YOURE SO TALENTED OML
contains: wc just under 1k, sad lonely art donaldson, emotional apathy, mentions of religion/shitty religious imagery, nana donaldson mention đĽđĽ, LILY DONALDSON MENTION đĽđĽđĽ, 2019!art donaldson
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âWho am I? Jesus?â
Itâs the way she laughs when she says it, like itâs impossible for Art to worship her so. Like she doesnât see how heâd be poised to kill himself if she wanted him to. Itâs humorous to her, how Art craves her validation like the sun on his skin, he needs her more than the air he breathes. But to Art, itâs not a joke. This is just his life.
âYeah.â
He answers truthfully, looking her dead in the eyes. Heâs serious, too. To him, Tashi is everything, and heâs paying her back- heâs becoming everything she never got the chance to be. Thatâs love, right?
âYou know you can beat him.â
She says it in that assured manner, as if sheâs looked into a crystal ball and seen his future, maybe even manipulated the fabric of the universe to throw the game his way. Itâs ridiculous to him, how she already expects these things from him, knowing damn well heâs never beaten Patrick fucking Zweig before. Not before, and definitely not now.
âWhat if I donât? How are you gonna look at me if I still canât beat Patrick Zweig?â
âJust like this.â
Tashiâs gaze is cold and calculating. It always is, but Art can read her well enough to sense the undertones, to see when sheâs proud and when sheâs upset. But right now, this whole poker-face act is working too well. Itâs like staring into the eyes of a statue of Christ. Unnerving, all knowing.
Artâs only been to church once in his life. His nana had asked him along one Sunday morning when his parents were away on a business trip, and gladly, he said yes. But the whole experience felt.. suffocating for him. Like he was being forced into a too-tight, too-itchy sweater that just barely fit him. But the second they had left the church, Art had visibly relaxed, even as Nana asked him how he liked it.
âIt.. It was good. Was fine,â he shrugged it off, before changing the subject and pivoting to the latest gossip in Nanaâs book club. But deep down, he knew he couldnât ever step foot in a church again, to feel so restricted under the watchful eye of Him.
It was sort of like that now, except Jesus was a She, and she was looking right through Art, wrapping him tight and warm in the itchy sweater. The love of his life, the woman he married, was snuffing him out like an unwanted flame. And what scares Art the most, is that the thought relieves him.
Art heard when she left. He heard the quiet pings on her phone and the rustling of a jacket. The sounds of the hotel door closing and her steps echoing down the hallway keep repeating in Artâs head as he feigns sleep, his chest rising and falling with each breath he takes.Â
The bed is cold beside him, chilly where he needed Tashiâs lap to be, to keep him warm and keep him alive. Heâs not stupid, he knows sheâs off to see Patrick. Hell, heâs considered going off and meeting up with the bastard, just to have a chat, but Art has a feeling Tashi wants more than just a chat.
He curls up in the bed, not wanting to get up. Like if he kept his eyes closed, Tashi would come back, run her hands through his hair, feeling the smooth metal of the wedding band on his skin as she whispered quiet assurances, promises of love and devotion that the game didnât matter.
Art opens his eyes.
The room is dark and empty, the sheets beside him rumpled. Tashiâs shoes are gone from where they were by Artâs slippers. There used to be a time when Tashi would make fun of Art for wearing slippers, but now she seemed to have accepted the fact that she settled for a man who wore slippers. He gets out of bed, sighing to himself in the quiet of the night.Â
The stillness feels good, like cool air on sweat-soaked skin. Itâs easier for him to think to himself, to really hear himself. Of course, none of the thoughts are great. He leaves the master bedroom, following Tashiâs steps. He could see the pauses that she made in his head, a hesitant step after a floorboard creaks and a pause to get her jacket. He can envision her sending a text to Patrick, leaving the hotel room without a second thought. Or maybe he was overthinking. Maybe he was doing the stupid jealous husband thing, not even realizing. Maybe it was just insecurity, and a quick talk could fix it. But he knew that wasnât the truth.
He heads past the kitchen and living room to Lilyâs bedroom, opening the door quietly and peeking in. His daughter is asleep, curled up under the covers while a quiet lullaby plays on the portable radio that Tashi brought along. The second Art takes the slightest step inside, Lily stirs, looking up to meet her fatherâs eyes.
