you wanted nothing but victory

I wrote two Very Specific Workplace!AU-style novels! A construction-themed novel and a law firm novel! 33, she/her, union inside wireman, icehot13 on ao3!

[icehot13]

I wrote two books!

Empty Hands and Empty Rooms: A construction!AU featuring a queer-platonic relationship (and my most beloved aromantic/asexual character). Includes a book-exclusive epilogue the fic didn't have!

Andy MacLaine runs away from home at eighteen, straight into the arms of Simon Wray, who shares his studio flat with Andy for the six months before Andy fulfills his lifelong dream of enlisting in the military.

Fourteen years later, Andy is forced to retire early after an injury, and returns home to retrain as an electrician. He isn't expecting his first journeyman to be Simon, whose heart he broke all those years ago, when they shared a flat and a bed and one single kiss.

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Simon Wray has had more than his share of tragedy, by the time he's thirty-four. An abusive childhood, a broken heart, a traumatic career in the military — he's had enough of opening himself up to others.

The exception, it seems, is Simon's coworker Jakob Kühner. Jakob isn't inherently trusting, either; after years spent struggling to make people understand that his asexuality isn't temporary, his aromanticism isn't a flaw, and his anxiety isn't just "shyness," Jakob doesn't easily let anyone close. Somehow, that's exactly where Simon finds himself: close to Jakob, and the happiest he's ever been because of it.

When Andy reappears, Simon finds that the boy who broke his heart still has the power to do so, even fourteen years later, because Simon still, still, loves him.

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A Matter Decided: A lawyer!AU, written with my fantastic co-author who turned it from a one-shot into a novel. Includes a book-exclusive second epilogue the fic didn't have!

Din Reyes is a junior associate at a white-shoe law firm in San Francisco. He only has to survive one more year, and then he can afford to leave the lucrative world of white-collar defense to follow his passion for working as a children's advocate.

When he has the misfortune of being selected for the team working a case headed by the infamous partner Barrett Fitch, whose cold and ruthless reputation precedes him, Din is expecting his last year at the firm to be his worst yet. Surely, he thinks, everyone is right about Barrett.

Barrett is nothing like Din expected. Barrett is the softest thing Din has ever known.

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Find me at icehot13 on ao3!

All my Deadpool fics here (some are wade/daredevil and there's a wade/moon knight series)

The Mandalorian "season 1 if boba fett was there"

Ghost/Soap fics

Current obsession is the Pitt Robby/Frank fic

[backonmybullsht]

The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables

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Rabbot head-cannon — leaving notes for each other.

Okay so I was thinking, because of the nature of their shifts, Robby and Jack probably rely on text or leaving each other notes to communicate, especially when their sleep schedules are exact opposites. For things not as urgent, they probably prefer the analog way of writing things down.

For Jack, I’m picturing him writing on post-it notes and sticking them on the fridge, on their bedroom door, etc., for Robby to find when he wakes up. He probably has a stack of post-its on his night stand to write things down before he heads off for his shift.

For Robby though, he’s grabbing whatever pieces of paper he could find to scribble on, not caring what shapes or form they are in, as long as he can get the messages across. He would be putting pieces of tape on them so that he can slap these notes on random surfaces in their home for Jack to come across, a gift of pleasant surprises.

Please enjoy the notes situation I pictured in my head haha. 🫶🏼 They are so precious!!!

[speechless-typewriter]

Rabbot head-cannon — leaving notes for each other.

Okay so I was thinking, because of the nature of their shifts, Robby and Jack probably rely on text or leaving each other notes to communicate, especially when their sleep schedules are exact opposites. For things not as urgent, they probably prefer the analog way of writing things down.

For Jack, I’m picturing him writing on post-it notes and sticking them on the fridge, on their bedroom door, etc., for Robby to find when he wakes up. He probably has a stack of post-its on his night stand to write things down before he heads off for his shift.

For Robby though, he’s grabbing whatever pieces of paper he could find to scribble on, not caring what shapes or form they are in, as long as he can get the messages across. He would be putting pieces of tape on them so that he can slap these notes on random surfaces in their home for Jack to come across, a gift of pleasant surprises.

Please enjoy the notes situation I pictured in my head haha. 🫶🏼 They are so precious!!!

[noahwhyle]

NOAH WYLE as DR. JOHN CARTER in ER (1994-2009) | S03E09 "Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies" (1996)

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Ok someone has to take this away from me before I drive myself insane attmepting to idk art better 🙈

Idk how long I'll be on this murderbot train but these ARE my new favorite books to ever.

[cjbee]

Talking about how their dumb human scientists keep trying to put themselves into mortal peril.

[cjbee]

Free will means I can draw my favorite sci-fi duos interacting.

