So long, my luckless romance

[processions]

The Painful Secret Pining Meme



You've been with them for a long time - years, perhaps, maybe even their whole life. More than that, you served as a true friend and supporter. No one could be as dedicated as you are, and you're content to stay in the shadows and let them shine if it just means you can stay by their side a little longer.

But you're not a perfect saint or a martyr of friendship. There are somewhat selfish undertones to your loyalty. You love them.

You feel like you’ve loved them forever, yet while it’s a great affection - no, “great” is probably not enough - in your heart, these feelings are your secret, kept away from everyone…possibly from the object of your desire themself! After all, you couldn’t burden them with anything like that. So, you’ll allow your own emotions to come in second place.

Of course, you haven’t allowed yourself to figure out how this could come back to haunt you in the end, could you? What about when your love moves on to someone who’s “more than a friend?” They won’t need you as much any more. Can you take into account the moment when you snap and can’t hold back the truth any more? And even if you’re really “together,” others won’t know if you keep your relationship under lock and key, and you’ll have to endure others approaching your lover.

Then again, the shoe could be on the other foot. You could be the side being pined after. Will you ever realize your friend’s feelings; if you do, can you return them? After you are certain that you do, will it be too late? Can one burst of passion lead you both to something that changes your relationship forever?

• Basically, it’s a meme about (one-sided) love one friend has for another over a long time. Devotion, angst, all that.
• Thread out withheld desires, stoic facades, attempts at leaving this all behind, anger, awkwardness, breaking down, confessions, and all that.
• Comment with your character and preferences. You might want to include your smut/no smut status.
• Mention if you’d like your character to be the pining or the pined for.

Comments

bruno buccellati | jjba | ota

[winzip]

[ Let's hate ourselves. ]

mycroft holmes / enola holmes

[gentility]

[swanskin]

( have a swan maiden oc here, if you're interested! something with the captured bride motif? Mycroft (maybe unwittingly) holds her swanskin, so she's bound to be his wife, probably while posing as your garden variety human heiress — so for him it's just a lucrative business venture? only, oops, pining. open to other ideas if you've got 'em :3 )

HOMELANDER —— THE BOYS.

[timore]

mallaidh ashby ღ original ღ f/m

[sweetestheart]

( Modern fine by me! )

Joe | The Old Guard

[stillthrillsme]

[Open to other ideas, but I would really like to play out Joe and Nicky's Crusades-era backstory for this!]

Steve Rogers | MCU | OTA

[cap_rogers0704]

Brock Rumlow | MCU | OTA

[orderthrupain]

Dabi | BNHA | m/m

[creamation]

Will Graham / Hannibal / m/f or m/m

[noeyecontact]

[tablewithoutpity]

[Piner? Pinee? Mutual pining?]

Katara | Avatar The Last Airbender

[waterbendingmaster]

Tony Stark | Marvel

[dyseuphoria]

[either, both, Tony-Stark-fuckery]

Shigure | Fire Emblem: Fates | OTA

[shigure]

[Painfully pining.]

jaskier - the witcher

[lettenhove]

[ probably the one pining. ]

Lan Wangji| The Untamed |ota

[gusu_melody]

sansa stark | asoiaf/got | ota

[eyried]

Irene Adler | Sherlock Holmes | OTA

[betweenhusbands]

Isabeau dAnjou - Ladyhawke - OTA (with leanings to tall wolves)

[isabeau_danjou]

Naminé | Kingdom Hearts

[lethechained]

[ F/M, no smut. ]

Mycroft Holmes | SHERLOCK (BBC). OTA

[kittykatz]

Think the Iceman doesn't have heart? Guess again. On the other hand, this is someone who could keep it secret for years and still working alongside the person he is pining on.

Alternative; he could be oblivious to other people's signs of affection. Curse that Holmes genes and upbringing, he would recognize the signs in others when not directed to him but when it comes to himself being the object of pining he most likely doesn't see it.

Simon | Detroit: Become Human

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Victor Frankenstein | Penny Dreadful | OTA

[everlastingchains]

Raymond Reddington | The Blacklist | OTA

[redddington]

Midoriya Izuku | MHA

[heronerd]

[jumpfloatjunior]

[ Would you be down for some crosscanon? ]

Padmé ⋆ Star Wars

[nexubait]

Sir Lancelot du Lac | Arthurian mythos

[pained_longing]

((Had to.))