âSorry, LilypadâŚdo you have any space for me?â
Thereâs a pause before she nods, shifting over in the bed to let Art settle in with a groan, laying atop the covers as he wraps an arm around her, kissing her forehead and murmuring a quiet âThanks, honey,â as he settles in for the night.
His eyes flutter, and he catches a glimpse of the framed photo on her nightstand, one that she liked to carry everywhere. It was a picture of her and Tashi, taken at her fourth birthday party. Lily was wearing a cowboy hat, and next to her, Tashi wore a bejeweled princess crown, smiling widely at the camera.Â
Art reaches across to the nightstand, gently placing the photo face down, before settling into bed, snuggling into Lily.
He hopes Tashi will see it. And he hopes that whatever she does that night, she feels guilty.
josh o'connor and mike faist behind the scenes of challengers (2024) dir. luca guadagnino
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SAKURA
BLOSSOM
ROSES
PUMPKIN SPICE
You keep saying you came here because Art needed matches⌠I think you came for something else. You think I came here for you? You think I came here to throw it all away for you? Maybe you just wanted to see me. I have seen you, you look like shit.Â
ZENDAYA & JOSH O'CONNOR as TASHI DUNCAN & PATRICK ZWEIG in CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino
LAST GOODBYE â
after the chaotic challenges of panic, the only good outcome was meeting your boyfriend. Dodge, of course he had barriers but you manage to break them, working so hard for your relationship, you just couldnât believe it when he told you he was traveling and had offered you to come, not offeredâ begged though you both had different plans. He hated to see the love between you die, meeting your separate ways. Now there you were, running til you saw your handsome cowboy, you had to say your last goodbye.
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pairing: fairy!art x cottagecore princess!fem!reader
tags: @destinedtobegigi, @pittsick, @bambiangels, @imperishablereverie, @angeldoll1e, @itachisank, @tennisprincess, @lexiiscorect, @esotericgirlwannabe, @lovefaist, @won-every-lottery, @zionna
⥠art is the kind of fairy that looks like he was born from a wishâsoft-spoken and starlit, with wings that shimmer like frost on spider silk. they catch the light in rippling colors, translucent as soap bubbles, delicate but fast. when he flutters around you, they make the faintest hum, like the air itself sighs in his presence. you swear they glow stronger when heâs near youâespecially when heâs flustered. which is often.
⥠heâs angelic in the way dew is angelic. not perfect. not polished. but fragile and wild and full of wonder. he wears a tunic of moss velvet and sun-dyed silk, stitched with golden beetle-thread. his hair is a halo of honey curls that never fall the same way twice, always a little windswept, like heâs just tumbled out of a flower bed. his cheeks are berry-pink and his nose is dusted with freckles, as if heâs been kissed by clover pollen. he smells like crushed violets and rain.
⥠âyou left out honey again,â he mumbles once, not looking at you. heâs hiding in your herb shelf, crouched behind the rosemary, eyes wide and guilty. âso i⌠thought you wouldnât mind if i took a bit.â you donât mind. not even a little. but you pretend to be stern anyway. just to see the way his wings droop. just to make him pout.
⥠he calls you âthe big oneâ when he doesnât think you can hear. like youâre a marvel. a myth. a towering creature of warm hands and soft breath and gentle curiosity. sometimes he calls you âmy lady,â half-teasing, twirling a blade of grass like a rapier. but when you stroke his wingsâcarefully, reverentlyâhe gets quiet. âyou shouldnât touch them,â he whispers once, his voice a tremble. âtheyâre⌠theyâre very delicate.â and then, softer: âbut⌠you can. if you want.â
⥠he brings you tiny, ridiculous things: a thimble of moonlight. a mothâs eye, opalescent and still. a string of pearls no bigger than dewdrops, fastened together with spiderweb thread. once, a shard of mirror, cracked and glinting, so you can âsee yourself how he sees you.â you donât dare ask what that means. but your throat tightens anyway.
