May 9, 2023
oh, isn't that one of the loveliest things ever?
—Dev and Charlie, from The Charm Offensive
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oh, isn't that one of the loveliest things ever?
—Dev and Charlie, from The Charm Offensive
Tim's very serious about his job. Don't forget it.
Gang I am currently re-reading a newly aquired comfort-book of mine (and also annotating it), and I'm realizing that my purpose in life might be to contribute to small fandoms of very niche things specifically 😭
...Anyone on here read 'The Charm Offensive' by Alison Cochrun? 👉👈🥺
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME THAT MAN IS DEV DESHPANDE
New Work!📲📞☎️🤳🏼📱
Sorry I missed your call, I threw that phone into the ocean
A burner phone is going to ruin Ilya's life. It's filled with photos of him and Shane. They deserve sunshine. They deserve to stop hiding. Ilya is tired of hiding. A cab driver finds the phone.
Mature, Words: 7 ,928
Thank you @northisnotup for the plot bunny for this one!
LK_42 (DizzyMissLizzie)
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When Dev Deshpande, a queer person and only child, tells Charlie, who came from a large family and is new to queerness and the queer community, that he wants to get married and have kids and he says it like it’s the worst thing he could admit, like it’s reason for Charlie to get up and leave, I felt that so deeply in my core, and never felt more seen by something. Dev comes from a family where he realized at a very young age, when his parents are gone he will be alone. He will have no family in a few decades time. No one will love him, no one will wait up for him, no one will worry about him unless he makes his own family. Charlie has never had to think about that. Even if he’s on bad terms with his family, he has a massive one if ever wants to go back. And Dev is queer. He’s gay. He’s out. He’s been in the gay community for many years. A community where, I’m speaking from experience, many, maybe most, people look down on you for wanting a family, wanting to be monogamous and married, wanting a quiet “heteronormative” family life. To Dev, he ‘knows’ these great character failings make him unlovable. To Charlie, Dev is just, a normal guy. Charlie doesn’t care, he wants a life with Dev no matter what that life looks like. And it’s exactly what Dev deserves, is someone who sees his dreams as normal and unexciting.
Queer Book Ship Tournament 2024
Dev Deshpande/Charlie Winshaw - The Charm Offensive
Kadou of House Mahisti/Evemer Hoşkadem - A Taste of Gold and Iron
Ambrose Cusk/Kodiac Celius - The Darkness Outside Us
Mitch Greyson/Alex Dean - On the Ice
Characters, book, and author names under the cut
AND ACTION!