iwillresthere

Every blade of grass has an Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow"

He did a wonderful job, but as he was returning my plant to my custody, he explained "I watered her every other day, I gave her new dirt, moved her into the sunshine, prayed the rosary-"

"What?"

He looked at me, confused. "Isn't she a plant you pray with?"

"No," I said slowly. "She's a prayer plant. That's the... colloquial name of the plant."

Upon seeing his stricken face, I realized something went wrong. Turns out, this entire time, he's been including my plant in on his prayers and leaving her near icons.

I mean, Shane is going to express himself wildly differently from Ramsey lol. But if you’re someone who Should Know Better and you play hockey badly, he’s going to murder you with his brain. If you suck but are a cocky shit, he’s gonna put you in your place. But if you are Doing Your Actual Best, he’ll privately think you should be sent down to the AHL and he definitely doesn’t want you on his line, and he might forget you exist sometimes, but he’s not gonna be cruel to you about it.

honestly, he's kinda glad he's not on hollander's line. the one time they tried that at camp tanner got so nervous he completely embarrassed himself in front of future hall of famer shane hollander. hollzy was really nice about it, though. he even bought him a beer that night!

so no, tanner isn't bothered he's on the third line now. the team's doing great and he's just happy to be in the room.

it's just... why does haasy keep glaring at him? every time hollander talks to him, he gets the stink eye from haas.

and sure, it's not like he and the kid were super close last season. haasy obviously never worshiped him the way he did roz, or even asked him for advice the way he did with bood. but they got along fine! he complimented the kid's drawings and haasy drew a spiderman for his niece.

and now the kid's constantly rolling his eyes or glaring at him. wait, could he have a crush on hollander? haasy came out to the team early in the season, and everyone's been chirping him about crushing on roz, but maybe now that they're on the same line he's all about hollzy? (valid, in tanner's opinion. if he was gonna try something with a guy, hollzy would definitely be at the top of his list.) maybe he thinks hollander likes tanner better, since he's always so nice to him. hollzy is pretty rough on his lineys. (another reason tanner's grateful not to be one of them)

it all comes to a head at practice one day. hollander compliments tanner on a nice pass as tanner skates past them, and by the time he's gotten his water bottle, haas and hollander are having a ferocious, whispered argument they seem intent on not letting the others hear. maybe hollander's telling him not to be jealous of a straight guy. maybe he's letting him down gently. hell, maybe he's inviting him to be his and roz's third, tanner doesn't fucking know.

whatever it is, it fixes the problem. after that, haas is perfectly nice to him again. in fact, he's nicer about tanner's hockey than he's ever been before.

And lil me, panicked by Baby’s First Outing and wholly unprepared to answer this, responds with “it’s like what dad does but with consent”

My handwriting is the same style as the teacher’s who I had when I was nine. I’m now twenty one and he’s been dead eight years but my i’s still curve the same way as his.

I watched the last season of a TV show recently but I started it with my friend in high school. We haven’t spoken in four years.

I make lentil soup through the recipe my gran gave me.

I curl my hair the way my best friend showed me.

I learned to love books because my father loved them first.