someone who exists (sort of)

In the dream, Simon was born and raised on earth. There was never a Quiet Rapture and the stars are not dying either. He gets to live a life like the ones he has seen in the movies Grace calls "slice of life" He has a job (he's not sure what the job is, but he knows he has one. to pay the bills) and he has his own flat.

He meets this beautiful man named Grace. he is a teacher and he is the first person to smile so kindly to Simon. he falls in love with him point blank. and for some reason, Grace seems to feel the same way. they start meeting up, they go on date after date after date, until one day they run into one of Grace's former students.

she's nice. excited to have ran into her former teacher after so long. Grace, of course, remembers her. apparently she was on the first class Grace ever taught and is turning 21 today.

Grace introduces Simon to her. she's surprised, saying Simon looks very young to be the same age as Grace. Simon had never been uncomfortably over the seven year age gap between him and Grace until that exact moment. what is he doing? wouldn’t Grace be more confident with someone his own age? With someone more mature and out together than him?

after she leaves, Grace consoles Simon over it saying that they’re both consenting adults that met as adults and that as long as Simon is not worried about it, he doesn’t care either.

but Simon can't let it go. he is suddenly very anxious over this it's stupid, he knows that, but he still blurts out: "what if i had been your student then? would you still have loved me?"

Grace looks at him with those kind eyes that have disarmed Simon over and over again. "Yes," he says, "I'll always love you."

bloodymary parallels make brain go brrr

Hilly’s stress has reached an untenable level, but after a trip to the doctor she quickly learns she’s not alone. The whole world is feeling it, and this sensation reaches even more terrifying heights when the earth itself begins to shatter under its own psychic weight.

Hilly is trying to stay positive, but that’s easier said than done. Eventually, shes find herself face to face with the physical manifestation of her slowly looming dread that the whole world is falling apart… but that’s when things take a turn for the erotic.

Now, Hilly and her physically manifested dread are locked in a hardcore lesbian encounter, where they’re learning something very important about pushing onward, and eating ass.

This erotic tale is 4,200 words of sizzling human on sentient emotional state action and lesbian existential dread love.

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I love the idea that the jewel-y smooth parts of eridians are caused by erosion. Their joints are the most colorful and smooth cause of constant friction of moving around. I think the bottoms of their feet would also be very eroded. Kinda like callouses except like. If it was the opposite.