⥠heâs shy with affection. not because heâs afraid of youâbut because heâs so clearly not. youâre something bigger. older, maybe. like the forest itself whispered you into being. when you brush his curls back or cup him in your hand, his breath catches. when you hum while you work and he lays in the crook of your neck, his whole body stillsâlike heâs listening to the bones beneath your skin sing. âyou smell like warm sugar,â he says one morning, all tangled in your scarf. âand⌠safety.â
⥠sometimes you find him asleep on your windowsill, wings curled in like petals closing for the night. sometimes curled in the hollow of your palm, arms tucked under his cheek, breath rising and falling like a catâs. he mumbles in his sleep. always your name. or maybe just your scent. or maybe the little nickname he made up for you that no one else knows: âmy thornless rose.â
⥠he gets jealous. adorably, irrationally jealous. of squirrels. of bees. of the wind when it tangles in your hair. âi was going to do that,â he grumbles once, watching a butterfly land on your wrist. âstupid flutter-bitch.â he doesnât mean it. but you still laugh so hard you drop your basket of blackberries.
⥠he is terrified of cats. once, you came home to find him clinging upside-down to the rafters, shouting: âdeath beast! orange! hungry!â it took two spoonfuls of honey and three kisses to coax him down. he refuses to speak to the cat now. but heâll sit on your shoulder and glower at it with his arms crossed like a miniature warlock.
⥠your favorite thing is how easily he laughs. not giggles. not chuckles. laughs. big, bright bursts of sound like sunlight spilled in a field. like heâs never been taught to keep joy quiet. heâll dance in your teacups and leap across your rolling pin, leaving smudges of berry juice behind, just to make you smile. âdo you like it when i do that?â he asks, flushed and breathless. you say yes. so he does it again. and again.
⥠âyou donât want a crown?â he asks once, tiny legs dangling from the rim of your mixing bowl. youâre elbow-deep in flour. you shake your head. âgood,â he says. quieter. âyou donât need one. you already feel like a kingdom.â
⥠when youâre sad, he doesnât ask questions. he just lays himself across your heart and sings in that strange, lilting tongue you donât recognize but somehow understand. the language of rain and roots and wings. it feels like someone brushing your soul with the back of their hand. afterward, you sleep better. always.
⥠sometimes he forgets how small he is. puffs his chest out. tries to protect you from bees and beetles and the odd nosy owl. âiâll hex it,â he says darkly, waving a twig like a sword. âdonât you dare, artemis,â you whisper. he pouts. âthatâs not my name.â you arch a brow. he blushes. âbut i like when you say it.â
⥠he leaves you love notes. or what he thinks are love notes. scribbled on birch bark, inked with berry juice, full of half-spelled flowers and symbols only fae understand. once you deciphered one. it said: your laugh makes the trees hold their breath. you folded it into your locket. he pretends not to notice. but he glows the first time he sees you wear it.
⥠he loves when you hum. loves when you knead bread. loves when your hands are smudged with jam and he can kiss the tips of your fingers like a knight returning from war. âi could live in your pocket forever,â he says once, curled into a spool of thread. âiâd never ask for a crown. just crumbs and kisses.â
⥠he wants to protect you. in the only way a fairy can. with enchantments. with bloom. with joy so old it tastes like the first spring. he weaves soft spells into your aprons. presses tiny sigils into the mud near your doorstep. he never says what theyâre for. but the wolves stay away. and your dreams stay warm.
⥠âyouâre not what i expected,â he whispers, once. youâre half-asleep. fire crackling. his tiny form tucked under your chin. âi thought princesses were cold. porcelain. like glass you couldnât touch. but you⌠youâre soft.â his wings flutter. his voice hitches. âyou made space for me. in your hands. in your heart.â
⥠art smells like all the sweetest things in the worldâcrushed sugar petals, sun-warmed clover, the faint fizz of lemonade in late spring. when he curls into the pocket of your apron, you swear the scent clings to the fabric for hours. itâs like having a piece of a dream stitched to your hip.
⥠he doesnât just flutterâhe twirls, spins, zips in little loops like a dandelion seed caught in a spell. when heâs happy, his wings sparkle like frost caught on silk thread. when heâs really happy, they chime. softly. like bells far away in a fog. once, you heard it and forgot what sadness felt like for a whole minute.
