headcanon that nursey gets one of his poems published in some pretty prestigious paper or something and everyone gathers in the haus to read it and it’s just full of autumn metaphors and anger and longing for someone unattainable. it’s a really fantastic piece of poetry and everyone says so, dex even compliments it and says “wow, you must really like this person”
and you know as soon as nursey and dex leave holster kinda sits there blankly and is like “everyone knows that poem was about dex, right?” and everyone responds like “oh, yeah duh”
Hey @asexualdex I am so sorry here I am again defiling your wonderful headcanon. Anyway I kinda wrote a poem? I ended up combining it with that headcanon floating about with Nursey writing kids books so it is more like, simple, or less modernist (I just feel like Nursey would like modernist poetry. And Woolf. He would love her.) So, again sorry, but here? Pining Nursey poetry?
A Moth
In an autumn’s evening candle light
A love soaked wick burns oh so bright.
And a moth whose heart caries a life dimmed torch
Falls and gets close not caring if his wings get scorched.
Who knows if the light loves him? The moth doesn’t care.
Instead in his own language his soul he lays bare.
He flits, he flutters, he climbs and he dives,
Not knowing he helps his love to thrive.Life is not perfect, love’s hard to get right,
And even a moth and his light will occasionally fight.
A to hard flap of his wings when they bicker
And his love light will flicker,
A big whoosh from the flame
And a new mark the moth will gain.
But talking after is important and they do that too,
With words like “I’m sorry, you okay?” and “Yes what about you?”This makes it seem so simple, this earthly plight.
But the moth is no moth, and the light is no light.
And this story is a story and real life is real life.
And on the road to love danger is rife.
So here on a page no longer bare
Is a man not a moth asking his light to let him care.
Let him watch your flame quiver, watch it grow, watch it burn.
Let him choose to scorch his wings when it’s his turn.
For your fire is lovely, ‘tis a fact he knows to be true,
But a moth doesn’t expect a flame to love him like he loves you.oh my goodness, this is beautiful
wow thank you so much. this is a lovely addition to my post
oh wow
Tag: nursey
im glad we’ve established that whiskey is Fucking Gay,
waddabout whiskey getting a crush on dex… with his soft hair and freckles and secret shy smile that he tries to hide but is actually adorable……..
dex having not one but TWO chill assholes to deal with RIP poindexterbut Whiskey isn’t shy about what he wants and let’s Dex know by giving him a look over and a wink and resumes his chill
RIP IN FUCKING PIECES. nursey not so subtlely fumes from where he’s sitting next to dex, scoots closer. dex is already red and flustered, looks over at nursey, who is now Very Close and Looking at him. looks away, even MORE red and flustered.
whiskey and nursey passive aggressively flirting with dex around each other, except whiskey is cool about it while nursey clumsily stumbles over his words, and his feet, and dex’s feet honestly how is he an ncaa athlete.but let’s not forget that nursey is the clumsy one! except now he’s doing this shit on purpose. always bumping into whiskey and spilling things on him and always going “oops” with the most outrageous deadpan look on his face and meanwhile whiskey just tries to outchill him with breakfast/lunch/dinner dripping from his hair
oh fuck i didnt even think about nursey spilling stuff on whiskey lmao thank u.
geez these boys needa calm down, i dont wanna assume anything about the taddies positions but i dont think whiskey and nursey will be on the ice together enough to Have Problems there. but bitty or r&h will probably confront them about why theyre so salty anyway. team bond and such.
nursey avoids the question, then decides he has a uhh paper to finish. whiskey straight up starts on how nursey needs to chill, he’s not dex’s fucking keeper.
and thats when they realize……. that whiskey and nursey are Fighting over a Boy…… like fucking high school students…. r&h dont know whether to laugh or do the Captainly thing and have a stern talk about maturity and communication. so they do both. at the same time.
gospel around his fingers
Dex slams the door shut and presses against the wood, leaning his head back and sucking in a deep breath. He stares blindly up at the ceiling and–
“Nurse, I dare you to kiss the prettiest person in the room. Not counting me.” Lardo pretends to flip a lock of hair over her shoulder. “We all know I’d smoke you bitches,” she adds, grinning. Her teeth flash in the low lighting, and she knocks back the last of her drink as the gather group lets out joking boos.
