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"Jimmy grins and makes room on half of the stool for Lister to join him. It’s tiny, so they’d never be able to sit like this for more than a couple of minutes. They really can’t avoid the way their thighs are pressed together, and, yeah, that’s totally normal. That’s fine. Jimmy is very warm. Lister’s heart pounds steadily in his chest.
Casual as anything, willing his hands not to shake, Lister wraps his fingers gently over Jimmy’s knuckles. His hands are so warm. Lister’s hands are bigger than Jimmy’s, longer and skinnier.
They fit nicely together, he thinks."
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It's Year 10. Jimmy is god-fucking-awful at the drums. Lister has recently developed a god-fucking-awful crush on Jimmy. Whatever will they do!
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“How about a bet?”
Keith paused.
“If I can make you fall in love with the holidays by Christmas night, you’ll take the shift.”
Keith snorted, turning to face Lance. He kept that vaguely annoyed smile on his face, but nothing could hide the gleam of interest in his eyes.
“You’re not going to make that happen.”
“Okay,” Lance shrugged. “Then what’s the harm of taking the bet?”
Keith’s eyes rose to the ceiling, thinking.
“And,” Lance rushed in, “and I’ll sweeten the deal. I’ll work New Years as well.”
Now that got Keith’s attention.
They had drawn straws for who would work New Years Day weeks ago. It was one of the worst shifts for a toy store. Being deathly hungover while listening to kids scream and toys screech was the stuff of nightmares. Keith had lost and was stuck with the shift.
A slow grin tugged at Keith’s lips. “You’re insane.”***
When Lance gets stuck with the Christmas shift, he immediately turns to Keith, a self-proclaimed Scrooge, to cover the shift. When Keith refuses, Lance offers up a bet. If he can make Keith fall in love with the holidays before Christmas, Keith will take the shift. Nonsense straight from a Hallmark movie follows.
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I look in the mirror and my eyes are hollow. My face looks like it was carved from clay using a steak knife. I don’t see Lister Bird, sexiest man alive, I see Lister Bird, child. Lister Bird, addict. Lister Bird, failure.
Lister Bird, fraud.Or: An I Was Born For This epilogue through Lister's eyes.
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11 Dec 2024
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girldumbasses (we're in love) by calliopygian
Fandoms: I Was Born for This - Alice Oseman
23 Jul 2024
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If you asked Jimmy what he was thinking in the moment, he’d say that the heat got to him.
He is a professional. He has undergone extensive media training since childhood. He does not make impulse-driven, risky decisions- well, not publicly, at least. He does not kiss Lister Bird onstage in front of thousands (actually millions, counting live streamers) of people.
...But listen.
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05 Dec 2024
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hold me tight all the way home, i'll be warm by paintedstudy
Fandoms: I Was Born for This - Alice Oseman
25 Dec 2019
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"My sister is annoying the shit out of me," Jimmy whispered. Lister felt a spark of anger shoot through him. "Come keep me sane?"
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Lister decides he doesn’t want to spend the holidays alone, so he goes to stay with Jimmy’s family.
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04 Dec 2024
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the holiday season truly starts when I go back to re-read this one for the umpteenth time
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Lister leaned back against the door, cool against his feverishly hot skin, and closed his eyes. “I don't know,” he groaned. “I don't know what this is, I don't know what we're doing, I just know that I love you like I’ve always loved you, but now there’s–this.” He gestured vaguely. Jimmy tried to smile at him, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “And also, you're hot.”
(Basically, my take on early stages Bicci. Loosely inspired by Charli xcx’s Talk talk and a few of Alice Oseman’s Tumblr posts where they mentioned that Bicci’s relationship would probably be very messy at the start (and potentially would continue to be messy until the end). They really, genuinely love each other, guys! They're just also a mess.)
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04 Dec 2024