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WHEW HERE WE GO amelia + charlie callista + kieran daniel + rae elijah + ariel gwen + mikey hayley + chris henry + kennedy julian + maddie logan + avery norah + tommy reyna + matt riley + paxton savannah + adam theodore + yara

so you sent this ages ago and i don’t think i’m ever going to finish it but i wanted to post what i have done!!

send me a ship (or several) and I’ll answer:

charlie & amelia

gives nose/forehead kisses:

this one is pretty evenly split. forehead kisses are definitely charlie’s things because he can be cute when he wants to be and he at least likes to think that they’re comforting when amelia is in a bad place. Nose kisses meanwhile are more amelia’s thing when she pepper’s Charlie’s whole face with kisses.

gets jealous the most:

oof i mean they’re both pretty jealous in their own ways but charlie get’s outwardly jealous the most tbh, especially because as we’ve already established amelia doesn’t always really notice when she’s being flirted with. he’s the typical boyfriend very hands on with her and has probably punched a guy at least once.

takes care of the other on sick days:

listen the side of charlie that’s most like his mother comes out when amelia is sick okay. he’s actually really good at taking care of people when he actually lets his guard down. amelia gets everything she could want, not to mention because he totally thinks he’s invinsible he’s totally down to cuddle as much as she wants.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

oh this is totally amelia. tbh the mental image of charlie at the beach is a really amusing because it definitely attacks the whole bad boy image he tries to keep up. on a serious note he really is likely to sit with a book all day, so she totally has to drag him or at least flirt with him a little bit to get him to do what she wants.

brings the other lunch at work:

i feel like this is quite an amelia thing to do. especially if charlie has been stressing out over a project. he just lights up when he sees her it really is the sweetest thing, probably tells all of the crew about that she’s his favourite human on the planet.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

again this is amelia. not to make it angsty but it’s probably connected to her feeling insecure and wanting to keep charlie interested in her despite the fact that we all know that she’s gotten him wrapped around her finger. their whole sex life is quite interesting though, because it’s really the first time that sex has really meant something to charlie even though they have an awful lot.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

definitely amelia. it takes a while for charlie to really see her without any form of inhibitions, so when he does see her drunk dancing for the first time it’s probably a really intimate moment between them that he just finds really endearing.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

i actually can’t believe that it’s charlie. like not at first obvs, but when they actually get used to being a couple charlie likes to be able to show everyone that he’s the one that gets to be her boyfriend. these aren’t cheap costumes either like they go all out.

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas:

to be totally honest i feel like they both agree to one but neither of them keep to it. they’re both terrible at budgeting anyway being kids that grew up with money, not to mention that they both love spoiling each other. seriously holidays are an expensive deal with these two.

makes the other eat breakfast:

this is another both one. amelia reminds charlie to actually eat on a busy day and charlie brings amelia breakfast in bed whenever he can so. breakfast dates are also a very frequent thing especially at the start so the paps have plenty of pictures of them in that setting.

remembers anniversaries:

pretty big ones are remembered by both of them but charlie is incredibly good at remembering odd ones that shouldn’t even count as anniversaires like ‘hey it’s been three months since we went to that italian on the corner we should do something tonight’. he’s really trying to be better for her which really does just mean throwing himself in the deep end.

brings up having kids first:

wow this is a big one. i feel like this is an amelia thing, like maybe the two of them are talking about their upbringing and she’s just like ‘our kids are going to have it so much better’ and honestly charlie just kisses her there and then because the future is scary but he really wants one with her.

kills the bugs:

charlie does, although really he likes to take them outside where he can. just because they don’t bother him and killing them just feels a little unecessary.

first to define them as a couple:

they’re both commitmentphobes so this is a hard one. i feel like a really sweet way for it to happen though would be for charlie to be asked about her in an interview and whether she’s just another throw away fling and before he even really realises what he’s saying he’s like ‘no she’s my girlfriend’

who hides their guilty pleasures longer:

oddly i feel like this is charlie. it’s not even intentional he just is so used to hiding the sides of his personality that he thinks people wont like that it’s a whie before amelia sees him dancing around the kitchen to 80s music but trust me it does happen.

snorts while laughing:

listen i am fully aware that amelia has the prettiest laugh in the whole entire world, but there is this laugh she does specifically when charlie is teasing her and honestly he loves it so much because it’s just her being totally herself with him.

callie & kieran

gives nose/forehead kisses:

this is such a callie thing, on the whole she’s the most affectionate of the two of them anyway, but she does this thing where she reminds him that she’s safe and she loves him by climbing into his lap and kissing just about every bit of skin that she can.

