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Starting my mid-life crisis a little early. Please keep your fruit out of my chocolate. 

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: Gossip Girl (TV 2007) Relationships: Dan Humphrey/Blair Waldorf Characters: Dan Humphrey, Blair Waldorf, Nate Archibald, Serena van der Woodsen, Jenny Humphrey Notes: In this chapter we have Nate being a good buddy, emotionally fraught conversations, and two dumbs who are definitely dating again but then there’s some slight regression. It happens!

Also. Yes. It HAS been 9-months since I updated. What about it? 

Summary: 

There are times when he wonders if it would be so awful to let himself love her again. Like when she asks him to meet for coffee, and their hands brush as they walk through Riverside Park, and his skin itches with need to tuck the strand of hair behind her ear. Or, when they walk the galleries at MoMA, and it takes everything in him to not press his lips to hers when she lets out a soft little oh of delight when something captures her. Or, when together with Nate and Serena they somehow end up at Veselka at 1:00 A.M., overstuff themselves with pierogies, and get drunk on cheap white wine, and he wonders if the skin of her wrist is as soft as he remembers. 

So the emotional distance thing is a work in progress. 

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BRIDGERTON | 2.08

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NEW GIRL 2.25 • Elaine's Big Day

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PARKS AND RECREATION 6.04 Doppelgängers

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Those are pretty shit vows. Yeah, I was improvising. This is it, isn’t it? Yeah.

STARSTRUCK (2021–2023)｜S03E06 directed by Rose Matafeo & Alice Snedden

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La Bamba (1987) dir. Luis Valdez

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get to know me meme: favorite movies [2/5] ↳ DIRTY DANCING (1987)

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me re-reading everything in my wip folder: woah this stuff is pretty good. someone should really finish it.

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Finding someone the perfect gift is the best and only way to say “I get you, man. - You are cherished.”

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fic stats meme

Tagged by @strideofpride ages ago, but here I am! eventually! I've collaborated on a couple multi-chapter fics or fic collections with other writers, but I'm not going to include those.

most hits: I Know That Face (logan x veronica; 13,933 hits)

Veronica and Wallace are roommates in Chicago and heading back to Neptune for the holidays. On her first day back she encounters an old friend and she knows he's keeping a few secrets from her. That's cool because she will figure out what he's hiding. The bigger issue, though, is the mystery she's brought back with her to Neptune to try and solve. Now that will take some fine maneuvering.

second most kudos: Wrapped in Ribbons (dan x blair; 771 kudos)

Dan leaves. Blair gets everything she thought she wanted. And they don't ever think about one another.

third most comments: To Know You, To Adore You (kate x anthony; 158 comments)

Mid-s2e1 AU: Not only does the young lady Anthony raced in the park wholly misunderstand both his words and his character, she refuses to listen to his (perfectly rational) explanation, or even allow him the opportunity to offer a defense.

And that simply will not do. Which is why he must follow her inside the ballroom. And then ask her to dance. And then continue to seek her out as the days and weeks of the season progress.

fourth most bookmarks: In Lovers Meeting (logan x veronica; 92 bookmarks)

A collection of ficlets originally written as part of the Veronica Mars Movie Anniversary week, March 2015 on tumblr.

Logan and Veronica meet in seven different ways: college best-friends, best-friend's stepsister, co-workers at the same law firm, childhood next door neighbors, guests at a wedding, cast members in the same play, coffee shop acquaintances.

fifth most words: Wrapped in Ribbons (dan x blair; 20,615 words)

least words: Get Up, Get Out, Get Away (logan x veronica; 1,423 words)

Logan returns from deployment in August but two months later leaves again. He's back in time to celebrate the last moments of Halloween.

tagging: @theawkwardterrier, @thelillykane, @lavellenchanted, @cubbiegirl

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POKER FACE: SEASON ONE (2023) Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale • costume design by Trayce Gigi Field

Field: “Natasha is… a big fan of vintage so her initial mood board was ‘70s meets Western meets desert girl, you know? So we just tried to like combine all three of those vibes together. I try to keep it interesting by mixing and matching pieces and you’ll see that there’s some repeating [pieces] throughout. To me that just feels really genuine.”

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The Golden Girls // S02E12: The Sisters

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@strideofpride tagged me to share 10 movies I love, and since I'm always down to chat movies, I must oblige.

When Harry Met Sally (1989) Clueless (1995) That Thing You Do (1996) Sliding Doors (1998) Penelope (2006) Stardust (2007) The Big Sick (2017) Knives Out (2019) Palm Springs (2020) Everything, Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Patting myself on the back for not adding 200 honorable mentions.

And tagging @lavellenchanted, @theawkwardterrier, @thelillykane, @best-laid-plaids.

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Lol, mine is apparently, Maximum Risk (1996)  “Welcome to the other side of safe.” 

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https://playback.fm/birthday-movie - #1 movie on your bday 

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PENN BADGLEY as Joe Goldberg/Jonathan Moore YOU (2018-) 4.05 The Fox and the Hound

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[ID: Six screencaps from Taskmaster. Fern Brady says, “He did his passive aggressive thing again.” Greg Davies asks, “What did he do?” Munya Chawawa says, “He went, ‘You see? You’re learning, aren’t you?’” Greg turns to Alex Horne with disgust, saying, “Patronising.” Alex replies, “I think, that one, I was trying to be just nice.” Greg says, “Trying to be, but you’ve come across as though you hate women. Again.” End ID.]

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CHRIS PINE for Esquire Magazine (2023)