Sudden Realization of Attraction Meme

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the sudden realization of attraction emotions LOVE meme

In retrospect, you've probably had these feelings for this person for forever, you've just never noticed them right in front of your eyes. After all, emotions like this don't pop out of nowhere. But it seems like it, because you've just noticed you like - maybe even l.o.v.e. - this person...or at least be attracted to them in a BIG BIG way. Of course, it may have to do with the outside pushes and shoves that had led you to this conclusion; surely, though, there had been hints before. Oh, there were? You never thought about it? You repressed it? You refused to believe?

Well. Reality is here to smack you right in this face, probably at the least oppertune moments. That's how these realizations tend to work. Who this person is to you - classmate, ally, brother in arms, worst enemy, best friend - varies, and so can your reaction. You can be embarrassed, confess from the highest mountain, continue to ignore those feelings because that's completely healthy, or let your instinct run wild and kiss them right on the mouth. It's all up to you.

Don't say you didn't realize.

How to Play
♡ Comment with your character and preferences. Feel free to give information about your character or mention what kind of relationships you may enjoy playing, or leave your comment blank.
♥ There's a catch. For those who leave top comments, your character is the one having the revelation about those who respond to you.
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Prompts

1. You two were having fun, until...boom. Right in the fondness. Things got real.
2. Just like in kindergarden, they were mean to you.
3. They were caring for you or comforting you, showing affection or healing.
4. They were teasing you.
5. You were arguing. I hate you! I LOVE you! Oops.
6. Clumsiness can lead to embarrassment or accidental kissing.
7. They got the Hollywood makeover, and oh, no, they're hot!
8. You were staring too long and your heart started beating faster.
9. They were like a brother or sister to you until now, and you never saw them that way before.
10. Someone said that you two make/would make a great couple, and now you can't stop thinking about it.
11. You've been pretending to be together...and now the feelings are real.
12. They have to leave - forever!
13. You are heading off to battle together, and one or both of you may die.
14. You are heading off to battle them!
15. Just like the middle ages - or maybe it is the middle ages - you've learned that they're promised to someone else.
16. You've learned they're with someone else of their own will.
17. Jealousy is an ugly trait, but even though they're not with that other person, you can't help but jump to conclusions. Why do you care so much?
18. Now that you've realized your feelings for them, they will be yours. They will be.
19. They call you out on your feelings, or ask you why you are the way you are.
20. The attraction's one-sided...right? It has to be.
20. You're in denial, your life's a trial. Surely you can't be thinking this about them!
21. You're playing it off, even if you look weird in front of them.
22. RUN AWAY, you can't deal with this. Yes, literally run away.
23. You recognize your feelings, but sadly put them aside for the greater good
24. This was supposed to be just sex, yet as you're coming, you're realizing how deep this is, actually...
25. SUDDEN CONFESSION
26. SUDDEN SHOW OF AFFECTION - ie hugs
27. SUDDEN KISSES
28. SUDDEN MAKEOUTS
29. SUDDEN SEX because completing a trifecta here.
30. W I L D C A R D

Comments

[offwithhishat]

"Chess!" Too late, she was already up. Well, for a second anyway. Panic registered on his face the moment she began to fall back, and he reached forward to grab her waist before she made impact with the ground. He gave them both a second to catch their breath, but since they were already halfway there he figured he may as well just do what he already should have been doing.

"Alright. Since someone is being a safety hazard," he put his free arm under the bend of her knees and hoisted her up, not even bothering with asking, "from here on you're banned from walking until you can stand like the rest of us."

[thegrinprecedes]

"Well well, you do care," there was a slight purr to her voice, her green eyes meeting his as her arms looped around his neck.

The back and forth game between them far easier to play than admitting her embarrassment at he fumble. Something stirred in her to see him like this, to see something beyond his typical smoke and mirrors. But maybe that came from working with the people he did in the other realms; people like the Dark One. You could never be too open with him she'd imagine.

[offwithhishat]

"I could have just left you there." He pulled a face like he was actually considering it, partly to keep her occupied from the pain but mostly to cover the awkwardness of being so close.

It was true that for his line of work he had to put on a front of sorts. He had secrets like anyone else, so the more of a show he put on the less people would think there was anything to him besides an odd mishmash of eccentricity. And, well, some of that oddness came naturally. Sometimes he felt like he was pretending to be sane more than anything else. But, you know, whatever it was about people being mad in Wonderland.

[thegrinprecedes]

Chess rolled her eyes. "Could being the operative word."

She remained quiet for a few long minutes, watching the scenery past them by as he walked. Part of her mind centered on the pain while the other, the other tried to shift through his tangle emotions. Reading people after all, was in the family job description.

