Guns and Chocolate

coiling (up in a ball, in on themselves, against something, etc)

panting (there’s a slew of adjectives you can put after this, my favorites are shakily, weakly, etc)

keeling over (synonyms are words like collapsing, which is equally as good but overused in media)

trembling/shivering (additional adjectives could be violently, uncontrollably, etc)

sobbing (weeping is a synonym but i’ve never liked that word. also love using sob by itself, as a noun, like “he let out a quiet sob”)

whimpering (love hitting the wips with this word when a character is weak, especially when the pain is subsiding. also love using it for nightmares/attacks and things like that)

clinging (to someone or something, maybe even to themselves or their own clothes)

writhing/thrashing (maybe someone’s holding them down, or maybe they’re in bed alone)

crying (not actual tears. cry as in a shrill, sudden shout)

dazed (usually after the pain has subsided, or when adrenaline is still flowing)

wincing (probably overused but i love this word. synonym could be grimacing)

doubling-over (kinda close to keeling over but they don’t actually hit the ground, just kinda fold in on themselves)

heaving (i like to use it for describing the way someone’s breathing, ex. “heaving breaths” but can also be used for the nasty stuff like dry heaving or vomiting)

gasping/sucking/drawing in a breath (or any other words and phrases that mean a sharp intake of breath, that shite is gold)

murmuring/muttering/whispering (or other quiet forms of speaking after enduring intense pain)

hiccuping/spluttering/sniffling (words that generally imply crying without saying crying. the word crying is used so much it kinda loses its appeal, that’s why i like to mix other words like these in)

stuttering (or other general terms that show an impaired ability to speak — when someone’s in intense pain, it gets hard to talk)

staggering/stumbling (there is a difference between pain that makes you not want to stand, and pain that makes it impossible to stand. explore that!)

recoiling/shrinking away (from either the threat or someone trying to help)

pleading/begging (again, to the threat, someone trying to help, or just begging the pain to stop)

blamasu mermay blamasu mermay

Their minds meet in a shared space.

A space that exists perfectly and perpetually between them, a sort of dream shared by a twinned subconscious. An embrace.

When their thoughts wander, they wander here, on untouched sands and swaying grass.

2.

"Isn't it what you wanted?"

Zamasu effortlessly arranges the real world to reflect their shared space. Their home. The construction is sturdy, even immaculate, but each detail feels tender and dutiful.

Black realizes the look on his face isn't the one on Zamasu's. He realizes too late that his brow was curved with something like boredom, and that perhaps this idyllic place just might be boring.

"I'm tired and need to rest." he explains.

Zamasu's response is reserved.

3.

When Black dies inside of him, leaving him hideously fused to a corpse, Zamasu's divine mind cracks like a window open to space.

Sasori: *gets out of Hiruko*

Deidara:

Naruto: eating food off each other

Sasuke:

Sasuke: you didn’t do the dishes

Sasuke: kind, blonde, dumb, good sense of humor

Naruto: that sounds kind of like me. too bad i’m not a girl

Sasuke:…did i mention dumb?

Naruto: yeah

Naruto: hell yeah! i have PTSD: Proficient Talent for Sucking DiCK!! lmao

therapist: maybe we can talk about your use of humour as an unhealthy coping mechanism