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harrysfolklore · 1 year

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putting the christmas tree with harry !!

this is my entry for @watchmegetobsessed’s fanficmas 2022 !! i hope you like it 💕

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NAUGHTY LIST

The calendar marked that it was December the 19, and you and Harry still didn't have a single Christmas decoration up in your house.

To be fair, you just spent the past month travelling across South America for Harry's last shows of 2022, but now after a quick stop in Los Angeles, you were finally home in London.

So after complaining about how your house looked so sad and dragging Harry to the nearest store to buy some decorations and a tree, your plan of the evening that consisted on getting your house in the Christmas mood started.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." you and Harry sang along to Michael Bublé's voice that played on the speakers.

"Oh Christmas songs, I am your slave." Harry said as he passed you a couple of ornaments to hang on the tree.

"Did you just quote your tweet from 2014?" You turned around to look at him with a small smile, he was wearing a red jumper with brown corduroy pants and everything about him looked cuddly.

You loved being home with him.

"I don't know, maybe," he shrugged before continuing, "Mum called, wants to know if we're still coming this weekend."

"Of course we are, Christmas with the Styles for the second year, I wouldn't miss that for anything." you happily said, over the two years you and Harry have been together, his family had become your second one, they received you with open arms last Christmas and made you feel like one of them.

"Remember how nervous you were last year?" a smile made its way to Harry's face as he remembered last year's Christmas, since you and Harry started dating during his 2021 tour, you only had the chance to meet his mum and sister once when they visited him for one of his shows in LA, and Christmas was going to be your second meeting.

"Give me a break, okay? It was my second time meeting your mom and I was going to crash in her house for the holidays, of course I was going to be nervous." you told him as you hung more ornaments and decorations in your tree, it was almost done and you were very happy with the results.

"And they ended up loving you, baby, just like I told you," he moved to stand behind you, wrapping his arm around your shoulders, pressing a few kisses to the side of your face, making you lean into him "Tree looks good, we did a great job." he kissed the side of your face again, lingering his lips there for a minute.

"We? Harry I basically did all of that on my own while you sang Christmas songs the entire time." you playfully complained, turning around to face him and place your hands on his stomach, the material of his jumper soft in your hands.

"Heyyyy! That was mean!" he made his typical 'Heyyy' face, making you throw your head back as you laughed.

“I’m so happy to be spending the holidays with you again,” you ignored his complaints and decided to be soft for a minute. It was the perfect season for it, after all, “This year was just amazing, and I can't wait to see what next year has for us, if you'll still have me, of course."

"Baby! Of course I'll have you, I'm wrapped around your little finger and you know that," he kissed your nose sweetly, making you scrunch your face a little, "Besides, who's going to put up my tree next Christmas if you're not around? I'm going to turn into Scrooge!" you rolled your eyes with affection before speaking.

"So that's the only reason why we're dating? Because I put together amazing Christmas trees?" you decided to play along with him.

"That and your fantastic arse." he placed his hands in your bum making you squeal and laugh.

"Wish I could said that your arse is fantastic too but," he raised his brow, waiting for you to finish your sentence, "I was taught not to lie to others."

"Oh come on, my arse is spectacular and you know it," you laughed at his antics again, he could be such a man-child sometimes, "You're being so mean to me today, I might have to do something about it."

"Yeah? Like what?" it was your turn to raise your brow and tilt your head, waiting for his answer.

"I'm putting you on my naughty list." he grabbed you by the hips, making your chest collide with his, you instantly moved your hands to place them on his neck.

"You have a naughty list? Who else is there?" your eyes moved to his lips for a moment, dying to taste the red wine he had been drinking from them.

"Just you, actually." he smirked and finally kissed your lips, happiness filling both of you to be home for the holidays.

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consistentsquash · 6 months

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Hp Rec Fest 2023 Recs by Squash

AO3 collection for the recs I made during this fest!

The fest mods deserve everything <3

Rec masterlist - links are for my rec blurbs.

31. A fav among favs: Almagest by eldritcher (2018). Harry/Voldemort

30. A precanon fic: The Unspoken and the Unsent by hollycomb (2013). Dumbledore/Elphias Doge

29. A postcanon fic: Candles Lit Against the Dark by perverse_idyll (2023). McGonagall/Grubbly-Plank

28. An underrated fic: A Cliff in July by Miss M. (2013) Millicent/Marietta.

27. A Muggle AU: Commonplace Magic by Acid, Sinick (2010). Snarry

26. A fic with an ending you can't stop thinking about: In Infinite Remorse of the Soul by perverse_idyll (2011). Snarry, Snape/Dumbledore.

25. A fic rated T: On Wednesday by Tryfanstone (2006). Snarry

24. A holiday fic: 10 Snarry Holiday fics.

23. A soulmate fic: Inch by Inch We Crawled Toward Each Other by Chatter (2017). Fleur/Hermione

22. An unfinished fic: The J. Alfred Prufrock Arc by vain (2003). Snarry.

21. A thought provoking fic: Brown Sugar by eldritcher (2018). Voldemort/Tom Riddle (Diary).

20. A G Rated fic: The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife by eldritcher (2021). Snape/Giant Squid.

19. Hottest smut fic: Both Sides Now by Predatrix (2006). Snarry.

18. A fairytale fic: The Lost World (short version) by perverse_idyll (2013), Snarry + Omphale by eldritcher (2015), Harry/Voldemort

17. A fic that made you cry: 10 Snarry fics to make you cry

16. A fic that made you laugh: 10 Snarry fics to make you laugh

15. Most recent bookmark: De Aegypto by squibstress (2023). Minerva/Rolanda

14. A fav series: Pandemic by eldritcher (2021) Harry/Voldemort

13. A fic over 100K words: Catullus 16 by eldritcher (2014) Harry/Voldemort

12. A WIP: Year of the Thestral by perverse_idyll (2022) Snagonagall, McGonagall/Hooch

11. A dark fic: King of Fat by rinsbane (2006) Snarry

10. A fest fic: A Matter of Time by danpuff (2022). Snarry

9. A rarepair fic: Extraordinary Lengths by MaxWrite (2009). Percy/Barty Crouch Jr.

8. A canon divergence fic: When the Rose and the Fire Are One by perverse_idyll (2010). Snarry

7. A canon compliant fic: Storytelling by kellychambliss (2010). Hermione/Minerva McGonagall

6. An unreliable narrator fic: Remember Me to Cheetham Hill by Delphi (2021). Snape/Filch

5. A non AO3 fic: Down the Rabbit Hole by RaeWhit (2008). Snarry

4. Fic + art: PS, I love you by mywitch and groot (2022). Snape/Hermione

3. A podfic: [Podfic of] Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do by wilfriede (2023). Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch + [Podfic of] Plenitude by wilfriede (2023). Amelia Bones/Hermione

2. A comfort fic: Epic of the Forgotten by eldritcher (2017). Viktor Krum/Voldemort + Sexing the Pumpkin by ratherbrightred (2007). Snape/Sirius Black

1 . A fav fic under 5000 words: Corresponding with Snape by asnowyowl (2010). Snarry

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justlittleguysims · 2 months

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Mobsters Galore: More of Dom's Henchmen - 2021

I made some more mobster co-workers for Derek to interact with while at work. His Boss, Dom, just really needed more names to scream other than our boy, so... here we go. You can find my first henchmen intro post HERE.

