god, every mention of taylor's name from a rando's mouth only fuels my amazement at the scope of her power, secrecy, planning, and execution!

the secret gardens in my mind that have to be accessed when ppl talk abt taylor tho...

anyway, and then there's her discography, of course! to be appreciated on so many levels! 🎶🪩

i do hope they'll come out as a couple one day😅

😭😭

but i don't need it to know what's real.

Mostly, I want them to come out as a couple one day for -i knew it the whole time look how right i was😏- reasons.

because motherfuckers is mean! and since i've gotten to appreciate all this for years, i guess you lot can gawk at it now, too🥱. or wtvr

and isn't it fun to imagine our little club as something to be desired?😆 something that one day ppl would have fomo about?😆- if the joe days (or even these past few days!) have taught us anything, it's how malleable attitudes are. how quickly we rewrite history!

out of all the shitty nights he's had since moving to new york city this ranked somewhere in the top five for sure. still not as bad as the night he od'd on poppers in the back of eden's gate, but a little bit worse than the time he'd got food poisoning and missed his astrophysics final ( 5th time was going to be the one for sure! ). all things considered his prolonged kidnapping and torture hadn't been as bad as it could have. he still had all his limbs, all his teeth.

yeah his nose was broken but that wouldn't be the first time it'd happened ( football, basketball, lacrosse - the boy loved his contact sports ). the worst of it was being used as a human chew toy by the infected his kidnappers kept in the dog kennel next to his own. okay scratch that, maybe the worst of it was being kept in a dog kennel. the shock collar on his neck was the humiliating cherry on top.

the reach of the infected woman next to him suddenly extended and ducky threw himself against the back of his small metal cage to hide from her rotting fingers. he grimaced at the smell and the revelation that she'd somehow broken her arm and earned an extra inch. "knock it off!" as if either of them had control of the situation their captors had put them in. "stop trying to eat me! eat them!" his plea of annoyance turned to frustration when he heard approaching footsteps. that was never a good sign for him. "i'm a feminist but i will kill your undead ass."

Hi! That's a very interesting ask. You're right with there being zero closure for many important issues. We cheated a bit and mixed in a couple of post S10 fics, because people were really inspired post wedding and wrote a lot of great things that addressed the boys' issues better than it was possible after S11.

This is what we thought of:

Risk - Post S10. Ian and Mickey figuring out marriage, and each other, in the middle of a global crisis.

the moment when a memory aches - Hall of Shame rewrite set in s11.

let's be partners in crime (and bury the past together) - Ian's picked up an annoying habit since they got engaged. After consulting with Sandy and discovering there might be more to it than he originally thought, Mickey resolves to talk to Ian about it.

the things we carry - Ian and Mickey move into their Westside apartment, confront their time apart, and build themselves a future.

You Are Loved (More than You Know) - A look at moments that could have (and probably should have) taken place throughout season 10.

I Held On Tightly As You Held Onto Me - Ian and Mickey talking about 3x06 as mature, supportive husbands. And everything will be okay.

Good, Smart, Amazing - Mickey receives his high school diploma and doesn't know how to accept praise.

Offspring - Mickey is pretty convinced he’s not cut out for parenting. And he married a guy who wouldn’t mind a kid or two.

Stay Gold - Ian finds the shorts. Shiny gold. Skin tight. A little worn in the crotch. Fucking hell.

All You Wanna Do series - Explorations of Ian’s sexual trauma. Ian realizing he’s been sexually abused and going to therapy.

Happy 4th wedding anniversary for us. 🤎🤎