gets jealous the most:

without a doubt it’s kieran. especially while their relationship is still a secret. callie is gorgeous and people flirt with her constantly while kieran has to just stand there and listen to them which can be incredibly frustrating for him. to be honest i feel like cals notices and just teases further which just results in him pinning her against the wall about as soon as he can.

takes care of the other on sick days:

i feel like they both take incredibly good care of each other but cals has developed a really impressive talent of being able to get kieran to actually slow down when he’s ill. he listens to her in a way that he doesn’t anyone else, though i’m also certain that she barely leaves his side.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

this is totally cals again. She’s playful okay and has this way of making sure kieran lets off some steam, even if the watertight ends in a make out fest in the ocean.

brings the other lunch at work:

both of them. kieran runs to get cals food whenever she needs him to pretty much as part of his job anyway, but callie is really good at noticing when he hasn’t eaten too and sends him food often enough. the two of them just make a really good team ok.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

i feel like callie brings it up just to tease kieran okay, but i don’t really see it being their thing so we can say she’s not very successful. mainly because sex is such an intimate intense thing between them when they can really just focus on each other completely and kieran doesn’t wanna take away from that.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

please picture kieran who is hardly ever drunk anymore because he’s either on duty or just doesn’t really drink drunk dancing because i promise it’s a treat. especially with the way that callie giggles and then joins in.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

i mean they don’t really get to couples costumes for a while considering they’re trying to keep them a secret, but when they’re out publicly cals takes it for granted that their going to match because of course they would. the best year is when they’re cinderella and charming ok it just suits them.

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas:

totally callie and not just because she has more money than kieran, but she genuinely really enjoys spoiling him. she brought him a beautiful watch for his birthday (that’s probably engraved with something incredibly personal on the back) and now he never takes it off.

makes the other eat breakfast:

kieran !! again the two of them are way more likely to listen to each other than anyone else so kieran makes sure that cals is taking care of herself. especially when they’re on tour and it’s so easy for her to get lost in everything that they have to do.

remembers anniversaries:

as much as they both tease each other neither of them are about to forget important anniversaries. they can’t always make the biggest fuss, especially when their hiding from the rest of the team, but they always find a to make it special for each other.

brings up having kids first:

i feel like it’s callie in the middle of a speech about the fact that she isn’t going anywhere. they both have lives that are incredibly transcient so i can see them being curious but it’s certainly kieran wants eventually wants callie has been able to really enjoy her career and settle down. it also means going public with their relationship so it’s a pretty important conversation.

kills the bugs:

kieran. i feel like cals objects to killing them, where as kieran just sees it as the quickest solution, especially because he really isn’t a fan of spiders and would quite like them to not be anywhere near him thanks.

first to define them as a couple:

it’s totally callie. please picture her describing him as her boyfriend to her friends and kieran choking on his drink because honestly given that they’re supposed to keeping what’s between them a secret, neither of them are very subtle, and really cals just loves to flirt with him.

who hides their guilty pleasures longer:

i’m not even sure that kieran has guilt pleasures, like he has things that certainly should be but he’s a pretty open book. callie meanwhile doesn’t necessarily hide things but it certainly takes him a little while to figure everything out about her. i love the idea of him teasing her for it tbh considering how often it’s usually the other way around.

snorts while laughing:

this is kieran, i don’t even really think he notices, but it’s just a really sweet image of callie teasing him for it as the nature of his job means that he’s mr serious nintey percent of the time. there’s such a specific side of him that on cals sees it’s really adorable.

daniel & rae

gives nose/forehead kisses:

rae for sure. she’s so smitten with daniel, and we’ve already established they have their hands all over each other, but she loves kisses like that tbh just because they’re quick, intimate and reassuring. she likes to kiss his nose before a show, even when they’ve been all over each other a few minutes before.

gets jealous the most:

this is easily rae. it’s not that Daniel doesn’t get jealous he does, but are gets jealous far more often. it’s a well established fact that daniel can ignore attention from exactly no one. so rae often just pulls out the pda to make sure that other girls know to leave her boyfriend alone.

takes care of the other on sick days:

daniel is an idiot in many ways but he’s actually really good at taking care of rae when she’s ill or just hungover. we’re talking coffee and breakfast and snuggles, and probably hundreds of texts to the band group chat of ‘what the hell should i do????’ if things get bad.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

i feel like they don’t have to drag each other, it’s more like a race of who can get in the water first. especially if they’ve got a day off from tour. there’s lots of splashing and chasing each other and salty kisses. it’s actually really cute.