@daedriyth is responsible for pitching the last two characters, but the middle-aged men are all me though, lol.

From Left to Right w/ Blurbs under the cut: Carmine Notaro, Marco Valenti, Giacomo Monti, Nora Notaro

Carmine Notaro

Age: 63 || Birthday: November 13th ♏ || Traits: Perfectionist, Bookworm, Neat

Carmine is Dom's oldest friend, bookkeeper, and all-around right-hand man. He comes from a long family line of accountants and is the 6th generation owner of the Notaro Family accounting firm. Traditionally, the firm has always been led by a male family member, but with all five of his children now being young adult women, he is preparing to leave his business to his eldest daughter, Nora, the only child who has ever shown any interest in the family’s work. Carmine does, however, worry about Nora falling deep into the folds of the Mafia through her work at the firm, just as he did at around her age. He will never admit it, but he was always sort of relieved by the fact he had no sons, and he's proud that all his daughters have been busy doing their own thing and haven't married back into the mob like some of his own sisters did, but now, is Nora really starting to scare him.

Marco Valenti

Age: 61 || Birthday: August 12th ♌ || Traits: Self-Assured, Mean, Loyal

Marco Valenti is a bit of an old school legend in Dom's inner circle. His closest friends have jokingly been calling him "Mr. Clean" for years since he used to be known for his clean up jobs. He's semi-retired from that now, but to this day, nobody can make a problem disappear better than Valenti. Dom and Valenti are now business partners, splitting the expenses on their first joint renovation project, which they hope to have finished by the end of 2022. He and Carmine are very close friends as well and can often be found spending their down time from the Reno together, smoking their favorite Cuban cigars and drinking their scotch neat. Besides all the work stuff, Valenti makes cannelloni alla Bolognese that is simply to die for, and he enjoys helping his wife train her show dogs. He will fight you if you make fun of his 4 miniature poodles, they are insured, and he is a very good shot. Do not test him!

Giacomo Monti

Age: 31 || Birthday: March 19th ♓ ||Traits: Romantic, High-Maintenance, Clumsy

Monti is one of Dom's many nephews, and the most recent addition to Dom's inner circle… albeit more so out of necessity on his part. Nearly 4 years ago, he used his family connections to get a cushy, government desk job at the municipal Treasury office in Cicero, IL. But last President’s Day, in the midst of the pandemic, while his office was closed for the holiday, he chose to indulge in a little workplace fantasy with a lady friend of his who decided to record a POV video of her playtime with him. A few months later, she accidentally uploaded the video to her OF page, without censoring his face, starting a sex scandal that then spiraled into a full investigation, revealing Monti was embezzling money from the Treasury to generously pay and tip all the sex workers he regularly hired. Now his uncle Dom is working on damage control for his reputation, graciously giving Monti a place to stay as he works through his community service while on probation. Dom has also been pairing Derek up with Monti to run errands for the reno team, hoping Derek’s calm, family man demeanor will rub off on him… but it probably won't. Let's be real.

Lanora "Nora" Notaro

Age: 29 || Birthday: December 22nd ♑ || Traits: Ambitious, Insider, Active

Nora is Carmine's eldest daughter and has been working alongside him for years in his accounting firm, working hard to prove to him that she can carry on his practice and the family name. She knows that he worries about her, especially now that she's been helping out at Dom's renovation site, mostly out of boredom, and to see her old friend, Monti, again. She is a petite, out lesbian, now working mostly with rough and tumble, very traditional Italian men, many of whom are twice her age. She understands his apprehension there, but she's still eager to show everyone just how capable she truly is. She's been sparring with Newell for a while now, she's gained 10 pounds of muscle, and she couldn't care less about what anyone thinks of her. She just wants to do her job, and she craves the power and connections that come with it. Monti, however, is still confused about why she wants to be in the mob so badly, especially when he's trying to get out, but he does appreciate having her around all the time, especially since she seems to have no problem fending off all the guys who've been poking fun at him for his situation.

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Further Reading: OC Intros Pt. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 || Pizza Gang Pt. 1 | 2 | 3 || Family Intros Pt. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 || The Henchmen Pt. 1 | 2 || Multiverse Characters Pt. 1 || Monti’s Secret Pt. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

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cellythefloshie · 8 months

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【ＭＡＳＴＥＲＬＩＳＴ】 ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴡᴏ

written by @cellythefloshie updated 2023/09/25.

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【Ｎａｓｈｖｉｌｌｅ　Ｐｒｅｄａｔｏｒｓ】

ʀᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴊᴏꜱɪ

ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ꜱᴘᴀɴᴋɪɴɢ 🔥🖍️

ʀʏᴀɴ ᴏ'ʀɪᴇʟʟʏ

ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ᴄᴜɴɴɪʟɪɴɢᴜꜱ 🔥🖍️ 【Ｎｅｗ　Ｊｅｒｓｅｙ　Ｄｅｖｉｌｓ】

ɴɪᴄᴏ ʜɪꜱᴄʜɪᴇʀ

ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴊᴇʀꜱᴇʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ ɴɪᴄᴏ ʜɪꜱᴄʜɪᴇʀ… 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 12 ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴᴋᴍᴀꜱ - ᴜɴᴡʀᴀᴘ ᴍᴇ🔥💖❄️✏️ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ 🔥💖☀️🎁🖋️ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛ 💖🎁✏️ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴇᴛ 💖☀️5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣✏️

ᴛɪᴍᴏ ᴍᴇɪᴇʀ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ꜱᴘɪɴꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ 🤝❄️✏️ 【Ｎｅｗ　Ｙｏｒｋ　Ｉｓｌａｎｄｅｒｓ】

ᴍᴀᴛ ʙᴀʀᴢᴀʟ

ʙᴏʏꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ 💖5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣✏️

ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ with Anthony Beauvillier 🤝🚺📝 ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴅᴇ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏ 🔥 ꜰɪɴᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ 🔥 ɪ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ

ᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ ʟᴇᴇ

ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴋɪᴡɪ 🔥✏️

【Ｎｅｗ　Ｙｏｒｋ　Ｒａｎｇｅｒｓ】

ᴄʜʀɪꜱ ᴋʀᴇɪᴅᴇʀ

ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʀ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ᴠᴏʏᴇʀɪꜱᴍ 🔥🖍️ 12 ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴᴋᴍᴀꜱ - ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ꜱɴᴏᴡ ❄️✏️ 12 ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴᴋᴍᴀꜱ - ʙᴀʙʏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ 🔥❄️✏️

