okbjgm:

hmm… not sure truth be told, but if you held my feet to the fire, I’d say at least five years, since we know there was a middleboy before wendy came along (and his tragic fate is described in the comic book universe).

lizznotliz:

(ETA: OH HEY GUESS WHAT THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIALOGUE ONLY AND I JUST NOTICED THAT WHOOPS ALREADY WRITTEN OH WELL sorry ‘bout that here have some fic anyway)

“What happened doesn’t change anything,” he says. Their legs swing in time off the edge of the roof, their heels bouncing off the brick.

Her voice is small but her grip on his hand is tight: “How can you say that?”

“Because you won’t remember this in the morning.” He speaks to the stars, to the full moon; she can see his grim smile in the light it reflects. “In the morning, you’ll be dating Perfect Warren again and I’ll just be Wendy’s terrible boss who keeps her late at work and who occasionally - oddly - walks her to her door.”

“I won’t think that.”

“You will.”

“But today.” Her knuckles are white around his. “We had today. I remember today.”

“It was just one day.”

“A gift?”

A punishment, he thinks. But he nods for her anyway.

“But it all goes back to the way it was.” It’s not a question this time. She knows better than to ask now. She’s squeezing his hand so tight he can’t feel his fingers anymore.

“The way it’s supposed to be, yes. Ultimate sacrifices aren’t so easily unmade.”

They stay on the roof until she falls asleep, slumped against his shoulder. He carries her downstairs to the loft and leaves before she wakes.

knitmeapony:

The Middleman’s Best Beer:

1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup beer
¼ cup vegetable oil
4 eggs

1. Mix the mixes and put in a mixer to mix further.
2. Mix in the rest of the stuff until it is well mixed.
3. Bake at 350 degrees in whatever kind of well-oiled pan you choose for about 50 minutes (and all the alcohol is gone).
4. Serve with an ice cold glass of milk.

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Dubbie’s Delicious Drink, as made for her by Lacey after a Dark Day.

• What’s left of the rum you got for Christmas
• 2 liter bottle of “Dr. Peppy” store brand soda
  
• “Crushed ice” (if that actually means ‘freezer burn chipped off of 10 year old frozen dinners’, well, who’s going to judge?)
• Fresh, slightly bruised cherries liberated from a grocery store that was just going to thrown them out, can you believe it?
  

Pour all the rum you’ve got into a clean, empty jar.  (We only drink from transparent containers in this illegal sublet so as not to repeat the Paint Water Incident of senior year)

Fill the jar the rest of the way up with soda

Add all the cherries that’ll fit.

Serve with bendy straw.