ABOUT Hello and welcome to my selfship guidebook! This should, hopefully, make learning about my selfships easier. And also find content abo
*drops this and runs*
ok byyyeeee 👋
wait uhm i already said this in the doc but this was made using @/clancykisser's selfship guidebook template. there's a list of more credits in the doc of course i just wanted to give that a special highlight
(also this is still very much a wip lol but i feel like i reached a good place to be able to post this. also if i dont now then this will never see the light of day lmao)
i really think the idea of making stamps of your own selfships is rly cute, especially to share with your friends & show support for each other !! i just found a new site that lets you easily make some: https://stamp-studio.wasmer.app/
it only works on computer, and you might need to make your original photo smaller to get a clearer quality, but i found it rly easy to use ! ₍^•⩊ •マⳊ here's mine below, & have fun creating !!
sniffles this was nice to write thank you! @terzveig
"Come on, bring it in."
ship: Days Lie Dormant (nova [transfem!Clancy] x axel)
wc: 702
rating: g (some sadness/mentions of overthinking)
It was an awful day.
A terrible, miserable, and awful day.
He had been denied a job he was wanting. His favorite pen ran out of ink when he was trying to pick up traditional sketching again. Even as he walked home with Nova from their short date at the park, where a sprinkler had gone off and wet his shoes messily, there was little to no grasp in his usually firm hold of her hand. He could only focus on the ground before them as his mind worked with equal parts upset and frustration at himself, the sensation of anxiety building into a turbulent feeling in his heart. It ached and pattered relentlessly. He hated it so much.
Nova could see the way Axel was beating himself up. The way his eyes had lost their shine and were now a duller shade of brown against his green hair. His lips were pursed, thin and annoyed as she slowed her trot to keep herself neatly at his side. She hadn't had a bad day out by any means! However, she knew how much her lover could get into their own head. It was easier to get them inside than out. Seal loved to think too much, and luckily for him she was good at stopping that.
"We're home." Nova declared with a gentle squeeze of her lover's hand, "I'm going to unlock the door, kay?"
Axel sighed and nodded numbly, tucking his hands into his pockets instead of fully replying as she fished her key to the door out and opened it up. A cool breeze kissed their faces, easing the redness of Axel's embarrassed cheeks as he flushed and entered the home quietly behind the other.
Suddenly Nova stopped and turned on her heels to face him. Star looked over at her lover discerningly, squinting as she tried to judge his mood for a moment longer. Axel only looked on at her, deflated and tired as he tried to hold her gaze but averted his eyes swiftly to the floor. Nerves overran him as he tried not to cry.
Then she spread open her arms and grinned at him.
"Alright, big guy. Come on, bring it in."
And Axel did. He surged forward with his arms wrapped tight around Nova, burying his face into her shoulder and whimpering as he clung to her. Nova allowed him to grab her as hard as he needed, keeping her like a lifeline to his chest as he pressed them both together. Their heartbeats were practically against one another, timing themselves to their rhythms as Axel sniffled and whined soft, pathetic little noises that only made Nova's heart ache and hold him tighter.
"I'm sorry today was bad." Axel sniffled into her shoulder, "I wanted it to be nice for you. I'm sorry it wasn't."
"What are you talking about, goober?" Nova whispered into his ear with a smile, "I had an amazing day. I think you're the one who had a no good, very awful day, Axy."
"Yeah," Axel laughed meekly, "Sorry if it's too much."
"Axel."
Star pulled away from Axel, lifting his chin with one of her hands before moving it up to caress his cheek with her palm. Seal leaned into it, letting her rub her thumb over his lip for a moment with a soft, gentle smile before she hugged him again. They stood like that, simply clinging to one another. Enjoying their company as Axel calmed down being held in his girlfriend's arms.
She supported him the whole time, hands never freeing him from her hold. She wouldn't let him go until he said so. She loved him just that much.
"How about we order something and watch Rosemary's Baby?" Nova offered in a whisper, "You have some edibles too, I think."
Axel sniffled, nodding into her shoulder, "That sounds nice, yeah."
"Do you want to go now?"
"One more minute?"
"Of course."
So she held him there some more, humming a gentle song while burying her face into his hair, inhaling his unique scent and smiling to herself as she memorized it.
"Even if your day starts bad, you have me. I'll always make sure it ends great."
one time on another platform when i was super new to self shipping i was like. how can you believe your f/o loves you back? and someone replied “don’t they bring you comfort? that is their love for you”
Imagine your f/o making something for you two. A playlist, a cozy area to relax together, a craft they put all their love into. Regardless, it becomes a regular occurrence ; you both bond together with it or as a result of it.
i think i’ve talked about this before but when it comes to main f/os does anyone else feel like they didn’t even really get a choice. people ask me why i like the character and im like I DONT KNOW ONE DAY I JUST FOUND MYSELF INEXPLICABLY SOULBOUND TO THEM DUE TO MEANS BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING . it was not a conscious decision. bro picked me