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A Picture is Worth.... Meme
This ain't your mama's meme. Forget your RNG, forget your tired old prompts.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
It's easy. Comment with your character. Then go comment around.
But instead of pre-filled prompts with words or numbers, you find a gif or image (any gif/image from any canon or scenario you please) that sets the scene.
The picture is the prompt.

WARNING: THIS POST WILL BE IMAGE HEAVY. AND POSSIBLY NSFW AND THERE MAY BE TRIGGERS.
Some images will not be able to be hidden behind cuts, so please be aware that triggery material may be found within.

If you post an image that is violent or sexual in nature please LINK it, do not embed it into the comment.

Feel free to use this template to stick your image in there.

Good resources for images/gifs are weheartit or tumblr. For not so safe for work gifs/images go here and here.

original meme here

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[You might've thought it'd be impossible to go from pissed off to stunned silence in two seconds flat, but you'd be wrong. Kirk just proved that wrong. His mouth falls open a little bit, and it's so obvious that he had no idea that she felt that way about him. Both loving him and getting burnt by him.

Shit, Carol, the last they ever talked about it, they agreed to be friends with benefits. He'd felt himself edging towards crossing the line. He had no idea that she'd already crossed it and learning that... he'd liken it to standing on the edge of a cliff face and for the first time in his life, he's hesitating. And he doesn't know why.

Kirk drops his gaze again and licks his lips. Fuck. This is a mess.]

So what, the alternative is never being a part of her life? Because I did that, as a kid, I never had my father and trust me, that sucks more. [He's starting there because it seems easiest.]

And we'll never even know if you don't give me the chance.

[Her gaze is too focused on a Van Gogh painting near the dining room to notice Jim and his reaction to her confession. Yes, she knows she said it. It wasn't entirely planned, but she said it and there's nothing she can do about it. She's already placing her -- their daughter in his hands, what does it matter if she also does the same with her heart? She'd much prefer if that's damaged than Dorothy, to be honest.]

But, you're a perfectly fine person. [Despite what she said previously and it's said out of complete sincerity. What she said before was said out of anger and it's not as if Carol is entirely without faults either. She needed to justify keeping Dorothy and him apart.

She lets out a soft sigh and clasps her hands together.] Jim, I grew up in a nuclear family and it probably sucked just as much. It doesn't matter if it's a single-parent or a village raising a child, it only works if the people involved want to be there. If being a part of your daughter's life is really what you want, I can do little else but place my faith in you and allow it.

[Perfectly fine is not without issues nor does it mean that he wouldn't give almost anything for the chance to know his father. Maybe it's different for him because he knows now that it's all Nero and Spock's fault that his life turned out this way.

Kirk licks his lips again, and leans forward. It's what he wants. His heart is pounding in his chest and he has no idea how to be a parent but he wants it.]

Thank you.

[Yes, but at least he can see his child grow up in this life.

She looks at him and smiles in reply.] Hey. [She gently hits his hand to get his attention.] Dorothy's starting a new daycare tomorrow. Do you want to come over at around eight and come along? [Well, Carol says new. Dorothy bit the teacher at her last one.]

It'll only be for a few hours, at most. I want to see how she likes this one before I permanently put her in it.

[Yeah, because he is such an expert on daycares.

Kirk looks back at her, and if she sees something in his expression that's still shocked that she fell for him, well. It's there. He doesn't know what to say about it.

He nods after a moment.] Sure. [Pause. Wait.] What happened to the last one?

[Her smile warms and she leans forward enough to brush her fingertips across his knuckles. If Jim can't see why she fell for him, then she'll spend every minute of their time together from now on showing him why. And maybe he should figure out what to say about it, eventually. But he hasn't said anything negative about it, so Carol's taking that as a good sign until further notice.

When he asks what happened, she really tries to frown, but her smile remains in a grotesque mixture of a frown and smile.] Dorothy bit a teacher at the last one. To be fair though, the teacher was... a not very good man. Don't worry, I talked to her. [Mostly that she should come to her mommy if she had a problem with a teacher.]

[He will say something eventually. He just... God, he doesn't know what he needs. A solid knock to the head to put some sense in there, maybe.

Kirk laughs. It's good she talked to their daughter because Kirk probably would have high fived her for that.]

She is definitely your kid. [It's not like he came away from their encounters without marks on his body.]

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