Mellon

so ballsy of shane to be like “that’s not what i asked” when ilya tells him they can’t be something in tampa. he was not fucking around. “that’s not what i asked” like. i’m not letting either of us run from this. i’m not letting your fear take hold. i said “would you want to be, if we could?” if. if in another world, in another life where it wouldn’t jeopardize the lives we’ve built for ourselves, the lives we so tightly cling to, would you be with me? i don’t mean coming out, i mean — would you call me on the phone late at night just to hear my voice? would you call me by name — my real name, in broad daylight, in front of other people? would you spend the precious days of rest you’re allowed each season in my company? would you leave the privacy of this hotel room, your apartment, my apartment, if only to stand beside me at the back of a crowded club, if only for my hand to press against the small of your back when no one else is looking? i’m not asking for forever — i just want more time with you, even if we’re still forced to keep our eyes on the clock. if “something” is all you have to give, i’ll take it, even if it’s just a hypothetical. do you want to be together? i know, that’s not what i asked, but if i did — tell me you’d say yes.

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#tapping the reblog button with utmost care because i’m handling a historical artifact (via @malarkiness)

It’s like no one even wants to talk about Shane and Ilya getting drunk together for the first time at the cottage over small table with candles lit and Shane asking earnestly “is this how dates actually go? They’re nice”. And Ilya has to Die about it and Kiss him about it a lot because Shane means it- he’s been on dates but none that felt like this like Ilya was all over him and too far away at the same time and there was all this want tangled up under the table between them and the knowledge that they are going to fuck after this and he gets to watch Ilya laugh across the table and flirt with him and Shane gets to watch Ilya watch his mouth when he sips at his beer and feel the air thicken when he puts his feet between Ilya’s, like his pulse ticking up up when Ilya takes his hand briefly and opens his palm and traces his fingers over the lines of Shane’s palms as he’s explaining a play, using Shane’s hand as paper just as an excuse to touch