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[elementalmoments]

I'm so sorry I'm not sure why my brain is like this???

"Shhshhshh" Arvid hushed them both on reflext, breathless with laughter as they tumbled onto the bed together. "My dad would fucking kill me if he found out."

Liam scoffed. "Like mine wouldn't?" He looked around the small room, then back to Arvid, eyebrow raised.

"Yeah," Arvid nodded. His fingers curled into the hem of Liam's sleeves. Nobody ever came to the guest house.

"We're alright," Liam said, leaning forward so his nose bumped against Arvid's on the way to a kiss. Arvid fucking loved kissing Liam. The taste of him, how slick his lips got when they'd been making out for a while, plush and shiny. Even the rasping scrape of the stubble he never did manage to trim down properly.

Liam was on top of him, his body warm, pressing Arvid down into the mattress. One of his thighs was tucked between Arvid's legs, and he rolled his hips forward as they kissed.

"I want you to fuck me," Arvid said.

Liam froze. His eyes slid to meet Arvid's. "That's," he said. "I don't know."

"You know I've been wanting it," Arvid said, though there was a real chance Liam didn't actually know that. "We've got the place to ourselves." He hooked his fingers in Liam's waistband and used the leverage to hold him close as he ground up against Liam's thigh. "Please," he said.

"I don't have any stuff," Liam said, stammering. He pushed up on his hands, bringing his body away from Arvid's.

"I do," Arvid said. He caught Liam behind the elbow and tugged until he lowered back down. "S'alright if you don't want to," he said, ignoring the sharp sting of disappointment in his chest. "Doesn't have to be today, or," he shrugged. "I want it to be you, though," he said. "Happy to wait."

Liam's eyes searched Arvid's face, and for one brief, horrible moment, Arvid thought Liam was about to cry.

"No, it's—" Liam cut himself off. "No, let's do it," he said. He kissed Arvid again, so gently it took Arvid by suprise. "Anything you want," he said.

[flow-it-show-it]

He doesn't just "warm the cockles of my heart". That's penny-ante. He stokes my blast furnace. He gets me right where I live.

[nerdswhoteach]

🙄🙄

Reading comments from people whining about how public school was traumatizing because the teachers WERE SO MEAN. One person literally describes DIBELS and how that ruined their reading life because they stood up and proved they could read but they were still put in some percentile because of it. Uhm. That's literally the point of DIBELS. Another one crying about how they got punished for not showing their work in math. The teacher isn't specifically targeting you. The teacher wants work shown so that the teacher can help you if you're doing something wrong. The teacher can't read your mind. It blows my mind to see so many people who lack the empathetic ability to put themselves in a teacher's shoes. It doesn't excuse the true traumas (teachers telling children they're stupid/smell/bully a child for not being good enough) but to actually believe that a myriad of teachers over the years got on to you constantly and somehow it's *their* issue and the public school system's issue but not yours? Really? Yeah maybe they don't react in an always professional ways because they have 30 students in a class and are expected to make each one not only benchmark but grow. And maybe they made you do something they had no control over because a district mandates what they are allowed and not allowed to do in order to meet their job standards. Idk man. Some of these complaints I looked at from the teacher's perspective and *know* all the little actions and small grievances that led up to it. Because I hate to tell you: I have kids exactly like you in my room. Every teacher has had kids exactly like you. None of you were once in a lifetime students no matter how smart/talented/gifted you are. I was just so put off by a lot of the arrogant tones in the stories being shared. Especially when they were mixed with real, horrifying stories. Being sat out for recess for not following directions (that's essentially what you did, girl who kept reading ahead despite being asked multiple times not to) does not equate to being told you don't belong in a class because you had to ask help from the teacher. (For the record: I never sit a child out for recess unless it's something grievous, and I NEVER punish for reading ahead b/c I was reading ahead person in school too. Usually I just give them a funny look and the student giggles to themselves and stops because I've asked them to. They recognize it's not about reading ahead; it's about following a direction I've asked of you.) And don't even get me started on the people who asked why school is necessary and gave their experience with homeschool in which they were top percentage of the graduating class and gifted. School is necessary for the children unlike you who *don't* have parents willing to help them get and stay ahead. School is necessary for the kids who are neglected and whose only source of food comes from that cafeteria. School is for the children who don't always have the money or access to the good stuff like tablets, computers, an abundance of literature. Homeschool is an amazing option but it's not the best or only option for a large percentage of children in school. Let's be clear: just because you're above your peers intellectually does not mean you're the only child in the classroom or the world. Being unable to look beyond yourself is the real problem. And you're either the person in life everyone likes and looks up to or the person in life who *thinks* everyone looks up to you and likes you. Education is a science. We learn the research and psychology for children. We *know* what we are doing. Does that mean we're perfect? Heck no. No one in any field is perfect. But we're overworked, underpaid and expected to do the job of five people. Have some empathy for us. Most of us are doing the best we can with both hands tied behind our back. Some of us are real jerks, and it sucks. And I'm sorry. But if it still bothers you to this day you need to talk to someone about it. I barely remember anything from school and definitely not enough to remember incidents where the teacher sat me out for reading ahead despite being asked multiple times not to. Because I know that happened. I guess I recognized and had parents reinforce that it wasn't about reading ahead: it was about not following the directions.

[nezumiko]

To be perfectly honest, the hospital is not my first choice of romantic getaways. (In other words, ffs, yes I am in hospital for ANOTHER myasthenia gravis flare.)

[elementalmoments]

I hear you, Kimi, but Norris won't give you the place back. Listen to Bono.

[skyward-floored]

I’ve now tried to write this chapter out in four different people’s POVs and I think I finally found one that works good grief

[polaris-tae]

Daylight for Cheese Fashion

[gazbott]

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