Barbie's  quick  to  retract  her  hands,  keeping  them  unclenched  in  defense.  charlie

holidays can be hard

❝hey, wanna spend the holiday along together?❞ ❝i wasn't really planning on doing anything this year...❞ ❝can't we just get along? just for today?❞ ❝i love you. please come home.❞ ❝fuck your family. let's party like its Y2K.❞ ❝your mom's a bitch, and her mash potatoes are always thick like paste.❞ ❝yeah, my mom kicked me out, but look a white christmas!❞ ❝i just don't want to spend the day alone this year.❞ ❝my family was never big on celebrating.❞ ❝go away, i don't like [holiday]❞ ❝did you really call my dad a cuck and throw a roll at him?❞ ❝i guess i should've known better than to trust you could be civil.❞ ❝please don't leave. you haven't opened your present yet.❞

[giving] sender shows up without warning to receiver's home to deliver a present knowing receiver has no one to celebrate with.

[taking] sender takes all the gifts from under receiver's tree and burns them.

[coal] sender gives receiver the cold shoulder, refusing to spend the holiday with them.

[blood] sender stands up for receiver when receiver's family is cruel.

[forget] sender forgets to come over to receiver's to spend time together on the holiday.

[unconditional] sender picks up receiver to take them to out as a distraction from old wounds left by family/friend/etc.

[jolly] receiver tries to cheer up sender after sender breaks down on the holiday.

🐝  *  ―  𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑩𝑰𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑼𝑻𝑪𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  you almost had it, [name]. here, let me show you.  ❜ ❛  you’ve just gotta find the courage to try.  ❜ ❛  you can’t tell me what to do!  ❜ ❛  don’t worry, i’ll wait until your party is over before i perform any mischief.  ❜ ❛  some people never change. but we can always hope.  ❜ ❛  you must have felt like a princess.  ❜ ❛  i wish i could have been there.  ❜ ❛  maybe next time you can come with me.  ❜ ❛  not so fearless now, hmm?  ❜ ❛  you’re not going to get away from me this time.  ❜ ❛  it’s dangerous, yes. but not impossible.  ❜ ❛  me? with you? in there? i don’t think so.  ❜ ❛  this is crazy. but, yes.  ❜ ❛  here, let me give you a hand.  ❜ ❛  well, i’m sorry, but you should have been more careful.  ❜ ❛  i wish i could remember but i’m so hungry.  ❜ ❛  that would be a shame, then i couldn’t tell you the juicy bit of gossip i overheard.  ❜ ❛  i didn’t know things had gotten this bad.  ❜ ❛  well, what have we here?  ❜ ❛  well, if you have nothing to hide you won’t mind answering a few questions.  ❜ ❛  i’ve never heard such a ridiculous story!  ❜ ❛  i do believe i’m starting to rub off on you.  ❜ ❛  you want me to babysit a rock?  ❜ ❛  why haven’t you told anyone?  ❜ ❛  perhaps you should remember who’s in charge of this expedition.  ❜ ❛  are you sure you’re alright to travel?  ❜ ❛  that is what you want, isn’t it?  ❜ ❛  i should have never come, what was i thinking?  ❜ ❛  what am i saying? i can’t leave! i’m their only hope!  ❜ ❛  are you sure about this?  ❜ ❛  ah, you’re just in time for your party.  ❜ ❛  there’s more to being king than having a crown.  ❜ ❛  i don’t need their loyalty. i don’t even need them!  ❜ ❛  i am afraid i underestimated you.  ❜ ❛  you and i know you’re much more than that.  ❜ ❛  none of this would have been possible without you, [name].  ❜ ❛  i absolutely despise happy endings!  ❜ ❛  it’s about time you got up.  ❜ ❛  it’s not a story ― it really happened.  ❜ ❛  i’m verry happy to … meet you.  ❜

           ‘Barbie’s been a princess way too long’                                                 Barbie’s got a 🇬‌🇺‌🇳‌ 🇼‌🇮‌🇹‌🇭‌ 🇳‌🇴‌ 🇸‌🇦‌🇫‌🇪‌🇹‌🇾‌ 🇴‌🇳‌

:(

there's  a  dreadful  sentiment  digging  at  her  chest,  with  metaphorical  claws,  that  is.  she  wasn't  worried  about  the  speed,  about  the  car,  not  even  about  herself.  she  was  worried  for  him.  lips  pursed  into  a  thin  line,  huffing  through  her  nose.  an  intention  arises,  to  rest  her  hand  on  his  arm,  to  reassure  him  other  than  with  words  that  it's  going  to  be  okay,  but  she  doesn't  follow  through.  instead,  she  just  stares  at  him  with  her  doe  eyed  crystal  gaze,  feeling  sorry  that  she  can't  actually  help  him.  it  takes  a  while  before  she  exhales  all  the  air  that  she  was  holding,  as  she  was  trying  to  find  the  appropriate  words  to  tell  him  –  spoiler  alert,  none  seemed  to  be  kenough.

"  dolls  make  mistakes  too.  "    she  wasn't  defending  anyone,  but  it  was  true,    "  and  they  hurt  too.  from  my  own  experience  the  crocodile  tears  were  first  real  tears.  we  –  you  are  allowed  to  feel  emotions.  and  i  can't  provide  the  answers  to  all  those  questions.  but  i  know  that  it's  no  fun  what  you're  feeling.  "    her  gaze  flickers  to  the  road,  it  seemed  awfully  quiet,  probably  because  everyone  else  was  attending  the  party.    "  where  are  we  going?  because  i  have  an  idea  that  might  help.  "

She steps in, and he's off in an instant, pressing the gas peddle to the floor. The faster they leave, the better he'll feel, as wind whips through their hair, almost drowning out the music and her inquiry. Hands grip the steering wheel, and he keeps his eyes on the road in front of them, tempted to pretend he didn't hear her - but she's perceptive, and he's a mess, it would be foolish to act like everything's okay.

He turns down the music enough so it doesn't shake the car anymore, but provides enough background noise so it isn't awkward.

"I don't know." He's being truthful, looking anywhere but at her reflection in the mirror, "I thought he loved me. Why the hell was he kissing someone else? Why was he kissing Barbie?"

Hieu Minh Nguyen, from Not Here; “Elegy for the First”

[Text ID: “once, I ran, face first, into a mirror / because I didn’t / recognize / my reflection, because I didn’t see a / reflection at all.”]

this barbie's going to the grocery store or whatever lidl is. however i feel like writing short stuff when i return home. so give this a heart or comment anything silly and you will soon receive a small starter thing in your inbox!

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (2009–2017) — S01E01 | Pilot

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