"Why make a place here anyway, if you dislike it so much? We both know there's wide range of realms to choose from."

[offwithhishat]

He sort of had a feeling that she was trying to figure him out. He didn't like the idea of that, but at the end of the day it was just typical Chess. If nothing else he didn't have to worry about her having bad intentions.

"You know how often I'm here. There's always some ingredient or rarity somebody is after." Wonderland was a good place to be able to get to, basically. "So it made sense. I'm also sort of shooting for the idea that if I ever run into her Royal Heartlessness that she might be a little more sympathetic to someone who isn't entirely an outsider."

He grimaced a bit. He didn't want to be considered an insider either.

"I also needed to have a place to take girls when they sprain their ankles."

[thegrinprecedes]

"I wouldn't count on that," her tone icy, "the Queen is no friend to anyone, born here or otherwise." The sting of her parents deaths hurt as much now as they had the day of. When Cora killed her father, she might as well have ripped the entire lot right out, the three of them had never been the same. Then years later, Regina had taken Chess's mother out just as easily.

Smirking, trying to thaw the ice that had that surrounded her heart at the memories of her parents respective deaths. "And here I was, thinking I wasn't your type."

[offwithhishat]

He probably shouldn't have mentioned Cora at all. She had herself entangled in a lot of people's stories, and always as the villain. It was usually better not to bring her up.

"Sorry." He gave an awkward, empathetic smile. "Again."

But he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at her comment.

"Oh, so you have been thinking about it then?" He grinned, a hint of mischief to his voice.

[thegrinprecedes]

Voice quiet, still trying to shake the thoughts off, "It's fine."

"Not obsessively, but yes." She lightly swatted his shoulder at that grin, "The thought has come to mind, our paths seems to cross enough. Then again, I'm one of the few other people I know besides you that can jump realms, I suppose it was bound to happen."

Fights a small smile of her own.

[offwithhishat]

He'd drop the issue then. He wouldn't discuss it if she didn't want to.

"Yes?" Jefferson laughed a bit, but not in a condescending way. More like he was pleasantly surprised, maybe. He could flirt a bit, sure, but ultimately Chess deserved better than him and he knew that. Besides his obvious trust issues and teetering sanity, he couldn't trust himself to keep her safe. Most of all she deserved to actually live.

He bit his lip and looked forward. Why was he thinking about it now? He hadn't meant to. Had he?

"I take it you're a believer of paths crossing for a reason." Maybe if he just kept talking he wouldn't keep thinking about ridiculous things.

[thegrinprecedes]

The blonde gave a half chuckle from his arms, "You sound surprised. I take it you haven't," a beat passed and then she added as an after thought. "But I then again, I've never taken you as the guy looking to settle down."

Looking back up at him, she watched as he bit his lip...maybe she'd been wrong. He was certainly thinking about something now. Despite his own thoughts, Chess believed he'd make a good partner to someone one day, he just needed the right anchor. He by no means was a conventional personality.

"Better known as destiny? Yes. How can I not when projecting paths is another one of our tricks, it changes with peoples choices, but there is an art to it. A magic all its own, it stays the course it's meant to."

[offwithhishat]

"You should know better than to try to figure out what I'm thinking." He paused for a moment, a sly smile sneaking onto his face."Buuut now that I've got you in my arms like this it's okay if you want to pretend that I'm your personal prince charming for a while."

"You know, I've never been able to believe that. Everything feels too... random." At this point he might have twirled his finger in a gesture to indicate his proposed insanity, but dropping Chess wasn't really worth it for a dry joke. So he just wryly smiled instead.

[thegrinprecedes]

"I enjoy the challenge," she replied back, a smirk curling along her lips at his next words and she shook her head softly; amused.

"In the small of things, sure. But looking back, things begin to add up, to show a pattern. We're creatures of habit." She shrugs, "But given your stance, maybe all that shows is you need someone like me to balance you out."

[offwithhishat]

"It's something to keep you busy, anyway." He shrugged lightly. Sometimes even he didn't understand what was going on inside his head.

"Maybe." Either she'd put a lot of thought into it or she was just the type who had everything all figured out already. Well, nearly everything. "If I didn't know better I'd say you like being carried around like this."

[thegrinprecedes]

She shrugged back.

Not so much thought as again observing and reading people, opposites really did tend to attract. To balance. "It beats skirting around trees as a cat. All the same, I'd say it's good I can spot the house; this ankle won't get better on it's own,"

[offwithhishat]

Right, the house. He'd almost forgotten where he'd been going at all. Sometimes when Chess said things he couldn't help but get caught up in it. She was... insightful? Was that the right word? It was kind of nice to have someone to trade thoughts with once in a while as well.

He just nodded when she spoke, his mind somewhere else as it usually was.

