Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Chances Are by RelenaFanel Archive of Our Own beta. “What kind of bet did you lose that you have to go out with this?” the guy asked, gesturing to himself. “First person to flirt with me,” Derek grumbled. Series. Part 1 of Chances Are. You don't stand a chance by relenafanel. Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV) Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. "Fine," Stiles said, feeling slightly overwhelmed by Scott's ability to sway Stiles' mind with just an expression. "I'll flirt with intent. First person I see." "Stiles," Scott shook his head. "No?" "No, just. next time you actually want to go for it, just go for it, man. It might work out, you never know. If you don’t take a chance, you don’t stand a chance." Chance only favours the prepared mind from Stiles' POV. Ahmad Givens From Real Chance of Love Dead at Age 33, Brother Pens Touching Tribute: "We Love You Forever" The rapper and reality star had battled cancer for almost two years and throughout that time, kept his fans updated about his health with a series of funny, moving and inspirational posts and videos. Rapper Ahmad Givens , aka Real, star of the VH1 reality dating game show Real Chance of Love , has died at age 33 after battling colon cancer for almost two years. The news was announced on Saturday by multiple outlets and by his brother and co-star Kamal "Chance" Givens . The two are rappers in the group Stallionaires . Chance posted a touching tribute to his brother on Instagram. Real had six days ago posted a photo of the two on his own page, It shows him fist-bumping. Real appears to be laying on a bed. Trending Stories. Scott Disick Drops $57,000 on Another Unique Birthday Gift for Amelia. Travis Scott Says He Loves "Wifey" Kylie Jenner at Gala With Stormi. Erika Jayne's Attorneys Withdraw Representation After Documentary. Real is also survived by two more brothers, his mother, grandmother, his wife of four years, Racquel Givens , and their son. I love my boy.He just keeps me laughing A photo posted by Ahmad Givens (@realstallionaire) on Nov 26, 2014 at 12:40pm PST. He and Chance appeared together on two seasons of Real Chance of Love , starting in 2008. They had made their reality show debuts on the VH1 dating series I Love New York in 2007 and also starred in Real and Chance: The Legend Hunters in 2010. Real also appeared on the cable network's show I Love Money . Real had felt ill in January 2013, suffering flu-like symptoms, and was misdiagnosed several times before he was told in March 2013 that he had stage 4 colon cancer. He told UrbanDaily.com in early 2014 that his doctor was too emotional to deliver the news and that another one did so in her place, telling him, "You have about two weeks to live. I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do for you." Real told the website that his mother was with him at the time and that he had to call his wife and tell her the news, which was the hardest part. Almost exactly one year ago, he penned a moving tribute to his wife on Instagram, saying, "If it wasn't for this beautiful woman, I don't know where if be or if I would be doing as well as I'm doing." He underwent chemotherapy and at least two surgeries to remove cancerous cells in his colon and liver. He was also treated for a brain tumor, according to UrbanDaily.com. "God was number one and my family was number two," he said. "God just really blessed me with abreast strong support system. I just kept a positive outlook. And on those days when I was down, I didn't let anybody see that because I didn't want them to get down. My son kept me going because I knew he needed me and I needed him so I fought to be here for him." Last pic from yesterday's game A photo posted by Ahmad Givens (@realstallionaire) on Nov 24, 2014 at 1:40pm PST. Me and my dumb smile messing pics up lol. A photo posted by Ahmad Givens (@realstallionaire) on Nov 12, 2014 at 6:54pm PST. Told Ya Teddy still here lmao A photo posted by Ahmad Givens (@realstallionaire) on Nov 19, 2014 at 10:10pm PST. He often sought comfort by visiting horses. He and his brothers were raised on a ranch in Northern California, where his father bred Arabian horses. "I needed to get out and be with these peaceful creatures," he said in an Instagram video. "They always make me feel better." Chances Are . . . Summary & Study Guide. Chances Are . . . Summary & Study Guide Description. Chances Are . . . Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Chances Are . . . by Richard Russo. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Russo, Richard. Chances Are…. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. The novel opens in 2015. Lincoln, Teddy, and Mickey are three friends who are currently in their mid-sixties. They arrive on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. They have been friends for decades but have not always kept in close touch. They originally met as undergraduates at Minerva College in the late 1960s. Lincoln was raised in a small town in Arizona by a domineering father. Lincoln attended Minerva College at the behest of his mother. In her will, Lincoln’s mother left him a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Lincoln has never lived in the house, but he rented it out to generate revenue. Teddy is originally from the Midwest, and his parents led secular lives. However, in his youth, Teddy became interested in religion and began attending church. Mickey was raised in a working-class family in West Haven, Connecticut. He attended Minerva after scoring a high SAT score. He is now a musician and an audio engineer. In 1971, after graduating from college, Lincoln, Teddy, and Mickey vacationed at the house with their friend Jacy. They all had romantic feelings for Jacy, but she was engaged to another man. At the end of the vacation, Jacy mysteriously disappeared and was never seen again. Teddy was traumatized by the disappearance, and he became averse to romantic relationships. Teddy and Mickey are unmarried. Lincoln has been married for years and has several children and grandchildren. After Lincoln, Teddy, and Mickey arrive on the island in 2015, Lincoln decides to attempt another investigation into Jacy’s disappearance. At first, he suspects that Jacy may have been killed by a misanthropic neighbor named Mason Troyer. In 1971, Mason sexually assaulted Jacy. However, Mason has a solid alibi. Eventually, Mickey tells Lincoln and Teddy the truth about Jacy’s disappearance. Lincoln and Teddy already know that Mickey fled to Canada in 1971 to escape the Vietnam War draft. However, they did not know that Jacy went with him in order to escape her impending wedding and her abusive family life. A few years later, Jacy died of a degenerative brain disorder while she and Mickey were still living in Canada. In 1974, Mickey returned to the United States. After learning the truth of Jacy’s disappearance, Lincoln and Teddy feel a sense of closure. One of the reasons Lincoln came to the island was to try to sell the house there that he inherited from his mother. However, he decides that it would be betrayal of her memory if he sold it. Due to the sense of closure that Teddy feels from hearing the truth of Jacy’s disappearance, he feels a renewed sense of openness and excitement towards life in general. Chances Are by RelenaFanel. relenafanel: Bucky Barnes at 20: I can never tell Steve I love him even if we live to be 100. Bucky Barnes at 20: Well if we live to be 100… Bucky Barnes at 20: I suppose then it’s a sign that I should. Bucky Barnes at 100: fuck now I gotta. [this is the biggest cliche to ever cliche] “So,” Bucky hedged, two days after his birthday because that was how long it had taken him to get up the nerve after he’d realized just after midnight on the day he turned 100. He’d laughed, a bit hysterically, at his ceiling for that one. “When you were younger did you ever make stupid promises to yourself that you never expected to have to make good on?” Steve shrugged as he broke another egg into the bowl. That was number seven, which meant he was making eggs for Bucky too. It should make him smile, but instead he was watching Steve intently for any hint understanding. The lack of reaction was disappointing, even though rationally Bucky knew it would have taken effort for him to be more vague. “I suppose,” Steve answered. “I promised myself when I was eight and recovering from my second bout of pneumonia that year that I’d get big and strong.” He frowned. “I guess I lived up to that. That kind of promise?” “Not exactly…” Bucky told him. “More like that you’d do something if something happened that you figured there was zero chance in hell of actually happening.” “I promised to take Peggy dancing after I made it off the Valkyrie, even though I didn’t expect to survive it.” For fucksakes, Bucky barely refrained from rolling his eyes. Of course Steve didn’t put off to an indefinite later what he could do today. Well, he deserved Bucky to do the same. “Ok, here’s the thing. When I was twenty I promised myself I would tell you something if we both lived to be 100 because I figured it was a safe bet that neither of us would.” Steve looked up from scrambling the eggs with a fork and stared at him. Bucky stared back. “And now I’m trying to make good on that promise.” Steve continued staring at him, expecting Bucky not to be a total coward and run away from his feelings for another twenty years. Nope. Bucky was gonna run. NO HE WASN’T. He was a hundred years old. He could do this. “I figure, we made it this far despite the odds. I remember the promise clearly, despite the odds on that happening too. So,” he shrugged. “Here we are, ancient and alive in 2017. So I should probably just tell you.” He faced Steve like he was facing an execution squad. He’d faced an execution squad easier. “Oh for fucksakes, seriously?” Steve said, clearly reading something on Bucky’s face. “Is this about the time you let me take the fall for breaking the church window? You waited until now to tell me?” No, Bucky