[dark-academia-in-russia]

[bixbiboom]

[ID: A photo of Marisha as she sits astride a carousel horse, one hand on the pole and the other thrown in the air as she leans back in reckless abandon. She’s wearing a flowy green wrap dress with white polka dots and her long hair is swinging with her motions. A blue canal is visible behind her, and it looks like a beautiful sunny day in France. /end ID]

@.marisha_ray: Ahhh, France 🎠

[honeyedblossom]

closed starter for @ambxitious ( dylan )

"I hope you guys are ready for next week's game, it's going to be no joke," Marcel told Dylan, looking up from the playbook. "I've had a look over our plays, and I do think a couple changes would be beneficial, can you come have a look?"

[ambxitious]

"Yes, of course." Dylan stood up straight as Marcel addressed him, he had been doing all he could to make sure that he was ready, "What are you thinking of?"

[pastelpinklight]

[lcvelymxnifest]

“I guess not that bad,” she replied with a small sigh, and maybe it had only felt bad because she felt incredibly exhausted now. It was just a relief to know it was over. “I guess it’s just been so long since I last moved that I forgot that it can be a lot of work.” It had been years since she moved the last time, she could barely even remember what that had been like. “I think I’m all done, may have a box or two hiding somewhere, but nothing I can’t deal with now.” She shrugged, offering the other a smile. “Thank you though. Uh, how’s your unpacking coming along?”

[ambxitious]

Ben simply nodded as Astrid spoke, deciding that this was probably something that she should absolutely pretend she understood. When she had moved to Chicago that had seemed like a whole big thing, but that was something that her parents had dealt with more than she had, and then there was moving to Huntsville with her girlfriend at the time, but she hadn't really brought all too much then either, and then those possessions only dwindled as well as she sold anything that never actually ended up being brought out. That was feeling a bit atypical talking to Astrid just then, though.

"Of course, yeah," Ben replied to the thanks, "Oh, yeah, got everything in the right room, so I should be all good now too."

[ccmpletemess]

A delighted smile graced his lips as the other dog squirmed in Dylan’s arms. “Hey girl, did you miss me? I know you did, I missed you too,” he coo’ed, before looking up at the other, his smile never fading. “Are you sure? Because I can leave if you want to, or I could just leave Giz here for a bit? I…” his words faltered, and he chewed on his lip, “I don’t want to intrude, Dyl.”

[ambxitious]

Juniper gave a small few yips of excitement at Julius speaking to her, and Dylan felt bad for how his avoidance of Julius since their breakup had probably also effected his dog, who had grown so used to his and Gizmo’s presence, and to whom Dylan couldn’t the sudden disappearance.

“You’re fine,” Dylan nodded after a moment of thought, he couldn’t keep Julius out forever, maybe it was time for them to be friends again, he would just ignore how his heart ached seeing the other man now, “You’re my friend, you aren’t intruding.”

[ambxitious]

ccmpletemess​:

"Four?? I have my hands full with this little one," Julius shook his head, "He is the cutest little gremlin honestly. I love him, but damn."

“Oh, they are pure chaos, though my wife also helps, and they really can tire themselves out in a massive lawn.” She laughed, “They’re our babies.”

[ambxitious]

ccmpletemess​:

closed starter for @ambxitious ft. julius & dylan.

With Giz tucked under his arm, Julius stood at the door to Dylan's apartment. Giz was always whining and pawing at where Dylan used to sit on his couch, and Julius knew he missed him. Hell, Julius missed him too but he wasn't entirely sure where they stood these days.

Knocking on the door, Julius took a deep breath, absentmindedly scratching at Giz's head. When the door opened, Julius' bright smile plastered over his features. "Hey, Giz missed you so I thought I'd just swing by, y'know."

Dylan hadn’t been expecting guests that day, so he was surprised when he heard a knock at his door. Juniper beat him to the door, of course, tiny claws skittering against the hardwood as she rushed over and started sniffing at the gap between the bottom of the door and the floor, only for Dylan to scoop her up with a sigh after looking out the peephole and seeing Julius standing there before opening the door.

“Hey...” Dylan couldn’t really say he didn’t want to see Julius, in fact he had very much wanted to see him basically constantly since their breakup and had to put a lot of effort into not simply going straight back to the other man, he had to at least try to get over him.

Juniper didn’t seem to have the same thoughts, though, as she tried to escape his arms as soon as she saw Gizmo and Julius, who she had missed this past while about as much as Dylan had. That did pull a laugh from him, she really was absolutely adorable.

“Junie’s missed you too, yeah,” Dylan hesitated a moment, “Come in, yeah.”

[ambxitious]

lcvelymxnifest​:

Closed starter for @ambxitious

It felt like it had taken ages, but Astrid was finally done unpacking all of her things from moving. She’d wanted her room to look perfect, or at least perfect to her and it had taken a few too many times of moving things around to get it to look that way. She definitely wasn’t a perfectionist or anything, but she didn’t want to have to move things again anytime soon because she didn’t like a set up. It wasn’t even really that much either, so how it took her so long, she’d never know. Leaving the room with a small sigh, she made her way to kitchen, in desperate need of a coffee, even if it was like four in the afternoon. Noting Ben as she entered, she offered the other a small smile. “I really hope this whole moving thing wasn’t as much of a nightmare for you as it was me.”

