#cherryvodka

[dentistrydragon]

I have been violently dragged back into liking stranger things and this motherfucker

[haunted-pool-noodle]

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know where in Stranger Things Puzzle Tales this screenshot is from???

[ID: A screenshot from Stranger Things Puzzle Tales showing Murray and Alexei talking. Murray says, "Ok, maybe I also needed some fresh air. Don't judge me!" Alexei replies, "Better. Then let's get 'investigating.'" End ID.]

Found it on twitter from a while ago but I never played puzzle tales and can't for the life of me figure out what chapter it's from 😭 Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

[evi-kaspbrak]

RIP cherryvodka the ship that never sailed

[moonyinatrenchcoat]

Them: Why are you crying?

Me: You wouldn't understand

[legalizefunhaus]

If Murray listens to Jazz to think, then Alexei listens to classical when he has to think things through.

That isn’t to say that they both don’t like other music.

[imaginedmelody]

please feel free to talk about any of your middle aged gays wips I would LOVE to hear about any of them 👀💖

Beloved, this is literally my love language and you KNOW that 💖💖💖 A few of these are either not quite middle-aged or only one of the two members is, but here we go:

Allen Hynek & Michael Quinn, Project Blue Book- Listen, I know Allen Hynek was a real person, but the version of him in this TV series is very fictional and my version is even more so 🤣My top WIP right now is an aromantic-Allen fic which I am going to tentatively say is ALMOST done. It's what I'm usually working on in sprints (and I'm going to say something bold here: there's one passage in this that may be some of my favorite words I've ever written.) This pairing has the cocky fighter pilot/nerdy professor dynamic we've all been waiting for. The show is enjoyable if not outstanding, cancelled 1 season before it should have ended, and the fandom is not nearly big enough.

Irving & Burt, Severance- The ULTIMATE canon yearning! I've been working on a fic about them for months, but the fact that there's so much mystery associated with this show means that trying to write a romantic interaction with them outside of Lumon is proving complicated, lol. I've written pretty much all of it except the part that requires any explanation of the logistics of this show's universe. IDK, I am just deeply drawn to the vulnerability of two people whose knowledge of each other is confined to this very limited existence, stepping outside of that place's boundaries and discovering each other in the process. This fic has Irv and Burt flirting over classical music as well; between pieces I'm going to mention in the fic and other non-classical pieces that remind me of the pairing, I'm tempted to include a playlist along with this when I publish it.

Ted Lasso & Trent Crimm, Ted Lasso- Okay, okay, I don't have any solid WIPs about these two at the moment (there's one I started a long time ago that is in sleep mode until I figure out what I want to do with it), but Season 3 premieres March 15th and Trent Crimm apparently plays a "significant role" in it, so you KNOW I will have ideas in the very near future. I enjoy writing these two so much; they have such unique voices and that is so much fun to play with as a writer. Plus this trope is like grumpy/sunshine if the sunshine was secretly a clinically anxious mess of a human and the grumpy's harsh exterior was only a facade and he was unexpectedly very willing to have an open mind and see the good in someone.

Murray Bauman & Alexei, Stranger Things- (Alexei probably isn't quite "middle aged" here, but I'm including this anyway) Another underrated pairing, but I love their dynamic. Two people on opposite sides who could very easily be bitter enemies, but who (in the show, in canon) instead bond with each other so quickly! They snark and sass, but Murray is quite literally the only person who speaks Alexei's language, in personality as well as in actual words. I've already written fic for them, and I thought that was gonna be it, but I have more to say, lol

There are so many more middle-aged gays I love but haven't written for too! Truly we are in our best era with all of these wonderful pairings.

[pochayun]

thought about alexei straddling murray's lap and grinding down and mewling into his neck as murray grips his ass to get him to grind down harder. they've been at it for a good half hour and alexei is so close, his face bright red and fingers scrambling at murray's shirt, letting out the prettiest noises that go straight to murray's dick. alexei can't take it any longer, whimpering in broken english, "come, p-please," and suddenly murray's hand is down the front of his pants and making him cry out.

[iamthecutestofborg]

Rewatching Stranger Things season three and just breaking my heart over again because I forgot how much I shipped Murray and Alexei and how much it sucks that they just killed Alexei off like that. He was such a pure cinnamon roll. And he seemed like the only thing that made Murray genuinely happy.