They all “ooh” at Nursey as he raises a challenging eyebrow and smirks at Lardo. He makes a show of looking around the room, leering slightly at the other players of spin the bottle – Holster, Dex, Tango, Ollie, Wicks, and a few members of the volleyball and soccer teams. Bitty is grinning from his spot on the floor next to Lardo and Dex, watching as Nursey catches the eye of each person.
“Dex!” The memory is abruptly interrupted as Chowder’s voice comes from beyond the door. “Come on, man!” Dex tries to straighten up, but his legs refuse to work. He sinks down to the floor, back still pressed against the door, trying to suck in deep breaths of air. He drops his head between his knees, squeezing his eyes shut and–
How do you think Nursey finds out that Dex isn’t straight, and just how unchill is he about this discovery?
OK I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED SO I’M JUST
GONNA PICK MY FAVE AT THE MOMENT
i really love the idea that when cool, calm, collected whiskey joins the group nursery is like hell yeah this is my boy. we will Chill™. but also he can help me piss off dex
because dex is cute when he’s mad and his face goes all redbecause dex is the worst and needs to learn how to Chill. but then when nursery tries to find whiskey he finds him with. dex. and they’re both just. Chilling™. they’re sitting outside under a tree doing homework together and talking softly and sharing laughs and nursery finally loses his (carefully constructed) chill
Ngozi owns me
Ok but what if for Halloween Dex wears a bad blond wig and glasses and Nursey wears a white snapback and salmon shorts
OK but the best thing about that is that Ransom and Holster CANNOT figure out who they are in costume as, and it just gets funnier as the night goes on because they keep guessing wrong.
Okay but then as they get more drunk they start hyperbolically acting out scenes from Ransom and Holsters life and they keep getting more and more touchy feely and ridiculous as the night goes on.
Dex: Bro…Share a beer with me bro…
Nursey: Bro…I’m going to fucking cherish that beer with you bro..
Dex: I just..I need you to know that this is such a special fucking moment for me man…
Nursey: Bro…
Holster: Bro…Are they like….a Meme…or something?
Ransom: I don’t know man…Hey share a beer with me bro?
Holster: Wait.
all of the frogs summed up in one pic
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And the rest of the Year Two Kickstarter bookplates!
– Las Vegas Aces on a BOAT
– Jack and Bitty, a wee bit older
– Dex had to let Nursey know that last shot? Clutch!
– Nursey, the enlightener. And they didn’t even argue later.
– Frozen lakes and kisses
– Why Do Teenage Boys Do Dumb Stuff To Their Hair?
– A kiss for good luck
– The original OTP
I like the idea of Dex being totally oblivious and unaware of when people are flirting with him. Not because he would get too flustered or he’s bad at flirting (he’s actually pretty good when he wants to) but is like they have the worst timing ever whenever they try?
Like, he’s in the middle of working on this goddamn code or reviewing team plays or he’s trying, through text messages, to mediate between his siblings and his parents or something like that and obviously he’s not going to be to be too focused on when others are trying to get his attention.
But the rest of the team realize and they attempt to give a helping hand trying to get Dex to see but Bitty gets distracted by his phone (“Seriously, who are you texting to so much?” “N-no one!”) every 5 minutes, Ransom and Holster oversell it and Dex isn’t convinced at all on their matchmaking ways, Chowder sometimes rambles too much and misses the point and Nursey…
Nursey is jealous, okay? As much as he doesn’t want to admit it he is and a year or so ago he would have been happy helping Dex have a relationship but now he’s not happy about it and is actually terrified that someday someone will have the right timing and manage to get what he has been craving and aching for.