【Ｏｔｔａｗａ　Ｓｅｎａｔｏｒｓ】

ᴊᴏꜱʜ ɴᴏʀʀɪꜱ

ᴊᴏꜱʜ ɴᴏʀʀɪꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴋᴀᴛᴇ 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴊᴏꜱʜ ɴᴏʀʀɪꜱ…🔥3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭

【Ｐｈｉｌａｄｅｌｐｈｉａ　Ｆｌｙｅｒｓ】

【Ｐｉｔｔｓｂｕｒｇｈ　Ｐｅｎｇｕｉｎｓ】

ꜱɪᴅɴᴇʏ ᴄʀᴏꜱʙʏ

ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴊᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴏᴘᴇʀ’ꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱɪᴅɴᴇʏ ᴄʀᴏꜱʙʏ…🔥3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 【Ｓａｎ　Ｊｏｓｅ　Ｓｈａｒｋｓ】

【Ｓｅａｔｔｌｅ　Ｋｒａｋｅｎ】

ᴠɪɴᴄᴇ ᴅᴜɴɴ

🎶 Indicates his time spent with the St. Louis Blues.

ᴅᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴅᴜɴɴ 🔥🎶 ��☀️✏️ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ 💖🖍️ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ 🔥🚺🎶📝 ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴏᴍ 🔥💖☀️✏️

ᴀʟᴇx ᴡᴇɴɴʙᴇʀɢ

ᴀ ᴅᴀʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴋᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟᴇx ᴡᴇɴɴʙᴇʀɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ… 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 【Ｓｔ　Ｌｏｕｉｓ　Ｂｌｕｅｓ】

【Ｔａｍｐａ　Ｂａｙ　Ｌｉｇｈｔｎｉｎｇ】

ᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ ᴄɪʀᴇʟʟɪ

ᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ ᴄɪʀᴇʟʟɪ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠɪʀɢɪɴɪᴛʏ… 🔥3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ 🔥✏️

ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ ʜᴀɢᴇʟ

ᴀ Qᴜɪᴄᴋɪᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ ʜᴀɢᴇʟ… 🔥💭 ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ ʜᴀɢᴇʟ ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴇᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ ʜᴏᴄᴋᴇʏ ᴄᴀᴍᴘ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ… 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 12 ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴᴋᴍᴀꜱ - ʜᴏʟɪᴅᴀʏ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ🔥❄️✏️ ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ʙᴏɴᴅᴀɢᴇ 🔥🖍️ ɪ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ✏️

ʙʀᴀʏᴅᴇɴ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ

ʙʀᴀʏᴅᴇɴ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʀᴇꜰᴜꜱᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ʟᴇᴀɢ��ᴇ… 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ᴀ/ʙ/ᴏ 🔥✏️

2020-2021 ʀᴏꜱᴛᴇʀ

🎬- extended scene of the previous chapter ❌ - deleted scene 🔄 - different POV of the previous chapter ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ ᴡɪꜰᴇ🔥💖💍📝 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 🔄 | 09 | 10 ❌ | 11 | 12 | ❌ | 🎬 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 🎬 | 16 | 17 ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟɪᴅᴀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ 🔥❄️🖋️ ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴇᴠᴇ 🔥❄️✏️ *500 ɢᴏᴀʟ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ 🔥3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ 🔥📝

【Ｔｏｒｏｎｔｏ　Ｍａｐｌｅ　Ｌｅａｆｓ】

ᴍɪᴛᴄʜ ᴍᴀʀɴᴇʀ

ᴍɪᴛᴄʜ ᴍᴀʀɴᴇʀ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴏᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ… 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ 🖍️

ᴀᴜꜱᴛᴏɴ ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡꜱ

ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ʙʟᴏᴡᴊᴏʙ 🔥🖍️

ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ with William Nylander. ɢᴀᴍᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ 🔥 ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ part 1 🔥💖 ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ part 2 🔥

ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍ ɴʏʟᴀɴᴅᴇʀ

ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ᴛʜɪɢʜ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ 🔥🖍️ 【Ｖａｎｃｏｕｖｅｒ　Ｃａｎｕｃｋｓ】

【Ｖｅｇａｓ　Ｇｏｌｄｅｎ　Ｋｎｉｇｈｔｓ】

【Ｗａｓｈｉｎｇｔｏｎ　Ｃａｐｉｔａｌｓ】

ᴛᴊ ᴏꜱʜɪᴇ

ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀɴɴʏ ᴅɪᴀʀɪᴇꜱ ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ᴄʜᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ 🔥🖍️

ᴛᴏᴍ ᴡɪʟꜱᴏɴ

ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴍ ᴡɪʟꜱᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛᴇ’ꜱ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ… 🔥💭 【Ｗｉｎｎｉｐｅｇ　Ｊｅｔｓ】

ᴍᴏʀɢᴀɴ ʙᴀʀʀᴏɴ

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪɢɴɪɴɢ🔥🚺📝

ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʟᴏᴡʀʏ

ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʟᴏᴡʀʏ… 🔥3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣💭 ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛʟʏ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʟᴏᴡʀʏ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛᴇ’ꜱ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ… 🔥💭 12 ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴᴋᴍᴀꜱ - ꜱɴᴏᴡᴇᴅ ɪɴ🔥❄️✏️ ᴋɪɴᴋᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2022 - ꜱɪᴢᴇ ᴋɪɴᴋ 🔥✏️ ᴄʟɪɴᴄʜᴇᴅ 🔥💍✏️

ᴍᴇ & ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ 🔥❄️🤝🚺📝 ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴇ & ʏᴏᴜ 🎁☀️🚺📝 ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴏʟᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴏʀʀᴏᴡᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴏʀʀᴏᴡᴇᴅ extended cut 🔥 ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙʟᴜᴇ

#masterlist #;; { consider this your new TBR }

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autumnslance · 2 years

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We're a month from the start of Year 6 of the FFXIV Write!

Time certainly does fly.

The FFXIV Write was started by @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast on Tumblr in 2017, originally in November. A writing event for those not trying NaNoWriMo, but wanting break perfectionism, break slumps, just write and post something, get in that groove again.

In 2017 that was something I desperately needed; I had fallen out of both Roleplay and Writing, was in a creative slump. I was in a stressful life situation that was sapping my energy and confidence. So I needed something to get me writing again, and very short, rough blurbs about Dark Autumn each day opened the floodgates for me, leading to my eventually writing about a certain damn rogue and other NPCs.

The only free day in 2017 was American Thanksgiving. In 2018, Moen added a few more free/make-ups days on weekends as well as the holiday. In 2018 my life situation had changed for the better. I decided to rough out some ideas for the WoL I had created for my own ficverse, Aeryn Striker. I was still sorting her out, but the fills formed a basis for going forward and refining. I was a raffle winner that year, and that was one of the earliest, if not the first, art I got for Aeryn from @diskwrite-ffxiv.