"Here it is. 'Home sweet home'." Jefferson announced their arrival in a monotone. To be objective it wasn't at all a bad place to set up shop, it was just... too... Wonderland-y.

"Time for a balancing act." It was awkward and probably ridiculous looking, but he managed to pull the door key out of his pocket without dropping her. Well, just barely. It might have been smarter to put her down first, but you can't expect that much forethought from someone who's one foot into insanity.

"Sorry if it's, I don't know, too much like a guy's place."

So sorry with the late reply - college = crazy right now!

[thegrinprecedes]

Chess would claim she tried to be insightful, but really it was probably just a side effect of her empathy abilities. Which, while helpful could make her seem a bit off to people...most didn't like to be read. Let alone their children.

"More like the home away from home for you," Chess resisted the urge to roll her eyes at him as he got the key. "I probably could have gotten that a little easier." Really, with him supporting her, she only needed one hand at his neck.

The blonde glanced around as he brought her inside, not sure how she'd describe it. "It's...a waiting canvas really." It wasn't exactly homey, but it wasn't all "guy" either. It felt more like a transitional space, something that was used off and on, with no real trace of who lived there. Minus the few old hat supplies of course.

oh its fine, i'm late all the time LOL

[offwithhishat]

"Yeah, but it wouldn't have been nearly as impressive that way." He eyed her for a quick second and the corners of his mouth turned into a small smirk. It's not like he was actually trying to impress her by opening a door.

... at least he thought he wasn't.

"If this place is a canvas I don't think it's going to find a willing painter for a long time." He gently sat her down on the softest seat he had, propping her leg up on a nearby stool. "Need anything before I go out there again? You might need to tell me what to look for but I won't be long."

Gotta love RL for that!

[thegrinprecedes]

"You never know, Wonderland has a habit of growing on people." Or in truth, perhaps its inhabitants did. Meaning there was hope for a little paint yet.

"I think I saw some Arnica the last time I was here, we can make a compress from that which should help with the swelling." Since it appeared he was lacking on plant knowledge she adds. "They look like orange daisies."

oh you betcha

[offwithhishat]

"Maybe. I mean, who isn't a big fan of magic giant mushrooms and marshmallow lakes?" He put his hands up and shrugged in his usual exaggerated fashion. Of course he was being his everyday sarcastic self, but he sort of wanted to make her laugh too. She deserved at least that much after putting herself in danger the way she had. Jefferson still didn't entirely understand why she had, but... well, no, that was untrue. It was because she had a good heart, even if that wasn't always a safe thing to have in Wonderland.

"Orange daisies. Got it." He took a few wide strides towards the door, but spun back around as if he'd thought of something. "If you need anything scream really loud." He offered a stupid grin before turning back around and heading out the door. He was pretty sure he knew where to find what she was talking about...

[thegrinprecedes]

Which he succeeds in doing, maybe a part of her enjoyed the sarcasm, at least it was honest. She shook her head softly, a light chuckle passing her lips. As for his musings about her heart, it appeared it wasn't the only one filled with goodness, he was helping her after all.

"Might give your neighbors the wrong impression if I do." She calls after him.

[offwithhishat]

"Don't try to escape while I'm gone!" He yelled back, obviously not caring who heard him. Tons of people probably had a unique impression of him anyway.

Luckily enough he didn't have to go too far to find what they needed, so he was back in a few short minutes.

"For you." He held the flowers out in a messy bouquet, back to that playful smirk. "I couldn't find any catnip."

[thegrinprecedes]

"Best you didn't," her lips quirk in response as she takes the bouquet. "It goes straight to my head."

She splits the bouquet in half and asks. "Do you have a mortar and pestle?"

[offwithhishat]

"Straight to your head, huh? I wouldn't know anything about that sort of thing." A nonchalant shrug. They both knew he was being cheeky.

"Probably. Where I put it on the other hand..." He pulled a face, but was quick to start rummaging through cupboards and cabinets.

[thegrinprecedes]

Chess grins then, shaking her head. Not even going to try and respond to that, it would only give him further ammunition.

"And here I thought you had place for everything." She teased, already beginning to pull the individual petals loose, they would be easier to grind that way. "I'll need some water and a cloth of some kind to make the compress."

[offwithhishat]

"I do!" He shot back, faking indigence. "Sometimes that place just happens to be somewhere I don't remember."

It took him a good five or six minutes to find it, turning hats upside down and slamming drawers open and closed. Some places were downright silly to check, but one could never really guess what he would find to be a suitable storage spot in the heat of the moment. He mumbled a few apologizes along the way, but finally was able to collect all that she'd asked for.

"Let me do it? I'd be a pretty awful host if I made you do the work." He held a hand out for the petals she was holding.