#pintsandtea

Hello again! “And if I can give a bit of advice?” is one of those sentences that lowkey makes a writer’s heart stop for a second lol, but you have discovered one of the only good (very good) ways to continue. This is so, so sweet, thank you so much. I don’t plan to ever stop, and I really hope I don’t. With encouraging, lovely people like you supporting me, I doubt I will <3 Life gets to be a lot sometimes, and I do take breaks when I need them–and I really appreciate you guys being patient and supporting those breaks–but I hope to keep writing and sharing for a long, long time. You’re wonderful. And aw, no way, don’t be sorry! I’m so glad you enjoyed them, I just personally cringe at some of them LOL; if I really couldn’t stand you guys reading them, I would take them down. If anything, you going through my old works (and my WIPs, you’re on a Make-Em-Smile roll) made me extremely happy. You’re such a genuinely sweet and wonderful person and I really appreciate all the messages you’ve sent me. Thank you so much <3

That was an emotionally draining couple of hours, my God. Thank you so much @pintsandtea for the good vibes (and man I'm glad you were able to immediately retract them, bless everything) and thank you so much too @sleepy-skittles, I love you guys ❤️❤️❤️

Aw, you’re so sweet haha, thank you again <3 It is a little better now because I redownloaded snapchat and tumblr and stuff, a lot of my friends sent me their numbers already, and I’m discussing our beach plans with my boyfriend. It was a shitty day but you were def the first bright spot!

Hello! Dude, I love you. These messages about my fics are making me so happy. And that’s the awful fun thing about that fic, any time something good happens you’re like awwwwww how cu- godDAMIT, WHEN IS DEREK LEAVING? I’m really glad you’re enjoying it, thank you so much! <3 I’ve been having a really rough few months since my grandma passed away, so everything’s been, just, a lot. Like a death in the family plus graduating high school/going off to college plus moving are all such enormous changes, especially in a short time, so I’ve put writing on the back burner in a lot of ways. But I really appreciate all my wonderful readers and followers and friends sticking by my side, so thank you <3 This is a much smaller scale thing, but you actually caught me on a Really Bad Day, and I swear this message (and the other, which I’ll answer separately) was the only thing to make me smile all day. My phone shut off and refused to turn back on in the middle of the night out of nowhere--even hours at the apple store did nothing--and even though I had all my stuff backed up, iTunes refuses to show me any of it, so I lost everything. I managed to recover most of my pictures somewhere else but I’m missing hundreds of notes (on writing and other things from the last few years) and all my contacts and old texts and things, so today has been a lot. So just... Thanks. I needed something nice today <3

I changed my username for the first time in about.... 3 or 4 years? Maybe longer??? Yikes. So i used to be pintsandtea and now I’m asthepheonixrises!!! Bit of a mouthful but I like it. Now to change my icon...

Derek makes an assumption. He is wrong.

Agh, this is really sweet <3 This year has just been absolute shit, to be honest. Like obviously on a global level, but also in my personal life. Death and moving and graduating and starting college and my relationship becoming long distance and- everything has been a lot. This year feels like it lasted a million. New Year’s Eve of one year has literally never felt further away from the last one than it does right now. I’m just… really glad this hellish year is over, and I hope 2018 is better for everyone. And hopefully if it is, I can get a hell of a lot more writing done. Thank you, I love you too <3 <3 <3

it’s not mentioned in the fic but i kind of assume chris is a dude who drinks whiskey maybe once a week, or whenever he feels like it. just... one of those older dudes who likes whiskey, y’know? so a glass or two of wine def wouldn’t knock him on his ass lol. the general verdict seems to be about one bottle. thank you for the help! <3