There was a poll, and it was decided 2019 onward would be in September. Free/make-up days were on Sundays again. I think that was also when we started using the Spreadsheet, as there got to be too many entries plus Tumblr changes made it difficult to track through the tags, and this also opened up the event off of Tumblr. That was also the first year I started using the free days to keep writing. I had so many ideas, thanks to Shadowbringers and talking about OCs with friends. I started making tentative inroads on publicly posting an OC/NPC ship, something I had never done before, thanks to the support and encouragement.

Most of 2020's fills were unrelated one-offs. One of the last prompts pulled a surprise backstory idea on me, I rolled with it for the deadline, and that was it--I thought. In 2021, that oddball prompt from the year before snowballed into a good half of the fills being related to that backstory and what that meant for Aeryn (and made Thavnair in Endwalker hilarious to me).

It still kills me when I wrote things in the years before Shadowbringers and Endwalker came out and some older content was reworked, and then I compare certain little details to my writing.

I owe the FFXIV Write a lot; I've found cool stories and the people behind them, made mutuals and even friends, and got back on track with my creativity. Most of my prompt fills have ended up on Ao3; some in dedicated FFXIV Write threads, some scattered around existing themed threads or their own standalone stories. The backstory fills from 2021 I'm wrangling into an edited, cohesive (I hope) longfic. Several have been edited after the month is over, polishing up what I wasn't able to initially. Many have been left in their original rough state. Some things may even be gently retconned/reworked by now. But I've posted something nearly every day for the month for the last 5 years of this event, and hope to again for the 6th.

So to get ready for that, over the month of August 2022, I’ll be reblogging my past FFXIV Write prompt fills each afternoon, from 2017 through 2021. On the hours between 1:00pm and 5:00pm US Central Standard Time, there'll be posts. A block of time may be empty for the 5 or so free days I did take early on. There's about 145 posts (plus a couple extras and whatever I post currently) to read in varying length and quality, to cringe at and enjoy, and maybe even inspire myself as I reread, while we prepare for FFXIV Write 2022.

#FFXIVWrite #FFXIVWrite2022 #FFXIV #Final Fantasy XIV #Lyn Writing #Lyn Meta #Blogging #About Me

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alwritey-aphrodite · 5 months

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Event Masterlist:

2021 Holiday Blurbs

2022 Summer Blurbs

2022 Fall Blurbs

7 Days of Valentines 2023

2023 Summer Blurbs

2023 Fall Blurbs

12 Days of Holidays 2023

2024 Summer Blurbs

#masterlist #scout’s masterlist #scout’s navigation #navigation

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fayoftheforest · 1 year

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I posted 2,276 times in 2022

That's 715 more posts than 2021!

97 posts created (4%)

2,179 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@croissants-andcoffee

@plugnuts

@jmax523

@whatdoessunshinetastelike

@fishtish

I tagged 1,260 of my posts in 2022

Only 45% of my posts had no tags

#south park - 57 posts

#ask - 43 posts

#fave - 27 posts

#ask game - 17 posts

#birthfay 🎂 - 14 posts

#sp kyle - 12 posts

#sp k2 - 11 posts

#writing - 10 posts

#headcanons - 10 posts

#south park fic - 10 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#also just realised the blurb i pasted here was from an old draft where the soulmate tag was on their arm not their chest 😳how embarrassing

My Top Posts in 2022:

man, it kind of bums me out how the majority of the time that kyle's jewishness is a focal point in fan content, it's for a negative reason. if kyle's contemplating the fact that he's jewish, it's because he's being bullied or harassed, because he's feeling insecure about his appearance or self worth, because he's feeling lonely and isolated, because he's having a crisis of faith, etc etc. these are all totally valid themes and character arcs to explore, of course! i think many jews like myself may be able to relate to these themes, thanks to living in a society where antisemitism and other shitty behaviour runs rampant. but i think we're really missing a golden opportunity to explore the complex and compelling positives of being jewish. where's his love for his community? where's his excitement for an upcoming holiday? where's the comfort he might take from prayers? where's his curiosity or knowledge about his family history? where's his passion for debating interpretations of the torah? these are also valid, relatable and in-character directions you could take things!

i know that this trend is probably heavily influenced by the presence of this pattern in the show itself, but it's still a bit sad. or maybe gentiles (non-jews) shy away from celebrating his jewishness because they don't feel confident in commenting on a religious experience that they've never had. to those people, I would ask, why is it you feel comfortable speculating on the hardships of being jewish, but not the joys?

that isn't to say that you're not allowed to write about the former if you're not jewish, of course! regardless of religious background, anyone can empathise with his struggles because, at the end of the day, we're all human, and it's our humanity that unites us. but i'd encourage you to push yourself out of your comfort zone, do a little research and have some fun celebrating and supporting his jewishness once and awhile :)

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today I am thinking about... fat tweek! and fat butters! and fat wendy and heidi! maybe throw a lil fat kyle in there too! I'm sick and tired of fatness being equated with immorality when it comes to south park (and the world in general tbh) and it makes me sad that so many people seem afraid of portraying any of the non-cartman characters as plus-sized. 'fat' is a neutral descriptor and not a dirty word, and displaying body diversity amongst the cast is not only realistic, but a wonderful and beautiful thing! so anyway reblog this and put in the tags which character(s) you've always headcanoned to be fat or not skinny :)

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STOP RIGHT THERE 🔫 THIS IS A STICK-UP 🔫 NOBODY SCROLLS ON UNTIL THEYVE WATCHED @roostertuftart 'S GLORIOUS VIDEO THEN REBLOGGED IT 🔫

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I'M ABSOLUTELY BLOODY LOSING IT OVER THESE VINTAGE SOUTH PARK MUGS I FOUND ONLINE

THE CAPTIONS. THEIR EXPRESSIONS. THE FACT THAT STAN IS KNOWN AS "THE CUTE ONE"?? LIKE?? IS HE?? WACK :D ANYWAY SHOULD I BUY THESE YES/NO

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My #1 post of 2022

fucking obsessed with this meme that came up on my pinterest feed

what IS up with gay eople liking south park???

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#year in review #don't know if this will be interesting to anyone else but me #but I enjoyed looking through it!!#can't believe my top post was that stupid fucking sp meme though sdjfhsdfjhsd #anyway. thanks to those who accompanyed me on my tumblr clownery this year #can't wait to be even more goofy and silly next year #Youtube

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in case you missed it, I’m finally getting around to filling old winter holiday prompt list requests from 2021, so we’re having a christmas in July celebration! more details here.

quite honestly, we’re not off to a great start, because the draft I saved in response to the original ask for this one disappeared 🥲 and the ask is nowhere to be found. (but I have a sneeeaking suspicion it could be the same person who requested this Auston blurb because the ask for this one started the same way! here’s hoping they see this 🤞)

first up, a request for Kevin Hayes! this prompt was also requested for Brock, so I’m going to do an edit or moodboard for Brock with the same idea.

