IN TIME, THEY WILL JOIN YOU IN THE SUN

if you seek his monument, look around you.

[enshrine]

carol​.

OPEN STARTER FOR MUTUALS. 

❝ i’d totally challenge you to a race… ❞

❝ … but it would be so embarrassing for you when i dominated. and i just can’t do that to a friend. ❞

 ‘ - that sounds like something that someone who knows they’d lose would say. ’

[enshrine]

steve.

[text: mr. sunshine] well that is certainly a relief

he’ll stare at the small screen for a long moment after that one. reading it out loud in a myriad of tones, as if somehow he’d find the right one to fit to make himself feel better for how dorky he just sounds. he really shouldn’t be perspiring this badly. maybe the heater was on too high. it wasn’t. maybe it was it was purely nerves. the waiting game for whether or not clark kent would take up his offer and fly himself to brooklyn. just for a cup of…coffee.

[text: mr. sunshine] yeah? i do too. for a lot of reasons…

obviously………..

[text: mr. sunshine] Penny House Cafe, off of Washington ave? it’s just a nice little spot not far from my place. they have good pastries, too. incase you like pastries…

luckily, clark knows steve is a lot better at this in-person than over text. 

not that clark is, by any means, a master of flirtation, of romance, because he sure as hell is not. he emphatically is not, that’s for damn sure. 

but, being young as he is, he does know all about texting etiquette, at least.

[text: steve] i love pastries.  [text: steve] i’ll start heading over now.  [text: steve] it looks like we’ll be able to watch the sunrise together 😊

[enshrine]

diana.

THERE’S A SMILE LOST in the pockets of her cheeks. Everything inside her wants to offer him one, yet her lips betray her, sulking into something akin to a frown. Had she wanted to be a part of this world? She’s not so certain. She’d wanted to save it, certainly. Back then, when even the air seemed to hold a certain magic, Diana had believed so surely that she was destined to free this world of cruelty, then return home to her sisters. Then, she’d briefly imagined a life with her Steve Trevor, instead. 

But the truth is that, this world? It rejected her. Her beliefs. Her dreams. 

❛ I think I did want to, perhaps. When the world was different and the sun shined brighter. ❜ When her pilot was still with her… She shrugs off her sadness. 

❛ It would have meant something profound to you, wouldn’t it? Had I been from your world? I know my homeland. It’s made me who I am, both the presence and loss of it. But you, you’ve only known the loss. ❜

‘ do you really think it used to shine brighter? ’ he sounds skeptical, but he gets it, he does. the sun was lemon yellow and rich and bright, his entire world had been, really, when it was just ma and pa. nostalgia creates a country that never existed, a country easier to reminisce and live in - makes it easier to forget how he’d struggled for years to adjust to earth’s atmosphere, to his powers.

of course, he could never forget, but nostalgia softens the sharp edges of those memories. 

and yeah, he’s always wanted to save the world, but more than anything, he’s yearned to be a part of it. when he’d died for it, he thought that would cement it, that he finally would be. if only it were so simple. 

unexpected tears prick his vision that he blinks away, simply glances straight ahead in the distance. 

‘ it would have, sure, but i made my choice on the day i killed zod. just because you’re not kryptonian doesn’t mean a thing. honestly, i think i’d have to make a real effort to try to feel alone, now. i hope you feel the same way. ’

[enshrine]

diana​.

❛ YOU REPRESENT SO MUCH goodness in this world, Kal. ❜ She’s whimsical and sorrowful all at once. Looking to the distance with thoughts that only she is privy to. ❛ More so than I ever did. Or could. ❜

@enshrine​

a frown creases at clark’s brow, both at the name and the sureness in diana’s tone. she’s a woman who’s lived several more lifetimes than he has, she must know what she’s talking about. it’s part of why clark doesn’t correct her when she calls him that name - kal. another name, from another world. 

when she says it, it doesn’t make him feel so alien, as ethereal as she can be.

‘ i don’t know about that, diana. ’ he purses his lips, ‘ - did you ever want to be a part of it - this world? it’s funny -  ’  it’s not funny, actually, but clark smiles anyway, ‘ when we first met, i thought - i hoped - you were from my world - from krypton. ’

[enshrine]

steve​.

[text: mr. sunshine]  Well look at me, getting something right. I was pretty sure. It suits you somehow. sunshine.  [text; mr. sunshine ] that’s a lot of options… [text: mr. sunshine] impressive, but kind of a lot to think about. how about brooklyn? 

maybe it’s not the most creative choice as far as options went, but clark, he really just wants to dote you around his old neighborhood. buying you a coffee. something like that.

[text: captain rogers] you’re definitely getting something right 😉 

so he’s definitely grinning even more, stupidly. thank god steve can’t see him.

he may also be two time zones away from brooklyn, currently laid out in his racecar bed at the kent farm that was too small for him when he was a boy, but he can be there in less than a minute. it’s an effort not to leave immediately when steve suggests it but he doesn’t, because he does possess some restraint, actually.

[text: captain rogers] i like brooklyn. i can think of a few reasons why.  [text: captain rogers] where should i meet you? 

[enshrine]

i never knew a gif could be so personal...

[michaun]

Atticus + his glasses

[enshrine]

@ashieldforgood​ / cont’d.

[text: captain rogers] you are correct. sunlight is very much my thing. ☀☺  [text: captain rogers] you know, i could bring us anywhere you want for coffee. or anything, really.

the thing is, steve, he’s very much not kidding and he’s very much grinning about it as he awaits your typing bubbles. don’t mind him. 