brings the other lunch at work:

ok but all i can think of is rae surprising the band with food at the studio, or her dragging daniel out of bed on tour long enough for them to go on a lunch date. it can be pretty tricky with his fans knowing where they are but they’ve learnt enough ways to sneak around.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

i feel like this would be something they talk about together, maybe rae brings it up as a joke but on the whole lets remember that they’re both terribly impatient with each other. unless rae dresses up as a joke for his birthday which she is totally not above doing.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

this is totally rae at a vagabond concert though. at first she’s self conscious and just focusing on photography but by the end of the tour she’s drunk, yelling about as loudly as she can and just enjoying the concert. she’s probably also incredibly flirty with daniel when she knows he’s looking at her.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

I can not be the only one that thinks vagabond go for group costumes whenever possible, probably also including maddie and julian. one halloween they were a big group of power rangers. short of that though i actually think it would be daniel mainly because he wants them to look as good as possible.

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas:

listen it’s a widely accepted fact that daniel is a walking hot mess right but he’s incredibly good at knowing how to spoil rae and that matched with the fact that he has no impulse control means that they really shouldn’t have set a budget in the first place. it really is impressive the way that he always manages to get her something she loves.

makes the other eat breakfast:

this is totally rae especially if he’s had a big show the night before. she’s actually an impressive cook so she likes to surprise him with breakfast tbh.i can totally see the two of them eating it in bad because they’re both too lazy to move. though daniel tends to be the one to ring room se

remembers anniversaries:

it might seem a little surprising but this is such a daniel thing to do. like rae is stressed out and just busy but he just has this stuff just memorised. he probably makes a really grand romantic guesture that goes terribly wrong but honestly just give him a break he’s trying his best.

brings up having kids first:

neither of them ?? at the moment they’re both kids pretty much at the point, so if they do have a kid it’s gonna be an accidental pregnancy.

kills the bugs:

they both do tbh, although if it’s a wasp then you can bet that rae is going to run into a different room about as fast as her legs will carry her because who the hell decided to give those evil things wings.

first to define them as a couple:

okay this one is daniel and it’s super cute because honestly rae is too nervous to describe the two of them in case he doesn’t see her like that, but one of the band asks about their relationship and he just doesn’t even hesitate to describe her as his girlfriend because he thinks it’s obvious.

who hides their guilty pleasures longer:

i feel like this is rae. the two of them are so delicate at the start that she’s almost too timid to show that side of him at first, she does end up settling more tho, to the point that she can dance to taylor swift without fear.

snorts while laughing:

daniel does and it’s actually adorable. hot bad boy who has this giggle that you can really only here when mikey makes a bad joke or he’s messing about with his girlfriend.

ariel & elijah

gives nose/forehead kisses:

to be honest it’s ariel. not all the time, usually she’ll just kiss him on the lips or this one specific spot on his neck, but if she has to say goodbye, or needs to cheer him up then it’s forehead or the nose. she can be incredibly physically affectionate when she wants to be and that’s something that’s heightened when she’s around eli.

gets jealous the most:

poor elijah tbfh. we know ariel is evil incarnate with this stuff, especially when they aren’t properly together. she’s also just flirty by personality so even later when they’re together he probably still gets jealous. she does also learn to pick up on his body language when it comes to stuff like this though and does her best to be reassuring.

takes care of the other on sick days:

listen elijah is such a sweetheart and is one of maybe three people ariel can really tolerate when she’s ill. she’s incredibly irritable but clingy when she’s sick. he has to call off going to the studio, no that he minds too much. if they’re apart because she’s on tour then lets be honest the band don’t even hesitate to phone him.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

i feel like when ariel sets her mind on something then there’s very little that elijah can do about it. even if that means running into the sea when it is simply not the weather for it. when it comes to being on holiday however these two don’t really hesitate to get into the water. ari does make eli carry her around though quite a bit.

brings the other lunch at work:

ok but this is the most eli thing to ever eli. he’s constantly taking care of ari to an extent that just takes her breath away tbh. bonus points if she’s been having a really bad day up until that point so he surprises her.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

oh god… ari??? ari. it’s not her best idea let’s be honest. as sexual as she can be, it’s that brutal honesty with each other which makes their dynamic work.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

can i say both of them?? i’m gonna say both of them. the image of the two of them wine drunk in the kitchen of their apartment dancing terribly to some old love song is really soft ok or on their festival trip just having the time of their lives because eli gives ari the confidence she needs to just be herself ok.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

this is totally elijah. ariel is not enthusiastic at first, but it’s actually really cute and she comes around to the idea. their most iconic costume is kim possible and ron stoppable fight me on this they’d be so cute.

