foundlingsuggestion:

Ten ways to say “I love you”

  1. Straightforward. Soft and heavy, like morning before the coffee’s started brewing. Like that’s all there is to say.
  2. Through laughter, over a chorus of voices, knowing it’ll strike home anyway. It’s meant for everyone here, after all.
  3. Slipped under your tongue, twisted into something else. “I trust you,” maybe. Trust them to figure it out.
  4. Instead of “thank you” or “see you soon” or “drive safe.” Because no matter what you say it’ll mean the same thing.
  5. Casually, as if you don’t mean it. Trying like hell not to mean it.
  6. Wrapped up in a question. How’s your day been, have you eaten, you know you can tell me anything, right? You know you can tell them anything. Right?
  7. Under your breath while the whole house sleeps, just before you have to leave for the day. More for yourself than for them.
  8. With a hand on their shoulder, a song on your lips, or a carton of their favorite ice cream in the freezer.
  9. Over a nervous smile, biting back the just-this-side-of-desperate hope they’ll say it back.
  10. With a soft sigh. Past exhaustion and frustration and despair, like it’s the only good thing left. Sometimes it is.

Fanfiction Trope MASH-UP

meridelclarke:

Rules: Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story. 

  1. Historical AU 
  2. Royal AU 
  3. Modern AU 
  4. Coffee Shop AU 
  5. Bar/Restaurant
    AU 
  6. Bookshop AU 
  7. Florist AU  
  8. Hospital AU 
  9. Dance
    AU 
  10. Airport/Travel AU 
  11. Neighbour AU 
  12. Roommate AU 
  13. Detective AU 
  14. Bodyguard AU 
  15. Criminal
    AU 
  16. Prison AU 
  17. War AU 
  18. Circus AU 
  19. Summer Camp AU 
  20. Teacher AU 
  21. Dystopian AU 
  22. Space AU 
  23. Performer
    AU 
  24. Soulmate AU 
  25. Fairy Tale AU 
  26. Massage Fic  
  27. Sick/Injured Fic 
  28. Proposal Fic  
  29. Wedding Fic  
  30. Holiday Fic  
  31. Birthday Fic 
  32. Pregnancy Fic  
  33. Baby Fic 
  34. Vacation Fic  
  35. Bathtub Fic 
  36. Text/Letter Fic 
  37. Coming Out Fic   
  38. Grief
    Fic  
  39. Survival/Wilderness Fic  
  40. Almost Kiss 
  41. First Kiss 
  42. The Big Damn Kiss 
  43. Dance
    of Romance  
  44. Flowers of Romance 
  45. Chocolate
    of Romance  
  46. Blind Date  
  47. Not a Date  
  48. Fake Dating 
  49. Fake Married 
  50. Arranged Marriage  
  51. Accidentally Married 
  52. Marriage of Convenience 
  53. Mutual
    Pining 
  54. Secret Relationship  
  55. Established
    Relationship 
  56. Awful First Meeting 
  57. Forgotten First Meeting  
  58. Accidental Eavesdropping  
  59. Interrupted Declaration of Love 
  60. Poorly Timed
    Confession 
  61. Love Confession 
  62. Love Confessor (Character A confessing their love
    for Character B to Character C)  
  63. Everybody
    Knows/Mistaken for Couple 
  64. Star Crossed Lovers  
  65. It’s Not You, It’s Me 
  66. It’s Not You, It’s My
    Enemies  
  67. Character in Peril 
  68. Heroic Sacrifice 
  69. Flirting Under Fire 
  70. Locked in a Room 
  71. Twenty-Four
    Hours to Live  
  72. Stranded on A Desert
    Island 
  73. Stranded Due to Inclement Weather 
  74. Huddling for Warmth 
  75. Bed Sharing  
  76. Did They or Didn’t They? 
  77. In Vino Veritas  
  78. Above the Influence  
  79. Anger Born of Worry  
  80. Green-Eyed Epiphany  
  81. The Missus and the Ex 
  82. Second Love  
  83. Intimate Artistry  
  84. Married to the Job  
  85. Innocent Physical Contact 
  86. I Didn’t Mean to Turn
    You On 
  87. Aroused By Her Voice  
  88. Erotic
    Dreams 
  89. First Time 
  90. Unexpected Virgin 
  91. PWP 
  92. Kink 
  93. Makeovers 
  94. Hair Brushing/Braiding 
  95. Sleep
    Intimacy 
  96. Scars  
  97. Time Travel  
  98. Curses 
  99. Magical Accidents 
  100. Accidentally Saving
    the Day   

Ship Things that Kill Me

purpledragon57:

purpledragon57:

purpledragon57:

  • gentle face-touching
  • crying-while-smiling (esp. if combined with a reunion)
  • Wanting! To grow old together!! (bonus points if they actually do)
  • standing on tip-toes/leaning down to kiss a s/o with height difference
  • hugs
  • soft kisses
  • small gestures that wouldn’t usually be romantic but have lots of meaning behind them
  • HUGS
  • Battle Couples!!!
  • goofy/sarcastic banter
  • cute mutual blushing when they do something romantic for the first time
  • hand holding
  • Hugs
  • did I mention hugs

It’s been half a year and I have More Feelings so I’m adding to this

  • ‘it’ll be okay as long as we’re together’
  • lacing fingers together
  • tight hugs
  • desperately reaching for each other when they’re about to get separated
  • smiling when they talk about each other
  • sideways glances
  • long hugs
  • fighting as hard as they can till the last possible second to protect each other
  • that kind of hug where one of them leaps or rushes into the other’s arms
  • noticing when they’re upset/afraid and silently comforting them
  • gazing at each other
  • any variety of twirling
  • ALLLL the Hugs
  • DANCING

Three kinds of OTP

randomishnickname:

OTP A: This pair is perfect together and its sight fills me with peace and joy. I could write essays on how wonderfully those characters complete each other and balance each other out. This ship is True Beauty.

OTP B: Look I…I don’t even know why I like those two together. But I crave it – it caters to some visceral need I can’t name. I can’t get enough of those characters interacting. Their chemistry sets me ablaze.

OTP C: lmao those two are trash and they belong in the same rubbish bin