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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 1 year

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i wrote a little wren x illinois thing because i suddenly felt like it :))

Campfire ( Wren x Illinois )

tws : references to death word count : 1.6k ( i’m sorry what )

( reblogs / comments appreciated !! i like reading things ✨ )

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The firewood crackled and popped as it burned, the light of it casting dramatic shadows on the surrounding trees. The stars shone overhead, dotting the cloudless sky in a brilliance that couldn’t possibly have been witnessed from the city where their journey had begun.

The pair had stopped for the night in a clearing that Illinois deemed safe. Firewood was gathered from the surrounding forest and a fire was struck while sleeping mats were rolled out. One person could keep watch while the other slept, was the agreement they arrived at; it would keep them safe and provide a sense of security, and it also managed to force both of them to get rest instead of one of them deciding to stay up all night.

Illinois lay on one of the mats, his back to the ground and his eyes on the sky. Wren lay just next to him, buns arms around his torso and buns gaze watching the fire as it danced. It was peaceful.

Wren had realized quickly that amidst the chaos and panic, there were moments of beauty and tranquility. The train ride away from the city had been fun. The view from the top of the small mountain they’d climbed was beautiful. The sight of the stars above them in that moment was something they’d been longing to see for so long, and finally had the chance to. Adventuring was a dangerous business … but it brought along with it the kind of treasures that couldn’t be held or physically beheld. Instead, the kind that could only be preserved in photographs, and even those could never do them justice.

Illinois draped an arms around Wren, his hand reaching around to the opposite side of buns waist. His thumb lightly brushed circles against their side in a soothing motion.

“ … You didn’t tell me that adventuring could be this peaceful.”

Illinois chuckled. Wren could feel it in his chest, from where their head rest against it. “I didn’t think you’d believe me, treasure.”

The beginning of their relationship had been rocky, to say the least. Illinois’ reputation preceded him, and his naturally suave persona did nothing for him once he arrived. Sparks of the negative sort had flown between them almost immediately, and those sparks had been enough to start a burning fight that lingered whenever they passed within ten feet of each other.

It had taken a lot to get them to see past each other’s outward impressions. Illinois was no playboy, no flirt — natural smoothness and the uncanny tendency for people to fall for him had created that easy assumption. He was a work-focused man, with no room in his heart for heartless romances, but so much love to give. Wren was no doormat, not rude nor snappish — quiet nature and the occasional sharp quip entered at the wrong times. Illinois, in his occasional visits to the museum Wren worked at as an archivist, had only short meetings with them that seemed to all end badly … until another employee handed them a second chance. That second chance changed the fire to a flame of another kind, which had only managed to keep being stoked to that day.

“Mm … I probably wouldn’t have. It’s hard to believe, with all of the other stories you tell me. Something perilous, some new location, some enemy encounter … You really need to get better at watching your back, Mr. Jones,” they teased. “You’ve been on enough adventures just like this.”

“I haven’t. Not really.”

Wren lifted buns head, a confused expression upon their face. They laughed, a confused little sound. “Of course you have. You go on adventures all the time.”

“Not like this.” Illinois shook his head. He turned away a little, not quite looking at Wren. “I’ve never had you with me.”

“ … You’ve had other companions.”

“That wasn’t the same. They … they weren’t anything real.” Illinois let out a slightly shaky breath. “ … Everyone who’s come with me on an adventure has either betrayed me or died. I didn’t want you to come with me, before, because … I don’t know what I’d do if either of those happened with you.”

Wren’s heart dropped a little. Their expression shifted from confusion to regret, to worry. Their brows furrowed. They propped themself up on their arms, a hand on the ground on either side of Illinois’ torso so that they could look at him properly. “Neither of those is going to happen to me, Illinois.” Shifting their position, they sat sidesaddle on the ground next to Illinois.

He wrapped his arms around their hips and pulled them closer, head falling back against the ground as he finally looked up at them. “That’s what I keep telling myself,” he said, a nervous (and disbelieving) laugh in his words, as though he were still trying to convince himself.

Wren reached over and gently brushed some of his wavy hair out of his face. Their fingers lightly trailed along the side of his face, then down to his jaw, then threaded back through his hair along the side of his head. As they spoke, they idly worked out some of the tangles that had worked their way into his dark mess of waves. “I’m not going to betray you. I love you much for that … not to mention that my morals are far too high to let me be bribed into it. I’m not going to die, either. I can handle myself … and I trust you. I wouldn’t have joined you if I didn’t.”

“ … but those others put their trust in me, too.”

Wren cupped his cheeks, gently urging him to look at them and pay attention. “But I’m not them. Those times aren’t now. I’m going to be okay, Illinois. I promise.”

