—b l u r r e d—

[weebsock]

BLURRED For most people, the lines between platonic and romantic are very clearly drawn. Not true for you two; friendship and romance intermingle in your relationship, and to be honest, it's hard to discern where one ends and the other begins. You're bosom buddies. There's a spark between you. You're lovers, too, maybe, or it could be completely innocent. You're love interests. You're intimate, you're close, you're ride or die. You don't understand why romantic and platonic can't coexist. You don't need labels. HOW TO PLAY Comment with your character and preferences, i.e. no smut, etc. Feel free to include as much or as little information as you'd like. Reply to others. RNG for a prompt or choose your own. PROMPTS Since Forever: You've always been friends, ever since you were young, so this closeness is an outgrowth of that. Natural Connection: Some people just click. You guys go together like peanut butter and jelly. Love Everyone: At least one of you is the type to shower love and affection on everyone you meet. No More Darkness: They drug you out of your not-so-pleasant path, so you cling to them. Owe Them Everything: You owe them a solid. You're now more than simple friends. No Big Deal: You don't understand romance as separated from friendship. Cultural: Your culture doesn't discern so heavily between "lover" and "friend," a la troll society in Homestuck. Closeness: Hugs, cuddles, and kisses, oh my! All My Secrets Away: They know everything about you and can be there if you need help. The Most Important Person: They're not merely a special person to you, they're The Person. UST: Just because your relationship is unconventional doesn't mean there can't be a few unresolved issues, can it? Intimacy: More like Friends with Benefits. Feel More Comfortable with You: So, you kinda want to try this whole sex thing. May as well do it with the one you trust implicitly. No One Understands Me Like You Do: In general, not many get you. But this person does and it's such a relief. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Why do people keep thinking you're a couple? Okay, by some definitions, you are, but these guys are trying to limit you! Assisted Romance: One of you has a crush on someone outside the duo. The other is supportive...and wants to give some tips. Want to Be More: You want to actually be official and exclusive. Jealousy: All the attention your - well, not partner - sort-of-significant-bff has been giving other people really raises your hackles. Unspoken: You two don't have to speak or say anything about your status; you know what you are. Say You Love Me: ...still, you wouldn't mind hearing the l-o-v-e word. Realization: The person you want to be with forever, maybe even in a completely romantic context, is right in front of you. Bros Before Hos: You won't pursue or engage with someone outside the twosome because it bothers your special someone. Upgrade: You've decided to renegotiate the terms of your relationship. Romantic/Platonic Life Partners: No matter what happens, you guys are content to continue on as you are, even to life partner levels.

Comments

Eleanor Hume | Tales of Berseria | OTA

[my_own_will]

[moon_heroine]

(OoC: Love Everyone, Cuddling and Intimacy?)

Xue Yang | The Untamed

[xue_yang]

Astro | Astro Boy (2009 film)

[onward_and_upward]

[[ooc: Prose writing style preferred! Canon, Cross-canon and OC's are loved. :) I'm down for all the adorable teenage fluffy ships! He's just not appropriate for full on smut.]]

Aerith Gainsborough|FF7|ota

[excetranal]

Adora|Shera|ota

[ador_able]

Margo Hanson ✫*ﾟ･ﾟ｡.☆.*｡･ﾟ✫*. The Magicians ✫*ﾟ･ﾟ｡.☆.*｡･ﾟ✫*.

[onlyonebambi]

[ Warnings for gratuitous bitchiness and profanity. That's just how she rolls, k? ]

Noriaki Kakyoin | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure | ota

[hierophany]

[ do I post to memes just because my guy is in the picture? yes absolutely. ]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[yo_me_rezo]

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[theresalways_hope]

Sasha James | The Magnus Archives

[kaleeopee]

Larry Johnson | Sally Face

[sanitysfall]

[P much canon anyway...]

Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role

[ofwovenstone]

[M/F but OTA for castmates; assumed CR, AUs, canon and crosscanon all welcome]

trek (50 years later with a cup of dunkins)

[midship]

Not everyone understands them. To be entirely honest, Horatio isn't always entirely certain he understands them.

What he does understand is that Cass has always been and will always be one of the most infuriating people he knows--both because of her frustratingly evasive manner as an intelligence officer and because she actually, properly knows him.

She knows the little wrinkles in his brow and the corner of his lips. She knows when the set of his jaw is something to tease and when it's something to soothe. She knows, almost better than he knows it himself, when it's actually finally time to drag himself from work and just breathe for a few long minutes because something inside him is about to snap. (He knows her too, if he lets himself think about it. He knows the little scrunches of her nose and the flashes in her eyes. He knows when her shoulders are squared with resolve and when it's a matter of hiding her pain. He knows, so far almost unfailingly, when bumping their shoulders together is just the thing to bring her back from wherever her mind has gone and into a proper smile again.)

There's something faintly begrudging about reaching for her hand now in passing (almost her elbow, almost her wrist, but catching absently around her fingers). "Help me with something?"

Not with figuring their-- whatever it was out, obviously.

😍

[ofwovenstone]

Understanding can be vastly overrated. No doubt their... whatever they are, raises no small number of questions from their crewmates, sometimes. And eyebrows, given the number of times they’ve been caught... debating (arguing, it’s absolutely arguing) over their current course and her needing him to adjust it. The two of them can go from that to sitting companionably in the mess stealing bites off each other’s plates within hours. And the opposite. Stealing each other’s food to debating loudly. They’re flexible that way.

He is simultaneously the most frustrating person in the world and her closest, dearest... whatever he is to her, and he knows her better than she knows herself, sometimes. And she knows him. They don’t even need to speak, half the time.

So yes, Cassandra is very aware of the eyebrows they raise from some of their crewmates. And she does not care in the slightest.

She looks down at their hands for a moment, at where his hand has caught around her fingers, and it is instinct to tangle their fingers together properly as she looks up at him with a soft, fond little smile. “Of course.”

[midship]

Of course her fingers tangle into his. That's simply the way things often are. As ever, it unknots his shoulders just a hair as his own slot fully into place. This is a piece of them, whether or not anyone else (or, frankly, the pair of them) fully understands it.

"It's almost Henry's birthday."

Which had been an easy thing when his mentee was all but attached at the hip--because he could mark the event by time together, by quiet meals and easy silences, by a hand on the shoulder and a stretch of his full attention. Now that the boy (young man, though it pains him to say) was off on his own, something new would have to mark the date.

And who knows how he's trying to express himself better than Cass?

[ofwovenstone]

Oh.

His words explain a great deal. The boy (boy, as though she’s such a great deal older) Horatio had mentored had left, gone off on his own, and she knows he is feeling his absence. And will be feeling his absence all the more keenly on the day that had once been marked by time shared together. (As most days had been, given how the two were attached at the hip, but it had been special.)

Her hand squeezes his, gently. An offering of support, as always. Something else would have to mark the date. Something would have to distract him. Try to fill, however poorly, the absence. “How shall we celebrate him?” she asks softly, offering, as always, her friendship and support.

Cassian Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[in_this_fight]

Rey | Star Wars | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

Shiro's clone | V:LD | OTA

[somekindofspaceuncle]

Sei Kashino | Mars | M/F

[agoodboy]

Nanami Kiryuu | RGU | OTA

[donnadonna]

Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

[anoranza]

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[la_bonne_chose]

Nico Moreno | OC | M/F

[salvando_vidas]

Grace Callahan | OC | F/M

[new_beginnings]