Baby’s First Christmas with Kevin Hayes

Last year at this time, you were snuggled with Kevin on the couch in front of the Christmas tree when your mouth was suddenly watering as you found yourself craving a peppermint chocolate milkshake — a flavor you had never in your life enjoyed before. It was only a moment after Kevin chuckled “wait, what the fuck?” that you both looked at each other wide-eyed, gasping simultaneously. Suddenly, as you remembered a recent romantic weekend away in the Poconos, the craving made sense.

And now, Poppy Shelagh Hayes was here, happy and healthy and four months old and ready to take part in her first Hayes family holiday festivities. The tiny girl was the source of not only your random craving a year ago but now the greatest joy you and Kevin had ever known.

Kevin cradled Poppy against his shoulder, bouncing her to the beat of the song playing through the house’s stereo system.

“I don’t want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don’t care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree…”

From where you stood in the dining room setting the table for tonight’s Christmas dinner, you could see the sweet scene unfolding in your living room, Kevin singing to your baby girl, making her giggle and reach out to touch his bearded face. You beamed as he pressed a kiss to her chubby cheek, then continued to serenade her.

“I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Baby, all I want for Christmas is yoooou!”

Kevin lifted Poppy into the air again and again, airplane-style, as she squealed with glee. Finally, you could no longer resist, and left your task to meet the pair in the living room. You offered a round of applause as the song faded, and Kevin turned your way, grinning.

“Well, if that doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, I don’t know what will,” you mused before sidling up to Kevin and wrapping your arms around his waist. He chuckled warmly and placed a kiss to the side of your head as you took hold of one of Poppy’s tiny hands.

“Best Christmas ever,” Kevin said, looking between his two girls with pride. “You’re a really great gift-giver, you know that?” he asked you as he bounced Poppy on his hip, nodding toward her. You giggled.

“Only the best for you,” you promised, pushing yourself up on your toes to kiss him. “Merry Christmas, Kev,” you whispered.

He nuzzled your nose. “Merry Christmas, baby.”

#christmas in july 2022 #requests #my writing #kevin hayes #kevin hayes blurb #kevin hayes writing #kevin hayes fanfiction #kevin hayes fanfic #kevin hayes fic

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crazyk-imagine · 2 years

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TGTBATWOI Timeline

A/N: I couldn’t resist making this and I have no regrets

September 2012: Maryanne is born

August 2015: Edwin’s almost six months old, and Maryanne was two and a half when their biological dad leaves

October 2015: Two months later Mrs. S manages to find a job as a bartender for the Hard Deck when Penny hears her story and knows that she will do anything and everything to keep this job (Penny also adopts her and basically calls Mrs. Seresin her daughter)

April 2018: Mrs. Seresin meets the infamous Pete “Maverick” Mitchell at the grocery store and now she knows who still manages to make Penny’s heart pound (Pete adopts her and basically her his daughter). They keep in contact after this interaction

July 2021: Two and a half years later, she still works there but she briefly interacts with Jake but finds him to be an asshole even (prequel)

July 2022: A year later with the mission finally over and him deciding to stay nearby, Jake finds out Mrs. S has kids

August – December 2022: He pursues her for a few weeks after helping Maryanne with her math (first)

January 2023: They officially start dating

April 2023: She and the kids meet the pilot crew officially and words are exchanged (good ones, great ones) (blurb)

December 2023: Eight months of dating (with two deployments and a lot of complaining... Jake) Mrs. Asks him to move in (blurb)

January 2024: Jake proposes to Mrs. S

June 2024: Six months later, Jake tries to be nice and take the kids lunches to school but with him not listed as another parental figure, things don’t turn out well (blurb)

May 2024: Three months later the minor three-day separation (first)

November 2024: They officially become Mr. and Mrs. Seresin (first)

March 2025: Time to work on Edwin’s birthday party while creating a life without knowing it (second)

June 2025: It’s Jake’s first official Father’s Day as the kid's dad (third and fourth)

September 2025: It’s time to give Maryanne her dream birthday (it’s a little bit of a surprise for Jake too) (fifth)

November 2025: Wedding Anniversary celebration month is upon the cutest couple here (they pray the kids haven’t found the cake) (sixth)

December 2025: Sarabeth is born, and the others learn how Bradley was able to manage a pregnant woman in pain, calling for her husband and threatening his life (seventh)

April 2026: Mrs. Seresin and Jake find that they have uninvited guests sitting in their living room (blurb)

June 2026: Family camping trip aka Family “Holiday” (eighth and ninth)

July 2026: Parent birthday bash (tenth)

October + December 2026: Baby’s first Halloween (eleventh)

May 2027: Jake’s out with a few of the boys, picking up the last few things you need for when the baby comes and he’s close to winding up on the couch (blurb)

July 2027: Baby number two, Gillian, is welcomed into the world. (twelfth)

October 2027: Baby’s first Halloween and Maryanne getting grounded (thirteen)

December 2027: Mrs. Seresin gives Jake a special gift for Christmas while visiting his childhood hometon (fourteen)

April 2028: The Pilot Crew have an emergency (they miss the Seresin’s and want to through a barbecue) (blurb)

June 2028: Baby number three, Theodore, is born (fifteen)

November 2028: The Pilot Crew misses their favorite couple and kidnap them for a night filled with fun and dancing (blurb)

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books-to-add-to-your-tbr · 5 months

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Title: Blame It on the Mistletoe

Author: Beth Garrod

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary

Blurb: Elle is a social media star with the #DreamLife...or so it seems. Determined to shake up her content and gain new followers, she's on a mission: can she find a British fan to swap with for Christmas? Holly loves everything about Christmas...but after a mortifying mistletoe disaster with her ex, her perfect plans unravel like a bad Christmas sweater. Can Holly save the holidays when she switches places with her favourite social media influencer? Elle gets more than she bargained for when she meets the cute boy from across the street...and Holly wasn't expecting Elle to have a handsome twin brother. This holiday is full of surprises.

#blame it on the mistletoe #beth garrod #standalone #2021 #fiction #romance #contemporary

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lovebooksgroup · 8 months

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Get Ready to Embark on an Enchanting Journey! 📚❄️ Join the #VirtualBookTour of 'Rupert's Snowman' by @philllipawarden, a Whimsical Children's Fiction Adventure. Mark Your Calendars: November 6th - 14th. Let Your Imagination Soar with Us! Organised by @lovebookstours. Stay Tuned!

Get Ready to Embark on an Enchanting Journey! 📚❄️ Join the #VirtualBookTour of 'Rupert's Snowman' by @philllipawarden, a Whimsical Children's Fiction Adventure. November 6th - 14th. Let Your Imagination Soar with Us! Organised by @lovebookstours

COMING SOON Rupert’s Snowman by Phillipa Warden 6th – 14th November Genre – Children’s Fiction 3-5 years 44 pages Blurb First Place Winner in the Picture Books 5 & Younger category and Honorable Mention in the Holiday category at the 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards! It’s Christmas Eve and a perfect snow day, or so it seems. Sledging, building snowmen, making snow angels and having…

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#Author #Blog Tour #Book Blog #Book Blogger #Book Marketing #Book Review #Book Reviews #Coming Soon #Fiction #Free Book Reviews #Kelly Lacey #Love Books Tours

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The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency By Lydia Travers (The Scottish Ladies Detective Agency #1)

When Maud McIntyre sets up her own private detective agency, she never imagines her first case will involve murder… A mystery in the Highlands? The Scottish Ladies’ Detective Agency is on the case!