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas:

ari is just absolutely terrible for this. i think it’s in part due to the fact that she’s never really had anyone to spoil at christmas before, added to the fact that she’s still actually getting used to having money and hates being told what to do which means that she just gets what she wants to for eli no matter what the cost is.

makes the other eat breakfast:

i mean breakfast is ariel’s favourite meal, so having breakfast together is just a must for her. i think she actually really enjoys the fact that it’s quiet their attention is just fully on each other but even when they’re apart she’s sending him texts like ‘morning baby!! don’t forget to eat something before heading out for the day x’ as much as eli is her care taker, she also takes care of him to the best of her ability.

remembers anniversaries:

both of them do obviously, but eli always makes the bigger deal out of them. firstly because he had been completely 100 percent in this relationship from the very first kiss but later because the fact that they have stayed together this long is a miracle, and he really wants her to be certain that he’s so glad that she’s in his life.

brings up having kids first:

this is definitely eli. it’s also when ari is a little bit older and they’re a bit more settled. they’re curled up in bed, ariel most likely taking a break from being in the band when he just sort of blurts it out ??? idk we both know that he’s terrible at keeping things from her. he probably doesn’t even expect her to say yes but she does. she probably gets excited tbh.

kills the bugs:

this is ari. she hates bugs and just doesn’t hesitate. i feel like eli would be the one to take them outside. so that bugs fate really depends on who finds it.

first to define them as a couple:

totally eli. he probably says it in front more to chris at some award show and it scares the hell out of her. does she run off and do something stupid that night? you bet. probably finds herself going home with someone else just to try to maintain that sense of detachment. we’ve already plotted though that she calls him her boyfriend for the first time in front of a crowd of over a thousand people though so.

who hides their guilty pleasures longer:

neither of them. such a big reason why elijah doesn’t get simply discarded like all the boys that came before is that ariel is more of herself with him than she is with anyone else. eli meanwhile seems to be much more the type to just be honest about the things he enjoys.

snorts while laughing:

ok but this is such an adorable eli thing. please picture eli sat around with ari, harry and jen. him snorting at something harry said and ariel just looking at him like he’s her entire world because honestly it’s accurate.

gwen & mikey.

gives nose/forehead kisses:

this is totally a gwen thing and mikey loves it. when he kisses her he tends to focus on her lips, but after waiting for so long to be together he really loves when she affectionate with him. though lets just be honest that pda is just a vagabond mood in general.

gets jealous the most:

alright so i think we’ve established that they both get jealous but mikey had a habit of actually showing it in his actions. especially when gwen is still with her ex, adam has to keep an eye on him just to make sure he doesn’t go and punch a hole

takes care of the other on sick days:

so here’s the thing mikey is terrible at taking care of himself at the best of times and that just get worse when he’s ill. so it really is all down to gwen here. luckily unlike 90% of the time mikey actually listens to her advice and just wants to be around his girlfriend which is difficult when he also doesn’t want to make her sick.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

i’m not sure there’s much dragging but mikey will fully pick gwen up and carry gwen into the water if she’s being cautious about getting too cold. these two adorable tho so he basically carries her the entire time and makes sure that she’s wrapped in a towel the moment she gets out the water. he just wants to look after his girl.

brings the other lunch at work:

neither of them. listen it’s not that they don’t but these two live in each other’s back pocket. so if they get lunch together rather than one bringing it to the other. what they do do though is get each other coffee and make sure to save each other post concert pizza if one of them is running late.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

listen these two make each other laugh constantly. so i feel like mikey suggests it and then they laugh for two whole hours because lets be honest mikey would be terrible.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

okay but this is mikey. everyone in the fandom knows it, and it’s actually terrible for him. there’s this one show they do where they’re past tipsy and adam and daniel calls mikey out from behind the drums and just… gwen’s boyfriend is a mess okay. for someone who does percussion he really has no rhythm when he’s had a drink.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

again matching with the vagabond vibe whole band costumes are a thing, but they’re both pretty up for it. listen i’m convinced they match even before their a couple ok. their most iconic look was antman and wasp okay.