[grimgasm]

#woof bark bark

[unidentifiedspoon]

my turn at this one. ART is the feed? no. ART is the frame

[melancholic-whimsy]

they hate me for my flat facial expressions and inability to contribute to conversations

[grimgasm]

[witchesgraves]

I’m your man by Leonard Cohen is BLASTING

[microbiologistmusings]

Hello! Welcome to my non-exhaustive first part of Mobility-Aids Jack Abbot Probably Has

Let’s start with my area of expertise: wheelchairs

Jack is an ambulatory wheelchair user — which means he can walk, he just spends a good chunk of his life in a wheelchair. He very likely spends most of his days in a custom active manual wheelchair. This is a wheelchair he pushes by himself without any kind of power-assist. Although, a power assist can be attached to these chairs and I guarantee Jack probably owns one. (More info below). Pictured below is an custom (rigid) active manual wheelchair that Jack would own and would be fitted to his body:

Please note that the backrest is short as Jack does not have a spinal injury as far as we are aware. There are no push handles, as many chair users (myself included) who can push ourselves and rarely need assistance, do not want to be pushed without consent. Which happens, a lot.

Jack is a BKA, a below-the-knee amputee, he would be fine using a contoured seat cushion and one foot plate. This way he can wear his leg in his chair or not.

This rigid chair is designed to be pulled apart and light. Here is a helpful guide for the names of everything. The frame itself (on a rigid chair, like the ones pictured) is one solid piece, however, the big driving wheels, seat cushion, and side guards all come off. The backrest (if solid and not fabric) will fold down.

There is also another type of custom active manual wheelchair called a folding chair. You can typically tell the different because folding chairs have split foot rests. They are also often heavier, but they can fold, some recline and some have foot rests can be adjusted to facilitate this. I don’t believe Jack would spend most of his days in a folding chair, as they are a bit bigger and less easily maneuvered. However, I do believe he owns one and likely uses one when undergoing revision surgeries to his residual limb.

Probably with a swing away support like this:

Now, pushing a wheelchair is a very tiring experience, even for someone well-accustomed to life in a chair. So, power options.

Jack likely owns a SmartDrive, Firefly or another kind of power assist that hooks onto his active manual chairs. (If you want me to explain more, I shall). Side note, there are also attachments with no power assist that Jack would probably have too, like a FreeWheel (essentially one big wheel in front that makes hiking/nature way easier).

A SmartDrive would simply hook onto the back of his chair and be controlled by a dial or a switch or an app or by push-rim.

A Firefly would hook to the front to turn his chair into more of a scooter for city travel, by lifting his caster wheels off the ground.

Now, if Jack wanted a power chair, it would likely be an electric folding chair and not a full-sized power chair.

Something like this, which would not need a ramp to get into his truck.

But! At home or for short distances with no leg — let’s move to another mobility aid: crutches!

Jack very likely uses forearm or gutter crutches to get around. Depending on how he wants his weight to sit (through his hands and wrists, or spread out through his forearms).

Forearm:

Gutter:

I also guarantee Jack has a couple random canes lying around, a couple clunker hospital wheelchairs and the parts to fix just about anything.

Jack very likely also carries with him at all times: two Allen wrench sets, microfiber towels, Clorox wipes, screws, washers and bike lube. Just in case he needs to maintenance his chair on the go. He also probably carries them in a fanny pack strapped around his seat, which makes a handy pocket under his wheelchair to carry random shit.

Jack also is a cripplepunk, I just know it in my heart and soul — but that is a different ramble. Please be expecting another post about Jack’s many legs and chair decor soon.

Now, one last thing, sports!

Our favorite cripple probably owns a sports chair, which is much lighter than even his usual rigid chair and doesn’t have brakes, but does have a bar in front (as well as an extreme camber/tilt to the wheels). Although, some don’t, depending on what sport you want to play.

This is a sled hockey bucket!

And this is for WCMX, basically skateboarding but make it wheelchair.

Anyway, this has been crippletalk with MB.

Ask me anything you want, idc.

[codeblue2]

ok i dont have the brain power to write fic atm so im just gonna propagandize and hope other ppl put this in their fic

i see a lot of ppl writing abbot as using crutches when he's at home - which is great - the pitt seems to function on a 12hr shift pattern which is really the upper upper limit of how long you want to be wearing a prosthetic for, so abbot probably wouldn't be using it at home as well if he can

however crutches - especially underarm crutches but forearm crutches too - do absolutely pose a risk of nerve damage

theres the risk of compressing the nerves in your arms and also the stress of having your full body weight on your wrists over and over

abbot works in emergency medicine - he NEEDS his hands

so for your consideration - wheelchair user jack abbot

now i'm not talking a standard hospital style chair like this

those cause a whole set of other problems, especially with your shoulders

i think he'd have a custom chair to use around the house, and even potentially out and about on his days off

something like this

anyway that's been your daily dose of propaganda from your local friendly disabled fanboy

tl;dr crutches are bad for your hands and i think abbot would use a chair instead.

[masqueradesgirl]

This is literally married couple arguing

[shatterstared]

all men do is lie

[goatedsaminator]

anyone care for a mcvadi