Heyy tumblr user ThatTallQueerBassist, hope you're doing well today!! I'd like to propose #9 for the prompt game, mainly because I've been obsessed with limited life recently and I feel like that prompt is very fitting. No pressure to do anything that doesn't spark your interest, but I thought this one would be fun (´ ∀ ` *)
-Birb <3
:D hi!!
I had so much fun writing this, and I hope it meets your expectations? I went for something that has angst implied if you know the context (the disaster that was session three XD) but it ended up being a lot lighter than I expected, so I hope thats okay!
It kinda got away from me, and its over 500 words so I'm gonna put a line break before it, to spare the dashes of anyone who doesn't want to read it XD
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Grian was sick, and exhausted.
But he couldn’t rest, not in a death game.
Not in a game where his time is slowly trickling away, deadline growing closer and closer with every misstep, every death.
But the other Bad Boys wouldn’t have it.
“Grian! You need to go back to bed and rest up!” Joel blocked the doorway with his body, not letting Grian pass him.
“I’ll be fine, I just need to walk it off- Would you move? You’re in my way.”
Joel moved to block him again, holding him still with his hands on Grians shoulders. “No way, you’re sick, and not ‘easy fix’ sick, sick-sick. You’re going back to sleep.”
“I’m going outside!” Grian glared up at Joel, willing to fight for his freedom. How dare he try to keep Grian from going where he wants-
“You’ll make Jimmy sad if you don’t rest.”
That made Grian pause, because oh. He hadn’t thought about Jimmy, how he would feel if Grian ‘didn’t take care of himself’. And what if Grian made Jimmy or Joel sick? If they caught it while he was still sick theyd be vulnerable..
“Fine. But I want to rest outside!”
“Let me make you a bed and I’ll allow it.”
“Make me a hammock and we’ve got a deal.”
“You’re a menace.”
“You love it”
Joel rolled his eyes but didn’t deny it.
Jimmy returned from visiting the Mean Gills soon after Joel finished.
Grians smug smile peeked over the edge of the woolen hammock, and made Jimmy laugh when he saw it.
“The pesky bird got a swing?” Delight colored his voice, always happy with the little additions to their base.
Joel scoffed. “The pesky bird got a cold, and insisted on resting in the sun. Vitamin D and all that.”
Jimmy’s face dropped, and he hurried over to Grian, hands out but not touching like he didn’t know what to do with them. “Is there anything you need? I can go get it, did you drink water? I’ll go get you some water.”
Grian watched him leave, mouth still open from failing to respond fast enough to the quick paced questions.
Joel laughed at him, teasing him about being part fish instead of bird. Grian stuck his tongue out in retaliation
Jimmy returned with a glass and a bucket of clean water, going above and beyond like he always tries to.
After Grian drank enough to placate Jimmy, Joel said, “You should take a nap.”
“But what if something happens?”
Joel’s face softened. “We’ll watch over you. Just leave it to us, okay?” His words rung like a bell, solemn and promising.
“Alright,” Grian sat up straighter, just for a second so they could see his face better, know he meant it. “I’m trusting you. Please don’t make me regret it.”
Joel smiled, an unhinged, feral looking thing. “What could possibly make you that?”
Jimmy started disagreeing, promising they’ll do their best and that no Bad Boy Plans™ would be put into action while he was recovering.
But Grian was already fading, letting his head droop until his head was cushioned by his arms and a blanket.
I hope you're having a good day hydra-wing, and you experienced something which made you smile! (If not, maybe this message will <3) I'm really happy because today we just finished the charity event fundraiser which has been in the works for 2 months straight, and it went so well!! We almost sold out, and so many people from the community came to support the cause! There's a kind of life to these sorts of things, where like people are brought together in order to achieve something good, and it lives on in every person who's involved. It's like a ripple effect, these connections we form, even for a moment, and the added purpose of being kind/helpful just gives it this whole other layer of meaning, yknow? Anyway it's definitely gonna a highlight in the series my life :]
i had a really good day yesterday! (i just woke up) i hung out with my family for a while which was nice and we all had dinner together. I'm so happy that your charity event went well! it's always so nice to see those things pay off
(also i won't be on Tumblr until Tuesday as I'm going up to camp, so I hope MCC is fun :)))
Sorry if I'm overstepping hydra-wing and lmk if I am, but I just had the impulse to wish you a good day/night in the void! I hope you're hydrated, getting enough sleep, and catching some time to destress!
Also would like to inform you that in my philosophy class a girl brought in a bunch of aluminum foil and a bunch of ppl immediately started making hats, helmets, and antennae out of it.
you absolutely aren't, don't worry. and good night/day to you too :)) (also thank you for reminding me to drink water i would definitely forgotten)
also i love when an entire class just gets distracted like that. a couple days ago in my math class we spent about half an hour debating about Wii sports
