#keychangc

[sensesdialed-aa]

@keychangc replied to your post: HHHHHHH

people out here acting like ALL power imbalances disappear the second a minor becomes an adult and i’m not here for it

EXACTLY it’s not like a fuckin switch is flipped and suddenly all of that Disappears the second peter turns 18, those same power imbalances are still there and it Ain’t Cute

[absinclair]

@keychangc​

              The Drop quickly became Abby’s go-to place to hang out during her vacation in California. Whether she was going there to spend time with friends or Mike. It’s also a short drive from her apartment. So convenience was a deciding factor as well. However, after how things ended between her and Mike, she wanted to try something different for a change. Especially since most of her friends already made plans for today and she’d rather not spend the day cooped up inside her apartment. So a trip to the Los Angeles area seemed like a good idea. Do some shopping, take in the sights and possibly unwind at a bar before returning home.

              That’s precisely what she did.

              Most of her time was spent at the mall. Not that she particularly bought a lot of things. Just a couple shirts and some pants. Spending most of the time just casually looking around. By the time she left and visited a few other local stores in the area she ended up stopping at a nearby bar just up the road from the last store. Given the drive she still needs to make to get home, she only plans on ordering a drink or two before heading back.

              Walking inside the establishment, Abby takes a seat at one of the available bar stools. Already knowing what she plans to order, although she’s taken aback when she notices who the bartender is. Or at least who she thinks it is. ❝Mike?❞ Their last meeting wasn’t exactly ideal. ❝You never told me you were a bartender.❞ He talked about being a pilot. Well, actually, Johnny brought that up in the beginning. Not once mentioning he worked at a bar in Los Angeles. What else was he keeping from her when they were dating? Though it never crosses her mind that this might not be Mike.

[ircnmonger]

@keychangc​

“hey. hey, stupid.”

ezekiel prods his newest prisoner with the tip of his sneaker. in his hands he holds a cheap tablet -- at the moment, it’s opened up to a messaging app and the camera screen is opened. it blurs as zeke pokes marcus again, trying to rouse him. this is a different room than the one that holds tony, though it’s just as sparse with furniture. marcus is on the floor, handcuffed to a radiator. 

it’s purposefully not a sophisticated kidnapping -- this is all temporary. 

“hey, IDIOT. wake up!”

[glacierfront]

if things don’t work out, you can always come home.

     Turning her phone back online has multiple effects. For one, it brings Tony to the place quick as a quip. For another, it brings her physical relief, for all that her heart still aches. There are bandages and salves across her right side, and enough time for the painkillers he’d gotten her to pop.

      But later – when her brother has to return to his meeting, leaving the Iron Man suit there with a flat stare and a don’t go anywhere – later, when she finds sleep hard to reach with the ever present fear that’s made itself a home in her marrow – she turns to her phone.

      And she finds his voice messages.

      Hey! Haven’t seen you around a while, and you’re not replying to my texts. Thought I might reach you like this, though that’s – I don’t think I’ve ever seen you reply to a voice mail in – are you cheating on me.

      There’s ten. Twenty. Julie doesn’t know. She could count them, but hearing his voice again – it arrests her, somehow. It opens up a chasm in her lungs, something missing and missing for a while.

       I’m at the wedding you promised you’d play with me, and there’s people with no feet AGAIN. AGAIN, Julie. This is why we can’t have nice things. Do you even –

       Getting kind of desperate, because nobody’s seen you. Will you hate me if I file a missing person’s report? I don’t care. I’ll do it.

        This is for yoooooou, Shield Maiden! [a clip of him absolutely crushing it at karaoke]

       Julie. I talked to your brother. You have to get out of there. You don’t understand – Tao, he –

      Hope you’re safe. Saw a geyser on the t.v. today. Your doing?

     Just so you know, the blue M&M faction won today – those fucking bastards, sneaking out the victory before mine own eyes –

     They play for what feels like years. The sun dips below the horizon but she makes no effort to turn the lights on, watching each clip fizzle out to silence and then switch, robotic, to the next. And the next. And the last. It’s from two months ago – the longest pause between messages.

     Julie, I – [there’s a long pause, a sigh.] I care about you. And – If things don’t work out, you can always come home.

     And she sits in silence.

     Tears have made her blankets one stage past damp, but she doesn’t brush them away. Doesn’t make any sound. Her fingers twitch, and move – and that’s when she starts crying for real, when she’s scrolling to his contact and, after a long pause – hitting call.

    When he picks up, all he hears are sobs.

[starbreathed]

❤ + cenizar / powerduped / keychangc, basically LOVE ON ALEC!!

              POSITIVITY  FOR  ALEC !  ♡   aka  the  loml!  ok  but  alec  is  so  kind  and  talented  and  wonderful  and  creative  and  patient  like  the  most  caring  human  ever  and  they’re  just  an actual  angel.  i  love  all  of  their  ocs  so  much  and  i’m  so  lucky  i  get  to  write  w  them. all  of  our  threads  are  so  much  fun,  and  they’re  probably  honestly  the  only  person  who  really  writes  w  me  and  encourages  me  and  and  inspires  me  to  not  give  up  on  danika  and  i’m  just  !!!  i  love  u  @powerduped !

[blindxeyed]

it no longer accepting. @keychangc !

“Well, that’s what we’re hopin’ for, isn’t it?” Fiddleford laughed awkwardly, not quite meeting Marcus’s eyes. After a brief pause, he continued more seriously with a sigh and “you’re probably right.”

He had been interested in Marcus’s nullification abilities ever since the portal incident. He didn’t think he had gained supernatural powers from his dip into another dimension-- he didn’t think he had gained anything but nightmares and a little bit of insanity-- but he had been desperate for any sort of solution. Fiddleford had thought that maybe spending time around Mr. Dunham would put a stop to the strange visions and the nonsense words that came, unbidden, to the forefront of his mind whenever he looked at the triangles littering his blueprints and notes.

“I guess we’ll just have t’ wait and see.”

“...unless you can give me more specifics on how your powers work?”

[glacierfront]

@keychangc​

    “you.” 

    she points at him. squints.

    “stop it.”

[glacierfront]

@keychangc

    “so, like.” her voice is very. very light! very chill! “i read a post on tumblr today. and then -- like, you know. on reddit. and all the places. just about everywhere. i read a post today. do youuuuu. wanna know... what it said?”