i love your characterization of ryland so much! my personal headcanon is that he was a military child, his dad was a very mean/strict general or colonel, he moved around a lot and his favorite place he lived was the bay area so thatās why he went there for college. ik iām projecting coz my fave science teacher (and mark hamill) had a similar upbringing but also ry has such military brat vibes
Wait this is so funny bc I was also a military brat, but my mom was the strict one while my dad deployed constantly š« you're right, maybe he was, maybe he fell into ship life a little too easy and was like yk what, I get it. I can live on a boat. It's a structured environment where his job is clear and he isn't facing too many new variables each day, maybe he fucking loves playing pretend on stratts vat and she's just like wtf he settled in too fast
Iām strongly encouraging you to do a part two to team building- literally clawing at the bars of MY ENCLOSURE GAADDD I love your writing so much itās such a blessing
i'm gonna get drunk tonight and think about this. I think he's gonna need a pep talk from Stratt bc he's worried about crossing professional boundaries, as if he hasn't already LOL
we all know ryland was a party animal in college but do we think we was a slut too š§š¤
okay there are two paths
1: boy was passed around like the community blunt
2: he slept around enough to feel like he fit in with his peers, but preferred having one partner
both are good options, I like the idea that he was more into drugs than sex (bc same) but that doesn't mean he's unaware of how good a high o can be LOL
and he def slept with a few guys to see what was up, bisexual ryland reigns supreme in my head
Two things, one I absolutely adore your writing!!! And 2) as someone with nipple piercings, you should ABSOLUTELY do it. It was 100% worth it and it absolutely made me more confident (got them while manic in college, one manic thing Iāll NEVER regret), but theyāre a BITCH to heal bc they take so long. If you do get them and you use a loofah, switch to wash ragsā¦ ASAP.
ahh thank you so much!! I really appreciate you reading!!
i think i'm gonna get them pierced as soon as i've got a job again, i wasn't as brave as you in college but you've convinced me that my confidence will skyrocket with them hahaha
ive been healing a double helix for almost a year and it's giving me a run for my money so I've gotta give my ears a break I think lmao
accidentally threw myself into an anxiety attack while job hunting so I went grocery shopping and got some strong wine. a company required a 40 minute test as part of the application process, I want to die lmao
something, something dean winchester who is completely blind as to why the succubus theyāre hunting really resembles his best friendā¦
sam had explained before the hunt that this creature will resemble what you find most attractive in attempt to convince you into sleeping with it so it can drain your life force. a strict reminder to dean not to flirt on this case as anything could be the creature.
he huffs and puffs, heās not some ālimpdicked teenager whoās never seen a pair of tits beforeā and he can keep it in his pants for one second!
heās kinda thrown off though when heās approached at the bar.
this isnāt exactly significant. heās flirted with all the time but what is kinda weirdā¦ kinda strange is that when he sees this particular woman from the corner of his eye, he thinks itās his best friend even though he knows full well sheās waiting in the impala as the monster wonāt approach her.
when him and the woman make eye contact itās even weirder christ she could be his friendās twin! almost the same eyes though the colour is off just a shade, almost the same figure though sheās missing the small scar on her collarbone from a hunt years back and almost the same hair though this oneās just a touch too short. she even smells kinda similar ignoring the sulphur scent beneath, like strawberries and some kinda lovely flowery thing.
he had expected the succubus to be this great seductress, body like a victoriaās secret model and outrageously bold but sheās not at all. sheās so warm and familiar and gentle, she blushes for chissake when he flirts enough to lead her out to the parking lot. the blush doesnāt quite spread down her neck the way it does for his special girl though.
he canāt get his head around it even after heās cleaning the monsters gut off his knife.
āhey sammy whatād she look like to you anywaysā¦ the succubus chick. she have like a massive rack of something?ā he says smirking and nudging his brother with his elbow as samās lips pull into this funny, tight lipped expression.
āwell kinda like jess really but not quite right you know? like someone had tried to draw her from memory but didnāt quite have all the pieces. was kinda spooky actually. you?ā
deanās chest aches at that, as if his brother hasnāt suffered enough he has to see another fucked up version of his dead girlfriend. it makes him so feel so shitty that it stops him from following the train of thought that might have allowed him to finally put two and two together regarding his deeply repressed feelings.
he shakes his head and gives sam a loud, toothy grin. ākinda like meghan fox in transformersā to which his brother just scoffs and shakes his head.
he doesnāt know why he lies, but it feels wrong to tell somehow. shameful. and itās all forgotten anways when he gets to the car, pinches her side and steals a sip of her drink.
still though, he wonders if sheās always smelt like strawberries and flowers. heās somehow never noticed it before but itās really nice.
so is the scar, itās a cute blemish on her skin that he knows must be silky soft and makes her look more human. like he could touch her if he wanted to.
her hairs the perfect length too, he can tug and play and pull it into lame little padawan braids with it at this length.
and her eyes god, so perfect and bright and kind.
he says something teasing and as expected the blush spreads down her neck.
much better, he thinks to himself. much better indeed.