Edinburgh, 1911: When Maud McIntyre and her lady’s maid, Daisy, form a detective agency, they never dream their first case will take place at a glamorous house in the Scottish Highlands. But when the Duchess of Duddingston, concerned that a notorious jewellery thief will target her lavish weekend party, employs Maud to go undercover as a guest to find the culprit, the agency has its first case to solve… Undercover with Daisy as her maid, Maud follows a trail of clues across the Duddingston House estate. And as she meets the weekend guests, she hopes one of them will reveal themselves as the jewellery thief. But when one of the house guests is discovered dead, Maud and Daisy realise they’re not only hunting precious gems, but a murderer… As Maud and Daisy investigate, they realise that a connection in Edinburgh might hold a vital clue that will help them solve the case. Travelling back to the city, Maud hopes that what she and Daisy uncover will help them piece together the mystery. But when Maud receives a telephone call from the Duchess requesting urgent assistance, she realises that the murderer didn’t have just one victim in mind. Speeding down the drive to Duddingston House, Maud and Daisy hear gunshots ring out across the estate. Will they reach the Duchess in time to save her? And might they catch the murderer in the act?

My Review: A gentlewoman who choose to work as Detective with her own lady’s maid: when I read the blurb I liked the idea and was curious about Maud and Daisy. When I met them I was glad to meet to two clever and unusual women who will be shunned for their gender and unusual work choice. Maud, a gentlewoman, is a suffragette and fights for social justice, Daisy is a very clever and vivacious woman. They’re a lovely couple that will not stop at anything when they want to investigate. There’s a lot of humour, there’s a lovely couple of MCs and there’s a solid mystery. I guessed the culprit but I didn’t guess why so I had a lot of fun in following the clues and trying to understand. I want to meet this lovely couple soon as I binge read this novel in one afternoon. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Bookouture for this arc, all opinions are mine

The Author: Lydia Travers was born in London. She moved progressively north until settling with her husband in a village on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She has raised children, bred dogs and kept chickens; and for as long as she can remember has written for pleasure. A former legal academic and practitioner with a PhD in criminology, she now runs self-catering holiday accommodation, sings in a local choir and is walked daily by the family dog. Lydia also writes as Linda Tyler and her first novel under that name, Revenge of the Spanish Princess, won a 2018 Romance Writers of America competition for the beginning of an historical romance. Her second novel The Laird's Secret was Commended in the 2021 Scottish Association of Writers' Pitlochry Quaich competition for the beginning of a romantic novel. Mischief in Midlothian won the 2022 Scottish Association of Writers' Constable Silver Stag trophy. She has had a number of short stories published in magazines, journals and anthologies in the UK, the USA and Australia.

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#bookouture #blogtour #NetGalley #review #historical fiction #historical mystery #cozy mystery

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cathygeha · 6 months

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Mistletoe & Christmas Kisses by Tracy Sumner

Tracy Sumner writes wonderful stories and had collected four of hers that have Christmas elements within them to give you a sense of not only the season but introduce you to wonderful characters and stimulating romances that will no doubt have you looking for MORE of her books to read. I have read only one of the four in this collection and look forward to reading the other three as a Christmas treat for myself. Below find the review written after reading The Ice Duchess in October of 2021:

The Ice Duchess by Tracy Sumner Prequel to the Duchess Society Series Swept into the past, I fell in love with Georgiana and Dexter. These two were definitely soul mates, if such exist! They may have had a rough patch for a while but thankfully things came right for them in the end! What I liked: * Georgiana: duchess, widow, educator of women on the marriage market, guarded, loves her freedom, reputation of being icy, potentially wooable if the right man comes along and woos well. * Dexter: Marquess soon to be duke, geologist, traveler, son, friend, responsible, aware of what he may have lost, determined to win the woman he truly wants for his duchess – the perfect book boyfriend! * The way the past was covered. * The setting * The honesty between the couple – and their communication * How well suited the two were for each other * The romance, gifts, steamy bits, and that I knew they truly cared for one another * That I was drawn in and came to care deeply about both characters * The depth of feeling Georgiana and dexter had for one another * The feeling that the two were well matched and equally yoked * All of it really except… What I didn’t like: * Being reminded that marriage in this era was a business transaction and women were treated as a commodity up for sale. * The reason Georgiana was married the first time. Did I like this book? YES! Would I read more in this series? Definitely!!! Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review. 5 Stars

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“The Ice Duchess book blew me away! Think Tessa Dare! One of the most romantic books I’ve read in a long time." ~Rynnie Reads ReviewsKiss a demanding duke, an aloof war hero, a charming scoundrel, and a cynical shipbuilder under the mistletoe this year! Friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, heroes who fall first, and second chance will keep you warm over the holidays with this award-winning series!**Series starter to the popular Duchess Society included in the set!**Chasing the DukeFCRW National Excellence in Fiction Award Winner GDRWA Booksellers’ Best FinalistIn the enchanting holiday anthology, an unwilling Duke, Tristan Tierney, and his defiant lady, Camille Bellington, navigate a journey of rediscovery and second chances. Camille, having retired from the ton with a marriage proposal, grapples with duty over love, but Tristan's return stirs unresolved emotions, leading to a perilous dance where childhood friendship evolves into a dangerous desire.Tides of DesireNJRW Golden Leaf Finalist Amidst the backdrop of small-town love in the Garrett Brothers trilogy, spirited physician Macy Dallas and boatbuilder Caleb Garrett embark on a friends-to-lovers romance. Fueled by Macy's fervent commitment to medicine and Caleb's dedication to the sea, their explosive passion challenges fears and fortifications. In a tempestuous dance, they discover a deepening love, realizing that opening their hearts is the key to possessing each other.The Ice DuchessBest Historical of the Year -- One Book More Reviews! Georgiana Whitcomb and her childhood obsession, Dexter Munro, the future Duke of Markham, find themselves entangled in a scorching attraction and a wicked past. A Christmas wager alters their destinies, forcing them to confront their desires. Will their passionate connection be enough to melt the Ice Countess' heart and fulfill a promise made in the throes of scintillating passion?To Desire a Scoundrel"A sexy tale filled with great verbal repartee." ~Romantic Times Katherine Peters and Tanner Barkley navigate a love lost and found. Tanner, a notorious scoundrel turned newspaperman, is determined to win back Katherine's heart despite her vow to forget him. Caught between the devil and desire, their undeniable love unfolds against the backdrop of an important career story, creating a tale of irresistible charm and undeniable passion. Don’t miss this steamy historical romance set from USA Today bestselling author Tracy Sumner!

