[based on this songbird au from The Footballerâs Wife] [pt 1&2] [pt 3&4] [pt 5&6]
âThatâs what I thought,â Sam spat after them. Then she turned to the boy standing next to the wall. âSoâŚâ
âSo, thanks,â he said truthfully but eyeing her and her nose ring warily.
âSure,â she shrugged. âFootball players always need to be taken down a peg or two.â
âYeah,â he agreed, straightening up and readjusting his glasses. âWhat?â he asked as she continued to stare at him.
âWell, you donât ever seem to do it yourself,â she said.
He snorted. âWell, I donât have steel toed boots.â
âAll you really need is a spine,â she told him.
Tucker glared at her. âEasy for you to say when youâre not the one getting whaled on by the entire football team.â
Sam shrugged. âMake them stop.â
âMake?â he sputtered incredulously before barking out a laugh. âMake them stop?â
âYouâre the one with the camera,â she pointed out. âYou decide what you film and how you do it and what gets shown, man. That means you get to dictate a few terms.â
He looked at her curiously. âAnd what terms do you think I should dictate, Samanââ
âSam,â she bit out before she could finish.
âSam,â he corrected.
âI didnât know you knew who I was,â she said, eventually.
âOf course I do,â Tucker snorted as he leaned down to pick up the bag heâd discarded by the lockers as soon as he realized his predicament. âI know all the girls in school.â
âYouâve certainly asked enough of them out,â Sam acknowledged.
âWell, what can I say?â he asked with a grin.
âAnd I would have though youâd been turned down by enough of them,â she added.
His mouth twitched. âIf at first you donât succeedâŚâ he quipped with dying humor.
She canted her head. âBut you didnât ask everyone.â
He looked up at her from the corner of his eye. âNot quite,â he admitted, shifting in place.
âI know,â she said. âYouâve never asked me.â
âAnd⌠I donât plan to,â he said slowly.
âWhy?â she demanded, bristling. âYou think Iâm lacking adequate female parts? That Iâve got too many piercings? Or that Iâm too smart to go out with anyone just because they asked so youâre saving yourself the pain? Or you think Iâm notââ
âWhoa!â Tucker exclaimed, hands up. âUhh, no, lemme stop you right there if I can,â he interjected into her breathless rant. âItâs because you scare me,â he confessed. âOkay?â
Sam blinked. Visibly backed down. Then grinned. âI wanna talk business with you.â
They walked into Lancerâs class together, late enough to earn them a black mark that Tucker didnât even try to argue his way out of. Their detention was spent in adjoining desks, brainstorming what could be done to improve the situation.
The filming situation. Not the being stuck in detention one which didnât seem to bother either of them at the moment.
Tucker pulled his folder out of his backpack and handed it over, worrying his lip as Samâs slender hands flipped through it. She didnât make a sound but turned page after page, leaning forward and scanning each line until Tucker couldnât take it anymore.
âSo?â he asked anxiously.
âThis is good,â Sam said.
A sigh of relief. âThanks.â
âNo, like this is really good,â she clarified. âYou could formally incorporate with the stuff you have in here.â
âI could⌠what?â he stared at her in shock.
âOf course, the first thing that needs to happen is to come up with some alternate sources for your filler,â she decided.
âMy filler?â
âPlease,â she began, and he got the feeling that she rarely used the word. âLetâs have less football and fewer cheerleaders.â
Tucker held up a hand. âHey, Iâm all down for less football. The less I have to film Dash the better, butâŚâ
Sam glared at him, quashing any desire he had to put up a fight for the right of more scantily clad, aesthetically pleasing preppy girls.
âOkay, fine,â he huffed dejectedly. âFine, no more interviews with Paulina,â he said before trailing off by grumbling something unintelligible.
âWhatâs that?â Sam asked sharply.
âNothing,â he protested quickly. âI mean, you better have ideas for how to fill up the time Iâm producing now. Cause I canât back down on what Iâm already doingâŚâ he warned.
Sam smiled slowly, reminding him just why he had been keeping his distance from the girl ever since they started attending the same school. âOh, trust me, I have tons of ideas.â
âReally?â he asked, part of him curious and the other part of him really, really not wanting to know.
âYeah,â she replied. âFirst thing thatâs gonna happen is a school wide response to a change in the lunch menu.â
Tucker perked up. âOoooooh,â he said. âI could get down with that. Finally get something decent in the cafeteria. So when are you thinking?â
âItâll happen tomorrow. First thing after they announce it, I expect. So you should probably bring an extra battery or two.â
âWow,â he leaned forward. âYou⌠already got the board to approve the change? Or you bribed someone to let you make the announcement just to see what happens? See if we can implement a change with some reverse psychology? Thatâs awesome, actually.â
âNo, itâs all set,â Sam answered serenely, closing the cover of Tuckerâs folder and handing it back to him.
âReally?â
âYep, full recyclovegetarian line starts tomorrow.â
Tucker blinked. âWhatâs that?â
Itâs organic matter that eschews the products and byproducts taken from animals.â When she was met by a completely blank stare, she rolled her eyes and clarified, âI donât eat anything with a face.â
But⌠cows have faces. And pigs and chickens and stuffâŚâ Tucker said slowly.
âRight, so like I donât do meat.â
When the truth finally set it, Tucker gaped at her, unable to even string together words.
Sam started laughing at the look of utter horror on his face, a clear melodic sound that would have surprised him if he hadnât been busy learning the true depths of what it felt like to be well and truly sucker-punched.
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jointheeggvolution replied to your post:I fucking hate people who gatekeep mental illness,...
i feel this so hard. like i wonât go into details but like âdepression feels so unreal to meâ that was EXACTLY me after my momâs bf told me iâm exhibiting symptoms of depression⌠and then took quizzes and researched.. yeah i gotta see a doctor tbh
YEAH exactly like i second-guessed myself so many damn times and even know i have some days where i doubt that my depression is real? like gatekeeping a bunch of people who may already doubt their own mental illness is so harmful
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Damn okay try homestuck (tho i barely know anything about that)
OH MY GOD something i have no idea about honestly letâs do this:
i actually tRIED reading it but i literally stopped at the very beginning when john was trying to equip his arms bc it was weird, and also his dadâs clown obsession was somewhat creepy
trolls. trolls everywhere
kids are also gods, and there are the beta and alpha kids?
names (in no particular order): john, dave, jade, roxy, rose, jane?, bro (i donât know his real name oops)
why do the trolls type that way?? who knows but itâs annoying to try and read sometimes
i literally cannot tell any of the trolls apart i donât even know how many there are
something about a betty crocker conspiracy
that green bald thing w/ the bug eyes???
theyâve each got a title or something like daveâs a knight of time? ? maybe?? i donât know the other ones
dave and bro have different sunglasses and itâs the only way i can tell them apart
donât the trolls have weird multi-colored blood or something
made by hussie, who still hasnât finished the video game he raised money for a few years agoÂ
isnât rufio in it, bc dante basco likes homestuck?
theyâre playing a game but actually they became gods and created a whole new world or something i have no idea about that part honestly
they are NOT stuck at home that title is a misnomerÂ
oh my g OD throwback honestly i used to be so obsessed with supernatural itâs not even funny (and by used to i mean itâs just the most recent season that i havenât seen...)
TBH once again iâm not sure if i can do this one bc? i was actually super into it and know a lot about it