#holsom af

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HOLSOM FANDOM ARISE OMG YAY

the time of best friends to lovers, aka Soulmates to Soulmates, aka hot damn how many types of love can two people feel for one another is NIGH it is NOW and we are all holding hands about it

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I do too tho

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If Ransom and Holster aren’t Tik Tok famous by now in universe I’m going to fucking revolt

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Ransom goes on Grindr to do some research for a PowerPoint he’s preparing for Bitty after he comes out and the first thing he sees is someone named Adam who is 4 feet away from him whose profile just says “6’4, bottom, can’t host, I BYOMC (bring my own maid costume), not asstounding but I get the job done”

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I feel in my heart that Ransom and Holster’s first kiddo is named Deborah and her nickname is Brah, I will not be affecting critique at this time

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Holster goes on Survivor after graduating, part 1

all right so think about it Holster is:

Stronk, fast, lorge

A connoisseur of reality television

A (literal) student of game theory and frequently plays board games

Empathetic, good at reading people, able to thrive in a group environment, comfortable in a team dynamic

Analytical as hell

He’s cOmPeTeTiVe

So it’s a few years after graduation, full on Haus 2.0 Times. Even though he and Ransom sit across from each other at work they're on different projects now and Holster's scared they aren't as close as they were at Samwell so when Ransom joins on Holster's chronological Survivor binge Holster's so fucking thrilled

they talk about the gameplay and drama and start making spreadsheets to rate their favorite episodes and keep track of strategies and consequences and it becomes a part of their routine

they watch an episode on their lunch break or while they're eating dinner and it feels so so so good to have something with Ransom that's special and theirs and Holster loves every single second of it

Ransom tells Holster he should audition but Holster laughs it off every time until Shitty watches an episode with them and talks the entire time about how players from Boston dominate and how good they are and Holster's like fuck that and lets Ransom put together his audition video

Holster gets the call that he was cast at work and he and Ransom run to the elevator to go to the roof to celebrate but the second the doors close they both start screaming so loud the security team has to intercept them on the next floor

For the next few months it almost feels like Holster is back at Samwell - Ransom puts together a training schedule and SMH all contribute exercise suggestions or puzzles or offer to watch old seasons with him and Holster's back in the gym 10+ hours a week and he and Ransom spend almost every second together

They're standing in Holster's bedroom an hour before he leaves for the airport when he realizes it. Ransom's staring down at the outfit options they've laid out on Holster's bed because he's rethinking the sweatshirt vs windbreaker debate they've had a hundred times and his hands are on his hips and his thick eyebrows are knitted together in thought and he's taking Holster's dream so seriously and Holster just has a realization of oh fuck I've been in love with him this whole time, haven't I? and yeah, adam. you have.

Holster's able to keep this information to himself for about fifty seven minutes

Ransom, holding Holster's car door open like a fucking Austonian gentleman: You can really win, you know?

Holster: Go big or go home, that's kind of my thing

Ransom: No, you go big and go home, Holtzy

Holster: You're my home

Ransom: Aw, bro -

Holster: No, I'm in love with you.

Ransom:

Holster:

Lyft Driver:

Holster: okay bye yikes I mean not yikes on the other thing that's - I mean I'm being honest I'm very um romantic? Romantically in love with - anyway, you get it I'll see you after

Luckily Holster has an 18 hour flight to painstakingly antagonize over every single second of this interaction and once he lands he, you know, has to play Survivor

that's a pretty excellent distraction from the fact that he confessed his love for his best friend before effectively ghosting him for a month and a half because contestants obviously don't have contact with anyone on the outside

Holster's strategy is literally to be a himbo and no I'm not joking. He knows he's an obvious physical threat and that between his strength, speed, endurance, and puzzle skills he's going to do really well in challenges and folks like that have to worry about the merge early so Holster wants the other contestants to think he's dumb as a rock and you bet your ass he's going to respect women along the way

His whole social game hinges on being underestimated mentally while being a huge physical asset so having him in an alliance feels like more of a net positive for the other player

It really wouldn't be Survivor without a giant twist right off the bat so Holster finds out from Jeff Probst himself on an Indonesian beach that the theme of his season is "No Love Lost" and the tribes are made up of pairs of exes and then Esther Shapiro steps out of a helicopter and Holster knows it's about to go the fuck down

anyway this is getting long so part 2 is coming soon

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Ransom & Holster, circa 2012

Also can someone please draw holster in this pink outfit I think it’s a lewk