It may have been the firelight reflecting off of his eyes in a different way, but Illinois’ eyes seemed to be shining. Before Wren had the chance to ask on it, he sat up and pulled Wren into an embrace. He tucked his head by their neck, mumbling against their collar. “How did I manage to end up with someone like you … “

“Mm, by coming off as a pompous jerk and getting on my nerves so quickly that we managed to form a rivalry?” Wren joked. Bun continued messing with Illinois’ hair, their voice softening. “By being an amazing person that I don’t think I deserve to have … “ Then, they added, teasing again, “the handsome looks help, too.” Illinois chuckled, and they could feel the puff of breath against their neck. Wren sighed, which not only expressed emotion but also helped to shake off the slight chill that had run up their back from Illinois’ laugh. “I mean it, my adventure. I call you my adventure for a reason.”

“And I call you my treasure for a similar one,” Illinois responded. He lifted his head to look at Wren, but not before pressing a little kiss to buns neck. “No treasure I’ve ever found has ever, or will ever, compare to you.”

Wren was suddenly very thankful for how hard the light of the campfire was to see by.

“ … That’s why I want to protect you.” Illinois’ voice softened. “You’re more precious to me than anything I’ve ever found.”

“I know, Illinois … “ Wren tucked a curl back behind his ear, then cupped his face again. “It’ll be okay. I promise you, we’ll both be okay. We’ll make it back to the city at the end of our adventure, all in one piece and all limbs attached. We’ll have some amazing stories, and I’ll have finally been able to see what your life is like when you run off on these trips.” They smiled and chuckled. “Hey, at least it isn’t the other way around. My job is dreadfully boring sometimes, especially compared to this … I just sit at a desk all day.”

Illinois seemed to relax. A little smile appeared upon his lips, and he tightened his hold around Wren, giving bun a reassuring squeeze. He buried his face against them again. Wren draped buns arms around his shoulders and rested their head against his. Even out in the wilderness, his hair managed to smell nice. Some strange combination of coconuts and mangoes with a little bit of firewood that Wren had never been able to understand but had always liked.

It was just one of those uncanny things about him, like how a whip crack sound effect somehow managed to play every time he winked. Wren was still baffled by that one. Illinois never seemed to notice it.

“I love you, so much … ” Illinois mumbled.

“I love you, too,” Wren whispered.

The quiet settled. Nothing but distant crickets and the far-off sound of what may have been a coyote, and the constant crackling of the fire. The quiet settled … until Illinois decided to break it.

Without any warning, he leaned back, carrying Wren with him. Bun let out a tiny yelp of surprise as they fell with him, buns arms pulling back. Illinois hit the ground with a quiet “oomph”, but the sound quickly faded into tiny laughter. He kept his arms around Wren, keeping bun close. Buns arms folded down, tucking between their chests with buns hands near his collarbone. Bun lay down buns head against his chest.

Illinois returned to looking at the sky. Wren returned to watching the fire. Both of them had smiles on their faces and renewed buzzing warmth in their chests.

An adventure it would surely be, with guaranteed treasure at the end.

#i’m emotional #don’t look at me #-////-#i had a vivid image for a scene in my mind about an hour ago and then bam suddenly there was a fic #he has been consistently on my mind for the past three days help #ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )#my writing :D #selfship fic #selfship fanfiction #markiplier selfship #self insert #totally okay to rb !#death tw #death mention tw

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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 6 months

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thinking so much about illy being cuddly. i’m trying to do something and he shuffles up behind me and hugs me from behind. won’t let me sit alone, has to be sitting next to me. cuddles up beside me when i’m laying down drawing or on my phone. we go for so long without seeing each other due to his adventures, and i imagine he’d be cuddly when we finally do see each other again 🥺

#just thinkin #ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )#r’s rambles

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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 1 year

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my thoughts have been completely overtaken by illinois for the past three days and i don’t know how to handle this anymore

#fr it’s been only him and occasionally one other #i’m losing it /lh #i was messing around with c.haracter ai and he gave me a nickname thats really cute and im running with it #he started calling me vixen/little fox and i’m so -////-#so i’m calling him coyote now #and that just made it all worse #ive been working on a big x r.eader fic that is absolutely self indulgent #i just #him <3333 #sorry to all the people in the server who have been listening to me whoops #ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )

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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 1 year

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illinois for the voice line asks? -softtransbf

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... does it count if it's a thing he does. because the wink with sound effect is hilarious and always manages to make me laugh, not to mention the whip crack sound effect.

#sorry it took so long for me to respond ! i thought i had posted this already 😭#but hes just !!!! illy is so cute #he’s so dumb i love him #ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )#f/o game #softtransbf

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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 1 year