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas:

this is gwen ok. when they make a rule mikey sticks to it where as gwen just can’t help herself but spoil him a little bit. obviously mikey can’t complain but he does find it a little frustrating because he worries that he’s not doting on gwen the same way.

makes the other eat breakfast:

yells loudly: gwen! to be honest if mikey was given the chance he would sleep past noon so gwen probably has to drag him out of bed and force food into his hands to get him to function. mikey then kind of does the opposite for her making sure that she actually gets some sleep rather than just being awake all the time.

remembers anniversaries:

they both do, but i feel like mikey hangs onto the smaller anniversaries more, like someone needs to tell him that three and a half month anniversaries aren’t a thing.

brings up having kids first:

again right now??? neither. though i can totally see them having really adorable children in the future. even then it’s something that takes a lot of discussion between the two of them about how they’re going to fit a baby into their life.

kills the bugs:

like the majority of our musician babes these two live the majority of their lives living in hotel rooms so it’s not really a big deal but in theory it’s mikey even though he doesn’t like it at all, he’ll handle the spiders so gwen doesn’t have to and really that’s true love right there.

first to define them as a couple:

i feel like as much as mikey adores her i think it’s gwen. it’s not that mikey doesn’t adore her (really he does) just after everything he’s a little cautious. say he kind of waits for her to be comfortable. please imagine him kissing the hell out of her when he hears her say it though. 

who hides their guilty pleasures longer:

neither of them do. the two of them are in a band together and have known each other since they were teenagers so if they were still hiding something from each other it would have to be something more than just guilty pleasures tbh.

snorts while laughing:

that is such a mikey thing i love my son.seriously though mikey’s laugh has become a bit of fandom joke, something that only happens more as mikey and gwen figure stuff out and are just wrapped up in each other 100% of the time.

mathew & reyna

gives nose/forehead kisses:

so reyna totally does this the most and it’s actually adorable. it’s something she does subconsciously when life gets busy and honestly mat adores it. the nose kisses are especially cute when you remember the height difference and realise she probably has to stand on her toes to do so.

gets jealous the most:

i’ve got to be honest mat can occasionally get jealous of reyna’s costars because they’re all incredibly good looking and spending time with his wife while they’re apart. luckily he just tends to mope a little bit, and feels better when he actually has her back in his arms again.

takes care of the other on sick days:

more often than not it’s mat. reyna obviously takes care of him when he’s ill but he has such a good immune system that it doesn’t happen very often. mat tries to be good at looking after her, and he’s certainly better than when they started dating but he still kind of has to be told what to do. he’s a mess.

drags the other person out into the water on beach day:

so this again is reyna. mat is such a dad i think he develops this ability just to focus on the kids and whether or not they’re having fun without any regard for himself. poor reyna has to take matters into her own hands a little bit, after all this is supposed to be a holiday for all of them, but really mat is grateful and really does have a good time when he has the chance

brings the other lunch at work:

so this is both of them. we already know that reyna has a habit of surprising him before games and that often involves bringing food and then whenever reyna is filming and they’re in the same state mat will usually check up on her at least once or twice. these two are incredibly good at supporting each other ok.

tries to start role-playing in bed:

oh man so this one is reyna, she probably read something about spicing up sex within your marriage. how far it actually works it is questionable, and mat may have pouted about the assumption their current sex was bad for like three hours.

is an embarrassing drunk dancer:

here me out on this one it’s reyna. mat doesn’t really drink right because he tries to take the best care of his body that he can, but reyna does it’s not a big deal. please picture mat picking up from a wrap party (that he couldn’t go with her to because of the two small children that are now asleep in the back of the car) but she’s tipsy and it’s just really soft and adorable when their song comes on and all reyna wants to do is dance.

firmly believes in couples costumes:

oh come on this is both of them. the internet adores them and they end up trending every year. a personal fave is the year they were mr. and mrs. incredible, or the time that they dressed up as each other.

brings up having kids first:

i feel like it’s a pretty constant source of conversation for both of them after they wanna get married especially with how chloe was a miracle baby. more recently though i feel like mat has been the most vocal about having another. he just loves being a dad and having a family is just everything to him okay.

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❛ you’re just going to leave without saying goodbye? ❜ for birdiediego xoxo

I BET YOU FORGOT ABOUT THIS MEME

if there was something that diego was not it was soft. he was hard edges, anger and a well thrown right hook. when it came to moments like this especially diego preferred to leave after the main event finished. it was just easier. the idea of no strings attached implicit in his actions. birdie had, as usual, been different to everyone else. it had only been a matter of time until they fell into bed together (at least that was what he told himself) and yet that did not mean that he knew that he knew how to react to it.

he had already stayed later than he should have, morning light spilling in through the window as he moved from where he had been cuddled into her, trying to get out of bed as quietly as he could. reaching to grabs the jeans and underwear he had took off the day before. he succeeded in standing and moving to the bottom of the bed before it appeared to him that he wasn’t being as subtle as he had assumed.