[enshrine]

zatanna​.

ø / from zatanna please and ty - @enshrine​

[ 𝙲𝙻𝙰𝚁𝙺 : ]  are  you  busy  ? [ 𝙲𝙻𝙰𝚁𝙺 : ]  i  messed  up  on  a  spell  and  have  eighteen  pints  of  ice  cream. [ 𝙲𝙻𝙰𝚁𝙺 : ]  please.  come  over  and  save  me  from  myself.

( sms: zatanna )    eighteen? that sounds like just enough for the two of us.  ( sms: zatanna )   well. mostly me 😉 ( sms: zatanna )  where are you?

[enshrine]

@ashieldforgood​ said: “um, i was just, uh, in the neighbourhood.” nbc hannibal / accepting.

‘ were you, now. ’ 

of course, he’d noticed the metronome of steve’s heart, its strength too sturdy and firm to be that of any normal human’s. he also happens to know what captain america looks like, of course, but he’s being polite about it. indulgent, even.

clark sets him down on his feet. beyond a smudge of ash on his face, steve seems untouched by the wreckage from which he’d salvaged him. 

that smile gets a little more jejune when he meets his gaze again.

‘ are you okay, sir? ’

[enshrine]

@nightsounds said: “i figured you’d be here.” from bruce nbc hannibal / accepting. 

the heat in smallville is downright oppressive at this time of day, but the sun feels good on his skin. always manages to make him feel boundlessly energetic or sun-drunk, like a lion at mid-day. 

today, it’s the former. he busies himself with working on fixing his mother’s tractor. he’d heard bruce’s heartbeat from miles away but waited for him to approach him, and when he looks at him from underneath, he’s pleased to find him standing there in all black and sweating, because of course. only bruce wayne wears black in 100 degree weather. 

‘ where else would i be? ’ he asks, smile turning at the corner of his mouth, ‘ it’s hard finding a studio in metropolis these days. my only solution is to relocate across the river which i can’t bring myself to do, no offense. ’

[inkmemesarchive]

nbc’s  hannibal ( 2013 - 2015 )  pt  1 ↪  req’d  by  anon.  s01e01 - s01e06.  alter  as  you  see  fit.  trigger  warnings  for  death,  gore,  sexual  themes

“he will die watching me take what is his away from him.”

“i can empathise with anybody.”

“can i borrow your imagination?”

“he’s like willy wonka.”

“the amount of detail is incredible.”

“i would apologise for my analytical ambush, but i know i will soon be apologising again and you’ll tire of that eventually, - so i have to consider using apologies sparingly.”

“could be a permanent installation in your evil minds museum.”

“i’ve fantasised about scenarios where my actions may have allowed a different fate for [name].”

“what is that? i bet it’s marijuana.”

“i got stabbed in the third grade with a number two pencil. thought i was gonna get lead poisoning.”

“i’m very supportive of bake-offs.”

“i don’t feel sorry for myself at all. i feel, um i-i i feel, um good.”

“i guessed your size, so anything you don’t want, leave the tags on, i’ll bring it back.”

“i’m gonna be messed up, aren’t i? i’m worried about nightmares.”

“i was sort of expecting a body outline in chalk or tape.”

“i’ll tell you if i saw him if you tell me why it’s important.”

“your victimhood has a high profile.”

“i never connected to the concept.”

“the family you think is family, is just a stepping stone to real family.”

“thirteen-year-old milk carton material.”

“have you ever tried psilocybin? ‘mushrooms’?”

“i want to give you your power back.”

“a paradox in the midst of a normal family: he’s an outsider who doesn’t look like one.”

“well, i don’t think you’re gonna go home for a long time.”

“as someone who makes such a big deal about common courtesy, i’m a little taken aback.”

“think it’s too late for us to have kids?”

“at night i leave the lights on in my little house, and walk across the flat fields. when i look back from a distance the house is like a boat on the sea.”

“i had two fingers of whiskey before i went to bed.”

“vikings used to execute christians by breaking their ribs, bending them back, and draping the lungs over them to resemble wings. ttey used to call it a ‘blood eagle’.”

“your perfume is exquisite.”

“even a drunk with a flair for the dramatic can convince himself he’s god.”

“supplication is the most common form of prayer.”

“so can we have a conversation, or do you want to pretend that everything’s alright?”

“you know something - i’m very good at sorting things out, and at the very least i can underwhelm you while you’re being overwhelmed.”

“i won’t insult you by asking if there’s someone else.”

“my ears rang like the first time I heard my mom use the f-word.”

“i figured you’d be here.”

“it’s your fight, baby, but i’m in your corner.”

“i thought if i kept it to myself, our lives wouldn’t change.”

“you don’t have to say a word until you’re ready, but i’m not going anywhere until you do.”

“i cannot help feeling responsible myself for what happened.”

“i’m assuming that you’re familiar with the chesapeake ripper?”

“how wonderful to see you again.”

“um, i was just, uh, in the neighbourhood.”

“you look like you were dreaming.”

“so, are you enjoying reading my mail?”

“[name] would you care to assist me with dessert?”

“it can sometimes be brave to allow yourself hope.”

“i believe the world is a better place with [name] in it.”

“if you’ll wait here, i’ll be right back.”

[cleonxxiv]

Jonathan Majors in Lovecraft Country “Holy Ghost” (2020)