Yes, Galby is a dramatic whore but at least he didn't welcome Eragon into his palace by clapping his hands and showering rose petals from the fucking ceiling.
Right, Islanzadì?
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Yes, Galby is a dramatic whore but at least he didn't welcome Eragon into his palace by clapping his hands and showering rose petals from the fucking ceiling.
Right, Islanzadì?
@rightly /// Valentine’s Day starter.
DAFFODILS, respect, new beginnings, unrequited love. CEDAR, everlasting friendship. FERN, magic, sincerity, enchantment. IVY, endurance, dependability, faithfulness. SWEET BRIAR, a wound to heal. TICKWEED, love at first sight. The frankly hideous bouquet of wildflowers and foraged botanicals has been sitting in the passenger seat of Harry’s SUV for several hours, wilting and GETTING UGLIER. To anyone else, a sloppy failed attempt at flower arranging. To Harry S. Truman, it is the magnum opus of romantic overtures.
He has a tenuous grasp on the typical courtship rituals between men but Cooper is NOT a greasy biker in the back of the Roadhouse, NOT deserving of a few lascivious words and a quick self-loathing filled fuck. He will not be glad to see him go. He is playing for keeps. He has FALLEN IN LOVE with Dale Cooper. In love with him in a way that is COMFORTABLE and HONEST and unlike any of the other CATACLYSMIC LOVES of Harry’s life, both completely foreign to him and yet COMPLETELY NATURAL.
He had tried to express it in a number of ways, hoping that Cooper, EMOTIONAL BAROMETER that he is, would catch on and RECIPROCATE or REJECT him. Little touches, light, chaste, a guiding hand on his shoulder or a lingering brush of their fingers. Little gifts, an abundance of jelly donuts, cups of coffee, slices of pie, all manner of small objects he thinks may amuse him. Little smiles. Little glances. Harry is almost COMPLETELY INCAPABLE of verbalizing his emotions but his heart remains on his sleeve.
For a number of reasons, Harry isn’t afraid to try his luck. He isn’t afraid Cooper will DO WHAT HANK DID when he made a pass at him back in high school. He knows his heart, he’s seen it. The rejection will be gentle but firm. Cooper will accept him for WHAT HE IS, a desperately lonely man rapidly approaching middle age looking for love in ALL THE WRONG PLACES. Harry will swallow his embarrassment and they’ll still be FRIENDS. He wants Cooper to know that, they’ll always be friends regardless of the outcome of this.
He needed to find a way to COMMUNICATE that, to tell Cooper everything without the words he cannot summon. He decides to meet Cooper on his level and give him a little mystery to decode, something of INTRIGUE and BEAUTY, something in the spirit of the holiday. He’d poured over his mother’s old tomes on horticulture and etiquette last night and constructed A POEM IN PLANTS, somehow fitting for them. He’d felt alright about it yesterday but this morning he feels UTTERLY JUVENILE.
It takes several hours for Harry to swallow that feeling and find the nerve to THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET. Finally, around eleven, he dashes out to the parking lot, secrets the bouquet in the inside pocket of his jacket so Lucy won’t see. Cooper is still BLESSEDLY ALONE in the conference room when he returns. Harry shuts the door behind himself, crosses the room and mashes down the microphone button on the phone to prevent eavesdropping. Just in case. He thinks he has been casual enough not to pique office interest but better safe than sorry.
❝ Gotcha something. ❞ Without further ado, he sets the wilted, sunbaked and now mashed bouquet down on the table. He slides it towards Cooper hesitantly, expectantly, HOPEFULLY.
Psalm 50:23 (ESV) - The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”
@rightly
" i’m known to locate certain things from time to time. "
STREETS glisten with the aftermath of rain, a BAPTISM of sorts ; for GOTHAM was not a chosen favorite. pain , and BLOOD are the very BUILDING blocks of city , and the batman is PRAYING for something to change.
[ ‘ a new friend of yours? ’ / @rightly ]
question asked 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚄𝚂𝙱 𝙳𝚁𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢. ‘ i’m starting to get SICK of new friends ’ muttered lowly as he then goes to take a DEEP inhale. the riddler was ONLY the beginning , 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. those who perhaps were INSPIRED by what the riddler accomplished , and in his OWN way the bat understands. not that he CONDONES the killing of innocents, and the EXECUTION that the riddler put out on VARIOUS streams. ‘ copycats . . . 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙶𝙴 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛 ’ then goes to look at the AGENT , a somewhat FITTING ornament to GOTHAM. ‘ you know the case don’t you agent cooper . . . now , tell me what EXACTLY is the FBI going to do? ’ tone CURIOUS albit skeptical , 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝙲𝙿𝙳 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙸𝙽 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝙸𝚅𝙴 i𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙴.
* @rightly … “your voice is putting me to sleep.”
it’s funny, really, how people react differently to things. harlow’s morning starts with a three-forty-five alarm, & a four-ten shuffle into the dark & empty bakery. whilst it often means he’s stumbling to bed around nine at night ( still too late ! his mother often chides ), it does mean that he gets a few hours of alone time to set up & prep for the day ahead. he likes these few hours of a morning : when the world is quieter & everything seems far less urgent. this has, however, lead to harlow developing some rather hard-to-kick habits ---- namely humming as he works. it’s less noticeable in the world-waking hours when the speakers are on & the dulcet tones of simon & garfunkle’s bridge over troubled water drift through the crowded bakery, but it’s rather obvious at FIVE IN THE MORNING when all else is closed & most are at best just waking up.
harlow glances up from his work behind the bench, rings neatly stacked beside the cash register so as not to get coated in dough later, apologetic. usually, if someone’s up as early as he ( or still up, perhaps ), he’ll open up & give them a cup of tea or coffee ; maybe even a taste-test of that morning’s batch of danishes --- but it’s not particularly often it ends up being anyone other than brian the milkman. harlow’s not sure whether dale’s up early or up late, but regardless, the outcome is the same. sitting in the bakery as the sun slowly starts to rise, & harlow busies himself with the PUMPKIN SOURDOUGHS he’d started two days prior. ❛ sorry, bad habit. ❜ oven door closes with a snap, & he turns around to face dale properly. ❛ i can put on some tunes if it’d help ? though they might be just as lulling, actually. ❜
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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