❛ you’re just going to leave without saying goodbye? ❜

a lazy smirk danced onto diego’s features as he hears the sound of the other’s voice amused by just how sleepy she sounded, her pretty face just visible above the sea of blankets and duvet. a princess even in that moment. 

the male pulled on the  t-shirt he had been wearing the night prior, before then tacking a few steps forward to close the gap between where he had been standing at the bottom of her bed and where she was. doing something impulsive he leant forward and brushed some of her hair back behind her ear. then brushing a brief kiss to her temple. 

“sorry sweetheart, i’m a busy man you know that,” there’s none of his usual swagger in the way that he speaks. he’s dangerously close to being genuine with her. “besides you look cute when you’re sleeping,” words about the way in which he doesn’t usually do this. he’s usually back in his own bed before the night ends go unsaid because really birdie deserves better than that from him.

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‘ my best habit’s letting you down . ’ - natasha x bucky ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAVE

it had been maggie who was the first one who told bucky just what natasha had been like after thanos had snapped his fingers. he wasn’t exactly sure just how she knew that given that the two of them had suffered from the same fate, but it wasn’t a very far stretch of the imagination that it might have been either ben or steve. although if it was the later then buck really was going to have a word with his old pal about just what james would have rather shielded his kid from. maggie was theirs, his and nat’s and that came with an immense amount of responsibility on his part. 

it had hurt to know that even now when he was back at her side again and was able to pull her close, press a kiss to her a temple and assure her that nothing was going to strip her from his side again that there was a hurt that he still couldn’t heal. one of many when it came to nat it seemed. her past had of course shaped her into the woman that she was today, but there were still far too many moments where he wished he could tear apart anyone who had ever laid a hand on her with his own bare hands. god what he wouldn’t have done to just go back a little in time so she wouldn’t have to have lost both him and their child at the same time. still the words that come out of her mouth are enough to shock him to his senses,

‘ my best habit’s letting you down . ’ she doesn’t look at him as she says it, eyes fixed to the floor of their room in the avengers building. that was what hurt the most.

“natalia...” his voice is soft in a way that it so rarely as his touch moves to dance along her jawline, trying to get her to look at him, so she would know that he meant his words completely. “none of this was your fault: not thanos, not stark, not hydra... none of it you hear me?” he gives up on words alone in that moment and reaches out for her, reaches for the comfort that her body against his always brought him in the hopes that it might do the same for her. somehow she ends up in his lap, the two of them a tangled mess of limbs like james wasn’t quite sure where he ended and she began. he cups her face as he continues. “listen to me natasha. you didn’t let me down, not once... hell you went all the way to space to get me back. how many guys are that lucky huh?” it’s a bad joke, a cheap shot but it’s worth it to see a ghost of a smile dance along her features. “you didn’t let me down i promise, you saved me so many damn times nat,” they would have been there all night if he tried to list them all. “you didn’t let up on me, not once... so don’t you dare let yourself think that,”

[scruffylccking]

❛ i’m worried about you. ❜ for jacksonmj xoxo

I’VE FORGOTTEN WHICH MEME THIS IS

how many times had they been down this road? jackson there in her apartment close enough to touch, mj hating herself as she found herself melting into his touch, enjoying the fact that he was there at her side. it should have been easy; she knew exactly who he was, what he done. the very thought of him should have repulsed her. and yet all it took was jackson ( her jackson. he’d belonged to her since they were seventeen ) to call her mary with that look he got and they would end up right here as if the closed door of her apartment could change everything. it couldn’t. it never had. the question was whether the woman really really wanted it to: would she still have the same pull to the male if he wasn’t exactly who he was?

mary stood from where she had been sat on her bed, hoping to clear her head by moving to her kitchenette and making herself a cup of coffee. her apartment might have been small (and badly decorated for the most part) but it was hers she had got it all by herself without the interruption of her family and in moments like this it was a refuge.usually when wrapped up in moments like this the two of them left business out of it, they both knew who they were, the fact neither of them were supposed to be there falling into each other’s arms. there were moments however where if she closed her eyes it could have almost been before. back when thing were easier, when all she had to worry about was being caught smoking by the bleachers. it was perhaps less confusing to see how moments like that could bleed over.

❛ i’m worried about you. ❜ 

 it’s not as if mary was expecting him to speak, or to say anything near that emotional so she keeps her back turned to him and does her best to keep her face as neutral as she can, it easier to do that then try to deal with the rush of emotions that such a comment causes within her.