⥠when he gets excited, he canât help but glow a littleâliterally. a faint golden shimmer pulses under his skin, especially at the tips of his ears and in the whorls of his tiny knuckles. âstop looking,â he squeaks when you notice. âiâm not blushing. iâmâcharged. from pollen. obviously.â
⥠heâs hopeless with doors. theyâre too big. too stubborn. so he knocksâgently, rapidly, with both fistsâuntil you come open them. once you asked why he doesnât just slip under. ârude,â he said with an offended flick of his wing. âbesides. you always answer.â
⥠he nests. shamelessly. your wool basket? claimed. the curve of your favorite teacup? claimed. the bonnet you left on the windowsill? conquered. he drags little scraps of felt and flower fluff into tiny dens, curls up with a satisfied sigh, and guards them like a baby dragon guarding glitter. âthis is where i do my dreaming,â he explains solemnly. âit needs to be soft.â
⥠he sings to your garden when he thinks you arenât listening. high, silvery notes that make the tomato vines shiver and the snapdragons bloom sideways. you caught him once, mid-aria, standing on a mushroom with his arms flung wide like a tiny opera star. he hasnât recovered from the embarrassment.
⥠âyou shouldnât keep me,â he says once, looking up from the curled curve of your palm. âfairies are wild. feral. mischievous.â and then, quieter: âbut⌠i think i like being yours.â
⥠he once got stuck in your bread dough. just stuck, like a honeybee in jam. you had to carefully peel him out and rinse him with warm water, and he just sat on your drying rack afterward, wrapped in a linen napkin like a soggy prince, pouting and mumbling about âambush kneading.â you laughed until you cried. he tried to stay grumpy. he failed.
⥠he gets hiccups when he eats too much jam. tiny, airborne hiccups that make him hover an inch off the ground every time. once he got so flustered, he flew into your cupboard and stayed there until you promised not to tell the bees.
⥠heâs utterly, completely enamored with your voice. whether youâre talking, humming, sighingâit all makes his wings twitch. sometimes, heâll pretend to be asleep just so he can lie there and listen to you whisper nonsense to the kettle. âitâs like honey being poured into my ears,â he told you once. then blinked. âthat sounded gross. but i meant it nice.â
⥠he gets tangled in your hair constantly. itâs not on purpose. (except when it is.) heâll pretend he just happened to land there, but youâll feel his hands combing through a curl and hear him mutter, âmine,â under his breath like a dragon counting gold.
⥠when he really misses youâlike when youâre out all day gathering herbs or walking into townâhe leaves flower petals in your shoes. little folded ones, marked with silvery ink that reads things like come home soon, miss your hands, and i tried talking to the cat. she hates me still.
⥠you once made him a cloak from the corner of an old silk scarf. he lost his mind. wouldnât take it off for days. kept swooping dramatically around the kitchen like a leaf in a gust of wind. âdo i look noble?â he asked, striking a pose atop your butter dish. you said yes. he hasnât stopped talking about it since.
⥠he measures time in pastries. âhas it been one tart since you smiled?â âthat was three scones ago.â âyou promised to kiss me before the next muffin, and thisââ dramatic pause ââis a muffin.â
⥠âi donât know what love is like for humans,â he says once, brushing pollen from your knuckles. âbut if itâs like what i feel when you say my name⌠then i think i do.â
⥠he doesnât like thunderstorms. they make his wings heavy, and the air too sharp. but heâll never say heâs scared. he just curls under your collar, shivering slightly, and says, âitâs cozy in here.â and you pretend not to notice the way he buries his face in your neck.
⥠he once tried to impress you by catching a firefly. it ended badly. his hair singed. the firefly escaped. but he held out the glow cupped in his palms like treasure anyway and said, very seriously, âi brought you a star.â
⥠his favorite place in the world is your shoulder. from there, he can press his face into your neck, listen to your breath, and whisper the tiniest compliments in your ear. âyou smell like a story,â he said once. âthe kind iâd live in.â
⥠âif i was your size,â he says once, curled under your chin with his hand pressed over your pulse, âiâd kiss you until the stars begged us to stop.â you choke on your tea. he grins. and adds, âbut for now⌠iâll just listen to how your heart speeds up when i say things like that.â
⥠âi think iâm in love,â he blurts one evening, after a honey tart and a lot of staring. you glance at him. he clears his throat. âwith⌠um. teacups. and linen. and⌠and girls with wild hair and big hands who tuck me into thimbles like iâm something worth keeping.â you donât say anything. you just scoop him into your palm, and he leans into it like a sunflower.
Can we talk about the fact that travis and Shaunaâs (the ultimate parallel duo) only two interactions were (1) âoh, heres the heart of your brother who I once cared for like a son but also indirectly killed, you should eat itâ (2) âyou wanna die like you brother did?â âThe girl you were in a homoerotic codependent friendship with told me you were gay, so suck on that.â
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