Fic - All Choked Up [buck/bucky]

love means nothing (in tennis)

a Buck/Bucky tennis AU by phlegmatic

Gale meets John Egan at a Challenger in Bordeaux when they’re both 19 years old. After that, he can’t seem to shake him. But what’s more is, despite what his dad says about Gale’s game, and what the commentators say about their rivalry, and what he’s been told about tennis his whole life, Gale doesn’t think he wants to.

Hearing Lee yell “C’mon” above the groaning of the crowd isn’t because he’s louder than anyone else’s disappointment; it’s because it’s a sound that Gale is hearing inside his own head anyway. The aim had been correct, according to Gale’s eyes, but his body is lurching into serves with limbs dragged through pulpy juice—or something even more viscous, hotter, like the air weighing down his lungs. Weather forecast didn’t say anything about heat, but Gale may as well be breathing in the sun and seawater. Both serves (both faults), he looked down the court—desert stretch of orange—and Lemmons was made of soft rubber, but Gale could see the lines. The ball is the problem, not going where he sends it. His body is moving too slow, is the problem, and there’s a knife behind his eye, poking through the cotton wool filling his skull. The ringing in his ears is the problem, the dizziness.

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by alexbeckett_

dear professor i cant seem to lock in. its so over

Joy Sullivan, from “These Days People Are Really Selling Me On California”, Instructions for Traveling West

don't forget to tear apart and overanalyze every detail of that entirely positive social interaction you just had that initially made you feel good but now you're not so sure ok love you

I'm worried there's a very distinct and real possibility that I am about to fall in love with you.

WE LIVE IN TIME (2024) dir. John Crowley

DeMarco, admit it. You're wrong. All right, I'm wrong. Let's go.

大容量&格安! 「コストコのおすすめケーキ」

is it weird for me to ask you about your experience getting your nipple piercings 😋 i just followed you for your mota fic and am super excited to read but like. then i saw your recent post and i’m trying to decide if i want to get my nipples pierced before my trip this summer but i’m such a baby about pain so i’m so scared and then i’m also like what an awful place for an infection or anything of the sort 😅

Not weird!! I have them and also work at a piercing shop lmao I have this convo every day with people

With nipple piercings they’re definitely more painful of piercings but like. They’re doable!! We don’t judge if someone curses or yells during them because we’ve been there. Some people say it was awful some people say it was a breeze. They’re the second ones I ever did and tbh I did not go about it the right way and they took a long time to heal! I also did both of mine at once which wasn’t fun but I’m glad I did it that way.

Generally it’s about 8 months to a year for full healing and we want to stay out of any bodies of water (pools, ponds, lakes, oceans, baths) for the first 2 months). Any piercing heals from the outside in so even if it feels great on the outside it could still be an open wound or a scab on the inside!

We pierce with a long bar to account for swelling and any ethical piercer will want you to come in after 4-6 weeks to downsize the bar to allow for continued healing. What you want to look for when going to a studio/piercer is someone who is APP certified! That’s like the national/international violation of ethical piercers. Safepiercing.org has a map on it if you put in your zipcode it will tell you all the APP studios in your area. They will also walk you through all the risks and aftercare

Bring a friend! Have them hold your hand! They’re worth it in the end