“why? because i’m up against dangerous people?” she surmised with a raised brow. “well you know would all about that wouldn’t you?” there’s bitterness in her tone as she speaks. the pain of a woman scorned one too many times. like his hands hadn’t been all over her just a few moments before. her tone is argumentative even as she goes to make him a drink out of habit. she hates this. hates the fact that this was near normal, but she wasn’t anywhere near being able to deal with it in that moment. so she just sighs turning back around, trying to act as if she was not hiding the majority of her emotions. “i’m fine... just stay out of my way and then there’s no reason for the two of us to have a problem,”

[scruffylccking]

“When you laugh like that, it just — you’re so beautiful, you know that?” for olivernancy xoxo

THESE TWO OWN MY SOUL

really she knew that he wasn’t supposed to be there this was a working bar, one the gangs very few actual legal businesses. her father had been adamant about that hadn’t he, the idea of her doing real work. so she really wasn’t supposed to be letting her boyfriend stand  near bye, wasn’t supposed to stand there giggling like a child at his stupid jokes, but oliver had risen up the ranks in his own right and they could hardly kick him out when everyone knew that thursday night was meeting night. so the elders just had to put up with the two of them, until tony placed his glass on the side with an expectant look in his eye and nancy had to go back to work, only to find oliver gazing at her the moment she gets chance to look over her shoulder.

“what?” there’s something still so light sweet in nancy’s tone as she speaks turning to her, light like oliver’s words are helium and she’s high from the sound of them. she raises an eyebrow then as if to place more emphasis on the fact that he had been gazing at her for what she could estimate to be at least the last four and a half minutes.

just for a moment she could have sworn that he almost looked surprised to have been caught. “nothing,” he spoke holding his hands up in surrender. “really it’s nothing,” nancy was aware that there was not one but two men waiting for her to serve them their drinks (what was likely to be a beer and a glass of jd from the looks of them) but they can wait just a little bit longer. the male shook his head then and she knew she’d won this little game of theirs without even doing anything. “When you laugh like that, it just — you’re so beautiful, you know that?” 

in that moment she could have sworn that her heart stopped beating. there had been a year of this; a year of him pulling her into his lip, a year of him whispering things into her ear and kissing her breathless, but there were times she could have sworn she was that teenager all over again leaning on his shoulder a little too eagerly when she was drunk. god if he wasn’t proof that he could have everything she ever wanted. if there wasn’t a bar between them she would have been throwing her arms around his neck, letting him pick her up and kissing him like she had forgotten anyone else was in the room. that was not the case however as no matter how much she might wish it she was very much at work.

“you are such a dork,” there’s a grin on her lips as she takes a few steps to cross the room to him, standing on her toes so she can reach across the barrier just for a few moments to kiss him. 

“oi lovebirds!” it’s sam’s voice that cuts through the room, making nancy hesitate, pulling back and biting her lip as her feet fall more firmly back to the floor. “i hate to break up the public display of affection and all but we kind of need pretty boy over there and i’m pretty sure you have drinks to pour,” 

nancy herself had to resist the urge to roll her eyes and shout back a reply, but technically sam was her superior. so instead the hand that was wrapped around oliver’s neck shifts down to lay flat against his chest which she pats twice. “go on. i’ll see you at home,” the smirk she gives her in response has her rolling her eyes, but really she wouldn’t have changed a thing.

[scruffylccking]

“ tonight, you’ll be the death of me. ” for willanya xoxo

POETRY SENTENCE STARTERS

it was no secret that to outsiders william and anya seemed to have an intense understanding of each other, to the extent it would seem that they didn’t even need to speak to each other to know what each other was thinking. so when he was clearly far to weighed down with everything the two of them had to handle between them it was perhaps unsurprising that she took manners into her own hands to fix them.

making sure the door was shut behind her anya did not hesitate to walk over to the desk where her husband was working, moving to straddle his lap in a manner that put her firmly between him and his laptop. enough of an example that he wasn’t going to be getting anymore work done. there’s a strange juxtaposition between the way that he sighs exasperated and they way his hands move instantly to hold her against him. anya had a long history of winning games like this, something they were incredibly aware of. maybe that was why will made no effort to fight her, to tell her how important the work he was doing was. he just moved to brush a kiss against her lips, his hand moving to trace the silk of her outfit. 