was taking that secret to his grave and gladly. “I’m in love with you,” he blurted out instead. Steve stared at him. Blinked. “ You waited until now to tell me ?” he said, voice almost shrill. “What the fuck, Bucky! Since you were twenty?” “Two years later! Two full years!” “Really? Because it was so long ago, I don’t really remember…” he waved vaguely. “You’re so full of shit,” Steve decided. “Since you were twenty?” and there was something soft in his tone, a wistfulness Bucky didn’t expect. Steve ducked his chin slightly, one of the only signs he had of being shy. “Really?” “Are you happy about it?” Bucky questioned, feeling a little incredulous. “Why wouldn’t I be? Are you kidding me,” he grinned, and it might be the first time Bucky had seen Steve actually happy since he got back. “We can get married.” “Well,” Bucky felt himself flush, not quite from embarrassment, but the surprise of hearing those words said out loud. “Yeah. I suppose. It’s not that sudden and I’m not getting any younger.” Steve stared at him again. “I meant we can. Legally. Get married. It’s 2017, and… you’re here.” “Yeah, I’m…” and then he broke off what he was going to say because Steve sat heavily on the island stool and Steve had never abruptly sat on anything in his entire life. He’d rather fall over than show weakness. “You’re here ,” Steve repeated in a cracking voice, looking at Bucky with tears in his eyes. “I can have that.” Bucky understood. He’d probably do it all again, if given the option between this and dying in 1945. He’d do it all again just to witness Steve Rogers crying at the idea of having something he hadn’t thought possible. “Of course you can. I wouldn’t deny you anything.” Steve laughed ruefully and shook his head. “…Since you were twenty,” he pointed out sarcastically while sniffing loudly. “True.” Steve would be bringing that up when they were 150, and it made him smile. “I don’t think this is going to stop for a while,” Steve said, pretending to daintily dab at his eyes with his sleeve but really wiping his nose. Bucky had been on to him about that since 1925. “I’ll go grab you kleenex,” Bucky promised. “You know, they call this ugly crying now.” “Thanks,” Steve said, taking a tissue from the offered box. “Thanks,” Steve repeated in a sarcastic, dry tone, but his face had somehow gotten redder. “It’s a real tragedy our first kiss is going to be covered in snot,” Bucky continued, leaning in close. “Could you give me give five minutes,” Steve asked in a sharp tone, tugging three tissues out of the box and wadding them up under his nose. Like that would protect him. It was adorable. “Come on, Buck.” Bucky laughed, cupping Steve’s face in his hands and brushing his thumbs under his cheekbones. Of course, he was also deliberately squishing Steve’s cheeks together so he looked like a chipmunk. “There we go. Good as new.” Archive of Our Own beta. “I hope he’s into men,” Jaskier said. “Or at least willing to play along with pretending to be for long enough for you to get a picture.” “You’re going to walk up to that?” Essi asked. “You have more balls than brains.” That was probably true. a tried-to-get-revenge-on-an-ex-and-ended-up-in-a- relationship fic. Local, Mediocre Talent by relenafanel. Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types. Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. “They’re setting up for the live band,” Geralt observed, finishing his pint of ale in one long swallow and gesturing to Eskel to hurry up. “Let’s go.” “They’re supposed to be decent,” Eskel answered. A Meet-Ugly. GERALT'S A SOFT BOI send tweet by relenafanel. Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types. Mature No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Work in Progress. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. “Hey, so this is where you ended up,” Jaskier said, sliding into the chair across from Geralt in the sad truck-stop diner 50 kilometres outside of the backwater swamp-dump reporting an infestation of drowners. Jaskier had found the posting on the Witcher forum he shouldn’t know about, but did, in part because he ‘managed’ Geralt’s media presence (unpaid, and un-asked-for) and in part because he was a nosy bitch. Tracking Geralt down at any point in time was an art form of anticipating what his current driving force might be: money, empathy, or rage. Also, sometimes, a nap. AKA a modern-au where Jaskier is famous on the internet, Geralt is still a Witcher, they hunt monsters and are bad at emotions (sometimes at the same time) Detective Hot (to Trot) by relenafanel for Swing Set in December (swing_set13) Fandoms: The Flash (TV 2014) Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. Iris gets a minor crush on Detective Leonard Snart. Joe gets overprotective and points out that the Detective's type is more BARRY than her. Barry's dick emotions take interest. Pedantic Affectations by fannishlove, relenafanel. Fandoms: Captain America (Movies) Mature No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. Steve Rogers: khaki pants and ugly tweed wearing art history professor specializing in historical queer art (by day). Is actually Captain America, vigilante and the bane of Detective Barnes’s existence (by night). Detective Bucky Barnes: A very clever cop who suspects something is up with Steve. Is frustrated that Captain America exists and is dedicated to finding him because he loves a good puzzle. So, how does Steve convince Bucky that he's too boring to be Captain America? Go on a date with him. (Steve is kind of really, really bad at this secret identity thing) Recent series. Slayer Bucky by relenafanel. Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Teen And Up Audiences, Mature No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Series in Progress. No Archive Warnings Apply. Sex Pants by relenafanel. Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Mature, Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Series in Progress. No Archive Warnings Apply. Let's go steal a. by relenafanel. Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences, Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Series in Progress. No Archive Warnings Apply. THE Steve Rogers PROBLEM by relenafanel. Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Mature, Teen And Up Audiences, Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Series in Progress. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. Meet SSA Bucky Barnes: Hostage Rescue Team member extraordinaire. He loves his job, his body, and hooking up. He hates civilians and local enforcement officers trying to do his job and fucking everything to shit. Meet Bucky Barnes: fan of the television show The Howling Commandos extraordinaire. He loves writing fanfic, creating fanart, and staring at Steve Rogers' ass. He hates the long journey of doing the necessary physical therapy on his arm (and also that no one told him he knows Steve Rogers ). Meet Bucky Barnes: Steve Rogers' boyfriend. He loves Steve. He hates the idea of that being his sole identity. Slide to Answer by relenafanel. Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Series. No Archive Warnings Apply. Recent bookmarks. time to wonder, do I dare? by NoRationalThoughtRequired. Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types. Mature No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. It makes a certain kind of poetic sense, having a musician--who specializes in taking you somewhere else with his songs while you’re stuck here, in the present--playing outside of a bookshop--which specializes in selling pages bound together by the hundreds that transport you to other places, other times. This young man, this Jaskier , he’s bright, he’s cheerful, he’ll draw the eye, you won’t be able to be within a hundred feet of him and not be curious, and if there are curious people standing right by a shop of curious books and other curiosities, well, the idea makes a certain kind of business sense, too. Geralt gives a nod, short, sharp. “Just don’t block the door. And don’t make me regret this.” Jaskier claps his hands together and squeals in delight. “No, no, I won’t, I promise. You won’t! You won’t regret this.” Or: Bookshop owner Geralt inexplicably, in what must be a fit of temporary madness induced by the early hour and not enough caffeine, allows musician Jaskier to play outside his shop. Somewhere along the way, he starts to fall in love. Series. Part 1 of disturb the universe Show Most Recent Bookmarks. Bookmarked by relenafanel. Bookmarker's Notes. 4 Minute Window by Speranza. Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe. Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply M/M Complete Work. No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary. "Look, if they catch me," Bucky muttered, "they're either going to kill me or they're going to put me in a box with a little window and—Steve, I can't. " Series. Part 1 of 4 Minute Window Show Most Recent Bookmarks. Bookmarked by relenafanel. Bookmarker's Notes. to memory now I can't recall by Etharei. Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Explicit Graphic Depictions Of Violence M/M Complete Work. Graphic Depictions Of Violence. Summary. While on a mission storming a HYDRA facility, James Buchanan Barnes touches one of the many strange alien devices collected by the Red Skull. He does this, in fact, twice— in the past, and in the future. Next thing he knows, Bucky Barnes is opening his eyes in the 21st century, which is full of great gadgets and coffee, and at least includes his old pal Steve. (And, inexplicably, a different Stark.) Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier finds himself in the middle of World War Two, helping Captain America hunt down HYDRA (which is at least familiar), pretending to be Bucky Barnes (which is not), and figuring out the very noisy group of soldiers who call themselves the Howling Commandos. Bookmarked by relenafanel. Bookmarker's Notes. . I can't with this fic and this author. If you read one Steve/Bucky fic, read this one. I don't have words.