434 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2023

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Oooh how about baking holiday cookies! Or ICE SKATING!

Hey! Thanks for this. I'm gonna go with Calum.

Female Reader Insert.

CW: 18+ Content (Smut). Unprotected sex. Previously established relationship.

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Even from behind the closed door, Calum can hear the slight thump of bass coming from inside. The door, with a frosted glass cut out, gives just the faintest hint of the Christmas tree lights twinkling too. He just watches for a moment, sure that if the music were any louder and if the lights were any brighter, the neighbors would have quite a lot to say. But thanks to you, your house was loved amongst the neighborhood kids. At Halloween, in addition to candy kids were able to pick up a few Pokemon cards. Your love for the game never faded and though the habit could get expensive to pick up Trainer and Booster boxes, you'd grab a couple here and there. The rare cards you kept but the extras you stored away in boxes purposefully for Halloween. The cards didn't top the fact that you convinced Calum to buy mini and full size candy bars. Parents weren't pleased with the discovery, but Calum would bare all the sneers to watch you hand over a candybar to a kid who was just wide eyed at the sheer size.

And now with Christmas on the literal horizon, you'd put up a tall dinosaur dressed up as santa in the front yard. It was close enough to the street and had a little sign that alerted parents that the dinosaur was positioned for kid's photos. Originally, Calum wasn't found of the idea mostly because it felt too close, like it was breaching his bubble of security. He agreed to keep the dinosaur up only for a week, just to see. But when one morning about two days after the assemblage of said dinosaur, a parent stopped him on his way back to the house with the mail to tell Calum that his family had recently suffered the lost of a family member--an aunt--, to which the youngest child was having a hard time with. However, the aunt was into dinosaurs and got the youngest into them as well. It was seeing the dinosaur in the yard and being able to take a picture that brightened their day. Calum had to admit that then--right then and there--he'd listen to every whimsical decorative idea you had because even he didn't think about the impact a two feet and some change dinosaur could have. But it had. And he was seeing it right in front of his eyes.

And even if you are edging on too close to too loud on the music and the lights are burning dangerously close to red giants, Calum's undoubtedly knows that all of that is going to have an impact on someone who needs it for the better.

Cracking open the door, the original song fades out and a new one starts. It's your Christmas Playlist--he knows by the telltale sign of Aretha Franklin's rendition of Winter Wonderland. Duke's paws click on the hardwood floor as he trots up to Calum's leather cladded feet. "Mama's hasn't driven you too crazy yet, I see, with the Christmas music," Calum teases.

Your voice floats up from the kitchen, joining in. "Gone away is the bluebird. Here to say is the new bird. Who sings a love song as we go along."

Calum spends only a moment or two more with Duke before carrying the brown paper bag further into the house and dropping into the bar counter. "I come dawning whole milk, Crown Royal, and pomegranates."

You spin the sound of Calum's voice. "Thank you, Jesus will appreciate all your substitutions."

"Yeah, local grocers are short on myrrh at this time of year," he laughs in return, peeling out of the jacket to reveal the Empathy sweatshirt still underneath.

"You were only supposed to get milk," you note, pulling the milk and fruit out to place in the fridge. But the staple green label of Crown Royal Apple stares back at you.

"For that drink you mentioned."

If it weren't for your insistent need to have 'proper' milk with your cookies, Calum would still be lounging on the couch in his basketball shorts and sweatshirt. But it was just as your were about to prep the from-scratch vanilla cookie dough that you realized you'd be severely lacking in the milk department. Calum picked up the pomegrante on a whim, but did text you if you wanted one as well, which you'd be hard press to say no to if you're honest. The Crown Royal was a last minute addition. But you'd mentioned a couple weeks ago wanting to make yourself a whiskey based drink, something about an apple pie float or another. The house, though, severely lacked whiskey for such craving.

"Oh," you state and then give a hum. "Thanks, hun. You didn't have to."

Calum, once his shoes are removed, pads around the corner of the counter and into the kitchen. His hands settle on your hips, squeezing just a hair to prompt you to to turn around. When you do, he leans in and gives you a quick peck. "Don't even worry. It sounded interesting and I want in."

You shake your head with a small chuckle. "Of course you do."

Calum slides past, to grab his water bottle. He can see the assortment of baking supplies--baking soda, sugar, butter, bowls, vanilla, and more he can't precisely name or place at the moment--scattered on the kitchen counters. It doesn't look like you got far into the baking. "Do you want some help?" Calum asks after getting his sip down.

"Because we have the standing rule that I can't climb the counters anymore, I do need your help to get the KitchenAid down."

Calum's nod is curt and he turns to the cabinets. You wanted to leave it on the counter, but wound up being a bit too much clutter so you stored it away so it could put up.

The rule about no climbing only resulted from a spill you took. You'd successfully retrieved the mug from the shelf, but your landing back to the kitchen floor was not as graceful and you wound up flat on your back--the air was knocked out of you and there was a minor concussion. Calum's heart cannot withstand walking into the house and finding you unconscious on the floor a second time. So you made a rule--the two of you only having a few like whoever didn't cook has to clean up the kitchen and laundry has to be down on Thursdays--that you couldn't climb anything taller than a step stool without Calum present.

Was it overkill? Possibly. But you did it because it kept him sane and with everything else you're prone to doing, not climbing higher than what a step stool would allow was the least you could do. And while technically, you could reach the Kitchen Aid on your step stool you know doing so would make Calum nervous.

"One Kitchen Aid," Calum grunts just a little, "coming up," he emphasizes the last part of the phrase by placing it down onto the counter.

"Thank you, love." You stretch out for a kiss as you dry your hands from the washing.

Calum's eager to press another kiss to your lips. "Any time, dear."

You shudder at the pet name out of a reflexive inside joke that 'dear' makes you feel like you're 50. The snickers from Calum follow right on cue and he watches you shuffle around him. You measure out you flour and sugar.

The song changes again--or maybe it's been changing all this time and Calum only know noticed it. Eartha Kitt's voice filters through the speakers and you sway to the beat. The whirr of the mixture doesn't even seem to interrupt you as you stay on time with strings. And it shouldn't cause him to stop in his tracks. He'd been trying to clean out all the measuring cups and spoons and other smaller utensils so that the clean up wouldn't be too much once you'd finished. But just out of the corner of his eye, he can see you spinning and popping your hips in time to the music. It causes him to pause.

The oversized T-shirt, which was yours though Calum had most definitely stolen it himself to wear a couple of times when you'd been out of time, does just enough to hide way the fact that you're not wearing shorts underneath it and the purple underwear peak out too. And for a bikini cut style of undies, it's less peeking and more like stating it's presence. But you seem so gone in your own world, enjoying the music, and it's no different really than any other day you play music through the speakers.

