I dunno if I thought he had an abusive ex, I think I was just thinking he never had anyone take care of him and feels that it's shameful to be sick? Like, he shouldnt have let Sonny do all this stuff, cause that's weakness and he's scared Sonny will now perceive him as weird.
Rafael's father resents him when he needs to be babied? Rafael's father came from Cuba right? I can just so picture Rafael's father being incapable of having empathy for any of Raf's 'first world problems' because Senor Barba had it way harder as a child, and maybe it's true, but it wouldn't be any easier for little Raf especially when he sees that the parents of his peers treat them much better.
There's been times when I've didn't have any caffeine in the morning and then by evening, I've had a huuuuge headache until I get caffeine. LOL I wonder if Rafael's migraines was him developing a tolerance so it doesn't work anymore... I kinda understand why Mormons won't touch even that.
I once planned a story about him.going through coffee withdrawl, cause it can def be migranes-bad.
Lol, yup, Raf's parents deffo both went to school uphill both ways, through the snow! Pampered lil shit doesnt know what real pain feels like! Stop crying!
I see poor bunny going through the five stages of grief about being trapped there without coffee, Nick and Sonny would get slight headaches too, but poor Raf is probably used to being able to mainline it throughout the day.
Oh, where is this from and why is it also tagged Danny Pino? I recognize Raul Esparza in the middle, that fine ass and those thighs.
I think Rafael is flexible enough to ride one reverse cowboy, while bending down to suck his other boyfriend's dick. Or he's sitting in Sonny's lap with his wrists bound behind his back, and Sonny's hands are wrapped around Raf's ankles, holding them up high so Raf's near bent double and completely open for Nick.
Oh ho ho, this sounds fun: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/caffeine-withdrawal-symptoms Headache Fatigue Anxiety Difficulty concentrating Depressed mood Irritability Tremors Low energy
Hm,dunno why Pinto,but it's from Leap of Faith, most of his dance numbers are sexy af in that and I kimda adore his char, he's such a sad fucked-up hottie. ;)
Tremors, nice. These we can work with. Maybe he gets a stress migrane on top. ;) Just the most pathetic lil bundle of waaa you can imagine. In the snow. ;)
First they are snowed in so they can't ski and Rafael was really looking forward to that, then he can't concentrate and couldn't get any research done so his time is just wasted feeling miserable and useless. He gets depressed and worried that he'll get dumped after snapping at his boyfriends. Now he's curled up tightly on the couch, hiding under a forte of cushions because he thinks his boyfriends must be sick of him, and he's so tired but he couldn't stop shaking, he's so cold.
When the rescuers finally arrive and Sonny ask if they have coffee, and Raf pokes his head up from the bundle of blankets he's wrapped in within Nick's arms, points his big adorable eyes at all of them.
They may have caffeine pills, I actually keep those in my first aid kit along with sugar or candy, salt, and sesame oil (for mouth wounds).
Going through coffee withdrawals while bound and gagged inside a luggage case, worse when he could smell the coffee others are drinking on the train. When his kidnapper (Alex?) slips his hand inside the case he can feel poor Rafi cold and trembling.
When they find Rafael, Sonny leans down to pick him up and he just jumps into Sonny's arms and buries his face in Sonny's coat while Nick pulls a Stabler on Alex. Rafael will need to take a week off to recover, let his boyfriends hold him in their laps feeding him chocolate covered coffee beans while watching trashy reality tv, or scary fish and/or zombies. Even when the vacation end they'll be picking him up from now on so he doesn't get kidnapped again, and he'll have their hickies to remind him the bad dream was just a bad dream.
Have you ever seen Witness Infection (2020)? It's a parody of mafia movies with zombies that's on tubi, a lot of lowbrow humour but also some heartfelt stuff in there that could be a bit dark. Oh the protagonist is a dog groomer so there are cute dogs. Also, a lot of guys in colourful tracksuits in this movie. Two feuding mafia families is stuck in the same town for witness protection...
Eh, I googled Peter Scanavino and tracksuit and there is nothing. Danny Pino was in track pants with his white tank top at the beginning of Amaro One Eighty though.
ONE of the dogs got snatched by a zombie hand but eh, you don't see any on screen animal death, and there was a heartbreaking conversation about love by two side characters, but the main characters got the happy ending, mostly, Witness Protection is awesome for people who like mafia and zombie films because there as so many references, like the reveal in the end is what the Sopranos have been doing, plus the line 'In my house -- where my wife hardly ever sleeps"
Limber as Raf is, he's in a bad shape after having cramped in the luggage case all day long, in the dark with nothing but Alex blaming him for everything, everybody, the wreck that Alex's life has become -- because Rafael does feel for Alex that was his childhood bestfriend, and he wonder if he had stuck around and continue to do everything that Alex has asked of him on the downlow, maybe Alex wouldn't have been sexting a highschooler. Or maybe Alex keeps him for more than a day, take him out of the luggage case to use him like he uses to and for Raf, the trauma of everything confuses his mind over whether it's currently present day, where Alex is hurting him deliberately, or in the past when Alex was just callous, but overall charming. Raf would so feel guilty, and trauma-bonded especially when Alex said he needed and wanted Raf, so Raf doesn't run even when he physically could because their relationship is already a bit stockholmy even before the kidnapping -- and the time confusion thing, especially when Unhinged!Alex talks to him as if it was still 20 years ago. It won't go to trial because of that but Nick has threatened to kill Alex even if Raf would never forgive him, because Raf would still have Sonny.
I always saw Nick's confrontations with Raf in "October Surprise" as Nick being protective of Raf, the way they fought reminded me of Nick and Amanda. Nick recognize that Alex is a threat to Rafael, a charming abuser. Most especially when they were fighting in the elevator and Raf was like, oh, you are going to drive me that, that reminded me of the way Amanda behaved with Nick, and Nick almost certainly did drive Raf and hoovered
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