the intimacy of sleeping together, but not in a sexual way. the intimacy of feeling the warmth of their body in a cool room. their hands hugging you tightly. the intimacy of synchronized breathing. sleepy half-kisses. feeling safe. feeling warm. waking up and realizing how much you love them. how precious this is. finding the happiness on the tip of your fingers, brushing their hair. closing your eyes again. pulling closer. falling asleep.
natsu and lucy with their parental issues that run in wildly opposite directions. guy who desperately loved his father and spent a good portion of the series searching for him. girl who ran away from her father and avoided dealing with her complicated feelings about him—until it was too late. guy whose father disappeared in order to protect him. girl whose father came back into her life only because he wanted something from her. guy who never had a mother figure and never felt the need for one, either. girl whose mother was the only loving parental figure she could remember having. You Know.
few things more humbling than the realization that you really do write the same fic(s) over and over again
rewatching fairy tail rn and every time someone says "we're gonna hunt down all those fairies" it just sounds like all the villains are very homophobic
Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield (1957) Julia Bowen and Sofia Vergara (2014) Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney (2021)