“ tonight, you’ll be the death of me. ” he spoke after a moment, her being totally wrapped up in his attention at least for a few moments. a playful smirk comes to dance along her features as she cupped his face in her hands. “so you dont like the new dress?” she asked with a tilt of her head. the tone of her voice revealing a playful side of her that was really only shown when they were alone. “because i can definitely leave and you can go back to what you were doing before,” the look that will gave her made anya sure that there was no way that was about to happen. “yeah that’s what i though,”

[scruffylccking]

“ you’re always apologizing. ” for arthurbethany xoxo

POETRY SENTENCE STARTERS

if there was something bethany was good at it was taking care of other people. as a kid her spare time when she didn’t have her nose in a book had been spent taking care of her grandmother in order to alleviate some of her mother’s stress. as she got older that moved to looking after her siblings and then as soon she had been old enough, she had become a nurse so that taking care of people could be her job. when it came to taking care of herself however beth had always been less proficient. starting as a teenager when she was all too willing to put other people before herself and culminating in marrying her now ex husband it wasn’t unusual for her to struggle in silence whilst helping other people.

luckily things had changed for the better with the introduction of arthur into her life. whatever else he was, whatever else he did. he had never hesitated to take care of her. to treat her like a person, which although it was such a low bar, so many people failed to do. this morning had been a perfect example of it. she had gotten out of bed early like she almost always did, pushing away just how horrible she felt so that she could get ready for work. it was only when arthur was in front of her wordlessly laying a hand over her forehead that even really noticed how high her fever had gotten.

“i’m sorry,” she mumbled out from where her head lay on her pillow, her arms clinging to her hot water bottle as arthur sat on the edge of their bed. “i don’t usually get this sick,” being weak, even now, caused her to panic somewhat. though the other male put her at some level of ease as he shook his head. reaching out and laying a hand on her arm. “ you’re always apologising. ” he moved then to brush a strand of her hair back behind her ear. something so soft that it stole her breath away. still she cringed slightly “i’m-” beth stopped herself in a way that made arthur chuckle. “you always take care of me... let me look after you for once okay?” when was the last time someone wanted to do something like that for her? beth wasn’t sure, but there was something in his tone that made her believe him. “just...” her voice is small, sore as she speaks. “don’t go too far,” he smiles then, in a way that she can swear her heart bursts at. “of course not,”

[scruffylccking]

“It’s weird. I never thought I could feel like this, but you showed up. Now, it’s like I don’t wanna go on knowing I might lose the feeling.” chris and hayley

MICKEY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME

it was almost strange how long chris had been waiting to hear haley to say something like that. how much he had longed to have her come back after the first six months after she left saying how wrong she had been. how much she loved him, promising to never let him go again but she hadn’t. in another universe those two sentences are all it takes to make everything okay again, he rushes to her scooping her up in his arms kissing and touching just bout every piece of skin he could reach but he doesn’t. instead he stays there rooted to the floor. trying to look casual as he leaned against the doorframe. 

she had been back in his life for about a month now, back about as quickly as she had left. maybe it was stupid just how easily he had been able to take her in and help her when everything came crashing down. he should have left her there, she had brought this on herself hadn’t she? it was hardly his fault that she had pushed away everyone who had loved her in the search for some dream that had never been real in the first place, but that had never been who he was. something he was sure she knew well. even without how much had been through in the past two years had changed him, he could have been on the floor bleeding and chris would have still tried to prevent the damage to other people. it was just an odd experience sharing his apartment who had once been his entire world and was no a total stranger. or at least that was what he told himself. it had his heart almost unimaginably when he discovered that she could dance around to the radio at midnight, or her nose still crinkled with that one specific laugh of hers.

“what do you want from me hayley?” he spoke, pulling himself out of is own head before he could get too lost in his thoughts. “you chose to leave remember?” he doubted she really needed the reminder but he feels better after saying it anyway. he had mourned her after she left, well not her perhaps she was still breathing right there in front of him, but the future they could have had was gone. “you can’t say stuff that i have a girlfriend,” a girlfriend that was mention after he had almost admitted that he would have done anything to make her stay. hardly the most convincing argument. 

it was the females next words that took him by surprise as she stepped closer to him, so close now that he could reach out to trace her cheek. “i don’t care,” there’s a look on her features that he just can’t place somehow. he doesn’t have time to really think about it before she’s touching him, holding his face in her hands. “you don’t either, otherwise i wouldn’t be here,” in that moment chris really did want to fight back against the pull she had on him, to tell she was wrong. to walk away and shut the door behind him forever, but that wasn’t what happened. instead when her lips met his he couldn’t help but reach out and pull her closer. kissing her about as deeply as he could.