#parsnipit

a circular staircase by parsnipit

“Simon?”

Simon slides a book into place before turning around. The man in front of him is lean, worn thin, with bags like dusky thumbprints beneath his eyes. He’s swallowed by the massive black hoodie he’s wearing, his hands wedged deep into his pockets and his shoulders hunched.

For reasons he cannot begin to understand, Simon wants to crush this man into a tiny ball and then shove him into the mouth that gapes, screaming, around his own starved heart.

He doesn’t do that, obviously. He’s on the clock.

Or: Ghost loses his memories and falls in love with his husband, again.

I KNOW THE ONE I'VE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON UPDATES 👀

“Blackout”

For @parsnipit for their fic Algernon! I just keep doodling stuff for it.

Ahh thank you! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it! I woke up to this message this morning and I keep coming back to it to smile all doppily haha! <3 

Here’s a few of my favorites!

1. the grumpy, asshole, usually older character who is vicious to a fault, but there’s a little kid they take care of and give them pony rides and bedtime stories and my god if anyone hurts them they will die. Little kids befriending BIG MONSTERS who love them very much.

2. M O N S T E R S. Like, you get werewolf fics where they are like ‘you cannot love me i’m a HIDEOUS BEAST’ And someone is like ‘shut up you hot thing and let me love you.’.The Shape of Water shit. All u thirsty fucks know you’d date that fish man. I WOULD. also HORRIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS. GIVE ME THE A N G S T.

3. Recovery. Someone is sick? Someone get all kinds of fucked up? Well put their asses to bed and take care of them. Bonus points if the person is like ‘it’s a scratch i can get up’ and the other is like ‘YOU BROKE ALL YOUR LIMBS GET THE FUCK BACK INTO BED. I also like the feverish confession trope and the other pretending to be the person they ask forgiveness for so they can forgive them and give them peace. HOLD THEM. CARE FOR THEM. I think I like this trope so much is because I never really got cared for like that and I think it’s nice.

4. Found Family. Yes, your family can be the stronk russian, vicious doctor, annoying kid, swauve frenchman, texas man, mysterious weirdo, screaming nutjob, kilted swordsman, and gross bushman. They can be a family and that is perfectly fine. LOVE EACH OTHER, GODDAMNIT. Family is what you make it!

5. Someone pissed off the unassuming ‘weak’ nerd and now he’s going to fuck everything up. 

6. Knock knock, it’s your boy, SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS GONE WRONG. Why the fuck did you think that was a good idea? Oh god you doomed yourself and you only have yourself to blame, asshole. 

7. Folks have to go through horrendous shit, but by god, did they earn their golden happy ending and then some. 

8. Specifically fantasy, but I love it when average joes become rulers because then they unfuck their kingdoms cause monarchs can be stupid assholes and you need the common man to run a kingdom for common people.