even worse when the second part isn't a recommended post after you finish reading the first

Never not reblogging

Ghost, coming home late from a night out with the team, drunk off his ass and hardly coherent, realizes he's lost his keys.

He's lost his keys, but he has not lost the lockpicking set he always has on him. Thank god he is still good at lockpicking while drunk.

...unfortunately he's not as skilled at reading the apartment numbers.

He's in the middle of wondering who rearranged his furniture when there's a sharp pain in the back of his skull and it all goes black.

Cue you promptly freaking out because you probably killed your weird neighbor, he just crumpled onto the floor and– a sudden groaning, and the body rolls over to stare at you.

Did he just tank a bat to the head?? Nevermind. More importantly, you kneel down next to him and subtly press a touch to the back of the head, feeling for damage "sir? Are you okay? Should i call someone?"

"....god, love, yer pretty. Good swing." He slurs, head tilting back "...wanna get dinner sometime?"

Then he actually blacks out.

What the fuck?

I'm sorry in advance for what you're about to read 🥹

Imagine Ghost who is at his wit's end because you keep giving him the cold shoulder ever since he got back. He know he promised that the mission was only going to be a week long and that he would be back before you even realised. But then something happened and a week turned into three whole months. Ghost had missed your birthday, the anniversary of you two, and even Christmas which he had promised he would spend at your family with you this year.

Ghost understand that you would be mad, but it's been three whole days and you had not even said a single word to him. Ghost wasn't great with words, so when he first came back, he had tried to help you around the house. But whenever he tried to help in any way he could, you just walked away without even sparing a single glance.

At this point, Ghost is straight up desperate for your forgiveness, and he needs it fast. You didn't know but Ghost actually planned to propose to you right after the mission is over. He prepared the rings, planned a honeymoon vacation, Ghost even filled out a transfer request to a desk job because he knew how you always worried about him when he go on missions. Price had smiled when he received the documents, saying how Ghost had finally found the family for himself.

"Yep, she's the one, sir." Ghost remembered saying with a fond smile.

So today, Ghost is a man set on a mission. He wore his best shirt, huh, when did you move all of his clothes to the dresser in the second bedroom, and prepare a fancy dinner full of your favourite food, strange, he went to make a cuppa while waiting and couldn't find his favourite cup anywhere.

But still, Ghost was hopeful. And so far, everything was going great. And while you still haven't said anything to him yet, at least you didn't move away when Ghost wraps his arm around you while watching movies on the couch.

"Bloody hell sweetheart, you really do love this movie ay? I can practically recite the whole damn script after so many times watching it with you." Still no reply, but Ghost wasn't going to give up so easily.

It was later that night when there was a knock at the door, Ghost was prepared to stand up and open the door but you beat him to it. It was a bit of a surprise to see his captain on the other side of the entrance, and Ghost can't help but feel a bit jealous over how you easily hug Price.

"How're you holding up, kid? I know it's been hard for you these couple of days. Johnny and Kyle really wanted to come along today but they had something urgent come up and-"

"I-it's alright John, I understand. Please, come in and have a seat. I'll make some tea."

"No need, kid. I won't be taking too much of your time. But before that, have you been taking care of yourself? You know Simon would hate it if he knew you've been neglecting yourself."

"It's....fine. I just finished eating some takeout and was just watching some movies for.... old time sake."

"Good, good." Price said as he took out a small velvet box. "We, uh, we found this. In his office. And we think that you would like to have this, kid. I'm sorry."

Once Ghost had registered that the small box was actually the rings he bought, he almost ready to jump across the table to take it back but stopped mid way because he heard you begin to cry.

"Oh God, John, I can't do this, John. I-I just can't. Please, John, please tell me that all of this is just a horrible nightmare and that my Simon isn't-! Please, I beg of you, I can't! He can't be dead John!!"

What? Ghost thought. But he's not dead? He's right here though? The mission was a success wasn't it? Ghost finally tracks the enemy down, sneaks through their defense and gets the information needed. Then he snuck back out and went back to the safe house and oh, right, he was shot, wasn't he? Ghost was shot just as he finally reached the safehouse. He never managed to get back to you like he promised before he left, never get to take you on that vacation, never get to propose to you.