Over the years since she had moved up to Huntsville Ben had managed to take the multiple suitcases she had come with down to one suitcase and a backpack, much easier to carry around herself. Now she was actually properly moving in somewhere again and it still didn’t feel quite real. She looked around the bare room that was now hers and thought for a moment before just dropping both her suitcase and bag on the floor. She would just unpack stuff as she used it. That worked, yeah. Which meant the only thing to be put away just then was her toiletry bag which she simply dumped on the counter in the bathroom before moving to start wandering the house.

“I hope it wasn’t that bad for you,” Ben smiled back at Astrid as she came into the kitchen, “It’s been fine for me, yeah, if you need any help or anything?”

[ambxitious]

ccmpletemess​:

“Gizmo, like the little gremlin from Gremlins. Not that he’s a gremlin, – well, sometimes,” Julius grinned, shaking his head at his dog. “He likes to go on adventures. Often without a leash.”

“Adorable,” Margaret laughed, “I’ve never had a small dog, but I have three Newfies and a Husky, so I know well the call to off lease adventure. Gremlins is absolutely the right word.”

[ambxitious]

ccmpletemess​:

closed starter for @ambxitious ft. julius bilsky & ( open )

“gizmo!” julius called out, chasing after the rather energetic shih zhu that had escaped his arms and ran down the street. finally catching up to the puppy, he scooped him in his arms, turning to the nearest standerby with a sheepish smile. “i’m so sorry, he didn’t pee on your shoes or anything did he? he tends to do that when he’s annoyed at me.”

Margaret had originally turned around when she felt a breath of air against her ankle, looking down to see a small dog staring up at her, and then looking up again when someone came and scooped him up off the sidewalk.

“No peeing, fortunately, though I can’t say he wasn’t thinking about it,” She laughed, “What’s his name?”

[dsadwdasdadawdwad-deactivated20]

Umm… Miss Ray 😳😍🫣

[wrongtitle]

[ambxitious]

@prcttyvxnom​, harley lee

To say that Dylan's life had changed drastically in the ten months or so since he had finally seen Harley again was something of an understatement. To learn that he had a son, one that he had never known for six years, to try and build a relationship with the shy and anxious boy out of basically nothing. Then now to do all of that after having moved from nearby in Huntsville out back to Toronto.

Now, though, the holidays were coming up, and Harley and Roscoe were going to be coming down to visit so he could spend his first Christmas knowing he’s a dad with his son, but then he had also learned that his parents were planning on coming to visit as well, and they wanted to meet their surprise grandson. He couldn’t just tell them no, or at least he didn’t feel like he could, and so now he had to deal with trying to figure out how one gave their kid a good Christmas while also trying to make sure that his parents didn’t go and ruin it. He knew what his parents were like, and he hadn’t wanted Roscoe growing up having to deal with that too. Hopefully if it was just holidays then it wouldn’t be quite so bad...?

Still he worried as he went to go meet up with Harley and Roscoe, even as he tried to at least pull himself together a little to not worry Roscoe.

“Hey,” Dylan forced a smile as he saw the other two, not entirely ungenuine, simply trying to hide what else was there, “How was the trip.”

[mercysheart]

[mndvx]

[ohisms]

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹 𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬 .    (   a  collection  of  texting  prompts .  receiver of the meme  is  implied  to  be  the  sender  of  the  text .   )

∗ o1﹕ a  text  sent  late  at  night . ∗ o2﹕ a  text  asking  for  advice . ∗ o3﹕ a  text  sent  out  of  worry . ∗ o4﹕ a  text  sent  out  of  excitement . ∗ o5﹕ a  text  sent  out  of  anger . ∗ o6﹕ a  text  containing  a  picture . ∗ o7﹕ a  text  to  get  back  in  touch . ∗ o8﹕ a  text  saying  goodbye . ∗ o9﹕ a  text  containing  a  confession . ∗ 1o﹕ a  cheesy  text . ∗ 11﹕ a  text  sent  from  across  the  room . ∗ 12﹕ a  text  that  wasn’t  meant  for  the  receiver . ∗ 13﹕ an  intoxicated  text . ∗ 14﹕ a  text  sent  while  half  asleep . ∗ 14﹕ a  text  that  was  never  sent . ∗ 15﹕ a  text  containing  advice . ∗ 16﹕ a  flirtatious  text . ∗ 17﹕ a  text  during  a  breakdown  /  panic  attack . ∗ 18﹕ a  threatening  text . ∗ 19﹕ a  suggestive  text . ∗ 2o﹕ a  text  containing  an  apology . ∗ 21﹕ a  text  to  a  group  chat . ∗ 22﹕ a  text  regarding  [ character name ] . ∗ 23﹕ a  text  containing  a  pick - up  line . ∗ 24﹕ an  angry  text . ∗ 25﹕ an  urgent  text . ∗ 26﹕ an  affectionate  text . ∗ 27﹕ a  text  after  first  meeting . ∗ 28﹕ an  embarrassing  text . ∗ 29﹕ a  supportive  text . ∗ 3o﹕ a  random  text .