Ten ways to say “I love you”
- Straightforward. Soft and heavy, like morning before the coffee’s started brewing. Like that’s all there is to say.
- Through laughter, over a chorus of voices, knowing it’ll strike home anyway. It’s meant for everyone here, after all.
- Slipped under your tongue, twisted into something else. “I trust you,” maybe. Trust them to figure it out.
- Instead of “thank you” or “see you soon” or “drive safe.” Because no matter what you say it’ll mean the same thing.
- Casually, as if you don’t mean it. Trying like hell not to mean it.
- 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?
- Under your breath while the whole house sleeps, just before you have to leave for the day. More for yourself than for them.
- With a hand on their shoulder, a song on your lips, or a carton of their favorite ice cream in the freezer.
- Over a nervous smile, biting back the just-this-side-of-desperate hope they’ll say it back.
- With a soft sigh. Past exhaustion and frustration and despair, like it’s the only good thing left. Sometimes it is.
Tag: shipping
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The AO3 Tag of the Day is: For those who can’t handle 200,000 words of build-up
Fanfiction Trope MASH-UP
Rules: Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story.
- Historical AU
- Royal AU
- Modern AU
- Coffee Shop AU
- Bar/Restaurant
AU- Bookshop AU
- Florist AU
- Hospital AU
- Dance
AU- Airport/Travel AU
- Neighbour AU
- Roommate AU
- Detective AU
- Bodyguard AU
- Criminal
AU- Prison AU
- War AU
- Circus AU
- Summer Camp AU
- Teacher AU
- Dystopian AU
- Space AU
- Performer
AU- Soulmate AU
- Fairy Tale AU
- Massage Fic
- Sick/Injured Fic
- Proposal Fic
- Wedding Fic
- Holiday Fic
- Birthday Fic
- Pregnancy Fic
- Baby Fic
- Vacation Fic
- Bathtub Fic
- Text/Letter Fic
- Coming Out Fic
- Grief
Fic- Survival/Wilderness Fic
- Almost Kiss
- First Kiss
- The Big Damn Kiss
- Dance
of Romance- Flowers of Romance
- Chocolate
of Romance- Blind Date
- Not a Date
- Fake Dating
- Fake Married
- Arranged Marriage
- Accidentally Married
- Marriage of Convenience
- Mutual
Pining- Secret Relationship
- Established
Relationship- Awful First Meeting
- Forgotten First Meeting
- Accidental Eavesdropping
- Interrupted Declaration of Love
- Poorly Timed
Confession- Love Confession
- Love Confessor (Character A confessing their love
for Character B to Character C)- Everybody
Knows/Mistaken for Couple- Star Crossed Lovers
- It’s Not You, It’s Me
- It’s Not You, It’s My
Enemies- Character in Peril
- Heroic Sacrifice
- Flirting Under Fire
- Locked in a Room
- Twenty-Four
Hours to Live- Stranded on A Desert
Island- Stranded Due to Inclement Weather
- Huddling for Warmth
- Bed Sharing
- Did They or Didn’t They?
- In Vino Veritas
- Above the Influence
- Anger Born of Worry
- Green-Eyed Epiphany
- The Missus and the Ex
- Second Love
- Intimate Artistry
- Married to the Job
- Innocent Physical Contact
- I Didn’t Mean to Turn
You On- Aroused By Her Voice
- Erotic
Dreams- First Time
- Unexpected Virgin
- PWP
- Kink
- Makeovers
- Hair Brushing/Braiding
- Sleep
Intimacy- Scars
- Time Travel
- Curses
- Magical Accidents
- Accidentally Saving
the Day
Ship Things that Kill Me
- 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
would u ever write smut thats not acariosi ;3
great question, dear anon!! i also like to write mez/riosi and sometimes even dabble in mez/acarzha/riosi!
hahaha
okay but on a serious note: i would! right now, my otp list has shrunk down to my rps but uh hell yeah i would, in general. gimme a good pairing, shroom, idk, hit me
holy trinity
Three kinds of OTP
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
sonic-for-real-justice-archive:
team ‘enemies to lovers’ or team ‘friends to lovers’?
enemies to friends to lovers you fool you absolute buffoon
No! Friends to enemies to lovers! More drama that way