erik looked back over at them, lips twitching into a slight smile.

“S-Sometimes, I’d, uh, end up falling asleep on this dirt. My uncle would be sitting on that bench over there ‘n’ watch me, and when I’d fall asleep, he’d come over, pick me up ‘n’ take me back home. Sometimes in the earlier days I threw fits over him not doing what I said, but, looking back...I’d have rather a soft bed than crusty dirt above surrounded by dead people, y’know?”

Erik chuckled. “I would, too.”

Karmel pointed at his bouquet. “My parents were florists, I told you that already. They taught me what was called ‘the language of flowers.’ Like, uh, what certain flowers mean, and what certain groups mean when you put ‘em in a bouquet. In mine, you- you can see carnations, chrysanthemums, some gladioli, and orchids. These are pretty popular funeral flowers, but were some of my parents’ favourite. Red ‘n’ pink Carnations mean, like, uh, deep admiration for the deceased, and- and a sentient of remembrance. The chrysanthemums represent a well-lived life, which both of my parents definitely had.”

“What does the gladiolus mean?”

“Glad you asked. Basically, they represent a person of high moral integrity and character. Again, my ‘rents were full of it. Orchids were my moms favourite; they mean stuff like eternal love, great admiration, ‘n’ respect. Remind me to get you some, sometime.” Karmel nudged Erik, who shook his head knowingly. He reached out a hand, and pat the brown earth he watched get shoveled over his parents’ caskets all those years ago.

Erik glanced over at him.

“Hey, Dad...Hey, Mom.” Karmel mumbled, soon to grow out of the awkwardness of talking to granite in front of Erik. “It’s been a while, I’m sorry. I’ve been, uh..busy.” He shrugged, finger tracing shapes into the grass. “T’make it up, I wore your favourite tie, Dad. And- And I brought your favourite flowers- I remember what they mean, too, did you hear that part?”

Obvious silence.

“Oh, um, this- this is Erik. He’s...He’s been helping me keep stable lately.” Karmel pointed his other hand over at Erik. “He’s pretty nice to me, I guess. Could be nicer.” He teased, chuckling and putting his hands up in surrender when Erik looked over at him in fake-offence. “Erik means a lot to me. I had always been scared that you two wouldn’t have liked that, but Dad, then I found out about...what was his name, uh, Virgil. You two looked cute together, but I can see why you chose Mom. And, Mom, I saw photos of you and all those friends you had that held hands behind their backs in photos. I’m not gonna lie, it would’ve been nice to have met them. They all looked like such fun people, but then I found out what happened to all of ‘em. A simple grave visit would’ve sufficed, guys.” Karmel rambled on.

Erik remembers running into a room in Karmel’s mansion and finding him on his knees, holding a photo book. The photos, he remembered, contained a younger version of Karmel’s dad, holding hands with a black-haired man. Then he also remembers photos of Karmel’s mom surrounded by her friends, pairs of them holding hands in the photographs.

Karmel reached out to hold Erik’s hand, sniffing.

That was quicker than Erik thought. He gave Karmel’s hand a squeeze. “I’m right here, Karmel” Erik muttered warmly.

Karmel nodded sternly. “He makes me pretty happy...took me a while to come to terms with it, though, like, geez.” He exhaled through his mouth, tilting his head. “I’m glad I did, though. I thought I wouldn’t be this happy ever again, after you guys left me. But Erik...” Karmel looked at Erik once more, smiling softly.

Erik returned the tenderness by kissing Karmel’s knuckles.

Karmel giggled under his breath. “Erik gives me a sense of familiarity. Whatever you two had, I swear, we have something like it. But it’s not the same. Nothing could ever be the same as anything that has to do with you two. Even if I am wearing Dad’s ties.” He scoffed. Karmel inhaled shakily. “I miss you guys. I think of you two constantly, believe me. You don’t wanna know what I’ve done to try and do otherwise. I wish you guys could’ve lived a little longer, and see me graduate, get a job, ‘n’ fall- fall i-in love.” He stuttered, blinking rapidly.

Erik looked at the shine in Karmel’s eyes, the blond man looking down. He stroked Karmel’s hand with his thumb, reminding Karmel that he was right there if he needs him.

Karmel wiped his eyes with his free hand.”God fuck-” he mumbled weakly. Karmel closed his eyes, clenching his jaw. “Told m’self I wouldn’t cry in front of Erik, but fuck toxic masculinity, right, Dad?” He rhetorically asked. Karmel gulped thickly looking back up at the headstone. “I love Erik, a-and he wanted to come with me, to- to meet you. After everything that- that I told him, ‘bout you two, I couldn’t fucking blame him.” He forced a smile, eyebrows slightly furrowed. “I don’t...I don’t really know what else t’say.” Karmel hummed, rubbing the back of his neck. He leaned his head on Erik’s shoulder.

Erik pulled his hand away from Karmel’s, wrapping his arm around Karmel’s shoulders. “You doing alright, Kar?”

“Can we...go, now? Please?” Karmel whispered against Erik’s coat.

Erik nodded, helping Karmel up.

Karmel took a deep breath, bending over to pat the headstone. LBye, Mom, bye, Dad. We- We’ll be back soon, alright?” He raised his eyebrows, as if expectant for an answer.

Erik’s hand slid from Karmel’s shoulder to his back, rubbing it soothingly.

Karmel stood back up, looking at Erik with teary eyes. “We-We’ll come back soon, right?”

Erik cooed silently, cupping Karmel’s cheeks. He smiled lovingly, wiping Karmel’s tears with his thumbs. “We can come whenever you’d like, love. ‘Til the end of time.”

Karmel sniffled, wiping his eyes on his sleeve. “Even then, you’ll still be mine.”

Erik nodded, taking Karmel’s hand in his own. The two took one last look at the grave, before he led Karmel back over to his car.

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