But maybe it's because it's Christmas. And maybe it's also because Calum definitely remembers yesterday when he went to initiate something more intimate and while it started out well, he could clearly tell something was wrong--a headache you'd had for almost half the day and hadn't said anything about until he probed--so he canned it and instead immediately handed you water and dimmed the lights so you could nap.

He shifts his weight, feeling the strong twinge in his lower gut and turns back to the sink. He can at least wait for you to get the cookies into the oven. And maybe even that's a bad time because the cookies would only be in their for ten minutes top. He finishes cleaning the last bowl. The song's changed--this one more upbeat and he's can't immediately place it. But you can, evident by your singing. "Oh by the way, it's snowing!"

And then you're pressed up into the back of them, shaking and undoubtly grinding against his ass too. He laughs at first, the tuft of air falling out of him by the sheer surprise. "What are you doing?" he asks, looking over his shoulders.

You grin up at him, still singing as you push off. Then you're off. From the lower cabinets you pull out the cookie sheet and the wax paper. There was a glint, when you looked back at him, there was something there.

As you work on scoping out the dough, Calum toys with the idea of starting anything. But with another song change, the swelling strings and piano with Nat "King" Cole's voice filling the air, Calum knows he has to do something. So he slides up right behind you, at first he's just holding onto your waist and he's only really got his back pressed up against yours.

"Yes, Calum?"

He presses his nose into the skin of your neck, exposed by the collar of the t-shirt. "You know exactly what you're doing, don't you?"

"Oh, I'm doing nothing," you return and then gasps when he pressing his hips into the curve of your ass.

"I think you do."

For a moment the only thing you can do, is curl your fingers around the edge of the bowl and ice cream scooper you're using. "I-" your breath hitches interrupting the smart rebuttal as Calum's fingers dance along the hem of the t-shirt and along your thighs. "Okay, so maybe I do know what I'm doing."

"One question," Calum starts, dragging his nose up your neck and to the shell of your ear. "No smart ass answers."

"No smart ass answers," you breathe out. Calum cups you over your underwear.

"How long can the dough sit out?

"Dough freezes well--you'd be shocked."

He hums, grazing his teeth over your ear. It's silent for a moment. You can already think to ask why Calum's ask. But it's evident when he presses into your clit over the cotton of the underwear. "We can put cookies on pause?"

It turns up into a question, but he presses harder and you can feel the arousal leaking from you. A moan pushes up your throat and you nod. "We can pause cookies." His fingers disappear and before you can even beg for them to come back, they slip down under the panties. "Shit, let me--" his fingers play at the wetness gathering between your folds and interrupt your thought.

"What was that?"

You slam the scooper onto the counter, hands holding up your weight as Calum slowly circles your clit. "Fuck me," you huff out.

"I'd love to," Calum counters. "But not before I know you're ready." He continues the slow dance around your clit and every nerve in your body becomes alive, hot with anticipation and stimulation.

You press your ass harder against his hips, part of it to keep yourself balanced. Another part of you blindly seeking for something more. It's sinful--just how easy you give into and just how much you know you're coating his fingers right now. You can feel the gush. And there's not a damn thing you want to do to stop it. Calum's second hand tightens around your left hip.

He hates this, hates how his whole body melts into yourself because he used to get a thrill out knowing that you'd cave first. Sure it's selfish, or egotistical of him to want to keep that one up. But now, it's the both of them--almost in an instant, he too can become puddy. And he loves it. He wouldn't want to become puddy for another soul out there but you. Because who else could get him absolutely this hard just by existing in the world. Because who else is going to mewl and arch their back like you do just for him.

"I swear," you heave out, and his fingers speed up. "I swear to Christ."

"Swear what?" Calum asks.

"I don't even know," you laugh and it turns up into a moan. You press back harder into him. "Calum, please. I want you. All of you. And these cookies."

"Yes, yes, the cookies," Calum snickers, kissing at your neck. "I just want to savor it, can you give me just a little bit longer on that?"

You nod, a hum falling out of your throat as he adds more pressure but keeps the same steady speed on your clit. You're not even mad really. Not with the way your body's warming and the faintest hint of Calum's cologne trickles into your nose. You're not sure if it's from the last time he wore the sweatshirt or the outer coat, but either way, you let yourself breathe in deeply. The first time you caught a whiff of it he held open the door for you and that was in passing. You were behind him and he happened to glance back just enough to spot you. You caught it again when you stepped onto the elevator with him. And the scent followed you the entire day, no matter where you went you'd catch phantom whiffs of the musky scent in your nostrils.

And now it's faint. It faintly tickles your nose--the scent. But you know that smell anywhere. Turning your head just a little, you look up at Calum. His eyes are closed, with his impossibly long eyelashes, and slowly he blinks them open to look back at you. His fingers are a little faster now, but for the moment it feels like it's all happening in slow motion. The smile he gives you, watching as your eyes flutter in the pleasure and the way you nod your head for him to come closer, and the kiss which is more like heavy exhales.

It's all slow motion.

Sliding out of your panties. Him getting himself free on his sweatpants and boxers. The first stretch. Then pause. Then the re-enter. It's all flashes--like the shutter of a film camera capturing the moment the blink when the world ceases to exist as Calum snaps his hips into yours. And snap isn't even the right word as he's carefully and steadily pushing in and pulling out of you.

It's all slow motion and silent as Calum watches your jaw fall slack. And he knows he should be hearing the way you're panting and no doubt encouraging him. But he's swallowing in the details of your face--the mole and freckles, the texture to your skin, the small smile you give and that's how he knows you're getting closer and closer to your release.

"I love you," you hum.

Calum just barely catches the confession as time speeds back up. There's a new song playing. He's panting just as much as you are. And it's not the first time you've said it to each other. But it's how softly you say it, as if you don't want it to be heard by anyone else. Though no one else can hear it.

Calum slows his pace, not quite stopping, but definitely slower than where he was before. "I love you." He omits the 'too' because it's not in tandem, or reliant on your love. He loves you in all sense of it being present and of his own will.

You kiss him this time, as much as you can. And in the midst of the kiss, your orgasm washes over you. It makes you shudder and it's helped by the way Calum clings to you, as if everything would shatter if he let you go.

The squeeze of you causes a stutter in Calum's pace and you hold tight as you can around him. He comes not too long after with a hiss and grunt into the skin of your neck. And even with the playlist still going strong, the only thing you can focus on is the way that Calum breathes heavily and the way you're trying to steady your own breathing too.

There's a couple more kisses. Calum rests his head onto your shoulder, his heart still strumming hard in his chest. He squeezes at your waist. You hum and drop your head back as much as you can into him as well. "Awkward clean up time?" you joke.

He laughs, though for a moment he has to shakes head to keep himself together. "You okay?"

"Never better," you return.

"Well, until you get your cookies."

"I didn't think I was comparing you to the cookies," you joke. "Feels a bit unfair to you."

Calum scoffs though he laughs too. "Fuck off."

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