I’m so, so sorry bud.
Anton always knew Vinny was super into helping…everyone – like, he’s come along on probably dozens of children’s hospital visits, and while that’s a typical thing for players, Vinny will pop in way more than asked for. Vinny does the girl’s workshop with Veronique year after year. Vinny did a lot of charity stuff even on a packed schedule, and Anton knows he did fundraisers and such in Sudbury during the offseasons.
He didn’t realise how much money Vinny actually donated on top of his time, though, until they merged their finances. Vinny was kind of sheepish and apologetic about it, and then, when the bills came a month later with every single monthly amount quadrupled, speechless and in tears, which was kind of a conflict for Anton because he knows they were happy ones but no one is allowed to make Vinny cry, especially him.
Unfortunately for Anton, being a big giver means…charity functions. Anton did not take the charity functions into account when he did this, he just wanted to make Vinny happy. (and to help. Being Vinny’s best friend for over a decade, boyfriend for years, some of his effortless kindness kind of has to rub off on you).
Anyway Anton accidentally gets ‘philanthropist’ added to his description because making Vinny happy is one of the guiding principles of his life.
IMPORTANT ADDITION:
Tag: ycmal
Oleg, Maria,David; left behind
For the prompt: Oleg’s thoughts when he found out David was going with him to Washington
PEACE OFFERING. DAVID’S DAD MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.
i do consider myself one of the david/adam people, but also in my heart of hearts i do know that really david/adam would be like:
david: i have… feelings…. for you.
adam: i have feelings…. for you.
narrator: that feeling was friendship. but, neither of them had ever experienced it.
So Jared thinks he’s being inexplicably stalked by a jerk. What does *Bryce* think is happening?
The pretty boy is being so mean to him for NO REASON. Like what the hell, Bryce is being helpful. He’ll show how fucking helpful he can be. He’ll help him fix his backhand, and his ATTITUDE, and by the end he’ll think Bryce is the best coach ever and tell Evanson. Because obviously this is about Evanson yelling at Bryce for not getting involved, even though he doesn’t even WANT to be here, not that stupid…pretty….mean kid. Except that maybe Evanson will be extra impressed by a recommendation from him. And then he’ll tell Summers. And Summers will stop calling Bryce a fucking moron.
It has nothing to do with Jared particularly at all. Bryce doesn’t like him. And he ESPECIALLY doesn’t like that guy who keeps hanging around him. Who does he think he is, being all…around? Bryce didn’t volunteer to coach HIM. Well. Kind of. But. He didn’t really VOLUNTEER to coach anyone. That was Summers. SUMMERS IS THE FUCKING MORON, NOT BRYCE.
…Bryce Marcus’ POV brings me both joy and despair.
Georgie; pressure point
I believe this is the final ‘because fuck this’ fill! I’d like to thank everyone again for their generosity and their patience as I slowly worked through these. I did my best to keep the prompts very organized, but it’s absolutely possible a prompt fell through the cracks, especially in the case of people who had multiple prompts, so if you have an outstanding prompt please let me know!
This is for the prompt: Georgie POV of the 12 hours before and 12 hours after Robbie catches him cheating.
This ended up being the twelve minutes before and twelve seconds after, because that alone ended up being over 500 words. Reconstructing that 24 hours would be extremely, extremely long, were I to do it justice, so I tried to do justice to a smaller stretch of time.
Warning, of course, for infidelity.
Chronological guide to YCMAL
A while ago, I thought it would be a good idea to read ALL of the YCMAL ‘verse in chronological order. This didn’t happen, because I haven’t had that kind of time, but I’m happy to say it’s now at least possible!
For anyone who’s interested, here’s a chronological guide to all of YCMAL.
This whole spreadsheet would have been impossible without @greenleaves-never, who was responsible for the beautiful timeline that kept me organized, and who was kind enough to let me use that timeline. 🙂
A few things to note:
- This spreadsheet contains every main story chapter, placed to the best of my ability. I’m sure there are mistakes, but I’ve also included some brief notes explaining the placement of some chapters.
- Other than YCMAL itself, this timeline doesn’t have any paid content (so no Patreon-exclusive or Kickstarter-exclusive stories).
- This guide contains some (but not all) outtakes. If I can find exactly where they’re meant to go in the timeline, I’ll add them, but there are a lot of them and they’re low-priority. These are all greyed out; there are still links, but they’re not necessary if you just want the main story experience.
Links (which are also in the spreadsheet):
Enjoy!
When I need a small, happy thought, I think of David trying to get something off a high shelf in the kitchen and not being able to reach and Jake coming up behind him and putting one hand on his waist and reaching up with the other to get the jar. David leans back into him and they just pause like that for a minute, before they go on with what they were doing. Sometimes they’re 25 in this scenario, sometimes they’re 60.
This is a nice thought. Let us all think of this.
But what are Kiro and Parent SAYING
(for those not getting the ITIA SOTW, Kiro had a conversation with Parent at that dinner he had to hang up on David for, this conversation being witnessed by one Ulf Larsson)
In the briefest terms it can be summed up as this:
(obviously not verbatim)
Kiro: “I have been told a story, I suspect you are familiar with this story, I also suspect you are the least likely to give me the runaround on this”
Armand: “…I hate Lourdes.”
Kiro: “Can you confirm or deny that you were told of a romantic relationship between (1) Jacob Lourdes and (1) Davidson Chapman?”
Armand: “…Confirm.”
Kiro: “Are you aware if this was told without the express permission of said Davidson Chapman?”
Armand: “Fuck my life…yes, I am fairly sure it was not a conversation Chapman approved of.”
Kiro: “Is this the cause of the dissolution of the relationship between Jacob Lourdes and Davidson Chapman?”
Armand: “…I believe so.”
Kiro: “Has Jacob Lourdes mentioned anything regarding Davidson Chapman since this incident?”
Armand: “…Yes.”
Kiro: “Did this at any point involve the name of Kirill Volkov?”
Armand: “Yes. Also fuck this entire conversation.”
Kiro: “Was the name Kirill Volkov mentioned as a potential romantic partner to Davidson Chapman?”
Armand: “…not in so many words.”
Kiro: “But basically.”
Armand: “Basically, yes.”
Kiro: “Those are all my questions, your Honour.”
I feel so bad for Anton. From his perspective, it must look like he is doing everything possible, ready to do anything at all, and Vinny is still pushing him away. And he is getting more and more desperate, and more and more frantic, and Vinny is STILL pushing him away. And all that is left for Anton is to curl up under Vinny’s porch and be sad, because big Antons don’t cry, but they can get really really sad. :((((
I would like to note that I received this ask after the last part of Vinny and held back responding to it, but:
Anon, I burst out laughing when I read it, for obvious reasons.
just moving along like everyone else 