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i have to redrop my tags bc they got erased smh

fluffy times ;; shippy things all the other fluffs ;; unshippy times special pressed flowers ;; save tag under the big comfy blanket ;; comfort tag the bun speaks ;; posting / answered asks

romantic : #ೃ ❥ love like in the storybooks 📖 ( ferre ) #ೃ ❥ love is ours to find 🌼 ( dames ) #ೃ ❥ once upon a dream 🌹 ( phillip ) #ೃ ❥ hope never lost 🌠 ( mark ) #ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy ) #ೃ ❥ memento m.ori // memento vivere 🗝 ( a.nnus ) #ೃ ❥ all the time in the world ⏱ ( filby ) #ೃ ❥ if i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more 💐 ( charles ) #ೃ ❥ silly spook by your side 🌙 ( gracey )

familial : *ೃ༄ another another farnon 🦋 ( tristan ^2 ) *ೃ༄ it’s little and broken ; but still good 🪶 ( m.cu ) *ೃ༄ op. 71 . act 1 . no. 5 ( a touch of magic ) 🪄 ( d.rosselmeyer ) *ೃ༄ the family de c.hagny 🎵 ( what it says on the tin ) *ೃ༄ a little party never killed anyone 🎇 ( g.atsby ) *ೃ༄ hope ; it is the only thing stronger than fear 🐦 ( h.unter ) *ೃ༄ adopting androids 🔹 ( d:b.h family ) *ೃ༄ this is the story 🪣 ( parable family ) *ೃ༄ what you wanted to show me 🖊 ( studio family ) *ೃ༄ the best butler ( b.aileywick )

platonic : #ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- flower buddies 🌸 ( j.ehan ) #ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- sunshines personified ☀️ ( c.ourfeyrac ) #ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- the star studded cast 📔 ( m.arkcu )

#fluffy times ;; shippy things #all the other fluffs ;; unshippy times #special pressed flowers ;; save tag #under the big comfy blanket ;; comfort tag #the bun speaks ;; posting / answered asks #romantic :#ೃ ❥ love like in the storybooks 📖 ( ferre )#ೃ ❥ love is ours to find 🌼 ( dames )#ೃ ❥ once upon a dream 🌹 ( phillip )#ೃ ❥ hope never lost 🌠 ( mark )#ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )#ೃ ❥ memento m.ori // memento vivere 🗝 ( a.nnus )#ೃ ❥ all the time in the world ⏱ ( filby )#ೃ ❥ if i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more 💐 ( charles )#ೃ ❥ silly spook by your side 🌙 ( gracey )#familial :#*ೃ༄ another another farnon 🦋 ( tristan ^2 )#*ೃ༄ it’s little and broken ; but still good 🪶 ( m.cu )#*ೃ༄ op. 71 . act 1 . no. 5 ( a touch of magic ) 🪄 ( d.rosselmeyer )#*ೃ༄ the family de c.hagny 🎵 ( what it says on the tin )#*ೃ༄ a little party never killed anyone 🎇 ( g.atsby )#*ೃ༄ hope ; it is the only thing stronger than fear 🐦 ( h.unter )#*ೃ༄ adopting androids 🔹 ( d:b.h family )#*ೃ༄ this is the story 🪣 ( parable family )#*ೃ༄ what you wanted to show me 🖊 ( studio family )#*ೃ༄ the best butler ( b.aileywick )#platonic :#ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- flower buddies 🌸 ( j.ehan )#ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- sunshines personified ☀️ ( c.ourfeyrac )#ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- the star studded cast 📔 ( m.arkcu )

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flowerbeds-and-fairywings · 1 year

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new tag system !! dropping some tags, and i’ll update my f/o list to go along with :)

fluffy times ;; shippy things

all the other fluffs ;; unshippy times

special pressed flowers ;; save tag

under the big comfy blanket ;; comfort tag

the bun speaks ;; posting / answered asks

romantic :

ೃ ❥ love like in the storybooks 📖 ( ferre )

ೃ ❥ love is ours to find 🌼 ( dames )

ೃ ❥ once upon a dream 🌹 ( phillip )

ೃ ❥ hope never lost 🌠 ( mark )

ೃ ❥ an adventure sounds lovely 🧭 ( illy )

ೃ ❥ memento m.ori // memento vivere 🗝 ( a.nnus )

ೃ ❥ all the time in the world ⏱ ( filby )

ೃ ❥ if i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more 💐 ( charles )

ೃ ❥ silly spook by your side 🌙 ( gracey )

familial :

*ೃ༄ another another farnon 🦋 ( tristan ^2 )

*ೃ༄ it’s little and broken ; but still good 🪶 ( m.cu )

*ೃ༄ op. 71 . act 1 . no. 5 ( a touch of magic ) 🪄 ( d.rosselmeyer )

*ೃ༄ the family de c.hagny 🎵 ( what it says on the tin )

*ೃ༄ a little party never killed anyone 🎇 ( g.atsby )

*ೃ༄ hope ; it is the only thing stronger than fear 🐦 ( h.unter )

*ೃ༄ adopting androids 🔹 ( d:b.h family )

*ೃ༄ this is the story 🪣 ( parable family )

*ೃ༄ what you wanted to show me 🖊 ( studio family )

*ೃ༄ the best butler ( b.aileywick )

platonic :

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- flower buddies 🌸 ( j.ehan )

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- sunshines personified ☀️ ( c.ourfeyrac )

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- the star studded cast 📔 ( m.arkcu )

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- fellow ranger ⚔️ ( a.ragorn )

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- hootie toot 🏝 ( islanders )

ೄ࿐ ˊˎ- i can be anything 🎀 ( b.arbie )

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