#self glazing

[nicotineapples]

Ayo ayo another thing I made wayyy back and dont feel like finishing

It was supposed to be my banner with my intro so maybbeee I'll do that someday but definitely not now

Rudo rudo rudo rudo rudo

[macknus]

Pathetic and Defeated (II)

Part one here

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Whumpee groaned as Caretaker half-carried, half-dragged him down the street. He tried to minimise his hitches in breath, tried not to anger the good samaritan who took pity on him. He blinked as the stranger led him up towards the more wealthy part of town.

“Maybe,” Caretaker grumbled, letting out a breath of effort. “If you focused more on—” grunt, “walking, instead of trying to hide,” grunt, “your pain, we’d get there faster, ey?”

Whumpee released a breath he was holding and nodded. He shifted his weight to take more pressure on his bad leg and winced as his foot hit the ground. “There ya go, not much further now.”

Whumpee grunted in reply, but Caretaker was right. They were moving much faster now. And the quicker they got out of the rain, the sooner Whumpee could rest. Black spots swooped across his vision, accompanied with a warm sicky feeling and Whumpee’s strength left him.

Caretaker let out a shout of surprise, and ducked to catch Whumpee before he collapsed on the ground again. When Whumpee could see clearly again he was staring at the sky, the kind stranger staring down at him.

The stranger’s hand patted Whumpee’s cheek lightly. “Still with me?”

“Mmhm.”

Caretaker nodded and sat back. He ran a hand through his soaked blond strands and let out a sigh. “I guess I’m dragging you home,” he said.

Whumpee protested, struggling to get up on his elbows but Caretaker just laughed and pushed Whumpee back down again. “I’m joking. Relax. Get your strength back, and then we can move again. Here.”

Whumpee blinked into the midnight sky. A pop to the left of him and suddenly the sky was replaced with a black web of fabric and the rain seized falling on Whumpee’s face. Caretaker’s face popped under the cover of the umbrella too, grinning down at Whumpee as rain dripped steadily down his face.

What a strange man, Whumpee mused even as his mind swirled.

“There, now. We have some shelter while you recover.” Caretaker said happily. His brows fell over his eyes. “Though if we get colds out of this I will hold you personally liable. I hate sneezing.”

Whumpee wanted nothing more than to rest his head back against Caretaker’s warm leg and sleep but he knew it was dumb. They should really try and get back to Caretaker’s house. So after another minute or two Whumpee said, “okay.”

Caretaker glanced down, eyebrows raised, “you sure?”

“Yeah. I can make it.”

“Wonderful! It’s not far now.”

That’s what you said last time, Whumpee didn’t say.

Caretaker helped Whumpee to his feet and they were off again. Caretaker walking, Whumpee limping. And they were making far better progress than before.

“Ah, there. You see that big house at the end of the street?”

Whumpee saw it alright. It was hard to miss. But that was the baron’s house. He told Caretaker as much. Caretaker grinned. “Yes, well. Nice to meet you too…”

Whumpee stopped suddenly and Caretaker grunted. “You’re the Baron?”

“Yes. And I’m also freezing, so can we please keep moving?”

Whumpee blinked away the stupor, or maybe it was a concussion, but they continued walking anyways up to the big manor house that stood proudly at the edge of town.

“And your name is?”

“Whumpee.”

“Ah. Wonderful. Pleasure to meet you, Whumpee,” Caretaker said. “My name is Caretaker.”

“I know your name, Baron Ca—”

“No, no, just Caretaker,” Caretaker said, half lifting, half dragging Whumpee up the steps to the house and stumbling along beside him. He grabbed Whumpee and set him against the wall for support as he lifted the knocker to the door. Caretaker put his hands on his hips and grinned at Whumpee under the shelter of the porch, exposing perfect white teeth. “I insist.”

A stocky gentleman in his late thirties opened the door, prematurely salt and peppered grey hair cropped neatly at the sides. He stared down at the Baron who seemed to have disturbed him from rest like a tired parent. Baron, in striking contrast, beamed a grin at the man.

“Master, you are soaking wet. How many times have I told you—”

Caretaker held up the umbrella. “Not to worry Valko my good man, I remembered it this time. No I found a poor man in the street who needs medical attention and dry clothes.” Caretaker sniffed the air, glancing at Whumpee then back to Valko before theatrically whispering: “And maybe a bath.”

Valko stuck his long neck out the door and glanced at the barely conscious Whumpee, half falling down the wall and let out a long sigh. “I thought you were finished collecting strays as well,” Valko muttered but stepped out into the porch and approached Whumpee.

“Who said I was finished collecting strays?” Baron asked, disappearing into the house, his bright voice carrying out the door. “Besides, a human is better than another hound, Valko. We don’t have any free kennels left for one, so I improvised.”

“Mm, no…” Whumpee mumbled, as Valko approached, weakly lifting a hand, but the stocky man didn’t seem to notice or care. The last thing Whumpee saw before darkness filled his vision, was Valko lifting him with surprising strength for a skinny man and carrying him like a baby into the manor house. Whumpee’s strength left him as soon as they crossed the threshold into the house and he went limp in Valko arms as the Baron asked from somewhere within the bowels of the house.

“What’s for dinner? I am famished.”

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Continued here

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[fedyas-damsel]

Gng your theme tuff asf I sometimes open your blog is to admire the theme, reminds me of royalty

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[guorble]

got beautiful women in my dms all the time because im offputting pathetic and miserable and whimper whenever anyone talks to me

[donethedevilspedicure]

I've never gotten this many comments in the span of half a day before, holy hell. thank you all so much, I promise to do my awkward and best to reply to each one of you, and please know that I've read them all several times already <3

[jaxxy-b0y67]

Neopronouns are so cool

Using them because I'm just too amazing and undescribe for regular pronouns. Heh.

[sobbingscripter]

Not gonna glaze myself, but after my beta reader read frankie boy, she looked like she needed a pack of cigs. So like...

:3

[dejaroze]

wait maybe my writing is decent