It was finally then that Ghost realised you never gave him the cold shoulder, you just couldn't see him anymore.

Not-so-fun fact, I originally planned that instead of Price who knock, it was actually a robber and then Ghost would have been forced to watch his lovie get hurt while not being able to do anything but I feel like that would be too much angst in a single post so you guys have this instead :33 Hope you enjoyed 🫶

Just gonna drop these here as a starting point :)

How to identify, and then deal with, your emotions

Emotional regulation skills

Conflict resolution skills

Creating and enforcing boundaries

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy skills

Emotional intelligence ideals to aim for

Axes of self-care/wellbeing

Self-care self-evaluation (find out where you’re starting)

How to make a self-care checklist

How to start a self-care habit

Reparenting resources

Crash Course Psychology

KhanAcademy: Understanding the Self and Society (some units more relevant than others)

Emotional education activities for children and teens

Social-Emotional Learning activities for kids (information can be adapted for adults)

I'm reblogging to actually use this

Reblogging so I can read all of this; I think I do need to do better with my emotional maturity so this will come in handy.

John "daddy kink" price who is so fucking desperate to get you into his bed and call him dad while he fucks you. He's constantly calling you 'kid' and being extremely paternal, with plenty of suggestive touches. He's devastated when you tell him you think of him as a father...in the platonic way.

Vs

Simon "where are your parents" Riley who is genuinely trying to father you. He keeps his touches strictly platonic and still you get flustered and shy. You constantly try to dad kink him and it drives ghost insane. Price is seething in the corner while you try and snuggle up with ghost.

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Simon “Ghost” Riley p links!

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Don’t listen to the alpha male podcasts. This is what peak masculinity actually looks like

Strap is DESPERATELY needed</3

Okay but Toxic!Kyle Garrick who’s the sort of man who lives for the drama of softly delivered heartbreaks. He practices the “I think we should take a break” speech in the mirror until it sounds earnest, savoring the chaos that follows: tears, angry texts, the lingering ache of being wanted and hated in equal measure. It’s not love he’s after, but the high of emotional demolition. He’s a walking serotonin deficit with a pretty smile and a “you deserve better” line holstered and ready.

Vs.

You, blissfully oblivious. You, who never got the memo that exclusivity was even on the table. You, who spent the last six months cycling through lovers and just assumed Kyle was another one on a list. When Kyle hits you with the “we should take a break” speech, you just blink. Pause. Try to remember if you ever actually dated.

“…Oh. I didn’t even know we were together? Sorry, I’ve been sleeping with like six other guys this whole time. My bad.”

He’s left staring, ego cracked and unraveling, watching as you slip out the door, already texting someone else.

Frothing at the mouth every time I see a sex ed resource that says "use condoms" without any further elaboration. "Condoms prevent STIs and pregnancy in the vast majority of cases when used correctly" but then they don't talk about what correctly IS

Correct use of a condom means

Bonus: a lot of people think hand stuff can't transmit STIs. Wrong! If you give your partner a handjob and then touch yourself you can get HPV, herpes (low risk), and infections like chlamydia and gonorrhea

This isn't meant to be stressful, and the most common STIs are the most treatable - and often curable - but getting gonorrhea in your eyes after a facial still extremely sucks and yet no one talks about the fact that any mucous membrane can be effected, not just your genitals (yes this includes your mouth and throat)

In ten years of doing sex work where I saw 10 clients a day most of the time I've had 4 condom fails ever. One was what I mentioned above when it snapped on my leg, one was a client on top of me didn't get off fast enough after he finished and the condom came off, and the other two were a Glyde brand magnum that was inexplicably twice the thickness of a regular condom and didn't stay put on anyone so I suggest just avoiding Glyde entirely (their water based lubes also stain fyi). With all other brands correct use = extremely safe

Oil-based lube and latex condoms are also incompatible! Condoms can and should be used on toys.

I'd normally tag nsfw but I never got sex ed in school or at home. Even if you yourself don't need to use this information, it's still good in general to know, whether that be for fiction writing or advice to a friend or just to have in your back pocket (which is apparently hopefully not where you're keeping the condoms). The more you know!

how your 20s feel when you dont know what ur doing

I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

He’s truly doing the Lord’s work for us thirsty bitches.

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