Jun 5, 2021
me: i’m de-sensitized to most tropes by now
tall male character: [gets giggly and soft around his significantly shorter girlfriend/wife/co-worker]
me:
#caroline talks#it's just............i am so used to hearing and seeing sad women and men stuck in bad relationships with each other#because of all of this toxic masculinity nonsense and how it's somehow not manly for a guy to express pure unadulterated adoration#for another man or woman#so when i *do* see it#i go NUTS#as in i was just writing a fic (school 2013 again oopsie i swear i just need to get this out of my system)#and suddenly i'm just. i'm on the floor today!#the last fic i wrote of them was kinda sad but this one is very....happy#and involves cleaning someone's glasses#and also kiss on the cheek and happy laughter#also the kids coming up to the rooftop and then one of them running back down the stairs#and yelling at the whole class 'I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU'#i'm so....#rivals to co-workers to co-parents to lovers my beloved